Bersamina upset GM Le quang Liem at the start of the 17th Asian Continental Chess Championships

Paolo Bersamina and Haridas Pascua saved the day for the Filipino chessers at the start of the 17th Asian Continental Chess Championships. Bersamina upset Vietnam's GM Le Quang Liem (2714) while Pascua held 4th seed Vidit Gujrathi (2701) of India into a draw. It's a sad day for the Filipino chessers who suffers 18 loses in 20 games. In other upset FM Lik Zang Lye of Malaysia won against Ehsa Ghaem Maghami (2537) of Iran. Top seed GM Wang Hao (2730) of China was held to a draw by Indonesia's FM Taher Yoseph Theolifus.

17th Asian Continental Chess Championships (2nd Manny Pacquiao Cup)
(Open)
Round 1 on 2018/12/10 at 4:00PM
Bo.		Name	IRtg	Res.		Name	IRtg
1	GM	WANG Hao	2730	½  -  ½	FM	TAHER Yoseph Theolifus	2454
2	GM	GOMEZ John Paul	2450	0  -  1	GM	WEI Yi	2728
3	GM	LE Quang Liem	2714	0  -  1	IM	BERSAMINA Paulo	2444
4	IM	PASCUA Haridas	2442	½  -  ½	GM	VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi	2701
5	GM	ADHIBAN B.	2695	1  -  0	GM	LAYLO Darwin	2438
6		CHEN Qi B	2437	0  -  1	GM	MAGHSOODLOO Parham	2688
7	GM	NI Hua	2683	1  -  0	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	2434
8	GM	ANTONIO Rogelio Jr	2431	0  -  1	GM	SETHURAMAN S.P.	2664
9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2641	1  -  0	IM	CUHENDI Sean Winshand	2429
10	IM	GARCIA Jan Emmanuel	2429	0  -  1	GM	LU Shanglei	2636
11	GM	GANGULY Surya Shekhar	2621	1  -  0		DOCENA Jerad	2426
12	IM	NAVA Roderick	2392	0  -  1	GM	FIROUZJA Alireza	2607
13	GM	WEN Yang	2604	1  -  0	FM	AMARTUVSHIN Ganzorig	2376
14	IM	DE GUZMAN Ricardo	2357	0  -  1	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	2602
15	GM	TABATABAEI M.Amin	2587	½  -  ½	FM	ERVAN Mohamad	2357
16	IM	MICIANO John Marvin	2354	0  -  1	IM	YAKUBBOEV Nodirbek	2556
17	GM	ABDUSATTOROV Nodirbek	2546	1  -  0	IM	GARMA Chito	2342
18		WANG Shixu B	2342	0  -  1	GM	PURANIK Abhimanyu	2544
19	GM	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	2537	0  -  1	FM	LYE Lik Zang	2321
20		QUIZON Daniel	2314	0  -  1	IM	XU Yi	2536
21	GM	LALITH Babu M R	2529	1  -  0		MONTOYA Edsel	2312
22	FM	TURQUEZA Mari Joseph	2305	0  -  1	GM	TRAN Tuan Minh	2524
23	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	2512	1  -  0	CM	JACUTINA John Merill	2296
24	IM	YOUNG Angelo	2282	0  -  1	GM	TAN Zhongyi	2508
25	GM	GAGARE Shardul	2504	1  -  0	FM	PANGILINAN Stephen Rome	2276
26	FM	GONG Daniel Hanwen	2270	0  -  1	IM	BILGUUN Sumiya	2497
27	IM	LIU Yan	2495	1  -  0		SCHAIN Randolph	2229
28	WCM	SONG Yuxin	2178	½  -  ½	IM	PRIASMORO Novendra	2483
29	IM	NGUYEN Anh Khoi	2480	1  -  0		BAI Adelard	2100
30	FM	NOURI Alekhine	2013	0  -  1	IM	VOKHIDOV Shamsiddin	2480
31	GM	KHUSNUTDINOV Rustam	2470	1  -  0		CONCIO Michael Jr.	1991
32		ORIO Rogelio L.	1793	0  -  1	GM	KUNTE Abhijit	2469