Friday, December 31, 2010

2010 ASEAN Women's Chess Championship

Singapore
December 26 - 30, 2010

An array of under-rated chess talent who, mostly, do not have much opportunity to play in an international field.  That is why events like this are so crucial to the development of our female chessplayers.  Final standings (from chess-results.com):

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1WGMNguyen Thi Thanh AnVIE23007,536,526,015,5
2WGMHoang Thi Bao TramVIE22717,037,026,015,5
3WGMLe Thanh TuVIE23166,536,525,515,5
4WGMSukandar Irine KharismaINA23826,037,526,515,5
5WIMPham Le Thao NguyenVIE23375,538,027,016,0
WIMNguyen Thi Mai HungVIE22535,538,027,016,0
7WIMDang Bich NgocVIE22034,536,525,515,5
8Lestari Baiq VinaINA21404,530,522,513,0
9WCMLindiawati EviINA21144,530,021,513,0
10Docena JedaraPHI20324,525,519,012,0
WFMBakri Alia Anin AzwaMAS19534,525,519,012,0
12WIMMendoza BeverlyPHI20424,031,023,013,5
13WIMHoang Thi Nhu YVIE22234,031,021,513,0
14WFMJose Rulp YlemPHI20384,031,021,012,5
15WFMLiu YangSIN20894,027,020,012,0
16WFMDewi Aa CitraINA19894,026,520,012,0
17WFMTay Li Jin JeslinSIN21243,530,021,512,0
18WFMLo Yin Ling MelissaSIN18822,528,021,513,0
19Palomo Jenny RosePHI18732,027,520,512,5
20Cheng Jie Ling ZerleneSIN18151,526,519,512,0

Is Vietnam the "future" China when it comes to chess?  Stay tuned...  For my part, my eyes remain on WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar, who should be playing in more mixed events and against male players in order to build her relative strength.  Do culture and religion play a role in preventing this from taking place, or is it just a matter of no financing to allow it to take place???

Just a note - as far as I could tell, not being familiar with the names of 99.9% of the players, all of the players in the "Open" were male.

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