13 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Latest News: WGM Irine Kharisma Sukander of Indonesia did the unthinkable by pulling off an upset and winning the Asian Women Continental Championships 2012 in Vietnam in style.
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr70398.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&flag=30
(source: Susan Polgar Chess Daily News blog)
13 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a round 8 report of the Asian Continental Championships 2012 from Casto Abundo in Vietnam.
GM Negi Parimarjan of India (right) crushed the Caro Kann defense of GM Oliver Barbosa of the Philippines (left) in 41 moves to maintain solo lead after the penultimate round of the Asian Continental Championship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Negi, playing White at left, exposed the weakness of Black's uncaslted King with the shocker 33.Ne4! Black could not defend against the doubled Rooks on the open c-file and Black square weakness. 33...0-0 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Qg5 Rxc3 36.Nxh5+ Kh7 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Rxc3 Rh8 39.h5 Nxb5 40.h6+ Rxh6 41.Rc8 1:0
Negi leads with 7 points followed by GM Yu Yangyi of China with 6½ points. Tied with 5½ points each are Barbosa, Chinese GMs Ding Liren and Ni Hua, and GM Salem Saleh of the United Arab Emirates.
In the Women’s section, WGM Mary Ann Gomes of India (left) stopped WGM Irene Sukandar of Indonesia (right) to win in 42 moves of a Reti Opening. Gomes grabbed solo lead with 6½ points followed by Sukandar with 6 points.
Seven players follow with 5½ points, namely Chinese Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, Ding Yixin and Wang Jue, IM Eesha Karavade and WGM Padmini Rout, both of India, and WGM Le Thanh Tu of Vietnam.
Chinese WGMs Ding Yixin and Tan Zhongyi drew in 30 moves of a Pirc Defense. Untitled Wang Jue of China drew with Karavade in 69 moves of a French Defense.
Zhao Xue used the Bogo Indian defense to beat WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakhstan in 51 moves. WGM Le Thanh Tu used the Alekhine defesne to beat WGM Swathi Ghate of India in 54 moves.
WGM Padmini Rout used the Gruenfed and won in a beautiful endgame against WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An of Vietnam in 64 moves. After 52.Rxh5 Padmini took advantage of the White pawns blocking the Rook and Bishop with 52...Nc2 53.Kf1 Kd4 54.Ke2 Nxe1 55.Kxe1 Kd3 56.Rxg5 e2 57.Rg4 Be5 58.Kf2 Bc3 59.Re4 Kxe4 with one piece up for an easy win.
A view of the tournament Hall
Download games in pgn file for both Open and Women.
Replay and follow top board games live at the Vietnam Chess Federation site or atchessdom.com
Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and final standings
Watch the video onyoutube with interviews of players.
Visit the Asian Chess Federation site for the photo album No 2.
(Editor: Casto Abundo Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh)
12 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a round 7 report from Casto Abundo at the Asian Continental Championships 2012 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
GM Negi Parimarjan of India (right) continued his winning streak. He needed only 30 moves to crush the French Defense of GM Ding Liren of China (left).
Negi sacrificed a pawn on the 18th move to open the center since Ding did not castle. Negi was about to win a piece at left when Ding resigned.
Negi leads alone with 6 points. Three players follow with 5½ points each, namely Yu Yangyi, Oliver Barbosa and Salem Saleh. In photo above, three Chinese play black on top boards against non-Chinese.
GM Yu Yangyi of China used the Sicilian Defense to beat GM Mark Paragua of the Philippines in 41 moves. Paragua could not stop the mate by Yu’s two Rooks (see diagram in left column).
GM Oliver Barbosa of the Philippines smashed the Dutch Defense of GM Lu Shanglei of China in 52 moves. Lu made a risky attack and Barbosa defended well. He had four pieces against Lu’s lone Queen and threatened mate (see diagram in left column)
Filipino GM John Paul Gomez misplayed the opening against the Gruenfeld defense of GM Saleh Salem of the United Arab Emirates. Gomez was about to lose a Rook when he resigned on the 19th move (see diagram in left column).
Top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam outclassed IM Lu Qingnan of China. Le played 59.f7 to reach the position at left. If Lu continued to promote his pawn a mate would ensue with 59... d2 60.Kf6 d1=Q 61.Ng6#. Lu continued 59... Kxe7 60.Kg7 d2 61.f8=Q+ Kd7 62.Qf5+ Kc6 62.Qc2+ 1:0
Le is alone in 5th with 5 points.
WGM Irene Sukandar of Indonesia (left) drew with WGM Ding Yixin of China (right) in 30 moves of a Sicilian Defense. After an exchange of pieces they reached a drawn minor piece endgame.
Irene leads alone with 6 points followed by WGM Mary Ann Gomes of India with 5½. Four players trail with 5 points each, namely Eesha Karavade of India, and Chinese Tan Zhongyi, Wang Jue and Ding Yixin.
WGM Mary Ann Gomez of India (right) upset top seed GM Zhao Xue of China (left) in 70 moves. Zhao had a bad pawn structure in the endgame and could not stop the pawn advance of her opponent.
WGM Tan Zhongyi of China crushed the Gruenfeld Defense of WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An of Vietnam in 55 moves as Tan was about to promote her pawn.
In the last game of the round to finish, Eesha Karavade of India used the English Opening to beat IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia in 106 moves.
The tournament is very well organized. Above, players are served coffee and biscuits during the tournament
Here is the round 6 game between Munguntuul Batkhuyag and Sukandar Irine Kharisma during the Asian Women Continental Championships 2012 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
Here is the round 6 game between Yu Yangyi and Negi Parimarjan during the Asian Open Continental Championships 2012 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
Download games in pgn file for both Open and Women.
Replay and follow top board games live at the Vietnam Chess Federation site or atchessdom.com
Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and final standings
Watch the video onyoutube with interviews of players.
Visit the Asian Chess Federation site for the photo album No 2.
(Editor: Casto Abundo Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh)
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