VN win medals at Asian Championships

12/05/2011 04:53:00 PM (GMT+7)

Truong Son, Thao Nguyen win medals at Asian Chess Champ

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess players Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Pham Le Thao Nguyen played very well at the 10^th Asian Individual Chess Championships, which closed on May 10 in Iran.

With 6 points after nine games, Thao Nguyen won a silver medal for women’s event. Four other players had the same points, but the Vietnamese player won the medal because she gained advantage in sub-factors. The gold medal winner recorded only 4.5 points.

Thao Nguyen and the champion – Harika Dronavalli from India, will represent Asia at the World Individual Chess Championships 2011.

In the men’s event (for male player with Elo of at least 2300), Vietnamese competitor Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Elo 2635) ranked third after winning 6.5 marks after 9 sets.

With this result, Son will get a ticket to the World Individual Chess Championships 2011, and the World Chess Championship 2011, though he did not participate in the Asian Chess Championship 2011, and ranked fifth at last year’s event. At the Asian Chess Championship 2011, two Vietnamese players Cao Sang and Dao Thien Hai ranked only 21^st and 43^rd.

Last year, Thao Nguyen was placed 17th and Truong Son 20th.

In the blitz chess event, Hoang Thi Bao Tram took the gold after defeating her stronger Chinese rival Tan Zhongyi in the final match on May 11.

Source: http://english.vietnamnet.vn

3-way tie for 1st at Asian Individual Championship

Final top 15 standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Harikrishna P	IND	2666	6.5	0.0	2615	44.5
2	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2646	6.5	0.0	2607	45.5
3	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2635	6.5	0.0	2547	42.5
4	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2558	6.0	0.0	2640	43.0
5	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2662	6.0	0.0	2636	48.5
6	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2676	6.0	0.0	2613	46.0
7		Lu Shanglei	CHN	2473	6.0	0.0	2601	40.0
8	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2536	6.0	0.0	2588	40.5
9	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2622	5.5	0.0	2616	43.0
10	GM	Zhao Jun	CHN	2574	5.5	0.0	2565	40.0
11	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2610	5.5	0.0	2556	39.5
12	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2667	5.5	0.0	2553	38.5
13	IM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2506	5.0	0.0	2606	41.0
14	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	KAZ	2500	5.0	0.0	2584	38.5
15	GM	Wen Yang	CHN	2545	5.0	0.0	2582	41.5
16	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2643	5.0	0.0	2562	42.0
17	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2526	5.0	0.0	2548	39.0
18	GM	Sethuraman S P	IND	2527	5.0	0.0	2543	35.0
19	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	UZB	2685	5.0	0.0	2534	40.0
20	GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2538	5.0	0.0	2471	34.5
21	GM	Cao Sang	VIE	2547	5.0	0.0	2439	34.0

Full standings here.

Yu Yangyi leads Asian Individual Championship after 6

Rank after Round 6

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2646	5.0	0.0	2601	18.5
2	GM	Harikrishna P	IND	2666	4.5	0.0	2603	19.5
3	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2676	4.5	0.0	2579	18.0
4	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2662	4.0	0.0	2642	21.5
5	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2622	4.0	0.0	2642	19.0
6	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2558	4.0	0.0	2629	19.5
7	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2543	4.0	0.0	2609	16.5
8	GM	Wen Yang	CHN	2545	4.0	0.0	2582	18.0
9	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2536	4.0	0.0	2551	16.0
10	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2643	4.0	0.0	2543	16.5
11	GM	Zhao Jun	CHN	2574	4.0	0.0	2534	16.0
12	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2635	4.0	0.0	2519	16.5
13		Lu Shanglei	CHN	2473	3.5	0.0	2647	16.0
14	IM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2506	3.5	0.0	2623	17.5
15	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	KAZ	2500	3.5	0.0	2610	18.0
16	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2610	3.5	0.0	2569	17.0
17	IM	Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2409	3.5	0.0	2548	15.0
18	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	UZB	2685	3.5	0.0	2538	17.0
19	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2667	3.5	0.0	2513	15.5
20	GM	Paragua Mark	PHI	2542	3.5	0.0	2460	12.5
21	GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2538	3.5	0.0	2414	14.0

Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr49118.aspx

Stunning upset

Adhiban stuns Wesley So in Asian Individual Chess
PTI | May 6, 2011, 10.23am IST

MASHHAD (IRAN): Grandmaster B Adhiban of India crashed through the defenses of ace Filipino Wesley So in the fourth round to occupy the joint third position in the Asian Individual Chess championship.

After a sedate start, Adhiban rose in contention for a place in the next World Cup with a masterly display that left his higher ranked opponent shocked.

The victory meant Adhiban is just half a point behind the leaders.

At the top of the tables, Grandmaster P Harikrishna played out a draw with Bu Xiangzhi of China to also inch to three points.

With 3.5 points, Xiangzhi was joined at the top by compatriot Yu Yangyi. The two Chinese will now clash against each other in the next round.

Another Indian in fray, Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi put aside his previous round loss against Xiangzhi and bounced back to beat Wen Yang of China.

Negi and Krishnan Sasikiran, who was held to a draw by Rinat Zumabayev of Kazakhstan, are also amongst those who have three points in their kitty.

The Indian challenge, however, suffered a serious setback in the women's section when top seed D Harika went down to Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia.

More here.

2 lead Asian Individual Championship after 4

Leaders after 4 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2662	3.5	0.0	2644	8.5
2	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2646	3.5	0.0	2537	8.0
3	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2558	3.0	0.0	2661	7.5
4	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2543	3.0	0.0	2655	6.5
5	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2622	3.0	0.0	2604	8.5
6	GM	Harikrishna P	IND	2666	3.0	0.0	2604	8.0
7	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2676	3.0	0.0	2543	7.5
8	GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2512	2.5	0.0	2676	6.5
9	IM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2506	2.5	0.0	2656	7.5
10	GM	Wen Yang	CHN	2545	2.5	0.0	2644	8.0
11	FM	Pourramezanali Amirreza	IRI	2330	2.5	0.0	2629	8.0
12	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2529	2.5	0.0	2627	7.5
13	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2526	2.5	0.0	2616	6.5
14	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2516	2.5	0.0	2610	7.0
15	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2536	2.5	0.0	2549	7.5
16	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2643	2.5	0.0	2536	7.0
17	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2610	2.5	0.0	2528	7.0
18	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	UZB	2685	2.5	0.0	2506	6.0
19	GM	Zhao Jun	CHN	2574	2.5	0.0	2494	5.5
20	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2635	2.5	0.0	2490	6.0

Round 5 top board pairings

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2662	3½		3½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2646
2	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2622	3		3	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2676
3	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2558	3		3	GM	Harikrishna P	2666
4	GM	Zhou Weiqi	2610	2½		3	GM	Adhiban B	2543
5	GM	Laylo Darwin	2516	2½		2½	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2685
6	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2643	2½		2½	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2526
7	FM	Pourramezanali Amirreza	2330	2½		2½	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2635
8	IM	Barbosa Oliver	2506	2½		2½	GM	Zhao Jun	2574
9	GM	Wen Yang	2545	2½		2½	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2529
10	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2536	2½		2½	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2512

Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr49118.aspx

Bu remains perfect after 3 at Asian Individual Championship

Leaders after 3 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2662	3.0	5.0	1.5	5.00
2	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2646	2.5	5.5	2.0	4.25
3	GM	Wen Yang	CHN	2545	2.5	5.5	1.5	4.25
4	GM	Harikrishna P	IND	2666	2.5	5.0	1.5	3.75
5	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2676	2.5	4.0	1.5	3.25
6	FM	Pourramezanali Amirreza	IRI	2330	2.5	3.5	1.5	2.50
7	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2558	2.5	3.5	1.0	2.25
8	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2622	2.0	6.5	2.0	3.50
9	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2529	2.0	6.0	2.0	3.75
10	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2667	2.0	5.0	1.5	3.25
11	GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2512	2.0	4.5	1.5	2.75
12	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2543	2.0	4.0	1.5	2.25
13	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2526	2.0	4.0	1.0	2.00
14	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2610	2.0	3.5	1.5	1.75
15	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2516	2.0	3.5	1.0	1.00
16	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2643	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.75
17	GM	Zhao Jun	CHN	2574	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.75

Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr49118.aspx

Asian individual championship starts

Asian Individual Championships Starts in Iran
Sunday, 01 May 2011 22:55

The 10th Asian Continental Individual Championship reeled off today in Mashad, Iran with 28 Grandmasters and 11 Women Grandmasters leading the field of the Open and Women's Championship, respectively. See chess-results.com for Open and Women's results. Watch top games live on the Asian Chess Federation site.

Harika Dronavalli (2524) from India and former World Champion Rustam Kasimjanov (2687) from Uzbekistan are top rated among the currently registered players.

Mashhad is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world.

It is located 850 kilometers (530 mi) east of Tehran, close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its population was 2,427,316 at the 2006 population census.

Tournament website / Regulations

Greetings

To the participants of the 10th Asian Individual Chess Championships

Dear friends!
I am pleased to warmly welcome you to the 10th Asian Individual Chess Championships, which will be held in Mashhad, the holy, historic and touristic city in the North-East of Iran.

It is very important that such a great continental chess event is returning to Iran, the country which is known as the chess cradle and I am confident that Mashhad will be a good host for the Grand Masters and chess players from all over the Asia and Oceania.

This year we will organize the first Asian Individual Blitz Championships beside the main tournaments and we hope it would help in developing and popularizing of our beloved game.

I wish all the participants a nice stay in Mashhad, success in achieving great results and the best of luck.

Mohammad Jafar Kambouzia
Vice-president of FIDE &
President of the Iran Chess Federation

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