2018 Selangor Open won by IM Llaneza Vega Marcos

By GilaChess - May 03, 2018

The 45th Selangor Open saw a very closely fought tournament with a total of 87 participants taking part. The tournament leaders saw onstant change every round. In the end 3 players finished tied at 7 points :

IM Llaneza Vega Marcos
IM Pascua Haridas
IM Dimakiling Oliver

However the spaniard IM Llaneza Vega Marcos had the better tie break and emerged as champion. He takes home RM 6000 cash prize.

IM Pascua Haridas, the tournament first seed had to settle for 2nd place taking the prize money of RM 4,000.

Last year's Selangor Open champion, IM Oliver Dimakiling took third place after the tie break and wins the cash prize of RM 2,000.

4th place - Roque Merben (RM1,500)

5th place: GM Fominyh Alexander(RM1000)

Final ranking:-

Rk.		Name	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Llaneza Vega Marcos	7	0	53	40.25
2	IM	Pascua Haridas	7	0	52	40
3	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	7	0	51	38
4		Roque Merben	6.5	0	53	37.25
5	GM	Fominyh Alexander	6.5	0	51.5	36
6		Udani Ian	6.5	0	50.5	34.5
7	FM	Miciano John Marvin	6.5	0	50	33.75
8	IM	Senador Emmanuel	6.5	0	49.5	32.25
9		Chan Kim Yew	6.5	0	49	32.25
10		Lye Lik Zang	6.5	0	46	31.25
11	FM	Andyka Pitra	6	0	52.5	32.25
12	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	6	0	51.5	32
13		Bagamasbad Efren	6	0	48.5	29
14	FM	Nouri Alekhine	6	0	45.5	28.75
15		Sabri Mohd Saprin	6	0	37	25
16	GM	Barsov Alexei	5.5	0	52	30.25
17		Cantin Loic	5.5	0	46	25.25
18		Ng Tze Han	5.5	0	45.5	26.5
19		Manaog Stewart	5.5	0	44	23
20		Cheah Kah Hoe	5.5	0	40	22.25
21		Sim Jia Ru	5.5	0	40	22
22		Kong Ren En	5.5	0	40	19.25
23		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	5.5	0	38	23
24	IM	Nouri Hamed	5	0	51	25.5
25	FM	Sonjaya Deni	5	0	49	24
26	FM	Villanueva Nelson	5	0	45.5	22
27		Navaratnam Rohan Shan Tze	5	0	45	20.5
28		Tan Yong Hau	5	0	44	23.75
29		Pg Md Omar Ak Hafizon	5	0	43.5	21.75
30		Chan Sheng Yip	5	0	43.5	20.5
31		Ang Jing Xuan	5	0	43.5	19.5
32		Toh Joseph	5	0	43.5	18.5
33		Borigas Edgardo	5	0	43	20.5
34		Tan Yong Zhao	5	0	42.5	23.25
35	FM	Ismail Ahmad	5	0	41.5	21.5
36	FM	Wiwatanadate Poompong	5	0	41	18.5
37	AIM	Chua Chee Sian Sebastien	5	0	37.5	17.5
38		Chong Chor Yuen	5	0	36.5	18
39		Tan Kok Liang	4.5	0	46	18.75
40		Ragu Ram R.Nadarajan	4.5	0	43	17.5
41		Khandhar Kaushal	4.5	0	41.5	17.25
42	WCM	Chua Jia-Tien	4.5	0	39.5	14.25
43		Looi Xin Hao	4.5	0	38.5	16.5
44		Chan Yi Meng Ryan	4.5	0	37.5	18.5
45	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad	4.5	0	37.5	14.75
46		Arya Nirag Shah	4.5	0	37	15.75
47		Low Chee Pang	4.5	0	36	13.5
48		Mohd Saprin Amir Muqqri	4	0	44	17.25
49		Ng Jun Fung Isaac	4	0	43	17
50		Abdul Razak Tariq Ziad	4	0	41	15
51		Lieu Chin Yung	4	0	40.5	14.75
52		Aminuddin Muhd Faqih	4	0	39	14.25
53		Lee Zhia Chen Zachary	4	0	38.5	13.25
54		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	4	0	38.5	12.5
55		Foo Jing Er Claire	4	0	38	14.5
56		Tarimo Didik Widiarso	4	0	38	13.75
57	FM	Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin	4	0	37	15
58		Tham Tick Hong Jax	4	0	37	14.5
59		Sathaseelan Dinish	4	0	35	11.5
60		Abd Rahman Syazrin	3.5	0	40	12.75
61		Poh Yu Tian	3.5	0	38.5	12.75
62		Yeop Mat Zaki	3.5	0	38.5	12.75
63		Chia Yu Zhe Ashton	3.5	0	36	11.75
64		Kebbedies Frank	3.5	0	35.5	11
65		Shubh Kapur	3.5	0	35	10.25
66		Aziz Ziz Zam	3.5	0	34.5	10.5
67		Mahmood Mohd Ezmi	3.5	0	34.5	7.75
68	AFM	Polavaram Adhitya	3.5	0	34	9.25
69		Kumar Sri Shiva	3.5	0	34	9
70		Lim Kian Hwa	3.5	0	33	9.5
71		Wong Zi Yue	3.5	0	32	10.75
72		Gunn Han Chong	3.5	0	32	8.75
73		Lee Peng Keong	3	0	41	13
74		Chin Yi Hao	3	0	37.5	12
75		Lee Ryan	3	0	37.5	9.5
76		Sivapragash Maahendar	3	0	36	10.25
77		Ong Weng Yan	3	0	28.5	4.5
78		Saw Lye Guan	2.5	0	38	11.5
79		Rahimie Mustafa	2.5	0	36.5	7.5
80		Chin Shun Yi	2.5	0	31	8
81	AIM	Polavaram Harsha	2.5	0	28.5	6.25
82		Sharikhan Shawal	2.5	0	26	4.75
83		Abdul Rashid Hasidin	2	0	34	5.5
84		Wee Han Xia	2	0	31	4.5
85		Bhandari Neel	2	0	29	3.75
86		Nivashan Ram	1	0	32.5	0.5
87		Teh Wee Zhun	1	0	31	5