Rustam Kazimdshanov,of Uzbekistan wins gold in Men's Rapid Chess!

The Men's Rapid Chess competition of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou,China ended with a brilliant victory for Rustam Kazimdshanov of Uzbekistan. He finished undefeated with a score of 7.5/9 the same score of the top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam. Kazimdshanov won the tie break by the winner over the other.Le Quang Liem settle for the silver medal. GM Bu Xiangzhi of host China got the bronze medal wit  6.5/9 scores,the same score of 2006 Doha Asian Games gold medalist Murtas Kashgaleyevof Kazakshtan. Bu also won the tie break by the winner over the other rules. Meanwhile, the Philippines top bet 17 years old GM Wesley So,seeded number 5 at the start of the tournament and GM Joey Antonio inserted in the line up ,fails to surpass or even match the 8th place finish of GM Darwinn Laylo in the 2006 Doha Asian Games edition.So finished 14th over-all,while Antonio place 13th with 5.5 points .

Asian Games - Individual Rapid chess - Men
Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
Rk.			Name		Rtg		FED		Pts.		TB1		TB2	TB3
1	GM		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2685		UZB		7.5		1		2623	49
2	GM		Le Quang Liem		2689		VIE		7.5		0		2631	49
3	GM		Bu Xiangzhi		2680		CHN		6.5		1		2598	47
4	GM		Kazhgaleyev Murtas		2623		KAZ		6.5		0		2580	44
5	GM		Ganguly Surya Shekhar		2644		IND		6		0		2626	48
6	GM		Sadvakasov Darmen		2627		KAZ		6		0		2595	49
7	GM		Megaranto Susanto		2528		INA		6		0		2550	45
8	FM		Battulga Namkhai		2428		MGL		6		0		2505	39
9	GM		Sasikiran Krishnan		2688		IND		5.5		0		2639	47
10	GM		Filippov Anton		2620		UZB		5.5		0		2577	46
11	GM		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		2628		VIE		5.5		0		2573	45
12	GM		Al-Sayed Mohammed		2502		QAT		5.5		0		2562	43
13	GM		Antonio Rogelio Jr		2573		PHI		5.5		0		2466	40
14	GM		So Wesley		2669		PHI		5		0		2543	44
15	GM		Ni Hua		2633		CHN		5		0		2520	42
16			Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan		2472		MGL		5		0		2500	40
17	GM		Moradiabadi Elshan		2575		IRI		5		0		2485	42
18	GM		Ghaem Maghami Ehsan		2593		IRI		5		0		2478	40
19	FM		Minhazuddin Ahmed		2350		BAN		5		0		2406	40
20	GM		Murshed Niaz		2429		BAN		5		0		2390	38
21	FM		Kojima Shinya		2329		JPN		5		0		2343	35
22	GM		Al-Modiahki Mohamad		2562		QAT		4.5		0		2556	41
23	GM		Salem A R  Saleh		2518		UAE		4.5		0		2508	40
24	IM		Hassan Abdullah		2398		UAE		4.5		0		2501	39
25	FM		Mohammad Samir		2361		SYR		4.5		0		2391	35
26	GM		Odeev Handszar		2405		TKM		4.5		0		2384	40
27	IM		Al- Qudaimi Basheer		2406		YEM		4.5		0		2334	36
28	IM		Al-Zendani Zendan		2398		YEM		4		0		2460	38
29	FM		Shrestha Bilam Lal		2138		NEP		4		0		2419	36
30	IM		Kakageldyev Amanmurad		2400		TKM		4		0		2382	36
31	FM		Tologontegin Semetey		2330		KGZ		4		0		2332	37
32	IM		Al-Saffar Araz Basim Mohammed		2349		IRQ		4		0		2327	31
33	FM		Ahmed Abdul Sattar Abdulwhhab		2309		IRQ		4		0		2283	35
34			Lee Kiyul		1945		KOR		4		0		2283	32
35			Nepali Badrilal		2102		NEP		3.5		1.5		2322	33
36	CM		Lee Sanghoon		2132		KOR		3.5		1		2336	32
37			Shukuraliev Algis		2376		KGZ		3.5		0.5		2299	33
38	IM		Mok Tze-Meng		2394		MAS		3		0		2432	40
39			Yamada Kohei		2091		JPN		3		0		2250	31
40			Mohamed Hassan		1780		MDV		3		0		2102	29
41	FM		Malkawi Fadi		2089		JOR		3		0		2073	28
42			Modallal Tarek		2028		LIB		3		0		2046	27
43			Alshoha Basel		2106		JOR		2.5		0		2350	36
44			Mikati Hani		0		LIB		2.5		0		2075	28
45			Abdul Rahman Ali		1936		MDV		2		0		2098	29