As reported recently, the 2020 Asian Nations Online Cup ended with victories for Iran in the Open Division and India in the Women’s Division with the Philippines placing second in both divisions. The error in the report is that what we reported turned out to be just the result of a qualifying stage of the tournament where the top eight teams in each division advanced to a quarterfinal stage of knockout matches to be played Oct. 23 online. So it’s clear the tournament is not over yet, after all, and there are no champions in each division yet. Sorry for this unintended oversight.
So the qualifiers in the Open are Iran, Philippines, Mongolia, Australia, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan and Singapore; while the women qualifiers are India, Philippines, Iran, Vietnam, Mongolia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan. The quarterfinal knock out matches in the Open will thus be Iran vs. Singapore, Kazakhstan vs. Philippines, Mongolia vs. India and Indonesia vs. Australia. In the women’s, the pairings will be India vs. Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka vs. Philippines, Iran vs. Indonesia and Mongolia vs. Vietnam. The winners in these KO matches will advance to the semifinal round.
Here are some games of our Filipina players in the qualifier:
Munguntuul, B (2364)-Frayna, JM (2102) [A00]
chess.com (8.1) 2020
This was the game White forfeited for violating tournament rules. 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 Qb6 6.d4 e6 7.Ng3 c5 8.Bd3 Nxg3 9.fxg3 h6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.a3 Be7 12.Kh1 cxd4 13.b4 Bd7 14.Bb2 0-0-0 15.b5 Na5 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.c3 Kb8 18.a4 Rc8 19.Rc1 Rhf8 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd4 Qc7 22.Qe1 Qd8 23.h3 Qe7 24.Qf2 f5 25.exf6 Rxf6 26.Qe3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 e5 28.Bf5 Nc4 29.Qe2 Rc8 30.Bxd7 Qxd7 31.Nf3 Rf8 32.Kh2 e4 33.Nd4 Rxf1 34.Qxf1 g5 35.Qf8+ Kc7 36.Qxh6 g4 37.b6+ Nxb6 38.Nb5+ Kb8 39.Qf8+ Nc8 40.Qf4+ Ka8 41.Nc7+ Kb8 42.Na6+ 0-1
Nakhbayeva, G (2270)-Fronda, JJ (2045) [A00]
chess.com (9.2) 2020
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Rc1 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qe2 Ne4 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 Ndf6 15.Rfd1 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Ne4 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qb5 Qd6 19.Nd4 Bf6 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Rxd5 Qb2 23.Rf1 Qxa2 24.b4 Ne6 25.Qd3 Rfe8 26.Rd1 Qb2 27.b5 Qf6 28.h3 Rad8 29.Nd6 Rf8 30.Qa3 Qe7 31.e4 Nf4 32.R5d2 Qg5 33.Qf3 h6 34.h4 Qf6 35.e5 Qxe5 36.Nc4 Qxb5 37.Qxf4 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 a5 39.Rb2 Qc5 40.Nxb6 Re8 41.Nd7 Qc6 42.Ne5 Qe6 43.Nc4 a4 44.Rb8 Rxb8 45.Qxb8+ Kh7 46.Qb1+ g6 47.Qb4 Qg4 48.g3 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qd5+ 50.Kh2 Qf3 51.Qc5 h5 52.Kg1 Qd1+ 53.Kg2 Qc2 54.Qd5 Kg7 55.Nd6 Qb3 56.Qxb3 axb3 57.Nc4 Kf6 58.Kf3 Kf5 59.Ke3 f6 60.f3 g5 61.hxg5 fxg5 62.Nd6+ Ke6 63.Nc4 Kd5 64.Kd3 h4 65.gxh4 gxh4 0-1
Mendoza, SM (1969)-Padmini, R (2355) [A00]
chess.com (7.2) 2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.g3 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.d4 b6 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Be2 Ba6 11.Nc3 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Be7 13.h4 a6 14.Kf1 0-0 15.Kg2 b5 16.Bg5 Nb6 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.a3 Nc6 19.b3 h6 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.a4 Qb4 22.axb5 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.Rhd1 Qb4 25.Na4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nxa4 27.bxa4 axb5 28.axb5 Rb8 29.Qd3 Qb2 30.Rb1 Qxe5 31.f3 Rb6 32.Qc2 g6 33.Qc5 Qe2+ 34.Kh3 Rb8 35.f4 Qe4 36.Rc1 Qd3 37.b6 Qb3 38.Qc7 Qxb6 39.Qe5 Rf8 40.h5 f6 41.Qe2 Kg7 42.hxg6 f5 43.Qe5+ Kxg6 44.Rc7 Rf7 45.Rc8 Rf6 46.Rh8 Qa6 47.Rxh6+ Kxh6 48.Qxf6+ Kh7 49.Qf7+ Kh6 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Kh4 Qe2 52.Qf7+ Kh6 53.Qf6+ Kh7 54.Qf7+ Kh6 55.Qf6 Kh7 ½-½
Kamalidenova, M (1875)-Galas, B (2023) [A00]
chess.com (9.4) 2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.g3 Rb8 14.b3 Be6 15.Bg2 0-0 16.0-0 Qd7 17.Qd3 a5 18.Rad1 Bd8 19.Nde3 Bc7 20.Nf5 Rfd8 21.Nce3 Ne7 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.Kh1 Bb6 24.Nc2 Qd7 25.f4 Bh3 26.f5 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 f6 28.g4 Bc5 29.Ne1 a4 30.Nf3 axb3 31.axb3 Ra8 32.g5 Ra2+ 33.Kh1 Qf7 34.g6 hxg6 35.Nh4 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Rda8 37.Qg3 Ra1 38.Rdf1 Rxf1+ 39.Rxf1 Kf8 40.Ng6+ Ke8 41.Qg4 Kd8 42.Nh4 Kc7 43.Nf5 g6 44.Nh4 g5 45.Nf5 Rh8 46.Ng3 Qh7 47.Qe2 Qh3 48.Qg2 Qxg2+ 49.Kxg2 Rh6 50.Nf5 Rg6 51.Kg3 Kd7 52.Kg4 Ke6 53.Ng3 Rg8 54.Nh5 Rf8 55.Ng7+ Kf7 56.Nh5 Kg6 57.Ng3 Rh8 58.Ra1 Rh4+ 59.Kf3 Rxh2 60.Nf5 Rf2+ 61.Kg4 Rf4+ 62.Kg3 Rxe4 63.Ne7+ Kf7 64.Nd5 Rd4 65.Rf1 Rd3+ 66.Kg4 Rxb3 67.Rxf6+ Kg7 68.Kxg5 Rg3+ 69.Kh4 Rg1 and Black won on Move 102. 0-1
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE,
MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Rg2!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…Sb8/f8/b6/xc5 2.Qxf6#; 1…Rg5/h6/h7/h8/h4/h3/h2/h1 2.R(x)g5#; 1…Rf5 2.Sg6#; 1…d3 2.Bb2#; 1…f3 2.Qg3#; 1…e2 2.Rxe2#./PN
