Round 7 of 1st Asian Club Cup

Hello there!

Woke up today and realized I had to check the round four results of the currently running 1st Asian Club Cup and found out that I have missed most of the rounds. Final round game is scheduled today and our very own all-GM Philippine Team will have to win over their rivals from China to land second place behind GM Sergei Karjakin's UAE Team.

Let's get on with the details:

In round 4, it was Al Ain Chess Club A of UAE against Tagaytay Chess Club of the Philippines. Fans were excited about this match as we saw GM Wesley So played with black pieces against another one of the youngest ever grandmaster, GM Karjakin. The game was a draw, another milestone for the Bacoor Wonderboy. Remember the match between GM Shirov and GM So in the Olympiads? draw. This is a good preview for us chess fans as we enter the year 2009, GM Wesley So's rating will further up the super-GM status. Also in round four, GM's Laylo, Paragua and Gomez lost against their opponents, thus losing our hold on top post.

In round 5, we played and won against Club India with a score of 1.5 - 2.5. Board one was a draw, IM Laxman vs GM So, board 2 IM Sengupta Deep vs GM Gomez John Paul, 1 - 0, a lose for Philippines' latest GM addition. On board 3 and 4, GM's Paragua and Laylo won over IM' Karthikeyan and Prathamesh respectively.

In round 6, Tagaytay Chess Club won 3.5 - .5 against Club Intchess of Singapore. Filipino and former Bacoor-based IM Ino Sadorra played for the club from Singapore on board 2, losing to GM JP Gomez. GM's So and Laylo won on their respective assignements while GM Paragua o board 3 drew with FM Peter Long.

Round 7 assignments:


Bo. 6 Vietnam Victory Club (VIE) Rtg -1 Al Ain Chess Club A (UAE) Rtg 0 : 0

11 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2567 -GM Karjakin Sergey 2730
12 GM Dao Thien Hai 2510 -GM Efimenko Zahar 2680
13 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2496 -GM Jobava Baadur 2664
14 CM Nguyen Van Huy 2422 -GM Sargissian Gabriel 2642

Bo. 3 Qi Yuan Club (CHN) Rtg -4 Tagaytay Chess Club (PHI) Rtg 0 : 0

21 GM Wang Hao 2696 -GM So Wesley 2610
22 GM Zhou Jianchao 2612 -GM Gomez John Paul 2519
23 Zhou Weiqi 2548 -GM Paragua Mark 2526
24 GM Wen Yang 2508 -GM Laylo Darwin 2507

Bo. 2 Fajr Shams Chess Club (IRI) Rtg -5 Chirchik Chess (UZB) Rtg 0 : 0

31 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2630 -GM Dzhumaev Marat 2540
32 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2599 -GM Barsov Alexei 2513
33 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2629 -GM Iuldachev Saidali 2511
34 GM Pashikian Arman 2611 -GM Safin Shukhrat 2509

Bo. 8 Club Intchess (SIN) Rtg -11 Mon-Cad (MGL) Rtg 0 : 0

41 GM Bui Vinh 2507 -Gundavaa Bayarsaihan 2458
42 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 2431 -FM Batchuluun Cegmed 2346
43 IM Tirto 2406 -GM Hatanbaatar Bazar 2375
44 FM Long Peter 2353 -Bayarmandah Balgan 2339

Bo. 13 Galkynysh (TKM) Rtg -9 Al Ain Chess Club B (UAE) Rtg 0 : 0

51 IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad 2449 -Jasem Aqel 2070
52 IM Amanov Mesgen 2361 -IM Sharif Mehrshad 2458
53 FM Esenov Annaberdi 2319 -Al Taher Tarek 0
54 Atabayev Yusup 2219 -GM Amin Bassem 2560

Bo. 7 Club India (IND) Rtg -20 Lahore Chess Club (PAK) Rtg 0 : 0

61 IM Laxman R R 2467 -Amir Karim 2265
62 IM Sengupta Deep 2441 -Gillani Tunveer M D 2283
63 IM Karthikeyan P 2426 -Waqar Ahmad Madni 2051
64 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2392 -Abdus Salim 0

Bo. 10 Rah Ahan (IRI) Rtg -18 Peshmerga (IRQ) Rtg 0 : 0

71 GM Ghane Shojaat 2408 -FM Hussein H A 2354
72 FM Roghani Arash 2373 -IM Araz Basim 2266
73 Noroozi Omid 2320 -Zozek Salah 2222
74 FM Toufighi Homayoon 2470 -Shayan Sabri 2100

Bo. 19 Al Shuolaa (YEM) Rtg -14 Yemen Chess Club (YEM) Rtg 0 : 0

81 Alsharfi S S 2136 -IM Al Qudaimi Basheer 2464
82 Nawas Abdul Rahman 2147 -FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2314
83 FM Faraj Yahya 2250 -FM Al-Hadarani Hatim 2308
84 CM Abdul Moula Sabri 2163 -FM Al Badani Abdu 2251

Bo. 16 Al Muhafaza (SYR) Rtg -24 Tanmiyah Sports Club (LIB) Rtg 0 : 0

91 FM Mohammad Samir 2391 -IM Eid Fadi 2390
92 IM Husari Satea 2332 -Atwi Ali 2117
93 FM Bakr Jwan 2338 -Charaf Bassel 0
94 Elbaba Ezat 2186 -Ghassan Houmsi 2013

Really hoping Tagaytay Chess Club wins their final assignment.