| Men's individual rapid at the 2022 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hangzhou Chess Academy | |||||||||
| Date | 24–27 September 2023 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 19 nations | |||||||||
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The men's individual rapid competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Huangzhou was held from 24 September to 27 September 2023 at Hangzhou Chess Academy (Zhili). [1] [2]
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 24 September 2023 | 15:00 | Round 1 |
| 17:00 | Round 2 | |
| Monday, 25 September 2023 | 15:00 | Round 3 |
| 17:00 | Round 4 | |
| Tuesday, 26 September 2023 | 15:00 | Round 5 |
| 17:00 | Round 6 | |
| 19:00 | Round 7 | |
| Wednesday, 27 September 2023 | 15:00 | Round 8 |
| 17:00 | Round 9 |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
 Raymond Song (TPE) | ½–½ |  Wei Yi (CHN) |
 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 1–0 |  Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) |
 Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) | 0–1 |  Vidit Gujrathi (IND) |
| Arjun Erigaisi (IND) | 1–0 |  Paulo Bersamina (PHI) |
 Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) | ½–½ |  Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) |
| Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) | ½–½ |  Prin Laohawirapap (THA) |
 Shinya Kojima (JPN) | 0–1 | Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) |
| Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | 1–0 |  Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) |
| Adelard Bai (TPE) | ½–½ |  Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) |
 Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | 1–0 |  Mikhail Markov (KGZ) |
| Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) | 0–1 | Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) |
| Enamul Hossain (BAN) | ½–½ |  Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) |
| Kohei Yamada (JPN) | 1–0 | Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) |
| Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) | 1–0 | Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) |
 Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) | 0–1 | Novendra Priasmoro (INA) |
 Susal de Silva (SRI) | 1–0 |  Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) |
| Jamison Kao (HKG) | ½–½ | Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | 0–1 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) |
| Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 0–1 | Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) |
| Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) | ½–½ | Arjun Erigaisi (IND) |
| Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) | ½–½ | Susal de Silva (SRI) |
| Novendra Priasmoro (INA) | 0–1 | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) |
| Wei Yi (CHN) | 1–0 | Kohei Yamada (JPN) |
| Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) | 1–0 | Raymond Song (TPE) |
| Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) | 0–1 | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) | 1–0 | Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) |
| Prin Laohawirapap (THA) | 1–0 | Enamul Hossain (BAN) |
| Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) | 1–0 | Adelard Bai (TPE) |
| Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) | 1–0 | Jamison Kao (HKG) |
| Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) | 0–1 | Mikhail Markov (KGZ) |
| Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) | 0–1 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) |
| Paulo Bersamina (PHI) | 1–0 | Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) |
| Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) | 0–1 | Shinya Kojima (JPN) |
| Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) | 1–0 | Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 1–0 | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) |
| Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) | ½–½ | Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) |
| Susal de Silva (SRI) | 0–1 | Wei Yi (CHN) |
| Arjun Erigaisi (IND) | 1–0 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) |
| Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) | ½–½ | Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) |
| Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) | 0–1 | Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) |
| Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 1–0 | Prin Laohawirapap (THA) |
| Shinya Kojima (JPN) | 0–1 | Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) |
| Mikhail Markov (KGZ) | 0–1 | Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) |
| Kohei Yamada (JPN) | 1–0 | Novendra Priasmoro (INA) |
| Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) | 0–1 | Paulo Bersamina (PHI) |
| Enamul Hossain (BAN) | 1–0 | Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) |
| Raymond Song (TPE) | 1–0 | Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) |
| Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) | 0–1 | Jamison Kao (HKG) |
| Adelard Bai (TPE) | ½–½ | Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) |
| Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) | 1–0 | Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) |
| Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) | 0–1 | Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) | ½–½ | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) |
| Wei Yi (CHN) | 1–0 | Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) |
| Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | ½–½ | Arjun Erigaisi (IND) |
| Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) | 0–1 | Vidit Gujrathi (IND) |
| Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) | 1–0 | Kohei Yamada (JPN) |
| Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) | ½–½ | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| Paulo Bersamina (PHI) | 1–0 | Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) |
| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) | 1–0 | Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) |
| Jamison Kao (HKG) | 0–1 | Enamul Hossain (BAN) |
| Prin Laohawirapap (THA) | 0–1 | Susal de Silva (SRI) |
| Novendra Priasmoro (INA) | ½–½ | Raymond Song (TPE) |
| Mikhail Markov (KGZ) | 0–1 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) |
| Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) | 1–0 | Shinya Kojima (JPN) |
| Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) | 1–0 | Adelard Bai (TPE) |
| Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) | 1–0 | Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) |
| Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) | 1–0 | Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) |
| Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) | 0–1 | Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 1–0 | Wei Yi (CHN) |
| Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 1–0 | Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) |
| Arjun Erigaisi (IND) | ½–½ | Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) |
| Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) | 1–0 | Paulo Bersamina (PHI) |
| Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) | ½–½ | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) |
| Susal de Silva (SRI) | 0–1 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) |
| Enamul Hossain (BAN) | 0–1 | Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) |
| Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | ½–½ | Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) |
| Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) | 0–1 | Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) |
| Raymond Song (TPE) | 1–0 | Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) |
| Kohei Yamada (JPN) | ½–½ | Prin Laohawirapap (THA) |
| Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) | 0–1 | Novendra Priasmoro (INA) |
| Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) | 1–0 | Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) |
| Shinya Kojima (JPN) | 1–0 | Jamison Kao (HKG) |
| Adelard Bai (TPE) | 1–0 | Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) |
| Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) | 0–1 | Mikhail Markov (KGZ) |
| Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) | 1–0 | Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 0–1 | Vidit Gujrathi (IND) |
| Wei Yi (CHN) | 1–0 | Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) |
| Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) | 1–0 | Arjun Erigaisi (IND) |
| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) | ½–½ | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) | ½–½ | Paulo Bersamina (PHI) |
| Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | 1–0 | Raymond Song (TPE) |
| Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) | 1–0 | Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) |
| Novendra Priasmoro (INA) | 1–0 | Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) |
| Kohei Yamada (JPN) | 0–1 | Enamul Hossain (BAN) |
| Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) | 0–1 | Susal de Silva (SRI) |
| Mikhail Markov (KGZ) | 1–0 | Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) |
| Prin Laohawirapap (THA) | 0–1 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) |
| Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) | 0–1 | Adelard Bai (TPE) |
| Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) | ½–½ | Shinya Kojima (JPN) |
| Jamison Kao (HKG) | 0–1 | Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) |
| Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) | 1–0 | Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) |
| Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) | ½–½ | Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 0–1 | Wei Yi (CHN) |
| Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) | ½–½ | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) |
| Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) | ½–½ | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) |
| Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) | 1–0 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) |
| Arjun Erigaisi (IND) | 1–0 | Novendra Priasmoro (INA) |
| Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) | 1–0 | Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) |
| Paulo Bersamina (PHI) | ½–½ | Enamul Hossain (BAN) |
| Susal de Silva (SRI) | ½–½ | Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) |
| Raymond Song (TPE) | ½–½ | Mikhail Markov (KGZ) |
| Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) | 1–0 | Adelard Bai (TPE) |
| Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | 1–0 | Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) |
| Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) | 0–1 | Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) |
| Shinya Kojima (JPN) | 0–1 | Kohei Yamada (JPN) |
| Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) | ½–½ | Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) |
| Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) | 1–0 | Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) |
| Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) | 0–1 | Prin Laohawirapap (THA) |
| Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) | 0–1 | Jamison Kao (HKG) |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Wei Yi (CHN) | 1–0 | Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) |
| Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | ½–½ | Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 1–0 | Arjun Erigaisi (IND) |
| Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) | 1–0 | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | ½–½ | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) |
| Enamul Hossain (BAN) | ½–½ | Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) |
| Paulo Bersamina (PHI) | 1–0 | Susal de Silva (SRI) |
| Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) | ½–½ | Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) |
| Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) | 0–1 | Raymond Song (TPE) |
| Mikhail Markov (KGZ) | ½–½ | Kohei Yamada (JPN) |
| Adelard Bai (TPE) | 0–1 | Novendra Priasmoro (INA) |
| Prin Laohawirapap (THA) | ½–½ | Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) |
| Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) | 0–1 | Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) |
| Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) | 1–0 | Shinya Kojima (JPN) |
| Jamison Kao (HKG) | 0–1 | Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) |
| Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) | 1–0 | Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) |
| Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) | 1–0 | Bye |
| White | Score | Black |
|---|---|---|
| Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) | 0–1 | Wei Yi (CHN) |
| Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) | 0–1 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) |
| Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) | 1–0 | Vidit Gujrathi (IND) |
| Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | 1–0 | Paulo Bersamina (PHI) |
| Arjun Erigaisi (IND) | 1–0 | Enamul Hossain (BAN) |
| Novendra Priasmoro (INA) | ½–½ | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) | ½–½ | Raymond Song (TPE) |
| Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | 1–0 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) |
| Kohei Yamada (JPN) | 0–1 | Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) |
| Susal de Silva (SRI) | 1–0 | Mikhail Markov (KGZ) |
| Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) | 0–1 | Prin Laohawirapap (THA) |
| Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) | 1–0 | Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) |
| Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) | 0–1 | Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) |
| Adelard Bai (TPE) | 0–1 | Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) |
| Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) | 0–1 | Jamison Kao (HKG) |
| Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) | 0–1 | Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) |
| Shinya Kojima (JPN) | 1–0 | Bye |
| Rank | Athlete | Rtg | Round | Total | ARO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||
 | Wei Yi (CHN) | 2735 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2523 |
 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 2731 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2595 |
 | Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) | 2607 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2613 |
| 4 | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | 2577 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2519 |
| 5 | Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 2694 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 5½ | 2559 |
| 6 | Arjun Erigaisi (IND) | 2675 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5½ | 2541 |
| 7 | Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün (MGL) | 2460 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 5½ | 2541 |
| 8 | Lê Tuấn Minh (VIE) | 2497 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2601 |
| 9 | Paulo Bersamina (PHI) | 2351 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2534 |
| 10 | Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) | 2417 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2530 |
| 11 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (VIE) | 2575 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2484 |
| 12 | Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) | 2611 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5 | 2476 |
| 13 | Raymond Song (TPE) | 2383 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2465 |
| 14 | Novendra Priasmoro (INA) | 2412 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2450 |
| 15 | Susal de Silva (SRI) | 2398 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2447 |
| 16 | Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) | 2517 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2395 |
| 17 | Prin Laohawirapap (THA) | 2325 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2434 |
| 18 | Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN) | 2366 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 4½ | 2426 |
| 19 | Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (MGL) | 2309 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2406 |
| 20 | Enamul Hossain (BAN) | 2466 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4½ | 2354 |
| 21 | Husein Aziz Nezad (QAT) | 2380 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2334 |
| 22 | Kohei Yamada (JPN) | 2157 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 4 | 2474 |
| 23 | Mikhail Markov (KGZ) | 2256 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4 | 2382 |
| 24 | Azarya Jodi Setyaki (INA) | 2334 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2289 |
| 25 | Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI) | 2662 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 3½ | 2464 | ||
| 26 | Kwon Se-hyun (KOR) | 2192 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2410 |
| 27 | Semetey Tologontegin (KGZ) | 2396 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2336 |
| 28 | Ahn Hong-jin (KOR) | 2125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 2323 |
| 29 | Jamison Kao (HKG) | 1651 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 2323 |
| 30 | Thanadon Kulpruethanon (THA) | 2209 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2232 |
| 31 | Shinya Kojima (JPN) | 2318 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 2179 |
| 32 | Adelard Bai (TPE) | 2299 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2373 |
| 33 | Bader Al-Hajiri (KUW) | 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1½ | 2228 |
| 34 | Kwong Wing Ki (HKG) | 1850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2156 |
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The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to 10 August 2022. It consisted of Open and Women's tournaments, as well as several events to promote chess. The Olympiad was initially supposed to take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, the host of the Chess World Cup 2019, in August 2020, but it was later moved to Moscow. However, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then relocated to Chennai following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This was the first Chess Olympiad to take place in India.
Hans Moke Niemann is an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. He first entered the top 100 junior players list on March 1, 2019, and became a FIDE grandmaster on January 22, 2021. In July 2021, he won the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia. He had a peak global ranking of No. 16 in September 2024.
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