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50th India Women’s Championship: P. V. Nandhidhaa wins maiden title

WGM P. V. Nandhidhaa of Tamil Nadu emerged as the winner of the 50th India National Women’s Chess Championship. The competition, an 11-round Swiss tournament, took place in Chettinadu Public School from October 3-13, 2024. The event brought together 150 best female India’s players from all across the country (except for the members of the golden Olympiad team) and saw a thrilling finale.

The tournament was a tight race, with the top-rated players taking turns on the top of the standings. Going into the final 11th round, Nandhidhaa and J Saranya were jointly leading the field with 8/10, closely followed by a big group of players on 7.5/10.

P. V. Nandhidhaa outplayed Priyanka Nutakki of Andhra Pradesh on the top board and clinched her maiden national title with an impressive score of 9 points as her main rival Saranya, J suffered a defeat at the hands of IM Rout Padmini.

Three players tied for second place netting 8.5/10 with K Priyanka and Padmini Rout earning silver and bronze respectively, thanks to superior Buchholz.

Final standings:

Complete standings

The awarding ceremony was attended by IAS Ayush Venkat Vats, Sub-Collector of Devakottai, who praised India’s recent double medal-winning performance at the Chess Olympiad and expressed hope for the continued development of chess talents through such tournaments. Stephen Balasamy, General Secretary of TNSCA, S. P. Kumaresan, Chairman of Chettinadu Public School, and K. Arunkumar, Vice Chairman, were also present, with Kumaresan emphasizing that this tournament would remain a memorable event for the participants

Photos: Deepti S

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Shukhman Pulls Away in Asian Girls, Concio Closes in on Grebnev in Asian Juniors

WIM Anna Shukhman of Russia (above left), playing under the FIDE flag, crushed the Petroff Defense of erstwhile co-leader Halder Sneha of India (right) in 60 moves to pull away alone with a perfect 4-point slate after as many rounds of the Asian Girls Chess Championship at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

Sneha follows in second slot with 3 points together with three others, namely compatriots WIM G. Tejaswini and Dhanashree Khairmode, and Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif of Malaysia

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings and to download games.

Replay Asian Girls Round 4 games

In the boys’ division, top seed GM Aleksey Grebnev of Russia, playing under the FIDE flag, used the Giuoco Piano game to beat erstwhile co-leader Krishna Rohith of India in 57 moves to maintain solo lead with 4 points from as many rounds.

IM Michael Concio of the Philippines (above left) essayed the King’s Indian Attack to beat compatriot FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca (right) who sacrificed a Knight on the 21st move but the attack fizzled out and Arca resigned on the 39th move.

Concio is alone in second slot with 3.5 points and sets up the showdown with Grebnev in the 5th round at 9am tomorrow.

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Grebnev Grabs Solo Lead in Asian Juniors. Shukman and Sneha Lead Girls

GM Aleksey Grebnev (above, standing) watches other games in round 3 of the Asian Juniors Chess Championship at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

He beat Yash Bharadia of India to grab solo lead with 3 points after as many rounds. Grebnev, Russian playing under FIDE flag, used the Petroff Defense to win in 45 moves. Five players share second slot with 2.5 points each, namely IM Michael Concio and FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca of Philippines, IM Krishna rohith of India, IM Artem Uskov of Russia playing under FIDE flag, and IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings and to download games.

A total of 30 juniors and 22 girls are participating from thirteen countries, namely Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia under FIDE flag, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam and host Philippines. The event is hosted by the Tagaytay Chess Club under the auspices of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Asian Chess Federation and International Chess Federation in cooperation with the City of Tagaytay, Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee.

In the girls’ division, WIM Anna Shukhman (photo above) and Halder Sneha of India (below, right) share the lead with 3 points each. Eight players follow with 2 points apiece, namely top seed WIM G. Tejaswini, WFM V Rindhiya, WFM Guptan Shubhi and Dhanashree Khairmode of India, Luong Hoang Tu Linh of Vietnam, Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif of Malaysia and WIM Zeinep Sultanbek and WFM Kristina Popandopulo of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan delegation, from left: WFM Kristina Popandopulo, FM Imangali Akhilbay and WIM Zeinep Sultanbek

Upsets Mark 2nd Round of Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships

Twelfth seed Filipino Christian Gian Karlo Arca upset third seed IM S. Aswath of India to share early lead with six others at two points each after as many rounds of the Asian Juniors Chess Championship at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings and to download games.

FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca of the Philippines (left)

The Filipino essayed the Caro Kann defense and won a Rook on 40th move to force resignation three moves later. Arca leads together with compatriot IM Michael Concio, defending champion GM Aleksey Grebnev, IM Krishna Rohith and Yash Bharadia of India, IM Artem Uskov of Russia playing under FIDE flag, and IM Mukhdalai Amilal of Mongolia.

Replay games of Asian Juniors rd 2

WFM V. Rindhiya of India (left)

In the girls’ division, WFM V. Rindhiya of India upset top seed and compatriot WIM G. Tejaswini to share early lead at two points each together with three others, namely compatriot Halder Sneha, Rapid champion WIM Anna Shukhman of Russia playing under FIDE flag, and Luong Hoang Tu Linh of Vietnam.

Replay games of Asian Girls rd 2

The Guam delegation. Front row, from left: Carmina Ramas, James Marcus Justo, Aranyam Chattaraj, Alexis Rian Justo. Back row, from left: Guru Chattaraj, Elias Tirador, Marry Ann Justo, James Brian Justo

Favorites Cruise Through First Round of Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships

Defending champion GM Aleksey Grebnev of Russia, playing under FIDE flag, and other favorites cruised through the first round of the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships. with standard time control, going on from 13-20 October 2024 at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings, and to download all games. Rounds 2 and 3 are scheduled 9am and 3pm Philippine time tomorrow 14th October.

Replay games of Juniors Rd 1

Replay games of Girls Rd 1

In the girls’ division, top seed WIM G. Tejaswani essayed the Queen’s Gambit Declined to weave a mating net in 33 moves against Indonesian WIM Diajeng Theresa Singgih. The stronger half expectedly won the first round but WIM Zeinep Sultanbek of Kazakhstan was held to a draw by Filipina Jemaicah Yap Mendoza in 42 moves of a Rook and pawn endgame.

Chinese Taipei Delegation, from left, Head of Delegation Dina Chen, players Chen Pin I, Lu Jie Xin, Chen Yung Hao, Yu Chen Yu and staff member Yang Shu Han.

Russians Top Asian Juniors and Girls Rapid Chess Championships

Defending champion GM Aleksey Grebnev and top seed WIM Anna Shukhman, both of Russia playing under the FIDE flag, topped the Asian Juniors and Girls Rapid Chess Championships, respectively, held 12th October 2024 at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

In above photo are, from left, Chief Arbiter IA Patrick Lee, IM Dau Khuong Duy of Vietnam (best u16), bronze medalist FM Arjun Adireddy of India, gold medalist GM Aleksey Grebnev of Russia playing under FIDE flag, silver medalist IM S Aswath of India, IM Amilal Munkhdalai of Mongolia (best u18).

Grebnev (above left) and the Philippines’ newest Grandmaster elect Daniel Quizon make the ceremonial moves opening the event as Heads of Delegations and officials look on.

A total of 30 juniors and 22 girls are participating from twelve countries, namely Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam and host Philippines. The event is hosted by the Tagaytay Chess Club under the auspices of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Asian Chess Federation and International Chess Federation in cooperation with the City of Tagaytay, Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings. The standard championship starts 10am tomorrow 13 October.

Grebnev (right) got off to a slow start as he was held to a draw by Indian IM Krishna Rohith in the second round. After three straight wins, Grebnev lost to Vietnamese IM Dau Khuong Duy in the sixth round. Grebnev rebounded with two wins and drew the last round with compatriot IM Artem Uskov to finish alone with 7 points for the gold medal.

Two Indians, IM Aswath and FM Arjun Adireddy finished second and third, respectively, with 6.5 points each for the silver and bronze medals, respectively, beating IM Dau by tie break.

Chief Arbiter IA Patrick Lee awards medals to, from left, silver medalist WFM Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini of Sri Lanka, Sneha Halder (best u16) of India, gold medalist WIM Anna Shukman of Russia, playing under FIDE flag, bronze mdalist WFM Shubhi Gupta of India, WIM G Tejaswini (best u18) of India and tournament coordinator Mike Lapitan.

Top seed WIM Anna Shukhman (right) also won the Asian Girls Rapid Chess Championship alone with 8 points. World Cadets Champion Oshini Gunawardhana of Sri Lanka took the lead after beating Shukhman in the fourth round and held on to the lead until the seventh round when she lost to Indian WIM G. Tejaswani.

Shukhman won all her remaining games to grab the gold while Oshini lost to WIM Zeinep Sultanbek of Kazakhstan in the last round to tally 7 points for the silver. WFM Guptan Shubhi of India won the bronze with 6 points and the better tie break over Sultanbek.

IM Jan Emmanuel Wins HK-DB Monthly International Open

Filipino IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia (above left) won the HK-DB Monthly International Open FIDE rated chess tournament last October 4-7, 2024 at Club Siena, Discovery Bay, Hongkong.

Garcia successfully finished the 7-round Swiss System tournament to claim the championships trophy and PHP70,000 in cash. A total of 31 chess players competed from China, India, Russia, Singapore, the Philippines and host Hong Kong.

Standard time control of 90 minutes and 30 seconds increment was used.

Jan Emmanuel defeated Haoyang Wu of Hongkong in the first round and followed up with wins over Kyle Chen of Hongkong, Yulun Cai of China, Xuanyu Liu of China, Fuhan Zhang of China, Yuxu Zhou of China and Siddhant Tamhankar of India.

The 29-year-old Garcia serves as program head of the Ateneo de Manila University chess team.-Marlon Bernardino-

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Philippines’ GM elect Daniel Quizon joining Asian Juniors Rapid Chess Championship

The Philippines’ newest Grandmaster elect, Daniel Quizon, will participate in the Asian Juniors Rapid Chess Championship tomorrow 12 October 2024 at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

Quizon paid a courtesy call on Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard E. Bachmann on 10th October. In photo are, from left, Chairman Bachmann, Daniel Quizon, IM Michael Concio Jr., International Arbiter Ricky Navalta, coach FM Roel Abelgas and Commissioner Walter Francis K. Torres.

Filipino Daniel Maravilla Quizon tied for first to sixth place in the Abu Dhabi Masters, one of the strongest tournaments of the year. He ended up in 6th place after the tie breaks. The Dasmariñas athlete finished with seven wins and two losses after nine rounds in one of the toughest tournaments Quizon joined.

Quizon was in for a strong finish in the Abu Dhabi Masters along with five Grandmasters. namely eventual champion GM Yakubboev Nodirbek of Uzbekistan, 2nd place GM David Paravyan of Russia, 3rd place GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan, 4th place GM Leon Luke Mendonca of India and 5th place GM M. Amin Tabatabaei of Iran.

Earlier, Quizon earned his other norm in Vietnam, see IMs Quizon, Rahman Share First in Hanoi GM Tournament – Asian Chess

Quizon achieved the required minimum rating at the Budapest Olympiad last month in Hungary.

See the full list of players in the Asian Juniors Chess Championship in chess-results.com.

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170th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar

The 170th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held from 4th to 6th October 2024. It was organized by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA/IO Abundo, Casto (UAE). The Language of the Seminar was English.

Twenty (20) arbiters from twelve (12) national federations (BHU, GRE, INA, IND, MAR, MYA, NEP, PAK, RSA, SEN, SRI, and TUR) participated in the Seminar, and all of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

Please visit 170th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) – Report – Arbiters’ Commission

IM Michael Concio and FM Christian Karlo Arca Lead Philippine Charge in Asian Juniors in Tagaytay

Filipino teen sensations IM Michael Concio Jr. (left) and FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca (right) lead the Philippine delegation to the Asian Juniors Chess Championship scheduled 11-20 October 2024 at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

Arca showed he’s the next big thing in Philippine chess as he topped a Grandmaster tournament in Quang Ninh in Vietnam last May. The prodigious 15-year-old FIDE Master finished undefeated by scoring six points in nine rounds on three victories and six fighting draws in claiming the crown in the second of the two-bracket tournament.

Other Filipino boys are Andrei Ainsley Dolorosa, Davin Sean Romualdez, Phil Martin Casiguran, Andrew James Toledo, Danry Seth Romualdez, Zeyus Kyle Del Mundo and Marius Constante.

Jemaicah Yapo Mendoza leads Filipinas in the girls division together with Apple Rubin and Arleah Cassandra Sapuan.

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The host of the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships, Vice Gov. Athena Bryana Tolentino (above right) is now Governor of Cavite. Tolentino took her oath before a judge in Tagaytay City yesterday. She won the vice gubernatorial race during the 2022 general elections and assumed office on June 30 of the same year. She was councilor of Tagaytay from 2019 to 2022.

She is a daughter of Philippine Olympic Committee chairman and Tagaytay Mayor Abraham Tolentino, former FIDE General Secretary, and niece of Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino.