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Congratulations to the many Group Champions from Asia

 

Open (Men):

 

Women:

 

Congratulations to the many direct title winners and norm recepients from Asia.

 

Grandmaster Norm

IM

Makhnev, Denis

Kazakhstan

KAZ

10

6,5

9

GM

FM

Nasanjargal, Urtnasan

Mongolia

MGL

11

7,5

9

GM

IM

Yakubboev, Nodirbek

Uzbekistan

UZB

11

8,5

10

GM

 

International Master Norm

FM

Mohammad Fahad, Rahman

Bangladesh

BAN

11

7

11

IM

FM

Priasmoro, Novendra

Indonesia

INA

11

5,5

10

IM

FM

Setyaki, Azarya Jodi

Indonesia

INA

11

7

11

IM

WGM

Huang, Qian

China

CHN

11

7,5

11

IM

WGM

Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim

Uzbekistan

UZB

11

8,5

11

IM

 

Woman International Master Norm

WFM

Asadi, Motahare

Iran

IRI

9

6

9

WIM

WFM

Hallaeva, Bahar

Turkmenistan

TKM

11

5,5

9

WIM

WFM

Mendoza, Shania Mae

Philippines

PHI

10

6

9

WIM

WFM

Munkhzul, Turmunkh

Mongolia

MGL

11

7

10

WIM

WFM

Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal

Turkmenistan

TKM

11

8

10

WIM

 

FIDE Master Title

CM

Alothman, Abdul Wahab

Kuwait

KUW

10

7

8

Bukhalaf, Khalil

Bahrain

BRN

10

6

9

CM

Celis, Joel

Macau

MAC

11

7

10

Depaune, Ricko

Nauru

NRU

11

6

7

Ho In Hei, Henry

Hong Kong

HKG

11

6

9

Karimov, Alisher

Tajikistan

TJK

11

6

9

CM

Lee, Jun Wei

Singapore

SGP

11

6,5

10

Mamatov, Melis

Kyrgyzstan

KGZ

11

6

9

CM

Rajbhandari, Rijendra

Nepal

NEP

10

6

9

 

Woman FIDE Master Title

Atikankhotchasee, Manunthon

Thailand

THA

11

7,5

11

Chuemsakul, Sarocha

Thailand

THA

11

7

10

Edithso, Samantha

Indonesia

INA

11

6

8

Hng, Mei-En Emmanuelle

Singapore

SGP

10

6,5

10

Nuha, Rilwan

Maldives

MDV

11

6,5

10

WCM

Park, Sunwoo

South Korea

KOR

11

8

9

WCM

Punsalan, Vyanla M

New Zealand

NZL

10

6

9

WCM

Shohradowa, Lala

Turkmenistan

TKM

9

6

9

Zairbek kyzy, Begimay

Kyrgyzstan

KGZ

11

7

10

Today has been the final round, and all things, good or bad, must eventually come to an end and for many time has just flown by in the Batumi World Chess Olympiad 2018.

 

Open

We have had the dream finale, the top seeded defending champions USA and winners of the previous Olympiad before them, China, meeting in the final round when tied together for the lead with 17 points each.

Behind them on 16 points were France and Russia who also meet and the surprise package of the tournament in Poland who played an early favourite in India now on 15 points.

Kazakhstan is also on 15 points and following a point behind, on 14 points, are Philippines and Vietnam who also clashed in a final round encounter.

In the end it was all a bit of an anti-climax when the USA and China drew 2-2 and while Russia did all they could by beating France 2.5-1.5 thanks to Ian Nepomniachtchi, the tie-breaks were applied and it was finally 1. China, 2. USA, and 3. Russia.

Of the other leading Asian teams, India finished sixth and Vietnam seventh, Uzbekistan 16th and Iran 17th, and Kazakhstan 21st and Mongolia 22nd.

Quiet and modest, China No 1. Ding Liren did not allow his injury from successfully leading the China team and yes, the World No. 4 is still on his long record breaking unbeaten streak and continues to have the highest performance level in 2018.

The full results are at: http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=11&flag=30

Women

China led with 17 points going into the last round and met with eternal rivals Russia who are only on 15 points after a disappointing tournament.

A point behind are USA and Ukraine on 16 points who met each other while Armenia floated down to play 15 point Georgia. The other 15 pointer being Azerbaijan and Vietnam was floated up to play them.

With a 2-2 draw, China became the champions in somewhat dramatic fashion with new team leader and World Champion Ju Wenjun keeping the game going against former Russian World Champion Alexandria Kosteniuk after her team went 0-1 down and finally winning.

So it is 1. China, 2. Ukraine and 3. Georgia!

Of the other leading Asian teams, India was eighth, Kazakhstan 11th, Iran 14th, Vietnam 15th, Uzbekistan 17th, and Mongolia 20th.

Here we have the big Mongolia-India face-off, Vietnam happy before their game, and a slighly more serious Kazakhstan. These women will soon be fighting like tigers but before and at the end of each game and match they will be as friendly as can be!

The full results are at: http://chess-results.com/tnr368909.aspx?lan=1&art=3&rd=11&flag=30

 

Open

China is in second place together with a group of four countries on 15 points, just one point behind leaders Poland who yesterday surprised top seeded defending champion USA 2.5-1.5.

Today they play Poland in a match that might go a long way to deciding who will be the champions.

India, Vietnam and Kazakhstan are on 13 points, a little off the pace but with a good run, are still with a chance for medals

 

Women

It is China now in the lead despite the absence of the No. 1 ranked female player Hou Yifan and another former World Champion Tan Zhongyi.

With 16 points, China has a one point lead over Ukraine, Armenia and the USA and meet the latter in the next round while Uukraine takes on Russia and Armenia faces of against Azerbaijan.

Kazakhstan and Vietnam have 13 points and still have chances for a medal but India, Mongolia, Iran and Uzbekistan on 12 points might be just a little short.

by Mousa BinThaily

Saudi Arabia celebrates the achievement of one of it’s 2018 Batumi Olympiad’s participants Hassan Almotairy who has been awarded the CM (Candidate Master) title.

Hassan is one of the first Saudi Arabian to achieve this title, only having been preceded by Homood Alnihair, Saudi’s only FM (FIDE Master) and highest titled player.

The young Saudi Arabia National Chess Federation is opting for a new cycle of achievements with its plans for investments in younger generations and intensive expansion of the chess culture among the public.

 

The last four rounds are all that matter now… and of course after three of these rounds we will then be thinking of the last round!

 

Men

Looking at the Asian Challenge, it is firstly India and China with 11 points, two behind USA, Azerbaijan and Poland on 13 points, and one behind Armenia on 12 points.

Then comes Iran, Vietnam and Kazakhstan, all on 10 points.

Further back, on 9 points are Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Australia

 

Women

From the Asian perspective, very much in contention for medals are China with 12 points are just a point behind leaders Armenia and of course both India and Kazakhstan which on 11 points are just two points behind.

Traditional powerhouses Iran, Mongolia, Vietnam and Uzbekistan are all on 10 points and then we have Tajikistan, Malaysia, the Philippines and a quite surprising South Korea on nine points with Indonesia and Turkmenistan on eight points and so a further point back.

Leading up to the Batumi World Chess Olympiad, it was clear that Asian powerhouses China and India were not only contenders for medals but also aiming for Gold and in both the open and women championships!

Countries like Iran, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Australia may not have the same ranking but are no pushovers and were also looking to shine… and then who knows what else?

 

OPEN

In the Open, it is China who has joined eight other countries with so far perfect scores and those include big favourites USA and perennial powerhouses Ukraine and Armenia.

European champions Azerbaijan in recent times can perhaps now be added to this short list and the likes of France, Poland and Israel have seriously strong teams too.

Until round four, India, Vietnam and Iran was also right up there on top of the standings but suffered narrow defeats to the USA, France and Czech Republic respectively.

Team China

Team Indonesia

Team Philippines

Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30

 

WOMEN

In the Women, China and surprise package Mongolia are amongst the leaders together with Ukraine, Georgia, USA and Armenia.

With India, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Australia (with a team of exports!) just a point behind and still very much in contention.

In fact it was a very good young Uzbekistan that pulled off the first big surprise by taking down top ranked Russia in the second round!

Team China

Team Mongolia

Team India

Team Kazahkstan

Team Vietnam’

Team Iran

Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr368909.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30

 

 

All photos by are by David Llada / Batumi World Chess Olympiad

 

 

 

 

 

Open

3. China, 5. India, 23. Iran, 27. Vietnam, 35. Kazakhstan, 38. Uzbekistan, 42. Australia, 46. Mongolia, 54. Philippines, 62. Bangladesh, 63. Turkmenistan, 65. UAE, 69. Indonesia, 73. Myanmar, 78. New Zealand, 80. Singapore, 82. Iraq, 85. Kyrgyzstan, 97. Japan, 99. Yemen, 103. Lebanon, 105. Pakistan, 107. Syria, 108. Malaysia, 115. Sri Lanka, 117. Chinese Taipei, 118. Nepal, 119. South Korea, 122. Qatar, 123. Thailand, 126, Bahrain, 133. Brunei, 135. Palestine, 139. Saudi Arabia, 140. Hong Kong, 141. Oman, 143. Afghanistan, 147. Kuwait, 149. Papua New Guinea, 154. Macau, 155. Maldives, 157. Palau, 167. Timur Leste, 173. Nauru, 180. Guam.

 

Women

4. China, 5. India, 9. Kazakhstan, 17. Mongolia, 18. Vietnam, 28. Iran, 31. Uzbekistan, 33. Australia, 45. Philippines, 47. Indonesia, 55. Turkmenistan, 60. Bangladesh, 68. Malaysia, 76. Tajikistan, 77. South Korea, 81. New Zealand, 83. Singapore, 86. Jordan, 87. Kyrgyzstan,  93. Syria, 94. Sri Lanka, 101. Japan, 103. UAE, 105. Iraq, 116. Nepal, 117. Thailand, 120. Chinese Taipei, 123. Palestine, 124. Palau, 130. Pakistan, 132. Kuwait, 133. Hong Kong, 136. Maldives,

 

Nepal chess is continuing its great work at grassroots level in schools.

In the Nepa Youth Club Inter School Chess Tournament held from August 30th to September 1st 2018, Al Shaiyad Md. Janil of Deep Jyoti School became the winner from among 158 participants while Rubin Shrestha Bidhyabasini Secondary School and Shakul Budathoki of Tilingatar School secured second and third place.

Full details at: http://chess-results.com/tnr374691.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=8&turdet=YES&zeilen=99999

China and Asia No. 1 Ding Liren is still at World No. 4 but has joined the 2800 club by increasing his rating to 2804 after convincingly winning his match 3-1 against former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov.

Ding is also on an unbeaten 82 game streak which is unprecedented for players competing at the elite level.

Ranked No. 2 in Asia is Indian legend Viswanathan Anand who checks in at 2771. The former World Champion who is nearing his fiftieth birthday is still one of the best players in the world and was an immovable rock with nine drawns in nine games in the recent Sinquefield Cup won jointly by his successor Magnus Carlsen, his World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian.

In third is China’s Yu Yangi (2765) and in fourth place is India’s Pentala Harikrishna (2743) while fifth is China’s Wei Yi (2742) who is also the world’s Top ranked junior.

Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem (2715) is in sixth place, former China No. 1 Wang Hao (2714) in seventh place ahead of his eighth placed Bu Xiangyi (2712) with India’s  Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2711) in ninth and China’s Li Chao (2708) round out the Asian Top Ten list.