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At the halfway mark of the Asian Amateur Chess Championship, local bet Candidate Master Saeed Laily Mohamed leads alone with perfect 5 point slate in the Men’s U2000 division while nine-year-old Sean Adrich Obado of the Philippines leads the Men’s U1700 division.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.

Watch live games at Chess.com 

and Links for Standard Competiton on LiChess:
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/PzqkWUmh Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/I4ubwBZe Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/KdmAaiIR Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U1700
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/iV23dGMu Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U1700

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Three women share the lead with four points each in the Women’s U2000 division.

Nine-year-old Sean Adrich Obado of the Philippines leads the Men’s U1700 division with a perfect 5-point slate followed by five players tied at 4 points apiece.

Women U2000 Board 1 – Sabirova, Shakhnoza vs. WFM Ahlam, Rashed

In the women’s division U2000 Shakhnoza Sabirova of Uzbekistan and WCM G P Y Wijesuriya of Sri Lanka share the lead with 3 points.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.

Watch live games at Chess.com

and Links for Standard Competiton on LiChess:
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/PzqkWUmh Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/I4ubwBZe Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/KdmAaiIR Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U1700
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/iV23dGMu Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U1700

Visit Al Ain Mind Games and Chess Club Instagram and facebook accounts.

Visit Asian Chess Federation Instagram and facebook accounts

Watch livestream on Twitch

Women U1700 Board 1 – Sanada, R vs. Mouza, Nasser Alshamsi

In the women’s division U1700 Aram Daneshpour  of Iran, R Sanada and Asudani Ruhani of India share the lead with 3 points.

Men U2000 Board 1 – Sanada, R vs. Mouza, Nasser Alshamsi

CM Mohamed Saeed Laily of UAE leads with 3 points in Men U2000 followed by 8 players in close pursuit.

Men U1700 Board 1 – Sean Adrich Obado vs Onbin Lee

Five players remain perfect in Men U1700.

Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan makes the ceremonial opening moves in the Asian Amateur for Women U2000. Looking on is ACF General Secretary Hisham Al Taher.

In the women’s division U2000 WFM Rashed Ahlam of the UAE, Shakhnoza Sabirova of Uzbekistan and WCM G P Y Wijesuriya of Sri Lanka share early lead with 2 points. Six women share the lead in the Women’s U1700 division.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.

Watch live games at Chess.com

and Links for Standard Competiton on LiChess:
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/PzqkWUmh Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/I4ubwBZe Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/KdmAaiIR Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U1700
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/iV23dGMu Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U1700

Visit Al Ain Mind Games and Chess Club Instagram and facebook accounts.

Visit Asian Chess Federation Instagram and facebook accounts

Watch livestream on Twitch

Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan makes the ceremonial opening moves in the Asian Amateur for Men U2000. Looking on is ACF General Secretary Hisham Al Taher.

Seven players grabbed early lead in the Asian Amateur Chess Championship for men U2000 while ten players lead the men U1700.

Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (IIEE) Quezon import Reymond Jay Ompod (center) won the 2nd edition of the Armageddon 8 on December 15, 2024 at Latte Lounge Sta. Rosa. Laguna, Philippines. with former Philippine Executive Chess Association President Dr. Fred Paez (second from right) as runner up.
Both qualify for the 2nd Armageddon Battle of Champions to be held at Koten Pasay City on March 8, 2025.

The 1st edition qualifier was National Master Almario Marlon Quiroz Bernardino Jr. and National Master Jeremy Marticio.
The coming edition will be held in Bicol on January 24, 2025.
The IIEE Southern Luzon Region representative for the Inter-Luzon Qualifier on September 12, 2025 will be led by Edmund Daluddung together with Alex Guingab, Novo Tuazon and Jpol Crispo (alternate).
In VIChess (3-player), the Laguna team tandem of Novo Tuazon and Jerome Prudencio bested teams from Batangas and Quezon.
.-Marlon Bernardino-

Twelve year old Egor Vlad Lovakov, playing under the neutral FIDE flag, won the gold medal at the Asian Amateur Rapid Chess Championship alone with 6.5 points out of 7 rounds. Local bet Al Romaithi Ahmad of the United Arab Emirates grabbed the silver medal while Bin Yazeed Muhahid of Maldives won the bronze medal in the event held 15th December 2024 at the Danat Al Ain Resort in the UAE.

In photo, Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher awards trophy and medals to the top three men. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.

The Asian Amateur Standard Chess Championship starts 16 December. Watch live games at Chess.com

and Links for Standard Competiton on LiChess:
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/PzqkWUmh Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/I4ubwBZe Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U2000
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/KdmAaiIR Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Open U1700
https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/iV23dGMu Asian Amateurs Chess Championship 2024 | Women U1700

In the women’s division, Shakhnoza Sabirova of Uzbekistan finished alone with 6 points to win the gold medal followed by WFM Rashed Ahlam of the UAE with 5 points and better tie break for the silver medal and WFM Nadezhda Antonova of Tajikistan also with 5.5 points for the bronze medal.

Watch live games of Asian Amateur Rapid Chess Championship in chess.com. Above is photo of Technical Meeting.

Daniel Maravilla Quizon (center) receives a grant of P 1 million from Kamatyas Chess Club after the International Chess Federation (FIDE) recently conferred his Grandmaster title. From left are National Master David Almirol (co-founder of Kamatyas Chess Club), Jovito Quizon (Father of GM Daniel), Analyn Quizon (Mother of GM Daniel) and International Master Roderick Nava (co-founder of Kamatyas Chess Club).

Grandmaster Daniel Maravilla Quizon emerged as the champion in the 14th Edition Year-End Kamatyas Rapid Chess Championship dubbed as Fusion of Flash and Iron last December 14, 2024 at the SM Southmall in Las Piñas City, Philippines.

GM Quizon pocketed the P30,000 top purse and the trophy for winning the tournament which saw over 190 players participate.
He had an undefeated record after tallying 8.0 points on account of 7 wins and 2 draws in the 9-round Swiss system competition.
GM Quizon defeated Elle Castronuevo (Round 1), Randy Turreda (Round 2),  Cris Aguilar (Round 3), National Master Angele Tenshi Biete (Round 4), National Master Giovanni Mejia (Round 5), FIDE Master  Christian Mark Daluz (Round 6) and International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia (Round 8).
He snapped his six-match winning streak when he had a draw against FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca in the seventh round. He drew with Chester Neil Reyes in the ninth and final round.
Reyes went on placing second overall with 7.5 points. Reyes’ second place finish earned him P10,000 plus trophy while the third place went to International Master Ronald Dableo with 7.5 points to earn P7,000 plus trophy  and the fourth place went to FIDE Master Roel Abelas to go home P5,000 plus medal.
” I would like to thank National Master David Almirol and International Master Roderick Nava  of Kamatyas Chess Club for organizing and sponsoring a free registration and free food rapid chess tournament. I would also like to thank the Kamatyas Chess Club for giving me a cash incentive of P 1 Million after the International Chess Federation (FIDE) conferred my Grandmaster title,” said GM Quizon, playing under the tutelage of his coach FM Abelgas.
The fifth to 10th placers were Biete (7.5 points), Arca (7.5 points), Daluz (7.0 points), FIDE Master  Austin Jacob (7.0 points), International Master Chito Garma (7.0 points) and FIDE Master Nelson Villanueva (7.0 points), respectively. All other finishers also took home a cash prize of P2,000 and a medal.
Meanwhile, Quizon received a cash incentive of P 1 million from Kamatyas Chess Club after the International Chess Federation (FIDE) recently conferred his Grandmaster title.