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GM Wesley So

Le Quang Liem still without a win, nine players sharing the lead.

The 2010 Asia Continental Chess Championships are taking place on April 21-30th in Subic, under the management of the Philippines Chess Federation. 32 Grandmasters, 23 International masters, and a total of 63 titled participants start at the men section of the Asia Continental Chess Championship.

The Asia Continental will feature a large prize fund of 65 000 USD, of which 50 000 for the open group, and 15 000 for the women section.

Top-seeded Le Quang Liem of Vietnam had an unusually poor start, after being stunned in round one by IM Kirill Kuderinov, on the next day he scored only a draw against 2390-rated Wang Chen. On the other hand, Krishnan Sasikiran of India and local hero Wesley So performed well at the beginning and are now in the leading group of nine players with perfect two points.

In the women's section, WFM Ding Yixin beats 2nd-seed WGM Tan Zhongyi in the Chinese derby on the first board, and is currently sharing the first place with her compatriot IM Wang Yu and Indian WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma.

Round 2 results (Open):
IM TOUFIGHI Homayoon - GM SASIKIRAN Krishnan 0 - 1
GM NI Hua - GM TU Hoang Thong ½ - ½ 
GM SALEM A R Saleh - GM SO Wesley 0 - 1 
IM BITOON Richard - GM ZHOU Jianchao ½ - ½ 
IM NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy - GM LI Chao B ½ - ½ 
GM GEETHA Narayanan Gopal - FM GOLIZADEH Asghar ½ - ½ 
GM ZHOU Weiqi - GM NEELOTPAL Das ½ - ½ 
GM NGUYEN Anh Dung - GM GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan ½ - ½ 
GM YU Yangyi - IM KUDERINOV Kirill 1 - 0 
IM GAO Rui - GM ANTONIO Rogelio Jr ½ - ½ 
GM DING Liren - LOU Yiping 1 - 0 
IM BARBOSA Oliver - GM GUPTA Abhijeet 1 - 0 
GM RAHMAN Ziaur - YU Ruiyuan 0 - 1 
GM SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve - GM LAYLO Darwin ½ - ½ 
GM MEGARANTO Susanto - FM SEGARRA Randy 1 - 0 
LU Shanglei - GM DAO Thien Hai ½ - ½ 
GM AL-SAYED Mohammed - MACALA Allan - - + 
WIM PADMINI Rout - IM SETHURAMAN S P 0 - 1 
GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son - FM CHAN Wei Xuan Timothy 1 - 0 
FM GARCIA Jan Emmanuel - GM ZHANG Zhong 1 - 0 
GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi - IM DUONG The Anh ½ - ½ 
IM ADHIBAN B - FM HABLA Jony ½ - ½ 
GM GOMEZ John Paul - LI Hanbin 1 - 0 
IM NADERA Barlo A - GM TORRE Eugenio ½ - ½ 
FM YEE Soon Wei - GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan 0 - 1 
MARIANO Nelson Iii - GM BAKRE Tejas 0 - 1 
FLORENDO Paulo James - IM DABLEO Ronald ½ - ½ 
GM LE Quang Liem - WANG Chen ½ - ½ 
GM HARIKRISHNA P - WANG Li 1 - 0 
FM BATTULGA Namkhai - GM WEN Yang ½ - ½ 
LU Yijie - IM KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek 0 - 1 
XIU Deshun - FM PASCUA Haridas ½ - ½ 
GM BUI Vinh - ZENG Chongsheng ½ - ½ 
IM HARIKA Dronavalli - FM DE RAMOS Julius ½ - ½ 
IM DIMAKILING Oliver - LEGASPI Rhobel 1 - 0 
FM ALHUWAR Jasem - IM WOHL Aleksandar H ½ - ½ 
IM NGUYEN Thanh Son - OLAY Edgar Reggie ½ - ½ 
IM GOH Weiming - DATU Alcon John 1 - 0 
WAN Yunguo - TURQUEZA Mari Joseph ½ - ½ 
CAUSO Deniel - IM NOLTE Rolando 0 - 1 
LUMANCAS Lyndon - SENADOR Emmanuel 0 - 1 
DARINI Pouria - DE LEON Luke Matthew 1 - 0 
PAULO Bersamina - IM GINTING Nasib ½ - ½ 
IM YANG Kaiqi - GALVAN Jesus 1 - 0 
GALINDO Joseph - bye
ABELGAS Roel not paired

Round 3 pairings (Open):
GM SASIKIRAN Krishnan - GM MEGARANTO Susanto 
GM SO Wesley - IM BARBOSA Oliver 
IM SETHURAMAN S P - GM YU Yangyi 
YU Ruiyuan - GM DING Liren 
GM NI Hua - MACALA Allan 
GM ZHOU Jianchao - IM NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy 
GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan - GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son 
GM LI Chao B - IM BITOON Richard 
GM BAKRE Tejas - GM GEETHA Narayanan Gopal 
FM GOLIZADEH Asghar - GM ZHOU Weiqi 
GM GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan - IM GAO Rui 
GM ANTONIO Rogelio Jr - GM NGUYEN Anh Dung 
GM LAYLO Darwin - LU Shanglei 
GM DAO Thien Hai - GM SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve 
GM NEELOTPAL Das - GM GOMEZ John Paul 
GM TU Hoang Thong - FM GARCIA Jan Emmanuel 
IM DUONG The Anh - GM HARIKRISHNA P 
GM GUPTA Abhijeet - IM GOH Weiming 
LOU Yiping - GM RAHMAN Ziaur 
IM NOLTE Rolando - GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi 
SENADOR Emmanuel - IM ADHIBAN B 
IM KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek - IM NADERA Barlo A 
GM TORRE Eugenio - DARINI Pouria 
GM AL-SAYED Mohammed - IM YANG Kaiqi 
FM HABLA Jony - IM TOUFIGHI Homayoon 
FM SEGARRA Randy - GM SALEM A R Saleh 
IM DABLEO Ronald - WIM PADMINI Rout 
IM KUDERINOV Kirill - FLORENDO Paulo James 
GALINDO Joseph - IM DIMAKILING Oliver 
FM PASCUA Haridas - GM LE Quang Liem 
GM ZHANG Zhong - FM BATTULGA Namkhai 
GM WEN Yang - FM ALHUWAR Jasem 
ZENG Chongsheng - XIU Deshun 
FM CHAN Wei Xuan Timothy - GM BUI Vinh 
LI Hanbin - IM HARIKA Dronavalli 
IM WOHL Aleksandar H - FM YEE Soon Wei 
FM DE RAMOS Julius - IM NGUYEN Thanh Son 
OLAY Edgar Reggie - WAN Yunguo 
IM GINTING Nasib - MARIANO Nelson Iii 
WANG Chen - PAULO Bersamina 
WANG Li - TURQUEZA Mari Joseph 
DATU Alcon John - LU Yijie 
LEGASPI Rhobel - LUMANCAS Lyndon 
DE LEON Luke Matthew - CAUSO Deniel 
GALVAN Jesus - bye
ABELGAS Roel not paired

Round 2 results (Women):
WFM DING Yixin - WGM TAN Zhongyi 1 - 0 
WGM NGUYEN Thi Thanh An - WIM PHAM Le Thao Nguyen ½ - ½ 
IM WANG Yu A - WGM POURKASHIYAN Atousa 1 - 0 
WANG Jue - WGM HOANG Thi Bao Tram ½ - ½ 
WGM SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma - LKHAMSUREN Uuganbayar 1 - 0 
WGM JU Wenjun - WGM MEENAKSHI Subbaraman 1 - 0 
WFM HAKIMIFARD Ghazal - WIM KIRAN Manisha Mohanty ½ - ½ 
IM TANIA Sachdev - SALVADOR Aices 1 - 0 
WIM MUMINOVA Nafisa - BERNALES Christy Lamiel ½ - ½ 
WIM HOANG Thi Nhu Y - WFM DEWI Aa Citra ½ - ½ 
XU Huahua - SUEDE Akiko Charmaine 1 - 0 
WFM AL-ZAROUNI Kholoud Essa - WIM MENDOZA Beverly 0 - 1

Round 3 pairings (Women):
WGM SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma - IM WANG Yu A 
WGM JU Wenjun - WFM DING Yixin 
WIM PHAM Le Thao Nguyen - WANG Jue 
WGM HOANG Thi Bao Tram - WGM NGUYEN Thi Thanh An 
WGM TAN Zhongyi - WFM HAKIMIFARD Ghazal 
LKHAMSUREN Uuganbayar - IM TANIA Sachdev 
WGM POURKASHIYAN Atousa - XU Huahua 
WIM KIRAN Manisha Mohanty - WIM MENDOZA Beverly 
WGM MEENAKSHI Subbaraman - WIM HOANG Thi Nhu Y 
WFM DEWI Aa Citra - WIM MUMINOVA Nafisa 
SALVADOR Aices - BERNALES Christy Lamiel 
SUEDE Akiko Charmaine - WFM AL-ZAROUNI Kholoud Essa

source: http://tournaments.chessdom.com

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