Skip to content
All India Chess Federation

All India Chess Federation

Official Website

  • Players
    • Player Search
    • New Player Registration
    • FIDE Ratings
  • Calendar
    • All Events
    • Upcoming Nationals 2025-26
    • Online Entry
    • News
  • Information
    • Office Bearers
    • Affiliates
    • Committees
    • Downloads
    • Contact
    • Tenders
    • Assorted Files:Information
    • List of Holidays 2025
    • Covid Help
      • Donate
      • Information
      • Checkmate Covid Initiative
      • Apply for Grant
  • Archives
    • Calender Archives
    • National Certificates
  • National Final Rankings
    • National Final Rankings 2018
    • National Final Rankings 2019
    • 2020 – Stopped Due to Pandemic
    • National Final Rankings 2021
    • National Final Rankings 2022
    • National Final Rankings 2023
  • Home
  • AICF Headlines
  • Adhiban Finishes Second, Qualifies For World Cup
  • AICF Headlines
  • Announcements
  • Posts

Adhiban Finishes Second, Qualifies For World Cup

AICF Admin 11 years ago

1398455547_asianind14winners 1Adhiban Finishes Second, Qualifies For World Cup
BY Arvind Aaron

The World Junior champion Yu Yangyi of China and Irine Sukandar of Indonesia won the Asian Continental Championships that concluded at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on April 25, 2014.

Yu Yangyi is seeded for the FIDE World Cup, being the World Junior champion. He still played and won the Asian Championship. Yu Yangyi was one of the three undefeated players as he finished half a point ahead of he 64-player pack. Yu Yangyi scored seven points from nine rounds to win this event.

Former world under-16 champion and India No.2 Adhiban finished second after figuring in a tie for the second to fifth places. He stopped the Chinese from making a podium sweep. Adhiban played in the earlier World Cup at Norway and also earns a place in the next World Cup for his second finishing here.

1398455547_asianind14winners

Irine Sukandar who had won with a round to spare suffered her only defeat to top seed Tan Zhongyo in the final round. This result ensured that all 32 players in the field suffered atleast one defeat. Despite this, Irine is gaining 37 Elo points.

Final placings:

Open: 1 Yu Yangyi (Chn) 7/9; 2-5. B Adhiban (Ind), Ni Hua (Chn), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb), Wen Yang (Chn) 6.5 each; 6-10. Salem Saleh (UAE), Bu Xiangzhi (Chn), Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vie), S.P. Sethuraman, P Negi (both Ind) 6 each.

Women: 1 Irine Sukandar (Ina) 7/9; 2-4. Atousha Pourkashiyan (Iri), Tan Zhongyi (Chn), Hoang Thi Bai Tram (Vie) 6 each; 5-9. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iri), Gong Qianyun (Sin), Nguyen Thi Thanh An (Vie), Eesha Karavade (Ind), Pham Le Thao Nguyen (Vie) 5.5 each; 10 Tania Sachdev (Ind) 5.

AsianInd2014-ClosingCeremony 50

 

 

Tags: Asian Continential 2014

Continue Reading

Previous: Arbiters Conference
Next: FIDE Arbiter Seminar at New Delhi from 30th June, 01st & 02nd July, 2014

Related Stories

Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination in  Ahmednagar (Ahilya Nagar), Maharashtra on 12 & 13 July 2025.
  • AICF Headlines
  • Arbiters News
  • Home
  • Posts

Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination in  Ahmednagar (Ahilya Nagar), Maharashtra on 12 & 13 July 2025.

AICF Admin 5 days ago
Live Game Links : Aurionpro International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025
  • AICF Headlines
  • AICF News
  • LIVE Games

Live Game Links : Aurionpro International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025

AICF Admin 7 days ago
Final report of SNA seminar and exam held in Kandivali West ,Mumbai on 24 & 25 May 2025
  • AICF Headlines
  • Arbiters News
  • Featured News
  • Home

Final report of SNA seminar and exam held in Kandivali West ,Mumbai on 24 & 25 May 2025

AICF Admin 1 week ago
FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships – 2025
  • AICF Headlines
  • AICF News
  • Featured News
  • Home
  • Posts
  • Tournament News

FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships – 2025

AICF Admin 2 weeks ago
38th NAT. UNDER-7 OPEN & GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM 01-05 JUNE 2025
  • AICF Headlines
  • Featured News
  • Home
  • Posts

38th NAT. UNDER-7 OPEN & GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM 01-05 JUNE 2025

AICF Admin 2 weeks ago
Live Games link for 21st Delhi open 2025
  • AICF Headlines
  • LIVE Games

Live Games link for 21st Delhi open 2025

AICF Admin 2 weeks ago
Copyrights 2024 © All India Chess Federation. All rights reserved.