Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Academies Share Lead

The National Chess Academy of Sri Lanka (above left) and Elegant International Chess Academy of Bangladesh (above right), share the early lead after two rounds of the Asian Academies Hybrid Chess Championship on Tornelo.

The event is hosted by the Bangladesh Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. Eight teams are playing a single round robin over four boards with board 4 reserved for girls. Teams are composed of players under-18 years of age. Games are played 10am daily (Dubai time) with time control of 60 minutes plus increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Fair Play rules are strictly implemented. There is a Local Chief Arbiter and Local Technical Assistant in each event. Players share screen and Task manager and are viewed by videocam and panoramic cameras. Opposing teams are in the same breakout room and can watch each other.

Watch games live on followchess, chessbase, chess.com and chessbomb. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings, standings and to download games. Here is the crosstable.

Pishgam Novin 1 vs. Pishgam Novin 3 of Iran playing over the board as allowed in hybrid chess.