Along with athletes, referees from Turkmenistan are also represented at the 19th Summer Asian Games, which take place from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China. At the chess tournament, the Asian Games program includes an international referee, Vladimir Annaev, and the judo competitions were judged by an international level referee - IJF International of the highest category A - Rovshan Amandurdyev, the website “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” reports.

Rovshan Amandurdyev, who will turn 40 on October 17, has been refereeing judo tournaments since 2002. He received the international category “B” in 2011 based on the results of a seminar-exam for judges in Bangkok, and category “A” in 2022 in Almaty. I have judged the Asian Championships among cadets and juniors and the Open European and Asian Cups many times. Of the major competitions, Rovshan Amandurdyev was entrusted with refereeing the World Championship among veterans in Krakow (Poland) in 2022. And now – the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

International chess judge Vladimir Annaev is also no stranger to this matter. At the Asian Games in China, he was entrusted with personally judging the first board in the individual competition among women, which took place under the “rapid” time control regulations.

The role of the chess arbiter assigned to a particular game includes recording the moves of the players in order to avoid disagreements, as well as monitoring the legality of the moves performed and the time on the clock. This role of the judge is important in regulations such as “rapid” or “blitz”.

It is noteworthy that in the 5th round of the women's tournament, two famous Chinese chess players met each other - four-time world champion Hou Yifan from China, who has the title of grandmaster among men (FIDE rapid rating - 2547) and the current world champion Zhu Jing'er (2414). The victory in this game was won by Zhu Jin'er, who eventually became the champion of the 19th Summer Asian Games. Silver in this discipline went to Umida Omonova (2183) from Uzbekistan, and bronze to Chinese Hou Yifan.

In the men's tournament, Chinese grandmaster Wei Yi (2735) excelled. Uzbek grandmasters Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2731) and Javohir Sindarov (2607) became silver medalists, respectively.

A team chess tournament with classic time control regulations began today at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. The winners will be announced on October 7.