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The officials and players stand for the national anthem
The First Asian University Chess Championship opened on 18th October in Capital University of Physical Education and Sports in Beijing, China. There are three events in this championship: the Men’s Individual Event, the Women’s Individual Event and the Team Event. The championship is a nine-round Swiss system played at 60 minutes each with a 30-second increment as of move one.
For the team event, each country or region can send up to three teams, though all the players must come from the same university. Every team is made up of four players, with any combination possible so long as there are always at least one female and one male player.
GM Ma Qun from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is the top player in the
Men’s Individual Event, while...
...his teammate WGM Ni Shiqun is the top contender in the Women’s Individual Event.
Zhong Bingshu, the president of CUPES, in his address in the Opening Ceremony
Preecha Prayoonpat, the Assessor of AUSF
The First Asian University Chess Championship is declared open by Xue Yanqing, Vice Secretary
General of AUSF and Vice President of FUSC
All the leaders and guests, players, volunteers and journalists posed for a group photo right
after the opening ceremony
GM Yu Ruiyuan from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics emerged as the leader
with 4.5/5 in Men’s Individual Event
After winning all his games in the first three rounds, GM Yu Ruiyuan made a fighting draw against his teammate, the top player GM Ma Qun in round four. In round five, Yu Ruiyuan scored a full point against his other teammate IM Lou Yiping.
There are three players just a half point behind the leader: GM Ma Qun from China and
GM Susanto Megaranto and IM Muhammad Lutfi Ali, both from Indonesia
GM Susanto Megaranto really dodged a bullet in rounds three and four. In his game with
IM Lou Yiping, he managed to get a laborious draw after a tough endgame with rook
against rook and two pawns, and then recovering from a lost position against GM Gao Rui
In the Women’s group, things could not go any better for top contender WGM Ni Shiqun
from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, as she started with a perfect 5.0/5
Another two players from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Qiu Mengjie
and Nie Xin, share second and third in the ranking table with 4.0/5
Right behind Qiu Mengjie and Nie Xin is WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung of Vietnam, who had a
sterling 3.5/4 start before falling to Ni Shiqun in round five
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