After the first three rounds, four teams lead the Asian Online Nations Cup as top seed India was held to a draw by Kyrgyzstan in the second round of play on Chess.com. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings. Here are links to follow all Men’s live games of your favourite teams.
The Philippine team (in photo, from left) of GM Mark Paragua, GM Rogelio Barcenilla, IM Paulo Bersamina and GM John Paul Gomez blanked Palestine in the first round, Syria in second and beat Thailand 3:1 in the third round to lead with 6 match points and 11 game points. Each team victory is 2 match points.
In the lead pack with 6 match points and 10.5 games points apiece are Mongolia and Kazakhstan followed by Iran with 10 game points.
Mongolia beat Myanmar3.5-0.5, blanked Nepal 4:0 and crushed Kyrzygstan 3:1. Kazakhstan won 3.5-0.5 against Brunei, Iraq and Singapore. Iran blanked UAE 4:0, beat Japan 3.5-0.5 and edged Australia 2.5-1.5.
Top seed India was held to a draw by Kyrgyzstan in the second round. Click on the names of winners to replay the game on Chess.com. India blanked New Zealand 4:0, drew Kyrgyzstan 2:2 and blanked Iraq 4:0.
| Bd | Kyrgyzstan | Rtg | 2 : 2 | 1 | India | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Tologontegin, Semetey (w) | 2322 | 1 – 0 | GM | Adhiban, B. (b) | 2624 |
| 2 | IM | Markov, Mikhail (b) | 2294 | 0 – 1 | GM | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (w) | 2646 |
| 3 | IM | Abdyjapar, Asyl (w) | 2390 | 1 – 0 | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. (b) | 2588 |
| 4 | CM | Sezdbekov, Ruslan (b) | 2065 | 0 – 1 | GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan (w) | 2577 |
Tied with India with 5 match points and 10 game points each is Indonesia. Bangladesh also has 5 match points but trails with 9.5 game points.
Indonesia blanked Afghanistan and Yemen 4:0 but was held to a draw by Bangladesh.
Round 4 will be played on Friday 16th October at 10am UAE time (GMT+4) followed by rounds 5 and 6 on same dayi.