The 13th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships are taking place 16th to 26th April 2014 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
The top five from the 2014 Asian Open Championship qualify for the 2015 World Cup. The 2014 Asian Women’s champion qualifies for the 2015 Women’s World Championship.
After four rounds of play GM Adhiban B. IND 2609, GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2556 and GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2667 are joint leaders in the Open section with 3,5/4 points each.
In the Women section WIM Ni Shiqun CHN 2325 and WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2319 moved ahead after winning their respective games with white pieces and are now sharing the lead with 3,5/4 points each.
Live Games Open / Live Games Women / Official website
Vijay Kumar presents the round 4 video
