New players from Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines and Thailand are surprise leaders joining chess powerhouses China, Mongolia and Vietnam for the lead midway through the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship in Hainan, China. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings.
Over 220 players are competing from 13 countries, namely Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and host China. The tournament is organized by the Chinese Chess Association under the auspices of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation. Here are the top three scorers in each age group.
G08 – Kim, Jooyeon (KOR) vs Khajidmaa, Khurelbaatar (MGL)
G10 – Xue, Tianhao (CHN) vs Luo, Zhenzhen (CHN)
G12 – Dulguun, Bayarbileg (MGL) vs Zhang, Bohan (CHN)
G14 – Feng, Eunice (HKG) vs Rice, Leah (SGP)
G16&18 – Zhao, Yunqing (CHN) vs Vu, Bui Thi Thanh Van (VIE)
U08 – Romualdez, Danry Seth (PHI) vs Bai, Moxuan (CHN)
U10 – Poon, Pak Yu (HKG) vs Zhou, Guoyu (CHN)
U12 – Li, Yiheng (HKG) vs Qu, Haoming (CHN)
U14 – Wang, Puxuan (CHN) vs Yee, Hao Loong (MAS)
U16 – Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat (MGL) vs Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar (MAS)
U18 – Batbold, Nyamsuren (MGL) vs Laohawirapap, Prin (THA)
