</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> 8th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)</SPAN>
The Asia Continental Chess Championship is going to take place in Subic Freeport, Philippines. The championship starts on May 12 and it is the qualification for the World Cup scheduled 20 Nov. to 15 Dec. 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), and to the Women's World Championship next year. At stake in the tournament is a total of $50,000 in cash prizes for the top 40 places in the Men’s Division and $15,000 in cash prizes for the top 20 in the Women’s Division.
Rank after Round 6 top 31: </SPAN> Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2  1 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2558 5,0 2592 2614 2 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2591 5,0 2531 2540 3 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2546 4,5 2584 2610 4 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2526 4,5 2540 2560 5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2625 4,5 2512 2523 6 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2518 4,5 2466 2486 7 GM Yu Shaoteng CHN 2504 4,0 2626 2638 8 Ding Liren CHN 2458 4,0 2602 2607 9 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2479 4,0 2582 2600 10 Yu Yangyi CHN 2433 4,0 2566 2581 11 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2523 4,0 2543 2565 12 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2407 4,0 2530 2537 13 IM Toufighi Homayoon IRI 2478 4,0 2516 2557 14 IM Al Sayed Moh Mad N QAT 2496 4,0 2509 2542 15 GM So Wesley PHI 2641 4,0 2504 2506 16 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2590 4,0 2477 2488 17 GM Filippov Anton UZB 2584 4,0 2473 2492 18 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2563 4,0 2461 2472 19 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2588 4,0 2459 2467 20 GM Hossain Enamul BAN 2531 4,0 2429 2437 21 Xiu Deshun CHN 2422 3,5 2582 2598 22 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2426 3,5 2560 2567 23 Gao Rui CHN 2500 3,5 2554 2596 24 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2682 3,5 2543 2554 25 GM Li Shilong CHN 2557 3,5 2539 2568 26 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2570 3,5 2530 2538 27 GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2506 3,5 2522 2569 28 GM Mahjoob Morteza IRI 2498 3,5 2507 2550 29 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2592 3,5 2493 2504 30 GM Kunte Abhijit IND  阅读全文>>