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Nine players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points each after 2^nd round games of the Begum Laila Alam 12^th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament, under the financial patronage of veteran chess player Begum Laila Alam and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation.

The event is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room. Joint leaders are: WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, Wadifa Ahmed, WFM Rani Hamid, Ishrat Jahan Diba, Tasnia Taranum Orpa, Nusrat Jahan Alo, Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba and Raiba Sobhan Adhora. Four players are sharing 2^nd position with 1½ points each. They are: WFM Noshin Anjum, WFM Zakia Sultana, Warsia Khusbu and Ashiya Sultana. 2^nd round games were held today (Friday).

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.

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The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022, a series of continental women’s online  blitz ournaments, starts on June 05, 2022
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The event organized by FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess in cooperation with FIDEEvents Commission, is supported by the Asian Chess Federation, the African Chess Confederation, the European Chess Union, and the Confederation of Chess for Americas.

Female players from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas will compete in the Continental Online Blitz Qualification Tournaments first, and those who qualify will advance to the Queens’ Online Individual and Team Finals. Download Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022 – presentation
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Begum Laila Alam 12^th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament, under the financial patronage of veteran chess player Begum Laila Alam and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation began from today (Thursday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room. Visit chess-results.com.

A total of 49 women including two Women Internationa Masters and 3 Women FIDE Masters are participating in this competition. Before start of the games the inauguration ceremony was held, Begum Laila Alam inaugurated the event as chief guest. WIM Rani Hamid and three sons of Begum Laila Alam: Wali Alam, Wazir Alam and Waqi Alam were present as special guests. Anjum Ara Aksir, Executive Member and Chairman of Women’s Committee presided over the ceremony and IO Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly Member of the Executive Committee and Member-Secretary of Women’s Committee of Bangladesh Chess Federation gave speech in the ceremony.

AThe competition is being held in a 7-round Swiss-league system and the winners will be awarded a total of eighty thousand Taka in cash prizes, crests, medals and certificates.

The Reigning National Chess Champion 17 year old FIDE Maste Susal de Silva of Nalanda College won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 2022 for the 2^nd Successive year scoring 10 points out of possible 13 games. Susal who is one of the most promising Chess players in the country kept the lead from the beginning, beat his rival Ranindu Liyanage in the 8^th round which gave him the needed tie breaking points to win the National Chess Championship 2022 title Trophy, the Gold Medal and share of cash award of Rs. 112,500/=.

Susal beat AACB Amarasinghe, Isuru Alahakoon, Dhanushka Bandara, Chandana Wijekoon SDBK Senevirathne, Brijeash Sarawanabhawan, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage and NPG Sithija Lahiru drew with  Nabil Nazar, KGTSD Kiriealla, Lisara Samadith Tennakoon  and Elath Mathanga De Silva and lost only one game to  Achinthya Shamane Kaluarachchi to earn 10 points.

Top seed FIDE Master, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of Ananda College also scored ten points out of possible 13 games but had to satisfy himself with the Silver Medal due to the lack of tie breaking points. Ranindu beat  Brijeash Sarawanabhawan, KGTSD Kiriealla, NPG Sithija Lahiru, Elath Mathanga, Achintha Shyamane Kaluarachchi, Lisara Samadith Tennakoon, AACB Amarasinghe, Dhanushka Bandara and SDBK Senevirathne, drew with  Chandana Wijekoon, & Nabil Nazar and lost two games to the Champion Susal and Isuru Alahakoon to reach 10 points, Silver Medal and Share of cash award of Rs. 112,500/=.

FIDE Master, Isuru Alahakoon of Sri Lanka Navy managed to place 3^rd with 8 ½ points out of 13 games. Isuru beat Elath Mathanga De Silva, Chandana Wijekoon, Nabil Nazar, Ranindu Liyanage, AACB Amarasinghe, Dhanushka Bandara and SDBK Senevirathne, drew with Brijeash Saravanabhawan, KGTSD Kiriella and NPG Sithija Lahiru and lost to LMST De Silva, Achinthya Shamane Kaluarachchi and Lisara Tennakoon to win the bronze Medal with Rs. 40,000/= Thumula Kiriella  of Maliyadeva College scored 8 points and earned Rs. 20,000/= while Nabil Nazar Mohomed of Gateway College scored 7 ½ points to place 5^th and earn Rs. 10,000/=. In cash.

Four times Women’s National Champion, Women International Master, Sachini Ranasinghe won her 5^th Women’s National Chess Championship title convincingly scoring 9 points out of possible 13 games. She beat Pasindi Wijesuriya, Oneli Vithanawasam, Janandani Abeysinghe, Nemindi Ramanayake, Tiumi Yashora, WMMN Wijesinghe and Wishwara Mapa, drew with Yasasi Abeysekara, Chamodya Yapabandara, Desandi Gamage and Esha Mihisha Pallie with two loses against Sanudula Dahamdi and Minethma Wickramasinghe. She earned the Women’s National Chess Champion Trophy, Gold Medal and Rs. 100,000/= in Cash.

Desandi Dihansa Gamage of Sirimavo Bandaranaike College won the 2^nd spot with 8 ½ points out of 13 games. She scored wins against Tiyumi Yashora, Wishwara Mapa, Pasinidi Wijesuriya, Oneli Vithanawasam, Chamodya Yapabandara, Minethma Wickramasinghe and Yasasi Geemini Abeysekara, drew with Sanudula Dahamdi, Sachini Ranasinghe and Nemindi Ramanayake with two losses to WMMN Wijesinghe and Esha Pallie to earn the Bronze medal with Rs. 25,000/= in cash.

Janandani Abeysinghe of NSBM Green University managed to win the 3^rd place with 8 points. She beat Sanudula Dahamdi, Oneli Vithanawasam, Yasasi Geemini Abeysekara, Minethma Wickramasinghe, Nemindi Ramanayake, Desandi Gamage and Wishwara Mapa, Drew with Esha Pallie and Pasinidi Wijesuriya and lost 4 games to Sachini Ranasinghe, Chamodya Yapabandara, Tiyumi Yashora and WMMN Wijesinghe to earn the Bronze Medal with Rs. 25,000/- in cash.  Pasindi Yathra Wijesuriya of Passed Pawn Chess Club scored 7 ½ points out of 13 games to earn 4^th place with Rs. 15,000/- while Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe scored 7 points each with Wishwara Mapa and earn 5^th place on better tie breaker.

The top five players in both events are selected to the Sri Lanka National Open and Women Chess Teams which participate in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in India.

The Golden Jubilee year Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2022 – Open & Women’s was conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka for a half a million Cash fund. The best 14 players of each section in Sri Lanka was competed in round Robin system in 13rounds for the supremacy.

The Awards Ceremony of the event was held on 1^st May at Hotel Taj Samudra just after the final round. Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, President CFSL, General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association and Mr. Wong, Deputy General Manager – Product of SLT Mobitel being the Main Sponsor of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka distributed the Awards for the National Champions.

The games can be taken from

Sri Lanka National Chess Championship – 2022

Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#97a5d9b6-d404-4667-b072-395ad40a3e9a

 

Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship – 2022

Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#bc74da78-0d23-4c09-8c81-d5ac51ce9e13

 

The Final Standings

 

Open – Final Ranking in 13 Rounds
Rk.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1
1	De Silva L M S T	2162	Nalanda College	10	1
2	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2345	Ananda College	10	0
3	Alahakoon Isuru	2014	Sri Lanka NAVY	8.5	0
4	Kiriella K G T S D	1737	Maliyadeva College	8	0
5	Nabil Nazar Mohamed	1680	Gateway College	7.5	0
6	Kaluarachchi Achinthya S	1801	St Mary’s College	6.5	0
7	Senevirathne S D B K	1757	Maliyadeva College	6	1
8	Bandara Dhanushka	1882	Kandy YMCA CC	6	0
9	Tennakoon Lisara Samadhith	1680	Dharmaraja College	5.5	1
10	Amarasinghe A A C B	1855	Super Knights CC	5.5	0
11	Lahiru N P G Sithija	1783	Uni of Moratuwa	5	0
12	Saravanabaavan Brijeash	1643	Gateway College	4.5	1
13	Wijekoon Chandana	1823	Sri Lanka NAVY	4.5	0
14	De Silva Elath Mathanga	1816	IFS R&D International	3.5	0

 

 

Women – Final Ranking after 13 Rounds
Rk.	Name	Rtg	Club/City			Pts.	TB1
1	WIM  Ranasinghe S D	1698	Grand Prix Chess Club			9	0
2	Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa	1447	Sirimavo Bandaranaike V.			8.5	0
3	Abeysinghe H M H Janandani	1465	NSBM Green University			8	0
4	WCM  Wijesuriya G P Y	1581	Passed Pawn CC			7.5	0
5	WCM  Wickramasinghe Minethma	1527	Sujatha Vidyalaya			7	1.5
6	WCM  Sanudula K M Dahamdi	1710	Musaeus College			7	1
7	Mapa M M W H	1587	Girl’s High School			7	0.5
8	Pallie Ehsha Mishela	1475	Visakha Vidyalaya			6.5	0
9	Abeysekara Yasasi Geemini	1324	Sujatha Vidyalaya			6	1
10	Wijesinghe W M M N	1509	Girl’s High School			5	38.8
11	Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya	1387	Bandaranayake Central			4	27.3
12	Vithanawasam Oneli	1449	Lyceum International			2	28.8
13	Yapa Bandara Chamodya	1533	Girl’s High School			3	31
14	Yashora Tiumi	1624	University of Colombo			2	27.3

 

The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) shall organize the 13^th KIIT International Chess Festival in association with All Odisha Chess Association at KIIT University from 22^nd to 29^th May 2022 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

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Join the 1st Maharashtra International Open GM Chess Tournament 31 May to 8 June 2022 in , Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• The tournament is open for players who have a Standard FIDE rating of 2000
and above in the current rating list.
• The Tournament shall be played under the FIDE Laws of Chess for a total of
11 rounds on a Swiss-League basis.
• Each player shall have 90 minutes with an addition of 30 seconds per move
starting from move one

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IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin & CM Md. Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy are now jointly leading the points table with 5 points each after 6^th round games in the Marcel Invitational International Rating Chess Tournament, sponsored by Walton Hi-Tech Industries plc and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room in Dhaka.

Seven players are sharing 2^nd position with 4½ points each. They are: CM Manon Reja Neer of Uttara Central Chess Club FIDE, FM Khandaker Aminul & Master Sheikh Nasir Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy, Anata Choudhury of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad, Shafiq Ahmed of Sheikh Russel Chess Club, CM Mohammad Jamal Uddin of Sultana Kamal Smirity Pathagar and Md. Sariatullah of Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club.

Four players are sharing 3^rd position with 4 points each. They are: FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman of Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society, Md. Abu Hanif of Access Club, Feroz Ahmed of Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club and Din Mohammad.

IM Daniel Quizon won the 2nd Kamatyas FIDE Rated Invitational Rapid Chess Tournament last Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the MultiSys Headquarters Multinational Village in Paranaque City, Philippines.

In photo are, from left, IM Roderick Nava of Kamatyas Chess Club, FM Randy Segarra (3rd), IM Daniel Quizon (champion), GM Darwin Laylo (2nd) and Founder and CEO of software engineering solutions provider Multisys Technologies Corp. David Almirol Jr.

The Dasmariñas City bet Quizon split the point with IM Barlo Nadera to score 7.5 points in 9 outings and create a three-way tie for first place with GM Darwin Laylo, who drew with Chester Neil Reyes and FM Randy Segarra, who brought down IM Ronald Dableo.
Quizon took the title via superior tie break points against runner-up Laylo and third placer Segarra.

“I didn’t look to defend my title, just to play my best,” said,Quizon, a member of the famous Dasmariñas Chess Academy under the guidance of Rep. Elpidio “Pidi” Barzaga Jr. and National Coach FM Roel Abelgas.

“I knew that this was a tough tournament with all the players. I just tried to play my best and now I am really happy,” added Quizon who is part of the National Team bound for THE 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Hanoi, Vietnam next month.
Sharing fourth to seventh places were Reyes, Nadera, Jerry Areque and FM Robert Suelo Jr. who got 7.0 points each.

Rounding up the top 10 finishers with 6.5 points each were Narquingel “Archie” Reyes, IM Chito Garma and FM Narquingden “Arden” Reyes.

Category winners were GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., (top senior), IM Angelo Young (top PWD), WIM Kylen Joy Mordido (top lady), NM Mark Jay Bacojo (top junior), NM Al-Basher Buto (top kiddies), NM Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr., Joey Villar and Reymundo Gregorio Nillama (top media).

The 2nd edition Kamatyas FIDE Rated Invitational Rapid Chess Tournament, backed up by founder and CEO of software engineering solutions provider Multisys Technologies Corp. David Almirol Jr.,  was organized by Kamatyas Chess Club headed by IM Roderick Nava and was sanctioned by National Chess Federation of the Philippines and supervised by the Philippine Arbiters Chess Confederation (PACC).

Earlier, Almirol, Nava and Asia’s First GM Eugene Torre made the ceremonial moves kicking off the one-day tournament assisted by Tournament Director NA Byron Gabrentina Villar and Chief Arbiter IA Reden Cruz.

In photo are, from left founder and CEO of software engineering solutions provider Multisys Technologies Corp. David Almirol Jr. and Asia’s First Grandmaster Eugene Torre making the ceremonial moves ofthe one-day tournament assisted by IM Roderick Nava of Kamatyas Chess Club, Tournament Director NA Byron Gabrentina Villar and Chief Arbiter IA Reden Cruz. (photos by Mark Anthony Dulatre)

The event aimed to develop good thinkers through the understanding of chess strategies and tactics, improving the logical abilities and rational thinking and reasoning of the participants, and instilling a sense of self-confidence, self-worth and camaraderie.

Final Standings: (9 Round Swiss System, 15 Minutes + 5 Seconds Increment, 100 player’s field, free registration, free lunch, free snacks and free dinner)
Champion: IM Daniel Quizon (7.5 points, P30,000 plus trophy)
2nd: GM Darwin Laylo (7.5 points, P10,000 plus trophy)
3rd: FM Randy Segarra (7.5 points, P7,000 plus trophy)
4th: Chester Neil Reyes (7.0 points, P5,000 plus medal)
5th: IM Barlo Nadera (7.0 points, P2,000 plus medal)
6th: Jerry Areque (7.0 points, P2,000 plus medal)
7th: FM Robert Suelo Jr. (7.0 points, P2,000 plus medal)
8th: Narquingel “Archie” Reyes (6.5 points, P2,000 plus medal)
9th: IM Chito Garma (6.5 points, P2,000 plus medal)
10th: FM Narquingden “Arden” Reyes (6.5 points, P2,000 plus medal)