Asian Continental Chess Championship - Round 3: So bounced back, Gonzales in a upset win

It seems that 2400+ players are automatic for Wesley So this year. Wesley made short work of Xiue Deshun of China (2422) defeating him in just 27 moves of the Queens Indian to raise his score to 2.0. This time, Wesley made sure that the advance of his central pawns won't fall the same fate as the fail advance of king side pawns in round 2.



So will be facing GM Iuldachev Saidali (2497) of Uzbekistan in round 4 who, unlike his "harrowing" country man GM Anton Filippov, (harrowing reports HERE) somehow managed to take care of his entry VISA's and necessary documents just in time before the championship and proved to be a more disciplined individual than his most illustrious compatriot who was stuck and grumbling in Philippine Embassy in Malaysia.

In the meantime, Indian GM Chanda Sandipan took over the lead after 3 rounds with perfect 3.0 score. GM John Paul Gomez and IM Richard Bitoon are so far the best Filipino performer in the tourney with 2.5. Excellent performance by GM Jayson Gonzales as he pulls off an upset by defeating third seed Zhou Jianchao (2635) of China. GM Eugen Torre is tied from 12 to 32 place in the standings with 2.0 points.

Rank after Round 3

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Sandipan Chanda	IND	2558	3,0	2526	0
2	GM	Li Shilong	CHN	2557	2,5	2682	0
3	GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2546	2,5	2625	0
4	GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2538	2,5	2570	0
5	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2682	2,5	2557	0
6	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2625	2,5	2546	0
7	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2570	2,5	2538	0
8	IM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2479	2,5	2529	0
9	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2591	2,5	2504	0
10	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2523	2,5	2478	0
11	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	VIE	2506	2,5	2378	0
12	GM	Gonzales Jayson	PHI	2465	2,0	2682	0
13	GM	Yu Shaoteng	CHN	2504	2,0	2641	0
14	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2474	2,0	2625	0
15	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	INA	2447	2,0	2593	0
		Yu Yangyi	CHN	2433	2,0	2593	0
17		Gao Rui	CHN	2500	2,0	2591	0
18	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2426	2,0	2585	0
19	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2526	2,0	2558	0
20	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	UZB	2497	2,0	2524	0
21	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2641	2,0	2504	0
22	FM	Alhuwar Jasem	UAE	2293	2,0	2500	0
23	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2592	2,0	2458	0
24	GM	Torre Eugenio	PHI	2561	2,0	2447	0
25	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2590	2,0	2441	0
26	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2563	2,0	2426	0
27	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2518	2,0	2423	0
28	IM	Al Sayed Moh Mad N	QAT	2496	2,0	2411	0
29	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2513	2,0	2401	0
30	GM	Mahjoob Morteza	IRI	2498	2,0	2378	0
31	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	IND	2482	2,0	2348	0
32	IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2479	2,0	2322	0
33	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2509	1,5	2682	0
34		Xiu Deshun	CHN	2422	1,5	2641	0
35		Ding Liren	CHN	2458	1,5	2635	0
36	IM	Sadorra Julio Catalino	PHI	2451	1,5	2626	0
37	GM	Wang Rui	CHN	2434	1,5	2591	0
38	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	IND	2413	1,5	2585	0
39	IM	Khamrakulov Dzhurabek	UZB	2524	1,5	2584	0
		Pak Evgeniy	KAZ	2328	1,5	2584	0
41	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	PHI	2474	1,5	2570	0
42	FM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2391	1,5	2546	0
43	GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2584	1,5	2524	0
44	IM	Toufighi Homayoon	IRI	2478	1,5	2523	0
	FM	Novita Anjas	INA	2345	1,5	2523	0
46	FM	Abu Sufian Shakil	BAN	2378	1,5	2518	0
47	FM	Hoang Canh Huan	VIE	2378	1,5	2513	0
48	IM	Hassan Abdullah	UAE	2322	1,5	2481	0
49	GM	Paragua Mark	PHI	2529	1,5	2479	0
50	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2593	1,5	2458	0
51	GM	Bui Vinh	VIE	2522	1,5	2451	0
52	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2588	1,5	2447	0
53	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2585	1,5	2426	0
54	FM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2441	1,0	2635	0
55		Lou Yiping	CHN	2410	1,0	2626	0
56	IM	Nguyen Thanh Son	VIE	2448	1,0	2625	0
57		Wan Yunguo	CHN	2434	1,0	2592	0
58	CM	Nguyen Van Huy	VIE	2423	1,0	2585	0
59		Pascua Haridas	PHI	2359	1,0	2584	0
60	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2425	1,0	2570	0
61	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2407	1,0	2563	0
62		Jia Haoxiang	CHN	2344	1,0	2531	0
63	FM	Wahono Awam	INA	2391	1,0	2529	0
64	IM	Akshayraj Kore	IND	2404	1,0	2526	0
		Celis Solomon B Iii	MAC	2007	1,0	2526	0
66		Wang Li	CHN	2401	1,0	2523	0
67		Olay Edgar Reggie	PHI	2348	1,0	2518	0
68		Causo Deniel	PHI	2367	1,0	2513	0
69		Elorta David	PHI	2372	1,0	2509	0
70	IM	Bancod Ronald	PHI	2356	1,0	2500	0
71		Yu Lie	CHN	2307	1,0	2498	0
72		Garcia Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2292	1,0	2479	0
		Chua Aaron	MAS	2116	1,0	2479	0
74	GM	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	2635	1,0	2465	0
75	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	2626	1,0	2451	0
76	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2518	1,0	2433	0
77	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2553	1,0	2426	0
78	GM	Hossain Enamul	BAN	2531	1,0	2422	0
79		Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2461	0,5	2641	0
80		Zhang Ziyang	CHN	2419	0,5	2626	0
81	FM	Priyadharshan K	IND	2411	0,5	2538	0
82	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2281	0,5	2474	0
83	GM	Kim Alexey	KOR	2481	0,5	2378	0
84		Garma Edgardo	PHI	2421	0,0	2590	0
85		Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2413	0,0	2553	0
86	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	UZB	2552	0,0	0	0