JAPAN THE NEW CC DOMINATOR IN AFRICA / ASIA
ZONE.
The 5th Zonal championship was
concluded in Spring 2005 with K. Sakai´s consecration .
Two month later his countryman S. Hayakawa imitated him ,
winning the 6th edition.
This competition is not finished (12 games are still in
progress) but
nobody can contest the Japanese triumph.
Back to the 5th Afro-Asian championship.
It was a man-o-man between both strong players of Japan
namely K. Sakai
and S. Ohtake . The decision was made when K. Sakai won his
game against
Dinand Knol the new Zonal Director.
The SIM N. Ernazarov was too peaceful drawing almost all his
games
and finished unbeaten at place 4th, overstepped
by S. Kim .
All 4 top players did not lose any game , but this final was
an horror for
D. Dempster from Australia who only saved a half point . It
the same for
Dinand Knol who was representative of Africa after K.
Hichem´s withdrawal.
Dinand did not repeat his performance like the ICCF Jubilee
tournament
when he won impressively his section and achieving the SIM
title.
The winner of the 5th Afro-Asian championship
confirmed his excellent results
with his team Chess Mail in the ICCF Champions League and
with NAPZ in the
interzonal 2004. I am sure K. Sakai will be soon a future
ICCF GM , he is always
well prepared theoretically and plays the endgames with
accuracy .
Japan has the potential with him , S. Ohtake, S. Hayakawa ,
H. Onoda,…
to play an interesting role in the XVII ICCF Olympiad , and
why not to hope
for a qualification in the Final stage as it was realized
some years ago by Qatar.
5th email Afro-Asian championship Final
Final table.
|
Nr |
Players |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
P |
|
1 |
S.
Ohtake |
JPN |
|
+ |
= |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
5 |
|
2 |
K.
Hichem |
ALG |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
3 |
D.
Knol |
RSA |
= |
+ |
|
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,5 |
|
4 |
S.
Kim |
KAZ |
= |
+ |
1 |
|
1 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
4,5 |
|
5 |
D.
Dempster |
AUS |
0 |
+ |
= |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0,5 |
|
6 |
N.
Ernazarov |
KAZ |
= |
+ |
= |
= |
1 |
|
= |
= |
= |
4 |
|
7 |
V. Annaev |
TKM |
0 |
+ |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
|
0 |
= |
3,5 |
|
8 |
K.
Sakai |
JPN |
= |
+ |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
|
1 |
5,5 |
|
9 |
P.
Sunao |
JPN |
0 |
+ |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
0 |
|
3,5 |
6th Afro-Asian Championship Final
This Final was surely one of the strongest Final ever played
in the
Africa/Asia championship. A special mention to Arif Kucukali,
who was excellent in his function as Tournament
Director.Again only one player
from Africa in this final, this time I. Smuts of RSA tried
unsuccessfully to do
better than his countryman Dinand Knol.
With only 12 games remaining , the winner is already known .
S. Hayakawa will succeed to K. Sakai. The zonal crown will
stay in Japan !
With an impressive score of 10 points/12 , the winner has
written his glorious
page in this competition, because the opposition was strong
and there are
many candidates for the title at the start.
Tolga Goze from Turkey with 8 points/11 will accede to the
podium .
The fight is still open for the places of honour between
Paulo Sunao (Japan),
the family Odeev (father and son)of Turkmenistan , the
winner of the
4th Afro-Asian championship Ali Dikmen of Turkey
, Aydin Satici (TUR)
It is good to mention that a young lady from Kazakhstan
reached the final and
made a respectable score of 6 points/12 . It is a good sign
for ladies CC in the Africa/Asia .
We will report more in the future when this final will
finish.
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Table at 24.12.2005
|
Nr |
Player |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
P |
|
1 |
ODEEV, Ahmet |
TKM |
|
= |
. |
. |
= |
. |
. |
= |
= |
= |
. |
0 |
. |
2,5 |
|
2 |
SUNAO, Paulo |
JAP |
= |
|
= |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
7 |
|
3 |
TIMKIN, Nikolay |
KAZ |
. |
= |
|
= |
0 |
0 |
. |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
. |
0 |
2 |
|
4 |
ODEEV, Hanjar |
TKM |
. |
= |
= |
|
. |
= |
1 |
0 |
= |
= |
. |
= |
= |
4,5 |
|
5 |
DEMPSTER, Dave |
AUS |
= |
0 |
1 |
. |
|
0 |
= |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2,5 |
|
6 |
GOZE, Tolga |
TUR |
. |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
|
= |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
8 |
|
7 |
ALTANOCH, Gendengin |
MGL |
. |
0 |
. |
0 |
= |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
1 |
= |
3,5 |
|
8 |
HAYAKAWA, Satoru |
JAP |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
9 |
LITVINENKO, Natalia |
KAZ |
= |
= |
= |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
= |
= |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
10 |
DIKMEN, Ali |
TUR |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
0 |
= |
|
. |
= |
= |
6 |
|
11 |
PASCUAL, Orlando |
PHI |
. |
= |
1 |
. |
1 |
0 |
= |
. |
= |
. |
|
1 |
0 |
4,5 |
|
12 |
SMUTS, Iain |
RSA |
1 |
0 |
. |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
|
0 |
3 |
|
13 |
SATICI, Aydin |
TUR |
. |
= |
1 |
= |
. |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
|
6,5 |
|
