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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.

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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.)

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Chester Neil Reyes (Elo 1837) of the Philippines scored two more victories to grab the solo lead in the on-going FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth online chess championship Open 16 and under virtually held at Tornelo Platform.

The 89th seed Reyes, the pride of Rodriguez, Rizal province shocked 4th seed International Master (IM) Denis Lazavik (Elo 2440) of Belarus in 47 moves of a King’s Indian defense in Thursday’s seventh round and checkmated 13th seed FIDE Master (FM) Rohith Krishna S (Elo 2304) of India in 45 moves of King’s Indian defense in Friday’s eight round to stay unbeaten.

With the win, Reyes tallied 7.5 points on seven wins and one draw with 2 rounds to go.

Another Filipino entry 106th seed Jeremy Marticio (Elo 1693), meantime defeated 38th seed CM Eldiar Orozbaev (Elo 2128) of Kyrgyzstan in 48 moves of a Giuco Piano Opening and checkmated 42nd seed Taira Tyler Tanaka (Elo 2099) of Canada in 37 moves of a Caro-Kann defense to post his fifth straight wins in as many rounds. The Cabuyao City, Laguna bet Marticio raise his total 6 points on six wins and two loses.

Reyes is playing under the guidance of Coach Richard Villaseran, founder of King’s Gambit Chess School, where Reyes trains from time to time 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.

Reyes and Marticio, both eyeing to finish in the top 10 to join early qualifiers 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) in the Last 16 Knock Out Stage.

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

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. , Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Janelle Mae Frayna and FIDE Master (FM) Sander Severino are among the favorites in the P100,000 free registration GM/Atty. Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. Online Chess Tournament (open division) on Sept. 26, 2021 at lichess.org.

The 13-time Philippine champion Antonio, is best remembered for his second-place effort in the 2017 World Seniors held in Acqui Terme, topped the Aliwaros Arena on August 13 while the former Far Eastern University chess team mainstay Frayna achieved her final norm to become eligible for the title of Woman Grandmaster in the 42nd Chess Olympiad held in September 2016. This title was later confirmed by the Presidential Board by written resolution in early 2017 and became the Philippines’ first woman grandmaster.

The  Silay, Negros Occidental ace Severino clinched the International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA) World Online Chess Rapid Championship title becoming the first player representing the Philippines to do so last June 2020 also set to fight for his place in P100,000 free registration tournament, hosted by US based frontliner Dr. Joe Balinas and Engr. Antonio “Uncle Paps” Balinas, both founding honorary chairman of the organizing Bayanihan Chess Club.

Also playing are International Masters Ricardo de Guzman, Barlo Nadera and Emmanuel Senador.
Others are National Masters Cesar Mariano, Merben Roque, Carlos Edgardo Garma, Jake dela Cruz, Nick Nisperos, Robert Arellano, Ronald Llavanes, Noel dela Cruz and Elwin Retanal.

The Major Division Starts on 28^th August 2021 with

Western 1 – Open

Wayamba – Open

Western 2 – Women

Southern – Women

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:

28^th & 29^th August 2021 – Western I (Open),  North Western & Uva with Kegalle (Open), Western II (Women) and Southern (Women)

4^th & 5^th September 2021 – Western II (Open), Central With Kegalle (Open), Western I (Women) and Northern (Women)

11^th & 12^th September 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. Nothern

Eligibility – Eligibility – Rating Greater than 1199 and less than 1899 and selected players from Novices

Rating Greater than 1099 and less than 1599 for Women’s event and qualified players from Women Novices in the 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 3 days before the relevant event at cfslchessevents@gmail.com.

 

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 exports for fair play checking. If any player is found guilty in any form of these checks, he/ she will be banned from all types of Chess for 2 years.

 

We kindly request all Chess players to compete in the event 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.

 

The Winners of the Inaugural SL Online National (Novices Division) Chess Championships 2021 are in the picture in order:

 

1. Saniru Nagahawatte (Lyceum International, Nugegoda – Western I Open Champion)
2. Amaya Ransinghe (Viharamahadevi BMV, Kiribathgoda – Western II Girls Champion)
3. Daian Munasinghe (National Building Research Organization – Western II Open Champion)
4. Chenaya Ekaratne (Musaeus College – Western I Girls Champion)
5. Sanija Galkotuwa (Dharmaraja College – Central Open Champion)
6. Rithikashamy Rajinikanth (Singing Fish Chess Club – Northern Girls Champion)
7. Pamok Samaranayake (Rahula College – Matara – Southern Open Champion)
8. Miyurini Gamage (Central Girls Champion)
9. Rishikaran Sivaskaran (Jaffna Hindu College – Northern Open Champion)
10. Minudi Ranasinghe (Dharmasoka Vidyalaya – Southern Girls Champion)
11. DRMRS Rathnayake (Maliyadeva College – Wayamba Open Champion)
12. Pabasara Arunodhya (Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Ratnapura – Sabaragamuwa Girls Champion)
13. Nisal Thilakaratne (St. Thomas College, Bandarawela – Sabaragamuwa Open Champion)
14. LHMGS Somaratne (Royal International, Kurunegala – Wayamba Girls Champion)

Luxman Wijesuriya

President – Chess Federation of Sri Lanka

General Secretary – South Asian chess Council

General Secretary – Commonwealth Chess Association

Vice President – Asian Chess Federation

 

 

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Chester Neil Reyes (Elo 1837) shocked fourth seed IM Denis Lazavik (Elo 2440) of Belarus in 47 moves of a King’s Indian defense to improve his total to 6.5 points out of 7 rounds in the ongoing FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth online chess championship Open 16 and under virtually held at Tornelo Platform late Thursday.

With the win, Reyes, the pride of Rodriguez, Rizal province remains on top along with FIDE Master Rohith Krishna S (Elo 2304) of India who brought down Ruben Fernandez Lopez (Elo 2213) of Spain in 57 moves of Ruy Lopez Opening.

Another Filipino entry Jeremy Marticio (Elo 1693) defeated CM Eldiar Orozbaev (Elo 2128) of Kyrgyzstan in 48 moves of a Giuco Piano Opening to post his fourth straight win in as many rounds. The Cabuyao City, Laguna bet Marticio raised his total to 5 points.

Reyes is playing under the guidance of Coach Richard Villlaseran, founder of King’s Gambit Chess School, where Reyes trains from time to time 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.

Reyes and Marticio, both eyeing to finish in the top 10 to join early qualifiers 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) in the Last 16 Knockout Stage.

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.

FIDE Master Rohith Krishna S (Elo 2304) of India will slug it out with Chester Neil Reyes (Elo 1837) for the solo leadership board in Friday’s eight round while Taira Tyler Tanaka (Elo 2099) of Canada versus Jeremy Marticio (Elo 1693).

Armin Rahmat Pour of Iran and R.P. Kanishri of India won the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships for Players with Disabilities, respectively, held 9-11 July on Tornelo. A total of 22 players from six countries competed in the boys division. Visit chess-results.com for round by round standings and to download games, @Asianchess and  facebook. Watch closing ceremony on youtube.

Rahmat Pour, who is deaf, scored 4.5 points in the 5 round Swiss boys division, beating Dhanesh Gobinath of Malaysia, compatriot Mohammad Sadra ShojaeiNejad, E. Gowthaman of India and Pin Xie Loo of Malaysia, then splitting the point with Max Dave Tellor of the Philippines in the last round.

Loo, Abolfazi Kazemiyan Esko of Iran and Sultan Kozhakhmetov of Kazakhstan followed with 4 points each but after tie break the Malaysian got silver while Kazemihyan won the bronze.

 

R.P. Kanishri of India scored 5 points out of 6 games. Kanishri beat compatriot S.G. Dhganusya, Sukanna Marufa Azad of Bangladesh, Dariia Kudainazarova of Kyrgyzstan, and Jasmi Nur Fatihah and Yoshni Ramakrishnan both of Malaysia. Kanishri conceded the point to Lim Yee Jin of Malaysia in the penultimate round. The Girls Division was played as a Round Robin among 7 players.

The top three of each group will be given lessons by FIDE Disabled Commission Chairman GM Luther Thomas of Germany.