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by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines—The country’s wood pushers have something to look forward to next month as the famous Brotherhood of the Knights Square Table will host the 2021 All Executives, Arbiters and Women’s Open online chess championship on July 4, 2021, Sunday, 7pm at lichess.org.

The tournament will be a nine-round Swiss system format with 3 minutes playing time and one-second increment for each player, open to all executives, arbiters and women’s with a January 2021 NCFP blitz rating of not more than 2200 according to Brotherhood of The Knights of Square Table Founder/CEO Capt. Ronaldo Banaag.

The champion will pocket P2,000 while the runner-up will receive P1,500 and P1,000 for the third placer. The fourth placer will get P700, and P500 for the fifth placer. The sixth to 12th placers of the tournament will not go home empty handed as each will get P400, P300, P200 and P100, respectively.

The event is organized by Knights 1st Viceroy Arena Grandmaster Henry Roger Lopez and National Arbiter Ely Acas, backed up by Capt. Ronaldo Banaag and Capt. Jhun Whigan.

A file photo shows Brotherhood of The Knights of Square Table Founder/CEO Capt. Ronaldo Banaag and former world champion challenger British Grandmaster Nigel Short during the Negros International Open Chess Championships 2017.

The Prize distribution & Closing ceremony of the SAIF POWERTEC Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship sponsored by SAIF POWERTEC Limited was held at the Shapla Hall Room of Bangladesh Police Headquarter in Dhaka and also virtually on Zoom together with Awards for Zones 3.1 and 3.3 Hybrid Zonals. Follow Asian Chess Federation on facebook  and twitter  @Asianchess.

Dr. Benazir Ahmed, Inspector General of Bangladesh Police and President of Bangladesh Chess Federation & South Asian Chess Council distributed prizes among winners as chief guest. Mr. Tarafder Md. Ruhul Amin, Managing Director of SAIF POWERTEC Limited and Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation was present as special guest. Mr. Hisham Al Taher, General Secretary of Asian Chess Federation, Syed Shahb Uddin Shamim, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation & President FIDE Zone 3.2 also gave an address.

Victory speeches were given by winner of Zone 3.2 GM Ziaur Rahman, Zone 3.1 winner GM Ghaem Ehsan Maghami of Iran (below left) and Zone 3.3 champion IM Daniel Quizon (below right).

Mr. K M Shahidullah, Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Federation, DR. Shoeb Reaz Alam, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Mr. Masudur Rahman Mallick, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation, Executive Members of Bangladesh Chess Federation Mr. Md Moniruzzaman Palash, Mr. Zakir Ahmed, Mr. Md. Alauddin Saju, Mrs. Anjuman Ara Aksir, IO Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly and Mr. Sajol Mahmud were present.

Asian Chess Federaiton Vice President IA Luxman Wijesuriya, President of Sri Lanka Chess Federation, Asia’s first GM Eugenio Torre, Zone 3.2 President Sami Khader, FIDE Rules Commission Chairman Mahdi Abdur Rahman, Chief Arbiter of Zonal 3.1 IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh and Zone 3.2 Chief Arbiter IA Md. Haroon Or Rashid were virtually present in the ceremony. Technical Delegate of Zonal 3.2 IA IO Abundo Casto was Emcee of the programme.

Champion GM Ziaur Rahman received one thousand US dollars, runner-up GM Enamul Hossain Razib earned seven hundred us dollars, 3^rd– CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka received five hundred us dollars, 4^th– CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh received three hundred us dollars, 5^th– IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh received two hundred us dollars, 6^th-FM Khandaker Aminul Islam of Bangladesh, 7^th-Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh and 8^th A A C B Amarasinge of Sri Lanka received one hundred us dollars each. GM Ziaur Rahman qualified in the FIDE World Cup 2021.

Sri Lanka National Chess Champion Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (photo above) of Ananda College won the Bronze Medal achieving the 3^rd spot with a total of 6 points out of 9 games.

A total of 39 players from Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participated in the event. The event was held in 9 round Swiss-League system in hybrid system.

Download Chief Arbiter’s Report of the Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021

Download Final Results of the SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021

 

GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (above left) became unbeaten champion in the SAIF POWERTEC 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.

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). Visit Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook page.

GM Zia earned 8 points out of 9 games and clinch the title and qualify into the FIDE World Cup which will start from 10^th July in Sochi, Russia.

GM Enamul Hossain Razib (above) of Bangladesh became runner-up with 7½ points.

Six players earned 6 points each, in tie-breaking system their positions are: 3^rd– CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka, 4^th– CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh, 5^th– IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh, 6^th-FM Khandaker Aminul Islam of Bangladesh, 7^th-Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh and 8^th A A C B Amarasinge of Sri Lanka.

9^th or last round games were held today (Wednesday). The event was held in 9 round Swiss-league system and 39 players from Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participated. The prize-distribution and closing ceremony will start Thursday) from 3:30 PM at Shapla Hall in Bangladesh Police Head-quarter with Chief Guest Dr. Benazir Ahmed (photo below), BPM (Bar), President, Bangladesh Chess Federation & South Asian Chess Council and Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.

SAIF POWERTEC Asian Zonal 3.2 Chess Championship 2021
Pairings/Results
Round 9 on 2021/06/09 at 3:30 PM (Dhaka
Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	14	CM	Manon Reja Neer	2130	5½	½ – ½	7½	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2434	1
2	8	CM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2203	5½	½ – ½	7	GM	Hossain Enamul	2402	2
3	3	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	2314	5	1 – 0	5	CM	Chowdhury Sohel	2106	16
4	6	IM	Abu Sufian Shakil	2242	5	0 – 1	5	IM	Mohammad Minhaz Uddin	2278	4
5	10	FM	Mehdi Hasan Parag	2187	5	½ – ½	5	FM	Subrota Biswas	2268	5
6	17	FM	De Silva L M S T	2085	5	0 – 1	5	CM	Amarasinghe A A C B	1873	26
7	11	FM	Islam Khandaker Aminul	2182	5	1 – 0	4½		Anata Choudhury	2202	9
8	18	CM	Nayem Haque	2080	4½	0 – 1	4½	CM	Zia Tahsin Tajwar	2178	13
9	31		Farooq Noor	1706	4	0 – 1	4	FM	Rahman Syed Mahfuzur	2213	7
10	12	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir	2178	4	1 – 0	4		Mihir Lal Das	2013	20
11	24	WFM	Noshin Anjum	1948	4	1 – 0	4		Swarnavo Choudhury	1966	23
12	34		Wadifa Ahmed	1629	3½	0 – 1	4	CM	Ahmed Mahtabuddin	2035	19
13	15	CM	Md. Sharif Hossain	2122	3½	0 – 1	3½	FM	Muhammed Shuaau	1925	25
14	38		Muneeb Yaqoob	0	3	0 – 1	3		Ahmad Awais	1838	27
15	37		Muhammad Faisal Mughal	0	3	0 – 1	3		Musawir Khan	1773	28
16	30		Prajapati Raj	1749	3	1 – 0	3		Anis Ur Rehman Zaidi	0	36
17	39		Prajapati Anshu Dil	0	2	0 – 1	1		Afzal Shahwani	1443	35

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Rd 8: GM Ziaur Rahman Maintains Half Point Lead in Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship

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

Rd. 1: Asian Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021

by Marlon Bernardino

MANILA, Philippines—The defending champion Laguna notched back-to-back convincing wins and swept the start of Inter-Division, North versus South of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) season II dubbed as Grandmaster Wesley So Cup Conference online tournament Wednesday, June 9, 2021 being held at chess.com platform.

Led by sub-import Ukrainian Grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko, the Heroes smashed Lapu-Lapu City Naki Warrios, 16.5-4.5  with impressive wins in both blitz and rapid. They also crushed Mindoro Tamaraws in the second game, 15.5-5.5.

“The defending champion Laguna Heroes started the day with a stellar outing against Lapu-Lapu City Naki Warrios, 16.5-4.5, and finished the day with another win against Mindoro Tamaraws, 15.5-5.5,” said Arena Grandmaster Dr. Alfredo “Fred” Paez, one of the four co-team owners of the Laguna Heroes including David Nithyananthan of KALARO, Engr. Benjamin Dy of SDC Global Choice and Engr. Jonathan Mamaril of Oregon.

The 18-years-old Shevchenko defeated Anthony Makinano of Lapu-Lapu City, 3-0, and Zejih Merilles of Mindoro, 3-0, to help propel the Heroes to a solo third with 10-3 win-loss records in the Northern Division.

Two-Time Asian Junior Champion Grandmaster Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla Jr., FIDE Master Austin Jacob Literatus, Woman National Master Jean Karen Enriquez, FIDE Master Jose Efren Bagamasbad, Grandmaster John Paul Gomez, Vince Angelo Medina, Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo and Candidate Master Arjie Bayangat also stepped up big time to help Laguna with their back-to-back wins.

The United States based Barcenilla toppled import Vietnamese Woman Grandmaster Le Thao Nguyen of Lapu-Lapu City, 3-0, Literatus beat Joselito Asi of Mindoro, 3-0, Enriquez blanked Marian Calimbo of Lapu-Lapu City, 3-0, Bagamasbad subdued Marcelo Abeleda of Mindoro,3-0, Gomez waylaid Romeo Resuero of Lapu-Lapu City, 2-1, Medina defeated Neil Adrian Gilig of Lapu-Lapu City, 2-1, then blasted US master Rainer Labay of Mindoro, 3-0, Lorenzo dealt Daniel Minoza of Lapu-Lapu City, 3-0, while Bayangat crushed Ronald Berdera of Mindoro, 2-1.

The Heroes will seek to maintain their hot streak and will try to clinch the no. 1 spot in the Northern Division by facing Negros Kingsmen and Palawan Queen’s Gambit on Saturday, June 12, 2021.

Other members of the winning Laguna Heroes chess team backed up by Greatech Philippines, Inc., SDC Global Choice, Jolly Smile Dental Clinic, KALARO and Rotary Club of Nuvali were Arena Grandmaster Fred Paez, Mr. David Nithyananthan of KALARO, Engr. Benjamin Dy of SDC Global Choice and Engr. Jonathan Mamaril of Oregon, USA

(Northern Division)
1  San Juan (11-2 win-loss-record)
2 Manila (11-2)
3  Laguna (10-3 )
4-5 Caloocan ( 9-4)
4-5 Antipolo (9-4)
6 Isabela (8-5)
7 Pasig (7-6)
8-9 Cagayan (5-8)
8-9 Cavite (5-8)
10 Quezon (3-10)
11 Rizal (1-12)
12 Olongapo (0-13)
(Southern Division)
1-2  Camarines (12-1)
1-2 Cordova (12-1)
3-4 Iloilo (10-3)
3-4 Toledo (10-3)
5 Zamboanga (8-5)
6 Negros (7-6)
7 Lapu-Lapu (5-8)
8 Palawan (4-9)
9-10 Surigao (3-10)
9-10 Cebu (3-10)
11 Mindoro (2-11)
12 Iriga (1-12)

by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA, Philippines— Philippine chess prodigy Oshrie Jhames “OJ” Constantino Reyes stunned an elite field to capture the JGV22 Arena Blitz Chess Championship on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at lichess.org.

The 9-years-old Reyes, a grade 4 student of EZEE, Guagua, Pampanga finished with 24 points in 12 games for a win rate of 100 percent and performance rating of 2652 to win the 3 minutes blitz event.

Reyes, one of PH brighest hope, won in 12 games  in 12 outings.

The online tournament had time control of three minutes play to finish and players must win as many games in two hours of play. Jubail Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based Mr. Jimmy Reyes, father and coach of OJ.
Sherwood David took the second spot with 20 points on 19 games and a win rate of 53 percent on ten wins for a performance rating of 2170.

In third place was Robert Halili who had 18 points and a win rate of 56 percent on nine wins for a performance rating of 2230.

Reyes from Dila-Dila, Pampanga is on the roll in the online tournament.

He beat Megan Althea Obrero Paragua of New York City, USA, 7-3, last May 29, 2021 and Bonjoure Fille Suyamin of General Trias City, Cavite, 7-2, last June 4, 2021 during the Grandmaster Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. Chess Challenge dubbed as Bayanihan Chess Club Match Up Series, Chess For A Cause.

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).

Acceptance Letter

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.

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). Visit Bangladesh Chess Federation facebook page.

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 8^th 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

SAIF POWERTEC LTD is one of the largest companies of Bangladesh keeping its territory into the world of engineering service of the energy sector of Bangladesh. We are occupied in sales and service of construction, materials handling and power production equipment in Bangladesh by exclusive agreement with world renowned producer. We been registered & transformed to a Private Limited Company in 2003, before it was SaifPowertec Corporation. We have diversity our business activity of port operation which in turn give us the contract for complete terminal operation of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), Pangaon ICD and Kamalapur ICD (KICD)

SAIF POWERTEC continued its business expansion plan and have entered into the word of renewable energy, Plastic & Polymer based manufacturing plant & OEM supply. And recently we have entered into the world of Strong Power Industry.

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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

Rd. 1: Asian Zone 3.2 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship 2021

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.

Watch games 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 twitter @Asianchess.

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 6: Ghaem Maghami and Gholami Lead Zone 3.1 Zonal Hybrid Chess Championship

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

Rd 1: Asian 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.

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) of Bangladesh beat compatriot FM Mehdi Hasan Parag to stay in 2^nd 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.

8^th 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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