Ninety six players from 15 countries are competing in the Asian Continental Chess Championship while 53 women from 11 countries are in the women’s division, both scheduled 25 October to 4 November in New Delhi, India. The premier Asian championship is organized by the All India Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation.
Top seed in the Open is GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005). “Pragg” earned the international master title at the age of 10, the youngest at the time to do so, and the grandmaster title at age 12, the second-youngest at the time to do so. On 22 February 2022, at the age of 16, he became the youngest player till then to defeat current world champion Magnus Carlsen, when he beat Carlsen in a rapid game at the Airthings Masters Rapid Chess Tournament.
Top seed in the Women’s division is IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, a Mongolian international master and the top-ranked woman in her country. She won the 2010 Women’s World University Chess Championship and took silver next year at the 2011 Summer Universiade event. Munguntuul has represented her home country in several team events.
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