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Congratulations to newly elected Singapore Chess Federation President Dr Hsu Li Yang, General Secretary Lim Bernard Carleton and the new Executive Council.

Indian IM Sankalp Gupta became the unbeaten champion in the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grand Masters Chess Tournament held 19-27 September 2021 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A total of 62 players including Grandmasters, International Masters and International Women’s Masters from different countries including Bangladesh participated in the 9-day 9-round Swiss-League competition.

The Prize-Distribution and closing ceremony of the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2021, sponsored by the Canadian University of Bangladesh and organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. The event marked the occasion of the 75^th birth anniversary of Honorable Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, MP. It was held at the Hotel Sheraton Dhaka.

Mr. Hasan Mahmud, MP Hon’ble Information Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was present as the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners.

Mr. Md. Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP, State Minister for Youth and Sports of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was present as the special guest.

Dr. Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian University of Bangladesh presided over the ceremony.

Mr. Tarafdar Md. Ruhul Amin, Managing Director of Saif Powertech Limited and Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Mr. Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President FIDE Zone-3.2, Dr. Shoeb Riaz Alam, Additional DIG and Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Mr. Mainuddin Moneem, Managing Director of the Abdul Monem Group gave speeches in the ceremony.

Mr. Md Musaraf Husain  Molla, Additional Secretary of Youth & Sports Ministry, Mr. KM Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation and Masudur Rahman Mallick Dipu, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation were present on the stage.

Champion IM Sankalp earned 7 points to clinch the title. Five players scored six and a half points each. In the tie-breaking system among them, India’s IM Mitrava Guha became runner-up, India’s IM Aronyak Ghosh became third, India’s IM Sayantan Das became 4^th fourth, Bangladesh’s GM Ziaur Rahman became fifth and Iran’s GM Mosadeghpour Masoud became sixth. Indian IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh became 7^th, IM Neelash Saha became 8^th and GM Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium became 9^th with 6 points each.

For the special prizes of Bangladeshi players: GM Enamul Hossain Razib came first with five and a half points, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed came second with five points, FM Debaraj Chatterjee became third IM Abu Sufian Shakil came fourth and FM Md Taibur Rahman became fifth with with four and a half points each. The ninth or final round match was held today (Monday) at Hotel 71’s Aamrakanan.

In the last round: IM Sankalp drew with Aronyk, GM Masoud beat Mitrabha, IM Neelash drew with IM Nubairshah, IM Sayantan beat IM Srijit, GM Zia beat Sanket Chakravarty, GM Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium beat Sourath Biswas of India, GM Razib drew with Kaustav Chatterjee of India, Subhayan Kundu drew with IM Asyl Abdyjapar of Kyrgyzstan, GM Kislinsky Alexey of Chez Republic drew with GM Andrey Sumets of Ukraine, GM Ghaem Ehsan Maghami of Iran beat FM Md Taibur Rahman, GM Deep Sengupta of India beat IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete of India beat WIM Arpita Mukharjee , GM Alexander Zubarev of Ukraine beat FM Piyumantha Sasith Nipun of Sri Lanka,  CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka beat Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistam, FM Nasir beat FM Subrota Biswas,  IM Shakil drew with CM Manon Reja Neer and CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia drew with CM Md. Jamal Uddin.

The winners were awarded fifteen thousand us dollars. champion Sankalp receiving four thousand us dollars, runner-up Mitrabha received two thousand five hundred us dollars, third Aronyak Ghosh received fifteen hundred us dollars, 4^th to 8^th places Sayantan, Zia, Masood, Nabirshah and Neelash received one thousand us dollars each. Among the Bangladeshi players, Rajib received a special prize of seven hundred US dollars, Nasir five hundred us dollars, Debaraj four hundred dollars, Shakil and Taibur received two hundred US dollars.

Media Committee

Bangladesh Chess Federation

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—University of Santo Tomas top chess player Samson Chhiu Chhin Lim ruled the Grandmaster Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. Memorial Open Chess Tournament virtually held at Lichess.org Platform on Sunday, September 26, 2021.

Lim’s superior tie break points earned him the coveted title and P10,000 top cash prize in the one day event hosted by Dr. Joe Balinas and Engr. Antonio “Uncle Paps” Balinas of the organizing Bayanihan Chess Club and sponsored by GM Balinas and Family.

Lim and Chester Neil Reyes, both tallied 17.5 points in this 20 Rounds Swiss System Bullet Online Tournament.
The 21 year old Lim is playing under the guidance of UST head coach GM candidate Ronald Dableo and GM Darwin Laylo.

The 16 year old Reyes, the pride of National University on the other hand, received the runner-up purse of P6,000 for his efforts.

In third place was FIDE Master Alekhine “Bbking” Nouri, who took home P5,000. He was followed by National Master Mark Jay Daños Bacojo  for fourth place with P4,000 and FIDE Master Robert Suelo Jr., fifth place and P3,000.

Rounding up the top 10 finishers who pocketed P2,000 each were sixth placer FIDE Master Nelson Villanueva, seventh placer two-time Asian Junior Champion Grandmaster Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla, eighth placer Allan Pason, ninth placerAnatoly Pascua and tenth placer Aljie Cantonjos

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Laguna Heroes extended its winning streak in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) after edging the Cavite Spartans via a 11.5-9.5 victory on Saturday night, September 25, 2021 virtually held at Chess.com Platform.

Laguna prevailed over Cavite in the rapid game (8-6), with two-time Asian Junior champion Grandmaster Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla Jr., Grandmaster John Paul Gomez, Michella Concio and Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo winning their matches to climb to a 6-1 win-loss slate in the Northern Division.

Despite one pawn down, Barcenilla escaped in a drawish position against Filipino and United States chess master Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr. in 41 moves of a King’s Indian defense, Gomez toppled Jaypie Bolado in 42 moves of a Slav defense, Concio beat Melizah Ruth Carreon via forfeiture due to the latter’s poor internet connection while Lorenzo beat Richard Cornell Manzano in 46 moves of a Sicilian defense, Dragon Variation.

Eliodoro “Louie” Polistico, Clark Dela Torre and Lourecel Hernandez Ecot spearheaded Spartans.
Polistico subdued FIDE Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad in 38 moves of an English Opening, Dela Torre trounced Vince Angelo Medina in 50 moves of a Vangeet Opening while Ecot dismantled Arjie Bayangat in 78 moves of a Modern defense.

“We’re happy with the win. It was a tough match against Cavite,” said Arena Grandmaster Dr. Fred Paez, one of the four co-team owners of the Laguna Heroes together with Mr. David Nithyananthan of KALARO, Engr. Benjamin Dy of SDC Global Choice and Engr. Jonathan Mamaril of Oregon, USA.

The Heroes were held to a 3.5-3.5 draw in the blitz category, with Barcenilla,  Gomez and Lorenzo winning while Bayangat settled for a draw.

Backed up by Greatech Philippines, Inc., SDC Global Choice, Jolly Smile Dental Clinic, KALARO and Rotary Club of Nuvali, the Laguna Heroes also beat Cagayan Kings, 15.5-5.5.

Up next for the Heroes are the Isabela Knight Raiders and the San Juan Predators on Wednesday.

Sponsored By: SAIF POWERTEC Limited
Organised By: Bangladesh Chess Federation
19th to 27th October, 2021, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Total Prize Money: 55,000.00 (Fifty Five Thousand) US Dollars

Download Sheikh Russel International Grandmasters Chess Tournament

RULES & REGULATIONS
The Tournament will be held from 19th to 27th October, 2021 on the occasion of birthday celebration of Shahid Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Father of Nation Banghabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The event will be played in accordance with the following rules and regulations:

ELIGIBILITY & PARTICIPATION
Invited each Federation from FIDE send their GM and IM only. It’s invitational International GM Chess event

PLAYING CONDITIONS
The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations.
The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

TRAVELLING EXPENSES
Bangladesh Chess Federation will provide Air Fare to all foreign Grndmasters (GM). Air travel expenses for the International Masters (IM) shall be borne by themselves.
We will arrange transfer between Hazrat Shahjalal international airport and hotel.

ACCOMMODATION
Bangladesh Chess Federation will provide free accommodation, food and local transportation to foreign GM’s and IM’s.

PRIZES
Total prize fund is 55,000 US $ as follows. Prize money will be not shared
1st- US $ 10,000, 2nd- US $ 7,000, 3rd – US $ 5,000, 4th- US $ 3,000, 5th- US $ 2,000,
6th- US $ 2,000, 7th – US $ 2,000,8th- US $ 2,000,9th- US $ 1,000, 10th-US $ 1,000,
11th-US $ 1,000, 12th-US $ 1,000,13th-US $ 1,000, 14th-US $ 1,000, 15th-US $ 1,000, 16th-US $ 1,000,17th-US $ 1,000, 18th-US $ 1,000, 19th-US $ 1,000 and 20th-US $ 1,000
Special prizes for Bangladeshi players: 1st-US $ 3,000, 2nd-US $ 2,000, 3rd-US $ 1,000, 4th- US$ 500, 5th-US$ 500, 6th-US$ 500, 7th-US$ 5,00, 8th-US$ 500, 9th-US$ 500, Best Woman-US$ 500, Best Under-20 US$-500

REGISTRATION
Requested to all foreign countries to send their GM and IM names on or before 5th October, 2021 with passport copies and photo ID at Bangladesh Chess Federation,
E-mail: banchessfed@gmail.com

VISAS
Bangladesh Chess Federation will arrange visa on arrival at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh. All players must send a copy of passport (page with photo and key information), to Bangladesh Chess Federation before the 5th October, 2021

CONTACTS
Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation
E-mail: banchessfed@gmail.com Mobile: +88 01711750079

Vietnam dominated the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship Girls division winning 10 gold medals followed by China and Mongolia winning one gold medal apiece. Over 300 girls from 14 countries competed in the Asian Youth Chess Championship Girls division held over the weekend of 24-26 September on Tornelo. The Open (boys) division will be held over the coming weekend of 1st to 3rd October.

Participating in the tournament are players from Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Vietnam. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and to download games.

The tournament is organized by the Thailand Chess Association under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation. The champions qualify to the FIDE Online Cadets and Youth Rapid Grand Prix next month to compete against the best from other continents.

The Organizing Committee implemented FIDE Fair Play Rules strictly and a number of players found violating Fair Play regulations were forfeited for some or all of their games. Arbiters from Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Philippines monitored players.

Congratulations to the gold, silver and bronze medalists and to the winning teams.

      Vo Mai Phoung                                              Duong Ngoc Uyen                                     Pham Thien Thanh

        Myagmar Tselmeg of Mongolia                     Gegeenee Enkhmunkh                          Nguyen Minh Chi

        Nguyen Huynh Mai Hoa                             Bui Thi Ngoc Chi                                      Bonjoure Fille Suyamin

The 11 year old Bonjoure Fille Suyamin, is a Grade 6 student of Del Rosario Christian Institute in General Trias City, Cavite and one of the top players of Estavillo Chess Academy. Her stint is supported by Congressman Jon-Jon Ferrer and Mayor Ony Ferrer.

    Thai Ngoc Tuong Minh                              Nguyen Binh Vy                      Nguyen Le Cam Hien

      Nguyen My Hanh An                                      Nguyen Hong Nhung                        Urangoo Kherlenzorig

      Cai Youyang                                                        Jerlyn Mae San Diego                                              Pham Tran Gia thu

The Sri Lanka Online National (Major Division) Starts on 2^nd October 2021 with

Western II – Open

Central With Kegalle  – Open

Western I – Women

Northern – Women

Inaugural Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 (Open/Women’s)

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is organizing a comprehensive Online Rapid Chess Championship Cycle for the first time in Sri Lanka which started from 1^st week of June 2021. The 7 Novices Division events and 7 Women’s Novices Division event were finished on the 15^th of August 2021 successfully.

This event is the selection event for the International Online Rapid Chess Championships this year.  The Event will help all Chess players to stay at home at this difficult time with support to grow their Chess Strength. The event is be held on the Chess.com platform with all the fair play regulations approved by FIDE. The Time Control will be 15 minutes + 10 second increment for each move played.

The Major Division events will be held in 3 Week ends:

2^nd & 3rd October 2021 – Western II (Open), Central With Kegalle (Open), Western I (Women) and Northern (Women)

9^th & 10^th October 2021 – Western I (Open),  North Western & Uva with Kegalle (Open), Western II (Women) and Southern (Women)

16^th & 17^th October 2021- Northern (Open), Southern Open Central With Kegalle (Women), and North Western & Uva with Ratnapura (Women)

The event is scheduled in 5 stages:

2. SL National Online Majors Division Chess Championships

1.Western 1

2.Western 2

3.Central, Kegalle

4.North Western, Ratnapura

5. Southern
6. Northern

Eligibility – Rating Greater than 1199 and less than 1899 and selected players from relevant Novices Chess Championship for the Open Section.                                                                                                                                      Rating Greater than 1099 and less than 1599 for Women’s event and qualified players from Women Novices in the respective region.

The Qualification to Online National Premier is that for the first 20 players in the starting rank list 10 players will qualify and for every subsequent 5 players an additional 1 player will qualify.

No of Qualifiers         = 10 + {(T-20)/5}       T-Total Players

If there are 50 players in an event 16 players are qualified.

Online SL National (Premier Division) Chess Championship 2021

The final Swiss System event of 11 rounds. All qualified from Major Division and players having more than 1900 (Women over 1600) rating are eligible to participate in the event. The first 16 players will be qualified to the Online National Chess Championship 2021 – Finals

Online SL National Chess Championship 2021 – Finals

Stage 1

A Round Robin Event of first 16 players of National B 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

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

A total of Rs. 180,000/= will be awarded as the cash awards to National Finals stage II  and National Premier Division as given Below:

SL Online National Chess Championship 2021 – Finals

                                    Open                              Women

Champion –                Rs, 40,000/=              Rs. 25,000/=

1^st Runner Up –          Rs. 25,000/=                Rs. 15,000/=

2^nd Runner Up –          Rs. 12,000/=                Rs. 8,000/=

4^th Place –                              Rs. 7,000/=                 Rs. 4,000/=

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

                                       Open                              Women

Champion –                Rs, 15,000/=               Rs. 10,000/=

1^st Runner Up –           Rs. 10,000/=               Rs. 5,000/=

2^nd Runner Up –           Rs. 5,000/=                 Rs. 3,000/=

The closing date for entries is 1^st of October 2021 at cfslchessevents@gmail.com.

Entry Fee – Rs 1,200/=

The Payment should be made to the following account and send the application/ Details as application with a scanned copy of the Bank slip to cfslchessevents@gmail.com. (on or before 1^st October for 1^st event. event). Application without payment proof will not be accepted.

A/C name – Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

Bank – Bank of Ceylon, Bambalapitiya

A/C Number – 718386

Fair Play

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 fair play measures are taken during the event and the games after each round will be sent to the Chess.com and FIDE experts for fair play checking. If any player is found guilty in any form of these checking, he/ she will be banned from all types of Chess for 2 years.

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

Registration Form

CFSL Online Novices Division Chess Championship 2021

Player Name

Date of Birth

School/ Club

District

Mobile and What’s app No.

Email :

Fide ID No. and Ratings

Chess.com user name*

Another contact Mob No:

(Father/Mother)

Be a participant of the strongest online Chess event of the Country!

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

The Indian delegation won an astounding 8 golds, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals to dominate the Western Asia Youth Chess Championships held 18-20 September online on Tornelo.

Iran and Sri Lanka finished with 2 gold medals each but Iran grabbed overall runner-up with 3 silvers against Sri Lanka’s one silver medal. IM Harshana Thilakarathne (above left) won the gold medal in the highest group, Under-18 while countrymate Oshini Devindya Gunawardena (above right) lived up to her billing by winning the gold in the Girls Udner-10. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and to download games.

The Asian Chess Federation shall nominate the winners of each age group to the FIDE World Youth and Cadets Chess Grand Prix 2021 to be conducted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in October.

Under 18 Open

Under 18 Girls

Under 16 Open

Under 16 Girls

Under 14 Open

Under 14 Girls

Under 12 Open

Under 12 Girls

Under 10 Open

Under 10 Girls

Under 8 Open

8 Girls

Host Sri Lanka wins Two Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze!

Sri Lanka number 1 ranked, International Master, Harshana Thilakarathne won the Gold medal in the most important under 18 years (Open) category of the Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championships concluded on 20^th September 2021. Harshana who is from Maliyadeva College played excellent Chess being the leader from the 1^st round and won the Gold medal convincingly. He beat Aljabari Mohammad.A (Palastine), Radwan Mahmoud J (Palastine), FIDE Master Anees M Mohamed(India), Mazhkenov Alisher (Kazakhstan), Dhingra Aaditya(India) and Khazaei Parviz(Iran) and drew with Bosagh Zadeh Alireza and (Iran) and Ranjan Aryan(India) and lost one game to our own National player LMST De Silva to score 7 points out of possible 9 games.

The young Oshini Devindya Gunawardena who is the current under 10 Years Girls World Chess Champion showed her supremacy by winning the under 10 Category Gold medal of this Championships. Though unfortunately she lost her 2^nd game to Indian player, R Charudharshini(India) she recovered well scoring wins with all other players Bhuchar Ridhima(India), A Anjana (India), Reya Banker(India), Gunesh Dessai Saeeja (India), GHS Sanulya (Sri Lanka), Akbari Rosha (Iran), S Ukkali Krupa(India) and Dongre Anshika(India) to score 8 points out of 9 games and win the event. Oshini is from Furguson High School, Ratnapura and is coached by Mr. Akhila Kavinda, a prominent Chess trainer in the country.

The Sri Lankan prominent youth player in the National Chess Team, Susal De Silva of Nalanda College made the Silver in under 18 category by winning with the champion in the crucial penultimate round. He also suffered two early loses in 2^nd and 3^rd rounds to Ranjan Arayan(India) and Kusalwin Liyanage  and  he made a miracle by scoring 6 ½ points out of rest of 7 games to win the Silver Medal. He beat Al Busaidi Hamood(Oman), Radwan Mahmoud J(Palastine), Khalifa Essa Albalooshi(UAE), Dhingra Aaditya (India), Harshana and Mazhkenov Alisher(Kazakhatan) and drew with Khazaei Parviz(Iran) to score 6 ½ points out of 9 games.

M Esandi Newansa of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda made the Bronze Medal in the Under 12 years Girls category scoring 6 ½ points out of 9 games. She beat Anujana Hasandi (Sri lanka), Sachi Jain(India), Rouda Essa Alserkal(UAE), Sirin Kalyani(India), Ebrahimi Rashti Asal (Iran) and Abaeva Aiana and drew with Alavi Mahsa(Iran) and lost 2 games to Imani Adrina and Davari Sara both from Iran for her total of 6 ½ out of 9 games..

India dominated the event by winning 8 Gold Medals in Under 18 Girls by Prachiti Chandratreya with 7 ½ points out of 9 games, under 16 Open and Girls by  FM Krishna S Rohit with a score of 7 ½ out of 9 games and WIM Divya Deshmuk with 9 points out of 9 games, Under 14 Open & Girls by Singh Sahib with a score of 7 ½ out of 9 games and  M Sreekumar Anupam with a score of 8 ½ points out of 9, Under 12 Open by Mrinmoy Rajkowa, Under 10 years Open by Ethan Zaz with 8 points out of 9 and Under 8 Open by  B Vishruth with a score of 8 points out of 9 games.  Iran won Gold medal in Under 12 Girls by Davari Sara with a perfect score of 9 out of 9 games and under 8 Girls by Mirzakhani Bahar with 7 ½ point out of 9 games.

The western Asian Online Youth Chess Championships conducted by the Asian Chess Federation and organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was held from 18^th – 20^th September 2021. Close to 900 players participated in this biggest online Chess Event of Asia on Tornelo platform. The time control was 15 minutes + 10 seconds for each move played.

The Countries of Bangladesh, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Palestine, Syria, UAE, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka participated in the event.

The Asian Chess Federation will conduct a FIDE Arbiters Workshop in English and Arabic for Asian Chess Federation Online Arbiter Certification 18-21 October 2021 visa Zoom. Download Registration Arbiters Workshop Oct 2021

Be an Asian Chess Federation Certified Online Arbiter

Learn how to manage Zoom and popular chess tournament Host Internet Platforms such as Tornelo, Chess.com, Lichess, Chess24, PlayChess and others. The course is open to NAs, FAs and IAs.

Registration fee is $60 for course and exam. Successful participants will receive Asian Chess Federation Certificate necessary to be arbiter in Asian online championships.