Asian Chess Federation gives GM Eugene Torre 'Lifetime Achievement Award'
Hello chess blog friends, the Asian Chess Federation has honored Grandmaster Eugene Torre with a 'Lifetime Achievement' Award. GM Torre is the first Grandmaster from Asia. The Philippine Star has a nice profile of the Grandmaster.
“I am humbled, happy and very grateful to receive this award,” the 62-year-old Torre, who is Asia’s first grandmaster, told The STAR in a text message yesterday.
The Asian Chess Federation, headed by Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan, held the first annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards last June 25 at the Danat Hotel in the United Arab Emirates.
Torre’s contributions to Philippine chess are unmatched.
At 22, he became Asia’s first grandmaster following a silver medal finish in the 1974 Chess Olympiad in Nice, France. Two years later, in a tournament in Manila, he defeated then world champion Anatoly Karpov.
Torre went on to lead Philippine chess to greater heights, and helped promote the sport in the Asian region under the guidance of then FIDE president Florencio Campomanes of the Philippines.
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He took part in 20 Chess Olympiads, 19 of which were consecutive, sharing the coveted record with Hungary’s Lajos Portisch. When the 41st Olympiad is held in Norway in August, Torre will man Board 4 for the Philippines.
“This recognition has further acknowledged the contributions we Filipinos, foremost of whom was Florencio Campomanes, have done for the promotion of chess in Asia,” said Torre.
The top officials of the ACF, including deputy president Casto Abundo of the Philippines, said the award is “in recognition of his (Torre) success as Asia’s first grandmaster and his many victories and world records.”
Some other awards included
- Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao received the “Chess Patron of the Year” award “in recognition of his inspiration to sports fans around the world and his support for the Asian Continental Championships inspiring millions of youths to learn chess.”
- Ruler of Sharjah, H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi was awarded the “Man of the Year” for his “generous donation” that helped build the biggest chess club in the world.
- Viswanathan Anand of India was named “Player of the Year”
- Reigning Women's World Champion Hou Yifan of China was “Woman Player of the Year.”
- GM Yu Yangyi received the “Best Junior Player of the Year” for ruling the World Junior Championship and Asian Indoor Games.
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GM Yu Yangyi wins Asian Continental Chess 2014 in Sharjah
Chinese Grandmaster Yu Yangyi has won the Asian Continental Chess Tournament 2014 in Sharjah.
In the Open section top four games were drawn, in the last round, which was sufficient for GM Yu Yangyi to keep the first place and claim the gold medal with 7,0/9 points.
There followed four players on the shared second place with 6,5 points each. After breaking the tie, GM Adhiban B of India is awarded with the silver medal and former Asian champion GM Ni Hua of China got the bronze.
The top five players from the 2014 Asian Open Championship qualify for the 2015 World Cup. Since Yu Yangyi already qualified as reigning World Junior Champion, the next five in line are Adhiban B, Ni Hua, Kasimdzhanov Rustam (Uzbekistan), Wen Yang (China) and local star Salem A.R. Saleh (UAE).
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Asian Continental Chess Championship: Irene Sukandar Wins Women’s Crown with one Round to Go
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Sharjah: Indonesian Irene Sukandar clinched the Asian Women’s chess crown with one round to spare at Sharjah Chess Club on Friday.
Meanwhile in the Open Section, Chinese GM Yu Yangyi beat Bu Xiangzhi to take sole lead with 6.5 points after the penultimate eighth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship.
Sukandar drew in 37 moves of a Trompovsky Attack by Gong Qianyun of Singapore to tally seven points, an unreachable 1.5 ahead of second-place Iranian WGMs Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and Atousa Pourkashiyan. The Indonesian matched her victory in the same event two years ago in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. She now advances to the Women’s World Cup next year.
In the race for silver and bronze medals in the Women’s division, tied at five points each in fourth to seventh slots are Gong Qianyun, Tan Zhongyi of China, Hoang Thi Bao Tram of Vietnam and IM Eesha Karavade of India.
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World Junior Chess 2013: Yu Yangyi of China, Alexandra Goryachkina of Russia Crowned Champions
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FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2013 for boys & girls under 20 were held in Kocaeli, Turkey, from 12th to 27th September 2013.
In the Open section top-seeded GM Yu Yangyi of China drew GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India) in the final round to claim the title of World Junior Chess Champion.
Last year champion Alexander Ipatov (Turkey) defeated IM Aleksandar Indjic (Serbia) but this was sufficient only for the second place and silver medal.
Yangyi collected 11/13 points, while Ipatov has 10,5 points. A full point behind Ipatov are Gujrathi and Jorge Cori (Peru), who beat SP Sethuraman. Gujrathi won the bronze medal on better tie-break.
In the Girls section Russian WGM Alexandra Goryachkina won the last round game against WIM Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (Colombia) to convincingly take the title of World Junior Champion with 10,5/13 points.
WIM Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan) held the higher rated WGM Padmini Rout (India) to finish clear second on 9,5 points and claim the silver medal.
After the loss of Rodriguez Rueda, there was a fearless battle for the bronze medal. WIM Hejazipour Mitra (Iran) and WGM Alina Kashlinskaya (Russia) were victorious against Indonesia's Medina Warda Aulia and Sihite Chelsie Monica, respectively, to share the third place with 9,0 points each. Kashlinskaya won the bronze medal on higher tie-break. Former World Champion Garry Kasparov attended the closing ceremony.
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Indonesia Chess Open: Yu Yangyi Wins on Tiebreak
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The latest chess news from the Indonesia Chess Open 2012 is that Yu Yangyi edged out Li Chao on tie-break to take the trophy on Wednesday. The final round of the 2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship saw Ivan Sokolov opt for the exchange variation of the Slav and attempt to squeeze out a win against tournament leader Yu Yangyi who was happy with a draw and with accurate defence he easily got it, according to a Chessdom report and the press release.
GM Yu Yangyi
On the other board played on the stage, second placed defending champion Li Chao also faced the Slav defence but opted instead to play the mainline. His efforts finally paid off when Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son made a mistake after holding the balance for much of the game.
Li’s win meant that he ended in a tie with Yu for first place with 7.5/9 but still lost out to the compatriot on tiebreaks.
In third place half a point behind on 6.5/9 is Sokolov who is joined by Vladislav Tkachiev who drew Viorel Iordachescu, Sergey Fedorchuk who out-maneuvered Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Surya Sekhar Ganguly who beat Nguyen Duc Hoa to spoil his GM norm hopes, Dimitri Bocharov who outplayed Haridas Pascua, Oleg Korneev who won quickly when Lu Shanglei’s speculative play in an Evans Gambit went horribly wrong, and Marat Dzhumaev beating Merab Gagunasvili after the later lost a piece when grabbing a poisoned pawn. Further back on six points were Nguyen, Viorel Iordachescu, Lou Yiping and Avetik Grigoryan. GM Lu Shanglei took the prize for best junior while WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen was the best woman player.
In a field with 33 Grandmasters, there were many opportunities for title norms and these were achieved by Wei Yi (GM Norm), Haridas Pascua, Pham Le Thao Nguyen, Wan Yunguo, Gui Qi, and Hamdani Rudin (IM Norm).
Final standings:
1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2651 – 7.5
2 GM Li Chao B CHN 2681 – 7.5
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2610 – 6.5
4 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2690 – 6.5
5 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2603 – 6.5
6 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2662 – 6.5
7 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2647 – 6.5
8 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2591 – 6.5
9 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2516 – 6.5
10 GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2572 – 6
11 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2635 – 6
12 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2637 – 6
13 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2444 – 6
14 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2526 – 5.5
15 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2584 – 5.5
16 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2535 – 5.5
17 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2523 – 5.5
18 IM Wang Chen CHN 2469 – 5.5
19 GM Xu Jun CHN 2506 – 5.5
20 FM Wei Yi CHN 2454 – 5.5
21 FM Pascua Haridas PHI 2350 – 5.5
22 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2557 – 5.5
23 IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2494 – 5.5
24 GM Xiu Deshun CHN 2525 – 5.5
25 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2575 – 5.5
26 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2607 – 5.5
27 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2532 – 5.5
28 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2430 – 5.5
29 WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2387 – 5.5
30 IM Gao Rui CHN 2443 – 5.5
31 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2470 – 5.5
32 WGM Guo Qi CHN 2391 – 5.5
33 FM Hamdani Rudin INA 2328 – 5.5
34 IM Wahono Awam INA 2389 – 5.5
35 Wan Yunguo CHN 2477 – 5
36 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2523 – 5
37 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2636 – 5
38 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2517 – 5
39 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2540 – 5
40 GM Barus Cerdas INA 2400 – 5
41 IM Sitanggang Salor INA 2367 – 5
42 Supriyono Eko INA 2253 – 5
43 IM Lioe Dede INA 2387 – 5
44 GM Gordon Stephen J ENG 2556 – 5
45 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2470 – 4.5
46 IM Tirto INA 2322 – 4.5
47 IM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2494 – 4.5
48 IM Juswanto Denny INA 2412 – 4.5
49 IM Farid Firman Syah INA 2326 – 4.5
50 GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2500 – 4.5
51 GM Cao Sang VIE 2514 – 4.5
52 IM Tania Sachdev IND 2401 – 4.5
53 FM Marentek Hanny INA 2232 – 4.5
54 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra INA 2384 – 4.5
55 GM Ardiansyah H INA 2371 – 4.5
56 FM Kasmiran INA 2310 – 4.5
57 IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2412 – 4.5
58 FM Kaisar Jenius Hakiki INA 2285 – 4.5
59 Jafar Sofyan INA 2286 – 4.5
60 IM Milliet Sophie FRA 2421 – 4.5
61 Sinurat Tumpak INA 2258 – 4.5
62 Fauzan M INA 0 – 4.5
63 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2362 – 4
64 WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica INA 2254 – 4
65 FM Novita Anjas INA 2339 – 4
66 IM Situru Muhammad Ivan INA 2284 – 4
67 WIM Medina Warda Aulia INA 2311 – 4
68 Sutarno INA 2252 – 4
69 Suyud Hartoyo INA 2178 – 4
70 Eshbaev Avazbek UZB 2156 – 4
71 FM Tunasly Kifly INA 2376 – 4
72 FM Khairul Anam INA 2308 – 4
73 IM Halay Taufik INA 2366 – 4
74 FM Gunawan Johan INA 2276 – 4
75 Sean Winshand Cuhendi INA 2181 – 4
76 Surya Wahyudi INA 2293 – 4
77 Taher Yoseph INA 0 – 4
78 Bai Jinshi CHN 2252 – 3.5
79 CM Azarya Jodi Setyaki INA 2005 – 3.5
80 FM Pitra Andika INA 2340 – 3.5
81 CM Muhammad Luthfi Ali INA 2218 – 3.5
82 Aris T.L.S. INA 2238 – 3.5
83 FM Sonjaya Deni INA 2284 – 3.5
84 FM Prayitno Sugeng INA 2351 – 3.5
85 FM Laksana Agusta INA 2305 – 3.5
86 Hartono INA 2230 – 3.5
87 Ferdiman Tersiman INA 2005 – 3.5
88 Masruri Rahman INA 2136 – 3.5
89 Panggabean Hasian INA 2204 – 3
90 FM Bersamina Paulo PHI 2205 – 3
91 FM Mahmud Syarif INA 2291 – 3
92 Purba Cornelis INA 2203 – 3
93 GM Suradiradja Herman INA 2238 – 3
94 Margana Adhy INA 2221 – 2.5
95 Jamaludin INA 2174 – 2.5
96 WFM Dewi Aa Citra INA 2161 – 2.5
97 Pamungkas Junaid INA 2221 – 2.5
98 Hukom David INA 2100 – 2.5
99 WFM Aay Aisyah Anisa INA 1839 – 2.5
100 Ali Sadikin INA 2167 – 2.5
101 WFM Ummi Fisabilillah INA 0 – 2.5
102 Fahmi Jauhari INA 2184 – 2
103 Hidayat Arifin INA 2141 – 1.5
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Indonesia Chess Open 2012 Inaugurated at Glittering Ceremony
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Asia's first Grandmaster Eugene Torre with wife (extreme left) and a performer at the opening ceremony of the Indonesia Chess Open 2012 on Thursday.
The latest chess tournament news via Fide is that the Indonesia Open 2012 has begun with a grand opening ceremony. The 2nd Indonesian Open Chess Championship 2012 was officially declared opened by Deputy Sports Minister Prof. Djoko Pekik Irianto in a colourful ceremony featuring Indonesia dance from different parts of the vast country. Attending the opening was Adi Suyuso who represented Major General Toni Suratman, President of the powerful Indonesia National Sports Committee (KONI) and Grandmaster Utut Adianto, Deputy Preisdent of PERCASI (All Indonesia Chess Federation), various officials, as well as most of the 27 Grandmasters, the top 50 Indonesian players, and some 40 other internationals who had arrived in time.
The 2nd Indonesian Open Chess Championship is going to have its first round on Friday, with Grandmasters such as Ivan Sokolov, representing the Netherlands, Li Chao and Yu Yangyi from China, Vlad Tkachiev representing France, the other Vietnam superstar Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Jaan Ehlvest now playing for the USA, India’s Surya Sekhar Ganguly and the large delegation from the Philippines of Oliver Barbosa, Rogelio Antonio, John Paul Gomez, Mark Paragua, Darwin Laylo, Eugene Torre and Richard Bitoon and others.
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World Junior Chess R10 - GM Richard Rapport Holds on to Sole Lead
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Defending champion
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As the World Junior Chess Championship nears the conclusion, the tenth round was played in Athens on Monday. All games were decisive on the top six boards, according to the round-up report via Chessdom. GM Richard Rapport held on to his sole lead with a win at 8.5/10. GM Alexander Ipatov won on the second board and is just half-a-point behind. GM Yu Yangyi, GM Ding Liren, GM Nils Grandelius and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan are in third place at 7.5 points. Some interesting results saw IM Eric Hansen draw with GM Zherebukh, norm winner Mark Lapidus held to a draw by IM Heimann and FM Wei Yi beat IM Shyam Nikil.
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World Junior Chess 2012 Round 9 - GM Richard Rapport in Clear Lead; Check Norms' List
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GM Richard Rapport has beaten GM Yu Yangyi on the top board in the ninth round at the World Junior Chess Championship currently on in Athens, Greece to take sole lead, according to a comprehensive chess report via Chessdom.
Rapport now has 7.5 points. Both Rapport and Yangyi were overnight leaders along with GM Alexander Ipatov. Ipatov pulled off a fighting draw against GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan. With this GM Ipatov is now sharing the second position at seven points with the other winners of the round: GM Aleksandr Shimanov and IM Conrad Holt.
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World Junior Chess - Ipatov, Yangyi, Rapport in Joint Lead; Nastassia Ziaziulkina Leads in Girls' Section
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The top seed and the leader of the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Ding Liren and Alexander Ipatov, split the point on the top board in round 8 following the rest day on Thursday, according to the latest chess news via Chessdom.
Ipatov continues to lead, but is now joined by Yu Yangyi and Richard Rapport from Hungary. Among the other players with 5,5 points, IM Debashis Das (India) and FM Peter Schreiner (Austria) held the higher rated players GM Aleksandr Shimanov (Russia) and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia), respectively.
GM Richard Rapport
IM Conrad Hold defeated the 3rd seed GM Yaroslav Zherebukh, while the modestly rated Mark Lapidus (2129) from Estonia beat the tough GM Salem A R Saleh from UAE. Lapidus started the tournament with two losses but then turned the trend and signed six consecutive wins.
Meanwhile, Reigning Belarus champion WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina singled out on the top of of the standings in the girls section of the World Junior Chess Championship. In round 8 Ziaziulkina defeated the top-seeded IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (Russia) to lift the count to 6.5 points. WIM Irina Bulmaga and the defending champion WGM Deysi Cori, also entering the day as joint leaders, drew their game and remained on the shared 2nd place.
WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina
In a mixed day for the Russian representatives, 3rd seed WGM Alina Kashlinskaya lost against WGM Guo Qi of China, but WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina scored against WIM Klara Varga from Hungary. Bulmaga, Cori, Qi, Goryachkina and WIM Meri Arabidze from Georgia share the second place with 6 points each. (Photos by Andreas Kontokanis)
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World Junior Chess in Athens R4: Only Yu Yangyi, Alexander Ipatov with Perfect Score
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The latest chess news from the World Junior Chess Championships 2012 in Athens, Greece, via Chessdom, is that GM Yu Yangyi and GM Alexander Ipatov are the only players who are leading with a perfect score after four rounds. Seeded 2nd and 6th respectively, they now lead the championship 1/2 points ahead of competition.
GM Ipatov employed a temporary piece sacrifice against GM Baron Tal to get solid initiative and closed the game in a convincing manner. GM Yu Yangyi waited patiently for a mistake by his opponent GM Jorge Cori in time trouble to conclude the game with a full point. The chasing pack shares the 3rd place with 3,5/4 and includes IM Sahaj Grover, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, GM Salem A R Saleh, FM Wei Yi, GM Aleksandr Shimanov, and GM Nils Grandelius.
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In a multitude of surprising results FM Stef Soors defeated GM Niclas Huschenbeth, FM Michael Kleinman won against his compatriot IM Eric Hansen, the untitled Spyridon Naoum held to a draw IM Evandro Amorim Barbosa, FM Aman Hambleton drew with IM Ulvi Bajarani, IM Leandro Krysa lost to the untitled Ioannis Stathopoulos.
The rating favorite GM Ding Liren was stunned yet another time, this round he was held to a draw by GM Yilmaz Mustafa. Both are now 1,5 points behind the leaders, sharing the position with 18 more players. However, with 9 more rounds to go the medals and top positions will be up for grabs until the very end.
The Open section of the World Junior Chess Championship presented excellent chess to the audience today, with 50 from the 65 boards finishing with a decisive result.
The girls section of the World Junior Chess Championship was close to having a sole leader. In difficult time trouble WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina could not score a full point against WIM Irina Bulmaga with the black pieces. The other leaders before the start of the round, WGM Guo Qi and IM Anastasia Bodnaruk, agreed to a draw. Now all of them share the first place together with the only winner from the chasing pack – WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina.
They are closely followed by a large group of players at 1/2 points distance – WGM Jovana Vojinovic, WFM Klaudia Kulon, WGM Alina Kashlinskaya, WIM Meri Arabidze, Wang Jue, WGM Deysi Cori, WGM Mona Khaled, WIM Monica Sihite Chelsie, WFM Aulia Medina Warda, Hanna-Marie Klek, WFM Irina Petrova, and Zoi Iordanidou.
Just like in the boys/open section, Round 4 turned out to be extremely combative for the girls. Except the top boards, the girls competition saw only 3 more draws, all other games finishing with decisive results. You can find lots of photos and information at the official website.
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World Junior Chess Round 3 - Top Seeds Sail Along
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
The world junior chess championships currently on in Athens, Greece, witnessed strong play on Day 3 as well. Yu Yangyi and Alexander Ipatov punished the risky play of their opponents, Aleksandar Indjic and Frode Urkedal respectively, to score victories on the top two tables in the Open section of the 2012 World Junior Chess Championships, according to the Chessdom report.
Salem A R Saleh (UAE) defeated the local representative Antonios Pavlidis in a model game from the black side of the Sicilian Sveshnikov, while the bronze medalist from 2011 WJCC Grover Sahaj won the Indian derby against Debashis Das. The former World U12 champion Wei Yi from China (2418) defeated another higher rated player, Grigoriy Oparin (2488) from Russia, to maintain the perfect score. GM Samvel Ter-SahakyanTop seeded players Ding Liren, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Richard Rapport and Alexandr Shimanov recovered from yesterday’s setbacks and signed confident victories.
All results WJCC Open / Standings OpenTop seed in the Girls section IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (2414) won a nice attacking game against the 8th-seeded Wang Jue from China.
The defending champion WGM Deysi Cori (2413) played another marathon game, this time against the reigning Belarus champion and 9th seed WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina. The endgame appeared to be equal but some precision was required. However, Cori erred and allowed white to set a Lucena bridge.
Jovana Vojinovic drew Alina Kashlinskaya, while Irina Bulmaga continued the winning row and defeated Lisa Schut.
Lateefah Messam-Sparks
WGM Guo Qi won rather quickly after her opponent Medina Warda Aulia forgot the Queen in the danger zone.
All results WJCC Girls / Standings Girls
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World Junior Chess Off to an Exciting Start
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The second round of the 2012 World Junior Chess Championships saw the first major upsets in the Open section as the top players started dropping the points, according to a comprehensive news report in Chessdom. The former World U12 champion (won on the Greek soil in 2010) and World School Champion in 2008 (Thessaloniki, also Greece) Wei Yi from China (2418) stunned the 4th-seeded GM Richard Rapport from Hungary (2605) with black pieces.
Alessio Valsecchi continued playing in excellent shape that brought him the 2nd place in the prestigious Kavala Open and defeated the 3rd-seeded GM Yaroslav Zherebukh.
GM Yu Yangyi
Gao Rui took a draw from his compatriot Ding Liren, the top seeded player in this section. Ryan Rhys Griffiths (IRL 2362) defeated Conrad Holt (USA 2498), while Firat Burak (TUR 2423) held GM Alexandr Shimanov (RUS 2596) to a draw.
Top seed in the Girls section IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (2414) did not allow any surprises and duly signed the 2nd victory. The defending champion WGM Deysi Cori (2413) had a much more difficult task as the former World U12 champion WFM Iulija Osmak put up a strong resistance, but the experience eventually prevailed and Cori won in the time trouble. Bogdana Nonkovic could not repeat the excellent feat from round 1 as she lost against WFM Medina Warda Aulia, but Ana Ivekovic from the neighboring Croatia shocked the local hope WIM Ekaterini Pavlidou.
WGM Guo Qi
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Asian Chess: Parimarjan Negi Wins on Tiebreak; Irene Sukandar Wins Women's Section
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,Here is the latest chess news update from the Asian Continental Chess Championships that have concluded in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi has won the Asian continental chess championship despite his final round loss to A R Saleh Salem of UAE.
Negi finished the tournament with 7 points and tied for the first place with Yu Yangyi of China. But in their direct encounter earlier in the championship, Negi had beaten Yangyi, which helped him win the gold medal.
Meanwhile, the Indian leader in the women's section, Mary Ann Gomes lost out on the gold by losing to Tan Zhongyi of China. A draw would have been enough for her to give the Indians a double. Irine Sukandar Kharisma of Indonesia won the women's section. For the record, in the men's section, Yangyi finished second, repeating his performance from last year and the third spot was bagged by Saleh on 6.5 points. In the women's section, Tan Zhongyi finished third.
Results final round open: A R Salem Saleh (Uae, 6.5) beat Parimarjan Negi (7); Le Quang Liem (Vie, 5.5) drew with Yu Yangyi (Chn, 7); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (5.5) drew with John Paul Gomez (Phi, 5.5); Xiu Deshun (Chn, 5.5) drew with M R Venkatesh (5.5); Wen Yang (Chn, 6) beat G N Gopal (4.5); Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vie, 5) beat Abhijeet Gupta (4); B Adhiban (5) beat Farid Firman Syah (Ina, 4); Nezad Husein Aziz (Qat, 4.5) drew with S P Sethuraman (4); Deepan Chakkravarthy (4) drew ith Le Quang Long (Vie, 4); Tran Tuan Minh (Vie, 3.5) drew with N Srinath (3.5).
Women's section: Tan Zhongyi (Chn, 6.5) beat Mary Ann Gomes (6.5); Irine Sukandar Kharisma (Ina, 7) beat Eesha Karavade (5.5); Padmini Rout (5.5) lost to Wang Jue (Chn, 6.5); Le Thanh Tu (Vie, 5.5) lost to Ding Yixin (Chn, 6.5); Pham Le Thao Nguyen (vie, 5) drew with Tania Sachdev (5); Guo Qi (Chn, 5.5) beat Swathi Ghate (4.5); Ni Shiqun (Chn, 5) drew with Nisha Mohota (5); Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vie, 3.5) lost to B Pratyusha (4.5); Kiran Manisha Mohanty (4.5) had a bye.
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