Philippines won three gold medals in the Open and Women’s divisions while Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the Visually Impaired Women’s division of the Asian Chess Championships for Disabled Players held 27-29 May 2022 on Tornelo. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and to download games.
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Thirty one men and 20 women from 11 countries competed in the 5-round Swiss System events. Time control was 10 minutes plus 10 second increments starting from move 1. Games were played over the weekend of 27th to 29th May 2022. Awards ceremonies will be held Thursday, 2nd June.
In the Open, Jasper Rom of the Philippines (photo above) finished undefeated with 4.5 points out of 5 rounds for the gold medal. Kazemiyan Eski Abolfazl of Iran won the silver medal with 4 points followed by compatriot Rahmat Pour Arminwith with 3.5 points for the bronze medal.
In the women’s division, Cheryl Angot of the Philippines (photo above) also finished undefeated with 4.5 points out of 5 rounds for the gold medal. Compatriot Cheyzer Crystal J Mendoza won the silver medal with 3.5 points while Ostry Irina of Kyrgyzstan won the bronze medal with 3 points and the higher tie break.
Among the visually impaired, Redor Menandro of the Philippines (photo above) finished undefeated with 4.5 points in 5 rounds for the gold medal. Dashtseren Ganbat of Mongolia and Karimi Omid of Iran won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, by tie break after both finished with 4 points each.
Tomiris Kurmanalina of Kazakhstan topped the Women’s Visually Impaired division with a perfect score of 5 points for the gold medal. Safaei Maliheh of Iran finished with 4 points for the silver medal. Compatriot Rahimi Mahneh Fatemeh scored 3 points and won the bronze medal with the better tie break.
