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Vietnam dominates ASEAN+ Age-Groups Standard Chess Championships 2023

by Peter Long - 25/06/2023

The first competitions - Standard Chess (Individual and Teams) - saw Vietnam taking a massive 30 Golds, 14 Silvers and 19 Bronze, with second placed Philippines far behind with just 5 Gold and 12 Silver! No less than 10 countries medalled, in third place Myanmar, then followed by New Zealand, hosts Thailand, India, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, and Singapore. In Individual competition, most eyes were on the U-20 competition which gave a GM norm together with the direct IM title and in the Open, IMs Daniel Quizon and Michael Concio Jr. of the Philippines took Gold and Silver ahead of Vietnam’s Duc Tri Ngo, Malaysia’s Jun Ying Tan and Thailand’s Pin Laohawirapap, all who shared Bronze. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long

IM Daniel Quizon

In Girls U-20, top seeded IM Ngoc Thuy Duong Bach did not disappoint Vietnam. She won Gold with a dominant performance. China’s Yuze Xu had Silver ahead of Vietnamese Thien Ngan Nguyen.

U-20 Girls Gold - WIM Ngoc Thuy Duong Bach (VIE) 8/9

The ASEAN+ Age groups also has Seniors event, and Myanmar’s FM Ko Ko Ohn who has become eligible was a clear winner of the Open 50, the Philippines Raul Damuy the winner of Open 65, while New Zealand’s CM Helen Milligan not only won Women 50 but also took Bronze in Open 50 after mostly battling the men in nine rounds of play.

Champion in Open 50 - FM Ko Ko Ohn (MYA) 8/9

The full standings, results, and games, can be found here.

ASEAN Chess

This year, a regional chess variant which combines all the characteristics of different chess games, invented and adopted by the ASEAN Chess Confederation (ACC) - ASEAN Chess - was reintroduced as an exhibition “or friendly” competition.

 

Since the rules was formalised in 2010, no less than three editions of the South East Asian (SEA) Games, this chess was included as a sport and the leadership of all 10 ASEAN member Federations and in agreement that this will become permanent feature of all future SEA Games.

ASEAN Chess Friendly Match 2023

The “friendly exhibition” match very rapidly became a serious 18 player tournament with the best of Thai Chess (Makruk) playing and the national teams of Myanmar and Cambodia showing up to defend their countries honours and having bragging rights!

 

Can we hope to see an ASEAN Chess Championship and more regular competitions in the very near future?

 

A rating list based on the results of the three SEA Games competitions and this “friendly match”, arguably the only official events so far, is going to be published, and perhaps in the years to come titles might even be introduced!

Final standings

Rk.SNo NameFEDPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
116
Sutthithamwasi, NutTHA5,5018,516,005
215
Sok, LimhengCAM50,522,517,254
314
Saeheng, BoonsuebTHA50,52116,504
45
Dao, Thien HaiVIE402011,503
53
Chea, SidethCAM40179,004
62
Bin, KearsengCAM3,50,516,56,253
710
Htay, Min LwinMYA3,50,5157,253
817
Tran, Quoc DungVIE3023,59,003
911
Khumnorkaew, TupfahTHA30238,503
104
Chheav, BoraCAM3020,56,003
1118
Tran, Thi Kim LoanVIE3017,55,503
129
Hoang, Van NgocVIE2,50143,752
136
Duong, The AnhVIE20173,251
147
Ecot, LourecelPHI20172,502
151
Abelgas, RoelPHI20163,751
1613
Nay, Lin TunMYA20153,002
1712
Lwin, Min OoMYA10151,500
188
Enkhtuul, Altan-UlziiMGL0018,50,000

Details

In the end, a deserving winner in Nut Sutthithamwasi.

 

From the chart above, even if you did not witness the games, and despite their photos below, Vietnamese GM Dao Thien Hai and Mongolia’s WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii will be the first to tell you it was not easy!

GM Dao Thien Hai (VIE)

WGM Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul (MGL)

ACC-ECU Chess Symposium

The ACC-ECU also came to a close with the conclusion of the FIDE International Arbiter Seminar and an International Organiser Round Table.

Takis Nikoloupolulos brings decades of experience as an arbiter of the highest level, as Chairman of the FIDE Arbiter’s Commission for 20 years and a lecturer for hundreds of seminars

Do we have 50 years of organising of top level events in Ignatius Leong and Zurab Azmaiparashvili? Perhaps closer to 100 years!

Well over 100 years of organising experience in this photo of participants at the round table discussion!

The ASEAN+ Age-Groups continues with the long awaited Social Evening, and the Rapid and Blitz events which will decide the remaining winners and overall champions, and this will be in our final report.

About the Author

One Night in Bangkok! Peter Long, FM, IA and FT, no longer Secretary of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission


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