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The Saudi Arabian University Sports Union, in cooperation with the Saudi Chess Federation has organized the Saudi Universities Chess Tournament in Al-Baha city during the period of May 12th to the 14th 2022. A total of 13 universities have participated in a 7 round Swiss system 15+10 competition. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results.

Making the ceremonial opening moves above are, from left, Mr. Abdullah Al-Zamil, ‏Tournament Manager, Dr. Khaled Al-Muzaini, President of the Sports Federation of Saudi Universities, Dr. Ahmed Saed of‏  Al Baha university, Mr.Yaser Al-Otaibi, Representative of the Saudi Chess Federation, Dr. Abdullah Al-Silwi, Secretary General of the Sports Federation of Saudi Universities and Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghamdi of ‏Al Baha University.

Ahmed Alruhaili of the Islamic University won the 1st prize while Abdulrahman Aroob of Kind Abdulaziz University had won the 2nd place and Mustafa Al-Khabbaz of King Fahad Petroleum University came in 3rd.

On the Women’s side, Muznah Al-Quraishi of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University came 1st and Leen Al-Dossary of Princess Norah University came 2nd and Sarah Ishaaq of King Abdulaziz University took the 3rd place.

Dr. Khalid Al-Muzaini, the president of the Union, along with the secretary general Dr. Abdulelah Al-Salawi has awarded the winners with medals and cups and congratulated participants and winners. Both expressed their gratitude for the successful cooperation with the Saudi Chess Federation.

The Vietnam Men’s team and Indonesian Women’s team won the gold medal, respectively, in the SEA Games Rapid Chess Team Championship held 18-19 May 2022 in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Philippines and Indonesia won silver and bronze in the men’s while Vietnam and Philippines won silver and bronze in the women’s, respectively. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and results.

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IM Michael “Jako” Concio Jr. emerged champion in the  1st Relampagos FIDE Chess Cup held last month at the Panabo Chess Park, Panabo City in Davao Del Norte. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results.

Concio scored 7.5 points on 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss to rule the single round robin FIDE standard tournament.
“I just persisted in training and prepared,” said the 16 years old Concio, a 11th grader at the Dasmarinas Integrated High School.

John Ray Batucan settled for second with 5.5 points. NM Macacana Macala, NM Aglipay Oberio and National Master Henry Roger Lopez were tied at 3rd to 5th places with 5.0 points each.

NM Alexander Lupian wound up sixth with 4.5 points. Rounding up to the top 10 were FM Roel Abelgas (4.0 points), eighth National Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca (3.5 points), ninth Woman National Master Jerlyn Mae San Diego (3.0 points) and tenth Arena GM Fletch Archer Arado (2.0 points).

The three day event, April 22, 23 and 24 was hosted by City Government of Panabo headed by it’s Mayor Jose Relampagos and Atty. Janris Jay “Jigs” Relampagos and supported by Emmanuel Eva and Multicar applying the 60 minutes plus 30 seconds increment standard time control format. Chief Arbiter was NA Rowelyn Joy Acedo.

Vietnam and Indonesia are leading the Men’s and Women’s, respectively, SEA Games Rapid Chess Team Championship after three rounds. Teams are composed of two players each. Six teams are competing in the men’s division while five teams are in the women’s. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings. Watch games live on Vietnamchess live broadcast

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Vietnam edged Indonesia 1.5-0.5 in the first round then were held to a surprise 1:1 draw by Thailand. Vietnam blanked Myanmar 2:0 in the third round to tally 4.5 points.

The Philippines scored1.5-.5 against Thailand and Myanmar in the first and second rounds then were held to a 1″1 draw by Malaysia in the third round to follow with 4 points.

Indonesia is in close 3rd with 3 points from .5 point against Vietnam in the 1st round. 1/5 points against Malaysia in the second round and draw with Thailand in the third round.

Last two rounds for the men and last round for the women are scheduled tomorrow. Here are the individual results

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In the Women’s division, Indonesia blanked Malaysia 2:0 in the first round, beat Vietnam 1.5-.5 in the second round and drew with the Philippines 1:1 in the third round to lead with 4.5 points.

Vietnam edged the Philippines 1.5-.5 in the first round then lost to Indonesia in the second but blanked Thailand 2:0 in the third round to stay in striking distance with 4 points.

Here are team compositions with round results:

DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines —Johnnel Balquin of Cagayan de Oro City scored 1.5 points in the last two rounds to emerge as the overall champion in the 5th Mayor Darel Dexter T. Uy P’gsalabuk Chess Cup at the Museo Dipolog in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte last Saturday, May 14`, 2022.

Balquin defeated Allan Cantonjos of Gingoog City in the sixth and penultimate round then halved the point with 1996 Philippine Junior Champion FIDE Master Robert Suelo Jr. of Quezon City in the seventh and final round.
He finished with 6.5 points on account of six wins and one draw in the seven-round rapid chess tournament the event was organized by the Dipolog City Chess Association headed by it’s president Ronald Truno Solon and tournament director Michel Jackson Ambuang in cooperation with Busog 28 CEO Michael “Mike” Tamonan, Mam Cendy Magallanes, Ranell Cendy Ticketing and former vice mayor Bebs Cheng.

Balquin opened his campaign in sizzling fashion, defeating Ranzeth Marco Magallanes of Dipolog City in the first round, Joselito Rojas of Dipolog City in the second round, National Master Quirino Sagario of Manila in the third round, Allan Salientes of Cebu in the fourth round, National Master Joey Albert Florendo of Zamboanga City in the fifth round, and Cantonjos in the sixth round before splitting the point with Suelo in the final round. Balquin was awarded the top prize of P20,000.

Three players – Florendo, Rodney Opada of Cagayan de Oro City and Suelo– shared second to fourth places with 6.0 points to receive P10,000, P8,000 and P5,000, respectively.\

Jan Francis Mirano of Aklan, Cantonjos and Atty. Cliburn Anthony Orbe of Pagadian City got P3,000 P1,000 and P1,000 for winding up fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively with 5.5 points apiece.

Rounding up to the top 17 who got 5.0 points each were Judge and FIDE Master Rosendo Bandal Jr. , Julius Dan Augustine Ablin, Madronio Fuentes, Marian Calimbo, Mhilter Edombingo, NM Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr., John Cyrus Borce, Geronimo Romarate, Rocky Rocamora and NM Levi Martuna.

Photo shows Johnnel Balquin of Cagayan de Oro City receiving his cash prize of P20,000 plus champion’s trophy to former vice mayor Bebs Cheng (left) during the awarding of 5th mayor Darel Dexter T. Uy P’gsalabuk Chess Cup. A total of 96 players participated.

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Vietnam won gold medals in the Men’s and Women’s Individual Rapid Chess Championship, respectively, of the Southeast Asian Games 16-17 May 2022 in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and to download games.

Truong Son beat GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia in the Semifinals then drew 2:2 with IM Tin Jingyao of Singapore in the Final. In the sudden death playoff, Truong Son won in 50 moves of a Queen’s Pawn game below. IM Tin Jingyao (above left) won the silver medal while Megaranto and Setyaki won bronze medals.

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In the women’s division, IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen beat WCM Sim Jia Ru of Malaysia then drew 2:2 with WGM Gong Qianyun of Singapore. In the sudden death playoff, Pham won in 45 moves of a Reti, King’s Indian Attack. Gong (above left) won the silver medal while WCM Sim and WIM Bach Ngoc Thy Duong won bronze medals.

Visit previous story of SEA Games Individual Rapid Chess Championship: pre-tournament and Preliminaries.

The Rapid Chess Team Championship starts tomorrow, 18 May 2022.

 

GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia and IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Vietnam topped the Men’s and Women’s preliminaries of the Southeast Asian Games Rapid Chess Championship to advance to the Knockout stage tomorrow in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and to download games.

Megaranto (above left) finished alone with 4 points in the 5-round Swiss followed by IM Tin Jingyao of Singapore (above right), IM Setyaki Azarya Jodi of Indonesia (below left) and GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam (below right) , tied with 3.5 points each for 2nd to 4th, respectively by tie break.

The knockout stage will be held tomorrow, 17 May with the following Semifinal pairings

Megaranto vs. Truong Son and Tin vs Setyaki. The winners will battle for gold and silver medals while the two losing players will share bronze medals.

Watch games live at https://vietnamchess.vn/index.php/vi/livegame-seagames31

In the women’s division IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen (above left) and WIM Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong (above right), both of Vietnam, finished in a tied at 4 points each in the 5-round Swiss. WGM Gong Qianyun of Singapore (below left) and WCM Sien Jia Ru of Malaysia (below right) finished 3rd and 4th with 3.5 points each.

KO pairings tomorrow pit Pham vs. Sim and Bach vs. Gong.

The Asian Online Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities is an open individual tournament for chess players who belong to any of the three disability categories (visually impaired, hearing impaired and physically disabled), in online format.

Visit FIDE Calendar to download regulations and registration form.

The Individual Rapid chess championship of the SEA Games is scheduled 16-17 May. Time control is 15 minutes + 10 second increment starting from move 1 for each player. There will be 5 preliminary rounds and the top 4 players shall play semi-finals (1 vs 4 & 2 vs 3) and the losers will both get bronze medals. The winners have to fight for gold.

Here are the Round 1 pairings for men and women. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and results. In photo is SEAG Standard chess champion GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam.

Watch games live at https://vietnamchess.vn/index.php/vi/livegame-seagames31

Visit Official SEA Games site. As of 14 May, Vietnam has already topped the medal tally:

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam (center) receives his gold medal for Men’s Standard Chess in the Southeast Asian Games held 10-15 May 2022 in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. At left is Silver Medalist IM Ervan Mohamad of Indonesia and at right is Bronze Medalist IM Tin Jingyao of Singapore.

Visit previous stories on SEA Games: Round 9, Round 8, Round 7, Round 6, Round 5, Round 4, Round 3, Rounds 1 and 2, Opening ceremony

WIM Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra (center) receives her Gold Medal in the SEA Games Individual Standard Chess for Women. At left is compatriot IM Irene Sukandar who won the Silver Medal and at right is WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram of Vietnam who won the bronze.