Thirty players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points each after 2nd round games of the WALTON International Rating Chess Tournament-2200, sponsored by WALTON Hi-Tech Industries PLC and organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation is now being held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room and Conference room of National Sports council old building. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.
The tournament will take place from 23rd to 30th May, 2022 at the Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center, Hanoi, after the 31st SEA Games event.
Below are the details of the tournament.
Viet Nam Chess Federation have the honour to invite players to participate in the “HANOI GM AND IM CHESS TOURNAMENT 2022”. The events will be held in Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center, a very beautiful and convenient place at the center of Hanoi. The dates are 23rd (opening) to 30th May, 2022 (departure)
1. Date: 23rd May – 30th May 2022
2. Venue: Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center, 50 Dao Duy Tu str, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi
3. Organiser: Viet Nam Chess Federation.
4. Chief arbiter: IA/ IO Luong Trong Minh
5. System: There are two: GM group, rating category 7-8 and IM group category 2-3. Number of round: minimally Round Robin 9 games, maximally Round Robin 11 games in each groups.
6. Time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move starting from the 1st move.
7. Default time: 30 minutes
8. Registration: The registration deadline is 26th April 2022.
9. Entry fees: No entry fees.
10.Prize: Certificates about the participation of the tournaments,
11. Transfer:
Estimated price for taxi from Noi Bai Airport to tournament venue is about 15 USD.
12. Contact: Viet Nam Chess Federation
Add: 36 Tran Phu Street, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel/Fax: (84-24) 3823 2471
Email: office@vietnamchess.vn
A FIDE delegation headed by its President Arkady Dvorkovich has paid a three-day visit to India. The purpose of the trip was to inspect the proposed venue for the 44th Chess Olympiad, discuss the road map for the event, and sign the contract with the All India Chess Federation (AICF). The FIDE President also held a round of meetings with all the relevant authorities whose support has made this event possible.
AICF President Sanjay Kapoor and Tournament Director and AICF Secretary Bharat Chauhan, along with District Collector, AR Rahul Nadh, escorted the FIDE delegation to the venue for the upcoming Olympiad in Chennai on March 31. All the operational aspects of the Olympiad were discussed in detail between the FIDE representatives and the local organizing committee. Later that day, Dvorkovich met with Siva. V. Meyyanathan, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Government of Tamil Nadu, and Dr R Anandakumar IAS, Member Secretary Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.
On April 1st, during a public act hosted in Delhi, the FIDE President officially signed the contract for India to organize the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022. The President of All India Chess Federation (AICF) and the Organizing Committee Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, Tournament Director Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Principal Secretary Youth Welfare & Sports Development Department Government of Tamil Nadu, IAS Ms. Apoorva, Five-time World Chess Champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, Chairman of Gujarat State Co-operative Banks Mr. Ajay Patel and Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu, IAS Dr. R Anandakumar were in attendance to receive the official hosting rights on behalf of India.
The Government of Tamil Nadu and Honourable Chief Minister Thiru M.K. Stalin along with the team at AICF carried out tremendous efforts to bring the FIDE 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 to India. The prestigious competition, which has been organized since 1927, will be held in India for the first time and in Asia after 30 years.
Speaking at the occasion, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich said, “It’s an honour and privilege to be here and this is a historic moment as India will host the FIDE World Chess Olympiad for the first time. The place which produces more Grandmasters than any other country truly deserves to host the FIDE World Chess Olympiad. I can see a clear interest to host the best-ever FIDE World Chess Olympiad in Chennai.”
Indian chess grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, who was also present at the event in New Delhi, said, “I am delighted that the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad will take place in Chennai. I would like to thank the Tamil Nadu Government and especially Chief Minister Thiru M.K. Stalin and everyone else who has played a part in bringing the competition to India. I would also like to thank FIDE and FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich. And also credit must be given to All India Chess Federation (AICF) for moving very fast and I am confident that the competition will be a great success.”
The President of All India Chess Federation Dr. Sanjay Kapoor said, “Today I am overjoyed and as the President of AICF, I would like to share this joy with the people of India. The FIDE World Chess Olympiad has never been hosted in India, but in 2022, the long wait is finally over. It’s a matter of pride for the entire country to host this event. Going by the number of countries participating in the tournament, it will be the biggest sporting competition ever hosted in India.”
The Tournament Director Bharat Singh Chauhan added, “This is a historic moment for the All India Chess Federation (AICF) and all of us. This is going to be the biggest sporting event hosted by India. We are expecting participants from 160-190 countries to take part in the competition. We are going to host this event with the support of all chess players.”
After the public act, the AICF representatives and the FIDE President were invited to a private reception with the Honourable Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu Government Thiru M.K. Stalin. Mr Stalin, who was the mayor of Chennai in the period from 2009 to 2011, and had previously been 1st Deputy Chief Minister from 2009 to 2011, has backed the project from the very beginning. Without his decisive support, bringing the Olympiad to Chennai wouldn’t have been possible.
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad will take place from 28 July 2022 to 14 August 2022 in Chennai. This is the complete schedule:
Day 1, July 28, 2022 – Technical meeting, Opening ceremony
Day 2, July 29, 2022 – Round 1
Day 3, July 30, 2022 – Round 2
Day 4, July 31, 2022 – Round 3
Day 5, August 1, 2022 – Round 4
Day 6, August 2, 2022 – Round 5
Day 7, August 3, 2022 – Round 6
Day 8, August 4, 2022 – Free day
Day 9, August 5, 2022 – Round 7
Day 10, August 6, 2022 – Round 8
Day 11, August 7, 2022 – Round 9
Day 12, August 8, 2022 – Round 10
Day 13, August 9, 2022 – Round 11, closing ceremony
Day 13, August 9, 2022 – Departures
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.
