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The Indian team pulls away for the lead as WGMs Seshadri Srija (above left) and V. Varshini (above right) lead 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the individual event after six rounds of the Asian University Chess Championship.

The Indian team of WGMs Seshadri Srija and V Varshini, and WIMs Mukerjee Arpita and Michelle Catherina lead the team standings with 185 points. Iran follows with 16.5 in second slot and Indonesia wqith 15 points for 3rd slot.

Here are the top players in the individual event:

Here are the leading teams:

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

Watch women’s games live on:

 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship

 https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-University-Chess-ch-Women-2021/

 https://live.followchess.com/#!asian-university-chp-w-2021

The event is hosted by the Indonesia University Sports Federation (IUSF) and organized by Universitas Gunadarma under the auspices of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The AUSF and ACF had enetered into a Memorandum of Agreement last year to promote chess in Universities,

Organized by Chess club ChessBomb – Plovdiv and KIM 2003 Ltd. under the auspices of FIDE and in cooperation with the Bulgarian Chess Federation 1928, Plovdiv Municipality and with the sponsorship of Club Round Table Plovdiv.  Visit chessbomb.bg for details.

The 2021 Asian University Chess Championship has started with the first 3 rounds Friday. Watch the opening ceremony on youtube by host Universitas Gunadarma UGtv.

Participating countries are China, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Palestine, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United Arab Emirates.

The Women’s event is scheduled over the weekend of 3-5 September while the Men’s event is scheduled 10-12 September. Games start 10am with three rounds per day in the 9-round Swiss.

Tumiurbaatar Nomindalai of Mongolia (above left) and WFM Tannaz Azali of Iran (above right) share the lead with 3 points each after as many rounds in the individual event of the Asian University Women’s Chess Championship on Tornelo.

The Indian women’s team of (above, left to right) WGM Seshadri Srua, WGM V. Varshini, WIM Mukerjee Arpita and WIM PO. Michelle Catherina lead the team competition with 9 points. Malaysia and Iran teams follow with 8.5 points each.

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

Watch women’s games live on:

 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship

 https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-University-Chess-ch-Women-2021/

 https://live.followchess.com/#!asian-university-chp-w-2021

The event is hosted by the Indonesia University Sports Federation (IUSF) and organized by Universitas Gunadarma under the auspices of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The AUSF and ACF had enetered into a Memorandum of Agreement last year to promote chess in Universities,

The 2021 Asian University Chess Championship started with the opening ceremony today and Technical Meeting of participants. Watch the introduction of teams on facebook.

Participating countries are China, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Palestine, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United Arab Emirates.

The Women’s event is scheduled over the weekend of 3-5 September while the Men’s event is scheduled 10-12 September. Games start 10am with three rounds per day in the 9-round Swiss.”

Visit chess-results.com for list of participants and round by round pairings and standings.

Watch women’s games live on:

 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship

 https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-University-Chess-ch-Women-2021/

 https://live.followchess.com/#!asian-university-chp-w-2021

The event is hosted by the Indonesia University Sports Federation (IUSF) and organized by Universitas Gunadarma under the auspices of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The AUSF and ACF had enetered into a Memorandum of Agreement last year to promote chess in Universities,

Oman Chess Committee has registered a full delegation to the Western Asia Youth Chess Championships hosted by Sri Lanka Chess Federation 18-20 September 2021 on Tornelo.

Anas Al Darwashi, BU18 * Al Busaidi Hamood, BU18 * Al Zadjali Abdul Rahman, BU16

Mohammed Al Rashdi, BU16 * Al Rabbi Ahmed, BU14 * Fadhil Ahmed Salim, BU14

Al Mahrouqi Mohammed, BU12  *   Al Maawali Yousuf, BU8          *  Al Bulushi Rawan, GU16

Shahad Al Balushi, GU16 *  Al Balushi  Shmookh, GU14 * Al Hinai Zinah, GU14

Al Maamari Hebah, GU14 * Al Thuhli Fatima, GU12 * Al Maamari Asayel, GU10 * Al Khayari  Dima, GU8

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—National Master Ivan Travis Cu ruled via tiebreak the 1st ITC Bicol Chess Players Team online blitz tournament virtually held on Monday, August 30, 2021 at Lichess.org Platform.

The 12 year old Cu, tied for first with National Master Carlo Lorena at 6 points apiece in the 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment time control format which attracted 61 woodpushers. With the higher tiebreak points, Cu took the title while Lorena finished second.

Cu, a Grade 7 student of Xavier School, San Juan City under the guidance of coach IA Rolly Yutuc scored victories over Harold Alianza in the first round, Alex Amatonding in the second round, Marvid Zuniga in the third round, National Master Carlo Lorena in the fourth round, National Master Glennen Artuz in the fifth round and Joeven Polsotin in the sixth and penultimate round. He lost to Jess Calabia in the seventh and final round.

Last Monday, August 30, 2021 celebrating the National Heroes Day and 125th Araw ng Pinaglabanan, Cu receives a Plaque of Recognition from the City Government of San Juan, as per City Resolution No. 110, Series of 2021, for being recognized as a National Master for Chess.

“We would like to express our thanks to the City of San Juan, headed by our city leaders, Hon. Mayor Francis Zamora, Hon. Vice Mayor Warren Villa, and the esteemed members of the City Council. It is an honor and privilege for our family, most especially for our son, Ivan to have been recognized for this achievement. It will surely inspire him to continue in striving to improve in his sport.  On this memorable occasion, we would like to share this award with our present day heroes, the frontliners who labor tirelessly to keep us safe, and our fellow San Juaneños. Thank you and God bless,” said Mr. Teddy Cu, father and coach of Ivan.

It shall be recalled that last August 24, 2021, Cu topped the National Master Ronald Llavanes Birthday Arena competition (Individual Tournament).

Photo shows National Master Ivan Travis Cu and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora.

Sheikh Kamal was the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, one of the organisers of the Great Liberation War, pioneer of modern sports in Bangladesh and cultural personality

On the occasion of his 72nd birth anniversary and under the financial patronage of Saif Powertech Limited, the prize giving ceremony of the competition was held Monday at the Sky Ball-Room of Hotel La Meridian. Honorable Minister of State for Youth Sports, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Mr. Md. Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP was present as the Chief Guest and distributed prizes among the winners of Bangladesh and gave virtual prizes to the recipients of foreign awards.

Dr. Benazir Ahmed, Inspector General of Bangladesh Police and President of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of South Asian Chess Council, Mr. Tarafdar Md. Ruhul Amin, Managing Director Saif Pawatech Limited and Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation were present as special guests.

Mr. Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation and President of FIDE Zone 3.2 and Mr. Casto Abundo, Executive Director of Asian Chess Federation gave speech.

Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Sports, K M Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Dr. Shoeb Reaz Alam, Additional D. I. G. and Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Masudur Rahman Mallik Dipu, Joint SEcretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Executive Members Md. Moniruzzaman Palash, Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan, Md. Alauddin Saju, Zakir Ahmed, International Organizer Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly, Sajal Mahmud were present at the occasion.

In this competition, China’s Grand Master Li Di became undefeated champion by getting 8 points in 9 games and won the title. India’s Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik has become the runner-up with seven and a half points.

Five players scored six and a half points each, in tie-breaking system among them GM Karthik Venkataraman of India became third, GM Amin M Tabatabaei of Iran became fourth, GM Vadislav Kovalev of Belarus became fifth, GM Shyam Sundar of India became 6th and GM Maksoodloo Parham of Iran became 7th IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi of Indonesia became 8th, IM Murzin Volodar of Russia became 9th, Xu Yinglun of China became 10th, IM Garcia Jan Emmanuel of Philippine finished 11th in the tiebreaking with six points.

Among the Bangladeshi players, GM Reefat Bin Sattar came first with 6 points in 9 games, GM Enamul Hossain Razib became second IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman became third and GM Ziaur Rahman became 4th with five and half points .CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia was fifth and Shawkat Hossain Pallab became sixth with five points each. Sakline Mostafa Sajid won the special boys award and WIM Noshin Anjum won the special girls award.

Champion GM Li Di received two thousand US dollars, runner-up GM Abhimanyu Puranik received fifteen hundred us dollars, third GM Karthik Venkataraman received one thousand US dollars, fourth GM Amin Tabatabaei received six hundred US dollars, fifth GM Vladislav Kovalev received Five hundred US dollars, Sixth GM Shyam Sundar received four hundred US dollars, Seventh GM Maksoodloo Parham received four hundred US dollars, Eighth to tenth IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi, IM Murzin Volodar and GM Xu Yinglun received three hundred US dollars each, while IM Garcia Jane Emanuel Philippines, received a prize of two hundred US dollars as eleven prize .

GM Reefat Bin Sattar received 800 US dollars, GM Enamul Hossain Razib received 600 US dollars, 3rd IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman received 400 US dollars, 4th GM Ziaur Rahman received 300 US dollars, 5th CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia and 6th Shawkat Hossain Pallab each received two hundred US dollars, and as a special prize Sakline Mostafa Sajid and WFM Noshin Anjum received ten thousand taka each.

A total of 80 players, including 21 Grand Masters and 13 International Masters from 15 countries, took part in the three-day 9-round Swiss-League event. The winners of the competition were awarded a total of ten thousand US dollars in cash.

The Sri Lanka Chess Team qualified to the Division II of the FIDE online Chess Olympiad 2021 after a successful performance at the Division III event held on the 27^th, 28^th and 29^th of August 2021 at the Tornelo Platform. Sri Lanka played strongly and beat New Zealand 5 – 1, Japan 4 -2, IPCA (International Para Chess Association) 4-2, Thailand 5 ½ – ½, Fiji 6 – 0 and Nepal 4-2, drew with South Korea 3 – 3 and marginally lost to Malaysia 2 ½ – 3 ½ and  Chinese Taipei 2 ½ – 3 ½.

The Online Chess Olympiad 2021, conducted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), is hosted by the Chinese Chess Federation from 20^th August to 15^th September 2021 at the Tornelo Platform. A total of 155 countries are participating in the event which is divided into 5 divisions. The teams are divided to divisions by their initial ranking and Sri Lanka with the initial ranking of 95^th was placed in the Division 3.

The base division, the Division 4 was held on the 3^rd weekend of August with a participation of 50 teams in 5 round robin events with 11 rounds after distribution of the last sixty ranked teams according to the geographical consideration. So, the top three of each qualifying event advances to the division III. The Division III consisted of 35 teams ranked above the Base division teams and the 15 teams selected from the base division. Sri Lanka was in the Pool A of the Division III and managed to select for the Division II being 3^rd in the Pool A of Division III. Malaysia was the winner of our group and Chinese Taipei won the 2^nd place.

The Sri Lanka team consisted of Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage(Ananda College), Minul Sanjula Doluweera (University of Colombo), Dinushki Premanath, Sachni Dinushima Ranasinghe (Nf3 Chess Club), Susal De Silva (Nalanda College), KM Sanudula Dahamdi (Musaeus College), Isuru Alahakoon (Sri Lanka Navy), Rasika Samaranayake (Pera Knights Chess Club), Niklesha Tharushi (Visakha Vidyalaya), Sandeepani M Tharushi (Devi Balika Vidyalaya) and Ashvini Pavalachandran (Wycherley International School). Each team fielding 6 players in a match as two men, two women, 1 junior and 1 girl. Each game has 1 point and if a team wins more than three then they are declared as the match winner. There were nine matches of this nature and Sri Lanka won 6 matches, drew 1 and lost 2.

GM Di Li of China won the Shahid Captain Sheikh Kamal Invitational International Online Chess Tournament  organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation 27-29 August 2021 on Tornelo. Di won the top cash prize of $2,000 from a total prize fund of $10,000 sponsored by SAIF Powertec.

Di finished alone in first with 8 points, undefeated in the 9 round Swiss. A strong field of 21 GMs, 13 IMs and 9 FMs in a total of 80 players are competing from 15 countries. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and standings, and to download games. Here are top final standings:

Games were broadcast live on:

 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/shahid-captain-sheikh-kamal-invitational-2021#live

 https://live.followchess.com/#!shahid-captain-sheikh-kamal-invitational-2021

 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-shahid-captain-sheikh-kamal-open

 https://www.chess.com/events/2021-shahid-captain-sheikh-kamal-open

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