IM Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan emerged as a winner of the Asian Women’s Continental Online Chess Championship held from August 23-25, 2021 on the Tornelo platform. She became the Asian continental nominee for the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss this October in Riga, Latvia.

Assaubayeva (pictured below), 17, finished clear in first and concluded the event undefeated, scoring 7.5 points. WIM Ning Kaiyu of China took silver with 7 points. The bronze medal went to WIM Turmunkh Munkhzul of Mongolia thanks to the best tiebreak among five players tied for third place with 6½ points each.

Photo: Lennart Ootes

The event brought together 74 players (including 9 WGMs, 8 IMs and 22 WIMs) from 15 countries, namely Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control of 25 minutes plus an increment of 10 seconds per move. Players were monitored closely with front and side/panoramic cameras throughout the event.

Games were broadcast live on chessbomb.com, chess.com, live.followchess.com and live.chessbase.com

Final standings:

Text: http://asianchess.com/