Asian Continental Chess 02: Eight players in lead

The Asian Continental Chess Championship 2015 is being held from 2nd August to 10th August in Al-Ain, UAE. 83 players from 28 Asian federations are contesting this 9-round event, which is being played on the Swiss league basis.

After 2 rounds of the tournament, a total of eight players are jointly leading the pack with 2 points each. Quite notably, 4 of them are Indians, namely GMs Ganguly, Vishnu, Sandipan and Lalith Babu. With the tournament still in its early days, the leaders’ spot is expected to change hands quite a lot in the upcoming rounds.

Round 2 Results: Here

 

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