The 2022 Hong Kong National Chess Championships in Men’s and Women’s sections took place over the weekends from April 1st – June 6th at Smithfield Sports Centre. The best three players of each competition secured their spots in the Hong Kong National Teams for the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai.
Lut Yin Luke Lau won the Open event with a convincing score of 9.5/11 points, clinching the title of Hong Kong National Chess Champion. FM Daniel King Wai Lam was second with 9 points, while four players tied for the third place and the last seat for the Olympiad Team, scoring 7.5 points, each. Yipeng Wen had the best tiebreaks and claimed bronze medal, earning the ticket for Chennai. (scroll down for final standings)
The Honk Kong Chess Federation reported an incident in the last round which happened in the game between the top seed of the event Yu Dong Michael Deng and Daniel King Wai Lam, whose direct encounter happened to be determining the third player to join the National Team. “The game was full of incidents where both sides were penalised for various infringements. Towards the end of this heated game, both players had accumulated 2 offenses and the situation was dire. The last incident of this game was an improper draw offer made by Michael Deng and the arbiter was called upon to make a decision. Due to the three strikes rule that the arbiters follow, Michael Deng was forfeited and the game finished in Daniel’s favour.” stated Hong Kong Chess Federation in the official press release. After Yu Dong Michael Deng appealed the arbiter’s decision, the chief arbiter of the event changed the result to a draw.
The Women’s event was played in 6 rounds, with WCM Joy Ching Li winning the event with perfect score 6/6 points. She was 2.5 points ahead of the group of five players who scored 3.5 points and tied for the second place and two left available spots for the Olympiad Team. Ka Yan Lam and Hoi Ting Leung had the best tiebreaks and won silver and bronze medals, respectively, together with the tickets to Chennai. (scroll down for final rankings)
Hong Kong Chess Federation will organize the training camp for the Olympiad players with GM Arkadij Naiditsch. The camp will take place from June 21st – July 3rd.
Read more: Indian team starts preparations for 44th Chess Olympiad 2022
Final standings – Hong Kong National Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
Lau Lut Yin Luke
HKG
1991
9.5
0
49
4
2
FM
Lam Daniel King Wai
HKG
2117
9
0
46
3
3
Wen Yipeng
HKG
0
7.5
0
47
4
4
Nissinen Niilo Man
HKG
1643
7.5
0
47
3
5
CM
Pang Yui Kuen
HKG
2015
7.5
0
46
2
6
FM
Luk Luen-Wah
HKG
1823
7.5
0
45
4
7
CM
Deng Yu Dong Michael
HKG
2138
7
0
50
4
8
Kwong Wing Ki
HKG
1876
7
0
44
2
9
Au Chung Hei
HKG
1206
7
0
41
3
10
FM
Wong Ho Cheung
HKG
2062
6.5
0
52
3
11
Kannappan Thanneermalai
HKG
1569
6.5
0
51
3
12
Cheng Justin Hong-Chen
HKG
1623
6.5
0
49
3
13
Masters Christopher
HKG
1875
6.5
0
49
2
14
Garceran Nieuwenburg David
HKG
1684
6.5
0
47
1
15
Chong Chor Yuen
HKG
1785
6.5
0
43
3
16
FM
Ho In Hei Henry
HKG
1739
6.5
0
42
3
17
Cheung Hei Ming
HKG
0
6
0
40
3
18
Leung Shun Him
HKG
1094
6
0
38
3
19
Chan Wang Ip Boris
HKG
1311
5.5
0
45
2
20
WCM
Li Joy Ching
w
HKG
1322
5.5
0
44
3
21
Chan Pui Yin Brandon
HKG
0
5.5
0
43
4
22
Tang Tsz Sang
HKG
1695
5.5
0
43
1
23
Tai Tak Yu
HKG
1309
5
0
43
2
24
AFM
Lam Chun Yung Samuel
HKG
1395
5
0
42
1
25
Chiu David Zion
HKG
0
5
0
41
1
26
Hui Ka Wai
HKG
0
5
0
36
2
27
Cheng Melson Chi Chee
HKG
0
5
0
35
2
28
AGM
Tsang Lok Ching
HKG
1275
4.5
0
43
2
29
Lee Wing Kin
HKG
1214
4.5
0
38
1
30
Lau Wai Hei
HKG
0
4.5
0
36
1
31
Chan Wai Hin Ryan
HKG
0
4.5
0
34
0
32
Guo Bo Kai Owen
HKG
1222
4
0
43
2
33
Yu Andrew James
HKG
0
4
0
39
1
34
AFM
Mahadevan Aravind
HKG
1276
4
0
36
0
35
Wong Kainos
HKG
0
3.5
0
37
0
36
Su Bo Ruei
HKG
0
3.5
0
35
0
37
Lee Chu Yuan Felix
HKG
0
3.5
0
31
0
38
Li Yiheng
HKG
0
3
0
43
1
39
Liu Yeli
HKG
0
3
0
42
1
40
Liu Ho Yin
HKG
1466
3
0
40
1
41
Chiu Silas Nathaniel
HKG
0
3
0
35
0
42
Chu Tsz Wai
HKG
0
3
0
33
3
43
Cheng Hok Fai
HKG
0
2.5
0
31
0
44
Koon Ho Ching
HKG
0
2
0
34
0
45
Wun Yiu Sing
HKG
0
1
0
35
1
46
Siu Kam Wa
HKG
0
1
0
35
0
47
Lee Matthew Yin Hang
HKG
1544
1
0
34
0
Bhatewara Shaunak
HKG
0
1
0
34
0
49
Han Xuqian Ben
HKG
1612
1
0
33
1
50
FM
Dew Brian
HKG
2002
1
0
33
1
51
Borigas Edgardo
HKG
1752
1
0
33
0
52
Au Matthew
HKG
1598
1
0
31
0
53
Lai Cyrus Ho-Yeung
HKG
1922
0.5
0
32
0
Tong Ka Yau Caspar
HKG
0
0.5
0
32
0
55
Cheng Kei Tsi Daniel
HKG
1275
0
0
28
0
Liu Zi Kei Zachary
HKG
1256
0
0
28
0
Chan Pok Hei
HKG
1251
0
0
28
0
Kwok Hiu Nok Taylor
HKG
0
0
0
28
0
59
Lee Michael Man Kit
HKG
0
0
0
28
0
60
CM
Chan Chak Man
HKG
1880
0
0
28
0
61
Chong Fu Wa
HKG
0
0
0
27
0
62
Mushtaq Atif
HKG
0
0
0
27
0
.
Final standings – Hong Kong Women’s National Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
WCM
Li Joy Ching
HKG
1254
6
0
17
3
21
2
Lam Ka Yan
HKG
1234
3.5
0
20
1
13
3
Leung Hoi Ting
HKG
1286
3.5
0
19
1
13
4
WCM
Anandpara Jayendra Saloni
HKG
1387
3.5
0
19
1
13
5
Lo Sze Yin Stephanie
HKG
0
3.5
0
17
2
12
6
Eaton Florence Fai Cheung
HKG
1328
3.5
0
14
0
10
7
Fan Wen Xi
HKG
0
3
0
19
1
11
8
Bu Zhiming
HKG
0
2.5
0
17
0
9
9
Cheung Man Ki Mika
HKG
0
1
0
17
1
4
10
Chan Hau Yee
HKG
0
0
0
19
0
0