The Asian Continental Chess Championship has started in Al Ain today with a strong field. Top seeded are the Vietnam GMs Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, followed by the Indian stars Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Sasikiran Krishnan, Sethuraman S.P., and Ganguly Surya Shekhar. There are a total of 36 GMs and 11 IMs from 28 participant countries.
Round 1 is currently underway. The organizers of the 2015 Asian Continental Championship are having transmission problems on the first day of the event. There will be a pgn later today and replayable games around 19:00 CET at this link.
Starting tomorrow games will be live daily and you can follow them here
Information about the event / LIVE games with analysis
Asian Continental Men Tournament:
1 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2699
2 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2662
3 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2644
4 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2640
5 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2635
6 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2631
7 GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2628
8 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2619
9 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2609
10 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2600
11 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2595
12 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2594
13 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2585
14 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2585
15 GM Lalith Babu M.R. IND 2570
16 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2568
17 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2562
18 GM Gao Rui CHN 2528
19 GM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2525
20 IM Wang Chen CHN 2524
21 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2510
22 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2509
23 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2509
24 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2502
25 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2501
26 GM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2500
27 GM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy VIE 2496
28 IM Lin Chen CHN 2494
29 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2493
30 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2493
31 GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan MGL 2492
32 GM Debashis Das IND 2489
33 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 2485
34 GM Venkatesh M.R. IND 2484
35 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2481
36 GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib BAN 2473
37 Utegaliyev Azamat KAZ 2469
38 Xu Yinglun CHN 2463
39 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2458
40 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2454
41 IM Pascua Haridas PHI 2447
42 IM Wang Yiye CHN 2439
43 GM Hossain Enamul BAN 2436
44 GM Kostenko Petr KAZ 2431
45 IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2426
46 GM Sharavdorj Dashzegve MGL 2423
47 IM Rathnakaran K. IND 2417
48 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2416
49 IM Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2407
50 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2404
51 IM Nitin S. IND 2404
52 IM Saiyn Zhanat KAZ 2404
53 IM Abdyjapar Asyl KGZ 2392
54 FM Tologontegin Semetey KGZ 2390
55 FM Li Di CHN 2384
56 FM Xu Yi CHN 2365
57 FM Salih Akar Ali Salih IRQ 2359
58 Yuan Qingyu CHN 2359
59 Liu Chang CHN 2353
60 IM Chu Wei Chao CHN 2318
61 IM Lodhi Mahmood PAK 2310
62 IM Iyti Basher SYR 2305
63 IM Isaev Jamshed TJK 2300
64 FM Abdulwahhab Ahmed Abdulsattar IRQ 2297
65 FM Byambaa Zulzaga MGL 2258
66 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2257
67 FM Saeed Ishaq UAE 2252
68 CM Al-Hajiri Bader KUW 2238
69 FM Bayarmandakh Balgan MGL 2225
70 Mamyrbay Assad KAZ 2217
71 FM Ayyad Maher BRN 2122
72 CM Shrestha Keshav NEP 2118
73 IM Baimurzin Aitkazy KAZ 2096
74 FM Galappaththi Chinthaka Anurud SRI 2066
75 Nassar Marwan LIB 2030
76 FM Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin BRU 2024
77 CM Alattar Rakan JOR 2012
78 Bahaa M.T. Maswada PLE 1855
79 Ezizov Jumamuhammet TKM 1789
80 Sulimani Yaser KSA 1760
81 Bukhari Mohameed KSA 1737
82 Al Houti Houd OMA 0
83 Asgharzadeh M.Reza IRI 2276
Asian Continental Women Tournament:
1 WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2512
2 IM Padmini Rout IND 2444
3 IM Shen Yang CHN 2443
4 WGM Lei Tingjie CHN 2436
5 IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2412
6 WGM Aulia Medina Warda INA 2412
7 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2409
8 WIM Zhai Mo CHN 2406
9 WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2401
10 IM Tania Sachdev IND 2390
11 WGM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2376
12 IM Li Ruofan SIN 2374
13 WGM Wang Jue CHN 2360
14 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2341
15 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2341
16 IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2332
17 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan KAZ 2327
18 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2325
19 WIM Hejazipour Mitra IRI 2321
20 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2314
21 WIM Dauletova Gulmira KAZ 2278
22 WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii MGL 2269
23 WIM Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz UZB 2264
24 CM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2262
25 IM Mohota Nisha IND 2259
26 WIM Davletbayeva Madina KAZ 2243
27 WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 2227
28 WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim VIE 2226
29 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2219
30 WIM Hakimifard Ghazal IRI 2219
31 WIM Otgonjargal Sengeravdan MGL 2213
32 WIM Pratyusha Bodda IND 2194
33 WIM Ankhchimeg Bayanmunkh MGL 2180
34 WFM Asgarizadeh Minoo IRI 2180
35 WIM Shamima Akter Liza BAN 2155
36 WIM Al-Rufaye Iman Hasan Mohammed IRQ 2088
37 Hakimifard Raana IRI 2084
38 WFM Hj Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah BRU 2073
39 Chu Ruotong CHN 2048
40 WFM Antonova Nadezhda TJK 2011
41 Liu Manli CHN 1995
42 WFM Boshra Alshaeby JOR 1987
43 Khalaji Hanieh IRI 1965
44 Mir Mahmoud Afamia SYR 1949
45 WIM Nouman Amna UAE 1935
46 WIM Algildah Nibal SYR 1920
47 WFM Alattar Ghayda M. JOR 1913
48 Alymbay Kyzy Aizhan KGZ 1903
49 Hong Xing CHN 1882
50 WIM Al-Zarouni Kholoud Essa UAE 1840
51 WFM Li Yunshan CHN 1835
52 WIM Al-Harmoudi Mona UAE 1745
53 Aseel Odeh JOR 1588
54 WCM Ezizova Bagul TKM 1518
55 WCM Al Maamari Wafia Darwish UAE 1500
56 Faqhi Asil JM PLE 0
