Still a good fight in Aeroflot Open 2009

Rankings of our Filipino chess warriors in the ongoing Aeroflot Open 2009 in Moscow, Russia after four rounds of play:

Tournament A1 [Leading player is GM Igor Kurnosov ( 2602) of Russia with 3.5 points]

GM Wesley So

- 19th position (total of 78 players)

- 2.5 points (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss)

Tournament A2 [Leading player is GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (2541) of Russia with 3.5 points]

IM Richard Bitoon

- 22nd position (a total of 84 players)

- 2.5 points (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss)

Tournament B (After Round 5)

[Leading player is Hanbin Li (2274) of China with perfect 5.0!! (5 wins in 5 games), for a monster TPR of 3117 ]

Haridas Pascua

- 25th position (a total of 80 players)

- 3.0 points (2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss)

Jan Emmanuel Garcia

- 53rd position

- 2.0 points (4 draws, 1 loss)