Asian Continental Chess Championship - Round 2: So lost, Gomez still perfect

In a game that saw Wesley took so many risk, one may wonder if Wesley did actually over estimated his opponents capability or he just simply miscalculated everything. The intuitive sacrifice, or a forced one, the 17. Nxe6 seems justifiable. It is not hard to see that Wesley would rely on the lightning advance of his king side pawns after the sacrifice. But after the fierce exchange of materials and the smoke had cleared, it is as clear as daylight that Wesley does not have enough resources for his plans of supporting the advance of his king side pawns. After the exchange of Rooks in the 8th rank, white's king side pawns are just waiting to be picked up by black like ripe apples.

The only Filipino so far in the tourney with perfect score is GM John Paul Gomez with 2.0 points. IM Julio Catalino Sadorra on the other hand lost his game against GM Li Shilong of China after coming up an impressive upset victory against fourth seed, GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas of Kazakhstan.

[Event "8th Asian Continental Individual Open"]
[Site "Subic Bay, Philippines"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "GM SO WESLEY, PHI."]
[Black "GM YU SHAOTENG, CHN."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2504"]

8th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)

Round 2 results:

GM Laylo Darwin 0 - 1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan
GM So Wesley 0 - 1 GM Yu Shaoteng
IM Harika Dronavalli 0 - 1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar
GM Le Quang Liem ½ - ½ Gao Rui
GM Gupta Abhijeet 1 - 0 GM Villamayor Buenaventura
Wan Yunguo 0 - 1 GM Sandipan Chanda
GM Li Shilong 1 - 0 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino
GM Dao Thien Hai 1 - 0 FM Batchuluun Tsegmed
IM Ashwin Jayaram 0 - 1 GM Gomez John Paul
GM Moradiabadi Elshan 1 - 0 Celis Solomon B Iii
FM Novita Anjas ½ - ½ GM Rahman Ziaur
FM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi ½ - ½ GM Zhou Jianchao
GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan ½ - ½ Yu Yangyi
Ding Liren ½ - ½ GM Negi Parimarjan
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 0 - 1 IM Irwanto Sadikin
CM Nguyen Van Huy ½ - ½ GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad
IM Dimakiling Oliver ½ - ½ GM Zhou Weiqi
GM Torre Eugenio 1 - 0 Lou Yiping
GM Hossain Enamul 0 - 1 Xiu Deshun
FM Wahono Awam 0 - 1 GM Paragua Mark
GM Murshed Niaz ½ - ½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr
GM Nguyen Anh Dung ½ - ½ Olay Edgar Reggie
Causo Deniel ½ - ½ GM Kunte Abhijit
FM Hoang Canh Huan 0 - 1 GM Tu Hoang Thong
GM Mahjoob Morteza ½ - ½ FM Abu Sufian Shakil
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J ½ - ½ Yu Lie
FM Alhuwar Jasem 1 - 0 GM Kim Alexey
IM Bitoon Richard 1 - 0 Garcia Jan Emmanuel
IM Hassan Abdullah ½ - ½ IM Nolte Rolando
IM Toufighi Homayoon 1 - 0 Jia Haoxiang
GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas ½ - ½ Zhang Ziyang
Garma Edgardo 0 - 1 GM Hou Yifan
Yang Kaiqi 0 - 1 GM Megaranto Susanto
GM Bui Vinh 1 - 0 IM Akshayraj Kore
FM Priyadharshan K 0 - 1 IM Al Sayed Moh Mad N
GM Gonzales Jayson 1 - 0 Elorta David
Wang Li 1 - 0 Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan
IM Nguyen Thanh Son ½ - ½ Pascua Haridas
IM Bancod Ronald ½ - ½ GM Wang Rui
CM Nguyen Hoang Nam ½ - ½ IM Mas Hafizulhelmi
GM Filippov Anton ½ - ½ IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek
GM Iuldachev Saidali 1 - 0 Pak Evgeniy
Chua Aaron 1 bye

Round 3 pairings:

GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2 - 2 GM Li Shilong
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2 - 2 GM Dao Thien Hai
GM Gomez John Paul 2 - 2 GM Gupta Abhijeet
GM Sandipan Chanda 2 - 2 GM Moradiabadi Elshan
GM Yu Shaoteng 2 - 1½ GM Le Quang Liem
IM Irwanto Sadikin 1½ - 1½ GM Torre Eugenio
GM Paragua Mark 1½ - 1½ IM Bitoon Richard
GM Rahman Ziaur 1½ - 1½ IM Toufighi Homayoon
GM Tu Hoang Thong 1½ - 1½ FM Novita Anjas
Gao Rui 1½ - 1½ FM Alhuwar Jasem
Xiu Deshun 1½ - 1 GM So Wesley
GM Zhou Jianchao 1 - 1 GM Gonzales Jayson
Ding Liren 1 - 1 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
GM Negi Parimarjan 1 - 1 Wan Yunguo
GM Hou Yifan 1 - 1 FM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 1 - 1 IM Ashwin Jayaram
GM Zhou Weiqi 1 - 1 GM Murshed Niaz
GM Megaranto Susanto 1 - 1 IM Dimakiling Oliver
IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 1 - 1 GM Bui Vinh
GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 1 - 1 CM Nguyen Van Huy
Yu Yangyi 1 - 1 GM Nguyen Anh Dung
GM Kunte Abhijit 1 - 1 Wang Li
FM Batchuluun Tsegmed 1 - 1 GM Laylo Darwin
Yu Lie 1 - 1 GM Mahjoob Morteza
FM Abu Sufian Shakil 1 - 1 GM Iuldachev Saidali
IM Al Sayed Moh Mad N 1 - 1 Causo Deniel
Olay Edgar Reggie 1 - 1 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J
IM Nolte Rolando 1 - 1 Chua Aaron
GM Villamayor Buenaventura 1 - 1 IM Hassan Abdullah
Celis Solomon B Iii 1 - 1 IM Harika Dronavalli
Lou Yiping ½ - ½ GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas
Zhang Ziyang ½ - ½ GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
Pascua Haridas ½ - ½ GM Filippov Anton
Jia Haoxiang ½ - ½ GM Hossain Enamul
IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek ½ - ½ FM Wahono Awam
GM Kim Alexey ½ - ½ FM Hoang Canh Huan
Garcia Jan Emmanuel ½ - ½ IM Nguyen Thanh Son
GM Wang Rui ½ - ½ CM Nguyen Hoang Nam
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi ½ - ½ IM Bancod Ronald
Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan 0 - 0 FM Priyadharshan K
IM Akshayraj Kore 0 - 0 Garma Edgardo
Elorta David 0 - 0 Yang Kaiqi
Pak Evgeniy 0 bye
8th Asian Continental/Individual (Women)

Round 2 results:

WGM Le Thanh Tu ½ - ½ GM Zhu Chen
Ju Wenjun 1 - 0 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An
WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 0 - 1 WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag
IM Tania Sachdev 1 - 0 WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman
WGM Nadig Kruttika ½ - ½ WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim
WFM Ding Yixin 1 - 0 WGM Karavade Eesha
WGM Zhang Jilin 1 - 0 Wang Xiaohui
WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa 0 - 1 WGM Swathi Ghate
WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 1 - 0 WGM Huang Qian
WIM Zhang Xiaowen 1 - 0 WFM Tay Li-Jin Jeslin
WFM Camacho Chardine Cheradee 0 - 1 WGM Gu Xiaobing
WGM Mohota Nisha 1 - 0 Guo Qi
Li Panru 0 - 1 WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung
Bernales Christy Lamiel ½ - ½ WFM Le Thi Phuong Lien
WIM Xu Tong 1 - 0 WFM Shamima Akter Liza
Xu Huahua ½ - ½ WIM Muminova Nafisa
WFM Dang Bich Ngoc 1 - 0 WIM Mendoza Beverly
Jose Rulp Ylem ½ - ½ WFM Perena Catherine
Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar ½ - ½ WIM Bui Kim Le
WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh 1 - 0 Salvador Aices
WFM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat ½ - ½ Sun Fanghui
WFM Cua Sherily 1 - 0 Docena Jedara
Suede Mikee Chardine 1 bye

Round 3 pairings:

WGM Zhang Jilin 2 - 2 Ju Wenjun
WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2 - 2 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram
WGM Swathi Ghate 2 - 2 IM Tania Sachdev
GM Zhu Chen 1½ - 2 WFM Ding Yixin
WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung 1½ - 1½ WGM Nadig Kruttika
WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim 1½ - 1½ WIM Zhang Xiaowen
WGM Gu Xiaobing 1½ - 1½ WGM Le Thanh Tu
WGM Karavade Eesha 1 - 1½ WGM Mohota Nisha
WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1 - 1 WIM Xu Tong
WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman 1 - 1 WFM Dang Bich Ngoc
WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh 1 - 1 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma
Bernales Christy Lamiel 1 - 1 WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa
Wang Xiaohui 1 - 1 Suede Mikee Chardine
WIM Muminova Nafisa ½ - 1 WFM Cua Sherily
WGM Huang Qian ½ - ½ Li Panru
WFM Le Thi Phuong Lien ½ - ½ Xu Huahua
WFM Perena Catherine ½ - ½ Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar
Sun Fanghui ½ - ½ WFM Camacho Chardine Cheradee
WIM Bui Kim Le ½ - ½ Jose Rulp Ylem
Guo Qi ½ - ½ WFM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat
WFM Tay Li-Jin Jeslin ½ - 0 WFM Shamima Akter Liza
WIM Mendoza Beverly 0 - 0 Salvador Aices
Docena Jedara 0 bye