2nd Subic International open round 7: Iranian GM takes lead

Top Iranian GM and 2nd seed, 25 years-old Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2593)

You don't see this everyday in Philippine soil. Filipinos, Chinese and Indians players basically have no regards with other nationalities in local tournaments but here in Subic, Iranian GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan is now leading 74 other players with only two more rounds to play. GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsanis is best remember to many chess enthusiast as the winner of a series of exhibition matches with former world champion Anatoly Karpov that was held earlier this year in Tehran, Iran. Best Filipino performer of the tournament so far is IM Richard Bitoon who is at 13th place with 4.5 points. Even if he wins his last two games, Bitoon may not get a GM norm when the tourney ends. Hope my calculation is wrong.

For round 7 results, please go HERE. Pairings for round 8 is HERE. And for Live/Replays of the games in the top boards, you can view them HERE

Rank after Round 7

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2593	6,0	2472	2484
2	GM	Sandipan Chanda	IND	2558	5,5	2478	2491
3	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2523	5,5	2468	2492
4		Yu Yangyi	CHN	2433	5,0	2581	2587
5		Xiu Deshun	CHN	2422	5,0	2544	2556
6	GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2546	5,0	2491	2507
7	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	IND	2482	5,0	2477	2492
8	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2588	5,0	2459	2467
9	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2592	5,0	2438	2452
10	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2553	5,0	2434	2438
11	IM	Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2413	4,5	2535	2542
12	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2625	4,5	2476	2486
13	IM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2479	4,5	2471	2504
14		Lou Yiping	CHN	2410	4,5	2446	2506
15	IM	Zhang Ziyang	CHN	2419	4,5	2445	2498
16	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	IND	2413	4,5	2430	2473
17	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2570	4,5	2410	2420
18	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2513	4,5	2392	2410
19	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2509	4,5	2390	2407
20	GM	Paragua Mark	PHI	2529	4,5	2384	2399
21	WGM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2304	4,5	2358	2403
22	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2407	4,0	2486	2498
23	IM	Sadorra Julio Catalino	PHI	2451	4,0	2464	2501
24		Senador Emmanuel	PHI	2360	4,0	2446	2484
25	FM	Arvind C J	IND	2275	4,0	2425	2438
26		Wang Li	CHN	2401	4,0	2411	2443
27	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2426	4,0	2400	2430
28	GM	Gonzales Jayson	PHI	2465	4,0	2383	2403
29	CM	Nguyen Van Huy	VIE	2423	4,0	2290	2305
30		Yu Lie	CHN	2307	3,5	2479	2488
31		Habla Jony	PHI	2300	3,5	2469	2508
32	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2425	3,5	2468	2514
33	IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2423	3,5	2454	2495
34		Wan Yunguo	CHN	2434	3,5	2433	2463
35		Bagamasbad Efren	PHI	2283	3,5	2420	2451
36		Gao Rui	CHN	2500	3,5	2417	2440
37		Arroyo Christian	PHI	2213	3,5	2414	2426
38		Garcia Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2292	3,5	2413	2455
39		Olay Edgar Reggie	PHI	2348	3,5	2396	2452
40	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2518	3,5	2396	2405
41	IM	Tirto	INA	2417	3,5	2392	2425
42	IM	Nguyen Thanh Son	VIE	2448	3,5	2384	2400
43	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	PHI	2474	3,5	2300	2305
44		Jia Haoxiang	CHN	2344	3,0	2475	2485
45	FM	Priyadharshan K	IND	2411	3,0	2445	2478
46	IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2479	3,0	2434	2463
47	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2281	3,0	2404	2426
48		Li Panru	CHN	2146	3,0	2401	2410
49	FM	Chua Zheng Yuan Terry	SIN	2250	3,0	2394	2400
50		Tejas Ravichandran	IND	2177	3,0	2389	2404
51		Milagrosa Alexander	PHI	2227	3,0	2372	2389
52		Florendo Paulo James	PHI	2257	3,0	2362	2376
53		Andador Rolando	PHI	2286	3,0	2338	2382
54		Legaspi Rhobel	PHI	2358	3,0	2325	2350
55	IM	Bancod Ronald	PHI	2356	3,0	2275	2300
56	FM	Segarra Randy	PHI	2316	3,0	2268	2303
57	FM	Simanjuntak Sebastian	INA	2260	2,5	2411	2421
58		Lluch Victor	PHI	2260	2,5	2388	2394
59		Morazo John Ranel	PHI	2133	2,5	2371	2384
60		Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar	MGL	2038	2,5	2345	2355
61	IM	Nadera Barlo A	PHI	2400	2,5	2331	2349
62		Portugalera Ric	PHI	2240	2,5	2326	2372
63		Pascua Haridas	PHI	2359	2,5	2307	2323
64		Mariano Nelson III	PHI	2092	2,5	2304	2341
65		Causo Deniel	PHI	2367	2,5	2298	2316
66	FM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2391	2,5	2293	2322
67	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	INA	2447	2,5	2284	2289
68		Ochoa Carl Victor	PHI	2276	2,0	2402	2437
69		Salcedo Richilieu	PHI	2203	2,0	2347	2359
70		Fernandez Dandel	PHI	2066	2,0	2335	2346
71	WIM	Nadig Kruttika	IND	2361	1,5	2271	2302
72	FM	Castellano Christopher	PHI	2295	1,5	2234	2273
73		Diez Allan	PHI	0	0,5	2346	2367
74		Chua Aaron	MAS	2116	0,5	2284	2322