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;

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. 

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 .

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.

FREE CHESS LESSONS TO MEMBERS......

The F.G. Calderon Chess Club located in Hermosa Street,Tondo Manila are pleased to announced that NA Ernie Baltazar, the 2010 ASEAN Senior triple gold medalist will be giving a three hours teaching session on Saturday,May 7,2011.

Caloocan City S K Council Chess Festival : Kenneth sweeps Tourney

Kenneth Baltazar, 13 years old scores five out of five to rule the Caloocan City SK Council Chess Festival held in Block 39 Covered Court,Barangay 12,Caloocan City. Three players,John Bersales,Val Bandola and Del Gallego  score 4 points to share 2nd -4th place.Sangguniang Kabataan Chairperson Crisia Bejer and Kagawad Brandon Alencio,Angelo Victoria,Eumy Suan awarded the cash prizes,chess sets and trophies to the winners.

2011 Thailand Open Chess Championship 9th round: Top three seeded players dominate 2011 Thailand Open !! ; Mariano 13th over-all

It's a 1-2 -3 finished  for the top three seeded players at the 2011 Thailand Open Chess Championship. Involved in a complicated three-way tie for 1st place, Jan Gustafsson of Germany who scored 7.5 points out of 9  won the thai-tle with a thai break score of 55 points. Nigel Short of England finished second also with 7.5 points but a lower tie break score of 54 points ; Francisco Pons Vallejo of Spain finished third with 7.5 points and 53.5 tie break points.FM Martin Voigt and Yang Kaiqi of China shares 4th-5th place with 7.0 points. Yang Kaiqi defeated Achem Illner in only 23 moves of a Petroffs Defense. Gustaffson needed 50 moves of a Kings Indian Defense to dispose Kjetil Stokke while Short defeated Abhijit Kunte of India in 46 moves of Sicilian Defense.Pons Vallejo playing black won against GM Niaz Murshed of Bangladesh in 24 moves of a French Defense.   GM  Sune Berg Hansen(2603)of Denmark  defeated Nelson Mariano III of the Philippines to finished 6th with 6.5 points Also with the same score were GM Jha Sriram(India) ; IM Roy Saptarshi (India);IM Somak Palit (India) and  Max Illingworth of Australia.Nelson Mariano III of the Philippines finished in a tie with 15 others for 11th to 26th place with 6 points. Mariano finished 13th over-all after the tie break.Mariano won  against N Sanjhay (2335)of India ; IM Thomas Williamze(2390) of Netherlands ; IM Roy Saptarshi (2395)of India; IM Daniel Contin(2316) of Italy and Suvich Tachaplalert(1792) of Thailand. Mariano loss to  GM Win Lay Zaw(2382) of Myanmar and GM Sune Berg Hansen(2603)Denmark.And draw against FM Achem Illner(2353) of Germany and FM Shiya Kojima (2329) of Japan. Unofficial Nelson "Elo"Mariano obtained an IM norm with a 67% performance and also gained +30 rating points.