In the Asian continental chess championship going on in Subic Bay, Philippines, former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta beats compatriot and his BPCL teammate G N Gopal and jumped to joint lead after the seventh round. Grandmaster Ni Hua of China ended the dream run of local boy Wesley. The Chinese trio of Ni Hua, Ding Liren and LI Chao emerged as the new joint leaders of the 50000 dollar prize money event along with Abhijeet. All the leaders have 5.5 points.