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IM Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan won the Asian Women’s Continental Online Chess Championship held 23-25 Augusut 2021 on Tornelo and became the Asian continental nominee to the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss this October in Riga, Latvia. Watch the closing ceremony on youtube (video by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh).

Assaubayeva, 17, finished alone in first, undefeated with 7.5 points. WIM Ning Kaiyu of China won the silver medal with 7 points. Bronze medal went to WIM Turmunkh Munkhzul of Mongolia with the highest tie break among 5 players tied with 6.5 points each.

Nine WGMs, 8 IMs and 22 WIMs competed in the strong field of 74 players from 15 countries, namely Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

The tournament was a Swiss system of 9 rounds with time control of 25 minutes plus increment of 10 seconds per move. Players were monitored closely with front and side/panoramic cameras.

Games were broadcast live in:

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

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

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

https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-Women-Online-Chess-Ch-2021/

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

Here is tournament record of Assaubayeva

In the critical 6th round, Assaubayeva beat solo leader WIM Sakshi Chitlange of India and showed her tactical prowess with this exchange sacrifice 25.Rxe4!

 

 

 

 

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—National Master (NM) Ivan Travis Cu topped the National Master Ronald Llavanes Arena competition (Individual Tournament) organized by Bicol Online Chess Players Team on Tuesday (August 24, 2021) held at lichess.org Platform.

Ivan, a Grade 7 student of Xavier School, San Juan City, finished with 22 points in the 1 hour and 40 minutes Arena competition applying the 3 minutes plus 2 seconds increment time control format.

Amatonding Sohaile Jr. and National Master (NM) Glennen Artuz both scored 20 points, but were ranked second and third, respectively, based on their total tie break points.

Ephraim Hechanova closely followed them at fourth place with 19 points.

Rommel Valdez (18 pts.), Karlo Enrico (17 pts.), Rene del Castillo (16 pts.), Marvid Zuniega (16 pts.), Renato Candidato Jr. (15 pts.) and Clutch King (15 pts.) place fifth to tenth, respectively.

It shall be recalled that last August 15 the 12 years old Ivan finished 7th out of 59 players (youngest player in the Top 10) in the Isaiah Daniel Datu Cup. He tallied 10 out of 16 (10 wins, 6 losses). Battling against majority higher ranked players and under time pressure, Ivan was able to maintain his concentration and focus, thus landing him a strong finish.

The Sri Lanka National Chess Team is participating in the FIDE Online World Chess Olympiad which starts on Friday, the 27^th of August 2021. Sri Lanka is at the level 3 according to the initial ranking and the level 4 was held in the last weekend. The winners of the level 4 are to compete in the level 3 teams in a round robin system 9 round event on 27^th, 28^th and 29^th of August to be held at the Tornelo Platform. The time control is 15 minutes + 5 seconds a move per side.

Sri Lanka will face 9 other teams namely Nepal, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Fiji, New Zealand, IPCA and Japan. The team consists of 2 Men, 2 Women, 1 under 20 Junior Boy and 1 under 20 Junior Girl with same number of reserves.

Sri Lanka Chess Team

Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage – The current Sri Lanka National Chess Champion. The first player to represent Sri Lanka at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021. Has selected to the final round of the FIDE Online Youth chess World Cup 2021. He is still a schoolboy of Ananda College, Colombo. He represented Sri Lanka at FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.

Minul Sanjula Doluweera (FIDE Master) – Sri Lanka National Chess Champion 2017. He is the best player produced by the Royal College Colombo and studies now at the Medical Faculty of the University of Colombo. He represented Sri Lanka at the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2018 and the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.

Susal De Silva (FIDE Master) – The strongest youth Chess player in Sri Lanka at present. He placed 3^rd in the last Sri Lanka National Chess Championship and has qualified to the 2^nd round of the FIDE Online Youth Chess World cup 2021.

Dinushki Premanath (Women FIDE Master)- Won the Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championship twice in 2010 and 2018. She is one of the most experienced Women Chess Players in the country with participation of few Chess Olympiads.

Sachini Ranasinghe (Women International Master) – She is the 1^st player to achieve the Women International Master title and the only player to win the Asian Zonal Chess Championships in 2011. She is the 1^st and only Sri Lankan Chess Player to play in the FIDE Women Chess World Cup 2012. She has won the Sri Lanka Women’s National Chess Championships 4 times in 2009 and from 2011 to 2014 and has represented the country in many Chess Olympiads.

Sanudula Dahamadi – She is the most promising Girls Chess player in the country. She won a Silver Medal at the FIDE Queen’s Chess Festival recently. She won the Sri Lanka Women Grand Prix 2021 as well. Fourteen year old Dahamdi studies at Musaeus College, Colombo.

Isuru Alahakoon – The most experienced player who is from Sri Lanka Navy in the team. He won the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship 4 times from 2012 – 2014 and 2018. He has represented the country in many events including several FIDE Chess Olympiads.

Rasika Samaranayake – A new comer to the team. Played in the last National Chess Championship.

THD Tharushi Niklesha – One of the strongest Women Chess players in Sri Lanka. She has represented the country at the FIDE Chess Olympiad/ Online Chess Olympiad as well. She schools at Visakha Visyalaya, Colombo.

Sandeepani M Tharushi – She is a student at the Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo. She won the Silver Medal at the last National Chess Championship.

Ashvini Pavalachandran – She is a student from Wycherley International School. She was a member of the FIDE online Chess Olympiad 2020 as well.

CFSL has appointed Grandmaster Alexie Barasov as the Coach of the Team while Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, the President – CFSL will work as the Team manager/ HOD for the event.

Sri Lanka has a strong team this year and we expect them to come to the top 3 among the 10 countries to advance to the Level II event to be held in next week.

Luxman Wijesuriya

Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan grabbed solo lead with 5.5 points after 6 rounds of the Asian Women’s Online Chess Championship on Tornelo. Nine WGMs, 8 IMs and 22 WIMs are competing in the strong field of 74 players from 15 countries. The winner shall be the Asian Continental nominee to the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss this October in Riga, Latvia.

Watch games live in:

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

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

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

https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-Women-Online-Chess-Ch-2021/

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

Participating are players from Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

Games are strictly controlled by Zoom Arbiters with two cameras per player, webcam and side camera. Players share screen with Task Manager showing that only Zoom and Tornelo are open.

The leaders after six rounds are:

Asian Women’s Online Chess Championship
Rank after Round 6
Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	IM	ASSAUBAYEVA Bibisara	KAZ	2321	5.5	2030	20	22
2	56	WIM	CHITLANGE Sakshi	IND	1726	5	2172	22	24
3	34	WFM	KAMALIDENOVA Meruert	KAZ	1984	5	2095	22	22
4	30	WIM	MUNKHZUL Turmunkh	MGL	2044	4.5	2240	21	23
5	52	WFM	NOSHIN Anjum	BAN	1808	4.5	2176	18	19
6	45	WIM	NING Kaiyu	CHN	1884	4.5	2173	20	23
7	10	IM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	IND	2249	4.5	2066	19	21
8	16	WGM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	IND	2174	4.5	1936	19	22

Three Sri Lankan Players in the Final stage

The National Chess Champion, CM Ranindu Liyanage of Ananda College, the Number 3 Susal De Silva of Nalanda College and Young Oshini Gunawardena (above right) of Pushpadana High School, Ratnapura have been included in the Final Stage of the World Youth Chess Championship 2021 under 18 Open, 16 Open and 10 Girls events respectively as a wild card entries.

Susal one of the strongest Chess players in the country had the bext performance among Sri Lankan Chess players at the event, 7 ½ points out of 10 games in the under 16 Open category event. Susal beat Ajili Rayen(Tunesia), Taulananda Anon(Thailand), Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni(India), Arjun Sidharth S(India), Balaji Aaravamudhan(England), Popov Konstantin(Russia), Flores Quillas Diego Saul Rodri(Peru) drew with Hriday Dharmesh Sheth(India) and Lost to Tsaruk Maksim(Belorussia) and Aaryan Varshney(India) to score 7 ½ points to ranked 15^th in his age group in the world.

Ranindu playing with the strongest Chess Players in the world managed to score 7 points out of 10 games while young Oshini also had a considerable performance of 7 out of 10 games. Ranindu beat Salima Praise (Malawi), Kachkachishvili Lasha (Georgia), Mordido Justine Diego (Philippines), Kanyamarala Tarun (Ireland),   Ayush Sharma (India), Ahmadzada Ahmad (Azerbaijan), drew with Kushagra Mohan (India), Anuj Shrivatri (India) and lost to International Master – Saksham Rautela (India), Grandmaster- Batsuren Dambasuren (Mongolia) on his way to 7 points.

Oshini beat El Harrak Maryam (Morocco) , Nihira Koul(India), Chinkulkitniwat Purichaya (Thailand), Nivedita V C (India), Yatee Kothari (India), Myagmar Tselmeg (Mongolia), drew with Aydogan Arya (Turkey), Paragua Megan Althea (USA) and lost to Aadhya Jain (India),Nguyen Mai Chi (Vietnam) to finish with 7 points.

The FIDE Online World Cup 2021 – Youth and Cadets conducted by the International Chess Federation is organized by the Georgian Chess Federation this year. The World Cup has 10 category events for under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years Open and Girls. The event is held online in the Tornelo platform from 1^st to 30^th August 2021 with 10 rounds per each category followed by 16 player knocked out stage. The event started with two categories, under 10 Open and under 18 Girls to have it from 1^st to 5^th having 2 games each day. Other categories also followed giving 5 days per two categories each sessions, one open and one Girls.

Sri Lanka fielded 32 players, the 1^st three winners of Sri Lanka Online Youth Chess Championships and the National Chess Champion, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage(Ananda College) and the Sri Lanka Number 1 ranked in FIDE Rating, Harshana Thilakaratne of Maliyadeva College.

Standings – Sri Lankan Players

SNo	Name	Pts.	Rk.	Group
3	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	7,0	14	Girls 10
44	De Silva L M S T	7,5	13	Open 16
45	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	7,0	12	Open 18
57	Dandeniya D D L N	5,0	117	Open 10
199	Samaraweera R B Sethum	4,0	152	Open 10
221	Wimalarathne K G	5,5	87	Open 10
121	Hansana G Haritha	5,0	84	Open 12
147	Galagedara Thehara T Vakeesan	5,5	76	Open 12
148	Hettiarachchi Jeewantha Aloka	5,5	74	Open 12
138	Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha	6,0	71	Open 14
144	Laksiri A A Kavishka Gimshan	4,0	154	Open 14
177	Jayasundara J M Daham V	3,5	174	Open 14
112	Ahangama Senuka Aswin	5,0	91	Open 16
137	Saravanabaavan Brijeash	4,0	132	Open 16
153	Amarathunga Kosala Sandeepa	4,0	133	Open 16
14	Thilakarathne G M H	5,5	47	Open 18
108	Arunakirinathan Aruthran	4,0	92	Open 18
121	Indrajith J A K N T	4,0	103	Open 18
67	Beminiwatte A W M Arundi	4,5	94	Girls 10
143	Sithumsa H G Sasmi	6,0	47	Girls 10
90	Newansa M Esandi	4,0	98	Girls 12
92	Sanulya G H S	5,5	54	Girls 12
147	Sendanayake Anujana Hasandi	3,0	135	Girls 12
25	Sanudula K M Dahamdi	6,0	35	Girls 14
96	Attanayake Chanindi Mewna	5,0	79	Girls 14
122	Kodikara Hansi Dewmini	5,0	82	Girls 14
43	Sandeepani M Tharushi	4,5	68	Girls 16
76	Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa	4,0	80	Girls 16
97	Amarathunga Piyumi Uthpala	4,0	83	Girls 16
83	Vithanawasam Oneli	4,0	71	Girls 18
84	Ramanayake Nemindi Linaya	4,5	67	Girls 18

 

 

The Asian Women’s Online Chess Championship has started with 74 players from 15 countries competing for the Asian Continental slot in the FIDE Women;s Grand Swiss this October in Riga, Latvia. Top seed is IM Irene Sukandar of Indonesia. Nine WGMs, 8 IMs, 22 WIMs, 13 WFMs and 5 WCMs are participating.

Watch games live in:

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

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

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

https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-Women-Online-Chess-Ch-2021/

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

The tournament is a 9-round Swiss played 25-27 August 2021 on Tornelo.

Download regulations Asian Women’s Online Chess Championships 2021 Regs

The tournament is scheduled 23-25 August 2021 with awards ceremony on 26 August 2021.

Chief Arbiter is IA/IO Abdulrahim Mahdi, Chairman of the FIDE Rules Commission and of the Asian Chess Federation Arbiters Commission.

Appeals Committee is composed of:

Chairman: Luxman Wijesuriya (SRI)

Members:

GM Eugene Torre (PHI)

Sahapol Nakvanich (THA)

Husan Turdialiev (UZB)

Dang Tat Thang (VIE)

The Bangladesh Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), has the honor to invite all national federations to participate in the Shahid Captain Sheikh Kamal Invitational International O

The Shahid Captain Sheikh Kamal Invitational International Online Chess Tournament 2020 is an individual invitational championship and shall be governed by the FIDE Online Chess Regulations.

Each federation can register any number of GM’s and one IM/Rated. All players must have FIDE ID & Tornelo Account before registration.

Time control is Rapid Play – Each player shall have 15 minutes for the game with the addition of 5 seconds per move starting from the first move. The clocks of all games shall be started by the Chief Arbiter.

A total of $10,000 in cash prizes shall be at stake as follows:

1st-$ 2000, 2nd-$1500, 3rd-$1000, 4th-$600, 5th-500, 6th-400, 7th-400, 8th-$300, 9th-$300 and 10th-$300, 11^th-$200

Bangladesh Players: 1st -$800, 2nd-$600, 3rd-$400, 4th-$300, 5th-$200 and 6th-$200

Date	Bangladesh Time	Event
Thursday, 26 August 2021	15:00	Technical Meeting
		Tornelo Trial Run
Friday, 27 August 2021	14:00	Set – up of Devices
	14:30	Opening
	15:00	Round 1
	16:15	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
Saturday, 28 August 2021	15:00	Round 4
	16:15	Round 5
	17:30	Round 6
Sunday, 29 August 2021	15:00	Round 7
	16:15	Round 8
	17:30	Round 9
Tuesday, 31 August 2021	15:00	Awards Ceremony

For inquiries please contact Bangladesh Chess Federation at banchessfed@gmail.com

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Filipino juniors Lexie Grace Hernandez, April Joy Claros, Tiv Omangay, Christian Erickson Costuna, Gabrielle Nuqui and Oshrie Jhames Constantino Reyes will test their mettle in the third conference of the Professional Chess Players Association of the Philippines-PCAP online chess tournament set September 15, 2021 on virtually held in Chess.com Platform.
Other Pampanga players invited as guests if the Pampanga Checkers squad are Joseph Raphael Vergara and Karl Richard Ballobar.

Backed up by Mr. Jaime “Jimmy” Reyes and Mr. Jake “Talov” Carlos, the Pampanga Checkers squad also tapped the services of Mr. Martin Tan (Head Senior), Mr. Robert Halili (Coach), NM Louie Pablo (Coach) and Mr. Archimedes Miranda de Leon (Team Manager).

“I am so happy to be part of our young talented Chess Players in Pampanga who are scheduled to compete in the coming 3rd PCAP Conference next month” said Team Manager Archimedes Miranda de Leon.

Bayanihan Chess Club board of director and Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based Mr. Jaime “Jimmy” Reyes wished Pampangueños woodpushers the best of luck.

 

 

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Woman National Master Kaye Lalaine Regidor of Santa Rosa City, Laguna booked her ticket to the Knock Out Stage for the FIDE Online Rapid World Cadets & Youth chess championship on August 26 to 31, 2021 virtually held at Tornelo Platform.

The 12 years old Regidor, a Grade 6 student of Rizal Dila Elementary School Santa Rosa City, Laguna placed tenth with 7.5 points on Saturday.

Regidor, playing under the guidance of Arena Grandmaster Dr. Fred Paez scored victories over Enkhsaikhan Odmaa of Mongolia in the first round, Keilyn Elizabeth Duque Roca of Guatemala in the second round, Ariadni Papetta in the third round, Mireya Jassly Sanchez Cruz in the fifth round, WCM Enerel Ariunbold of Mongolia in the sixth round, Manasvi Sanikommu of India in the seventh round and Dang Le Xuan Hien of Vietnam in the tenth and final round.

She split the point with Gurvanbaatar Urangoo of Mongolia in the eight round. She lost to Elvin Esma Buyuk of Turkey in the fourth round and Mireya Jassly Sanchez Cruz of Peru in the fifth round.

Meanwhile, 22nd place Bonjoure Fille Suyamin of General Trias City, Cavite (7 pts.) and 74th place Glydel Janine Rodrigo of Cebu City (5 pts.) failed to advance in the knock out stage.

Anastasia Kirtadze of Georgia topped Girls 12 and under class with 9 points.

Other Philippine qualifiers are Chester Neil Reyes of Rodriguez, Rizal (Open 16 and under), Lexie Grace Hernandez of Angeles City, Pampanga (Girls 16 and under), Jersey Marticio of Cabuyao City, Laguna (Girls 14 and under), April Joy Claros of Angeles City, Pampanga (Girls 14 and under) and Wayne Diaz Ruiz of Santa Rosa City, Laguna (Open 14 and under).

Filipino American Megan Althea Obrero Paragua, niece of Grandmaster Mark Callano Paragua, representing the United States of America finished fourth to make it to the main draw in the Girls 10 and under division.

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Chester Neil Reyes produced impressive results at the FIDE Online Rapid World Cadets & Youth online chess championship Open 16 and under virtually held at Tornelo Platform to earn a berth at the knockout stage.

The 89th seed Reyes (Elo 1837), incoming Grade 11 pupil of Nazareth School of National University drew with third seed International Master Christopher Woojin Yoo (Elo 2466) of the USA after 41 moves of a Sicilian defense, Closed variation using the white pieces in Friday’s ninth and penultimate round then made a quick draw with 11th seed FIDE Master Maksim Tsaruk (Elo 2324) of Belarus after 10 moves of a Vienna Opening using the white pieces in Saturday’s tenth and final round to claim the title with 8.5 points.

“I thank those you helped me, Coach Richard A. Villaseran of King’s Gambit, GM Nelson Mariano, Arden at Narquingel Reyes and the UNASA and NU chess families under the tutelage of Team Manager Samson Go and NU coach US master Jojo Aquino and coach Jelvis Calvelo, sir Martin Binky Gaticales and Atty. Cliburn Anthony Orbe,” said the amiable Reyes.

“I’m so happy for Chester Neil (Reyes). Well deserved championship for him. This breakthrough will be a very big confidence booster for him and I’m sure bigger things are  ahead of him,” said Coach Richard Villaseran, founder of King’s Gambit Chess School, where Reyes trains from time to time who watched the game live thru Tornelo Platform.

Another Filipino entry 106th seed Jeremy Marticio (Elo 1693) defeated 48th seed Swarnavo Choudhury (Elo 2079) of Bangladesh after 41 moves of Sicilian defense in the final canto to finish with 7 points, good for a tie 15th to 24th places.

The pride of Cabuyao City, Laguna Marticio suffered a stinging defeat in Friday’s ninth round to drop out of contention. Marticio yielded to 14th seed FIDE Master Samant Aditya S  (Elo 2297) of India after 50 moves of Ruy Lopez Opening using the black pieces.

Reyes is playing under the guidance of Coach Richard Villaseran, founder of King’s Gambit Chess School, NU coach US Master Jojo Aquino and NU team manager Samson Go while Marticio whose stint here is being supported by Cabuyao City Mayor Mel Gecolea, Cabuyao City Sports Director Jerome Paul Lualhati, Bayanihan sa Cabuyao Executive Director Michael Aranzanso and Cabuyao Chess Committee Chairman & President of Philippine Executive Chess Association Dr. Fred Paez.

Other early qualifiers are Lexie Grace Hernandez of Angeles City, Pampanga (Girls 16 and under), Jersey Marticio of Cabuyao City, Laguna (Girls 14 and under), April Joy Claros of Angeles City, Pampanga (Girls 14 and under) and Wayne Diaz Ruiz of Santa Rosa City, Laguna (Open 14 and under).

The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), headed by President/Chairman Rep. Prospero “Butch” Arreza Pichay Jr., is supporting the campaign of the Filipino woodpushers as part of its continuing program to train and develop outstanding young players.

MANILA, Philippines—Megan Althea Obrero Paragua, niece of Grandmaster Mark Callano Paragua, representing the United States of America lost her final match, relegating her to fourth place in the just concluded FIDE Online Rapid World Cadets & Youth chess championship Girls 10 and under virtually held at Tornelo Platform on Saturday.

The 130th seed Megan Althea bowed to 37th seed Aadhya Jain of India. Paragua scored 7.5 points, enough to qualify for the Knockout stage through the prestigious, 10-round tournament considered as the biggest in the world which attracted 151 woodpushers.

Aadhya Jain, on the other hand scored 9.5 points to top the FIDE rapid tournament using the 10 minutes plus 3 second increment time control format.

Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi of India settled for second place with 9 points followed by third placer Le Thai Hoang Anh of Vietnam who totes 8 points.

Meanwhile, three Philippines representative failed to advance in the knock out stage. They are 33rd place Jemaica Yap Mendoza (6 pts.), 43rd place Aeiona Lou Tomas Mendoza (6 pts.) and 71st place ACM Daniella Bianca Cruz (5 pts.)