WCM Bristy Mukherjee of India defeated 3rd round leader Thao Tam Ngiem of Vietnam and drew with Iranian Saina Salonika to score 5 points after 6 rounds. She shares the lead with Tina Karami of Iran who won her last three games. Three players, Thao Tham Nghem (VIE), Maika Mohammadi (IRI) and Tran Gia Thu Pham (VIE) are a half point behind,

Girls Under 16
Indias WIM Divya Desmukh defeated erstwhile co-leaders Nikko Abbaspoorrad (IRI) and WFM Xeniya Balabayeva to gain solo lead with 5.5 points. Four players are tied for 2nd – 5th place; Nikoo Abbaspoorad (IRI), Bhagyashree Patil (IND), Saniya Rafique Tadavi (IRI) and Hong Nhung Nguyen (VIE).

Girls Under 14k
WCM Nu Quynh Duong Ton of Vietnam and Saparya Ghosh of India both won their last three assignments and share the lead with 5 ½ points after six rounds. 3rd to 5th place is shared by three players with 5 points.

 

Girls Under 12
Competition in the Girls under-12 remains tight as 8 players scored 5 points followed closely by 7 players with 4.5 points

Girls Under 10
Second seed Rosha Akbari and 4th seed Sana Shadanpour, both from Iran, defeated their last three opponents and shares the lead with 51/2 points. They will play each other in the next round and try to keep their distance from 7 other players who are clos behind with 5 points.

Girls Under 8
Two Indian girls Sanhita Pungavanam and Ananya Rajan P share the lead with Iranian Ava Mokhtari with five and a half points out of a possible 6. Sharing 4th – 6th place with 5 points are Shree Pooja (IND), Mirzakhani Bahar (IRI) and Shiyang Peng of China.

The 2021 Asian Online Youth Chess Championships has started with 3 rounds played on Friday for Girls Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. A total of 491 Girls from 20 Countries are competing for the award in the 6 Categories Visit chess-results.com for round by round results, standings and to download games.

Girls under 18

After three rounds,  14th seed Nghiem Thao Tam of Vietnam was the only unbeaten players with 3 points after defeating top seed WIM Nurgali Nazerke of Kazakhstan in the 2nd round and 6th seed WFM Chuemsakul Sarocha of Thailand in the 3rd round. Six players scored 2.5 points lead by 4th seed Jalali Saba (IRI) and 1oth seed WCM Pham Tran Gia Thu (VIE).

Girls Under 16

Four players, Abbaspoorrad Nikoo (IRI), WIM Deshmukh Divya (IND), Sun Jihan (CHN) and WFM Patil Bhagyashree (IND) won their three matches to take an early lead girls under 16. My Hanh An Nguyen (VIE) defeated top seed Balabayeva Xeniya (KAZ) in the 2nd round to share 5th to 8th place with WFM Patel Dhyana (IND), K Ratnapriya (IND), and Gupta Anushka of India.

Girls Under 14

Top seed Ngo Minh Hang of Vietnam garnered a perfect 3 points to share the lead with 5 other players; Kumawat Dakshita (IND), Baldanjantsan Khuslenzaya (MGL), WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi (SRI) and Hajatniya Reyhaneh (IRI).

Girls Under 12

Seven players amass 3 points to share the lead after three rounds, lead by 2nd seed Nguyen Kim Ngan Hau of Vietnam and 3rd seed Kaliakhmet Elnaz of Kazakhstan.

Girls Under 10

Surprisingly, only the 10th seed Zarkym Ailin of Kazakshtan was the highest seed to score 3 points. She shared the lead with 13th seed Tong Thai Hoang An (VIE), Altynbek Aiaru (KAZ), Erdenesaikhan Zol-Uchral (MGL), Beminiwatte A W M Arundi (SRI) and 85th seed N Pavithra of India.

Girls Under 8

In the Girls under 8 category 10 girls shared the lead including 4th seed Sholpanbek Zhansaya of Kazakhstan and 5th seed Rastgar Arshida of Iran.

Games may also be watched in the Tornelo.

The Sri Lanka Girls Youth Chess contingent is competing in the Asian Youth Online Girls Chess Championships 2021. The National Youth girls Chess team, which consists of 17 female Chess players of 3 players each from under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 ages are selected from the Sri Lanka Youth Age Group Chess Championships 2021 of under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, Open and Girls. The top three players of these events are included while 2 fourth players are included due to the absence of GHS Sanulya in under 12 and Sandeepani M Tharushi in under 16.event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balochistan Chess Association, in collaboration with Chess Federation of Pakistan, Balochistan Sports Board, Pakistan Sports Board and Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs Balochistan, has organized the biggest Chess event till date in the province with the support from Browne Gymkhana, Pakistan Educational Foundation and Balochistan Cricket Board. The historic event was named in sweat memories of Malik Gul Hassan Kasi.

In the mega event “First Malik Gul Hassan Kasi Memorial All Pakistan Rapid Chess Championship” 112 players from all over the country participated, in which 41 players were FIDE Rated, which is a record in the country.

In the opening ceremony games were initiated between Secretary Sports & Youth affairs Govt of Balochistan Imran Gichki and President BCA MPA Mir Akther hussain Langove, along with ex-Speaker/Governor Balochistan Madam Rahila Hameed Durrani and Vice-president CFP Amin Malik.

Mr. Imran Gichki appreciated the continuous efforts of Balochistan chess association in promotion of the game and ensured his support in every possible way with BCA.

Madam Rahila Hameed Durrani, elected as Chief Patron of the association, showed her gratitude and welcomed the participants from all over the country, including healthy participation from women players from other provinces.

In the 9 Rounds Swiss system Rapid Championship, all eyes were over the game of Dr Muhammad Ayoub (winner of last four events and winning 6/8 event this year) and Muhammad Younis Malghani (Current Balochistan Champion). The game was a high class encounter in Neo-Grunfeld, where Dr Muhammad Ayoub won the middle game battle.

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Bh3 12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Kg1 Rfd8 15. Nc2 Qc4 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. exd3 cxd4 18. c4 Nd7 19. Ba3 e5 20. Rfe1 f5 21. f3 Re8 22. Rad1 Nb6 23. Bd6 Na4 24. Rb1 Nc3 25. Rb7 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. dxe4 d3 28. Bb4 dxc2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bxc3+ Kf7 31. Rc1 Rxe4 32. Rxc2 Rxc4 33. Rf2+ Kg8 34. Be5 Rac8 35. a3 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 R1c2 37. Bd6 a5 38. h4 R8c6 39. Be7 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Kf7 41. Bd8 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 a4 43. Ba5 Rb2 44. Bb4 Rb3 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Kg2 Kf5 47. Kf2 Kg4 48. Bd6 Rd3 (0-1)

It was not easy to stop Dr Ayoub after that and he won his fifth consecutive Crown in style.

Final ranking of top 10

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1			Muhammad Ayoub	PAK	1731	7,5	0,0	7	53,5
2			Muhammad Aayyaz	PAK	1639	7,5	0,0	7	52,0
3			Muhammad Sabir	PAK	1712	7,5	0,0	6	54,0
4			Muhammad Younis Malghani	PAK	1980	7,0	0,0	7	54,0
5			Gul Hassan	PAK	1460	7,0	0,0	7	47,0
6			Umer Zaib	PAK	1482	7,0	0,0	7	45,5
7			Naqeeb Ullah Nasar	PAK	1443	7,0	0,0	7	43,5
8			Jahgir Ahmed	PAK	1825	7,0	0,0	6	53,5
9			Mir Asad Khan	PAK	1655	6,5	0,0	6	50,5
10			Rehan Khan Nasir	PAK	1371	6,5	0,0	6	44,5

Young 11 year old Rehan Khan Nasir (South Asian Gold Medalist) stood tenth in open category with classy wins over senior players, with clear first in Juniors, while Syeda Aliza from Lahore scored first in women.
Cash Prizes, trophies and Medals distributed in top 15, while Certificate of appreciation given to all participants.

In the 11 Round Swiss system “Malik Gul Hassan Kasi memorial All Pakistan Blitz Chess Championship” Mr Tariq Mughal from Karachi showcased amazing Blitz skills and won the event with perfect score of 11/11. Muhammad Younis Malghani stood second while Amin Malik got third place.

All participanst were provided with transport allowance, clean AC rooms for accommodation and Lunch and refreshments during both events.

Dr Muhammad Ayoub General Secretary BCA appreciated the marvelous zeal of the Chess Community and the extreme hard work of Tournament director Prof Syed Wasee Akther and Chief Arbiter Muhammad Siddique, whom worked truly hard to make this event a huge success. He acknowledged that this largest event in the history of province (number of participants) and the biggest till date tournament in the history of the country (number of FIDE Rated players) and the first and only event in the history where all participanst were given proper transport allowance for both sides as well as accommodation in  clean AC rooms, was only possible because of full support of Senior VP BCA Malik Anwer Saleem Kasi and guidance of Afzal Mengal and Yousuf Baloch. We are really thankful to all participants from all over the country and to Amin Malik and Kamran Qureshi for their participation and every possible support to make it an historic event. We are thankful to the time and personal interest of Secretary Sports and Youth affair Balochistan, Imran Gichki for supporting and promoting the event and devoting his time as Chief Guest in the event. We are Thankful to ex speaker and Governor Balochistan Madam Rahela Durrani for her participating, Support and congratulate her for elected as chief Patron of BCA . BCA is leading towards excellence in leadership of President Mir Akther Hussain Langove.

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing a comprehensive Online Rapid Chess Championship Cycle for the first time in Sri Lanka This event will be the selection event for the International Online Rapid Chess Championships this year and the event will help all Chess players to stay at home at this difficult time with supporting to grow their Chess Strength. The event will be held on the Chess.com platform with all the fair play regulations approved by FIDE. The Time Control is 15 minutes + 10 second increment for each move played.

The Basic qualification stages of Novices Division and the Major Divisions are over. There were 7 events each as open and Women in Novices Division while 6 events each at the Major Division.

Online SL National (Premier Division) Chess Championship 2021 –Women

Now the time is for the final Swiss System event of 9 rounds. All qualified from Major Division and players having more 1599 rating are eligible to participate in the Women event. The first 16 players will be qualified to the Online National Chess Championship 2021 – Finals since the National Chess Champion has declared that she is not available for the event.

The Women’s Championship will be held on 29^th, 30^th and 31^st of October starting 5.00 p.m. each day with three rounds a day. A total of 9 rounds will be played if the number of players are less than 100.

The Cash awards – for Premier

Champion –       Rs. 10,000/=

1st Runner Up –  Rs. 5,000/=

2nd Runner Up –  Rs. 3,000/=

4. Online SL National Chess Championship 2021 – Finals

Stage 1

A Round Robin Event of 16 players of Premier Division Women Chess Championships 2021

Stage 2

Knocked out Event among first 4 players as Semi Finals and Finals/ Consolation Finals with Two games with playing tie breaks.

Awards for Finals

Trophies and Medals will be awarded to the winners in all events and the Championship title for the winners.

SL Online National Chess Championship 2021 – Finals

Women

Champion –         Rs. 25,000/=

1st Runner Up –  Rs. 15,000/=

2nd Runner Up –  Rs. 8,000/=

4th Place –           Rs. 4,000/=

SL Online National (Premier Division) Chess Championship 2021 – Finals

Entry Fees

The Entries should be made before 3 days to the scheduled day of the event to the following google sheet.

Players can use only Laptops or Desktop with a webcam to play the games. In all times of play in progress, players should join in the zoom meeting with the screen and task Manager shared with the tournament arbiters. The Technical Regulations will be sent to the registered players individually.

All fare play measures are taken during the event and the games after each round will be sent to the Chess.com and FIDE experts for fare play checking. If any player found guilty in any form of these checking, he/ she shall be removed from the event and all his games are made null and void. If in a strict situation, the player will be banned from all types of Chess for 2 years.

We kindly request all Chess players to compete the event in true sportsmanship and develop you Chess skills even during this Pandemic situation. You may be a part of the Sri Lanka National Online Chess Teams as well.

Google Form Link – https://forms.gle/pAYgs232B1L7inNs7

Stay Safe! Play Chess!

Luxman Wijesuriya

President – Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

General Secretary – South Asian chess Council

General Secretary – Commonwealth Chess Association

Vice President – Asian Chess Federation

 

GM Srinath Narayanan of India (above left) grabbed solo lead with maximum 4 points after end of the 4^th round in the $55,000 Sheikh Russel International Grand Masters Chess Competition-2021. The event marks the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shahid Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Sheikh Russell International Grand Masters Chess Competition is sponsored by Saif Powertech Limited and organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. At stake are a total of $55,000 in cash prizes. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results, standings and to download games.

Six players share 2^nd position with 3½ points each. They are: Asadli Vugar and Iskandarov Misratdin of Azerbaijan, GM Mosadeghpour Masoud and IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil of Iran and GM Shyam Sundar and IM Mitrabha Guha of India.

Twelve players earned 3 points each. They are: GM Sergey Tiviakov of Netherlands (above right), GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy and GM Andrey Sumets of Ukraine, GM Rasulov Vugar of Azerbaijan, GM G A Stany, GM Debashis Das, GM P Karthikeyan, GM R R Laxman, GM Himanshu Sharma, IM Neelash Saha, IM Aditya Mittal of India IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik of Uzbekistan.

GM Niaz Murshed (above right), GM Eanmul Hossain Razib, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin earned 2½ points each after 4^th round.

GMs Srinath Narayanan of India (above left) and Vitaliy Bernadskiy of Ukraine share the lead with 3 points each in as many rounds of the Sheikh Russel International Grand Masters Chess Competition-2021 at the Hotel Purbani in Dhaka. The event marks the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shahid Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Sheikh Russell International Grand Masters Chess Competition is sponsored by Saif Powertech Limited and organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. At stake are a total of $55,000 in cash prizes. Watch the video in https://twitter.com/Asianchess/status/1451312566832021518?s=20

Seventeen players follow with 2½ points each. They are: GM Sergey Tiviakov of Netherlands (above left), GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland, GM Asadli Vugar and Iskandarov Misratdin of Azerbaijan, GM Yuri Solodvnichenko Yuri of Ukraine, GM G A Stany, GM Shyam Sundar, GM Debashis Das, GM R R Laxman, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete, IM Neelash Saha, IM Koustav Chatterjee, IM Mitrobha Guha and IM Sayantan Das of India, GM Mosadeghpour Masoud and IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil of Iran and GM Vadim Malakatko of Belgium.

Third round games were held today (Thursday). Above, GM Masoud (left) drew with GM Asadli Vugar.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results, standings and to download games.

4^th round games will start on tomorrow (Friday) from 3:00 PM at same venue.

Asian Chess Federation invites all National Federations in Asia to nominate 2 players (Girls – U20) from each Federation, to attend the upcoming Asian Online Chess Camp for Girls Under-20 (In English) which will be organized by ACF during the period from 28th October to 06th November 2021.

The $55,000 Sheikh Russel International Grand Masters Chess Competition-2021 has begun from today (Tuesday) at Hotel Purbani in Dhaka on the occasion of the birthday celebration of Shahid Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Father of Nation Banghabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Sheikh Russell International Grand Masters Chess Competition is held under the auspices of Saif Powertech Limited and organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and results and to download games.

Total 102 players from 18 countries including 32 Grandmasters, 1 Women’s Grandmaster, 20 International Masters and 4 Women’s International Masters are participating in the 9-round Swiss-League event.

In first round games all three Bangladeshi Grandmasters won their game. GM Ziaur Rahman (above left) won against CM Ikramul Haq Siam, GM Niaz Murshed (above right) beat Afzal Hossain Sachchu and GM Enamul Hossain Razib (photo below) won against Sakline Mostafa Sajid.

FM Md Taibur Rahman drew with GM Debashis Das of India, CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia drew with GM Andrey Sumets of Ukraine, WCM Ahmed Walijah drew with GM P Karthikeyan of India, Md Sajidul Haque drew with IM Srijit Paul of India.

 

Top seeded GM Sergey Tiviakov won against WGM Nandhidhaa of India. GM Asadli Vugar of Ukraine beat IM Mahmood Lodhi Pakistan,

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy of Ukraine beat WIM Alinasab Mobina of Iran. CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan drew with GM Yuri Solodovnichenko of Ukraine.

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of India beat FM Subrota Biswas. WIM Arpita Mukharjee beat GM Sadikhov Ulvi of Azerbaijan.

GM N R Vikash of India beat FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, Sanket Chakravarty of India drew with GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland.

A total of fifty five thousand US dollars is being awarded in the competition. It is the largest chess event in the country in terms of participating Grandmaster and Money Awards. It is a top chess competition not only in Bangladesh but also in Asia.

2^nd round games will start tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3:00 PM at the same venue.

Visit FIDE site: https://edu.fide.com/third-preparation-of-teacher-course-english-fide-school-instructor-title/

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA—National Master Oshrie Jhames “OJ” Constantino Reyes of Santa Rita, Pampanga,  scored seven straight points to tally 8.5 points and capture the 3rd Leg of the Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence (PACE)  Online Chess Championship. The 9-round event with 3 minutes and 2 seconds increment per move was held at Lichess.org Platform last Sunday, October 17, 2021.

The ten year old Reyes, a Grade 5 student of EZEE, Guagua, Pampanga topped the 26 player field which attracted all students of Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence under the guidance of Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales and Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna.

Ten year old Quarl Maverick Vera Cruz, a Grade 5 student of Balingoan Central School of Balingoan, Misamis Oriental placed second with 7 points while Philip Gregory Pe, 11 years old, a Grade 6 student of Xavier School, San Juan City came third with 6.5 points.

It shall be recalled that Reyes earned the title of the country’s youngest National Master (NM) after winning the 2021 National Age Group Hybrid Chess Championships Grandfinals Under-10 division held online via the Tornelo platform from June 26 to 29, 2021.

OJ’s local and international chess tournament were made possible by the undying support of Pampanga Governor Dennis “Delta Pineda, Pampanga Vice- Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda and Pampanga 2nd district Board Member Fritzie David-Dizon.

According to Jubail Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based Mr. Jaime “Jimmy” Reyes, father and coach of OJ, his son’s next tournament will be the Asian Youth Chess Championships on October 29-31, 2021.

OJ is also the top player of PCAP’s Pampanga Checkers squad