After 7 rounds of current chess tournament which is being held in the capital city of Philippines, Manila are three leaders – Uzbek Anton Filippov (2609), Kazakh Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2619) and Georgian Tamaz Gelashvili (2605) with the same 5.5-5.5 points.
In the last round Gelashvili beat Ronald Dableo (2448) of Philippines with white pieces and Filippov drew with Merab Gagunashvili(2596). It is worth mentioning that Gagushvili has 5.0 points and is near the leaders. Chess player in the top 4 have the best ratings in this tournament.
In the 8th round match is to held between Gelashvili and Kashgaliev, Georgian player plays with white pieces. As for Gagunashvili, he plays against John Paul Gomes (Pilippines, 2527) with black pieces.
