IM Nouri nakamit ang blitz gold medal sa Asian Amateur Chess Championships

NAKAMIT ni Filipino FIDE Master Alekhine Nouri ang kanyang unang gintong medalya sa Asian Amateur Chess Championships matapos dominahin ang blitz event sa Hongkong Biyernes ng gabi.

Pinigilan ng two-time national juniors champion ang kababayan at kapwa FIDE master Christian Mark Daluz sa draw sa ninth at final round para magtapos na may 8.5 points.

“I am happy to win the gold medal in the blitz competition,” Wika ng 19-year-old Nouri.

Mongolian FIDE Master Khishigbat Ulziikhishig at Filipinos Recarte Tiauson, Lo Aristotle Nikolai Calica ay tabla sa second na may parehong 8.0 points.

FIDE Master Chun Yung Samuel Lam ng Hongkong nagrehistro ng 7.5 points para sa third place, kasama si Daluz at Arena Grandmaster Johnny Wellem Carzano.

Sa women’s division, Russian FIDE Master Ekaterina Borisova nasungkit ang gold medal na 8.5 points. Nauwi sa draw kay India’s Diya Chowdhury sa final round.

Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Kristina Kim ng Kazakhstan nagtapos second na may 7.5 points sinundan ng Filipino Woman FIDE Master Allanney Jia Doroy (7.0 points).