The chess events at the 22nd Southeast Asian Games were held from 5 to 13 December 2003 at the Vân Đồn sports centre in District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City.[1] This was the first time chess was contested for medals at the Southeast Asian Games. Medals were awarded in eight categories: men's and women's individual and team performances in the combined event held at classical time controls, men's and women's individual competitions at rapid time controls, and men's and women's team competitions at rapid time controls.[2][3]

Chess
at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games
VenueVân Đồn sports centre
LocationHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Start date5 December 2003
End date13 December 2003
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Participating nations

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Of the nine countries that participated, six competed in all the events. Brunei did not contest the women's rapid events, Thailand only contested the men's events, and Laos sent one player to compete in the men's classical tournament.[3]

Results summary

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Individual rapid

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On 5 and 6 December, seventeen men and twelve women competed separately in two single-elimination tournaments held at rapid time controls (all moves in 25 minutes, plus 10 seconds increment per move). Participating countries entered a maximum of two players into each rapid tournament.

In the semifinals of the men's tournament, Mark Paragua from the Philippines defeated Vietnam's Đào Thiên Hải 3–1, and Jason Goh Koon-Jong defeated Wu Shaobin (both from Singapore) 3–1. Paragua defeated Goh 1½–½ in the final to win the gold medal.[1]

In the semifinals of the women's tournament, Vietnam's Lê Kiều Thiên Kim defeated Beverly Mendoza from the Philippines 1½–½, and Vietnam's Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm defeated Malaysia's Siti Zulaikha Foudzi 1½–½. Paragua defeated Goh 3–2 in the final to win the gold medal.[1]

Team rapid

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On 7 December, eight men's teams and six women's teams competed separately in two rapid tournaments played on four boards. In both tournaments, the teams were divided into two groups and played a round-robin group stage. Two teams from each group qualified for the playoffs.

In the semifinals of the men's tournament, the Philippines defeated Singapore 3–1, and Vietnam defeated Malaysia 3½–½. In the final, the Philippines and Vietnam drew their first match 2–2 before the Philippines won a tiebreak match 3–1 to win the gold medal.[2]

In the semifinals of the women's tournament, Indonesia defeated Singapore 2½–1½, and Vietnam defeated Myanmar 4–0. In the final, Vietnam and Indonesia drew their first match 2–2 and a tiebreak match 2–2 before Vietnam prevailed in a sudden-death playoff 2–1 to win the gold medal.[2]

Individual and team classical

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Men and women competed separately in two nine-round Swiss-system tournaments held at classical time controls (all moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 seconds increment per move) from 8 to 13 December.[1][2] Medals were awarded to the best individual performances in each tournament, although it appears no country was allowed to win more than two individual classical medals. Also, the best four scores of players from each country were summed up to create a team score, and medals were awarded to the three highest team scores in each event.

In the men's tournament, Indonesia's Utut Adianto and Susanto Megaranto won the individual gold and silver medals respectively, and Eugenio Torre of the Philippines picked up the bronze medal. The Philippines won the team gold medal for the best aggregate score of its four highest-scoring players, while Indonesia took silver and Vietnam took bronze.[3]

In the women's tournament, Vietnam's Nguyễn Thị Thanh An won the individual gold medal with a score of 8/9. Lê Kiều Thiên Kim and Lê Thị Phương Liên tied for second with 6½/9, and Lê Kiều Thiên Kim was awarded the silver medal on tiebreaks. Vietnam's Hoàng Thanh Trang and Malaysia's Siti Zulaikha Foudzi tied for fourth with 6/9, and Foudzi was awarded the bronze medal. Vietnam won the team gold medal for the best aggregate score of its four highest-scoring players, while Indonesia took silver and the Philippines took bronze.[3]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team – classical[3]   Philippines (PHI)
Eugenio Torre
Mark Paragua
Buenaventura Villamayor
Ronald Dableo
23   Indonesia (INA)
Utut Adianto
Susanto Megaranto
Hamdani Rudin
Dede Liu
22½   Vietnam (VIE)
Đào Thiên Hải
Phạm Minh Hoàng
Nguyễn Anh Dũng
Bùi Vinh
20
Women's team – classical[3]   Vietnam (VIE)
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
Lê Thị Phương Liên
Hoàng Thanh Trang
27   Indonesia (INA)
Lisa Karlina Lumongdong
Neiko Rasaki Rohanis
Upi Darmayana Tamin
Ai Jackiah
20½   Philippines (PHI)
Sheerie Joy Lomibao
Kathryn Ann Cruz
Cristine Rose Mariano
Beverly Mendoza
19½
Men's team – rapid[3][4]   Philippines (PHI)
Eugenio Torre
Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Buenaventura Villamayor
Mark Paragua
Jayson Gonzales
  Vietnam (VIE)
Đào Thiên Hải
Nguyễn Anh Dũng
Từ Hoàng Thông
Phạm Minh Hoàng
Nguyễn Văn Huy
  Singapore (SIN)
Wu Shaobin
Wong Meng Kong
Jason Goh Koon-Jong
Goh Wei Ming
Evan Yeo Min-Yang
  Malaysia (MAS)
Nicholas Chan
Lim Chuin Hoong
Jonathan Chuah
Marcus Chan
Ismail Ahmad
Women's team – rapid[3]   Vietnam (VIE)
Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
Lê Thị Phương Liên
Hoàng Thị Út
Lương Minh Huệ
  Indonesia (INA)
Lisa Karlina Lumongdong
Evi Lindiawati
Upi Darmayana Tamin
Irine Kharisma Sukandar
Sulung Wahyuningsih
  Singapore (SIN)
Lin Ai Lin
Liu Yang
Jeslin Tay Li-Jin
Rolles May Li
Suzanna Sia Xin-Yun
  Myanmar (MYA)
Tin Lay Shue
Zin Mar Min Than
Thandar Aye Win
Win Win Thue
Nan M K Khine Hlyan
Men's individual – classical[3] Utut Adianto
  Indonesia
Susanto Megaranto
  Indonesia
Eugenio Torre
  Philippines
Women's individual – classical[3] Nguyễn Thị Thanh An
  Vietnam
8 Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
  Vietnam
Siti Zulaikha Foudzi
  Malaysia
6
Men's individual – rapid[3] Mark Paragua
  Philippines
Jason Goh Koon-Jong
  Singapore
Đào Thiên Hải
  Vietnam
Wu Shaobin
  Singapore
Women's individual – rapid[3] Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm
  Vietnam
Lê Kiều Thiên Kim
  Vietnam
Siti Zulaikha Foudzi
  Malaysia
Beverly Mendoza
  Philippines

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Vietnam)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Vietnam (VIE)*4329
2  Philippines (PHI)3036
3  Indonesia (INA)1405
4  Singapore (SIN)0134
5  Malaysia (MAS)0033
6  Myanmar (MYA)0011
Totals (6 entries)881228

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Chess". 22nd SEA Games Organization Committee. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Crowther, Mark (15 December 2003). "22nd SEA Games Chess Championships 2003". The Week in Chess. No. 475. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Seagames 22 – Vietnam 2003". Vietnamchess. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Nicholas and Chuin Hoong set out to strike in rapidchess". The Star. 4 December 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2020.