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Sri Lanka Chess Federation president Luxman Wijesuriy, Appeals Chairman in the Asian Youth, awarding Boys Under-8 individual medals above and team trophies below.

Sainbayar Tserendorj of Mongolia awarding Boys Under-10 individual medals above and team trophies below.

Chief Arbiter Abdulrahim Mahdi awarding boys under-12 individual medals above and team trophies below.

IM Niraj Kumar Mishra, Head of Delegation of India, awarding Boys Under-14 individual medals above and team trophies below.

Singapore Head of Delegation Kavitha Perumal awards Boys-16 individual medals above and team trophies below. Not in photo is third place team Chinese Taipei.

Deputy Chief Arbiter Bong Bunawan of Indonesia awarding Boys individual medals above and team trophies below.

Bangladesh is in solo lead at the points table with maximum 8 points after the end of the 4^th round games of the six-nation Sheikh Russell Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship 2022, sponsored by Saif Powertech Limited. The tournament is held on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sheikh Russell, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Russell Day.

Sri Lanka is in 2^nd position with 6 points. Nepal & Pakistan are jointly in 3^rd position with 4 points each. The 4^th round matches were held 16th October at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room.

In the 4^th round, Bangladesh defeated Maldives by 4-0 game points. On behalf of Bangladesh, GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman & IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin won against FM Mohammad Shuaau, CM Mohammed Hassan, and Ahmed Aman Ibrahim and Abdullah Mufeedh of Maldives respectively.

Sri Lanka beat Nepal by 3½-½ game points. IM L M S T De Silva, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan and Kaluarachchi Achinthya Shamen of Sri Lanka won against FM Rajbhandari Rajendra, FM Bilam Lal Shrestha and Shrestha Rajendra Prasad of Nepal respectively. Singhesor Das of Nepal drew with Tennakoon Lisara Samadhit of Sri Lanka.

Pakistan beat Bhutan by 4-0 game points. FIDE Masters Amer Karim, Junaid Sohail, FM Muhammad Waqar and Khalil-Ur-Rahman of Pakistan won against Karma Sonam, Rai Binod, Sonam Choen and Sangay Nidup of Bhutan respectively.

5^th round games will start on 17th October from 3-00 PM at the same venue. The 5^th round matches are: Sri Lanka Vs. Pakistan, Bangladesh Vs. Nepal and Bhutan Vs. Maldives.

by Marlon Bernardino
Bong Anas of Iloilo City and National Master Zulfikar Sali of Zamboanga City defeated their last round assignments to share the top honors at the conclusion of the 2022 National Executive Chess Championship -South Luzon leg, Sunday at the Vista Mall, Tagaytay-Sta. Rosa Road, Brgy. Don Jose in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna.

Anas, a Senior Assistant Manager-Internal Audit Center at Philippine Business Bank toppled Freddie Talaboc while Sali, a Senior Emergency Nurse at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria BC, Canada and Proprietor & CEO of Sahaya Dermatology Clinic trounced Jefferson Pascua.

With the win, Anas and Sali, both finished 5.0 points apiece in six outings in this 1 day event backed up by Vista Mall – Sta Rosa , Rotary Club of Nuvali, City of Sta. Rosa, Chooks-to-Go, Macolor Semicon Tooling and Fabrication, organized by Philippine Executive Chess Association-PECA president Dr. Fred Paez.

Arjoe Loanzon of Cavite City, a Licensed Electronics and Communications Engineer subdued Lloyd Lanciola to finish solo third with 4.5 points.

Rounding up the top nine (9) with 4.0 points each are Engr. Lloyd Lanciola (fourth), Freddie Talaboc (fifth), Engr. Bren Sasot (sixth), Engr. Florel Cruz (seventh), Engr. Arvin Betonio (eight) and NM Engr. Pascua (ninth).
NM Engr. Robert Arellano came tenth place with 3.5 points.

Adjudged category winners were Engr. Cruz (Top Senior), Engr. Sasot (Top Unrated), Engr. Betonio (Top 1800) NM Engr Pascua (Top 1900) and ACM Michella Concio (Top Lady).

Photo shows National Master Zulfikar Sali of Zamboanga City (2nd place), Bong Anas of Iloilo City (champion) and Arjoe Loanzon of Cavite City (3rd place) receiving their trophies and cash prizes from Philippine Executive Chess Association president Dr. Fred Paez and Mylin Ebdane, President of the Rotary Club of Nuvali.

FIDE Rules Commission Secretary Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh awards Girls Under-8 Rapid chess individual medals above and Girls U8 team awards below

Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo awards Girls Under-10 Rapid Chess Individual medals above and team trophies below.

Chief Arbiter Abdulrahim Mahdi awards Girls Under 12 Rapid individual medals above and team trophies below.

Hong Kong Chess Federation president K.K. Chan awards Girls Under-14 individual medals above and team trophies below.

Mongolian Chess Federation president Erdenebaatar  Gurvanbaatar awards Girls Under-16 individual medals above and team trophies below.

Asian Chess Federation Vice President Berik Balgbaev awards Girls under 18 indvidual medals above and team trophies below.

By IA Vikas Sahu India

The 7^th edition of N L Pandiyar Memorial FIDE Rating Chess Tournament was held from 8^th to 12^th October 2022 at Orbit Resort, Udaipur Rajasthan. The event was organized by Chess In Lakecity, Udaipur. The tournament attracted a total 405 players which includes 317 international FIDE rated players. Among the participants were 3 FM, 1 WFM and 1 WCM from 21 states.

The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of. Shri. Vijay Godha, BJP, Other dignitaries present were; Shri. Rajeev Bharadwaj, President, Chess in Lakecity, Shri. Rajendra Teli, Vice president, RCA,  Shri. Vikas Sahu, Secretary Chess In lakecity and IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter. The inaugural function was held at 9.30 A.M. and was followed by a technical meeting and first round at 10:00 AM. The necessary technical matters were decided in the meeting and also the appeal committee was formed in the same meeting.

After 5 tough days of 7^th N L Pandiyar tournament 2022, which concluded at Orbit Resort, emergence of some new talents. Lower rated players showed their skills and upset the higher rated.

FM Akash Thakur of RLYS the top seed of the tournament, was surprised by Maharashtra’s Kiran Panditrao  during round 5 in an Italian game. At the end of 6^th round Kartavya Anadkar and FM Jeet Jain were leading the event with perfect score. At round 7 Kartavya beat Jeet to take the solo lead. He was followed by FM Saurabh Kherdekar of Rlys, Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy UP and Sahil Bheron of HAR with 6.5 pts.

During the 8^th round Kartavya was paired against Ajay Santhosh and FM Saurabh was paired against Sahil. All 4 players settled for draws and split the points. Kartavya was still leading the event with 7.5 points, a half point lead over his nearest rivels.

The last round game was also a draw for him against FM Saurabh Kherdekar of Rlys while on 2^nd board Sahil Bheron and Ajay Santhosh split the point. Bishal Basak of WB beat Ashpreet Singh and Sham R of TN beat FM Akash Thakur to tie for 2^nd Place. Kartavya Anadkar won the event with 8 points, 6 wins and 2 draws. FM Saurabh Kherdekar, Bishal Basak, Kishor Kumar Jaganathan, runnerup at recently concluded Bikaner below 2000, Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy, Sahil Bheron, and Sham R stood 2^nd to 7^th respectively.  Kartavya bagged the cash prize of Rs. 1,11,000/- and a glittering trophy.

The prizes were distributed at the hand of Smt. Preeti Singh Shakhtawat MLA. The other dignitaries present were Shri. Hardeep Bakshi, Director Sidling public School, Shri. Sanjeev Bharadwaj, secretary, Bharat vikas parishad, Shri. Tushar Mehta, Shri. Rajeev Bharadwaj, President Chess In Lakecity, Shri. Rajendra Teli, Vice president Rajasthan Chess Association & tournament director and IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter. The tournament, organized by Chess in Lakecity on behalf of Rajasthan Chess Association and All India Chess Federation, concluded smoothly.

Chief Arbiter IA Swapnil Bansod headed the team of Arbiters consisting of IA Deepak Chavan, Dy. Chief Arbiter, IA Sunil Soni, Dy. Chief Arbiter, FA Varun Kumar, IA Vikas Sahu, FA Neelesh Kumawat, FA Manish Chandalia, SNA Lakashaya Arora, SNA Lalit Kapoor, SNA Sudhanshu Gaidhane, SNA Nakul Chaudhary, SNA Gayatri Kataria, SNA Dipaka Sahu, SNA Monika Sahu, SNA Daksh Jain, SNA Manish Kumar, SNA Anish Ansari and  IA Sandesh Nagarnaik, live games incharge who ably assisted him.

Contents are:

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Asian Amateur Chess Championship in Oman.

Uzbekistan Tops Western Asia Juniors and Girls

Asian Chess Summit: Chess as Esport.

Asian Juniors and Girls 17 November in Tagaytay

Asians Top World Youth in Romania

Priasmoro Wins Malaysian Chess Festival Open

MRSM Tun Mustapha Rapid in Sabah, Malaysia

Chitambaram Wins 22nd Dubai Open Chess

Bhutan National Youth Chess Championship

Philippine Youth Chess Championships

Sen. Manny Pacquiao Tuna Festival Chess Tmnt

Philippine Executive Chess Association

Araneta City Open Rapid Chess Championship

Asia-Oceania University Chess Championship

 

The Asian Seniors Chess Championship has started at the Auckland Rose Park Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand with 27 players from five countries in the 50+ age group and 18 players from five countries in the 65+ age group. Visit Vega for 50+ group and Vega for 65+ group.

The tournament is organized by the New Zealand Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. See announcement in asianchess.com.

 

Oceania Chess Confederation president Paul Spiller (right) addressing the players at the opening.

Please follow the action on Lichess: 50+ broadcast and 65+ broadcast. Check results on Vega: 50+ group and 65+ group.

Photos will be posted on Facebook.

A FIDE Trainers Online Seminar is scheduled 28-30 October 2022 organized by the Asian Chess Federation in association with the Asia Chess Academy under the supervision of the International Chess Federation’s Trainers Commission. The Seminar is for the Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Iran, Laos). Please visit FIDE web site.

Invitations and registration forms have been sent to national federations in the Indian subcontinent.

Bangladesh is in sole lead at the points table with maximum 4 points after end of the 2^nd round games of the six-nation Sheikh Russell Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship 2022. The event is sponsored by Saif Powertech Limited, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sheikh Russell, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Russell Day.

Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Pakistan are sharing 2^nd position with 2 points each. The second round matches were held today 14th October at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room.

In the 2^nd round, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 3-1 game points. On behalf of Bangladesh, Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib, Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman and International Master Mohammad Minhaz Uddin defeated FIDE Masters Amer Karim, Junaid Sohail and Muhammad Shahzeb of Pakistan respectively. International master Mohammad Fahad Rahman lost to FM Muhammad Waqar of Pakistan.

Sri Lanka beat Bhutan by 4-0 game points. International Master L M S T 0De Silva, FIDE Master Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan, Kaluarachchi Achinthya Shamen and Tennakoon Lisara Samadhit of Sri Lanka defeated Karma Sonam, Sonam Choen, Sangay Nidup and Ugyen Wangchuk respectively.

Maldives beat Nepal by 2.5-1.5 game points. FIDE Master Mohammad Shuaau and Candidate Master Abdul Rahman Ali defeated FIDE Master Rajbhandari Rajendra and Bajracharya Rajendra of Nepal respectively.

Nepal’s Singhesor Das beat Maldives’ Ahmed Aman Ibrahim and Maldives’ Candidate Master Mohammed Hassan drew with Nepal’s FIDE Master Bilam Lal Shrestha.

3^rd round games will start on tomorrow 15th October from 3-00 PM at the same venue. The 3^rd round matches are: Nepal vs Pakistan, Sri Lanka vs Maldives and Bangladesh vs Bhutan.

A grand total of 456 children from 20 countries played in the Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship today 14th October 2022 in Bali, Indonesia. The number was too large for one hall in the Grand Inna Kuta hotel and had to be played in four halls. Below the Organizing Committee members join Guests of Honor Bali Governor Wayan Koster (seventh from left) and Indonesian Chess Federation President GM Utut Adianto (sixth from left). Asian Chess Federation was represented by ACF Executive Director Casto Abundo (second from right).

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The event is organized by the Indonesian Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. After expertly solving the usual organizational problems of visas, airport reception and hotel bookings, the organizing PERCASI launched the tournament to an exciting start with the Rapid Chess Championship. Colorful opening ceremonies were held with traditional dance group and musical troupe.

Below, parents dotingly take photos of their children who joined the Guest of Honor.

Top board of the Under-8 Open on stage with Chief Arbiter Abdulrahim Mahdi of the UAE (right) and Deputy Chief Arbiter Dharmendra Kumar of India (seated left).

ACF Technical Delegate Casto Abundo, assisted by Chief Arbiter Abdulrahim Mahdi and Pairings Committee Chairman K.K. Chan, administer the draw of lots in the time honored manner. Thailand Chess Federation president Sahapol Nakvanich (standing, left) held one white pawn and one black pawn as the Indian Head of Delegation touched one hand to choose the color of the top seed.

India and Vietnam shared most of the gold medals.

Girls Division