2011 Dapitan City Palarong Pambansa Chess FINAL STANDINGS: Gold for STCAA Elem Girls team!! Ilocos Region leads High School Girls , Southern Tagalog High School Boys takes lead, blanks IRAA . Central Visayas upset National Capital Region

Updates !! Southern Tagalog chess teams won the overall chess championship in the 2011 Palarong Pambansa. Southern Tagalog won the gold medals in the High School Boys and the Elementary Girls Division to denied the National Capital Region a six straight over all chess title.

2011 Asian Youth Chess Champioship: Subic Freeport,Olongapo City , Philippines

The 2011 Asian Youth Chess Championship organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation start May 15,2011 at the Subic Exhibition and Convention Center at Subic Freeport,Olongapo City , Philippines. The championship will be played in six categories for players under 8  , 10  , 12  ,  14  ,  16  ,  18  years old  in the Open and Girls competition.

The championship will be played in 7 or 9 Rounds Swiss System defending on the number of participants in each categories ( 7 rounds for 16 or few players and 9 rounds for more than 16 players). Medals  will be awarded to the top 5 players in each categories with the champions of all categories shall be awarded the title of FIDE Master (Women FM).The Under 18 and under 16 champions shall also receive an IM (WIM) norm equivalent to 9 games. A total of more than 260 players from 18 Asians countries confirm their participation with India sending the largest entries with 44 players and Vietnam with 31 players. Host Philippines with 24 players are expected to field more entries before the start of the championship.

2011 Asian Individual Open Blitz Chess Championship : Three way tie for first ; Barbosa ,7th place

Final Standings

1. Krishnan Sasikiran                       7.0 points
2. Wesley So                                   7.0
3. Bu Xiangzhi                                 7.0
4. Lu Shanglei                                  6.5
5. Yu Yangyi                                   6.5
6. Rustam Kasimdzhanov                 6.5
7. Oliver Barbosa                            6.5

2011 FIDE Candidates Matches: Grischuk , Kramnik won in tie breaker makes it to the semi -final

Vladimir Kramnik defeated Teimour Radjabov 2 : 0 in the second set of the five minutes Blitz tie breaker to advance in the semi-final round of the FIDE Candidate Matches . The first set of the Blitz tie breaker ended in a 1 : 1 all draw with both player winning with the White pieces.

2011 Asian Individual Open Chess Round 9: Harikrishna takes title; Yu Yangyi falters, finished second

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Harikrishna , P (IND)               6.5 points      2615    US$ 5,000.00
2. YuYangyi   (CHN)                     6.5 points      2607   US $ 5,000.00
3. Truong Son,N N  (VIE)            6.5 points      2547   US $  5,000.00
4. Jumabayev,R (KAZ)                  6.0 points  

2011 Asian Individual Open Chess Championship Round 8: Yu Yangyi increased lead ; Bu - So draw in 32 moves! Paragua loss to Negi .

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 8

6.5 pointer ---     Yu Yangyi
5.5 pointers ---    Bu Xiangzhi ; P Harikrishna ; K Sasikiran ; Zhao Jun ;
                           Nguyen Ngoc Tuong Son
5.0 pointers ---    Rinat Jumabayev ; Lu Shanglei ; Parimarjan Negi
                            Elshan Moradiabadi ; Surya Ganguly ; Wesley So
                            Rustam Kasimdzhanov
4.5 pointers ---     Oliver Barbosa ; B Adhiban ; Wen Yang

2011 Asian Individual Open Chess Championship Round 7 : Yu Yangyi maintains lead ; So ,Paragua closes in ,Top 4 finish still within reach.

 Yu Yangyi's second straight draw,this time against Krishnan Sasikiran was enough to maintain his hold of the lead after seven rounds of the Asian Individual Open Chess Championship. Philippines top bet Wesley So and Mark Paragua beat their respective opponents to up their score to 4.5

2011 Asian Individual Open Chess Round 6 : Yu Yangyi retains solo leadership!

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 6

5.0 pointer ---            Yu Yangyi (CHN)

4.5 pointers ---          P Harikrishna (IND) ; K Sasikiran (IND) ; 

4.0 pointers ---          Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) ; P Negi (IND) ;  R Jumabayev (KAZ) ;
                                  B Adhiban ( IND) ;   Yang Wen (CHN) ;  E Moradiabadi (IRI)