WIM Mobina Alinas and WFM Mitra Asgharzadeh of Iran lead with perfect 3 points each after same number of rounds of the Asian University Women’s Chess Championship on Tornelo. The tournament is hosted by the Iran University Sports Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and Asian University Sports Federation and in cooperation with the International Chess Federation (FIDE), FISU-Oceania and the Iran Chess Federation.
Alinas, 22, is from the Islamic Azad University while Asgharzadeh, 20, is from the Karaj Azad University. Four players follow with 2.5 points each, namely WFM Retno Wijayanti and WFM Faruq Afifa Ayyun of Indonesia, WFM Zahedifar Anahita of Iran and Sri M.K Poorna of India.
Thirty-two players from ten countries are competing in the Rapid chess 9-round Swiss system tournament, namely Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Jordan, Mongolia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria and host Iran. Only University students between the ages of 17 and 28 are allowed to participate.
The tournament is a combined individual and team event with 9 rounds of the Swiss System. Players from the same team will not be paired with each other. Team results will be calculated by the total scores of the top four (4) players of a team.
Visit chess-results.com for round results and standings and to download pgn files. Watch live games on Tornelo for Women’s Championship starting 10am Dubai time tomorrow. The Men’s event will be held 21st-23rd December. Time control is 15 minutes plus 10 second increments per move for the entire game.
Fair Play measures are strictly applied. Arbiters monitor players on Zoom by videocam and side camera. Players share desktop screen and only two programs, Tornelo and Zoom, are allowed on the laptop.
Here are the individual and team standings after three rounds. Iran leads the team race followed by Indonesia and India.
