A total of 641 players have registered for the Asian Youth Chess Championship slated 9th to 21st June 2024 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Heads of Delegations are invited to check their list of players in chess-results.com and inform of corrections, if any, to the Tournament Coordinator and Pairing Committee.
Grandmaster Mahammad Muradli of Azeerbaijan claimed the title at the 24th Dubai Open Chess Tournament after a draw with China’s GM Changren Dai in Sunday’s final round at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. In photo are, from left, Husain Khoury, chairman of Abu Dhabi Chess Club, Muradli, Najeeb Saleh, Deputy Chairman of Dubai Chess Club, Yousef A. Alhassadi of Libya and Mohammed Husseini, Executive Director of Dubai Chess Club.
Muradli finished undefeated with seven points on five wins and four draws in the nine-round tournament, half a point ahead of Dai and five other players. Visit chess-results.com for round by round standings, download games and view photo gallery.
From Khaleej Times.
In Category B, Libya’s Yousef A. Alhassadi took the title after a draw with young Chinese player Zilong Yang in the final round. Alhassadi finished with 7.5 points, while Yang took second place with seven points.
The 2024 edition of the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship has just commenced in Radisson GIFT City, Gujarat, India. Visit chess-result.com for round by round standings.
Almost 230 players from 44 countries are participating in this competition, with 125 players (including 13 GMs) from 39 countries in the open section. The highest-rated player in the tournament is GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2627) from the USA.
The girl’s section attracted 101 players (including two WGMs) from 27 countries. IM Divy Deshmukh (2456) from India is the top seed in this tournament.
The first day of the championship was marked by a technical meeting led by the chief arbiter, IA Ashot Vardapetyan. This was followed by a grand opening ceremony, graced by the presence of Ankit Dalal, Dev Patel – Secretary of the All India Chess Federation, Geet Sethi – professional billiard player, and Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand and Tejas Bakre.
GM Viswanathan Anand and Geet Sethi made the first symbolic move of the event.
The live broadcast can be accessed here:
Open section: live.aicf.in/worldjunior2024/open/index.html
Girl section: live.aicf.in/worldjunior2024/girls/index.html
From FIDE site
Registration for the 2nd Cebu Chess Society Cup is now open.
Entry fee for the two-day tournament slated on July 6-7 at the GMall of Cebu is pegged at P500 for the Open Category, P300 for the 17 & Under category, P250 for the 13 Under category and P200 for the 9 & Under category.
To register, one may log in to https://bit.ly/2ndCCSCupRegForm and fill in completely all the necessary details.
The event organizers will not be accepting onsite registration, and the deadline is set on June 30 or until all the slots are filled whichever comes first.
Over P125,000 in cash prize will be given away to the winners in all categories. The champion in the open division will take home P20,000, while second to fifth will get P15,000, P10,000, P7,000 and P5,000, respectively. The top five finishers in the 17 & Under will pocket P7,000, P5,000, P3,000, P2,000 and P1,500. The top five finishers in the 13 & Under will get P5,000, P3,000, P2,000, P1,500 and P1,000 while the winners in the 9 & Under age-groups will receive a prize of P3,000, P2,000, P1,000, P800 and P700. The top 5 in all categories will each receive a customized medal.
For more details, you may visit Cebu Chess Society Facebook page.
Luxman Wijesuriya and his team were again unanimously re-elected to drive the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka for the next term at the Annual General Meeting of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka.
The Annual General Meeting of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka was held ao 30th of May 2024 at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo at 5.00 p.m. All the member institutions with the Sports Ministry representative and the Election Committee elected at a CFSL EGM earlier were present. Mr. Wijesuriya is serving as a counselor in the FIDE Chess in Schools Commission, General Secretary of the Commonwealth Chess Association and as a Vice President of the Asian Chess Federation as well.
Mr. Wijesuriya, two times National Chess Champion in 1996 & 2000 who has driven Chess to reach the Asian & World standard is totally committed for the game. He and his team have brought chess to a greater height touching all possible areas of the game, training National players, having numerous Chess events, representing all most all the official Chess events in Asia and the World. He also has brought many International Chess Tournaments to Sri Lanka, Now the Chess Federation is planning 4 official international events, Western Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024, Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2024, Asian Corporate Event, and the Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024 to hold in this year.
The Deputy President, Deepthi Hewageegana, has represented Sri Lanka and serves as the CEO of the United Tractors Ltd. There are two former National Chess Champions, Rajeendra Kalugampitiya and Pramodya Senanayake while most of the others have played the game to certain level. The most of them are having high academic profile being graduates of main Universities in the country. We have no doubt that this team will bring our beloved game to the next level.
Newly Elected Executive Committee
– Mr. R.S. Kalugampitiya
– Mr. Thushan Wickramarachchi
– Mr. Naditha Amarakoon
– Mr. Rajiv Thilakarathne
– Ms. Pramodya Senanayake
– Dr. Yasith Lasanga
– Mr. Werochana Perera
– Mr. Malith Akalanka
– Mr. L.V. Mudalige
– Mr. Lahiru Munasinghe
– Mr. Rahul Jeyanthan
– Mr. Vathanaruban Umaibalan
Panabo Knights Chess Club won the Association of Chess Amateurs of the Philippines, Inc. (ACAPI) 1st President’s Cup 2024 Online Chess Tournament and were honored at the online Awards ceremonies May 28, 2024.
The Panabo Knights led by National Master Henry Roger Lopez (photo above), won the championship in the Open Division and the Youth Division. They placed second in the Senior Division and the PWD Division.
“Due to the excellence shown by the Panabo Knights Chess Club , they were honored as overall champion with a corresponding prize in addition to the prize in each division,” ACAPI President Engineer Rey Cris Urbiztondo announced.
Also winning were the Davao Durianburg Stallions of National Arbiter Ely Acas, who won the PWD Division, second in the Open Division and third in the Female Division.
Coach Boyet Tardecilla’s Imus Cefag PPKGCC won the Female Division and placed third in the PWD Division.
The Las Pinas TFCC CMC of Coach Ferdinand Reyes placed second in the Female Division and third in the Open Division and Senior Division.
Tuguegarao A won the championship in the Under 12 Division and Tuguegarao C was third while IM Ronald Bancod’s Laoag Sunshine City placed second in the Under 12 Division.
The four-man Madridejos Knights Chess Club became the first ever senior division champion of the President’s Cup online tournament.
Led by playing team owner Engr. Josito “Jojo” Clamor Dondon based in Texas, United States, the Madridejos Knights completed a clean sweep of Davao del Norte’s Panabo Knights Chess Club in their four-round championship match to clinch the historic crown.
ACAPI President AGM Urbiztondo expressed gratitude to all who participated as well as the composed officials of ACAPI for the successful online tournament.
The 19th IGB Malaysian Chess Festival 2024 is scheduled 13 – 23 September 2024 at the Cititel Midvalley Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Festival comprises nine events, namely the Dato Tan Chin Nam Foundation Merdeka Junior Under-12 Team Championship, Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship, Age Group Chess Championshp Under 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16, Malaysian Open Chess Championship, Daniel Young Chen Memorial, Malaysia Day Age Group and Festival Blitz Championship.
https://register-datchesscentre.com/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KEorMlyGoh8
Eighteen-year-old GM Bardiya Daneshvar of Iran topped the 7th Sharjah Masters held 14-22 May 2024 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He scored 6.5 points in the 9-round Swiss, in a tie with three other players but prevailing in the tie break. Visit chess-results.com for round by round standings and to download games.
Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher making the opening moves at the Sharjah Masters.
In photo are, from left, Tournament Director Abdulla Murad, Electronic Board Arbiter A, deeb Zehrawi, Vice President Omran Abdulla, Sharjah Masters Champion GM Bardiya Daneshvar of Iran, Sharjah Challenger Champion IM Deshmukh Divya of India, Sharjah Chess Club President and Arab Chess Federation President Sheikh Khaled Bin Humaid Al Qasimi, Sharjah Futures Champion FM Agshin Alizada of Azerbaijan and UAE Chess Federation President Taryam Matar Taryam.
International Master Deshmuth Divya of India won the Sharjah Challengers with 7 points and the better tie break over International Masters Leya Garifullina of Russia and Sina Movahed of Iran.
Agshin Alizada of Azerbaijan won the Sharjah Futures with 7.5 and better tie break over Safarulfakhan Safin of India.
Asian Chess Federation will organize an online International Organizers Seminar in Arabic 2-6 August 2024 by Zoom to educate organizers how to handle an International Event and the regulations necessary for the event to be FIDE certified. Applicants for the FIDE International Organizer title are required to attend a seminar and pass an examination in order to obtain their FIDE IO title. Certificates of Completion will be awarded to successful participants.
Lecturer is FIDE lecturer IA/IO Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), Chairman of Asian Chess Federation Arbiters Commission. Contact mahdi.abdulrahim2020@gmail.com
