Friday, April 29, 2011

2011 Asian Cities Chess Round 9: Shi Jiazhuang dominate Asian Cities Chess Championship !! Individual board medalist ???

Shi Jiazhuang with Chao Li ' s 8 out 9 performance on board 2 dominate the 2011 Asian Cities Chess Championship three full points ahead of runner-up Astana and five points ahead of defending champion Tehran in the overall final standings.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

2011 Asian Cities Chess Round 8: Shi Jiazhuang clinch Asian Cities Chess Championship !! Astana; second

Shi Jianzhuang defeated Palembang 3.5: 0.5 in the eight round to clinch the 2011 Asian Chess Team Championship with still one round remaining.

2011 Asian Cities Chess Round 7: Seoul score 1st victory ; Shi Jiazhuang, Astana maintain 1-2 positions.

An 11-year old girl and an 11-year old boy led Seoul,South Korea to upset Singapore 2.5 : 1.5 in the seventh round of the Asian Cities Chess Championship;

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

2011 Asian Cities Chess Championship Round 5: Shi Jiazhuang, now two points ahead!

Shi Jiazhuang City  live up to its high billing by winning its fifth straight match to grab the solo lead after five rounds of the Asian Cities ChessChampionship held in Jakarta,Indonesia. 

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

2011 Asian Cities Chess Championship Round 4: Top seed battle for the lead !! Indonesian teams shows might




Top seed Shi Jiazhuang City  relied again on their lower board to edge fourth seed Tehran ,Iran 2.5 : 1.5 while Astana dealt Tagaytay City their second loss 2.5 : 1.5 .

Sunday, April 24, 2011

2011 Asian Cities Chess Championship Round 3: Shi Jiazhuang, 2 other shares lead .

City of Shi Jiazhuang scored a convincing 3:1 victory against host Jakarta to share the lead with Astana and Tehran after three rounds of the Asian Chess Team Championship.

2011 Asian Cities Chess Championship Round 2 : Palembang ,Indonesia upset all GM Tagaytay City,Philippine team.



Palembang,Indonesia scored the first major, major upset in the Asian Cities Chess Championship winning against the second seed Tagaytay City 2.5: 1.5 in round 2.

2011 Asian Cities Chess Championship Round 1 : Philippines blanks Tarakan,Indonesia shares early lead


The Asian Cities Chess Championship is being held in Jakarta,Indonesia from April 22-29,2011. A total US$ 24,000 are at stakes with the champion getting US$10,000 ; 2nd US$6,000 ; 3rd place US$ 4,000 ; 4th place US$ 2,500 and 5th place US$ I,500.