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Two players each remain tied for the lead at the halfway mark of each of the 4 divisions of the Asian Disabled Chess Championships Open and Women on Tornelo. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings and to download games. Watch live games on Tornelo.

Follow us on Twitter,  facebook and  Instagram. Thirty one men and 20 women are competing in 5-round Swiss System events. Time control is 10 minutes plus 10 second increments starting from move 1. Games start 3pm and 4pm Dubai time over the weekend of 27th to 29th May 2022.

Kazemiyan Eski Abolfazl of Iran and Jasper Rom of the Philippines have 3 points each after as many rounds in the Open division. Cheyzer Crystal J. Mendoza and Cheryl A. Angot, both of the Philippines, are tied with 2.5 points each in the women’s division. Here are the standings after 3 rounds:

Among the Virtually Impaired, Dashtseren Ganbat of Mongolia and Menandro Redor of the Philippines share the lead with 3 points each in the Open division. Above is screenshot of the Mongolian Zoom room. In the women’s division, Safaei Maliheh of Iran and Kurmanalina Tomiris of Kazakhstan are tied at 3 points each for the lead. Below is screenshot of the Central Asian Republic Zoom room.

The Asian Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities has started with the first round today on Tornelo. FIDE Disabled Commission Chairman GM Thomas Luther was Guest of Honor at the Opening Ceremony together with Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher. GM Luther thanked the ACF for organizing the Asian Disabled Chess Championship annually and said it was a good idea to hold a separate division for the Visually Impaired. Hisham Al Taher thanked the national federations for supporting their disabled players and the officials and Arbiters for serving our disabled brothers and sisters.

In above photo are Mijgee Khishigbayar of Mongolia and her physician who assisted her in connecting to the internet from her hospital room.

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Eleven countries competing, namely Bangladesh, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The event is organized by the Asian Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE.

Thirty one men and 20 women are competing in 5-round Swiss System events. Time control is 10 minutes plus 10 second increments starting from move 1. Games start 3pm and 4pm Dubai time over the weekend of 27th to 29th May 2022.

Here are early leaders after round 1:

The Asian Disabled Chess Championship, Open and Women’s divisions, starts Friday 27th May with eleven countries competing, namely Bangladesh, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The event is organized by the Asian Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE.

Thirty one men and 20 women are competing in separate 5-round Swiss System events. Time control is 10 minutes plus 10 second increments starting from move 1. Games start 3pm and 4pm Dubai time over the weekend of 27th to 29th May 2022. The Technical Meeting and Trial Run were held Thursday.

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A number of visually challenged and blind players will use Tornelo blind mode, a feature unique to Tornelo. Fair play measures will be fully observed with players sharing screen and Task manager closely watched by Arbiters in Zoom.

The hearing impaired and physically disabled play together while the visually impaired play in separate groups. Arbiters who are experienced dealing with disabled players have been selected from participating countries for common languages. Technical Delegate is ACF Executive Director Casto Abundo (PHI), Tournament Director is IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI), Chief Arbiter is IA Kausar Bauyrzhan (KAZ), Appeals Committee are Asian Disabled Commission Chairman IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS), FIDE Rules Committee Chairman Abdulrahim Mahdi (UAE) and IA Haroon or Rashid (BAN) and Arbiters are K.K. Chan (HKG), Irina Semenova (UZB), IA Tulga Tserengavaa (MGL), IA Erfan Hashemi (IRI) and IA Reden Cruz (PHI). Tornelo Certified Arbiter is Michael Pagaran (PHI).

Here are the lists of participants:

and for Virtually Impaired groups

MANILA—John Meneses Jayag and Cleiford Kortchnoi Molinyawe lorded the Boac Knight Club Rapid Chess Tournament on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Boac, Marinduque. In photo are from Left: Engr. Lauro Bautista (President/Founder of Boac Knight Chess Club, Inc., Rona Bautista, John Menes Jayag, Cleiford Kortchoi Molinyawe, NA Gener Vitto, AGM Dr. Fred Paez

12-year old Jayag, a Grade 6 student of lupac Elementary School in Boac, won the Kiddies event while the 12-year old Molinyawe, a 1st year high school student of Colegio de San Juan de Letran- Calamba with family roots in Gasan, Marinduque, topped the Open category.

Jayag finished the five-round rapid competition with a perfect score of five wins, besting Lanz Monteras, who settled for second with 4.0 points.

John Lamboloto and Limuel Jalimbawa both scored 3.5 points, but were ranked third and fourth, respectively, based on their total tie break points.

Fifth to tenth placers Vejay Fedalino, Joseph Jalos, Wendy Bustamante, John Carlo Baldovino, Johann Eclipse and Vincent Tarrega all scored 3.0 points each.

Meanwhile, Molinyawe finished the 5-round Swiss system competition in the Open category with perfect 5.0 points. Vincent Manalo closely followed him at second place.

Manalo wound up with 4.0 points and edged Aldrin Nazareno,  Jesro Sapungan, Timothy Fiedalan, John Mark Frias and Mark Legaspi in the tiebreak for second.

Category Winners were Rodolfo Lanuza (Top Senior), Ianna Sorrosa (Top Lady ) and Christian Sase (Top Junior).

The 1st Boac Chess Tournament was organized by Boac Knight Chess Club, Inc. led by it’s President and Founder Engr. Lauro Bautista and Rona Bautista. Tournament Director was AGM Dr. Fred Paez while Chief Arbiter was NA Gener Vitto.

“I would like to commend Engr. Lauro Bautista and his wife, Rona Bautista, for establishing a chess club in Marinduque and for holding and sponsoring the 1st Boac Chess Tournament. It’s a big help to promote chess in my home province. The preparation was indeed great.” said AGM Dr Fred Paez, Assistant Executive Director for South Luzon of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines.

Oshini, the 1^st Girl to be an Open Winner (Under 10) & Sethumsa won the Under 8 Girls

Oshini Devindya Gunawardena of Wycherley International School set another record by winning the Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2022 – Open Under 10 category this year. This is the ist time a Girl won a mixed category at any age group of this most prestigious Youth Chess Championships. Oshini won the World Youth Chess Championship 2021 – Girls Under 10 last year.

Oshini, the most promising Girls Chess player in the country, scored 6 ½ points out of possible 7 games, shared with KG Wimalarathne of Kingswood College but won the Championship Trophy and the Gold Medal on the better tie breaker. She beat Nethul Kottage, Rashmitha Hearath, Aken Gunasekara, Githmal De Silva, Ramika Methmin and Kausara Kodithuwakku and drew with KG Wimalarathne to achieve 6 ½ points. Visit chess-results.com.

Hasadi Sethumsa of Sujatha Vidyalaya was outstanding to score full 7 points out of 7 games to win the Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2022 – Girls Under 8 category convincingly. She beat all her opponents, Savindi Godakandage, Rasindi Himansika, Chanumi Madanayake, Areli Fernando, Oshini Gomes, Dinenthie Dissananayake and Sayumi Halangoda to win the Championship Trophy and the Gold Medal.

KG Wimalarathne of Kingswood College won the 2^nd place with 6 ½ points in the under 8 Open category. He beat Hansaka Kothalawala, Thinuga Hettiarachchi, Danara Herath, Himantha Anuhas, Theekshana Ranasinghe and Sanuk Nanayakkara and drew with the Champion to share the top but had to satisfy with the Silver Medal on the poor tie breaking points.

The 3^rd place of Under 10 Open went to Githmal De Silva of Devananda College, Ambalangoda on the better tie breaker after tying with 6 points out of possible 7 games with 3 more players, Amila Ethkandura(Dharmasoka College), Dulein Labunahewage(Lycium International School. Nugegoda) and Kavinu Weerathunga(Rahula College, Matara). Githmal beat Hasal Perera, Yathum Kumara, N varsan, Bhagavan Methruban, Ramika Methmin and Dasira Sathmitha to win the Bronze Medal. Amila, Dulein and Kavinu had to satisfy with the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th places respectively due to their tie breaking points.

Syathara Dinenthie Dissanayake (St. joseph’s Balika) and Risali Lohasna Jayaweera (Musaeus College) scored 6 points each out of 7 possible games and Syathara won the Silver Medal on the better tie breaker. Syathara beat Sithuli Premarathne, Yashvi Ponnamperuma, Risali Jayaweera, Sayumi Halangoda, Ankavi Kulathungan and lost to the Champion, Hasadi to reach 6 points. Risali beat Disini Wadugodapitiya, Sehathna Wijesuriya, Senuli Yehansa, Ashmeetha Seimi, B Pradeksha, and Oshini Gomes and lost one game to Sythara, the Silver Medalist to win the Bronze Medal.

The Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2022 of the Golden Jubilee year of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (1972 – 2022) is conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka in 12 categories as under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years Open and Girls. The Championships are in progress from 20^th April to 31^st May 2022 and 7 events are over so far with these two events. A total of 220 players who got eligibility from 19 District events held earlier participated in these two events..

The top three players will be included in the National Youth Chess Teams which represent the country in Asian/ World Youth events.

The Vietnam men’s team and Indonesian Women’s team won gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games Blitz Chess Team Championship held 21st May 2022 in Ha Long City, Vietnam. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and results.

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Vietnam men finished with 8.5 points followed by Indonesia with 6.5 points for the silver medal. The Philippines tallied 6 points for the bronze medal. Here are the team crosstable and individual results.

In the women’s division, Indonesia finished alone with 6 points for the gold medal followed by Philippines with 5 points for silver. Malaysia and Vietnam tied at 4.5 points including all tie breaks and each received bronze medals.

Join the FIDE Arbiters Online Seminar in Arabic language scheduled 9-13 June 2022 by FIDE Rules Commission Chairman Abdulrahim Mahdi (photo above). Visit FIDE Arbiters’ Commission announcement on FIDE web site shown below. Email mahdi.abdulrahim2020@gmail.com

Vietnamese IM Le Tuan Minh won the men’s division while compatriot IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen won the women’s division in the SEA Games Blitz Individual Chess Championship held 20th May 2022 in Ha Long City, Vietnam. The event consisted of 5-round Swiss prelims followed by knockout semifinal and final matches. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.

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IM Tin Jingyao topped the 5-round Swiss preliminaries in a tie with four others at 3.5 points each before going into the knockout semifinal and final matches.

The Semifinals paired IM Le Tuan Minh of Vietnam vs. GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia and GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam vs. IM Tin Jingyao of Singapore.

In the final, the first game was drawn then Le Tuan Minh won the second game to win gold. Le Quang Liem won silver while Tin and Megaranto received bronze medals.

In the Women’s division, WIM Chelsie Sihite of Indonesia topped the Swiss preliminaries with 4.5 points followed by WGM Janele Mae Frayna of the Philippines with 4 points, Pham Le Thao Nguyen with 3.5 points and WGM Gong Qianyun of Singapore with 3 points,

The Semifinals paired Chelsie Sihite vs Gong Qianyun and Janelle May Frayna with Pham Le Thao Nguyen.

In the finals the first game was drawn then Pham Le Thao Nguyen won the second game for the gold medal. Chelsie Sihite won the silver medal while Janelle Mae Frayna and Gong Qianyun received bronze medals.

 

Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake of Royal College Colombo won the Sri Lanka National Youth Under 14 Years Chess Championships 2022 scoring 6 points out of 7 possible games.. Vinuda won with the better tie breaker over four more players, Disara Tennakoon, Malisha Weeratunge, Disal Weerasekara and DRBG Galkotuwa. Vinuda beat JSW Basnayake, Thathika Waduge, DCBK Senevirathne, Budmina Hettigoda, Devindya Oshini Gunawardena and drew with HMJR Herath and Disara Tennakoon to reach 6 points and the Championship title with the Gold Medal. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.

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Disara Tennakoon of Dharmaraja Vidyalaya won the 2^nd place with the Silver medal with a score of 6 points and the tie breaker out of Seven Games. Disara beat GGK Deshapriya, Yasiru Minthaka, Yasindu Perera, Lohan Atulugamage and HMJR Hearath while took draws with Thisarindu Induwara and the Champion Vinuda Shenal.

The third place went to Maleesha Savindu Weerasekara of DS Senanayake College, Colombo also with 6 points and the better tie breaker than other two. He beat Hiruja Nethdinu, Nisal Thilakarathne, Sithika Sandesh, Lohan Atulugama and Dinujaya Kodituwakku and drew with Chenith Gunawickrama and Ruwanmith Gamage to earn 6 points and the Bronze Medal.  Disal Nimsara Weerasekara (Sri Chandananda Buddhist School) and DRBG Galkotuwa(Dharmaraja College) also scored 6 points out of 7 games but had to satisfy himself with the 4^th and the 5^th places.

The National Youth chess Championships 2022 is one of the most prestigious Chess events conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka for the youth Chess Players in the Country. The event is hold in 12 Events in 6 age groups, Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years with Open and Women separately from 20^th April to 31^st May 2022.. The preliminary events were held in 19 Districts March 2022 and the qualified players of the district events are playing in this Sri Lanka National Youth Chess Championships 2022. Five events are over so far and 7 more events are expected to happen.

 

The New Zealand Chess Federation has the honour to invite all National Chess Federations in Asia to participate in the 2022 Asian Seniors Chess Championships for over-50 and over 65-years old and for Women over- 50, from October 14 (arrival) to October 22 (departure), which will be held in the Auckland Rose Park Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand. The top three players will qualify for the 2023 World Seniors Championship with personal
rights and their places will not be substituted.

Download invitation Asian Seniors Chess Championship 2022