Asian Continental Championship 2010

The current focus is on the World Championship match between Anand and Topalov. Another event closer to home has gone under the radar. This is the Asian Continental Championship currently in progress in Subic, Philippines.

Malaysia is not represented while resident GM Ziaur Rahman is playing under Bangladesh flag.

Philippines boy prodigy Wesley So is leading at the half-way point after five rounds with four and half points.

Top seed Le Quang Liem, recent winner of the Aeroflot Open, is finding the going tough and only scored three points. He lost the first round against a much lower rated player.

The top fifteen standings:

Title	Name	Federation	Rating	Points
GM	SO Wesley	PHI	2665	4,5
GM	YU Yangyi	CHN	2574	4,0
GM	DING Liren	CHN	2565	4,0
GM	NI Hua	CHN	2667	4,0
GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2613	4,0
GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	IND	2604	4,0
GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	INA	2527	3,5
IM	NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy	VIE	2469	3,5
FM	GOLIZADEH Asghar	IRI	2454	3,5
	YU Ruiyuan	CHN	2309	3,5
IM	NADERA Barlo A	PHI	2405	3,5
GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	IND	2560	3,5
GM	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	IND	2686	3,5
	WAN Yunguo	CHN	2424	3,5
GM	ZHOU Jianchao	CHN	2650	3,5