Asian Youth Chess Championships

The Asian Youth Chess Championships is happening in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at the Central Palace of Culture of Mongolian Trade Union from the 5th to 15th of April. This is the first major Asian event the Mongolian Chess Federation has hosted. Last year they hosted the World Under 16 Chess Olympiad.

The tournament is hosting 484 players from 18 Federations, with Mongolia hosting the biggest the number of players. 258 are participating in the open section across all categories from Under 6 to under 18 and 226 players in the girls section from under 6 to under 18.

After 5 rounds of the event the following are leading each of their sections. All are Mongolian unless mentioned otherwise:
G6 Gantsolmon Enkh-Uyanga 4.5/5,
O6 Batbaatar Yuruultei 5/5,
O8 Artin Ashraf 4.5/5 (Iran),
G8 My Linh Vu 4.5/5 (Vietnam),
O10 Thien Phuc Vo Pham 4.5/5 (Vietnam), CM Qouc Hy Nguyen 4.5/5 (Vietnam) and CM Yesuntumur Tugstumur 4.5/5,
G10 Tanisha Boramanikar (India) 5/5 and WCM Davaakhuu Munkhzul 5/5,
O12 Tengis Tsog-Ochir 4.5/5,
G12 WFM Deshmukh Divya 5/5 (India),
O14 Bhavik Bharambe (India), Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan), Orimi Mahdi Gholami (Iran), CM Omran Al Hosani (UAE), Sugar Ganerdene, FM Erdene Baasansuren, Tsetsegulzii Ashid 4/5,
G14 Anwesha Mishra 4.5/5 (India),
O16 FM Ortik Nigmatov (Uzbekistan),
G16 WFM R Vaishali 4.5/5 (India),
O18 IM Mersad Khodashenas 4.5/5 (Iran),
G18 WCM Thanh Thuy Tien Nguyen 4.5/5 (Vietnam).

The official website for the event is http://aycc2016.mongolchess.mn/ and all the results for each of the tournaments can be found at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr215463.aspx?lan=1 

Yesterday was the Blitz tournament with only a few players deciding not to play in the event. Mongolia and India got 4 gold medals, Vietnam 3, Uzbekistan 2 and 1 to Kazakhstan.

Full results of the event can be found on http://www.chess-results.com/tnr215929.aspx?lan=1 

Today was the Rapid tournament featuring 7 rounds. Mongolia took 9 gold medals, Vietnam 2, Iran 1, Kazakhstan 1 and India 1.
The results of the tournament can found here http://www.chess-results.com/tnr216355.aspx?lan=1 

Jamie Kenmure




Sainbayar Tserendorj with honoury guests