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

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

District II Win Golds at the 2010 Manila Division Meet

The District II  High School Boy's and Girl's team clinched the gold medal at the 2010 Manila Division of City Schools ChessMeet held in Manila Science High School October 4-9,2010.The team of District II High School Boy,s  (Board 1 Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar,Mattew Palomata,Ares Anthony Ocampo,Jules Salazar and Marc Kristoffer Baltazar) won four matches and one draw.Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar ,12-year old 1st year High School student of F.G.Calderon High School allowed only one draw through out the tournament to emerged Board 1 Champion. He defeated Nesruben Usay (D-III);Charles Somera(D-V);John Reiner Ignacio (D-I) and Jan Ron Rubias (D-IV) with the only draw against District VI Jefferson Saltorio.       District II High School Girl,s team sweep all it matchess to secured the gold medal.Jean Paula delaCruz of Lakandula High School emerged Board 2 champion while Angelica Salac of F.G. Calderon High School took the gold medal in Board 3. Ma. Mae Belle San Juan of Ramon Magsaysay High School(Espana) won the gold in Board 1 as District II top board 1 player  Jan Ira dela Cruz lost to D-I Alyssa Magpayo.Another round robin among the gold medalist in all board to select the top two boys and girls that will battle the top two private school champion in the Manila meet. Board 1 champion Melwyn Kenneth easily defeated Board 2 champion Matthew Palomata,Board 3 champion John Ray Edaquio of D-I and Board 4 championMichael Jadullo of D-5 to crowned over-all champion. Matthew Palomata finished second.In the Girls division Board 2 Jean Paula dela Cruz defeated Board 1 Champion Mae-Bell San Juan  and board 3 champion Angelica Salac for the over-all Girls crown ,she will be joined  by Mae-Belle San Juan in the Manila Meet against the top 2 players from the private schools.

F.G. Calderon HS wins 2010 ManilaDistrict Meet

F.G. Calderon High School led by brothers Melwyn Kenneth and Marc Kristoffer Baltazar won the 2010 Manila District Meet. The team finished two points ahead of Sergio Osmena High School. The tournament were held in Lakandula High School, Tondo,Manila. The time control was one hour and five minute for the games.The last round saw the clash between the two leading teams,F.G. Calderon High School and F.Torres High School. Melwyn Kenneth did his job and defeated Rogie Ford Manalad with black.Marc Kristoffer Baltazar also did well by beating Jayson Quimson also with the black pieces.Arnuel Sevilla did the same against Adolfo Jacobo in Board three.Ares Ocampos prevented a shut-up win for Calderon HS by beating John Co in Board 4.

2010  MANILA DISTRICT MEET CHAMPIONSHIP   (BOYS DIVISION)

NO.      SCHOOL                                                         PTS.

1.         F.G. CALDERON HIGH SCHOOL                 15.0

2.         SERGIO OSMENA HIGH SCHOOL               13.0

3.         LAKANDULA HIGH SCHOOL                       11.5

4.         F. TORRES HIGH SCHOOL                             10.0

5.         M.L.Q.HIGH SCHOOL                                      7.0

6.         J.P.LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL                             3.5


INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION

BOARD  1           

GOLD-           Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar                 F.G.Calderon HS              5.0 / 5     100%
SILVER-         Jules Salazar                                     J.P. Lauerel HS                 3.0 / 5       60%
BRONZE-       Donico Castillo                                 Lakandula  HS                   2.5/ 5        50%

BOARD  2

GOLD-          Matthew Palomata                            S.Osmena HS                     5.0/ 5   100%
SILVER-        Marc Kristoffer Baltazar                    F.G.Calderon HS                4.0 /5     80%
Bronze-          Kenneth Pelayo                                  Lakandula HS                     3.0/5      60%

BOARD  3

GOLD-         Ray Anasco                                        Lakandula HS                      4.0/5     80%
SILVER-       Arnuel Sevilla                                     F.G.Calderon HS                  4.0/5     80%
BRONZE-     Sherwin Grabillo                                M.L Q HS                             2.5/ 5    50%

BOARD  4

GOLD-       Ares Ocampos                                     F.Torres HS                           4.0/5     80%
SILVER      Peter Glinoga                                        M.L.Q. HS                             3.5/5     70%
BRONZE-   Arnest Aquino                                      S.Osmena HS                         3.0/5     60%

Round 1

Osmena High School won by 4-0 scores by technicality  . The No Coach No Play rules, Greg Reposo ,coach of Torres High School came in more than 30 minutes late and all the game was declare won by default for Osmena High School.

OSMENA HIGH SCHOOL               vs        TORRES HIGH SCHOOL

Bd.1 Richard Balsalubre                     Rogieforf Manalad             (1-0)
Bd.2 Mathew Palomata                      Jayson Quimson                (1-0)
Bd.3 Lebantino                                  Adolfo Jacobo                   (1-0)
Bd.4 Arnest Aquino                           Ares Ocampo                    (1-0)

                                                                                                 4   :   0

 Defending champion F.G.Calderon with Palarong Pambansa Gold medalist Melwyn Kenneth  Baltazar and brother Marc Kristofffer Baltazar playing Bd 1 and 2 are again favored to win the title.
 
F.G.CALDERON HIGH SCHOOL       VS       M.L QUEZON HIGH SCHOOL

Bd 1.  Melwyn Kenneth Baltazar                       John Andagan               1-0             
Bd. 2  Marc Kristoffer Baltazar                        Joshua Co                      1-0
Bd 3.  Arnuel Sevilla                                        Sherwin Gravillo             1-0
Bd 4.  John Co                                                Peter Glinoga                  0-1

                                                                                                         3.0  :  1.0

Perennial title contender Lakandula High School coach by Del Tangco is seeded 2nd in the tournament and expected to fight it out with Calderon High School for the title.

LAKANDULA HIGH SCHOOL       VS      J.P.LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL

Bd.1   Donico Castillo                                   Jules Salazar                  0.5  -  0.5   
Bd.2   Kenneth Pelayo                                  Gerwin De Guzman        1     -   0
Bd. 3  Ray Anasco                                       Jayson Obra                   1     -   0
Bd. 4  Arnulfo Arboleda                               Bryan Turlao                   1    -    0

                                                                                                        3.5   :    0.5

Philippine Blitz Chess Association: 1 VS 14 CHESS SIMUL EXHIBITION; NEVER MIND ,NATA...

Philippine Blitz Chess Association: 1 VS 14 CHESS SIMUL EXHIBITION; NEVER MIND ,NATA...: "2010 ASEAN AGE-GROUP Senior Division Triple gold medalist Ernie Baltazar conducted a 14 board simultaneous chess exhibition against the top ..."

1 VS 14 CHESS SIMUL EXHIBITION; NEVER MIND ,NATAPOS DIN

2010 ASEAN AGE-GROUP Senior Division Triple gold medalist Ernie Baltazar conducted a 14 board simultaneous chess exhibition against the top High School players of host F.G. Calderon High School, at Hermosa,Tondo,Manila last Saturday August 21,2010.                                                                                  The score  14  wins   0   draw   0  loss .Baltazar winning all his games.
Board No.     Name                                  Year-Section                              Results
1.   Carl Simon Balisi                        III-Obedience                                  1-0
2.   Mark John Sales                        II - Escoda                                       1-0
3.   Kenneth Bueno                          II - Gomez                                        1-0
4.   Alfonz S. Red                            I  -  Lily                                             1-0
5.   Dale  Matthew Castillote            I  -  Gladiola                                      1-0
6.   Jairo  M. Solsona                      III -  Justice                                        1-0            
7.   Ian Patrick Pascubillo                II   -  Rizal                                          1-0
8.   Earvin John M. Munoz              III  -  Faith                                          1-0
9.   Juniver E. Yanguas                   III  -   Faith                                          1-0
10.  Arnuel Sevilla                          III  -  Courage                                      1-0
11.  John Azel T. Co                     III  -   Integrity                                       1 -0
12.  Zairah J. Bingabing                   I-  Sampaguita                                     1-0
13.  Angelica Marie A. Salac          IV - Einstein                                         1-0
14.  Gracious Faith D. Gamol          II - Del Pilar                                        1--0