With only one round left, tension is high in the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In photo above, Chief Organizer WGM Gulmira Dauletova (left) of Kazakhstan and Saltanat Kazybayeva CEO “Courage to be the first” Corporate foundation and Race Director “Almaty marathon”, make the ceremonial moves for the penultimate round. Looking on is Chief Arbiter Husan Turdialiev of Uzbekistan.
Here are the leaders after 8 rounds. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.
Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Bharat Singh of India (right) and Sri Lanka Chess Federation president Luxman Wijesuriya of Sri Lanka make the ceremonial moves for round 8 of the boys section as Chief Arbiter Husan Turdialiev of Uzbekistan looks on.
Kim Sanker (left) is the first Cambodian junior in an international event, shown here with his coach and Hong Kong Chess Federation president K.K. Chan (right) who has been promoting chess in Cambodia.
