2010 AsianGames Chess Teams Championship; China,3 other shares lead.

Top seed China demolished Philippines 3:0, to lead the march of the seeded team  after 2 rounds of the 2010 Asian Games Chess Team Championship held at the Guangzhou Chess Institute,China. 2nd seed India spank Uzbekistan 4:0 while number 3 seed Kazakhstan dumped Qatar 2.5:1.5. South East Asian champion and 4th seed Vietnam rout Iran 3.5: 0.5. They shared the lead with perfect 4.0 match points.The championship will be held in two phases.The first phase is a 7 round Swiss System to determine the 4 qualifiers for the semi-final,to be decided by the number of match points.The second phase is the Match between Rank 1 and Rank 4 and the match between Rank 2 and Rank 3. The two winners will play the finals on November 26,2010.

TOURNAMENT RULES & REGULATIONS IN BLITZ CHESS

GENERAL REGULATIONS

1. The playing schedule should be distributed to the players before the start of the first round.Any changes in schedule should be announced by the Chief Arbiter.
2. No postponement of games is allowed.
3. The rate of play except  of tie-breaks, is    G 3' +  2"  ( 3 minutes for a game for a player with an increment of 2 seconds per move)
4. The rate of play in the tie-breaks is 4 minute for White and 3 minutes for Black for a game,with an increment of 1 second per move.
5. The tournament is played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess.
6. The game is lost by a player who arrives at the chessboard after his flag has fallen.
7. Players are kindly requested to keep silence at the tournament hall .Players who will not comply with this request may receive the following penalties:

•           official warning
•           time penalty (reduction of time by 50% in the next game
•           exclusion from the pairings of the next round

    8.   Chief Arbiter's decision are final.

SYSTEM OF PLAY

All participants play in double round ( revenge with color reverse) Swiss Tournament.

The standings determined by:

• number of scored points
• Buccholz without the best and the weakest opponent
• Buccholz (full)
• number of wins
• progressive scores

TIE-BREAK MATCHES
The player will play only one game. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color .In case of a draw the player with the Black pieces wins the tie-break match.

Blitz Game between Computers and Human Players

Blitz chess usually narrows the difference in playing strength between computer programs and superior human player. This is because chess played at high speeds tends to be much more tactical in nature than serious tournament games,and computers play better tactically (relative to human) than they do strategically. For one thing,human players are to more likely than computer programs to overlook shallows combinations or even leave pieces en prise.
The rules for Blitz games between computer program and humans usually give the human player 5 minutes for all of his moves while the program is costrained to play at 3 seconds per move.

Rustam Kazimdshanov,of Uzbekistan wins gold in Men's Rapid Chess!

The Men's Rapid Chess competition of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou,China ended with a brilliant victory for Rustam Kazimdshanov of Uzbekistan. He finished undefeated with a score of 7.5/9 the same score of the top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam. Kazimdshanov won the tie break by the winner over the other.Le Quang Liem settle for the silver medal. GM Bu Xiangzhi of host China got the bronze medal wit  6.5/9 scores,the same score of 2006 Doha Asian Games gold medalist Murtas Kashgaleyevof Kazakshtan. Bu also won the tie break by the winner over the other rules. Meanwhile, the Philippines top bet 17 years old GM Wesley So,seeded number 5 at the start of the tournament and GM Joey Antonio inserted in the line up ,fails to surpass or even match the 8th place finish of GM Darwinn Laylo in the 2006 Doha Asian Games edition.So finished 14th over-all,while Antonio place 13th with 5.5 points .

Asian Games - Individual Rapid chess - Men
Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
Rk.			Name		Rtg		FED		Pts.		TB1		TB2	TB3
1	GM		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2685		UZB		7.5		1		2623	49
2	GM		Le Quang Liem		2689		VIE		7.5		0		2631	49
3	GM		Bu Xiangzhi		2680		CHN		6.5		1		2598	47
4	GM		Kazhgaleyev Murtas		2623		KAZ		6.5		0		2580	44
5	GM		Ganguly Surya Shekhar		2644		IND		6		0		2626	48
6	GM		Sadvakasov Darmen		2627		KAZ		6		0		2595	49
7	GM		Megaranto Susanto		2528		INA		6		0		2550	45
8	FM		Battulga Namkhai		2428		MGL		6		0		2505	39
9	GM		Sasikiran Krishnan		2688		IND		5.5		0		2639	47
10	GM		Filippov Anton		2620		UZB		5.5		0		2577	46
11	GM		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		2628		VIE		5.5		0		2573	45
12	GM		Al-Sayed Mohammed		2502		QAT		5.5		0		2562	43
13	GM		Antonio Rogelio Jr		2573		PHI		5.5		0		2466	40
14	GM		So Wesley		2669		PHI		5		0		2543	44
15	GM		Ni Hua		2633		CHN		5		0		2520	42
16			Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan		2472		MGL		5		0		2500	40
17	GM		Moradiabadi Elshan		2575		IRI		5		0		2485	42
18	GM		Ghaem Maghami Ehsan		2593		IRI		5		0		2478	40
19	FM		Minhazuddin Ahmed		2350		BAN		5		0		2406	40
20	GM		Murshed Niaz		2429		BAN		5		0		2390	38
21	FM		Kojima Shinya		2329		JPN		5		0		2343	35
22	GM		Al-Modiahki Mohamad		2562		QAT		4.5		0		2556	41
23	GM		Salem A R  Saleh		2518		UAE		4.5		0		2508	40
24	IM		Hassan Abdullah		2398		UAE		4.5		0		2501	39
25	FM		Mohammad Samir		2361		SYR		4.5		0		2391	35
26	GM		Odeev Handszar		2405		TKM		4.5		0		2384	40
27	IM		Al- Qudaimi Basheer		2406		YEM		4.5		0		2334	36
28	IM		Al-Zendani Zendan		2398		YEM		4		0		2460	38
29	FM		Shrestha Bilam Lal		2138		NEP		4		0		2419	36
30	IM		Kakageldyev Amanmurad		2400		TKM		4		0		2382	36
31	FM		Tologontegin Semetey		2330		KGZ		4		0		2332	37
32	IM		Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed		2349		IRQ		4		0		2327	31
33	FM		Ahmed Abdul Sattar Abdulwhhab		2309		IRQ		4		0		2283	35
34			Lee Kiyul		1945		KOR		4		0		2283	32
35			Nepali Badrilal		2102		NEP		3.5		1.5		2322	33
36	CM		Lee Sanghoon		2132		KOR		3.5		1		2336	32
37			Shukuraliev Algis		2376		KGZ		3.5		0.5		2299	33
38	IM		Mok Tze-Meng		2394		MAS		3		0		2432	40
39			Yamada Kohei		2091		JPN		3		0		2250	31
40			Mohamed Hassan		1780		MDV		3		0		2102	29
41	FM		Malkawi Fadi		2089		JOR		3		0		2073	28
42			Modallal Tarek		2028		LIB		3		0		2046	27
43			Alshoha Basel		2106		JOR		2.5		0		2350	36
44			Mikati Hani		0		LIB		2.5		0		2075	28
45			Abdul Rahman Ali		1936		MDV		2		0		2098	29

16th Asian Games Individual Rapid Chess-Women Competition;Final Standings

Asian Games - Individual Rapid chess - Women   Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds Rk.     Name   Rtg   FED   Pts.    TB1   TB2 1 GM   Hou Yifan    2591   CHN   8.5   0   2354 2 GM   Zhao Xue    2474   CHN   7.5   0   2332 3 IM   Harika Dronavalli    2525   IND   6.5   0   2328 4 WIM   Pham Le Thao Nguyen    2337   VIE   6   0.5   2348 5 WGM   Bathimeg Tuvshintugs    2327   MGL   6   0.5   2177 6 IM   Tania Sachdev    2385   IND   5.5   0   2305 7 WGM   Hoang Thi Bao Tram    2271   VIE   5.5   0   2301 8 GM   Zhu Chen    2477   QAT   5.5   0   2285 9 WIM   Muminova Nafisa    2360   UZB   5.5   0   2228 10 WGM   Paridar Shadi    2253   IRI   5.5   0   2183 11 WFM   Hallaeva Bahar    2184   TKM   5.5   0   1938 12 WGM   Sukandar Irine Kharisma    2382   INA   5   0   2275 13 WCM   Enkhtuul Altanulzii    2121   MGL   5   0   2131 14 WGM   Geldyeva Mekhri    2279   TKM   5   0   2117 15 WIM   Nakhbayeva Guliskhan    2209   KAZ   5   0   2087 16     Nodirjano A Nodira    2149   UZB   5   0   1884 17 WGM   Pourkashiyan Atousa    2367   IRI   4.5   0   2161 18 WIM   Dauletova Gulmira    2263   KAZ   4.5   0   2154 19     Mir Mahmoud Afamia    2010   SYR   4.5   0   1985 20 WFM   Shamima Akter Liza    2161   BAN   4.5   0   1955 21 WFM   Uchida Narumi    1834   JPN   4.5   0   1883 22 WCM   Nur Nabila Azman Hisham    1845   MAS   4   0   2058 23 WIM   Ibrahim Delbak Ismael    1929   IRQ   4   0   1926 24     Sultana Sharmin Shirin    1998   BAN   4   0   1903 25     Al-Jeldah Fatemah    0   SYR   4   0   1887 26 WFM   Al-Zarouni Kholoud Essa    1864   UAE   4   0   1877 27     Nuimat Rayah    0   JOR   4   0   1763 28     Boshra Alshaeby    1807   JOR   4   0   1696 29 WFM   Bakri Alia Anin Azwa    1953   MAS   3.5   0   1964 30 WIM   Saleh Nora Mohd    1884   UAE   3.5   0   1888 31 WFM   Mohammed Qane jannar Worya    1901   IRQ   3.5   0   1823 32 WFM   Al-Khelaifi Salama    1761   QAT   3.5   0   1712 33 WCM   Byun Sungwon    1612   KOR   3.5   0   1623 34     Kim Hyoyoung    1355   KOR   3.5   0   1578 35     Adhikari Asmita    0   NEP   3   0   1817 36     Nusra Abdul Rahman    0   MDV   2   0   1753 37     Khamboo Monalisa    1877   NEP   1   0   1552 38     Moomina Mohamed    0   MDV   0   0   1512