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The Malaysian Chess Festival is just finished but the local chess scene shows no signs of taking a break and continues this weekend with the ICE U-1600 tourney.

Start Date	2018-09-01
End Date	2018-09-02
Venue	Puchong
State	Selangor
Live	No
More Info	Contact: 0196675675 Emran 0175605071 Shin

Photo by Khong Wai Cheong

Standings (taken from http://chess-results.com/tnr371453.aspx?lan=1&art=4)

Rk.		Name	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Wang Hao	8	0	7	50
2	GM	Firouzja Alireza	7	0	5	49.5
3	GM	Laylo Darwin	7	0	5	44
4	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	6.5	0	6	49
5	GM	Idani Pouya	6.5	0	6	48.5
6	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	6.5	0	6	42.5
7	IM	Karthikeyan P.	6.5	0	5	45.5
8	IM	Bersamina Paulo	6.5	0	5	45
9	IM	Firman Syah Farid	6.5	0	5	44.5
10	GM	Fang Yuxiang	6.5	0	5	43.5
11	FM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	6.5	0	4	47
12	IM	Kuybokarov Temur	6.5	0	4	43.5
13	IM	Saduakassova Dinara	6.5	0	4	43
14	FM	Andyka Pitra	6	0	6	38.5
15	IM	Le Tuan Minh	6	0	5	49.5
16	IM	Yeoh Li Tian	6	0	5	48
17	FM	Chan Nicholas	6	0	5	46
18	FM	Dang Hoang Son	6	0	5	44.5
19	GM	Yu Ruiyuan	6	0	5	43.5
20	IM	Miciano John Marvin	6	0	5	42.5
21		Chan Marcus	6	0	5	40.5
22	FM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	6	0	5	39.5
23	IM	Garcia Jan Emmanuel	6	0	5	37.5
24	GM	Megaranto Susanto	6	0	4	47
25	IM	Pascua Haridas	6	0	4	45.5
26	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	6	0	4	39
27	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	6	0	3	47
28	IM	Young Angelo	5.5	0	5	47.5
29	IM	Ikeda Junta	5.5	0	5	45
30	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	5.5	0	5	42.5
31	WIM	Parnali S Dharia	5.5	0	5	40.5
32	FM	Sonjaya Deni	5.5	0	5	39.5
33		Lye Lik Zang	5.5	0	5	39
34	FM	Abelgas Roel	5.5	0	5	37.5
35	FM	Severino Sander***	5.5	0	4	46
36		Ashwath R.	5.5	0	4	41.5
37	CM	Jacutina John Merill	5.5	0	4	41.5
38		Kunal M.	5.5	0	4	38.5
39	FM	Turqueza Mari Joseph	5.5	0	4	36
40	GM	Laxman R.R.	5.5	0	3	45.5

15th Dato' Arthur Ran Malaysian Open draws to a close today with the last round being played at 9am.


GM Wang Hao is now leading after beating 2016 Johor Champion GM Idani Pouya in Round 8. However close behind him just half a point behind is Oliver Dimakiling. GM Oliver Dimakiling outplayed GM Susanto Megaranto in a 4 Queen endgame to set up a meet with Wang Hao in the final round. (see video below).




Previous round leader GM Firoujza Alireza drew against IM Tran Tuan Minh so the former joins GM Oliver Dimakiling both half a point Wang Hao.

After the Open concludes there the last event of the Malaysian Chess Festival - Blitz which starts at 1pm.

Chess result link :http://chess-results.com/tnr371453.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=9

Top seed GM Wang Hao lost the lead for a while but is now back sharing the lead with GM Firouzja Alireza after 7 rounds. Both have 6 out of 7 points.

With 2 more rounds to go it will be a close fight as there are many players just half a point from the two leader. They are IM Le Tuan Minh, M Dimakiling Oliver, GM Idani Pouya, GM Laylo Darwin, GM Megaranto Susanto and FM Taher Yoseph Theolifus all with 5.5 out of 7.

Interactive cross table after Round 7

After 5 rounds, 15 year old Iranian GM Firouzja Alireza leads the Malaysian Open after top seed GM Wang Hao drew vs IM Yeoh Li Tian in Round 5.

In an arguably the strongest one day rapid tournament seeing 4GM, 1 IM and 6 FMs taking part, 17 seeded Vietnamese FM Dang Hoang Son emerged champion.

Despite it being the only "rest day" for the Open, about half were titled players taking part in the 6 round rapid.

FM Dang Hoang Son finished clear first with 5.5 out of 6 points.

No.	FED	Federation	Count
1	MAS	Malaysia	32
2	INA	Indonesia	31
3	IND	India	28
4	PHI	Philippines	26
5	CHN	China	9
6	SGP	Singapore	9
7	VIE	Vietnam	5
8	AUS	Australia	2
9	IRI	Iran	2
10	SRI	Sri Lanka	2
11	THA	Thailand	2
12	USA	United States of America	2
13	CAN	Canada	1
14	ESP	Spain	1
15	FID	FIDE	1
16	JPN	Japan	1
17	KAZ	Kazakhstan	1
18	UZB	Uzbekistan	1
Total			156

Today is the 4th day of the Malaysian Chess Festival. After the The Merdeka Team and Age group event is over the other main events starts today.

This includes the Open, Challenger and Seniors which starts simultaneously today and it's a record for all sections:

Open - 155
Challenger - 187
Seniors - 47


Dato Tan officiated the opening ceremony by making first move on board 1.

A surprise entry is former Malaysian Open winner and now Super GM Wang Hao is taking part.

Highlights:

1. 1 hour wait time before a player forfeits on time.
2. OKU section so if player with * beside their name in pairing, go to the OKU section to play instead of the regular playing area.
3. All watches not allowed - digital OR analog.

It's here again!!

So popular the organisers have no choice but to limit the places every year.

Details:-



Please make payments in the tournament hall and since places are limited, pre-registration does not guarantee a place so come early to confirmation payment.

Look for Andrew Ooi (GilaChess)

Recently posted on Facebook that MCF EXCO meeting took place and Encik Hamid Majid is chosen as the new MCF secretary.

Today is a sad day as I found out that IM Giam Choo Kwee passed away 2 days ago.

I didn't know him well but I did know of him all the way from the first Malaysian Open which was 15 years ago. It was only the last 4 years we got to talk - my fault as I am not a very sociable person.


Whenever I decide to come down super early for breakfast at Cititel during the Malaysian Open, Giam always beats me to it. In fact he is usually the first person at the breakfast place.


...and I thought I was early !

I asked him why he was early and his answer is he always wakes up early. He finds the quietness and the lack of people to disturb him during the early hours is very conducive to doing work.

My preconception that Giam was a "salty" old man who liked to complain about every little thing was unfounded as I got to know him. He is pretty sociable.

GM Pacher Milan won the event on tie break over FM Chekletsov Ilya. Both had 7.5 points out of 9 rounds.

So, why is a distant tournament in Praque, Czechoslovakia posted on this blog? Apparently there was a Malaysian finishing at position 114. Though it looks unimpressive but due to the strong field this Malaysian got an ELO +15 overall. Congrats!!

These are the Malaysian representative to the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad:

Seed: 105       Malaysia (Average Rating:2206) Captain: Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi
Bo.		Name	Rtg
1	CM	Fong Yit San	2108
2	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren	2166
3		Lye Lik Zang	2345
4		Mahmood Shah Mukhriez Shah	1821
5	CM	Zulkipli Zaidan	2203

Malaysian Players listed with titles in FIDE Online Arena

FIDE ID	Name	Title
5751624	Hendra, Alfaldo Riski	AFM
5743001	Md Yazid Luqman Nur Hakim	ACM
5701791	Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi	AGM
5701945	Loo, Swee Leong	AGM
5706548	Azman, Muhd Ariez	AGM
5721865	Singh, Eshwant	AGM
5700175	Muzzaffar, Ahmad	AIM
5703549	Hamid, Hairul Abdul	AIM
5704308	Saleh, Fikri	AIM
5709180	Guna Balan, Jagathees	AIM
5724937	Rhozisham, Muhd Haziq	AIM
5725739	Anoop Singh, Manresh Singh	AIM
5727421	Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	AIM
5731569	Mohd, Mohd Syazwan Faisal	AIM
393199952	Subramaniam, Guna Balan	AIM
393199970	Guna Balan, Miithran	AIM
393200089	Mohd Nor, Noor Hafiz	AIM
393199854	Chin, Chee Boon	AFM
393199980	Emran, Muhammad Emir Rasyid	AFM
5725976	Tan, Lik Hooi Alvin	ACM
5738512	Mohd Nor, Nik Muhammad Sharifudin	ACM
5721385	Hairul, Muhd Ilhan Mansiz	AFM
5725615	Razali, Muhd Syukur	AFM
5734487	Zubir, Luqman	AFM