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There are quite a few country championships with strong GM's happening right now. I just now noticed the Asian championship with a lot of first round upsets.
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After a frenzied bloodbath in the first two rounds (at least on the leaderboards) the third round was a sea of draws. Even Wei Yi agreed to a quick draw. Chess can be exhausting. -
Apparently, the excitement was not limited only on the chess boards...Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
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Asian championship continues great entertainment. Wang Hao demonstrates that while emphasis is on pawn chains you must not forget about checkmate.Comment
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Ganguly is super hot! Last round he got down to seriously chopping wood.Comment
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Ganguly lost to his countryman, the young superstar Vidit, but not in the middlegame as expected but in an interesting endgame.Comment
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Ganguly bounces back with a nice win against Wang HaoComment
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Wei Yi wins in 19 moves against one of the world's newest grandmasters. Black had a depressing position but I guess you could call it an early resignation.Comment
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Asian Continental Championships 2018
December 17, 2018
Round Eight
Manila, PHI
Round 8, Dec. 17
Wei Yi – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
A17 English, Queens Indian formation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Qe2 c5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nh6 9.Bxh6 gxh6 10.h4 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qb8 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.Ne4 O-O 14.Nd6 f6 15.Rh3 f5 16.Rg3 Nd8 17.Nd4 Kh8 18.f4 Nf7 19.N4b5 1-0
Final position
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Ganguly loses by trying too hard. Congratulations to Le Quang for a nice finish.Comment
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Asian Continental Championships 2018
December 20, 2018
Final Ranking after Round Nine
Rk. Name FED RtgI Pts.
1 GM WEI Yi CHN 2728 6.5
2 GM TABATABAEI M.Amin IRI 2587 6.5
3 GM LE Quang Liem VIE2714 6.5
4 GM GANGULY Surya Shekhar IND 2621 6
5 GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son VIE2641 6
6 GM ABDUSATTOROV Nodirbek UZB 2546 6
7 GM MAGHSOODLOO Parham IRI 2688 6
8 GM LALITH Babu M R IND 2529 6
9 GM SETHURAMAN S.P. IND 2664 6
10 GM ADHIBAN B. IND 2695 6
11 GM VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi IND 2701 6
12 GM MEGARANTO Susanto INA 2512 5.5
13 GM NI Hua CHN 2683 5.5
14 GM KUNTE Abhijit IND 2469 5.5
15 GM JUMABAYEV Rinat KAZ 2602 5.5
16 GM FIROUZJA Alireza IRI 2607 5.5
17 GM WANG Hao CHN 2730 5.5
18 IM NGUYEN Anh Khoi VIE2480 5.5
19 GM GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan IRI 2537 5.5
20 GM TRAN Tuan Minh VIE2524 5
21 GM LU Shanglei CHN 2636 5
22 GM WEN Yang CHN 2604 5
23 IM DE GUZMAN Ricardo PHI 2357 5
24 IM YAKUBBOEV Nodirbek UZB 2556 5
25 IM LIU Yan CHN 2495 5
26 GM TAN Zhongyi CHN 2508 5
27 GM GOMEZ John Paul PHI 2450 5
28 GM PURANIK Abhimanyu IND 2544 5
29 FM LYE Lik Zang MAS 2321 4.5
30 IM XU Yi CHN 2536 4.5
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Tiebreaks determine winners in both groups
The Asian Continental Championship came to a close in Manila, the Philippines with Wei Yi and Padmini Rout winning the title prize in the Open and Women’s group respectively. Wei had finished joint first alongside Amin Tabatabaei and Le Quang Liem but was awarded the title prize due to his better tiebreak score. In the women's group too, Padmini Rout was joined by WGM Gong Qianyun in the first place after the final round. But since Padmini had won her direct encounter (which was the first tiebreak) against Gong in the sixth round, a draw was enough for her to clinch the title.
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Wei Yi Wins Asian Continental Championship
Wei scored 6.5/9, and won five more Elo points to reach a rating of 2732. He qualified for the 2019 World Cup together with GMs Amin Tabatabaei, Le Quang Liem, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.
Unlike the European Championship or American Continental, the Asian Continental is a nine-round Swiss that is first a way for players to qualify for the FIDE World Cup. But whereas 23 players qualified from the European Championship, there were just five places up for grabs in Makati.
The tournament ran into some problems even before it began as some Indian GMs reported they were attacked by local criminals about 250 meters from the official hotel, which was also not up to the mark as the Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi wrote.
On Facebook, he noted that he "had to pay 150 USD for a room which actually costs 35-50 dollars as per the hotel and other websites" and which had no internet, no drinking water and "awful" food.
Vidit described what happened soon after arrival:
"Me & my colleagues Abhijit Kunte and Lalith Babu went outside to buy water, but then the most unexpected incident happened. We were attacked by local goons who possessed weapons. We were cornered and then attacked. We tried to flee but we were chased and finally marginally escaped. We are still trying to recover from this horrible incident."
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