2018-12-19

17th ASIAN CONTINENTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Open and Women's Championships)

The 17th Asian Continental Chess Championship (Open and Women's Championships)  is held between December 9th and 19th, 2018 in Makati City, Phillipines.
The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations.
The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The games shall be played with electronic clocks. Pairings will be made by Swiss Manager Program. Players from the same federation with more than 50% score shall not be paired together in the last round.

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Schedule in UTC:

Round 1    Dec 10, 2018    07:00 
Round 2    Dec 11, 2018    07:00 
Round 3    Dec 12, 2018    07:00 
Round 4    Dec 13, 2018    07:00 
Round 5    Dec 14, 2018    07:00 
Round 6    Dec 15, 2018    07:00 
Round 7    Dec 16, 2018    07:00 
Round 8    Dec 17, 2018    07:00 
Round 9    Dec 18, 2018    02:00

Wei Yi scored one of the biggest wins of his individual career by winning the Asian Continental Championship in Makati, Philippines. Padmini Rout won the women's.

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Wei Yi, Padmini Rout Win Asian Continental Championships