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Congratulations to the board medalists in the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship. Gold medalists are in photo above, from left, Board 1 GM Rinay Jumabayev of Kazakhstan, Board 2 GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia, Board 3 IM Paulo Beresamina of the Philippines, Board 4 GM Anuar Ismagambetov of Kazakhstan and Board 5 GM Aryan Gholami of Iran.

Board 1
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2562	Kazakhstan	2559	8	2387	5	GOLD
2	FM	Amartuvshin Ganzorig	1980	Mongolia	2520	9	2361	7	SILVER
3	GM	Smirnov Anton	2367	Australia	2486	7	2416	4	BRONZE
Board 2
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2517	Indonesia	2530	7	2236	5	GOLD
2	GM	Barcenilla Rogelio	2463	Philippines	2463	8	2312	5	SILVER
3	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2532	Iran	2421	8	2342	3	BRONZE
Board 3
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	IM	Bersamina Paulo	2286	Philippines	2546	9	2319	6	GOLD
2	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	2381	Iran	2511	9	2426	5	SILVER
3	GM	Illingworth Max	2498	Australia	2508	8	2417	4	BRONZE
Board 4
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	2484	Kazakhstan	2570	8	2339	6	GOLD
2	GM	Ly Moulthun	2502	Australia	2394	8	2222	5	SILVER
3	IM	Hsu Li Yang	2427	Singapore	2388	8	2174	5	BRONZE
Board 5
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	GM	Gholami Aryan	2340	Iran	2542	8	2149	7	GOLD
2	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2577	India	2539	9	2218	7	SILVER
3	IM	Makhnev Denis	2453	Kazakhstan	2253	7	2193	3	BRONZE

Congratulations to Women’s board medalists. Gold medalists are, in photo from left, Board 1 WGM R. Vaishali of India, Board 2 IM Aulia Medina Warda of Indonesia, Board 3 WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung of Vietnam, Board 4 WFM Anahita Zahedifar of Iran and Board 5 WGM Mary Ann Gomes of India.

Board 1
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WGM	Vaishali R	2149	India	2364	9	2241	6	GOLD
2	IM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2381	Indonesia	2296	9	2202	5	SILVER
3	FM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	2321	Kazakhstan	2294	9	2187	6	BRONZE
Board 2
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	IM	Aulia Medina Warda	2344	Indonesia	2306	8	2074	5	GOLD
2	WIM	Alinasab Mobina	2143	Iran	2288	9	2085	5	SILVER
3	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn	2045	Philippines	2082	8	1959	5	BRONZE
Board 3
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2271	Vietnam	2311	8	1900	7	GOLD
2	IM	Padmini Rout	2355	India	2186	9	1910	6	SILVER
3	WGM	Dauletova Gulmira	2184	Kazakhstan	2062	9	1902	6	BRONZE
Board 4
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WFM	Zahedifar Anahita	1961	Iran	2007	8	1856	5	GOLD
2	WFM	Munkhzul Davaakhuu	1743	Mongolia	1990	9	1736	7	SILVER
3	WIM	Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien	1853	Vietnam	1979	7	1836	4	BRONZE
Board 5
Rank		Name	Rtg	Team	ratP	Games	RtgØ	Vict	Awards
1	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2305	India	2544	5	1816	5	GOLD
2	WIM	Nguyen Hong Anh	1828	Vietnam	1951	5	1913	3	SILVER
3	WFM	Kamalidenova Meruert	1875	Kazakhstan	1907	5	2007	2	BRONZE

 

 

The Indian women’s team and seven others qualified into the quarterfinals of the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship on Chess.com. Joining India in the exciting knockout phase are, in order of finish, Philippines, Iran, Vietnam, Mongolia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings and to download pgn files.

The Quarterfinals will be held 10am Friday (UAE time) 23rd October. Women’s pairings pit India vs. Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka vs. Philippines, Iran vs. Indonesia and Mongolia vs. Vietnam. Each duel consists of 2 matches. The first-named team in a duel has white on the odd-numbered boards and black on the even-numbered boards in the first match and vice versa for the return match.

In the preliminaries, the Indian team pulled away with a massive 16 match points out of a possible 18. In Monday’s three rounds, India crushed Philippines 3:1, then edged Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 and similarly Vietnam 2.5-1.5. See photos of the Indian team.

The Philippines and Iran tallied 13 match points each. The Philippines lost to India in the 7^th round then split the point with Mongolia 2:2 and bowed to Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5. See photos of the Philippine team.

Iran drew with Mongolia 2:2 in the 7^th round, lost to Vietnam 2.5-1.5 then bounced back with a 3:1 victory over Jordan in the 9th round. The Iranian team is composed of, in photo from left, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Mobinal Alinasab (not in photo), Anousha Mahdian, Anahita Zahedifar and Motahare Asadi.

Vietnam has 12 match points in a tie with Mongolia and Indonesia. See photos of Indonesian team.

Vietnam crushed Singapore 3.5-0.5 in the 7^th round then edged Iran but lost to India 2.5-1.5 in the 9^th round. The Vietnam team is composed of, in photo below from left, IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen, WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung, WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung, WIM Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien (not in photo) and WIM Nguyen Hong Anh.

The Mongolian team is composed of, in photo from left, IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, WIM Bayarjargal Bayarmaa, WIM Boldbaatar Altantuya, WFM Davaakhuu Munkhzul and Batkhishig Udval.

See photos of the Indonesian team. Rounding out the magic 8 are Sri Lanka and Kyrguzstan with 11 match points each.

The Sri Lanka team is composed of, in photo below from left, Nethmi Fernando, Tharushi Sandeepani, Ashvini Pavalachandran, WCM Niklesha Tharushi and WIM SD Ranasinghe.

The Kyrgyzstan team is composed of WIM Alexandra Samaganova, WFM Begimai Zairbek Kyzy, Diana Omurbekova, Nura Sovetbekova and Aiana Abaeva.

FIDE and Asian Chess Federation are conducting a FIDE Arbiters Seminar by FIDE Rules Commission Chairman Abdulrahim Mahdi in Arabic language online in Zoom.

The seminar was opened 17 Oct. by FIDE Executive Director Victor Bologan and FIDE Arbiters Commission Chairman Laurent Freyd.

Attending the brief opening ceremony were Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo and Treasurer Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Twenty four participants from 13 federations are attending the seminar, namely from France, Qatar, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Oman, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania and United Arab Emirates.

The seminar covers the Laws of Chess (including Rapid and Blitz), Tournament Rules, System of Games, tie breaks, Swiss System and Pairing Rules, Regulations for the rating and over-the-board title, Regulations for the titles of Arbiters and Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters in four days followed by an exam. The Seminar will provide norms for the FIDE Arbiter title.

 

The all-GM Iranian team leads 8 qualifying teams into the exciting knockout phase of the Asian Online Nations Cup Open Chess Team Championship. Iran, headed by GM Pouya Idani (in photo above), topped the 9-round Swiss system preliminaries with 15 match points despite losing to Mongolia 1.5-2.5 in Sunday’s last round.

Mongolia and the Philippines share second slot with 14 match points followed by Australia with 13 match points. The Philippines beat Kyrgyzstan 3:1 to eliminate them from the KO phase while Australia drew 2:2 with top seed India.

The Philippine team is composed of, below from left, GM Mark Paragua, GM Rogelio Barcenilla, IM Paulo Bersamina, GM John Paul Gomez and IM Haridas Pascua.

The Mongolian team is composed of FM Amartuvshin Ganzong, GM Bilguum Sumiya, GM Batchuluun Tsegmed, IM Gan-Erdene Sugar and IM Batsuren Dambausuren.

Completing the magic eight are Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan and Singapore with 12 match points each.

The all GM Indian team is composed of, below from left, B. Adhiban, Nihal Sarin, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, S.P. Sethuraman and Krishnan Sasikiran.

The Indonesian team is composed of, in photo below from left, IM Yoseph Taher, GM Susanto Megaranto, IM Novendra Priasmoro and Azarya Jodi Setyak.

The Singapore team is composed of, below from left, GM Kevin Goh, GM Bong Villamayor, IM Tin Jingyao, IM Hsu Li Yang and IM Liu Xianyi.

See photos of Kazakhstan and Iranian teams. See photos of Australian team.

Visit chess-results.com for final standings of Preliminaries. Quarterfinals pairings pit Iran vs. Singapore, Kazakhstan vs. Philippines, Mongolia vs. India and Indonesia vs. Australia. The first named in the pairing has white on boards 1 and 3 and black on boards 2 and 4.

Hostilities start 10am on Friday, 23^rd October on Chess.com. Here are links to follow their live games:

No.	Team	RtgAvg	Captain	Team link
1	India	2609	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	https://bit.ly/3jPzHuk
2	Kazakhstan	2516	Kotsur, Pavel	https://bit.ly/3ddpNA2
3	Iran	2516	Shafiei, Alireza	https://bit.ly/3dfySse
4	Philippines	2482	Torre, Eugeino	https://bit.ly/34Bl1Zm
5	Austrailia	2429	Sandler, Leonid	https://bit.ly/3iIfGUU
6	Singapore	2410	Nisban, Jasmin	https://bit.ly/36NePjq
7	Indonesia	2321	Liem, Kristianus	https://bit.ly/34BtRWZ
8	Mongolia	2285	Bayar, Anu	https://bit.ly/3lqvU6W

 

The Philippine women’s team edged favoured Iran 2.5-1.5 to share 3-way lead with Iran and India after 6 rounds of the Asian Online Nations Cup Women’s Chess Team Championship in Chess.com. Visit chess-results.com for all round pairings, results, standings and to download pgn files.

The Filipina women, in photo from left, WGM Janelle May Frayna, WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda, WFM Shania Mae Mendoza, WIM Bernadette Galas and WIM Kylen Joy Mordido, lead with 10 match points and 19.5 game points.

India has 10 match points and 18.5 game points while Iran has 10 match points and 17 game points. The Indian team is composed of, below from left, WGM R. Vaishali, IM Bhakti Kuklkarni, IM Padmini Rouit, WGM P.V. Nandhidhaa and WGM Mary Ann Gomes.

Winning for the Philippines were WGM Frayna over IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and Mordido over Motahare Asadi. Filipina Galas drew with Anousha Mahdian to seal the win. Mobina Alinasab countered for Iran by beating Fronda on board 2.

In Saturday’s round 4, the Philippines smashed Kyrgyzstan 3.5-0.5 and followed up in round 5 by blanking Lebanon 4:0.

India kept pace, crushing Myanmar 3.5-0.5 in round 4, then blanking Singapore 4:0 in round 5. In the crucial round 6, India beat erstwhile leader Indonesia 3:1 to grab a share of the lead.

Iran also scored 3.5-0.5 in round 4 against Kazakhstan, beat Indonesia 3:1 in round 5 but met its match against the Philippines in round 6.

The top eight in the 9-round Swiss qualify into the knockout Quarterfinals. The women’s tournament resumes 10am on Monday.

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The Iran men’s team beat the Philippines and Singapore, and drew with erstwhile co-leader Kazakhstan in Friday’s three rounds to grab solo lead with 11 match points after 6 rounds of the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship on Friday in Chess.com.

Australia and Kazakhstan are in second slot with 10 match points each followed by India and Kyrgyzstan with 9 match points each. Tied with 8 match points each are Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines, Japan, Nepal and Singapore. The top eight teams from the 9-round Swiss System preliminaries qualify into the knockout stage of Quarterfinal duels.

The all GM team of Iran edged the Philippines 2.5:1.5 in round 4 on victories by Parham Maghsoodloo over Mark Paragua and by Aryan Gholami over GM John Paul Gomez. IM Paulo Bersamina countered for the Philippines with a win over GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami while GM Rogelio Barcenilla held GM Amin Tabatabaei to a draw.

The Iranians followed up with a 2:2 draw against Kazakhstan in the 5^th round. Tabatabaei beat FM Rustam Khusnutdinov to score for Iran but GM Anuar Ismagambetov countered for Kazakhstan by beating GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami. The other two games were drawn between Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran and Rinat Jumabaev of Kazakhstan on board 1 and between Aryan Gholami of Iran and IM Denis Makhnev on board 4.

In round 6, Iran crushed Singapore 3.5-0.5 on wins by Maghsoodloo, Tabatabei and Gholami. Li Yang Hsu saved Singapore from a shutout by holding GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami to a draw.

The Australian team of (in photo above, from left) GMs Anton Smirnov, Temur Kuybokarov, Max Illingworth and Moulthun Ly and IM James Morris came on strong in the 4^th round, smashing Bangladesh 3.5-0.5. GM Ziaur Rahman saved Bangladesh from a shutout by holding GM Max Illingworth to a draw.

In round 5, Australia could only edge a tough Sri Lanka team 2.5-1.5 as L.M.S. De Silva beat IM James Morris on board 4.

Then in round 6, Australia showed that they are a team to contend with as they beat Philippines 3:1 on wins by Kuybokarov, Illingworth and Ly. GM Mark Paragua’s attacking style scored for the Philippines against GM Anton Smirnov. Replay the sacrificial attack here.

Kazakhstan faced strong opposition in the second day of hostilities. The Kazakhs edged Mongolia 2.5-1.5, then drew 2:2 with solo leader Iran and 2:2 with top seed India.

Tajikistan (in above screenshot with Thailand team) trails with 7 match points together with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Iraq. Thailand follows with 6 match points. Visit chess-results.com for standings and round by round results. Games in the Open division resume 10am (UAE time) Sunday 18 October.

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The Asian Online Nations Cup for Women resumes 10am Saturday (UAE time) 17 October as leaders face off with Indonesia vs. Vietnam and Iran vs. Kazakhstan.

The Indonesian women’s team is composed of, in photo above from left, IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar, IM Aulia Medina Warda, WIM Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite, WIM Dita Karenza and Nadya Anggraini Mukim.

Visit chess-results.com for all round 4 pairings, results, standings and to download pgn files. Captains have until 10 minutes before the round to submit line-up after which the window for submission closes. Submission window opens 5 minutes after round.

Read story of Women’s rounds 1 to 3.

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The Asian Online Nations Cup Open resumes 10am Friday (UAE time) 16 October as leaders face off with Kazakhstan vs. Mongolia and Philippines vs. Iran.

The Kazakhstan team is composed of (in photo, from left, GMs Rinat Jumabayev, Rustam Khusnutdinov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Anuar Ismagambetov. Kazakhstan, with an average rating of 2516, is heavily favoured over Mongolia, rated 2285.

The Philippines faces Iran with an all-GM team of, in photo below, from left, Idani Pouya, Parham Maghsoodloo, Amin Tabatabaei, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Aryan Gholami.

Visit chess-results.com for round 4 team pairings, results, standings and to download pgn files. Captains have until ten minutes before the round to submit line-up. Submission window opens 5 minutes after round.

Read story of rounds 1 to 3.

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Kazakhstan and three other teams grabbed early lead with 6 match points and 11.5 game points after three rounds of the women’s division of the Asian Online Nations Cup on Chess.com. Tied in match points with Kazakhstan but trailing in game points are Vietnam, 11 game points, and Indonesia and Iran with 9 game points each. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings. Visit asianchess.com for links to follow your favourite women’s teams.

The Kazakhstan team is composed of, in photo from left, FM Bibisara Assaubayeva, IM Guliskhan Kakhbayeva, WGM Gulmira Dauletova and WIM Aseel Serikbay. Kazakhstan blanked Sri Lanka and Myanmar 4:0 then crushed Singapore 3.5-0.5.

Vietnam blanked Thailand and Kyrgyzstan 4:0 and beat Jordan 3:1. Indonesia shut out Japan 4:0 then edged Bangladesh and Philippines 2.5-1.5 each. Iran beat Malaysia 4:0, edged Lebanon 2.5-1.5 then was the spoiler as they beat India 2.5-1.5.

Top seed India trails with 4 match points together with Philippines, Australia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Singapore, Jordan and Myanmar.

Click on the names of winner or White if draw to replay the game on Chess.com.

Bd		India	Rtg	1½:2½	6	Iran	Rtg
1	WGM	Vaishali, R (w)	2149	1 – 0	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat (b)	2393
2	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti (b)	2325	0 – 1	WIM	Alinasab, Mobina (w)	2143
3	IM	Padmini, Rout (w)	2355	½ – ½	WFM	Mahdian, Anousha (b)	1800
4	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V (b)	2131	0 – 1	WFM	Zahedifar, Anahita (w)	1961

 

 

After the first three rounds, four teams lead the Asian Online Nations Cup as top seed India was held to a draw by Kyrgyzstan in the second round of play on Chess.com. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings. Here are links to follow all Men’s live games of your favourite teams.

The Philippine team (in photo, from left) of GM Mark Paragua, GM Rogelio Barcenilla, IM Paulo Bersamina and GM John Paul Gomez blanked Palestine in the first round, Syria in second and beat Thailand 3:1 in the third round to lead with 6 match points and 11 game points. Each team victory is 2 match points.

In the lead pack with 6 match points and 10.5 games points apiece are Mongolia and Kazakhstan followed by Iran with 10 game points.

Mongolia beat Myanmar3.5-0.5, blanked Nepal 4:0 and crushed Kyrzygstan 3:1. Kazakhstan won 3.5-0.5 against Brunei, Iraq and Singapore. Iran blanked UAE 4:0, beat Japan 3.5-0.5 and edged Australia 2.5-1.5.

Top seed India was held to a draw by Kyrgyzstan in the second round. Click on the names of winners to replay the game on Chess.com. India blanked New Zealand 4:0, drew Kyrgyzstan 2:2 and blanked Iraq 4:0.

Bd		Kyrgyzstan	Rtg	2 : 2	1	India	Rtg
1	IM	Tologontegin, Semetey (w)	2322	1 – 0	GM	Adhiban, B. (b)	2624
2	IM	Markov, Mikhail (b)	2294	0 – 1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (w)	2646
3	IM	Abdyjapar, Asyl (w)	2390	1 – 0	GM	Sethuraman, S.P. (b)	2588
4	CM	Sezdbekov, Ruslan (b)	2065	0 – 1	GM	Sasikiran, Krishnan (w)	2577

Tied with India with 5 match points and 10 game points each is Indonesia. Bangladesh also has 5 match points but trails with 9.5 game points.

Indonesia blanked Afghanistan and Yemen 4:0 but was held to a draw by Bangladesh.

Round 4 will be played on Friday 16^th October at 10am UAE time (GMT+4) followed by rounds 5 and 6 on same dayi.