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The Isabela Chess Club of the Philippines, Inc. 1st FIDE Rated Chess Tournament is scheduled 7-9 January 2023 at the Alicia Community Center in Alicia, Isabela. A total of P37,000 in cash prizes are at stake in the 7-round Swiss. Standard time control of 90 minutes plus 30 second increment for each player starting from move 1 shall apply.

Invited are GM Joey Antonio, IM Angelo Young, IM Joel Banawa, FM Robert Suelo, NM Marlon Bernardino, CM Genghis Imperial, FM Christopher Castellano, Ricardo Jimenez and Jose Conde.

by Marlon Bernardino
Sonsea Eda Agonoy of the Philippines won the 32nd North American Open Chess Tournament held at the Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on December 30, 2022.

The Bacarra, Ilocos Norte native Agonoy collected 6.5 points on account of six wins and a draw to bag the 5,000 US dollar top purse.

The pride of Novaliches, Quezon City Agonoy posted six wins and a draw against Darren Wang of the United States in the seventh and final round enroute to the coveted title in the Under 1500 section.

“I just wanted to play fast today and make some good moves,” said the San Diego, California based Agonoy. “I was playing with no pressure.” he added.

Wang figured in a triple tie for second places with fellow six pointers Hengrui Zhang and Odbayar Yondon to each receive 1,600 US dollar for their efforts.

by Marlon Bernardino
Manila—Veteran campaigner Sherwin Tiu won the GMG Rapid Chess Tournament last Saturday, December 31, 2022 held at the 2nd Floor Open Kitchen Foodhall, Rockwell Business Center, Sheridan Street, Mandaluyong City.

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Tiu finished alone with 6.5 points from seven games to win the top prize of P10,000 in the one day event organized by Bayanihan Chess Club and sponsored by Coach National Master Gerald Ferriol, in close cooperation with Mam China Aurelio and Mam Mimi Casas of Open Kitchen, sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, supervised by the Philippine Arbiters Chess Confederation.

International Master Daniel Quizon, Arena Grandmaster Jose Rafael “Jojo” Legaspi and International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia were tied at 2nd to 4th places with 6.0 points each.

Making it to the list of top ten performers were International Master Ronald Dableo, Fide Master David Elorta, National Master Gerardo Cabellon, National Master Bob Jones Liwagon, National Master Robert Suelo Jr. and National Master Noel dela Cruz with 5.5 points each.

Special award to six years old Marco Polo Sanido and seven years old Zeus Lester Manaois.

The 6th Metro Davao Youth Chess Club-YMCA FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship is scheduled Saturday, 7th January 2023 at the YMCA in Davao City. The tournament is sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines. time control is 15 minutes plus 10 second increment in 7 rounds Swiss System.

The Awards Ceremonies for the Asian Oceania University Chess Championship were held 27th December on Zoom. Guests of honor were FIDE Commission on Education Chairman Jerry Nash of the USA, Dr. Ayub Hanafiah, CISCA Chair, AUSF Assessor and Dr. Hadi Bashirian, President of host National University Sports Federation of I. R. Iran.

Chairman Nash spoke about the possibilities for developing education-related courses or even specialty areas for chess within education programs at universities and invited ideas on the challenges and opportunities related to developing chess as an educational tool at the university level.

Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo read the address of ACF General Secretary Hisham Al Taher who thanked the AUSF, organizers and participants and announced interest of federations to host the 2023 over-the-board Asian University Chess Championship.

After the national anthems of Iran and China were played, Dr. Hadi Bashirian, President of host National University Sports Federation of I. R. Iran, declared the tournament closed.

Asian University Sports Federation president Xue Yanqing sent thng letter of appreciation:

The 2022 Asia-Oceania University Chess Champhampionship, showcasing the high level of chess skills as well as fair play spirit. No matter you are winners or not, you are all shining stars and models in our eyes, who could inspire more Asian youth to join this fascinating sport.ionship has wrapped up successfully. On behalf of AUSF, we would like to thank all the student players, coaches for your participation in the C

We would like to thank National University Sports Federation of Iran, Chess Federation of Iran for hosting this event. It is your dedication to university sport that makes this event possible. Following the successful footprint of last two online editions, this is the third online university chess championship held in partnership with the Asian Chess Federation. We highly apricate your consistent technical support and expertise in chess sports, which gives more confidence to further our practical cooperation in the coming years.

As a promoter of university sport, AUSF is very proud to organize three Asian University Chess Championship in a row with the support of our member federations and partners, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic in the past three years. With the evolvement of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are looking forward to staging an over-the-board event in 2023 and seeing you all in person.

Wish you all the best and happy new year!

XUE Yanqing

AUSF President

Reigning national chess champion GM Enamul Hossain Razib of SAIf Sporting Club became champion in the Bangabandhu 47^th National Chess Championship under the financial sponsorship of Abul Khair Group and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation was held at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room.

GM Razib secured the title with 11 points in 13 games to keep the national chess title intact. This is GM Razib’s sixth national chess title. Previously he won the national chess title in 1997, 2006, 2016, 2017, 2021.

The final round of the games were held in the Chess Federation Hall-Room, 2^nd floor of the old building of the National Sports Council. GM Enamul Hossain Razib defeated CM Md Shawket Bin Osman Shaon in the last round of the game. GM Razib played with white pieces and chose the Ruy-Lopez Opening system and won against CM Shaon 24^th Moves. GM Ziaur Rahman and IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh Ansar will take part in the play-off match for runner-up and 3^rd place. GM Zia and IM Fahad earned 9½ points each. The play-off match will be held Friday 30th Dec from 3-30 PM.

The Maasin Chess Club is organizing the January 2023 FIDE-rated Standard Turnament from 14-15 January 2023 in Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines. A total of P25,000 shall be at stake in the 5-round tournament sponsored by Maasin Cafe and Esquina. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The Hong Kong Chess Federation held the first Hong Kong Youth Chess Asian Bauhinia Invitational Tournament, which opened on 4 days, and 22 chess players from Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will compete for the championship. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Honorary President of the Hong Kong Chess Association Geoffrey Kao expressed the hope that Hong Kong can host international tournaments one after another.

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Asian Chess Federation will organize an online International Organizers Seminar 5-8 January 2023 by Zoom to educate organizers how to handle an International Event and the regulations necessary for the event to be FIDE certified. Applicants for the FIDE International Organizer title are required to attend a seminar and pass an examination in order to obtain their FIDE IO title. Certificates of Completion will be awarded to successful participants.

Lecturers are

IO Ozgur Solakoglu, Honorary Chairman of the FIDE Events Commission,

IO Casto Abundo, Executive Director of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF),

IO Abdulrahim Mahdi, Chairman of the ACF Arbiters Commission and

IO Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Member of the ACF Executive Board and Counsellor of the FIDE Technical Commission.

Interested parties may register at google link.

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The Winter Cup Classical Below 1600 FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament was held from 23^rd to 25^th December, 2022 at Orbit Resort, Udaipur Rajasthan, India. Chess In Lake city organized the event. The tournament attracted a total of 410 players from all over India and 7 players from United States of America, Australia, Canada, England, Nepal, Srilanka, Tunisia,. There were in all 277 FIDE rated players.

 Aman Balana of Rajasthan  won the tournament with 8  points out of possible 9 to clinch the title and cash prize of Rs. 1,11,000 INR & Coveted Trophy. Runner up of the event was Raj Prakhar of Haryana who won Cash prizes of Rs. 71,000 INR & Trophy. Lakshmi Charan Naidu G of Andhra Pradesh  won cash prize of Rs.1,01,000 in rating category (1200 to 1399) &  Dhiraj Patil from Maharashtra  won cash prize of Rs.1,00.000 in rating category (1000 to 1199 ). Total 98 cash prizes with 75 trophies were given to winners in Different  Rating & Age categories.

Inauguration of the tournament was done by Chief Guest Sh.Raj Kumar Fatawat (National General Secretary, BJS), Vinod Fandot (Chairman, Jeeto Chapter Udaipur), Suresh Khatik (Administrative Officer, Urban Development), Raj Kumar Kalal (District Officer Excise Department). Other dignitaries present were Shri Tushar Mehta (Chief Patron, Chess in Lakecity) Shri. Rajeev Bharadwaj , President Chess In Lakecity, Advocate .Manish Mogra Org. Chairman, &  IA Rajendra Teli  Chief Arbiter & IA Vikas Sahu Chess In Lakecity.

Prizes were distributed by the hands of Chief Guest Justice Ram Chandra Singh Jhala, Guest of Honour Smt. Chetna Bhati Dy. SP Smt. Pushpa Mogra. Other dignitaries present were Shri. Tushar Mehta Chief Patron, Shri.Rajeev Bharadwaj, President Chess in Lakecity,   IA Rajendra Teli Chief Arbiter, Advocate Manish Mogra Org Chairman, Sanjay Kothari, Dr. SS Surana & IA Vikas Sahu Chess In Lakecity present in the Closing ceremony.

The team of Arbiters was headed by Chief Arbiter by IA Rajendra Teli and he was ably assisted by IA Deepak Chavan, Dy. Chief Arbiter & IA Varun Kumar Dy. Chief Arbiter, FA Neelesh Kumawat, FA Manish Chandalia, FA Jitendra Kumar, SNA Gayatri Kataria, SNA Pradhumn Kumar Gautam, SNA Daksh Jain, SNA Sudhanshu Gaidhane ,SNA Sharma Vaibhav , SNA Nikunj Kumar Desai,  SNA Vaibhav Shah,SNA Bhawesh Pandiyar. They worked hard to make the event a grand success.

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