Sethuram Wins Asian Individual Chess 2016

Grandmaster Sethuram S.P. wins the 2016 Asian Individual Chess that happening in Tashkent Uzbekistan. GM Lee Quang Liem is a solid runner up, finished with 6.5/9 while Sethuram is at 7/9. Lee Quang Liem share his points with another six players and Wei Yi got the third place as tie break dictated.

TOP BOARD GAMES and PGN can be Access in official Website

Final Standings Asian Individual Chess 2016 :

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2647	7
2	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2718	6.5
3	GM	Wei Yi	CHN	2694	6.5
4	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	2582	6.5
5	GM	Sengupta Deep	IND	2543	6.5
6	GM	Lu Shanglei	CHN	2614	6.5
7	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2636	6.5
8	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2654	6.5
9	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2489	6.5
10	GM	Vakhidov Jahongir	UZB	2578	6
11	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2665	6
12	FM	Begmuratov Alisher	UZB	2371	6
13	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2551	6
14	FM	Hafiz Arif Abdul	INA	2348	5.5
32	IM	Cuhendi Sean Winshand	INA	2395	5
45	FM	Sonjaya Deni	INA	2310	4.5
52	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2527	4.5
53	IM	Wahono Awam	INA	2346	4.5
59	FM	Novita Anjas	INA	2346	4
61	IM	Firman Syah Farid	INA	2432	4
You find all details to this tournament under  http://chess-results.com/tnr222019.aspx?lan=1

While in Women section, new rising star WGM Bhakti Kulkarni , WGM Dinara Saduakassova and Soumya Swaminathan all finished with 7/9. Bhakti Kulkarni won the tie break and emerged as first winner.

Final Standings Asian Individual Chess Women 2016

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2296	7
2	WGM	Saduakassova Dinara	KAZ	2415	7
3	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2346	7
4	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2276	6
5	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2263	6
6	WIM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2173	6
7	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2459	6
8	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2442	6
23	WFM	Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia	INA	2127	4
You find all details to this tournament under  http://chess-results.com/tnr222020.aspx?lan=1
Chess-Tournament-Results-Server: Chess-Results

Pertarungan catur benua Asia tahun 2016 yang berlangsung di kota Tashkent negara Uzbekistan akhirnya dimenangkan pecatur-pecatur India. GM Sethuram dan WGM Bhakti Kulkarni menjuarai kelas Individu Asia dan Individu Wanita Asia. Beberapa pecatur Indonesia yang hadir dalam perebutkan ini dengan FM Abdul Arif Hafiz yang memperoleh nilai tertinggi 5.5/9. IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi di perolehan point tertinggi nomor dua 5/9. Sementara itu GM Susanto Megaranto dan teman-teman bertahan di angka "pak-pok" dengan nilai 4.5/9.

Berikut photo-photo turnamen Asian Individual di Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

All Photos from official gallery:

WFM Dewi Citra Anastasia Ardhiana, alias Dewi Citra A.A.

IM Awam Wahono

IM Farid Firmansyah

IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi

GM Susanto Megaranto

Australia chess player in Tashkent Asian Individual , Rebecca Stones

2nd runner up, Dinara Saduakassova

another Chinese chess talent, Yuan Ye

LIST OF ASIAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS :

Winners

Nr	Year	City	Winner
1	1998	Tehran	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)
2	2000	Udaipur	Xu Jun (China)
3	2001	Kolkata	Xu Jun (China)
4	2003	Doha	Krishnan Sasikiran (India)
5	2005	Hyderabad	Zhang Zhong (China)
6	2007	Cebu City	Zhang Pengxiang (China)
7	2009	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India)
8	2010	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Ni Hua (China)
9	2011	Mashhad	Pendyala Harikrishna (India)
10	2012	Ho Chi Minh City	Parimarjan Negi (India)
11	2013	Manila	Li Chao (China)
12	2014	Sharjah	Yu Yangyi (China)
13	2015	Al Ain	Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE)
14	2016	Tashkent	S.P. Sethuraman (India)

Women's winners

1	1981	Hyderabad	Rohini Khadilkar (India)
2	1983	Kuala Lumpur	Rohini Khadilkar (India)
3	1985	Dhaka	Anupama Gokhale (India)
4	1987	Hyderabad	Anupama Gokhale (India)
5	1991	Bhopal	Bhagyashree Thipsay (India)
6	1996	Salem	Tamin Upi Darmayana (Indonesia)
7	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Xu Yuhua (China)
8	2000	Udaipur	Hoang Thanh Trang (Vietnam)
9	2001	Chennai	Li Ruofan (China)
10	2003	Kozhikode	Humpy Koneru (India)
11	2004	Beirut	Wang Yu (China)
12	2007	Tehran	Tania Sachdev (India)
13	2009	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Zhang Xiaowen (China)
14	2010	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Atousa Pourkashian (Iran)
15	2011	Mashhad	Harika Dronavalli (India)
16	2012	Ho Chi Minh City	Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia)
17	2013	Manila	Huang Qian (China)
18	2014	Sharjah	Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia)
19	2015	Al Ain	Mitra Hejazipour (Iran)
20	2016	Tashkent	Bhakti Kulkarni (India)

Daftar Turnamen FIDE Rated Open di Malaysia 2016

Negara tetangga kita di Malaysia memiliki aktifitas turnamen catur berating FIDE yang cukup padat. Beberapa turnamen catur di Malaysia menjadi alternatif pecatur Indonesia untuk meraih rating dan norma gelar. Berikut daftar turnamen-turnamen catur di Malaysia yang dilansir website resminya, hanya turnamen Open rated yang kami tayangkan di sini. Kiranya bisa menarik perhatian pecatur-pecatur Indonesia.

Daftar Turnamen FIDE Rated Open di Malaysia 2016

DATES	NATIONAL EVENT	VENUE
16-20 Mar	The Malaysian Championships (NCC2016)	KK Sabah
23-24 April	4th MRSM Sabah FIDE Rapid International Open 2016	MRSM Sabah KK
20-26 April	Malaysian Masters 2016 (FIDE Standard)	Kuala Lumpur
28 April – 2 May	43rd Selangor Open 2016 (FIDE Standard)	Selangor
9-19 Sept 2016	Malaysia Chess Festival 2016 (Dato' Arthur Tan Open Chess)	Kuala Lumpur
3-9 Dec	7th Penang Heritage City Int Chess Open 2016 (FIDE Standard)	Penang
12-17 Dec	3rd Johor International Chess Open 2016 (FIDE Standard)	Johor

Asian Continental Championship 2016 - Round 2 Farid Kalahkan Lu Shanglei

Kejuaraan catur tingkat Asia yaitu Asian Continental Championship kembali berlangsung. Untuk edisi tahun 2016 ini turnamennya dilangsungkan di kota Tashkent negara Uzbekistan. Berlangsung dari tanggal 25 May hingga 5 June 2016, Asian Continental Championship 2016 mempertarungkan kategori Open dan Women. Sekitar 7 pecatur putera Indonesia plus satu pecatur puteri, Dewi Citra A.A., turun ke turnamen catur bergengsi tingkat Asia ini.

Di kateogri open, seed teratas dipimpin oleh pecatur Vietnam Grandmaster Lee Quang Liem. Bersama dengan mantan juara dunia catur FIDE GM Rustam Kashimdzhanov, mereka berdua adalah pecatur berating 2700+ on the field. Membayangi mereka adalah GM Wei Yi, Ni Hua, Baskoro Adhiban dan masih banyak lagi. Sebanyak 9 rounds akan dipertarungkan. Tournament Asian Continental Championship 2016 inipun menjadi ajang continental yang paling kuat dibanding tahun-tahun lalu.

Pecatur Indonesia yang hadir bertarung di Tashkent 2016 adalah :
GM Susanto Megaranto, IM Farid Firmansyah, IM Sean Winshend C., FM Hafiz Arif Abdul, IM Awam Wahono, FM Deni Sonjaya, FM Anjas Novita, + WFM Dewi Citra Anastasia Ardhiani. Round 1, beberapa pecatur Indonesia mengalahkan lawan mereka. Yang seru adalah di round 2, GM Megaranto Susanto langsung bertemu "nemesis" nya di tingkat Asean, yaitu Lee Quang Liem. Kedua pecatur sudah beberapa kali bertemu. Lee Quang Liem yang sekarang memperdalam ilmu catur di USA dibawah sayap GM Susan Polgar akhirnya yang kembali memenangkan duel catur antara mereka berdua. Namun partai catur panas Megaranto ini berakhir dengan bangunan dramatis, ada 4 Menteri, di posisi akhirnya. Mari kita simak:

Partai Catur GM Megaranto Susanto vs GM Lee Quang Liem 0-1, Tashkent 2016

a rare chess ending with 4 queens appeared on board in grandmaster level,

GM Susanto Megaranto vs GM Lee Quang Liem Tashkent 2016

Sedangkan kabar gembira dipetik oleh FM Farid Firmansyah yang menang melawan GM Lu Shanglei. Walaupun sempat ditekan oleh pecatur dari negara Tiongkok, Farid Firmansyah memanfaatkan blunder terakhir dari Lu dan menang.

Partai Catur GM Lu Shanglei vs FM Farid Firmansyah 0-1, Tashkent 2016

Kedudukan klasemen hingga round 2:
Asian Continental Championship 2016 , standings after round 2:
1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2718 2,0
GM Wei Yi CHN 2694 2,0
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2658 2,0
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2654 2,0
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2647 2,0
GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2625 2,0
GM Wen Yang CHN 2611 2,0
GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2582 2,0
GM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2578 2,0
GM Gao Rui CHN 2556 2,0 0,0 2,0
GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2551 2,0
GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2528 2,0
FM Igonin Temur UZB 2474 2,0
IM Firman Syah Farid INA 2432 2,0
complete list  at chess-results.com

Asian Continental Championship 2016, Women standings after round 2:
1 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2336 2,0
WIM Gong Qianyun SIN 2293 2,0
WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 2276 2,0
4 IM Guo Qi CHN 2447 1,5
IM Padmini Rout IND 2433 1,5
IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2348 1,5
WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2296 1,5
WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2263 1,5
9 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 2442 1,5
WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2304 1,5
Li Xueyi CHN 2105 1,5
complete list at chess-results.com

Pairing untuk round 3 para pecatur Indonesia di Tashkent adalah :
GM Wen Yang vs IM Farid Firmansyah
FM Kholmirzaev Bakhodir vs GM Susanto Megaranto
IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi vs Eminjonov Muzzaffarjon
IM Awam Wahono vs GM Murali Karthikeyan
FM Novita Anjas vs GM Tsegmed Batchuluun
FM Deni Sonjaya vs IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin
Xu Yinglun vs FM Hafiz Arif Abdul
WFM Sultana Sharmin Shirin vs WFM Dewi Citra Anastasia Ardhiani

Partai catur di Asian Continental Chess 2016 bisa disaksikan LIVE di chessbomb dan official website, sekitar pukul 17;00 WIB.

Irene Kharisma Sukandar vs IM Almira Skripchenko - Ekatama Women Chess Match 2016 Jakarta

UPDATED. Over the year, there were women chess exhibition happening in Jakarta, Indonesia. Notable women chess players has been invited to Jakarta to play an exhibition match against home player. Players such as Nana Alexandria, all the way to Judit Polgar (vs Utut Adianto in 1995/96), Alexandra Kosteniuk, Hou Yifan and many others, had been invited to Jakarta in the past.

In 2016, this women chess exhibition is held in Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto (Utut Adianto Chess School) Ballroom in Bekasi City. The players in action are IM Almira Skripchenko, French National champion, against Indonesian best known women chess player, IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar. Lately Irene has join Susan Polgar team in St Louis USA. Her holiday comeback is fully chess activity as done in this event right now. The event was 2 rounds classical chess and 2 rounds of rapid chess.

The event held from 18 May to 21 May 2016. As reported, the game should be in classical time control. The first round is reportedly a draw:

Duel catur IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar (INA) vs IM Almira Skripchenko (FRA) 1/2-1/2, Bekasi 2016

The other game was rather weird, where IM Almira got plus advantage but made several weak moves.

UPDATED : The other games:
Partai Catur IM Almira Skripchenko vs IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar 1/2-1/2, Jakarta 2016


The match is reported as Irene winning with 2.5-1.5 , but can't confirmed this at the moment.

duel catur wanita antara 

Irene K. Sukandar vs Almira Skripchenko Round 1

photo by fellow chess player Dewi A.A. Citra in social media

round 2 - Almira Skripchenko vs Irene Kharisma Sukandar

photo by pak Djoni Chess posted in social media

The event sponsored by SCUA - Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto and Ekatama Group. Info :

Pertandingan Catur antara Women Grand Master Almira Skripchenko dengan Women Grand Master Irene Kharisma (alumni Sekolah Catur UTUT ADIANTO) dgn total hadiah Rp 91 juta (yang menang Rp 52 juta , yang kalah Rp 39 juta) 2 babak catur standard dan 2 babak catur cepat di Golden Ballroom Sekolah Catur UTUT ADIANTO , Bekasi pada hari Kamis tgl 19 Mei 2016 berakhir REMIS .