Pakistan Chess Federation announced elections 27th June 2021 at 15:00 Hours in Islamabad.
Pakistan Sports Board shall observe the elections.
FIDE Observer is Mr. John J. Cox, member of FIDE Fair Play Commission.
Asian Chess Federation Observer is Mr. Syed Shahab Uddin Shamim of Bangladesh, President of FIDE Zone 3.2 (in photo).
GM Ziaur Rahman (above right) of Bangladesh crushed the Slav defense of compatriot IM Abu Sofian Shakil in 73 moves to maintain his solo lead with 7.5 points after the penultimate 8th round of the Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited at the Asia Hotel & Resorts in Dhaka, Bangladesh and online chess platform Tornelo.
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Close behind is GM Enamul Hossain Razib (above left) of Bangladesh who used the Velimorovic Attack against the Sicilian Defense of IM Mohamad Fahad Rahman to win in 68 moves and score 7 points. He is only a half point behind in the race to qualify for the World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia.
CM Manon Reja Neer (above left) of Bangladesh beat compatriot Anata Choudury to follow with 5½ points together with CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan (above right) of Sri Lanka. Ranindu used the Caro Kann Defense to beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh in 37 moves,
Nine players are tied with 5 points each, namely IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin (above left), FM Subrota Biswas (above right), FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam and CM Sohel Chowdhury of Bangladesh and FM L M S T De Silva and A A C B Amarasinge of Sri Lanka.
Starting the game after having a short Birthday celebration online by Arbiters, Sri Lanka FIDE Master Susal De Silva (photo above) of Nalanda College lost a Bishop for two pawns and managed to get a draw after a hard fought game.
Here are results of 8th or penultimate round games held Tuesday.
| SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 8 on 2021/06/08 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2434 | 6½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2242 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2402 | 6 | 1 – 0 | 5 | IM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 2314 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2203 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | FM | Mehdi Hasan Parag | 2187 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | IM | Mohammad Minhaz Uddin | 2278 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | FM | Islam Khandaker Aminul | 2182 | 11 |
| 5 | 14 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2130 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Anata Choudhury | 2202 | 9 | |
| 6 | 13 | CM | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2178 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4½ | FM | De Silva L M S T | 2085 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | FM | Subrota Biswas | 2268 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | 2213 | 7 |
| 8 | 16 | CM | Chowdhury Sohel | 2106 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Ahmed Sheikh Nasir | 2178 | 12 |
| 9 | 21 | Kusatha Niken | 1984 | 3½ | – – + | 4 | CM | Amarasinghe A A C B | 1873 | 26 | |
| 10 | 18 | CM | Nayem Haque | 2080 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | CM | Md. Sharif Hossain | 2122 | 15 |
| 11 | 23 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1966 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | 1925 | 25 | |
| 12 | 30 | Prajapati Raj | 1749 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | CM | Ahmed Mahtabuddin | 2035 | 19 | |
| 13 | 20 | Mihir Lal Das | 2013 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Musawir Khan | 1773 | 28 | ||
| 14 | 36 | Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi | 0 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | WFM | Noshin Anjum | 1948 | 24 | |
| 15 | 27 | Ahmad Awais | 1838 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Farooq Noor | 1706 | 31 | ||
| 16 | 39 | Prajapati Anshu Dil | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Muhammad Faisal Mughal | 0 | 37 | ||
| 17 | 35 | Afzal Shahwani | 1443 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Muneeb Yaqoob | 0 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 34 | Wadifa Ahmed | 1629 | 2½ | 1 | bye | |||||
The Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship is sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC
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Rd 7: GM Ziaur Rahman Leads in Homestretch of Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 6: GM Ziaur Rahman Maintains Solo Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 5: GM Ziaur Rahman Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 4: Five Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: GMs Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Tie for Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal
Rd 2: Eight Bangladesh Players Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Iranian GMs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (above left) and Aryan Gholami (above right) finished tied for first with 6 points out of 7 rounds in the Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship on Tornelo. Ghaem Maghami qualified by tie break to the World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia.
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Maghami crushed the Caro Kann Defense of IM Eiti Bashir of Syria in 47 moves. Gholami used the Sicilian defense against IM Sameer Mansour of Jordan and uncorked a beautiful finish, see diagram below after 26.Qxb7 Rcb8!
GM Idani Pouya of Iran won the bronze medal for 3rd place alone with 5.5 points. Pouya crushed the Sicilian defense of FM Akar Ali Salih of Iraq in 60 moves of a minor piece endgame.
Chief Arbiter Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh of Iran watches games with four (4) computer systems.
Here are Round 7 results:
| Zone 3.1 Chess Championships 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 7 on 2021/06/07 at 3:00pm | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 5 | IM | MANSOUR Sameer | 2308 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | GHOLAMI Aryan | 2513 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2547 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | EITI Bashir | 2340 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | GM | IDANI Pouya | 2614 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | FM | SALIH Akar Ali Salih | 2274 | 7 |
| 4 | 8 | FM | KONIAHLI Malek. | 2255 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | CM | SAIF Malek | 2168 | 11 |
| 5 | 12 | Chekh Adm Khedr Aram | 2147 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | FM | AHMED Ali Layth Ahmed | 2253 | 9 | |
| 6 | 10 | IM | AL HOSANI Omran | 2197 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | CM | ISMAEL Namir Mohammed Ismael | 2122 | 13 |
| 7 | 18 | Seder Mohamad | 1722 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | FM | Ammar Sedrani | 2274 | 6 | |
| 8 | 16 | AL MAASHANI Abdullah | 1831 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 3 | DAWOD Mahmoud.W | 1610 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 15 | FM | Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri | 1926 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2½ | IM | Sultan Ibrahim | 2076 | 14 |
| 10 | 22 | AL-ZAATARI Fares Thamer | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 1½ | ALHEJAB Meshal | 1681 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 23 | Radwan Mahmoud J | 0 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | ALOTHMAN Salem | 1558 | 21 | ||
| 12 | 17 | MOHAMMED Ahmed Said Al Amri | 1772 | 2 | 1 | bye | |||||
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Rd 4: FIDE Master Akar Ali Salih of Iraq Shares Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: FM Malek Koniahli Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 2: Syrian Upsets Top Seed Iranian GM in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—Singaporean Siew Kai Xin will have a chance to exact revenge against Filipina foe Melizah Ruth Carreon as they square off in the Grandmaster Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. Chess Challenge, Bayanihan Chess Club Match Up Series, Chess For A Cause on July 9, 2021, 9 am Manila Time at Lichess.org.
The Goodwill match, hosted by Bayanihan Chess Club headed by it’s co-founding chairman US based frontliner Dr. Joe Balinas and Engr. Antonio “Uncle Paps” Balinas, in close cooperation with Jubail Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based Mr. Jimmy Reyes, Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Deputy Director General for Policy and Planning Theo Panga, JC Marikina, International Master Petronio Roca, Mam Elvira Roca, Skin Magical District 4 (CARSIGMA), Quezon City Simba’s Tribe Team Owner Mr. Danilo Ponay and Rotary Club of Heroes Hills, is one of the face-off series pitting local and foreign woodpushers in a race-to-7, draws not counted event.
“We are looking for sponsors for this match,” said Bayanihan Chess Club founding president AGM Marlon Bernardino.
The event will be aired live over Bayanihan Chess Club as well FB page of Chess Lovers and Deorico de Paz Jr.
Carreon is the lady player of PCAP’s Cavite Spartans while Kai Xin is the import of Quezon City Simba’s Tribe. During their first meeting Carreon beat Kai Xin in the PCAP chess league.
“I have to train hard for this fight, to give my best, and to give a good show,” said Kai Xin, a 2-time Olympiad member of the Singapore National Team.
“I will do my very best,” said Carreon.
Future matches of the Grandmaster Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. Chess Challenge, Bayanihan Chess Club Match Up Series, Chess For A Cause, Face-Off Series will pit Robert Suelo versus Israel Landicho and Jayson San Jose Visca vs Genghis Imperia
GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh beat L M S T De Silva of Sri Lanka to maintain solo lead with 6½ points after 7 rounds in the homestretch of the SAIF POWERTEC Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship at the Asia Hotel & Resorts in Dhaka, Bangladesh and online chess platform tornelo.
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GM Enamul Hossain Razib (above left) of Bangladesh beat compatriot FM Mehdi Hasan Parag to stay in 2nd position with 6 points.
Parag and two others are in 3rd slot with 5 points each, namely IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and IM Abu Sufian Shakil (above left) of Bangladesh, Fahad beat A A Amarasinghe of Sri Lanka while Shakil beat compatriot Zia Tahsin Tajwar.
Six players follow with 4½points each, namely IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin (above left), FM Khandaker Aminul Islam (above right), Anata Choudhury (photo below) and CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh and CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan & FM L M S T De Silva of Sri Lanka.
8th or penultimate round games will start tomorrow (Tuesday) from 3:30 PM at same venue.
Here are results of round 7:
| SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 7 on 2021/06/07 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2434 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | FM | De Silva L M S T | 2085 | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | FM | Mehdi Hasan Parag | 2187 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2402 | 2 |
| 3 | 26 | CM | Amarasinghe A A C B | 1873 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 2314 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2242 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | CM | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2178 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | FM | Islam Khandaker Aminul | 2182 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2203 | 8 |
| 6 | 15 | CM | Md. Sharif Hossain | 2122 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | IM | Mohammad Minhaz Uddin | 2278 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | Anata Choudhury | 2202 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Kusatha Niken | 1984 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 25 | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | 1925 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2130 | 14 |
| 9 | 19 | CM | Ahmed Mahtabuddin | 2035 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | FM | Subrota Biswas | 2268 | 5 |
| 10 | 7 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | 2213 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Mihir Lal Das | 2013 | 20 | |
| 11 | 12 | FM | Ahmed Sheikh Nasir | 2178 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1966 | 23 | |
| 12 | 27 | Ahmad Awais | 1838 | 3 | – – + | 3 | CM | Chowdhury Sohel | 2106 | 16 | |
| 13 | 24 | WFM | Noshin Anjum | 1948 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 2½ | CM | Nayem Haque | 2080 | 18 |
| 14 | 28 | Musawir Khan | 1773 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Prajapati Anshu Dil | 0 | 39 | ||
| 15 | 38 | Muneeb Yaqoob | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Prajapati Raj | 1749 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 37 | Muhammad Faisal Mughal | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi | 0 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 35 | Afzal Shahwani | 1443 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Wadifa Ahmed | 1629 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 31 | Farooq Noor | 1706 | 2 | 1 | bye | |||||
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Rd 5: GM Ziaur Rahman Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 4: Five Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: GMs Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Tie for Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal
Rd 2: Eight Bangladesh Players Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
GMs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Aryan Gholami of Iran beat their respective penultimate round opponents to share the lead with 5 points each after 6 rounds of the Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship on Tornelo. The champion qualifies into the World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia.
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Ghaem Maghami essayed the English Opening against giant killer FM Malek Koniahli of Syria and gained two pawns. The Iranian centralized his Queen and reached unstoppable mate in 40 moves (see diagram below) after 40. Qd4-a7.
Gholami crushed the Pirc Defense of erstwhile solo leader FM Akar Ali Salih of Iraq in 47 moves as the latter lost by time forfeit.
Salih and GM Pouya Idani of Iran follow with 4.5 points each in the race for $1,500 in cash prizes.
| Zone 3.1 Chess Championships 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 6 on 2021/06/06 at 3:00pm | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | GM | GHOLAMI Aryan | 2513 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | FM | SALIH Akar Ali Salih | 2274 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2547 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | KONIAHLI Malek. | 2255 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | CM | SAIF Malek | 2168 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | IDANI Pouya | 2614 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | FM | Ammar Sedrani | 2274 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | MANSOUR Sameer | 2308 | 5 |
| 5 | 13 | CM | ISMAEL Namir Mohammed Ismael | 2122 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Chekh Adm Khedr Aram | 2147 | 12 | |
| 6 | 4 | IM | EITI Bashir | 2340 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Sultan Ibrahim | 2076 | 14 |
| 7 | 10 | IM | AL HOSANI Omran | 2197 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | AL MAASHANI Abdullah | 1831 | 16 | |
| 8 | 9 | FM | AHMED Ali Layth Ahmed | 2253 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2 | AL-ZAATARI Fares Thamer | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | 20 | DAWOD Mahmoud.W | 1610 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | MOHAMMED Ahmed Said Al Amri | 1772 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 21 | ALOTHMAN Salem | 1558 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1 | FM | Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri | 1926 | 15 | |
| 11 | 19 | ALHEJAB Meshal | 1681 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Radwan Mahmoud J | 0 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 18 | Seder Mohamad | 1722 | 2 | 1 | bye | |||||
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Rd 5: FIDE Master Akar Ali Salih of Iraq Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 4: FIDE Master Akar Ali Salih of Iraq Shares Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: FM Malek Koniahli Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 2: Syrian Upsets Top Seed Iranian GM in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (in photo) maintained solo leadership with 5½ points after the 6th round of the Asian Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited at the Asia Hotel & Resorts and online chess platform tornelo.
Watch games live in chessbomb, chess.com, followchess, chess24 and chessbase. Visit chess-results.com to download games and for round by round results and standings. Follow Asian Chess Federation on facebook and twitter @Asianchess. Games are scheduled 3:30 pm daily (Dhaka time).
GM Enamul Hossain Razib (above left) and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag (above right) of Bangladesh follow in 2nd slot with 5 points each.
FIDE Master Susal De Silva (photo above) of Nalanda College outplayed the IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh (2278) to reach 4 ½ points and stay in 4th place. Susal managed to get a strong Kingside play in a Giuco Piano game.
Buddika Amarasinghe (photo above) of Sri Lanka also had an excellent game and scored a full point against FM Ahmed Shike Nazir of Bangladesh (2179) in a game started with the English Opening. Buddhika has a total of 4 points.
Six players earned 4 points each, They are: IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman (above left), IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam and CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh and CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan & A A C B Amarasinge of Sri Lanka.
6th round games were held today (Sunday).
| SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 6 on 2021/06/06 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 8 | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2203 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2434 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | FM | Mehdi Hasan Parag | 2187 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2242 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2402 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Anata Choudhury | 2202 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | IM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 2314 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | FM | Islam Khandaker Aminul | 2182 | 11 |
| 5 | 17 | FM | De Silva L M S T | 2085 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Mohammad Minhaz Uddin | 2278 | 4 |
| 6 | 13 | CM | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2178 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | 2213 | 7 |
| 7 | 26 | CM | Amarasinghe A A C B | 1873 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Ahmed Sheikh Nasir | 2178 | 12 |
| 8 | 14 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2130 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | CM | Md. Sharif Hossain | 2122 | 15 |
| 9 | 16 | CM | Chowdhury Sohel | 2106 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 3 | Kusatha Niken | 1984 | 21 | |
| 10 | 18 | CM | Nayem Haque | 2080 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | 1925 | 25 |
| 11 | 20 | Mihir Lal Das | 2013 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Ahmad Awais | 1838 | 27 | ||
| 12 | 5 | FM | Subrota Biswas | 2268 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Prajapati Raj | 1749 | 30 | |
| 13 | 39 | Prajapati Anshu Dil | 0 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | CM | Ahmed Mahtabuddin | 2035 | 19 | |
| 14 | 23 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1966 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Farooq Noor | 1706 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 24 | WFM | Noshin Anjum | 1948 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Muneeb Yaqoob | 0 | 38 | |
| 16 | 34 | Wadifa Ahmed | 1629 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Muhammad Faisal Mughal | 0 | 37 | ||
| 17 | 36 | Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi | 0 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Afzal Shahwani | 1443 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 28 | Musawir Khan | 1773 | 1 | 1 | bye | |||||
7th round games will start tomorrow (Monday) from3:30 PM at same venue.
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Rd 5: GM Ziaur Rahman Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 4: Five Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: GMs Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Tie for Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal
Rd 2: Eight Bangladesh Players Share Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
FIDE Master Akar Ali Salih of Iraq (photo above) beat erstwhile co-leader Malek Koniahli of Syria to grab solo lead with 4.5 points out of 5 rounds in the homestretch of the Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Chbampionship on Tornelo. The champion qualifies into the FIDE World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia.
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Salih crushed the Center Counter Defense of Koniahli in a marathon 83 moves of a minor piece endgame.
Sharing second slot with 4 points each are GMs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Aryan Gholami of Iran. Maghami turned back the English Opening of IM Sameer Mansour of Jordan in only 31 moves. Idani essayed the Reti Opening to beat FM Ahmed Ali Layth Ahmed of Iraq also in 31 moves.
Three players follow within striking distance at 3.5 points each, namely Koniahli, GM Pouya Idani of Iran and Male Saif of Jordan.
Here are the round 5 results.
| Zone 3.1 Chess Championships 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 5 on 2021/06/05 at 3:00pm | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 7 | FM | SALIH Akar Ali Salih | 2274 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | KONIAHLI Malek. | 2255 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | IM | MANSOUR Sameer | 2308 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2547 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | GM | GHOLAMI Aryan | 2513 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Ammar Sedrani | 2274 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | GM | IDANI Pouya | 2614 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | FM | AHMED Ali Layth Ahmed | 2253 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | IM | EITI Bashir | 2340 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | CM | SAIF Malek | 2168 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | IM | Sultan Ibrahim | 2076 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | AL HOSANI Omran | 2197 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Chekh Adm Khedr Aram | 2147 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Seder Mohamad | 1722 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 13 | CM | ISMAEL Namir Mohammed Ismael | 2122 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | DAWOD Mahmoud.W | 1610 | 20 | |
| 9 | 16 | AL MAASHANI Abdullah | 1831 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1 | ALHEJAB Meshal | 1681 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 22 | AL-ZAATARI Fares Thamer | 0 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | FM | Salim Mohammed Salim Al Amri | 1926 | 15 | |
| 11 | 23 | Radwan Mahmoud J | 0 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | MOHAMMED Ahmed Said Al Amri | 1772 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 21 | ALOTHMAN Salem | 1558 | ½ | 1 | bye | |||||
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Rd 4: FIDE Master Akar Ali Salih of Iraq Shares Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 3: FM Malek Koniahli Grabs Solo Lead in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
Rd 2: Syrian Upsets Top Seed Iranian GM in Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship
GM Ziaur Rahman (above, right) of Bangladesh beat compatriot Mohammad Fahad Rahman to grab solo lead with 4½ points after 5 rounds of the Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021 sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited at the Asia Hotel & Resorts and online chess platform tornelo. The champion qualifies into the World Cup next month in Sochi, Russia.
Watch games live in chessbomb, chess.com, followchess, chess24 and chessbase. Visit chess-results.com to download games and for round by round results and standings. Follow Asian Chess Federation on facebook and twitter @Asianchess. Games are scheduled 3:30 pm daily (Dhaka time).
Four players share 2nd position with 4 points each, namely GM Enamul Hossain Razib, IM Abu Sufian Shakil (above left) and FM Mehdi Hasan Parag (above right) of Bangladesh and CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka (photo below). At state are $3,000 in cash prizes.
Five players share 3rd position with 3½ points each, anemly IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin (above right), FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, Anata Choudhury (photo below) and FM L M S T De Silva of Sri Lanka (below right).
| SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021 | |||||||||||
| Pairings/Results | |||||||||||
| Round 5 on 2021/06/05 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka | |||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2434 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Mohammad Fahad Rahman | 2314 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2242 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Hossain Enamul | 2402 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | IM | Mohammad Minhaz Uddin | 2278 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3½ | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2203 | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | FM | Ahmed Sheikh Nasir | 2178 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | FM | Mehdi Hasan Parag | 2187 | 10 |
| 5 | 7 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | 2213 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2130 | 14 |
| 6 | 9 | Anata Choudhury | 2202 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | CM | Chowdhury Sohel | 2106 | 16 | |
| 7 | 11 | FM | Islam Khandaker Aminul | 2182 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | CM | Nayem Haque | 2080 | 18 |
| 8 | 17 | FM | De Silva L M S T | 2085 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Subrota Biswas | 2268 | 5 |
| 9 | 13 | CM | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2178 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1966 | 23 | |
| 10 | 15 | CM | Md. Sharif Hossain | 2122 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WFM | Noshin Anjum | 1948 | 24 |
| 11 | 19 | CM | Ahmed Mahtabuddin | 2035 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | CM | Amarasinghe A A C B | 1873 | 26 |
| 12 | 25 | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | 1925 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Mihir Lal Das | 2013 | 20 | |
| 13 | 21 | Kusatha Niken | 1984 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Prajapati Anshu Dil | 0 | 39 | ||
| 14 | 27 | Ahmad Awais | 1838 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1 | Musawir Khan | 1773 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 30 | Prajapati Raj | 1749 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Muhammad Faisal Mughal | 0 | 37 | ||
| 16 | 31 | Farooq Noor | 1706 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi | 0 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 38 | Muneeb Yaqoob | 0 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Wadifa Ahmed | 1629 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 33 | Muhammad Haris Rizwan | 1633 | 0 | – – + | 0 | Afzal Shahwani | 1443 | 35 | ||
6th round games will start tomorrow (Sunday) from3:30 PM at same venue.
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The second training course of the Asian Chess Federation Academy in Iraq, which was dedicated to the Chess Base program, was unveiled.
The lectures and dialogues were moderated by Professor Ihsan Jawad with professionalism and diligence, with the testimony of all participants, whether they were coaches or players.
The course is fully attended by Professor Haidar Abdul Ghani, Chairman of the Trainers Committee of the Iraqi Central Chess Federation and his assistant, Professor Bassem Jabbara, with other trainers from various Arab countries and trainers from iraqi provinces.
Important lessons, extensive discussions, dialogues and files interspersed with the course and the active participation of most coaches with clear and comfortable answers to the professional lecturer and chess mentality.
These lectures lasted for three days under the supervision of the Iraqi Central Chess Federation and in the presence of the President of the Federation, Mr. Zafer Abdul Amir al-Jubouri.
For most trainers with clear and comfortable answers to the professional lecturer and mature chess mentality, Professor Ihsan Jawad gave everyone an impression on the extent to which they gained benefit and benefited from these experiences and experiences that were applied as realistic practical examples at each stage of training.
These courses of this quality will inevitably be in the interest of Iraqi chess and following this variety of lectures we will have a new generation of coaches and like him referred to as Lebanon.
(((الدورة التدريبية الثانية لأكاديمية الاتحاد و الآسيوي للشطرنج فرع العراق)))
أسدل الستار على الدورة التدريبية الثانية لأكاديمية الاتحاد الآسيوي للشطرنج فرع العراق والتي خصصت لبرنامج الجيس بيس Chess Base
والتي أدار دفة المحاضرات وحواراتها الأستاذ إحسان جواد ببراعة واجتهادية بشهادة الجميع من المشاركين سواء كانوا من المدربين أواللاعبين.
وكانت هذه المحاضرات والتي استمرت دروسها لثلاثة أيام تحت إشراف إتحاد الشطرنج العراقي المركزي وبحضور رئيس الاتحاد الأستاذ ظافر عبد الأمير الجبوري شخصياً لأيام الدورة بالكامل مع مدير الدورة الأستاذ حيدر عبد الغني رئيس لجنة المدربين في اتحاد الشطرنج العراقي المركزي ومساعده الأستاذ باسم جبارة مع باقي المدربين من مختلف الدول العربية ومدربي المحافظات العراقية.
دروس مهمة ونقاشات واسعة و حوارات وملفات تخللتها الدورة وبمشاركة فاعلة لمعظم المدربين مع إجابات واضحة وبكل أريحية للمحاضر المحترف والعقلية الشطرنجية الناضجة الأستاذ إحسان جواد أعطت انطباع للجميع على مدى اكتساب الفائدة والاستفادة من هذه الخبرات والتجارب التي كانت تطبق كأمثلة عملية واقعية على كل مرحلة من مراحل التدريب.
هذه الدورات بهذا الكم وبهذه النوعية ستصب حتماً في مصلحة الشطرنج العراقي وعلى إثر هذا التنوع من المحاضرات سينضج عندنا جيل جديد من المدربين ومثله من اللاعبين يشار لهم بالبنان.
بوركت جهودكم الرائعة ونشد على أيديكم لهذا النشاط المتميز ولكل مجتهد نصيب
