World Youth Chess Championship 2010; 15 out of 36 Medals for Asian Players!!!

Asian Chess Players gather 15 out of 36 medals at stake in the
2010 World Youth Chess Championship held 19,October-31 2010 at Halkidiki,Greece. The strong European Chess Players got 16 medals. Players from the American Continents got only 5 medals.

FEDERATION-ASIAN     GOLD            SILVER         BRONZE          TOTAL

1.CHINA                            2                    0                     0                        2
2.KAZAKHSTAN              1                    1                     1                        3
3.MONGOLIA                   1                    0                     0                        1
4.INDIA                             0                    3                     3                        6
5.VIETNAM                      0                    1                     1                        2
6.IRAN                              0                    1                     0                        1

TOTAL                             4                     6                     5                        15

16th ASIAN Games; Chess Competition starts 13th November,2010

Competition in the 16th Asian Games will start on November 13,2010 in Guangzhou,China. Competition will be in Men & Women Sections. Individual Competition will be Rapid games with 25 minutes and 10 seconds increments for each players scheduled 13th-16th November,2010.  Team Competition 17th - 26th ,November 2010.Time control will be 90 minutes + 30 seconds increments for each players.

Philippine's Marie Antoinette San Diego , 4th ASEAN Primary Schools Sports Olympiad Girls Champ

Marie Antoinette San Diego,2010 Palarong Pambansa ,gold medalist, won the 4th ASEAN  Primary Schools Individual Girl's title held in Indonesia, November 5-10,2010. San Diego finished with 4 points out of 5 games to edge Vietnam's Nguyen Thanh Thuy Thien in a tie break.

Final Standings

1st   Marie Antoinette San Diego  (PHI)           4.0             12.0
2nd  Nguyen Thanh Thuy Thien    (VIE)           4.0             10.5
3rd   Nur Nahija Bt Asman Hisham (MAS)       3.5             15
4th    Dita Karenza                      (INA-2)         3.5              13
5th   Nichelle Ho En Ying            (SIN)             2.0 
6th    Angela Natasha                  (INA-1)         1.5            13
7th   Parahita Miliyana                 (INA-3)         1.5             11
8th   Syasya Badrina binti Badarudir (BRU)       0