The Asian Individual Chess Championship 2021 will take place 21-30 May. 87 players (21 GMs and 21 IMs) will fight for 8 qualification spots for the FIDE World Chess Cup 2021.
This time the qualification event for the World Cup will not feature any Indian participants. The Covid-19 crisis that is unfolding in the country has prevented the India Chess Federation to field any players.
We had earlier slotted Chennai and Pune as the two cites which would host the players. But the lockdown meant that players from other cities couldn’t make it.
Bharat Singh Chauhan, AICF secretary in an interview with Prasad Ramasubramanian
Asian Continental 2021 is a hybrid event
The Asian Continental will be a hybrid format, with 9 rounds, Swiss system. The so-called “hybrid competition” is a new format where the games are played online, but the participants are physically present in a public place like a club, federation headquarters, hotel, etc. No fewer than two arbiters, a local chief arbiter, and a local technical arbiter must be present. If more than 10 players are in the playing venue, then additional arbiters are required one extra arbiter for each increase of one to 10 players. Cameras will be installed to give a panoramic view of the playing hall, and each player will be supervised by an individual camera as well. If the computers on which the games are played are not provided by the local organizer, a Zoom call with screen sharing is mandatory.
Hybrid chess is the new normal
Hybrid chess is thriving all around the world. Another two hybrid continental events – the European Qualification Chess Tournament (follow live here) and the American Continental Championship – are starting parallel to the Asian Continental event. Earlier this month we saw the hybrid version of Mitropa Cup 2021, where Italy impressed not only with quality chess, but also with their amazing venue.
Hybrid chess is a fantastic way to keep the community going through the difficult to travel times. At the same time over the board chess is making a slow comeback. We see the African Chess Championship 2021 being played OTB. Several children events in Serbia, Andorra, Romania, Nicaragua, etc are also making their way. Bulgaria impressed with an event with 262 players in the same hall.
Asian Continental 2021 participants
Top seeded are GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), GM Lu Shanglei (CHN) and GM Amin Tabatabaei (IRI). The prize fund of the event is 16.000$, with 5.000$ reserved for the 2021 Asian Champion. Here is the full list of players.
1 | GM | MAGHSOODLOO Parham | IRI | 2698 |
2 | GM | LU Shanglei | CHN | 2615 |
3 | GM | TABATABAEI M.Amin | IRI | 2613 |
4 | GM | YAKUBBOEV Nodirbek | UZB | 2605 |
5 | GM | XU Yinglun | CHN | 2554 |
6 | GM | MEGARANTO Susanto | INA | 2550 |
7 | GM | KUYBOKAROV Temur | AUS | 2549 |
8 | GM | GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan | IRI | 2547 |
9 | GM | SINDAROV Javokhir | UZB | 2544 |
10 | GM | BATCHULUUN Tsegmed | MGL | 2536 |
11 | GM | VAKHIDOV Jakhongir | UZB | 2533 |
12 | GM | VOKHIDOV Shamsiddin | UZB | 2529 |
13 | GM | GHOLAMI Aryan | IRI | 2513 |
14 | IM | MOUSAVI Seyed Khalil | IRI | 2510 |
15 | GM | LEI Tingjie | CHN | 2505 |
16 | GM | PRIASMORO Novendra | INA | 2502 |
17 | GM | Mosadeghpour Masoud | IRI | 2486 |
18 | IM | SONG Raymond | TPE | 2485 |
19 | IM | TIN Jingyao | SGP | 2482 |
20 | GM | ATABAYEV Maksat | TKM | 2475 |
21 | IM | LOU Yiping | CHN | 2472 |
22 | GM | NASANJARGAL Urtnasan | MGL | 2460 |
23 | SATTAROV Bobir | UZB | 2459 | |
24 | IM | TAHER Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2455 |
25 | GM | BILGUUN Sumiya | MGL | 2454 |
26 | Gholami Orimi Mahdi | IRI | 2430 | |
27 | IM | URAZAYEV Arystanbek | KAZ | 2429 |
28 | IM | MUNGUNTUUL Batkhuyag | MGL | 2428 |
29 | IM | ATABAYEV Saparmyrat | TKM | 2425 |
30 | IM | GAN-ERDENE Sugar | MGL | 2419 |
31 | IM | AGIBILEG Uurtsaikh | MGL | 2413 |
32 | GM | MURSHED Niaz | BAN | 2404 |
33 | IM | ABDYJAPAR Asyl | KGZ | 2403 |
34 | GM | HOSSAIN Enamul | BAN | 2402 |
35 | IM | ALI Muhammad Lutfi | INA | 2399 |
36 | IM | SETYAKI Azarya Jodi | INA | 2389 |
37 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | KAZ | 2381 |
38 | IM | ERVAN Mohamad | INA | 2356 |
39 | FM | AMARTUVSHIN Ganzorig | MGL | 2350 |
40 | FM | SIDDHARTH Jagadeesh | SGP | 2331 |
41 | WIM | NING Kaiyu | CHN | 2327 |
42 | IM | QUIZON Daniel | PHI | 2319 |
43 | FM | Atakhan Abtin | IRI | 2319 |
44 | IM | Miciano John Marvin | PHI | 2316 |
45 | IM | MOHAMMAD FAHAD Rahman | BAN | 2314 |
46 | FM | Lim Zhuo Ren | MAS | 2311 |
47 | IM | CONCIO Michael Jr. | PHI | 2297 |
48 | WGM | DAULETOVA Gulmira | KAZ | 2285 |
49 | FM | KAKABAYEV Mergen | TKM | 2285 |
50 | WIM | MUNKHZUL Turmunkh | MGL | 2278 |
51 | FM | ANDYKA Pitra | INA | 2276 |
52 | CM | ARFAN Aditya Bagus | INA | 2274 |
53 | FM | CHINGUUN Sumiya | MGL | 2269 |
54 | FM | SUBROTA Biswas | BAN | 2268 |
55 | ASUELA Ellan | PHI | 2248 | |
56 | IM | ABU SUFIAN Shakil | BAN | 2242 |
57 | ZHUKENOV Aituar | KAZ | 2241 | |
58 | FM | BAASANSUREN Erdene | MGL | 2229 |
59 | WIM | SERIKBAY Assel | KAZ | 2228 |
60 | WIM | NURGALI Nazerke | KAZ | 2217 |
61 | CM | LIYANAGE Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2203 |
62 | ITGELT Khuyagtsogt | MGL | 2184 | |
63 | IM | TARIGAN Gilbert Elroy | INA | 2149 |
64 | FM | DOLUWEERA Minul Sanjula | SRI | 2129 |
65 | AGM | Lopez Henry | PHI | 2107 |
66 | FM | DE SILVA L M S T | SRI | 2085 |
67 | FM | Navaratnam Rohan Shan Tze | MAS | 2071 |
68 | WFM | OVEZDURDIYEVA Jemal | TKM | 2061 |
69 | THEEKSHANA H G Denuwan | SRI | 2045 | |
70 | FM | AMILAL Munkhdalai | MGL | 2033 |
71 | ANAND Batsukh | MGL | 1965 | |
72 | Moulic Alfred | PHI | 1960 | |
73 | CM | BATBOLD Nyamsuren | MGL | 1954 |
74 | Bacojo Mark Jay | PHI | 1926 | |
75 | TSOGZOLMAA Nanjid | MGL | 1895 | |
76 | AL IBRAHIM Abdulrahman | KUW | 1776 | |
77 | LORENZO Kimuel Aaron O. | PHI | 1769 | |
78 | CM | TENUUNBOLD Battulga | MGL | 1753 |
79 | AGM | Arca Christian Gian Karlo | PHI | 1705 |
80 | MARTICIO Jeremy | PHI | 1695 | |
81 | WCM | BAYASGALAN Khishigbaatar | MGL | 1640 |
82 | ROMERO Gladimir Chester | PHI | 1519 | |
83 | ALJADI Hussain | KUW | 1257 | |
84 | AGAPAY Apollo P. | PHI | 1003 | |
85 | AL-ZAATARI Fares Thamer | KUW | 1002 | |
86 | Bayangat Arjie | PHI | 1001 | |
87 | Dano Jimmy | PHI | 1000 |
More information:
Asian Continental Chess Championship 2021 will be played in a hybrid format, 9 rounds, swiss system. The time control will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
Each round of the event will be played through Tornelo online platform, starting from 11:00 CEST.
Live games from the top boards will be daily on Chessdom.com.
