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Mongolian players win the titles in the 2020 AUC Chess Women's individual and team
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Khulan Enksaikhan, 25, of Mongolia
scored 7.5 points out of 9 rounds to win the gold medal in the individual
championship and power her team to victory in the Asian University Chess
Championship in Chess.com. The tournament is organized by the National
University Sports Federation of Iran under the auspices of the Asian University
Sports Federation in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation.
A total of 36 female players from 11 countries competed in
the 9-round Swiss System. The tournament is an individual championship combined
with a team competition. The individual scores of the best three players of one
country count towards their team score. Players from China, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
participated.
Khulan holds the title of FIDE Master.
Women’s International Master Nur Abidah Shanti, 19, of Indonesia won the
silver medal with 7 points prevailing in the tie break after having beaten
third placer Nomindalai Tumurbaatar, 18, of Mongolia, who won the bronze medal
also with 7 points.
Including the 5.5 score of Ulziikhishigjargal Ochirkhuyag,
the top three Mongolian girls scored a total of 20 points to garner the team
crown. WFM Retno Wijayant and WIM Ummi Fisabilillah scored 5.5 points each, adding
to the 7 points of Nur Abidah Shanti gave Indonesia a total of 18 points for
the silver team medal. Host Iran won the bronze medal with 16 points from
the 6.5 points of Kiana Arab, 5 points of Nadernia Niki, and 4.5 points of WIM
Hamedi Nia Vesal. Visit chess-results.com for
full final standings and to download games.
The Asian University Chess Championship (men’s division)
will start next weekend from 26th to 29th December in Chess.com.
Games are scheduled at 9:00 am, GMT+4. A total of 48 players from 12
countries are registered for the men’s division.
Source: ausf.org
