Asian Continental Chess Championship - Round 5: Lucky Wesley!

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As the saying goes, luck favors the bold. And Wesley was lucky enough to escaped this one. Not only Wesley found himself two pawns down, he was in deep, deep time trouble. Starting at move 25, Kunte had 10 minutes to spare to Wesley's 4 minutes. By move 28, both player starts to blitz, especially So who are "firing at will". White's pawns are going nowhere, with opposite colored bishop so a draw is a logical choice. Kunte accept Wesley's offer.

Other results for our Filipino players. IM Richard Bitoon has a drawn game with Chinese prodigy, Ho Yifan. GM Jayson Gonzalez lost to GM Zhou Weiqui. The slumping GM Eugene Torre yet, suffer another setback against lower rated opponent, this time he lost to 54th seed Yu Yangyi. You can view complete results of Round 5 HERE and Round 6 Pairings is HERE.

Rank after Round 5 (Open section)

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Sandipan Chanda	IND	2558	4,0	2562	2581
2	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2591	4,0	2533	2548
3	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2523	4,0	2527	2552
4	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2526	4,0	2511	2527
5	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2625	4,0	2508	2522
6	GM	Yu Shaoteng	CHN	2504	3,5	2638	2662
7	GM	Dao Thien Hai	VIE	2546	3,5	2610	2654
8	IM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2479	3,5	2581	2608
9	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2682	3,5	2537	2552
10	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2570	3,5	2534	2548
11		Gao Rui	CHN	2500	3,5	2525	2574
12	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	VIE	2506	3,5	2513	2581
13	IM	Toufighi Homayoon	IRI	2478	3,5	2500	2554
14	GM	Filippov Anton	UZB	2584	3,5	2470	2499
15	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2590	3,5	2467	2481
16	GM	Zhou Weiqi	CHN	2563	3,5	2455	2470
17	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2518	3,5	2432	2444
18		Ding Liren	CHN	2458	3,0	2607	2614
19	IM	Sadorra Julio Catalino	PHI	2451	3,0	2592	2610
20		Yu Yangyi	CHN	2433	3,0	2581	2591
21	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2426	3,0	2567	2574
22	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	UZB	2497	3,0	2562	2583
23	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2509	3,0	2555	2637
24	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2407	3,0	2537	2546
25	GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2538	3,0	2529	2581
26	IM	Khamrakulov Dzhurabek	UZB	2524	3,0	2511	2541
27	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2641	3,0	2505	2509
28	IM	Al Sayed Moh Mad N	QAT	2496	3,0	2499	2544
29	GM	Negi Parimarjan	IND	2592	3,0	2491	2508
30	GM	Mahjoob Morteza	IRI	2498	3,0	2479	2529
31	GM	Kunte Abhijit	IND	2513	3,0	2473	2521
32	GM	Bui Vinh	VIE	2522	3,0	2457	2474
33	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2588	3,0	2446	2453
34	IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2479	3,0	2424	2475
35	GM	Hossain Enamul	BAN	2531	3,0	2412	2416
36	GM	Gonzales Jayson	PHI	2465	2,5	2627	2659
37	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	INA	2447	2,5	2602	2610
38	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2474	2,5	2591	2605
39		Xiu Deshun	CHN	2422	2,5	2578	2601
40	GM	Li Shilong	CHN	2557	2,5	2568	2603
41	FM	Wahono Awam	INA	2391	2,5	2535	2541
42		Pak Evgeniy	KAZ	2328	2,5	2521	2541
43	FM	Alhuwar Jasem	UAE	2293	2,5	2510	2516
44	IM	Nguyen Thanh Son	VIE	2448	2,5	2504	2577
45	GM	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	2635	2,5	2455	2462
46	IM	Bancod Ronald	PHI	2356	2,5	2453	2467
47	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2593	2,5	2452	2455
48	GM	Paragua Mark	PHI	2529	2,5	2445	2464
49	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2585	2,5	2442	2452
50	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	2626	2,5	2439	2449
51	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	IND	2482	2,5	2427	2469
52	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2553	2,5	2417	2420
53	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2518	2,5	2390	2406
54	FM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2441	2,0	2606	2614
55		Wan Yunguo	CHN	2434	2,0	2580	2591
56	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	IND	2413	2,0	2574	2585
57	CM	Nguyen Van Huy	VIE	2423	2,0	2555	2574
58		Wang Li	CHN	2401	2,0	2554	2575
59		Pascua Haridas	PHI	2359	2,0	2535	2551
60	FM	Novita Anjas	INA	2345	2,0	2535	2541
61	IM	Hassan Abdullah	UAE	2322	2,0	2532	2558
62	IM	Akshayraj Kore	IND	2404	2,0	2526	2529
63	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2425	2,0	2508	2579
64	FM	Abu Sufian Shakil	BAN	2378	2,0	2508	2514
65	FM	Priyadharshan K	IND	2411	2,0	2505	2517
66		Elorta David	PHI	2372	2,0	2502	2520
67		Yu Lie	CHN	2307	2,0	2486	2490
68		Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2461	2,0	2484	2526
69	GM	Torre Eugenio	PHI	2561	2,0	2459	2472
70	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	PHI	2474	2,0	2435	2489
71		Lou Yiping	CHN	2410	1,5	2607	2631
72		Zhang Ziyang	CHN	2419	1,5	2590	2607
73	FM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	MGL	2391	1,5	2554	2570
74	FM	Hoang Canh Huan	VIE	2378	1,5	2535	2549
75		Jia Haoxiang	CHN	2344	1,5	2510	2525
76		Causo Deniel	PHI	2367	1,5	2505	2510
77	GM	Wang Rui	CHN	2434	1,5	2502	2558
78		Yang Kaiqi	CHN	2413	1,5	2490	2550
79		Garcia Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2292	1,5	2468	2479
80	GM	Kim Alexey	KOR	2481	1,5	2385	2395
81		Garma Edgardo	PHI	2421	1,0	2522	2574
82		Olay Edgar Reggie	PHI	2348	1,0	2499	2508
83		Celis Solomon B Iii	MAC	2007	1,0	2470	2500
84	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2281	1,0	2456	2468
85		Chua Aaron	MAS	2116	1,0	2452	2477
86	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	UZB	2552	0,0	0	0