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Chandana Wijekoon of Sri Lanka Navy won the 6^th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2019 held at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) Headquarters, scoring 8 points out of possible 11 games.

He got the lead from the very beginning and maintained the lead, finishing with a draw with IM Romesh Weerawardena, his main rival in the last games.

Chandana who is a very senior Chess player in the country showed a great enthusiasm throughout the event, and was awarded the Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2019 Champion Trophy, a Gold Medal and Rs. 40,000/=.

Chess Federation of Sri Lanka conducted the event from 25^th May to 3^rd June 2019 which was the first chess activity to be held at the newly opened CFSL Headquarters. A total cash award of Rs. 115,000/= is offered by the CFSL for the event.

IM Romesh Weerawardena, a three times winner of the last five Grand Prix events in Sri Lanka also had a successful event, finishing with the same score of 8 points, but had to be satisfied with the Silver Medal.

He was also awarded Rs. 40,000/= with the sharing of cash awards.

GC Anuruddha placed 3^rd and earned the Bronze Medal while young LMST De Silva also showed an encouraging performance in placing fourth place by only losing to Chandana.

Osheen De Silva, Chamil Priyankara and Kevin Ranindu Silva tied for the 5^th place.

It was too tough event for the youngest Yadeesh Dissanayake but it was a great experience nonetheless for him and valuable in the future.

All games were showed live at www.srilankachess.lk, the official website of CFSL and results are available in www.chess-results.com.

 

From 21^st May to 29^th May 2019 in Tashkent took place Zonal 3.4 FIDE Championship 2019 among men and women.

In the men category participated 25 chess players from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

In the women category participated 16 chess players from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

1st place (Men) GM Jumabayev Rinat (KAZ) and 2nd place (Men) GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB) qualified to the World Cup.

1st place after the tie break (Women) Yakubbaeva Nilufar (UZB) qualified to the World Women Chess Cup.

 

Report by Husan Turdialiev, Zone 3.4 FIDE President

The Sri Lanka Chess Federation Headquarters for Chess Activities at 392/25, 1/1, Gangodawila, Nugegodawas, was ceremonially opened today with the launch of the 6th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2019.

Mr. Upali Gunasekara, the former Principal of Royal College was the Chief Guest with the presence of Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, Vice President of Asian Chess Federation and General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association,

The Sri Lanka Chess Federation has a lot of plans to develop it’s Headquarters as a training center with the inclusion of other facilities such as a library.  The most important international and national events will also be played there.

Mr. Upali Gunasekara made the ceremonial opening move on the top board to declare the 6th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2019 open. The top six chess players in the country are joined by six emerging players to compete for supremacy in the 11 Round Robin Tournament

The Sir Lanka Chess Federation has offered a Rs. 115,000/= cash award together with other Trophies and Medals for the winners of the event.

The games will be played as double rounds on 25th and 26th May and 1st and 2nd June, with single rounds at 4 p.m. on 27th, 31st May and 3rd June 2019.

The Sri Lanka Chess Federation has arranged for the games to be broadcast live Games at www.srilankachess.lk

Under the auspices of FIDE and Asian Chess Federation from 23^rd May (arrival) to 26^th May 2019 (departure) took place the Tashkent Workshop for the training of international arbiters.

The objective was to train and to certify a cadre of FAs and IAs from Asia, who are on top of all the recent changes in the Laws of Chess and the FIDE Competition Rules, plus are able to communicate in English efficiently and to be integrated into multinational arbiter teams at the top-level FIDE events.

Totally 15 participants from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part in the Workshop.

The seminar was carried out by IA/IO, FIDE Lecturer Husan Turdialiev (Uzbekistan), the assistant was IA/IO Vadim Tsypin (Canada).

Results of the test are also attached here

Report by IA Husan Turdialiev, FIDE Lecturer

 

At the recently finished World Schools Chess Championships, organized from 18-26 April 2019 in Antalya, Turkey, Uzbekistan chess players performed successfully and won five medals:

U-9 Open: Khumoyun Begmuratov – Gold Medal,
U-15 Open: Javokhir Sindarov – Gold Medal,
U-17 Open: Nodirbek Yakubboev – Gold Medal,
U-17 Open: Shamsiddin Vokhidov – Silver Medal,
U-13 Girls: Umida Omonova – Bronze Medal.

Report by Husan Turdialiev
First Vice President, Uzbekistan Chess Federation

Report by Husan Turdialiev

On 16th April in the International Chess Academy in Tashkent took place the exhibition match between the famous Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi (member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championships 2013 and 2019) and international master Nodirbek Yakubboev (member of the gold medal-winning Uzbek team at the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2018 and board gold medal).

The match was played in four games under rapid control, each of the player played two games with white and black color.

More experienced player managed to win the match – Ian Nepomniachtchi scored 3.5 points, making a draw in the last game.

This match was highly anticipated by the local mass media and chess players.

After the games honorable guests of the Uzbekistan Chess Federation GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Boris Gelfand were awarded with special gifts – Uzbek quilted dressing gown called chapan and turban.

Dear Chess Friends,

From 12th to 17th April 2019 in the International Chess Academy in Tashkent takes place the training camp with chess legend GM Boris Gelfand.

Organized by the Central Chess Cup and Uzbekistan Chess Federation the training camp provides interesting and useful experience for the members of national chess team of Uzbekistan, including the champions of the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2018 GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek, IM Yakubboev Nodirbek and IM Vokhidov Shamsiddin.

Intense training sessions in the best chess school in Uzbekistan help to learn something new from one of the elite chess players, who was among the first players to reach the rating mark 2700.

A six-time World Championship Candidate (1991, 1994-95, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013), Boris Gelfand won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament, becoming Challenger for the World Chess Championship Match 2012 with Viswanathan Anand.

With best regards,
Husan Turdialiev

Report by Paul Spiller

Host City Asia held in Beijing on April 11 was the second such event and was themed “Faster, Stronger Growth through Event Hosting”.

It featured guest speakers from leaders of the world’s major event hosting community including Nitro Circus, Oman Sail, Red Bull Air Race, Hurricane (owner of FISE World Series), AIPH ( International Association if Horticultural Producers) and representatives from the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Tourism, Sports and the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Also, representatives from the Beijing Olympic City Development Association, Shanxi Provincial Sports Bureau and the Zhangjiakou City Economic Development Zone gave keynote addresses.

Some of the key themes during the day were focused on innovation, improving better coordination and efficiencies between city planning and event planning, environmentally friendly and carbon neutral, choosing the right event to offer opportunities and economic development.

Coupled with this was the theme of engaging new audiences and urban growth and how sports can become aligned with the youth and urban culture of today. This was the topic that I spoke on regarding trends and opportunities for youth within FIDE.

 

Also included in discussion was the important theme of building and creating healthier and smarter cities. Keynote speaker was Tim Briercliffe, Secretary General of AIPH, the International Association of Horticultural Producers.

The day concluded with a panel discussion entitled “Digital Media and Esports: where is technology taking major events”. Of particular relevance was discussion on the topic of how can right holders best use digital media to improve live event experience? This session featured Jianhong Liu, president of QQ Sports, Erich Wolf, Managing Director, Red Bull Air Race and Eric Joy, Regional Business Development  & Partnership Lead, ESL Gaming.

The follow up to this conference will be the global Host City conference and exhibition in Glasgow on November 26 & 27. I would recommend that FIDE also be represented at this event.

To All FIDE Affiliated Chess Federations in Asia Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 & 3.7

Chinese Chess Federation on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, invites your Federation to participate in the Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s) from 6 th June (arrival) to 16th June (departure) 2019 in Xingtai, China

Please download Asian_Continental_Regulations_2019, the Registration form 2019.doc and visa information form.

By Lim Tse Pin

The Chess Association of Selangor will be organizing the oldest chess tournament in Malaysia from 26th April to 1st May 2019.

We will be celebrating 46 continuous years of our event which has had a very colorful history since its first inception in 1974.  As in previous years, this event will be divided into two categories i.e. the Open and the Challengers.

The 9-round Open which is open to all will have a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move one and a total prize fund of RM 21,000 (Champion RM 6,000), plus another RM 3,000 in special prizes, and 12 medals for the best Malaysian schools/institutions of higher learning.

Free entry shall be given to any WIM/WGM/IM/GM and past Selangor Open Champions.

The Challengers will have the same number of rounds and time control and a total prize fund of of RM 3,900, plus another RM 1,000 in FIDE Rating categories and top three women, and 12 medals for the best Malaysian primary Schools.

Challengers is open to all with a FIDE Standard Elo below 2000 rating (April 2019) or with no FIDE rating.

The venue for this event is at Grand Ballroom, 5th floor, Cititel Mid Valley Hotel, KL. Participants needing accommodation at Cititel Hotel, can contact En. Hamid Majid (aham@pc.jaring.asia) to enjoy a special rate (one-night twin sharing with breakfast @ RM272 nett). Alternatively, you can book the room via one of the online web portals.

We have appointed DAT Chess Centre as the Event Manager for this event. DAT Chess Centre will be handling the registration and payments shall be made into DAT Chess Centre’s Maybank account 5145-9822-0396.

A rebate will be given to players registering with payment in the Open by 8th April 2019 and this also applies to four or more children from the same school in both the Open and Challengers.

Those physically handicapped in the Open will also enjoy special discounts on entry fees

Here you can download a copy of the OPEN prospectus or the CHALLENGERS prospectus.