Asian Continental Chess Championship

GM Wesley So (2641) is seeded No.2 in a total of 105 players who registered for the Asian Continental Chess Championship which will run from May 12 to 24 in Subic.

No.1 seed is GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2682) of India.

The top 10 seeded players are:

1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2682 IND

2 GM So Wesley 2641 PHI

3 GM Zhou Jianchao 2635 CHN

4 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2626 KAZ

5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2625 IND

6 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2593 IRI

7 GM Negi Parimarjan 2592 IND

8 GM Hou Yifan 2590 CHN

9 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2588 VIE

10 GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2585 QAT

The battlefield seems explosive since only GM Wesley So is the only Filipino player who made it to the top 10 seeded players.

Here are the seedings of other key Filipino players:

14 GM Torre Eugenio 2561 PHI

20 GM Gomez John Paul 2538 PHI

23 GM Paragua Mark 2529 PHI

28 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2518 PHI

32 GM Laylo Darwin 2509 PHI

40 IM Bitoon Richard 2479 PHI

41 IM Nolte Rolando 2479 PHI

43 GM Villamayor Buenaventura 2474 PHI

44 GM Gonzales Jayson 2465 PHI

47 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 2451 PHI

51 IM Dableo Ronald 2441 PHI

A number of other talented Filipino players are also in the field.

Good luck to all of you!!! Entertain the world. Make the nation proud.