Surya Shekhar Ganguly wins 8th Asian Continental Individual Open (May 25,2009)

Surya Shekhar Ganguly of India and Zhou Weiqi of China finished tied for first after both draw their final games, but the Indian grandmaster nosed out Zhou Weiqi on tie break as both finished with 8.0 out of 11 games towin the 8th Asian Continental Individual Open.

8th Asian Continental/Individual (Open)
May 25,2009
Final Ranking  after 11 Rounds
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2625	IND	8	2546	2554
2	GM	Zhou Weiqi	2563	CHN	8	2505	2515
3		Yu Yangyi	2433	CHN	7.5	2575	2582
4	GM	Yu Shaoteng	2504	CHN	7.5	2570	2585
5	GM	Le Quang Liem	2591	VIE	7.5	2545	2551
6	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	2518	PHI	7.5	2529	2544
7	GM	Hou Yifan	2590	CHN	7.5	2525	2535
8	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2635	CHN	7.5	2499	2506
9	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2558	IND	7	2577	2587
10	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2682	IND	7	2528	2536
11	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2513	IND	7	2510	2526
12	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2570	IND	7	2508	2514
13	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2592	IND	7	2494	2502
14	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2588	VIE	7	2490	2497
15	GM	Li Shilong	2557	CHN	7	2489	2498
16	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2626	KAZ	7	2474	2481
17	GM	Filippov Anton	2584	UZB	7	2471	2479
18	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2546	VIE	6.5	2553	2569
19		Wan Yunguo	2434	CHN	6.5	2536	2556
20	IM	Al Sayed Moh Mad N	2496	QAT	6.5	2535	2551
21	GM	So Wesley	2641	PHI	6.5	2520	2527
22	GM	Torre Eugenio	2561	PHI	6.5	2501	2511
23		Ding Liren	2458	CHN	6	2596	2604
24	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2523	BAN	6	2549	2558
25	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2497	UZB	6	2548	2569
26	GM	Murshed Niaz	2407	BAN	6	2548	2554
27	IM	Toufighi Homayoon	2478	IRI	6	2547	2567
28	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2526	IRI	6	2543	2559
29	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	2506	VIE	6	2525	2543
30		Gao Rui	2500	CHN	6	2518	2532
31		Pak Evgeniy	2328	KAZ	6	2512	2524
32		Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	2461	MGL	6	2504	2523
33	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	2482	IND	6	2480	2497
34	GM	Laylo Darwin	2509	PHI	6	2477	2488
35	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	2585	QAT	6	2464	2472
36	CM	Nguyen Van Huy	2423	VIE	6	2463	2483
37	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2593	IRI	6	2458	2463
38	GM	Wang Rui	2434	CHN	6	2436	2446
39	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2553	INA	6	2434	2440
40		Xiu Deshun	2422	CHN	5.5	2554	2560
41	IM	Bitoon Richard	2479	PHI	5.5	2532	2549
42	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2474	IND	5.5	2521	2550
43	FM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	2391	MGL	5.5	2515	2521
44	FM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2441	IND	5.5	2513	2530
45	GM	Mahjoob Morteza	2498	IRI	5.5	2495	2514
46	GM	Bui Vinh	2522	VIE	5.5	2474	2481
47	IM	Nolte Rolando	2479	PHI	5.5	2468	2486
48	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2518	VIE	5.5	2450	2462
49	GM	Hossain Enamul	2531	BAN	5.5	2447	2453
50	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2474	PHI	5.5	2396	2405
51	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2447	INA	5	2544	2551
52	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2426	PHI	5	2537	2544
53	GM	Gonzales Jayson	2465	PHI	5	2532	2548
54	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	2413	IND	5	2514	2534
55	IM	Sadorra Julio Catalino	2451	PHI	5	2511	2528
56	IM	Nguyen Thanh Son	2448	VIE	5	2508	2528
57	FM	Wahono Awam	2391	INA	5	2503	2513
58		Zhang Ziyang	2419	CHN	5	2478	2493
59	GM	Gomez John Paul	2538	PHI	5	2473	2480
60		Garma Edgardo	2421	PHI	5	2470	2485
61	GM	Paragua Mark	2529	PHI	5	2462	2471
62	IM	Akshayraj Kore	2404	IND	5	2437	2451
63	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2425	MAS	5	2414	2429
64	GM	Kim Alexey	2481	KOR	5	2388	2396
65		Yang Kaiqi	2413	CHN	5	2384	2395
66		Wang Li	2401	CHN	4.5	2498	2506
67		Lou Yiping	2410	CHN	4.5	2481	2501
68	IM	Hassan Abdullah	2322	UAE	4.5	2479	2488
69	FM	Priyadharshan K	2411	IND	4.5	2462	2479
70		Garcia Jan Emmanuel	2292	PHI	4.5	2447	2452
71		Yu Lie	2307	CHN	4.5	2440	2444
72	FM	Novita Anjas	2345	INA	4	2484	2494
73	FM	Alhuwar Jasem	2293	UAE	4	2478	2485
74	FM	Abu Sufian Shakil	2378	BAN	4	2472	2477
75		Causo Deniel	2367	PHI	4	2458	2463
76	FM	Hoang Canh Huan	2378	VIE	4	2455	2469
77		Jia Haoxiang	2344	CHN	4	2451	2460
78		Pascua Haridas	2359	PHI	4	2450	2468
79	IM	Bancod Ronald	2356	PHI	4	2446	2450
80		Olay Edgar Reggie	2348	PHI	4	2423	2461
81	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2281	VIE	4	2392	2426
82		Elorta David	2372	PHI	3	2494	2508
83	IM	Khamrakulov Dzhurabek	2524	UZB	3	2481	2490
84		Chua Aaron	2116	MAS	2	2400	2415
85		Celis Solomon B  Iii	2007	MAC	1	2388	2401
86	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2552	UZB	0	0	0