Gegeen Arvai wins 3rd Mongolian Online Team League
The 3rd Mongolian Online Team League, part of FIDE CheckmateCoronavirus project, brought together 28 teams from across the country. The online competition consisted of 9 tournaments, held on a popular platform lichess.org in three categories and stretched over May 07-28. “Gegeen Arvai” won gold in the most prestigious division A, “SKY_MONGOL” finished first in B, and “Ховд-1” came in first in C. The winner of the major league, “Gegeen Arvai” is a chess club created by GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan. It servers as a training ground for many talented Mongolian chess players. For example, FM Tengis Tsog-Ochir (pictured above) is a Mongolian national blitz champion; IM Gan-Erdene Sugar became the second-ever Mongolian player to take part in the FIDE World Cup in 2019; CM Tenuunbold Battulga took bronze at the World Youth Chess Championship. Another team member, WCM Munkhzul Davaakhuu is the World Youth Champion and the winner of numerous youth titles in Asia. Her family follows in the footsteps of Polgar sisters as her elder sibling Khongorzul Davaakhuu is the World School Blitz Champion, while the younger sister Unurzul Davaakhuu is the silver medalist of World Youth and Asian Youth Championships. Final standings: Major league team standings: 1st place – GEGEEN ARVAI1. IM Gan-Erdene Sugar2. FM Tengis Tsog-Ochir3. WCM Munkhzul Davaakhuu4. CM Tenuunbold Battulga (bronze medalist of the World Youth Chess Championship) 2nd place – COLOR MIND 11. NM Galmandakh Badrakh2. NM Amgalanbaatar Ravdanlkhumbuu3. WIM Bayarmaa Bayarjargal4. Danzanjunai Ganbat 3rd place – UVURKHANGAI1. GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan2. IM Munkhgal Gombosuren3. Tsogzolmaa Nanjid4. CM Yuruultei Batbaatar 4th place – ALDAR1. GM Bilguun Sumiya2. IM, WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag3. FM Bulgankhan Ganzorig4. Agibat Batzaya 5th place – ABChess1. IM Batsuren Dambasuren2. FM Chinguun Sumiya3. WFM Anu Bayar4. CM Sodbilegt Naranbold Minor league team standings (Division I): B group 1st place – SKY MONGOL1. FM Munkhbat Chogdov2. FM Khulan Enkhsaikhan3. AGM Otgonbat Ishdagva4. WCM Unurzul Davaakhuu B group 2nd place U13 – Little demons1. CM Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts2. WCM Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar3. Ulziikhishig Khishigbat4. Unubold Nandinzul B group 3rd place – Caissa_mn1. WIM Munkhzul Turmunkh2. Amin-Erdene Burmaa3. Angar Zoljargal4. Ryenchinbayar Burenzevseg Minor league team standings (Division II): C group 1st place – KHOVD-11. Ekhbayar Buyantogtokh2. Baldorj Baatar3. Undarmaa Erdenejargal4. Mungunshagai Baasankhuu C group 2nd place – KHANGARID-31. Ankhbayar Amarjargal2. Khongorzul Bayarsaikhan3. Buyanbadrakh Gantsogt4. Erdenetungalag Delgerdalai C group 3rd place – GEGEE SHATAR1. Boldbaatar Dorjsuren2. Bat-Asral Bayar3. Ali Bauirjan4. Munkhkhishig Gantumur Individual standings: (only A-group counts) 1. GM Bilguun Sumiya /ALDAR team/2. FM Tengis Tsog-Ochir /GEGEEN ARVAI team/3. IM Gan-Erdene Sugar /GEGEEN ARVAI team/ Best female player: WIM Bayarmaa Bayarjargal /COLOR MIND 1 team/ Best U12: Danzanjunai Ganbat /COLOR MIND 1 team/
FIDE announces workshops for arbiters and federations
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced two online workshops to be held in mid-June: FIDE and ECU Workshop for arbiters in online chess events The conference will be held in Zoom. To register, simply send an email to chairman.arbiters@fide.com. Prior to the start, the organizer will send a link to join the webinar. Schedule: 10.06.2020 [Wednesday], 18:00 – 20:00 CEST Hosts: IA Laurent Freyd, Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and IA Tomasz Delega, Chairman of the ECU Arbiters’ Council Description: the hosts will share about online events and best practices to help arbiters fulfilling their role in this new context. During the conference, you will find out about: – what’s the role of the arbiter in online tournaments– how to get prepared for different kinds of online tournament formats– how to deal with the challenges that an arbiter may face online– what are the useful processes and tools for arbiters online– how to implement fair play measures and tools FIDE Workshop for federations on arbiters’ title applications The conference will be held in Zoom. To register, simply send an email to secretary.arbiters@fide.com. Prior to the start, the organizer will send a link to join the webinar. Schedule: 18.06.2020 [Thursday], 15:00 – 17:00 CEST Hosts: IA Laurent Freyd, Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, IA Nebojsa Baralic, Secretary of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and IA Jirina Prokopova, Member of the FIDE Arbiters’ commission in charge of titles. Description: the hosts will share about best practices in the preparation of arbiters’ title applications, to help federations and arbiters increase their applications approved at first try. During the conference, you will find out: – how to fill in and validate an arbiter’s norm– how to select norms for a valid application– how to check data related to an application