Chess at Guangzhou Asian Games 2010

Again chess is a medal sport in Asian Games 2010, right now happening in Guangzhou China. This prestigious event, because it takes NATION pride as medal count, will soon battle on with about 20 GM from across the continent. In Men section top seed listed names such as Lee Quang Liem, Krishnan Sasikiran, Rustam Kazimdzhanov, Bu Xiangzhi and Wesley So. The women takes parts are GM Hou Yifan and ex champ Zhu Chen.

From Indonesia, sent atlethes are GM Megaranto Susanto and WGM (IM) Irene K. Sukandar. Both are to be play very soon in the rapid section. Follow chess-games links here:

UPDATED: Ex-FIDE World Champion GM Rustam Kasimdzanov won the Rapid section with 7.5 out of 9 rounds. Same score to Rustam is GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam but the chess-result put the young man in second place on tie break system. Very strong China GM Bu Xiangzhi claim third place 6.5/9. Indonesian GM Megaranto must satisfied with 6/9 at 7th place while  Phillipine must give up medal in rapid chess since the popular GM Wesley So only finished 5/9 at 14th , losing the first round to a FM.

In Women, GM Hou Yifan went berserk to put her a clear winner 8.5/9, just only few hours after her duel to Anatoly Karpov. Indonesia WGM Irene K. Sukandar finished 12th with 5/9 points.

Rapid Men 2010 Asian Games

1. GM Rustam Kasimdzanov 7.5
2. GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2689 7,5
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2680 6,5
4. GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2623 6,5
5. GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2644 6,0
6. GM Sadvakasov Darmen KAZ 2627 6,0
7. GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2528 6,0
8. FM Battulga Namkhai MGL 2428 6,0
9. GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2688 5,5
10. GM Filippov Anton UZB 2620 5,5
11. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2628 5,5
12. GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2502 5,5
13. GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2573 5,5
14. GM So Wesley PHI 2669 5,0
15. GM Ni Hua CHN 2633 5,0


Rapid Women 2010 Asian Games

1. GM Hou Yifan CHN 2591 8,5
2. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2474 7,5 
3. IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2525 6,5
4. WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2337 6,0
5. WGM Bathimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2327 6,0
6. IM Tania Sachdev IND 2385 5,5
7. WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2271 5,5
8. GM Zhu Chen QAT 2477 5,5
9. WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2360 5,5
10. WGM Paridar Shadi IRI 2253 5,5
11. WFM Hallaeva Bahar TKM 2184 5,5
12. WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2382 5,0
13. WCM Enkhtuul Altanulzii MGL 2121 5,0
14. WGM Geldyeva Mekhri TKM 2279 5,0
15. WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan KAZ 2209 5,0
also check in Wikipedia pages for this event.

Games :
[Event "Asian Games Individual Rapid chess"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bc4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ne3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 e6 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 exf5 17. Ndxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qf6 19. O-O Qe5 20. Qxd6 Kh7 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Qd7 Ne7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxb7 a5 25. Rd7 h5 26. Qc7 Qxe4 27. Qxa5 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qxg3 29. Qc5 Ng6 30. Bxf7 Kh6 31. Qc6 Rxf7 32. Rdxf7 Re1 33. R7f6 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 g4 35. Qf6 h4 36. Qf2 Qe5 37. Qd2+ Kh5 38. Qd4 Qe2 39. Qf2 Qc4 40. b3 1-0

[Event "Asian Games Individual Rapid chess"]

[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. f5 Nb7 20. f6+ Kh8 21. e5 Nc5 22. Nf4 g5 23. Bxh7 Kxh7 24. Nh3 Rh8 25. Qxg5 Ne6 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Rf5 Nf4 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29. Qxf4 Kg6 30. Ne6 1-0

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