11th Asian Continental Chess Championships – Players
The Vietnam Chess Federation, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organizes the 11th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships on 4-14th May 2012 at The First Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
The tournament will be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 or 11 rounds depending on the number of players. If the players are 64 or less it will be organized in 9 rounds and if more than 64 players it will be in 11 Rounds.
Draw offer is not allowed before 30th move. Player lists bellow.
To change the image of chess competition more as an Official Sport Event, all players should use the official uniform or shirts with logo of their Federation, National Olympic Committee or at least their National Flag.
Participants (top seeds) – Open Standard:
1. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2703
2. GM Ding Liren CHN 2679
3. GM Ni Hua CHN 2673
4. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2656
5. GM So Wesley PHI 2653
6. GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2644
7. GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2640
8. GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2626
9. GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2609
10. GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2579
11. GM Zhao Jun CHN 2577
12. GM Gopal G N IND 2562
13. GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2557
14. GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2556
15. GM Adhiban B IND 2555
16. GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2550
17. GM Wen Yang CHN 2550
18. GM Sethuraman S P IND 2546
19. GM Salem A R Saleh UAE 2528
20. IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2528
21. GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2525
22. GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2522
23. GM Paragua Mark PHI 2521
24. GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2517
25. IM Venkatesh M R IND 2517
26. IM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan MGL 2516
27. GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2514
28. GM Cao Sang VIE 2513
29. Yu Ruiyuan CHN 2511
30. GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2507
31. GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2502
32. IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2502
33. IM Kvon Andrey UZB 2499
34. GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2496
35. IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2496
Participants (top seeds) – Women Standard:
1. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2549
2. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2529
3. IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 2451
4. WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2430
5. IM Tania Sachdev IND 2417
6. WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2390
7. WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2378
8. Wang Jue CHN 2364
9. WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2363
10. WGM Guo Qi CHN 2360
11. WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2356
12. IM Karavade Eesha IND 2353
13. WGM Ding Yixin CHN 2353
14. WGM Padmini Rout IND 2345
15. WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2338
This is a very strong tournament.