Wesley So wins Asian teams gold medal

The Pavlodar (KAZ) team won the Asian Cities Team Championship for the Dubai Cup, bringing yet another honour for Wesley So. The young Pinoy master has won the gold medal for Board 3, finishing ahead of GM Petr Kostenko to take the award.

Wesley's team mate, GM Rogelio Antonio Jr, who will be in Australia next month for the Sydney International Open, took the silver on Board 2.

Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan approved the request of all team captains to institute a new award of medals for best performance rating on individual boards. The system takes into account the strength of the opposition unlike the traditional system of percentage score.

Please note: the ratings shown for each player are RP ratings, not FIDE.

Board 1

Gold GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan Saipa 2643

Silver GM Zhou Jianchao Shanghai 2536

Bronze GM Kotsur Pavel Pavlodar 2475


Board 2

Gold GM Vladimirov Evgeny Pavlodar 2809

Silver GM Antonio Rogelio Jr Tagaytay 2553

Bronze FM Darban Morteza Tidewater 2469


Board 3

Gold IM So Wesley Tagaytay 2623

Silver GM Kostenko Petr Pavlodar 2578

Bronze IM Ghane Shojaat Rahahan 2446


Board 4

Gold IM Rinat Jumabeav Pavlodar 2570

Silver IM Dimakiling Oliver Tagaytay 2529

Bronze IM Mallahi Amir Saipa 2413


Board 5

Gold IM Ismagambetov An Pavlodar 2584