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 Date: 19 Feb 2023 (Sunday) Time: 8.30 a.m -6.00 p.m Venue: Ballroom, Kompleks Belia Dan Sukan Paroi Negeri Sembilan To register: https://bit.ly/RDOCC2023 For info: 0126050243 (Mr. Idris @ Yusuf) 0123535586 (Ms. Safura) 0127291455 (Mr. Izani) Organized by: Muhammad Idris (Yusuf) ...

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 Grandmaster Sivuk Vitaly who last won the previous Johor Open in 2019 is sharing the lead going into the last round with Grandmaster Priasmoro Novendra. Both have 6 and a half points after 8 rounds.In clear 3 place is GM Nguyen Duc Hoa who has 6 points. Following closely from 4th to 10 place respectively are IM Yeoh Li Tian, IM Harikrishnan A...

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 GM Priasmoro Novendra fresh from winning the 2022 Penang Open shares the lead with GM Sivuk Vitaly in the Johor International Chess Open 2022 after 5 rounds with 4½ points. Following closely, half a point behind are GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Alexei Barsov and 13 year old Genkeswaran Genivan with 4 points. ...

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Please understand this post is not meant to make fun of this player (or any other player!) as by Round 4 today I was also feeling the stress and tiredness of the Penang Open 2022 (and I'm only doing the blogs and taking pictures). I arrived at the hall late because had to fix some last minute pages on the PenangOpen blog (penangopen.com) and...

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Top 7 boards for the Penang Open is live. Click here to view the live chess games. Top 7 boards for the Penang Open is live. Click here to view the live chess games. ...

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 My room mate is FM Yeap Eng Cheam and I jokingly asked him when I saw him whether he beat GM SIvuk Vitaly whom he was paired against in Round 2. I thought he was joking he replied "Yes". He wasn't joking. He didn't just beat any GM but this year's Penang Open top seed and playing the Black pieces too.FM Yeap Eng...

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