Asian Chess Federation

Oshini is our new WIM!

Young Oshini Devindya Gunawardena is approved as a Women International Master by FIDE. Oshini gain this achievement by winning the Championship of the Western Junior Youth Chess Championships - Girls event held in Sri Lanka from 15 - 23 July 2024 and got the eligibility as she reached the rating of 2000. She is the youngest player to achieve the WIM title and 3rd in Sri Lanka.

Earlier, Sachini Ranasinghe became the 1st WIM in Sri Lanka in 2011 and Nelunika Methmani was the 2nd to achieve in 2013.
Congratulations! Oshini! Long way to go.

The 15th Colombo International Chess Festival 2024

The 1st Annual International Rating Chess Event in Sri Lanka!

Thailand Chess Federation President, Mr. Sahapola Nakvanich met the Cambodian Minister of Sports in few days back to discuss the inclusion of Chess in the next South East Asian Games.

MANILA—Laguna Heroes scored twin victory in the 2nd season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference online chess tournament held at Chess.com Platform Saturday night, February 26, 2022.

The defending champion toppled Cagayan De Oro-Misamis Oriental Chess Association , 12-9 before surpassing Camarines Soaring Eagle, 12-9.

The team backed up by KALARO, Greatech Philippines, Inc., SDC Global Choice, Jolly Smile Dental Clinic and Rotary Club of Nuvali still ranks third of the Northern Division with 17 wins and four loses.
Against Camarines Soaring Eagle, the foursome of GM Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla Jr. (Board 1), FM Austin Jacob Literatus (Board 2), IM Angelo Young (Board 4) and Richie Jocson (Board 6) orchestrated Laguna’s 5-2 win in the blitz contest.

Barcenilla, a two-time Asian Junior Champion, defeated IM Idelfonso Datu in 53 moves of King’s Indian Defense, Literatus trounced Walt Allen Talan in 37 moves of Benko Gambit Opening, Young dismantled NM Carlo Lorena in 34 moves of Double Finachetto Opening while Jocson subdued Coelleir Graspela in 53 moves of Ruy Lopez Opening.

Board 3 Michella Concio drew with Virgenie Ruaya while Board 5 Vince Angelo Medina split the point with National Master Ronald Llavanes.

Board 7 Virgen Gil Ruaya provided the full point for Camarines after beating Apollo Agapay.
The rapid game between Laguna and Camarines ended in a 7-all deadlock.

“We got a hard-earned victory against Cagayan de Oro and Camarines. It was another lucky win. I am happy that GM Banjo Barcenilla, FM AJ Literatus, IM Angelo Young and Richie Jocson delivered the needed points, ” said Arena GM Dr. Fred Paez, one of the four co-team owners of the Laguna Heroes that include Mr. David Nithyananthan of KALARO, Engr. Benjamin Dy of SDC Global Choice and Engr. Jonathan Mamaril of Oregon, USA.

“I’m happy and honored to play for the Laguna heroes. Its always a great feeling winning my games ,but what is greater is the team winning the match,” added Young, an 8-time Illinois USA Champion.

Still leader in the Northern Division is the Pasig City Kings Pirates (20-1) as well Iloilo Kisela Knights (19-2) lording the Southern Division.

PCAP, the country’s first and only play-for-pay chess league, is headed by Atty. Paul Elauria as President-Commissioner; Michael Angelo Ong Chua as Chairman; Dr. Ariel Potot as Vice Chairman and Atty. Arnel Batungbakal as Treasurer.

The tournament is sanctioned by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB), headed by Chairman Abraham “Baham” Mitra, and supported by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), led by Chairman/President Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr.

Indian National Chess Championship starts

Koustav holds top seed Adhiban

Kanpur (26 Feb 22) :- International Master Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal held top seed Grandmaster B Adhiban of PSPB to a creditable draw in the third round of the ongoing MPL 58th Senior National Chess Championship here at Ganges Club on Saturday.

Playing white side of the English Opening, Adhiban agreed to sign the peace treaty with his West Bengal opponent after 73 moves in an opposite colour bishop and rook ending. Meanwhile second seed Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi of Telangana beat International Master Sayantan Das of Railways to occupy the pole position of the point table along with Grandmasters Abhijeet Gupta of PSPB, D Gukesh of Tamil Nadu, A***n Chopra of Delhi, Harsha Bharathakoti of Telangana, International Master Ravi Teja of Railways, Utsab Chatterjee and Anustoop Biswas of West Bengal with perfect score of three points.

Gupta defeated P Shyaamnikhil of Railways while Gueksh, A***n and Harsha accounted for Sammed Jaykumar Shete of Maharashtra, Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh and Harshad S of Tamil Nadu respectively. Ravi Teja outwitted Suyog Wagh of Maharashtra. Utsab and Anustoop stunned Grandmasters Swapnil Dhopade and Visakh N R of Railways to join top of the point table.

Former champions Karthikeyan Murali, Sethuraman S P, Lalith Babu M R and defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram satisfied with half points in their third-round outing against RR Laxman, Srijit Paul, Srihari L R and Shahil Dey respectively.

Mayor of Kanpur Smt Pramila Pandey inaugurated the third round matches of this 30 lakh prize money championship sponsored by MPL Sports Foundation. Earlier in the second round, Jeet Jain of Gujarat held Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik while Grandmaster P Iniyan suffered a shock defeat by the hands of Suyog Wagh of Maharashtra.

The fourth round matches are in progress at the time of report

Important Results (Round-3) :- GM Adhiban B of PSPB (2.5) drew with IM Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal (2.5); IM Sayantan Das of Railways (2) lost to Arjun Erigaisi of Telangana (3); GM Abhijeet Gupta of PSPB (3) beat IM Shyaamnikhil P of Railways (2); GM Laxman RR of Railways (2.5) drew with GM Karthikeyan Murali of PSPB (2.5); GM Sethuraman SP of PSPB (2.5) drew with IM Srijit Paul of West Bengal (2.5); GM Gukesh D of Tamil Nadu (3) beat IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (2); IM Shahil Dey of Assam (2.5) drew with GM Aravindh Chithamabram of Tamil Nadu (2.5); GM A***n Chopra of Delhi (3) beat IM Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh (2); IM Srihari L R of Tami Nadu (2.5) drew with GM Lalith Babu M R of PSPB (2.5); Ritviz Parab of Goa (2.5) drew with GM Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal (2.5); FM Harshad S of Tamil Nadu (2) lost to GM Harsha Bharathakoti (3); GM Swapnil Dhopade of Railways (2) lost to Utsab Chatterjee of West Bengal (3); IM Ratnakaran K of Railways (2.5) drew with IM Aditya Mittal of Maharashtra (2.5); FM Jain Kashish Manoj of Maharashtra (2.5) drew with IM Aronyak Ghosh of West Bengal (2.5); Ravi Teja S (3) beat FM Suyog Wagh of Maharashtra (2); GM Visakh N R of Railways (1.5) lost to Anustoop Biswas of West Bengal (3); Anadkat Kartavya of Gujarat (1.5) lost to GM Abhimanyu Puranik of Maharashtra (2.5); GM Sankalp Gupta of Maharashtra (2) drew with IM Saravana Krishnan P of Tamil Nadu (2); Jeet Jain of Gujarat (1.5) lost to GM Deep Sengupta of PSPB (2.5); IM Manish Anto Cristiano of Tamil Nadu (1.5) lost to GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of Railways (2.5).

Round – 2 :- Sai Agni Jeevitesh lost to Adhiban B; Arjun Erigaisi beat Ayush Sharma; Sharan Rao lost to Abhijeet Gupta; Karthikeyan Murali beat Niranjan Navalgund; Rahul Sangma lost to Sethuraman S P; Abhimanyu Puranik drew with Jeet Jain; Ayushh Ravikumar lost to Gukesh D; Aravindh Chithambaram beat Aaryan Varshney; Mohamed Anees lost to A***n Chopra; Lalith Babu M R beat Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri; Deep Sengupta drew with Anadkat Kartavya; Ravi T S drew with Visakh N R; Deepan Chakkravarthy drew with Aradhya Garg; Suyog Wagh beat Iniyan P; Mitrabha Guha beat Soham Kamotra

Asian Chess Federation is starting their events

The Asian Chess federation is going to start their Chess Calendar in March with the Asian Nations Cup 2022 - Under 14 Years.

On behalf of the Asian Chess Federation, the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka is going to host the event on 25th, 26th and 27th of March 2022 at the Tornelo Platform.

CFSL invite all Asian National Federations to participate in the Asian Nations Cup Online Under-14 (Open and Girls) Team Chess Championships and strengthen the Asian Chess Calendar.

The deadline for entries is 15th March 2022. For details contact Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, President, CFSL - +94715397829, [email protected]

India being the country having the strongest Chess Culture in Asia is hosting three International GM events from 13 Mar to 07 Apr 22. This is a great opportunity for strongest Chess players in un Asia to play some remarkable over OTB events after a long silence.

Below is a small information on events.

1. Guwahati International: March 13-20 at Guwahati (Assam)…. Prize fund 20000 USD.
2. Delhi International March 22-29 at New Delhi… prize fund 35000 USD
3. Gujarat International March 31 to April 07 AT Ahmedabad, Gujrat. Prize fund 20000 USD

Detailed information you can find here https://aicf.in/regulations-triple-international-grandmasters-tournaments-in-march-2022/

All GMs above 2500 ELO will be matched their ticket cost upto 800 USD for 3 events or suitable conditions. All travel within India and full board on double sharing basis will be arranged for them..

For IMs/WGMs/WIMs, we suitable conditions will be agreed based upon their rating.

The weather at this time in India is usually pleasant and players will have a good time.

Players may reach the organizers on +91 9958030007 on WhatsApp or [email protected] for quick disbursal of conditions. The number belongs to Mr. Vishal Sareen (Foreign players coordinator)

India is looking forward for your support to send few players from your end.

MPL 58th Senior National Chess Championship

Kanpur (24 February 2022) :- Former champion Grandmaster B Adhiban of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board has been handed the top billing in a strong field which included young sensation Arjun Erigaisi in the 58th edition of Senior National Chess Championship sponsored by MPL Sports Foundation starting on Friday here.

184 players from across the country including 23 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters, will be seen in action in the one-week long tournament, formerly known as National Premier Chess Championship.

Commonwealth champion Abhijeet Gupta, former national champions Karthikeyan Murali, Sethuraman S P, Lalith Babu M R, defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram, young talents Gukesh D, Abhimanyu Puranik and A***n Chopra are the other top players taking part in the event to be held at Ganges Club, Kanpur.

The championship will be conducted under Swiss System with 11 rounds with a time control of 90 Minutes with 30 second increment from move 1. After roping in MPL Sports Foundation as official sponsor for all the national championships, AICF increased the prize fund of all nationals substantially and top ten players in the event will be awarded with cash prizes amounting to thirty lakh rupees out of which six lakh is reserved for the winner as well as the winner will get a bonus of 25 points while deciding the Indian team for the World Chess Olympiad and Asian Games which are scheduled later this year.

All India Chess Federation National Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan while addressing the press conference at the Ganges Club, the venue of the National Championship said that the way we have developed and taken steps to reach at the district and state level competitions, we are trying to make chess even more popular throughout the country. The All India Chess Federation is searching for talent in Chess through the ‘Chess in Schools’ program. AICF is confident that promising players will come forward and bring laurels to the country. In other sports Kanpur is remembered and referred, then why not in the chess field the mind game. Such competitions in cities will bring out players living in oblivion. Shri Bharat Singh said that it is not the players’ reach out to the Federation, but the Federation will reach to the players from cities, towns and villages and give them better opportunities. These same players will bring laurels to the country in the world of chess. We are interested and keen efforts are on to add the Federation’s Chess in Schools scheme to the curriculum.

Secretary of UP Chess Sports Association Shri AK Raizada stated that for the first time 23 Grand Masters, 30 International Masters are taking part in this event as well as increased prize fund are the main highlights of this edition.

Asian Chess federation warmly welcome the New President of the Kyrgyzstan Mr. Tolbaev, Babur. We wish him all best for the betterment of Kyrgyz Chess!

The Asian Chess Federation shall organize a Workshop for updates to FIDE Regulations from 04/03/2022 to 07/03/2022. Visit fide.com.

Language: English

Lecturers: IA Alex Holowczak, IA Abdulrahim Mahdi, IA Casto Abundo, IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh

Participations: For licensed National Arbiters, FIDE Arbiters and International Arbiters

Participation fees: Free for registered participants

Contact: IA/IO Casto Abundo (PHI) – [email protected]

Schedule: 4 sessions are planned with the following schedule:

Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbgt7fASJXuuMpW-FiZzrxIKLq8YZN2cQ3TGkEnbjtVWTPUA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

9-12 (UK time) Friday 4 March, Alex Holowczak
Changes to Title and Rating Regulations
9-12 (UAE time) Saturday 5 March, Abdulrahim Mahdi
Updates to Laws of Chess, Online Regulations
9-12 (UAE time) Sunday, 6 March, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh
Titles of Arbiters, Fair Play
9-12 (UAE time) Monday, 7 March, Casto Abundo
Tournament Organization, Online Chess

This FIDE Trainer Online Seminar from 11-13 March 2022 in English is being organised by the Asian Chess Federation through the Asia Chess Academy for FIDE and it’s Trainers’ Commission.
Lecturers are FIDE Senior Trainers and International Grandmasters, World Championship Candidates Artur Yusupov, Ivan Sokolov, Aleksey Dreev, Pavel Eljanov, and Vladimir Malakhov, and former FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman.

Please download a copy of the prospectus from the link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rspaqh6itaocdwx/FIDE%20Trainers%20Online%20Seminar%20-11-13%20March%202022.pdf?dl=0

The registration form can also be downloaded from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzafbttrbw72zdw/Seminar%20Participant%20Registration%20and%20Information%20Form.docx?dl=0 to be completed and sent to the organiser

INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION

These Classification Rules are in accordance with the Asian Paralympic Committee [APC] Sports Assembly Executive Committee for Chess and shall be known as APC Chess.

A competitor is eligible to compete if they have been classified in accordance with the ;

International Blind Sports Association [IBSA] for the visually impaired and shall bereferred to as CLASS CHB1, CHB2 and CHB3;

Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association [CP-ISRA] AND International Wheel[1]chair and Amputee Sports Association [IWAS] and be referred to CLASS CHPI

These rules shall be read in conjunction with the APC CHESS Rules.

PHILOSOPHY

• The purpose of classification is to establish eligibility to compete in disabled sport.

• The players cannot participate on reasonably equal terms in able body sport due to afunctional dis[1]advantage caused by a physical disability.

• The objective of the classification system is to group together those players who eligible according to the following impairments:

1.Visual impairment

2.Loss of muscle power

3.Hypertonia

4.Short stature

5.Loss of limb or limb deficiency

6.Ataxia

7.Athetosis

Players with conditions arising from pain, psychiatric conditions, unstable joint, poor muscle endurance, impaired cardiovascular or pulmonary conditions, chronic fatigue syndromes and myofascial pain are not eligible

Download APC Chess Classification 31_12_21

Chess MDF for PI

Chess MDF for VI