GACC 2012 – Round 4 Results

6 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli (pix above)is leading the pack with 4 full points from four rounds of play in the year’s edition of the Grand Asian Chess Championship 2012 being held at the 2nd College, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Time control is 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move per player.

Six countries are participating comprising of China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and hosts, Malaysia. A total of 68 players are participating GACC 2012. Surprisingly, no GMs nor IMs this year. Only Malaysia’s newly crowned Asian Master, Ahmad Fadzil Nayan has a title.

Round 4 Results:

Chief arbiter is Najib A Wahab. The tournament runs till 10th July 2012, next Tuesday. So do dropby in University Malaya Jalan Pantai Dalam, Kuala Lumpur to watch the games.

Top 30 ranked (after round 4):

The tally of points after round 3 among the competing universities indicates Combined Universities are ahead with 9.5 points and Nanyang Tech University of Singapore with 9.0 points shown below:

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here. Or to read more about GACC, please visit chess connections blog or click here.

Full Results of Negeri Sembilan Closed 2012

5 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the full results of the recently completed Negeri Sembilan Chess Closed 2012 held in Plaza Ampangan, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan on the 1st July 2012. There were 81 participants in the tournament with the top four players with the same 6 points separated by tie-break points Bucholz.

Mazlan Harun of Melaka won the Negeri Sembilan Closed 2012 with 6 points.

(results courtesy of Azna Md Ali and Syazrin A Rahman)

Vitiugov vs Wang, Russia - China 2012, Round 4

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The chess match between the national teams or Russia and China is taking place from 1st-9th of July 2012 in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. The game above is between Nikita Vitiugov of Russia vs Wang Hao of China.

Russia is now currently leading 8.5-6.5 over China after three rounds of play.

Official website: http://online.russiachess.org

India top Asian Youth Championships in Sri Lanka

3 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – News of the recent chess activities of the Asian Chess Federation is here.

Asian Chess Federation Newsletter    3 July 2012

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India top Asian Youth Championships in Sri Lanka

Asian Youth Championships Asian Amateur and Seniors in Australia Asian Juniors/Girls in Uzbekistan Asian Nations Cup in China Urgent Reminder for Olympiad Leong re-elected to ASEAN 1st ASEAN International Youth

Asian Chess Federation Secretary General Hisham Al Taher awarding team medals to the Girls Under-18 at the Asian Youth Championships in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

India and 5 other Countries win Gold in Asian Youth

India, Iran, Vietnam, China, Philippines and Mongolia won gold medals in the Asian Youth Championships, 24 June-2 July 2012 in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Visit the Asian Chess Federation site for Medal Tally, photo sessions of all age groups and related news.

 

Ari Dale, Vineetha Wijesuriya and Tarek Al-Taher win the 2012 Asian Amateur. Ton Luchtmeijer wins Seniors.

Australian junior Ari Dale won the 2012 Asian Amateur Championship held 1-8 June 2012 at the Parramatta RSL Chess Club in Sydney. Vineetha Wijesuriya got the Women's title while Tarek Al Taher won the unrated. Ton Luchtmeijer topped the Asian Seniors. Visit ACF site for photos of Asian Amateur and Asian Seniors.

 

Quadruple Victory for India in Asian Juniors and Girls

Srinath Narayanan and Ivana Maria Furtado, both of India, won the Asian Juniors and Girls Championships, respectively, held  29th May to 8th June 2012 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Compatriots Swayams Mishra and Kulkarni Bhakti won the parallel junior and girls blitz championships, respectively. Visit the ACF site for photos, standings and pgn files.

 

China, India, Vietnam win honors in Asian Nations Cup

China scored a double victory in the Open and Women's divisions of the Asian Nations Cup held 15-27 May 2012 in Zaozhuang, China. India and Vietnam won silver and bronze medals, respectively. Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan opened the tournament. See ACF site for final standings. Vietnam men and Chinese women won the blitz championship. See photos and video coverage.

 

10th July Deadline for Registration in Istanbul Olympiad

The Organizing Committee has sent a reminder that 10th July 2012 is the deadline for the online registration to complete all registration process and information of delegations. After that date, online registration will be closed. Find more information at this link.

 

Leong re-elected ASEAN Chess Confederation President

The Annual General Meeting of the ASEAN Chess Confederation was held 16th June 2012 concurrent with the 13th ASEAN Age Group Championships in Hue, Vietnam. The ten countries comprising the Association, namely Brunei Darusallam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam re-elected Ignatius Leong President. Visit ACF site for new officers.

 

1st ASEAN International Youth Championships 2012

This event is organized by the Singapore Chess Federation under the auspices of the Singapore Sports Council, 6-12th of August 2012 with a prize fund of S$44,000. Visit the official web site.

Editor: Casto Abundo, Deputy President, Asian Chess Federation, Al Ain, UAE

Full Results of 23rd Rakan Muda Tebrau Open 2012

3 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the full results of the 23rd Rakan Muda Tebrau Open Tournament 2012 held in Plaza Pelangi, Johor Bahru on 1st July 2012 (Sunday). It was won by Leong Mun Wan in the Open Category, Ling Zhan Yang in the Under-17 category dan Muhd Zuhair in the Under-12 category.

 

Final Ranking Open category:

Final Ranking Under-17 Category :-

Final Ranking Under-12:

To read more, please visit JB Chess blog or click here.

(All table results and photo courtesy of  JB Chess blog)

Arbiters Seminar In Melaka Plus Chess Melaka Closed 2012

2 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the flyer for the arbiters seminar in Melaka to be held on 13-15 July 2012. It will be  held in Hang Tuah City Hotel (old Straits Meridian Hotel). In conjunction with this seminar, a chess tournament will be held at night called Melaka Closed 2012 on 13-14 July 2012.

The details and flyers shown below:-

Arbiters Seminar In Melaka:

 

Chess Melaka Closed 2012:

Mohd Faizal Roslan Wins Selangor Junior Open U-14

 

1 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In today’s 23rd Selangor Juniors Open Chess Tournament 2012 Under-14 Category, Mohd Faizal Roslan (pix above) came out tops with 6.5 points from seven rounds of rapid play. Forty players participated in this under-14 category.

Second, Subramaniam Sivanesan with 6 points and third, Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri, 5.5 points.

Round 7 Results (Under-14):

Meanwhile in the Under-10 category of the Selangor Junior 2012 held concurrently with the Under-14, Ng Shi Yang was declared the winner with 6 points from 7 rounds of rapid play. Second, Ahmad Aiman Sahadi with 5.5 points and third, Muhd Faqih Aminuddin with 5.5 points. Forty-two players participated in this under-10 category.

Round 7 Results (Under-10):

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

Leong Mun Wan Wins Again In 23rd Rakan Muda Tebrau Open 2012

1 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the 23rd Rakan Muda Tebrau Open 2012 in Plaza Pelangi, Johor Bahru, Leong Mun Wan (pix above) was declared the Champion of the Open category.

The list of winners of the Open category are as follows:

1. Leong Mun Wan,

2. Salman Mistam,

3. Abdullah Che Hassan,

4. Abel Yap,

5. Mohd Yusof Yasnain,

6. Renitha,

7. Hasrin,

8. Aizul Hakim,

9. Sai Jia Chun,

10. T Mandar

The Johor team to KaSUGI team chess coincidentally comprise of the top three winners of this open (Leong, Salman and Abdullah) plus Taulani Tukiran. (stonemaster.info)

(source: M Zullghafari Saparmin, Johor)

Faizal Roslan Leads In Selangor Juniors U-14

1 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Mohd Faizal Roslan leads with 6 points from six rounds of rapid play during the Selangor Juniors under-14 age group at Arthur Tan Chess Center in Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

Mazlan Harun NS CLOSED 2012 Champion

1 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur - latest news : Champion, Mazlan Harun, Melaka, 2nd Jonathan Augustine, 3rd Hezri Che Aziz.

Negri Sembilan will send a team to KaSUGI comprising of Jonathan, Hezri, Faiezul and Zaidan.

(source: Syazrin A Rahman)