The Philippines upset second seed India 2.5 to 1.5 to trail solo leader China after 5 rounds of the 16th Asian Games Chess Tournament at the Guangzhou Chess Institute in Guangzhou, China. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings. All games are broadcast live on www.asia-chess.com.

GM Wesley So started the onslaught, besting GM Harikirshna but GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar evened the score with a win over GM John Paul Gomez. Eugene Torre scored a point against GM B. Adhiban and GM Joey Antonio sealed the win with a draw against Krishnan Sasikiran. (Above, Philipppines, left, vs. India) Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh

Solo leader China (left) vs. Iran.


China beat Iran 3:1 to hold on to its solo lead with 10 match points followed by the Philippines with 8. Each team win is 2 match points and a team draw is 1 match point, with zero for a loss. GMs Bu Xiangzhi and Zhou Jianchao scored for China over GM Toufighi Homayoon and IM Glizadeh Asghar on lower boards. GMs Wang Yue and Wang Hao split the point with Iran's GMs Ghaem Maghami and Mahjoob Homayoon.

Giant killers Kyrgyzstan (left) vs. Vietnam

Three untitled Kyrgyzstan players upset their highly rated grandmaster opponents to score 3.5 to 0.5 against Vietnam and jump to third slot with 7 match points. Algis Shukuraliev, rated 2376, upset GM Le Quang Liem (2689) on top board while Nurdin Samakov, upset GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2628) on second board. Nasyr Akylbekov (2376) added the third point at the expense of Cao Sang (2547) on board 3. FM Semetey Tologontegin (2330) completed the rout by holding IM Nguyen Huyng MNinh Huy (2459) to a draw.

Bangladesh (left) vs. Qatar

In the race for the top four slots advancing to the semifinals, India, Qatar and Uzbekistan trail with 6 match points each. Iran, Vietnam and Kazakhstan lag behind with 5 match points each.

India's Harika Dronavali, Tania Sachdev, Meenakshi Subaraman and Mohota Nisha (left) vs. the Vietnam team composed of Uuganbayar Lkhamsuren, WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs and WCM Enkhtuul Altanulzii.


In the women's division, China and India are tied for the lead with 9 match points each.

China beat Vietnam 3.5-0.5 on wins by Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun and Zhao Xue. vietnam's Nguyen thi Tuong Van prevented a shutout by holding Wang Yu to a draw.

India thrashed Mongolia by the same score 3.5-0.5 on wins by Harika Dronavali and Meenakshi Subbaraman with a walkover by Mohota Nisha on board 4. Mongolia's Tuvshintugs Batchimeg stopped the rout by holding India's Tania Sachdev to a draw.

Uzbekistan (right) women's team led by WIM Nafisa Muminova, WIM Olga Sabirova, WIM Yulduz Hamrakulova and Nodira Nodirjanova. At left is the Iran women's team led by WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, WGM Shadi Paridar, WFM Mitra Hejazipoour and WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh.

Uzbekistan is close behind in third slot with 8 match points while Bangladesh and Vietnam are tied at 6 match points apiece. Uzbekistan beat Iran 2.5-1.5 while Bangladesh blanked Syria 4:0.