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$25,000 Memorial of Georgy Agzamov International Tournament
The Tournament is a 10-round Swiss in two groups:
main group A rated 2000 and above,
group B for the participants with rating 1999 and less.
FIDE Rating shall be considered as on 1st March 2024 (standard).
Time control is the following: 90 minutes and a 30-second increment per move starting from move one.
Download https://doc.fide.com/docs/CALENDAR/2024/17_memorial.pdf
Registration Open for 26th Asian Youth Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Kazakhstan Chess Federation on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and FIDE has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess Federations to participate in the 26th Asian Youth Chess Championships which will be held from 9th (arrival) to 21st (departure) June 2024 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Download Asian Youth Chess Championship Regulations 2024 Almaty
Video of Prime Minister Pakistan National Mind Sports Initiative launch
Prime Minister of Pakistan launching National Mind Sports Initiative in presence of Minister IPC Mr. Fawad Hasan fawad, FIDE President Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich, ACF President H.H Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and Secretary Hisham Al Taher, FIDE MD Ms. Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Director Development Grandmaster Nigel Short, FIDE CIE commission secretary Rita Atikins, President Chess Federation of Pakistan Mr. Hanif Qureshi and all other officials of CFP, chess enthusiast.
All India Chess Federation Elections Concluded
Shri Nitin Narang and Shri Dev A Patel take charge
New Delhi (12 Mar 2024) :- Following the National Sports Code, the AICF General Body unanimously elected the new set of office bearers for the term 2024-27 headed by Shri Nitin Narang of Haryana as President and Shri Dev A Patel of Gujarat as Secretary. International Arbiter Shri Dharmendra Kumar of Bihar is the new Treasurer for the Federation.
The returning officers Hon’ble Justice Rang Nath Pandey and Hon’ble Justice G S Sistani declared the results in the General Body meeting held at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel here on Sunday and all the office bearers were elected unopposed.
The General Body also elected six vice presidents Shri Anil Kumar Raizada of Uttar Pradesh, Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua of West Bengal, Shri Raghvendra Singhania of Chhattisgarh, Shri D P Anantha of Karnataka, Shri Mahaveer Ranka of Rajasthan, Shri Repo Ronya of Arunachal Pradesh and six joint secretaries namely Shri Kandarpa Kalita of Assam, Shri Prasanta Kundu of Tripura, Shri Soibam Mangijao Singh of Manipur, Shri H Lalthlamuana of Mizoram, Shri Sanjeev Thakur of Himachal Pradesh and Shri Manish Kumar of Jharkhand.
Ramadan Chess Problem Solving Contest Day 2
Ramadan Chess Problem Solving Contest by Al Ain Chess and Mind Games Club
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2024 CTCA International Chess Open
Chinese Taipei Chess Association (CTCA) has the honor to invite all national chess federations to participate in the 2024 CTCA International Chess Open to be organized in Taoyuan, Taiwan from 21th July (arrival) to 28th July (departure) 2024.
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IM Concio Tops 1st Marinduque National Rapid Chess Championship
IM Michael Concio Jr. topped the 1st Marinduque National Chess Championship Rapid event held March 10, 2024 at the Marinduque Convention Center in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines.
In photo are from left: MCA secretary Rona Bautista, GM Eugene Torre, FM Roel Abelgas (2nd place), IM Michael Concio Jr. (champion), Jonathan Jota (3rd), MCA president Engr. Lauro Bautista and NCFP’s Region IV Director AGM Dr. Fred Paez.
Concio tallied 6.5 points to clinch the open division title and pocket the P50,000 top purse along with trophy in the seven-round Swiss system tournament sponsored by Gov. Presbiterio Velasco and Rep. Lord Allan Velasco and jointly organized by the Marinduque Chess Association (MCA) and Boac Knight Chess Club Inc.
On his way to the title, Concio beat Francis Ligon of Manila in the first round, Ernie Fetisan Faeldonia of Odiongan, Romblon in the second round, NM Edmundo Gatus of Manila in the third round, NM Emmanuel Emperado of Manila in the fourth round, IM Ronald Dableo of Manila in the sixth round and IM Daniel Quizon of Dasmariñas City, Cavite in the seventh and final round. He drew with IM Ricardo de Guzman of Cainta, Rizal in the fifth round.
Ceremonial moves between World Chess Hall of Famer and Asia’s First Grand Master GM Eugene Torre (right) and Cong. Lord Allan Velasco’s representative, Giovanni Buhain during the 1st Marinduque National Chess Open.
Standing from left MCA secretary Rona Bautista, Gov. Presby Velasco’s representative Randy Ayala, NA Gener Vitto, NCFP’s Region IV Director, AGM Dr. Fred Paez, RP Chess Team Member GM Darwin Laylo, MCA President Engr. Bautista, Engr. Joel Hicap.
The 18-years-old Concio is a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems freshman student at Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Dasmariñas and is supported by Dasmariñas City mayor Jenny Barzaga and Rep. Elpidio Barzaga.
FIDE Master Roel Abelgas of Dasmariñas City, Cavite edged similar six pointers Jonathan Jota to grab the second place honors as the latter finished third instead.
Abelgas and Jota received P30,000 and P20,000 respectively with trophies.
Quizon bested fellow 5.5 pointers de Guzman, IM Angelo Young of Manila and IM Barlo Nadera of Malabon as they wound up in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh places. Quizon took home P10,000, De Guzman got P7,000, Young received P5,000 while Nadera pocketed P3,000.
Rounding up the top 10 in the open division with 5.0 points each were GM Darwin Laylo of Marikina City, Sherwin Tiu of Manila and Jeremy Marticio of Cabuyao, Laguna.
NM Mar Aviel Carredo of Dasmariñas City, Cavite, meanwhile, ruled the kiddies division with 6.5 points, a full point ahead over 2nd place Jerick Faeldonia of Manila and 3rd place John Curt Valencia of Dasmariñas City, Cavite.
Jude Angelo Dableo of Manila, Yukihiro Funayama of Marinduque, Jeanne Marie Arcinue of General Trias City, Cavite wound up 4th, 5th and 6th placers, respectively with 5.0 points each.-Marlon Bernardino-
Final Standings:
(Open Division, 83 participants)
6.5 points—IM Michael Concio Jr.
6.0 points—FM Roel Abelgas, Jonathan Jota
5.5 points—IM Daniel Quizon, IM Ricardo de Guzman, IM Angelo Young, IM Barlo Nadera
5.0 points—GM Darwin Laylo, Sherwin Tiu, Jeremy Marticio, FM Alekhine Nouri, Domangoag Pongan Jr., Samson Chiu Chin Lim Iii, Jan Francis Mirano, NM Edmundo Gatus, IM Jose Efren Bagamasbad, NM Jasper Faeldonia
4.5 points—IM Ronald Dableo, NM Emmanuel Emperado, Ernie Faeldonia, Lani Jagong
(Kiddies division, 40 participants)
6.5 points—NM Mar Aviel Carredo
5.5 points—Jerick Faeldonia, John Curt Valencia
5.0 points—Jude Angelo Dableo , Yukihiro Funayama, Jeanne Marie Arcinue
4.5 points—WNM Zhaoyu Capilitan, Aldrich Rendon, Lenette Sharmaine Oh, John Meneses Jayag, Maria Fatima Jimenez
The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2024: registration for Asia ends March 9th
The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2024: registration for Asia ends March 9th
The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2024, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, starts tomorrow, March 09, 2024. This year’s edition of the festival allows everybody to play in two tournaments: Queens’ Women’s Open Tournament and Unrated Princesses’ Tournament (U16 and U9). Registration deadline for Asia is March 9th.
Asian Online Blitz Qualification as a part of Queens’ Women’s Open Tournament starts March 16th, and Unrated Princesses’ Tournament Qualification starts March 24th.
Registrations are made by the players by filling out this form before the deadline: https://forms.gle/Bs9swcu5zkuEY4T87 participation is free of charge.
You can find the full information about the Festival at the FIDE portal: https://www.fide.com/news/2845