In the Mens (Open) championship, top seeded Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son leads with 4/5 at the half way mark with two youngsters who are their country’s future in Malaysia’s Yeoh Li Tian and Indonesia’s Novendra Priasmoro, just half a point behind.
University student Yeoh is however effectively ahead in the race for Gold as he has played one game less and is on 3.5/4 and arguably also playing the best chess.
In the Womens championship, Indonesia’s Ummi Fisabillah and Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Mai Hung lead with 4/5 with Singapore’s Gong Qianyun in third place with 3.5/5.
The medals are however still very much up for grabs as all all the leaders and those just behind have all suffered losses in a so far extremely evenly matched and competitive tournament.