Asian Continental Chess Championship - Round 4: So held to a draw; Gomez, Torre, defeated

Aerial shot of Subic Bay Freeport, Olongapo City

There are good, bad and terrible draw in chess. But the So-Luldachev duel, though far from being spectacular, is truly a good and exciting one. It was a fighting draw indeed although it was So who finds himself looking and initiating a force draw in the end.

Again, an exciting pawn sprint on each side of the board. Wesley's pawn on g7 looks menacing. Luldachev however was more than happy to give up his b2 pawn to gain a tempo. It was a mutual offer and it was up to Wesley to decide if they will share the point. Wesley has a different idea, though. His hope was his g7 pawn, so he believes. At move 47, and realizing the fact that he was the one who could be in all kinds of trouble, Wesley offers his rooks to obtain a stalemate, Luldachev refuses (both are getting mean) but the game ended in a draw just the same. Ha!

I highly suggest that Wesley should calm himself all the time and don't get overly excited on his matches. Take it easy Wesley.

In other results for our Filipino players, GM John Paul Gomez lost to 8th seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam to dropped out of the top ten in the standings. So is GM Eugene Torre who lost to IM Al Sayed Muhammad of Qatar. IM Julio Catalino Sadorra has two GMs under his belt so far in the tournament by upsetting GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran. IM Richard Bitoon on the other hand held his ground against Ganguly Surya Shekhar (2625) of India, one of the member of team Anand during his world championship defense with Vladimir Kramnik in 2008. IM Bitoon is tied from 6th-14th place with 3.0 points and is aiming for his 2nd GM norm in the tournament.

Rank after Round 4 (Open Section)

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Sandipan Chanda	IND	2558	3,5	2548	2570
2	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2591	3,5	2521	2538
3	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2523	3,5	2518	2557
4	GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2546	3,0	2654	2682
5	GM	Yu Shaoteng	CHN	2504	3,0	2616	2641
6	IM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2479	3,0	2577	2625
7	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2682	3,0	2552	2557
8	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2570	3,0	2548	2558
9	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2526	3,0	2519	2558
10	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2625	3,0	2513	2546
11	IM	Al Sayed Moh Mad N	QAT	2496	3,0	2486	2561
12	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	VIE	2506	3,0	2485	2592
13	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2590	3,0	2462	2482
14	GM	Mahjoob Morteza	IRI	2498	3,0	2406	2433
15	GM	Gonzales Jayson	PHI	2465	2,5	2659	2682
16	IM	Sadorra Julio Catalino	PHI	2451	2,5	2610	2626
17	GM	Li Shilong	CHN	2557	2,5	2603	2682
18	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2474	2,5	2594	2625
19	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	UZB	2497	2,5	2583	2641
20	GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2538	2,5	2581	2591
21	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2426	2,5	2574	2585
22	IM	Khamrakulov Dzhurabek	UZB	2524	2,5	2541	2584
23	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2509	2,5	2537	2682
24		Gao Rui	CHN	2500	2,5	2509	2591
25	FM	Alhuwar Jasem	UAE	2293	2,5	2507	2513
26	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2641	2,5	2501	2504
27	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2592	2,5	2482	2506
28	GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2584	2,5	2469	2524
29	IM	Toufighi Homayoon	IRI	2478	2,5	2457	2523
30	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2563	2,5	2450	2474
31	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2518	2,5	2444	2465
32	GM	Bui Vinh	VIE	2522	2,5	2437	2451
33	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2585	2,5	2425	2426
34	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2513	2,5	2390	2401
35		Ding Liren	CHN	2458	2,0	2614	2635
36	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	INA	2447	2,0	2591	2593
		Yu Yangyi	CHN	2433	2,0	2591	2593
38	CM	Nguyen Van Huy	VIE	2423	2,0	2574	2585
39	IM	Hassan Abdullah	UAE	2322	2,0	2558	2635
40	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2407	2,0	2546	2563
41		Pak Evgeniy	KAZ	2328	2,0	2541	2584
42	FM	Novita Anjas	INA	2345	2,0	2526	2529
43	IM	Akshayraj Kore	IND	2404	2,0	2524	2526
44	IM	Nguyen Thanh Son	VIE	2448	2,0	2492	2625
45	GM	Torre Eugenio	PHI	2561	2,0	2472	2496
46	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	IND	2482	2,0	2469	2590
47	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2425	2,0	2469	2570
48	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2588	2,0	2453	2458
49	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	PHI	2474	2,0	2449	2570
50	GM	Paragua Mark	PHI	2529	2,0	2443	2479
51	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	2626	2,0	2435	2451
52	IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2479	2,0	2424	2526
53	GM	Hossain Enamul	BAN	2531	2,0	2416	2422
54	FM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2441	1,5	2614	2635
55		Zhang Ziyang	CHN	2419	1,5	2607	2626
56		Xiu Deshun	CHN	2422	1,5	2601	2641
57		Lou Yiping	CHN	2410	1,5	2594	2626
58		Wan Yunguo	CHN	2434	1,5	2591	2592
59	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	IND	2413	1,5	2585	2585
60	GM	Wang Rui	CHN	2434	1,5	2558	2591
61		Pascua Haridas	PHI	2359	1,5	2551	2584
62	FM	Hoang Canh Huan	VIE	2378	1,5	2549	2585
63	FM	Wahono Awam	INA	2391	1,5	2541	2553
64	FM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2391	1,5	2534	2546
65	FM	Abu Sufian Shakil	BAN	2378	1,5	2514	2518
66		Jia Haoxiang	CHN	2344	1,5	2507	2531
67		Yu Lie	CHN	2307	1,5	2490	2498
68	IM	Bancod Ronald	PHI	2356	1,5	2467	2500
69	GM	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	2635	1,5	2462	2465
70	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2593	1,5	2455	2458
71	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2553	1,5	2420	2426
72	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2518	1,5	2406	2433
73		Wang Li	CHN	2401	1,0	2575	2626
74		Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2413	1,0	2550	2553
75		Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2461	1,0	2526	2641
76		Elorta David	PHI	2372	1,0	2520	2531
77	FM	Priyadharshan K	IND	2411	1,0	2517	2538
78		Causo Deniel	PHI	2367	1,0	2510	2513
79		Olay Edgar Reggie	PHI	2348	1,0	2508	2518
80		Celis Solomon B Iii	MAC	2007	1,0	2500	2526
81		Garcia Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2292	1,0	2479	2479
82		Chua Aaron	MAS	2116	1,0	2477	2479
83	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2281	1,0	2468	2474
84	GM	Kim Alexey	KOR	2481	1,0	2395	2411
85		Garma Edgardo	PHI	2421	0,0	2574	2590
86	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	UZB	2552	0,0	0	0

8th Asian Continental/Individual (Women)

Round 4 results:

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