Newly crowned Grandmaster - Mark Paragua will be playing in the Zonal held here in Kuala Lumpur. Tonight will be the player's briefing and the first round will start 3rd of September 2005. Only 2 male players and one female player will be selected to represent this zone in the World Championship 2005.Here is the list of participants :

FIDE (Zone 3.3) World Chess Championship 2005 (Men)

No.    Name                   Rtg FED No.    Name                   Rtg FED 
  1 GM Dao Thien Hai         2601 VIE  23 FM Mok Tze Meng          2351 MAS 
  2 GM Paragua Mark          2596 PHI  24 FM Lim Yee Weng          2348 MAS 
  3 GM Adianto Utut          2588 INA  25 IM Chan Peng Kong        2332 SIN 
  4 IM Wynn Zaw Htun         2578 MYA  26 FM Dimakiling Oliver     2329 PHI 
  5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung       2555 VIE  27 FM Byambga Zulzaga       2299 MGL 
  6 GM Torre Eugene          2535 PHI  28 FM Simantuntak Sebastian 2284 INA 
  7 FM Sadikin Irwanto       2517 INA  29    Gunbayar Uyagmarguren 2259 MGL 
  8 IM Myo Naing             2516 MYA  30    Lim Chiun Hoong       2239 MAS 
  9 GM Rogelio Antonio       2513 PHI  31    Battuga Namkhal       2210 MGL 
 10 GM Wu Shaobin            2510 SIN  32    Pg Omar Ak Hira       2194 BRU 
 11 IM Juswanto Denny        2509 INA  33 FM Bakri Anas Nazreen    2150 MAS 
 12 IM Gonzales Jayson       2477 PHI  34    Ahmad Ismail          2138 MAS 
 13 GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg  2470 MGL  35 GM Tu Hoang Tai             0 VIE 
 14 GM Mariano Nelson        2466 PHI  36 IM Nadera Barlo             0 PHI 
 15 GM Wong Meng Kong        2460 SIN  37 IM Roca Petronio            0 PHI 
 16 GM Khatanbaatar Bazar    2445 MGL  38    Barbosa Oliver           0 PHI 
 17 IM Dableo Ronald         2440 PHI  39    Duong The Anh            0 VIE 
 18 GM Handoko Edhi          2407 INA  40    Glentoch Alantoch        0 MGL 
 19 FM Goh Weiming           2390 SIN  41    Laylo Darwin             0 PHI 
 20 IM Situru Nathanael      2382 INA  42    Ly Hong Nguyen           0 VIE 
 21    Pg Omar Ak Hirawan    2364 BRU  43    Pham Chuong              0 VIE 
 22    Tirto                 2364 INA  44    Tan Francis              0 MAS

FIDE (Zone 3.3) World Chess Championship 2005 (Women)

No.     Name                     Rtg FED No.     Name                     Rtg FED 
  1 WGM Munguntucel Bazkhuyug   2370 MGL  17     Bayarag Zorigt          2061 MGL 
  2 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An     2358 VIE  18     Jakiah Al               2058 INA 
  3     Le Thanh Tu             2283 VIE  19 WFM Kharisma S Irene        2010 INA 
  4     Le Thi Phuong Lien      2239 VIE  20     Tay Jeslin              2010 SIN 
  5     Corke Anya              2223 HKG  21 WCM Sia Suzanna             1997 SIN 
  6 WFM Baganmunkh Ankhchimeg   2222 MGL  22     Hui Dawn                1996 SIN 
  7 WIM Tamin Darmayana Upi     2219 INA  23 WCM Liu Yang                1958 SIN 
  8     Hoang Xuan Thanh Khiet  2175 VIE  24 WFM Ho Yin Ping                0 HKG 
  9 WIM Lumongdong Lisa K       2163 INA  25     Bakri Alia Azwa Anin       0 MAS 
 10     Tran Thi Kim Loan       2159 VIE  26     Dian Chery Stefani         0 INA 
 11     Dang Bich Ngoc          2158 VIE  27     Handayani Tri              0 INA 
 12 WIM Mendoza Beverly         2150 PHI  28     Marmono Roslina            0 MAS 
 13     Jargatsaikhan Dagisuren 2139 MGL  29     Toh Li Cheng               0 SIN 
 14     Luong Minh Hue          2133 VIE  30     Verdiana Norasa            0 INA 
 15 WFM Lomibao Sheerie Joy     2126 PHI  31     Wan Khye Theng             0 MAS 
 16     Lindiawati Evi          2091 INA