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IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia (above left) and IM Michael Concio, Jr. of the Philippines beat their respective sixth round opponents yesterday, 16th October, to share the lead with GM Aleksey Grebnev at 5 points each after six rounds of the Asian Juniors Chess Championship at the Knights Templar hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

Concio unleashed a sacrificial attack against FM Arjun Adireddy of India. In a Ruy Lopez game, the Filipino created a protected passed pawn on the 19th move, gave the exchange and then sacrificed a Knight and Bishop to force resignation on the 32nd move.

Concio (left) unleashed a sacrificial attack against FM Arjun Adireddy of India.

Amilal essayed the Sicilian Defense against Yash Bharadia of India and won a Knight on the 27th move. With one piece disadvantage, Bharadia resigned on the 40th move.

GM Aleksey Grebnev of Russia, playing under the FIDE flag, drew with compatriot IM Artem Uskov in 51 moves of a minor piece endgame to tally 5 points.

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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 Asian Girls division, top seed WIM G. Tejaswini of India beat solo leader WIM Anna Shukman to halt the winning streak of the Russian, playing under FIDE flag, and open the race for the crown.

Tejaswini crushed the Nimzo Indian defense of Shukman in only 22 moves. The Indian gave her Rook in order to weave a mating net with her Queen and Knight.

Tejaswini vs Shukman final position after 22.Bxf5

Tejaswini is in second slot with 4.5 points out of six rounds together with compatriot Halder Sneha, only a half point behind Shukman who is alone in the lead. Sneha used the Bird’s Opening to beat Malaysian Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif, delivering checkmate on the 53rd move.

Mohd Afif and WFM Kristina Popandopulo of Kazakhstan follow with 4 points each.

From left are Diandra Castronuevo, Ellen Castronuevo, Apple Rubin, IA Ricky Navalta, Marius Constante and Dr. Alfredo Paez, all of Philippines.

Filipino IM Michael Concio, Jr (left) held solo leader Aleksey Grebnev to a draw in today’s fifth round to halt the winning streak of the Russian GM playing under FIDE flag in the Asian Juniors Chess Championship at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

Grebnev maintains a slim half point lead with 4.5 points at the halfway mark of the 9-round tournament. Concio and two others follow with 4 points each, namely IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia and IM Artem Uskov of Russia playing under FIDE flag.

Five players are within striking distance at 3.5 points each, namely IM Krishna Rohith, FM Arjun Adireddy and CM Yash Bharadia of India, FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca of Philippines and FM Imangali Akhilbay of Kazakhstan.

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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

IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia (right) beat IM S. Aswath of India 

FM Christian Gian Karlo Arca of Philippines (left) beat Chen Yu Yu of Chinese Taipei

WIM Anna Shukman (left) of Russia, playing under FIDE flag, beat Dhanashree Khairmode of India to maintain her full point lead with a perfect 5-point slate at the halfway mark of the Asan Girls Chess Championship.

Malaysian Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif (right) beat WIM Zeinep Sultanbek of Kazakhstan to follow in second slot with 4 points. Three Indians trail with 3.5 points each, namely top seed WIM G. Tejaswini, Halder Sneha and WFM V. Rindhiya.

Malaysian representatives Mohd Affif Md Nasir (left) and Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif

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

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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.

Replay Asian Juniors Round 4 games.

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.

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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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.