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Right after the Penang Open(picture) and Johor Open, IM Yeoh Li Tian is already battling it up in a strong tournament in India. You can find the link to Bhopal International GM Chess Tournament- 2017 Organised by: Sports-Youth Welfare Dpt & Academy of Chess Edu HERE. [Event "Bhopal International GM Chess Tournament- 2017"] [Site "Hotel Kanta Shrawan Palace, New four lane road, BHEL...

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3 joint leaders after 8 rounds are: IM Rathnakaran K. GM Venkatesh M.R. IM Pascua Haridas All 3 have 6½ points. Interactive Crosstable: Final round pairings are :- Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo. 15GMVenkatesh M.R.24286½6½IMRathnakaran K.230726 27IMPascua Haridas24246½6GMGrigoryan Karen H.25711 36IMDimakiling Oliver242566IMYeoh Li Tian24803 419Sammed Jaykumar Shete235166GMVahidov Tair24284 512GMLaxman R.R.241365½IMSindarov Javokhir24229 639Gandhi Anish21285½5½GMBarsov Alexei241610 741Iqra Moesa Putra20915½5½FMDang Hoang Son234021 865Raghav Srivathsav V19605½5½FMMenkinoski Riste232124 918IMNouri Hamed235555GMNguyen Duc Hoa25042 1020IMLi...

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IM Rathnakaran champion of the Penang Open now lead the Johor Open 2017 after 7 rounds. There are two more rounds to go. IM Rathnakaran faces Malaysia`s top player IM Yeoh Li Tian in Round 8. Round 8 pairing ...

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Two leaders emerge after 6 rounds at the 4th Johor International Chess Open. They are the young 12 year old IM Javokhir Sindarov (below) and IM Priasmoro Novendra who recently played in the Penang Open last week. The two met each other in round 6 drawing each other and  are now at 5/6. GM Grigoryan Karen and GM R.R. Laxman are hot on their...

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[Event "Johor Open 2017"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.12.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Grigoryan Karen H."] [Black "Cuizon Loreshyl"] [Result "1-0"] [LiveChessVersion "1.4.8"] [ECO "C65"] 1. e4 {[%clk 1:30:53]} e5 {[%clk 1:30:48]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 1:31:17]} Nc6 {[%clk 1:31:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%clk 1:31:39]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:31:20]} 4. d3 {[%clk 1:32:01]} d6 {[%clk 1:31:30]} 5. O-O {[%clk 1:31:43]} g6 {[%clk 1:31:13]} 6. c3 {[%clk 1:30:40]} Bg7...

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Round 7 saw the leadership position change hands after first seed GM Grigoryan losing to IM K.Rathnakaran. However the first seed bounced back and won his round 8 game vs FM Praismoro Novendra. As a result, after 8 rounds the two leaders of GM Grigoryan and IM K.Rathnakaran at 7/8 points. IM K. RathnakaranGM Grigoryan Karen Interactive Crosstable after 8 rounds> Pictures from...

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After 3 rounds, 5 joint leaders emerge from the total of 134 players the 9th edition of the the 9th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open. They are: IM Roy Prantik FM Andyka Pitra GM Grigoryan Karen H. IM Rathnakaran K. FM Priasmoro Novendra However another 18 players are right on the heels of the leaders just half a point behind. Interactive Crosstable ...

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Venue: GRAND DARUL MAKMUR HOTEL, KUANTAN, PAHANG THERE WILL BE 2 (TWO) OPEN RAPID EVENTS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASEAN AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AS FOLLOWS: RAPID 1 (OPENING AAG) - 26 November (TOGETHER WITH OPENING AAG) RAPID 2 (CLOSING AAG) - 03 December 2017 (TOGETHER WITH CLOSING AAG) Both these 1 day events will be held in conjunction with ASEAN AGE GROUP...

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