The Asian Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities kicks off on July 9 on the Tornelo platform, with 30 players from 9 countries participating in the open and women’s sections. 

The Asian Online Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities is an open individual tournament for chess players who belong to any of the three disability categories (visually impaired, hearing impaired and physically disabled).

The Asian Chess Federation invites National Federations in Asia to nominate two players each for the open section and two players each for the women’s section for the Asian Online Championship for Players with Disabilities. Players should be members of their national federation with a valid FIDE ID number.

The event is a 5-round Swiss tournament with time control of 10 minutes plus 5 seconds increment per move starting from move 1 (10’ + 5” incr.). There is no default time. No penalty is imposed on a player if they are late for any of their games; their clock keeps running until the time forfeit.

FIDE Rapid ratings as of July 1 2021 will be used for pairing purposes. Should a participant have no FIDE Rapid rating, their standard rating will be used, and if they have no standard rating, such a player will be considered unrated for seeding purposes.

The tournament will take place from July 9-11. An online Technical Meeting will be held at 3 pm Dubai time on July 8 2021.

Any request for a special arrangement, particularly a request to have an assistant, shall be communicated to the disabledasia@gmail.com address no later than two (2) days after the registration deadline. The organizers shall attempt to grant the request in good faith. Their decision shall be final and non-appealable.

IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh will serve as a tournament director. IA Kausar Bauyrzhan is Chief Arbiter, whereas IA Jamie Kenmure, Chairman of the Asian Chess Federation Commission for Disabled Persons, is Appeals Committee Chairman.

Official website: asianchess.com/