GM Darini Pouria of Iran livedup to his top seed billing to win the 6th International Khavaran Nourooz Cup Birjand held 24-29 March in Iran. Darini also won the blitz tournament with 10.5 points out of 11 games. Visit chess-results.com
Here is final rank with Buccholz tie break.
Eskandari Amirali won the B Tournament for Under-1800 with 8.5 points.Golzari Amirmohammad won the Under-16 Boys with 8.5 pts.
Bagherzadeh Narges won theUnder-16 Girls with 8 points.
WALTON International Rating Chess Tournament-2200, sponsored by WALTON Hi-Tech Industries PLC and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation will start on 4th April, 2022, Monday from 2:00 PM at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room. Follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram.
A Press-Briefing regarding the event was held today (Wednesday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room. Mr. F. M. Iqbal Bin Anwar (Dawn), Senior Executive Director of WALTON Hi-Tech Industries PLC, Mr. K M Shahidullah, Vice-President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, IO Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly & Sajal Mahmud, Executive Members of Bangladesh Chess Federation, IA Md Haroon Or Rashid were present in the press-briefing and briefed details of the events.
The event will be held in a 9 round Swiss League system in 9 days. Winners of the event will be awarded a total two lac taka cash prize money and WALTON gift.
Interested players can enroll their name with mentioned entry fees on or before 2nd April, 2022, Saturday at Bangladesh Chess Federation office.
New Delhi (29 March 2022) :- Grandmaster and National Champion Arjun Erigaisi came up with another inspired effort and crashed through the defenses of Karthik Venkataraman to annex the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament that concluded here at the Tivoli Gardens. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.
Starting the day in a five-way lead and having the best tiebreak, Arjun left nothing to chance as he went for an offensive right from the word go in a Sicilian Najdorf game as white and even though Karthik posed some challenge in the middle game, the young National champion romped home easily with some finely crafted manoeuvres.
Arjun got four lakh rupees as the winner’s purse plus a glittering trophy and looks like a sure fire bet for the main team in the forthcoming Chess Olympiad at Chennai as he scaled past 2675 in live Elo ratings. Earlier this month the young man had won the National championship at Kanpur quite easily and that means his winnings this month are ten lakhs in all.
D Gukesh, who had also fought tooth and nail with Arjun in the national championship, defeated last event’s winner Abhijeet Gupta from a level endgame to finish second. The Nimzo Indian by Gukesh as black led to a level endgame but Abhijeet took unwarranted risks leading to his downfall. It was almost the repeat of last round of the National championship when Abhijeet had a similar fate out of the same opening against Gukesh.
Harsha Bharthakoti finished third on tiebreak defeating S P Sethuraman who played black. For the records, Arjun, Gukesh and Harsh all ended up on 8.5 points out of a possible ten.
The caravan now moves to Ahmedabad for the final installment of the three International events planned in India after a two-year gap.
The Delhi open next year will be a much bigger event in several categories with Rs. 1.25 Crores as prize money, an announcement made by All India Chess Federation Secretary and Delhi Association President Bharat Singh Chauhan on the opening day of this gala meet.
Important results final round: Abhijeet Gupta (7.5) lost to D Gukesh (8.5); S P Sethuraman (7.5) lost to Harsha Bharathakoti (8.5); Erigaisi Arjun (8.5) beat Karthik Venkataraman (7); Gusain Himal (7.5) drew with M R Lalith Babu (7.5); Tahbaz Arash (7) lost to Nigmatov Ortik (8); P Iniyan (7) drew with Neelash Saha (7.5); Shahil Dey (6.5) lost to Delgado Ramirez Neuris (7.5); Divya Deshmukh (6.5) lost to R R Laxman (7.5); S Nitin (6.5) lost to Rohith Krishna (7.5); Aradhya Garg (6.5) lost to Gholami Orimi Mahdi (7.5).
The top ten: 1-3: Erigaisi Arjun, D Gukesh, Harsha Bharathakoti (8.5 each); 4. Nigmatov Ortik (8); 5-10: S P Sethuraman, Delgado Ramirez Neuris, M R Lalith Babu, Abhijeet Gupta, Neelash Saha, Gholami Orimi Mahdi (7.5 each).
Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates formalized its entry to the 2nd season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference online chess tournament quarterfinals after edging Iriga City Oragons, 11.5-9.5 at Chess.com Platform.
Backed up by congressman Ace Barbers and team manager Engr. Dodjie, the Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates finished the Southern Division elimination round with 21 wins and 13 defeats and has secured a sure ticket to the conference’s quarterfinals.
“The win in the last round of the eliminations to get the projected perfect last 3 rounds were attributed to the dominance of Mariel Batulan-Romero in Board 3, the wins of Alfred Rapanot versus NM Kevin Mirano in Board 2; FM Vince Alaan’s win in rapid versus NM Onofre Espiritu and NM Cyril Ortega’s at Seniors category,”said team owner playing coach Arena Grandmaster Rey C. Urbiztondo.
“Our Top 5 spot in the South is an achievement against stronger teams. We calculated our last 3 games versus our rivals Camarines and Toledo then. We were able to hit the prediction that we will beat them. Because in the last round 3 rounds, both of them will have to meet Davao, while no longer for us. Thus, they all lost to Davao and we made perfect score in the last 3 games,” he added.
“The Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates, one of only 4 teams from Mindanao, a pioneer in PCAP and once the only from Mindanao in the last 3rd conference of the first season when Zamboanga took a leave of absence,” last word of Urbiztondo.
It was a slow start for the Fianchetto Checkmates against Iriga after ending the first seven playing boards in tie ,3-5-3.5, in the blitz game.
The Fianchetto Checkmates also had a close 8-6 triumph against Iriga in rapid event with two-pointers from Alfredo Rapanot (Board 2), Mariel Batulan-Romero (Board 3), National Master Cyril Ortega (4) and Fide Master Vince Alaan (Board 5).
Rapanot smashed Kevin Mirano, Batulan-Romero nipped Isabel Palibino, Ortega crushed Roger Pesimo and Alaan toppled National Master Onofre Espiritu.
National Master Glennen Artuz, Emil Valeza and Joeven Polsotin carried the good fight for Iriga after beating Lennon Hart Salgados (Board 1), Rhez Rheann Auza (Board 6) and Cyrus Donasco (Board 7), respectively.
Defending Champion Laguna Heroes wrapped the 2nd season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference online chess tournament with a dominating victory against the Quezon City Simba’s Tribe, 16-5, to qualify as well to the Quarterfinals.
A file photo shows Arena Grandmaster Rey C. Urbiztondo (right), team owner playing coach of Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates in a simul against Asia’s first GM Eugene Torre.
New Delhi (28 March 2022) :- Defending champion Abhijeet Gupta fought his way back in a five-way lead defeating Poormosavi Seyed Kian of Iran in the ninth and penultimate round of 19th Delhi International open chess tournament now underway here at Tivoli Gardens. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.
With his sixth victory in a row following a disastrous start, Gupta reached 7.5 points to join overnight leaders Arjun Erigaisi (above left), D Gukesh (above right) and Harsha Bharthakoti (below left) while S P Sethuraman (below right) accounted for Pavel Ponkratov of Russia to match these four on points.
Poormosavi Seyed Kian meanwhile became the first player in the tournament to score an International Master norm. The other norm aspirant is Neelash Saha who needs a victory in the final round to make a Grandmaster norm.
At the top of the tables, Erigaisi Arjun played out an effortless draw as black against Gukesh out of a Sicilian Najdorf where the pieces changed hands right from the early middle game. The players soon reached an endgame where neither side had chances.
Bharthakoti drew with Saha who played white while Sethuraman was at his best in outwitting Ponkratov.
For Gupta it was a good day in the office. The champion of the last 2020 edition won a pawn in the Bishop and pawns endgame. The technicalities were never a problem and Gupta wrapped the issue in 45 moves.
The India B Chess Team won the Online Asian Nations Cup 2022 – Under 14 Open event tied at 16 match points each with Philippines A team and prevailing with a better tie break score. India B team beat Hong Kong (3 ½ – 1 1/2), Malaysia (2 ½ – 1 1/2 ), Philippine Knights (4-0), Singapore Open 1 (2 ½ – 1 1/2), Mongolia (3-1), Singapore open 2 (3 ½ – ½ ) with 2 draws with Philippines A and India A Teams. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results.
India Girls A team dominated the Girls event just giving 1 draw to Mongolian Girls scoring 17 match points out of a possible 18. They beat Sri Lanka Team (Red) (3-1), Hong Konh (4-0), New Zealand Girls (4-0), Singapore Girls 1 (4-0), Malaysia (2 ½ – 1 ½ ), Team Philippines (3-1), India B (3 ½ – ½ ) and Sri Lanka Green (4-0) to reach 17 points and the title.
Philippines also scored 16 points in Open section but had to satisfy themselves with the Silver medal on the lower tie breaker. Philippines A team beat Sri Lanka C (2 ½ – 1 ½ ), New Zealand (3 – 1), Thailand (4-0), Singapore 1 (3 – 1), India A (2 ½ – 1 ½ ), Philippine Knights (2 ½ – 1 ½ ) and Sri Lanka B (3-1) with two draws with India B and Malaysia A to reach the Silver Medal.
India A also had a good event and placed 3rd in points with 17 match points. But they were not eligible to get the Bronze on the tournament regulations where a country can win only one trophy. So, the Singapore A team got the opportunity for the Bronze Medal scoring 11 match points. Singapore scored against Bahrain (4-0), Mongolia(3-1), Malaysia B (4-0), Sri Lanka A (3-1), Hong Kong (2 ½ – 1 ½ ) and drew with Malaysia A (2-2) to earn 11 match points. They lost 3 matches with India A(3 ½ – ½ ), India B(2 ½ – 1 ½ ) and Philippine A (3-1)
Here are the board medalists among boys by performance rating:
Singapore Girls A and Mongolian Girls both teams scored 14 match points out of 18 but, Singapore won the Silver Medal with the better tie break. Singapore Girls A beat Singapore Girls 2 (3-1), India Team B (2 ½ -1 ½), Sri Lanka Team Green (4-0), Malaysia A 2 ½ – 1 ½) Sri Lanka Team Red (4-0) and New Zealand (4-0).
Mongolian Girls had to satisfy themselves with the 3rd place scoring wins against Hong Kong (3-1), New Zealand (3-1), Sri Lanka Red (3-1), Sri Lanka Blue (2 ½ – 1 ½ ), Team Philippines Girls (3-1), drew with Singapore Girls (2-2) and India A (2-2) to win the Bronze Medal. Only loss of them is against Malaysia A Team.
Here are the board medalists among girls by performance rating:
The Online Asian Nations Cup (Open & Girls) 2022- Under 14 Year, conducted by the Asian Chess Federation was organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka on 25th, 26th and 27th of March 2022 at the Tornelo platform. A total of 33 teams from 12 countries participated, namely Bahrain. Hong Kong, India, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, UAE and Sri Lanka. The event was held on the rapid time control of 15 minutes + 10 second increments and was played according to the Swiss System for teams in 9 rounds as Open and Girls.
New Delhi (27 March 2022) :- With just two rounds remaining, the 19th edition of Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess tournament is heading for an exciting finish as top seed National Champion Arjun Erigaisi along with compatriots Harsha Bharathakoti and D Gukesh are now leading the point table with seven points. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.
The eighth round of the tournament witnessed fierce battles which produced decisive results on top six boards as Arjun Erigaisi annihilated former national champion Lalith Babu M R in 28 moves arrived out of Scotch game while Harsha shocked second seed Grandmaster Pavel Ponkratov of Russia with light colour pieces in a Semi-Slav game after 58 moves.
Meanwhile the youngest Indian in history to secure the Grandmaster title D Gukesh joined the Telangana duo of Arjun and Harsha at leader board after beating Karthik Venkataraman with dark colour pieces in a Queen’s Gambit Declined game that lasted just 29 moves.
Defending champion Abhijeet Gupta along with fifth seed Sethuraman S P, International Master Neelash Saha and Iranian FIDE Master Kian Seyed Poormosavi are occupying the joint fourth spot with a drift of half point from the leaders. Abhijeet defeated CRG Krishna while Sethu got the better of Ortik Nigmatov of Uzbekistan. Neelash stunned fourth seed Neuris Delgado Ramirez of Paraguay and Poormosavi beat Deepan Chakkaravarthy in the eighth-round encounter.
In the all-important penultimate round tomorrow, Arjun pitted against Gukesh on top board while Harsha will fight it out with Neelash Saha.
Philippine boys team and Indian girls team lead their respective divisions after 6 rounds of the Asian Under-14 Chess Team Championship held on the Tornelo platform. Visit chess-results.com
The Philippine boys team is composed of:
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED |
| 1 | Buto Al-Basher | 1320 | PHI |
| 2 | Reyes Oshrie Jhames | 1136 | PHI |
| 3 | Casiguran Phil Martin | 0 | PHI |
| 4 | Macabulos Pat Ferdolf | 1182 | PHI |
| 5 | Reyes Prince Jhamie | 0 | PHI |
Here are boys standings after 6 rounds.
The India-A Girls team is composed of
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | Mallick Mrittika | 1278 | IND | |
| 2 | WCM | Alana Meenakshi Kolagatla | 1193 | IND |
| 3 | M Sreekumar Anupam | 1330 | IND | |
| 4 | Halder Sneha | 1225 | IND | |
| 5 | Myra Singh | 1360 | IND |
Here are girls standings after six rounds.
FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh Ansar became unbeaten champion in the Golden Jubilee Independence Day FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament, On the occasion of the celebration of Golden Jubilee of Independence Day, under the patronage of Saif Powertech Limited and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation was held today (Saturday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room.
FM Tahsin earned 8 points to clinch the title. GM Enamul Hossain Razib of SAIf Sporting Club became runner-up and IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh Police became 3rd with 7½ points each. Md. Abu Hanif of Access club became 4th with 7 points.
Eight players earned 6½ points. In tie-breaking system, their positions are: 5th-FM Khandekar Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Navy, 6th– gM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Police, 7th-FM Subrota Biswas of Bangladesh Navy, 8th-IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy, 9th-Swarnavo Choudhury of Bangladesh Ansar, 10th– Golam Mostafa bhuiyan of Sheikh Russel Chess Club, 11th-Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor and 12th-Anat Choudhury of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad.
Four players become 13th to 16th positions with 6 points each: They are: CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy, CM Ikramul Haq Siam of Uttara Central Chess Club and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh Police.
Special prizes went to: WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WCM Ahmed Walijah, Delwar Hossain, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Md. Sajidul Haque and Sakline Mostafa Sajid.
In the morning K M Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation was inaugurated before the start of the games. Masudur Rahman Mallik, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain Razib, Mahmud Ali Ferdous, former national chess player & County Supervisor of Colombia County in USA, IO Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly, Executive Member of Bangladesh Chess Federation and IA Md Haroon Or Rashid were present in the inauguration ceremony.
In the 6th round games: GM Razib beat GM Zia, FM Amindrew with FM Tahsin, IM Minha zdrew with FM Lavlu, IM Fahad beat Feroz Ahmed, FM Subrota beat FM mohammad Javed, Abzid drew with Jabed, CM Siam beat Mihir Lal Das, CM Sharon beat CM Md Shawket Osman Shaon, Sayor beat CM md. Sharif Hossain, and Mostafa beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag. In 7th round games: GM Razib drew with FM Subrota, GM Zia drew with CM Siam, IM Fahad beat FM Amin, FM Tahsin beat CM Sharon, IM Minhaz beat Jabed, Abzid beat FM Lavlu and Mostafa beat Sayor. In 8th round: FM Tahsin beat GM Razib, IM Fahad drew with IM Minhaz, GM Zia beat Abzid, FM Subrota beat CM Siam, FM Amin beat Mostafa, CM Mahtab beat Feroz, Hanif beat Aminul, Anata beat F M Javed, Swarnavo beat CM Sharon and Sajid beat CM Sharif. In 9th round: FM Tahsin beat GM Zia, IM Fahad beat FM Subrota, GM Razib beat CM Mahtab, Anata drew with IM Minhaz, Swarnavo drew with FM Amin, Hanif beat Sajid, Mostafa beat Abzid, FM Nasir drew with CM Siam and FM Parag drew with Jabed.
Total 110 players including 2 grandmasters, 3 International Masters, 1 Woman International Master, 7 FIDE Master, 1 Woman FIDE Master, 8 Candidate Master and 2 Women’s Candidate Masters take part in the whole day’s 9-round Swiss-League system event.
Grandmaster and National Champion Arjun Erigaisi stormed his way back in the joint lead by defeating International Master Shyam Nikhil in the seventh round of the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament now underway here at Tivoli Resort Hotel. Visit delhichess.com and chess-results.com.
With this victory, he joined Grandmaster Lalith Babu M R and Grandmaster Karthik Venkataraman (photo above) who drew their game at the top of the table.
International Master Nigmatov Ortik from Uzbekistan also claims his spot at the top of the table after his well-fought draw with Grandmaster Sethuraman S.P.
Grandmaster Gukesh D’s thrilling endgame skills against Iran’s International Master Tahbaz Arash steered him to join the tabletop along with Grandmaster Harsha Bharathakoti who defeated Woman Grandmaster Srija Seshadri.
With the top of the table looking strong and ever so competitive, we can only hope to witness some top-class gameplays and be ready for some good results.
