Direct titles will be awarded at the ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships – played in categories U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18 and U-20, for both open and girls – held in Davao City from 18-28 June 2018.
The biggest titles available are the International Master and International Woman Master titles which will be awarded to the winners of the U-20 Open and U-20 Girls Championships.
After three rounds, in the U-20 Open, we have India’s FM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J on 2.5/3 in the lead together with Filipino IM Paulo Bersamina, Indonesia’s FM Setyaki Azarya Jodi and untitled Filipino Seviliano Rhenzi Kyle.
Bersamina and also still very much in contention Miciano John Marvin, are both Filipino IMs so they are not gunning for this title but the Philippines by fielding their best are clearly determined to defend the overall title they won in last year’s event in Malaysia where Vietnam lost its long tie domination.
In the U-20 Girls, top seeded Filipino WFM Mendoza Shania Mae who just won a place on her country’s Olympiad team, leads with 3/3 together with her also still perfect untitled country woman Moulic Ella Grace.
All the results can be found at: http://chess-results.com/tnr361391.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30.
The official website is at: https://www.19aagphil.com/ and there is a FaceBook Page at: https://web.facebook.com/Asean-Age-Group-19-Philippines-153692695282958/
In preparations for the Batumi World Chess Olymiad, the Nepal Chess Association is organising training camps for it’s national team.
The first is from 4-18 June 2018 and the second will be from 14-28 July 2018.
Here we can see the start of the first camp held at Hotel Taj Holiday in Kathmandu conducted by coach IM & FT Dinesh K. Sharma.
Nepal Chess wishes to thank Geoffrey Borg, Georgios Makropoulous, Bharat Singh Chauhan, Diesh K. Sharma and Castro Abundo Jr and also all those who helped financially and morally with this closed camp.
The 19th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships 2018 is now underway following a grand opening ceremony at the Royal Mandaya hotel in Davao City, Philippines.
With 366 players from 12 countries, this year’s championship is the fourth biggest in history and once again the battle for bragging rights as the overall winners will very much be between the hosts and defending champions Philippines and perennial ASEAN chess powerhouse Vietnam.
Representatives of the Major of the City of Davao and the Philippine Chess Commission which underwrote the event were very much in evidence and demonstrated a strong commitment to the event in both words and deed.
On top of the ringing endorsements, the legendary Eugene Torre, Asia’s first Grandmaster, was nonetheless asked to further inspire the participants!
ASEAN Chess Confederation (ACC) and National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President Prospero “Butch” A. Pichay Jr, also the Congressman from neighbouring Cagayan de Oro City, and very much a Mindanao native, was a very articulate keynote speaker, giving due credit to the parties involved in making the event happen while sharing his love of Mindanao and it’s capital Davao City.
Pichay also made the ceremonial opening moves with a young Vietnamese champion who really wanted to play on, before Ruel V. Canobas, NCFP Director In-Charge officially declared the ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships 2018 open.
In the closing remarks, ACC Founding President Ignatius Leong congratulated Pichay on his leadership and Davao City for its organisational excellence while recognising the critical role played by co-founder Dang Tat Thang from Vietnam for the survival and flourishing of the ACC and the ASEAN Age-Group Championships for almost two decades.
Musical and dance performances
Highlights of the opening ceremony
In the end, the cross table shows the final results. But for a real taste of what went down over six days at the QCD-Prof Lim Kok Ann Grandmasters Invitational, enjoy the in-depth and insightful round by round coverage by Junior Tay at: https://qcdchess.com/news
Let us congratulate both Singapore’s No. 1 Kevin Goh Wei Meng on making his final GM norm and Gong Qianyun who fought for hours after all had finished to take home the point she needed to complete the WGM title!
The Korean Chess Federation (KCF) under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and FIDE,
invites national chess federations in the region to participate in the Eastern Asia Juniors and Girls
Chess Championship, to be held in Gangneung, Korea, during 1st– 9th August 2018.
Download regulations here: Eastern_Asia_Juniors_Chess_Championship__2018
Pattaya has long been a favorite venue for international chess tournaments in Thailand thanks to tourist friendly beach resort hotels and infrastructure just two hours from Bangkok.
Numerous Bangkok Chess Club Open Championships and ASEAN Age-Group Championships and even the World Schools Championships have received rave reviews.
Now there is a new event – Thailand Pattaya Open Chess Championships – with many of the same organisers to be held from 24-31 October 2018. Prospectus is here: Open-Amateur-Regulations.
Adding to the Open and Amateur sections will be the Thailand Pattaya Youth Chess Championships held from 20-14 October 2018. Prospectus is here: Thailand-Pattaya-Youth-2018.
Singapore is seeing, from the 7th to 12th of June, perhaps the strongest chess tournament held there in recent years – the QCD-Prof. Lim Kok Ann Grandmasters Invitational.
QCD is a new sponsor for Singapore chess and is committed to helping support this event for the next three years which already in its first edition has been seen many in the local community stepping forward with very generous financial contributions.
Yes, what more when beyond the usual creating of title norm opportunities for local talents, the event was also in honour of Prof. Lim Kok Ann, the Father of Singapore Chess!
Everything you need to know about the event is at www.qcdchess.com with live games broadcast on major live game viewing sites www.chess24.com and www.playchess.com and picked up by mobile Apps like Follow Chess.
Here we instead share photos from the first opening ceremony, tribute and first round so as to appreciate the wonderful atmosphere where the entire local chess community came together.
Participants and the Organiser’s Support Team from SCF
Guests, Players and Supporters!
Opening Ceremony
Prof. Lim Kok Ann Tribute
All who came are chess players!
Key People Behind the Scenes – The Coordinators at Work
Round One is Underway
Asian Nations Chess Cup
26 July – 4 August 2018, Hamadan, Iran
To All FIDE Affiliated Chess Federation in Asia
Zone 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7
Dear Chess Friends,
Greetings from I. R. Iran Chess Federation!
The I.R. Iran Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE), has the honour of inviting all Asian national chess federations to participate in the 2018 Asian Nations Cup (Chess Tram Championship) to be held 26 July to 4 August 2018 in Hamadan, Iran.
The registration deadline is 23 June 2018.
Attached you may find the regulation and the registration form.
With best regards,
Shohreh Bayat
General Secretary
Iranian Chess Federation
Mobile: +989111344091
