Asia Continental Chess Championship 2010

participants and pairings

For yet another year The Philippines Chess Federation is holding the Asia Continental Chess Championships. The 2010 edition of the competition is going to take place in Subic, April 21-30 and the opening ceremony date will coincide with the opening of the WCC match Topalov - Anand. The Asia Continental will feature a large prize fund of 65 000 USD, of which 50 000 for the open section, and 15 000 for the women.

A total of 32 Grandmasters, 23 International masters, and a total of 63 titled participants start at the men section of the Asia Continental Chess Championship. Top rated Le Quang Liem and Krishnan Sasikiran have close competitors - local hero Wesley So, top Chinese Ni Hua, Pentala Harikrishna, Zhou Jianchao, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Li Chao B, Zhang Zhong, and GN GOpal, all rated above 2600. Here are the pairings for round 1.

Results round 1

1 IM KUDERINOV Kirill 1 - 0 GM LE Quang Liem
2 GM SASIKIRAN Krishnan 1 - 0 IM DIMAKILING Oliver
3 IM WOHL Aleksandar H 0 - 1 GM NI Hua
4 GM SO Wesley 1 - 0 IM NGUYEN Thanh Son
5 LOU Yiping 1 - 0 GM HARIKRISHNA P
6 GM ZHOU Jianchao 1 - 0 IM GOH Weiming
7 IM DUONG The Anh ½ - ½ GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son
8 GM LI Chao B 1 - 0 WAN Yunguo
9 IM NOLTE Rolando 0 - 1 GM GEETHA Narayanan Gopal
10 GM ZHANG Zhong ½ - ½ IM NADERA Barlo A
11 SENADOR Emmanuel 0 - 1 GM ZHOU Weiqi
12 GM GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan 1 - 0 DARINI Pouria
13 IM GINTING Nasib 0 - 1 GM YU Yangyi
14 GM ANTONIO Rogelio Jr 1 - 0 IM YANG Kaiqi
15 WANG Chen 0 - 1 GM DING Liren
16 GM GUPTA Abhijeet 1 - 0 WANG Li
17 FM PASCUA Haridas 0 - 1 GM RAHMAN Ziaur
18 GM LAYLO Darwin 1 - 0 FM BATTULGA Namkhai
19 ZENG Chongsheng 0 - 1 GM MEGARANTO Susanto
20 GM DAO Thien Hai 1 - 0 LU Yijie
21 FM CHAN Wei Xuan Timothy ½ - ½ GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi
22 GM WEN Yang 0 - 1 LU Shanglei
23 LI Hanbin ½ - ½ IM ADHIBAN B
24 IM KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek 0 - 1 WIM PADMINI Rout
25 FM HABLA Jony ½ - ½ GM GOMEZ John Paul
26 GM TORRE Eugenio ½ - ½ FM GARCIA Jan Emmanuel
27 FM DE RAMOS Julius 0 - 1 GM AL-SAYED Mohammed
28 IM SETHURAMAN S P 1 - 0 LEGASPI Rhobel
29 YU Ruiyuan 1 - 0 XIU Deshun
30 IM TOUFIGHI Homayoon 1 - 0 FM ALHUWAR Jasem
31 OLAY Edgar Reggie 0 - 1 GM SALEM A R Saleh
32 GM TU Hoang Thong 1 - 0 CAUSO Deniel
33 FM SEGARRA Randy 1 - 0 GM BUI Vinh
34 IM BITOON Richard 1 - 0 LUMANCAS Lyndon
35 MACALA Allan 1 - 0 IM HARIKA Dronavalli
36 GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan ½ - ½ FLORENDO Paulo James
37 DATU Alcon John 0 - 1 IM NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy
38 GM BAKRE Tejas ½ - ½ FM YEE Soon Wei
39 ABELGAS Roel - - + GM NGUYEN Anh Dung
40 IM DABLEO Ronald ½ - ½ MARIANO Nelson Iii
41 TURQUEZA Mari Joseph 0 - 1 IM GAO Rui
42 FM GOLIZADEH Asghar 1 - 0 PAULO Bersamina
43 DE LEON Luke Matthew 0 - 1 IM BARBOSA Oliver
44 GM NEELOTPAL Das 1 - 0 GALINDO Joseph
45 GALVAN Jesus 0 - 1 GM SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve

Pairings round 2

1 IM TOUFIGHI Homayoon - GM SASIKIRAN Krishnan
2 GM NI Hua - GM TU Hoang Thong
3 GM SALEM A R Saleh - GM SO Wesley
4 IM BITOON Richard - GM ZHOU Jianchao
5 IM NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy - GM LI Chao B
6 GM GEETHA Narayanan Gopal - FM GOLIZADEH Asghar
7 GM ZHOU Weiqi - GM NEELOTPAL Das
8 GM NGUYEN Anh Dung - GM GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan
9 GM YU Yangyi - IM KUDERINOV Kirill
10 IM GAO Rui - GM ANTONIO Rogelio Jr
11 GM DING Liren - LOU Yiping
12 IM BARBOSA Oliver - GM GUPTA Abhijeet
13 GM RAHMAN Ziaur - YU Ruiyuan
14 GM SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve - GM LAYLO Darwin
15 GM MEGARANTO Susanto - FM SEGARRA Randy
16 LU Shanglei - GM DAO Thien Hai
17 GM AL-SAYED Mohammed - MACALA Allan
18 WIM PADMINI Rout - IM SETHURAMAN S P
19 GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son - FM CHAN Wei Xuan Timothy
20 FM GARCIA Jan Emmanuel - GM ZHANG Zhong
21 GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi - IM DUONG The Anh
22 IM ADHIBAN B - FM HABLA Jony
23 GM GOMEZ John Paul - LI Hanbin
24 IM NADERA Barlo A - GM TORRE Eugenio
25 FM YEE Soon Wei - GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan
26 MARIANO Nelson Iii - GM BAKRE Tejas
27 FLORENDO Paulo James - IM DABLEO Ronald
28 GM LE Quang Liem - WANG Chen
29 GM HARIKRISHNA P - WANG Li
30 FM BATTULGA Namkhai - GM WEN Yang
31 LU Yijie - IM KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek
32 XIU Deshun - FM PASCUA Haridas
33 GM BUI Vinh - ZENG Chongsheng
34 IM HARIKA Dronavalli - FM DE RAMOS Julius
35 IM DIMAKILING Oliver - LEGASPI Rhobel
36 FM ALHUWAR Jasem - IM WOHL Aleksandar H
37 IM NGUYEN Thanh Son - OLAY Edgar Reggie
38 IM GOH Weiming - DATU Alcon John
39 WAN Yunguo - TURQUEZA Mari Joseph
40 CAUSO Deniel - IM NOLTE Rolando
41 LUMANCAS Lyndon - SENADOR Emmanuel
42 DARINI Pouria - DE LEON Luke Matthew
43 PAULO Bersamina - IM GINTING Nasib
44 IM YANG Kaiqi - GALVAN Jesus
45 GALINDO Joseph - bye
46 ABELGAS Roel - not paired

The women section will not be less exciting. Lead by the 2500 rated Ju Wnjun, it has 18 titled players, including Tan Zhongyi, Tania Sachdev, etc. Here are the pairings for round 1.

Results round 1

1 WIM KIRAN Manisha Mohanty ½ - ½ WGM JU Wenjun
2 WGM TAN Zhongyi 1 - 0 WIM HOANG Thi Nhu Y
3 WANG Jue 1 - 0 IM TANIA Sachdev
4 WGM MEENAKSHI Subbaraman ½ - ½ WFM HAKIMIFARD Ghazal
5 LKHAMSUREN Uuganbayar 1 - 0 WIM MUMINOVA Nafisa
6 WIM PHAM Le Thao Nguyen 1 - 0 XU Huahua
7 WIM MENDOZA Beverly 0 - 1 IM WANG Yu A
8 WGM HOANG Thi Bao Tram 1 - 0 SALVADOR Aices
9 BERNALES Christy Lamiel 0 - 1 WGM SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma
10 WFM DING Yixin 1 - 0 WFM DEWI Aa Citra
11 SUEDE Akiko Charmaine 0 - 1 WGM NGUYEN Thi Thanh An
12 WGM POURKASHIYAN Atousa 1 - 0 WFM AL-ZAROUNI Kholoud Essa

Pairings round 2

1 WFM DING Yixin - WGM TAN Zhongyi
2 WGM NGUYEN Thi Thanh An - WIM PHAM Le Thao Nguyen
3 IM WANG Yu A - WGM POURKASHIYAN Atousa
4 WANG Jue - WGM HOANG Thi Bao Tram
5 WGM SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma - LKHAMSUREN Uuganbayar
6 WGM JU Wenjun - WGM MEENAKSHI Subbaraman
7 WFM HAKIMIFARD Ghazal - WIM KIRAN Manisha Mohanty
8 IM TANIA Sachdev - SALVADOR Aices
9 WIM MUMINOVA Nafisa - BERNALES Christy Lamiel
10 WIM HOANG Thi Nhu Y - WFM DEWI Aa Citra
11 XU Huahua - SUEDE Akiko Charmaine
12 WFM AL-ZAROUNI Kholoud Essa - WIM MENDOZA Beverly