The Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2015 was organized by the Hong Kong Chess Federation and City University of Hong Kong from September 30th to October 6th.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open with time control 90’ + 30”.
Filipino GM Oliver Barbosa and Chinese GM Chongsheng Zeng tied for the first place at 7.5/9 points each but Barbosa took the trophy on a superior tie-break score.
GM Rui Gao finished solely third with 7 points, while IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi emerged the best female player with 6 points and 9th position in the final ranking.
http://www.hkchessfederation.com/
Final standings (top 10):
1 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2501 7.5
2 GM Zeng Chongsheng CHN 2517 7.5
3 GM Gao Rui CHN 2537 7
4 FM Yu Kaifeng CHN 2130 6.5
5 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2484 6.5
6 GM Sriram Jha IND 2399 6.5
7 Villanueva Nelson PHI 2114 6
8 GM Wong Meng Kong SIN 2247 6
9 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2360 6
10 FM Sanchez Louis FRA 2252 6