Sethuram Wins Asian Individual Chess 2016

Grandmaster Sethuram S.P. wins the 2016 Asian Individual Chess that happening in Tashkent Uzbekistan. GM Lee Quang Liem is a solid runner up, finished with 6.5/9 while Sethuram is at 7/9. Lee Quang Liem share his points with another six players and Wei Yi got the third place as tie break dictated.

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Final Standings Asian Individual Chess 2016 :

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2647	7
2	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2718	6.5
3	GM	Wei Yi	CHN	2694	6.5
4	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	2582	6.5
5	GM	Sengupta Deep	IND	2543	6.5
6	GM	Lu Shanglei	CHN	2614	6.5
7	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2636	6.5
8	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2654	6.5
9	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2489	6.5
10	GM	Vakhidov Jahongir	UZB	2578	6
11	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2665	6
12	FM	Begmuratov Alisher	UZB	2371	6
13	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2551	6
14	FM	Hafiz Arif Abdul	INA	2348	5.5
32	IM	Cuhendi Sean Winshand	INA	2395	5
45	FM	Sonjaya Deni	INA	2310	4.5
52	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2527	4.5
53	IM	Wahono Awam	INA	2346	4.5
59	FM	Novita Anjas	INA	2346	4
61	IM	Firman Syah Farid	INA	2432	4
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While in Women section, new rising star WGM Bhakti Kulkarni , WGM Dinara Saduakassova and Soumya Swaminathan all finished with 7/9. Bhakti Kulkarni won the tie break and emerged as first winner.

Final Standings Asian Individual Chess Women 2016

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2296	7
2	WGM	Saduakassova Dinara	KAZ	2415	7
3	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2346	7
4	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2276	6
5	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2263	6
6	WIM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2173	6
7	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2459	6
8	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2442	6
23	WFM	Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia	INA	2127	4
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Pertarungan catur benua Asia tahun 2016 yang berlangsung di kota Tashkent negara Uzbekistan akhirnya dimenangkan pecatur-pecatur India. GM Sethuram dan WGM Bhakti Kulkarni menjuarai kelas Individu Asia dan Individu Wanita Asia. Beberapa pecatur Indonesia yang hadir dalam perebutkan ini dengan FM Abdul Arif Hafiz yang memperoleh nilai tertinggi 5.5/9. IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi di perolehan point tertinggi nomor dua 5/9. Sementara itu GM Susanto Megaranto dan teman-teman bertahan di angka "pak-pok" dengan nilai 4.5/9.

Berikut photo-photo turnamen Asian Individual di Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

All Photos from official gallery:

WFM Dewi Citra Anastasia Ardhiana, alias Dewi Citra A.A.

IM Awam Wahono

IM Farid Firmansyah

IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi

GM Susanto Megaranto

Australia chess player in Tashkent Asian Individual , Rebecca Stones

2nd runner up, Dinara Saduakassova

another Chinese chess talent, Yuan Ye

LIST OF ASIAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS :

Winners

Nr	Year	City	Winner
1	1998	Tehran	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)
2	2000	Udaipur	Xu Jun (China)
3	2001	Kolkata	Xu Jun (China)
4	2003	Doha	Krishnan Sasikiran (India)
5	2005	Hyderabad	Zhang Zhong (China)
6	2007	Cebu City	Zhang Pengxiang (China)
7	2009	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India)
8	2010	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Ni Hua (China)
9	2011	Mashhad	Pendyala Harikrishna (India)
10	2012	Ho Chi Minh City	Parimarjan Negi (India)
11	2013	Manila	Li Chao (China)
12	2014	Sharjah	Yu Yangyi (China)
13	2015	Al Ain	Salem A. R. Saleh (UAE)
14	2016	Tashkent	S.P. Sethuraman (India)

Women's winners

1	1981	Hyderabad	Rohini Khadilkar (India)
2	1983	Kuala Lumpur	Rohini Khadilkar (India)
3	1985	Dhaka	Anupama Gokhale (India)
4	1987	Hyderabad	Anupama Gokhale (India)
5	1991	Bhopal	Bhagyashree Thipsay (India)
6	1996	Salem	Tamin Upi Darmayana (Indonesia)
7	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Xu Yuhua (China)
8	2000	Udaipur	Hoang Thanh Trang (Vietnam)
9	2001	Chennai	Li Ruofan (China)
10	2003	Kozhikode	Humpy Koneru (India)
11	2004	Beirut	Wang Yu (China)
12	2007	Tehran	Tania Sachdev (India)
13	2009	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Zhang Xiaowen (China)
14	2010	Subic Bay Freeport Zone	Atousa Pourkashian (Iran)
15	2011	Mashhad	Harika Dronavalli (India)
16	2012	Ho Chi Minh City	Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia)
17	2013	Manila	Huang Qian (China)
18	2014	Sharjah	Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia)
19	2015	Al Ain	Mitra Hejazipour (Iran)
20	2016	Tashkent	Bhakti Kulkarni (India)