Asian domination

Talk about Asian power. Of the eight remaining women players contending for the 2010 Women's World Chess Championship, six come from Asia.

Nowadays in women's chess, Asian power is synonymous with Chinese and Indian chess.

After Round 3 of the 2010 WCCC, four Chinese and two Indian women players stand to show domination among the last eight remaining players from the initial 64 contenders. The other two who made it come from Ukraine and France.

Here are the remaining eight players:

• WGM Ruan, Lufei (China)
• IM Harika, Dronavalli (India)
• GM Koneru, Humpy (India)
• WGM Ju, Wenjun (China)
• GM Hou, Yifan (China)
• GM Lahno, Kateryna (Ukraine)
• GM Zhao, Xue (China)
• IM Skripchenko, Almira (France)

What about seeing the (Philippines) beside a name in the list? Possible, of course.

The possibility would be greater if more focus is accorded to the development of Philippines' women's chess.

But if the direction of the total Philippine chess community continues to subject Philippine women's chess to men's chess, then that small possibility would be as good as nil.

Have a glimpse of the Asian power in the 2010 WCCC:
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