No medal for PH chess in individual rapid

The chance of the Philippines to bag its first medal in chess in Asian Games got slimmer after the brightest hopefuls GM Wesley So and GM Rogelio Antonio didn't shine enough to land in Top 3 of the 2010 Asian Games Individual Rapid Chess (Men).

Antonio and So finished the event with 5.5 and 5.0 points, respectively, good enough for 13th and 14th place out of 46 players from 23 countries.

The performance of individual players from our ASEAN neighbors seemed to be reminding us of where they are and where we are now. In the final rankings, the silver medalist was from Vietnam while the Top 7 finisher was from Indonesia.

We have to wait for another four long years for us to have a chance again at winning a medal in chess in the Asian Games in the individual rapid event.

Now, the Philippine Chess Team's chance of winning a medal in the 2010 Asian Games is left in the Team Event.

But with China and India in the field, our team needs to use all its power and might - with lots of prayer, and even luck, to land in the medal column.

Let's all pray for our team. GO PHILIPPINES!

2010 Asian Games Individual Rapid Chess (Men)
FINAL RANKINGS

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1		GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	UZB	2685	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
16			Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2472	5,0
17		GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2575	5,0
18		GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2593	5,0
19		FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	BAN	2350	5,0
20		GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2429	5,0
21		FM	Kojima Shinya	JPN	2329	5,0
22		GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	QAT	2562	4,5
23		GM	Salem A R Saleh	UAE	2518	4,5
24		IM	Hassan Abdullah	UAE	2398	4,5
25		FM	Mohammad Samir	SYR	2361	4,5
26		GM	Odeev Handszar	TKM	2405	4,5
27		IM	Al- Qudaimi Basheer	YEM	2406	4,5
28		IM	Al-Zendani Zendan	YEM	2398	4,0
29		FM	Shrestha Bilam Lal	NEP	2138	4,0
30		IM	Kakageldyev Amanmurad	TKM	2400	4,0
31		FM	Tologontegin Semetey	KGZ	2330	4,0
32		IM	Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed	IRQ	2349	4,0
33		FM	Ahmed Abdul Sattar Abdulwhhab	IRQ	2309	4,0
34			Lee Kiyul	KOR	1945	4,0
35			Nepali Badrilal	NEP	2102	3,5
36		CM	Lee Sanghoon	KOR	2132	3,5
37			Shukuraliev Algis	KGZ	2376	3,5
38		IM	Mok Tze-Meng	MAS	2394	3,0
39			Yamada Kohei	JPN	2091	3,0
40			Mohamed Hassan	MDV	1780	3,0
41		FM	Malkawi Fadi	JOR	2089	3,0
42			Modallal Tarek	LIB	2028	3,0
43			Alshoha Basel	JOR	2106	2,5
44			Mikati Hani	LIB	0	2,5
45			Abdul Rahman Ali	MDV	1936	2,0
46			Phommasone Khamphouth	LAO	0	0,0