Who took part in the back-to-back Johor and Penang Chess Festival?
By GilaChess - January 09, 2026
There are 38 players in total who participated in both the 10th Johor International Chess Open 2025 and the 17th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2025.
| No. | Player Name | Johor Rank | Penang Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACM Cheng Chee Heng Jayden | 41st | 74th |
| 2 | ACM Joseph Samuel Alexander | 56th | 40th |
| 3 | ACM Kumaran Ashwiniy | 57th | 58th |
| 4 | AGM Yuan Qingyu | 12th | 13th |
| 5 | Baardeh Tahmoores | 22nd | 71st |
| 6 | Berata I Kadek Winayaka Sentanu | 68th | 78th |
| 7 | Biriya Mohammadamin | 63rd | 4th |
| 8 | Caparino Diego Abraham | 74th | 90th |
| 9 | CM Chow Yi Chen | 36th | 28th |
| 10 | CM Shen Ree Herng | 59th | 18th |
| 11 | CM Tan Jun Hao | 26th | 35th |
| 12 | FM Ang Ern Jie Anderson | 7th | 10th |
| 13 | FM Ismail Ahmad | 77th | 64th |
| 14 | GM Nguyen Duc Hoa | 23rd | 20th |
| 15 | GM Nguyen Van Huy | 13th | 19th |
| 16 | Gnanasekar Jai Adithya | 52nd | 49th |
| 17 | IM Dang Hoang Son | 3rd | 16th |
| 18 | IM Karthik Rajaa | 5th | 7th |
| 19 | IM Li Bo | 27th | 17th |
| 20 | IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 6th | 11th |
| 21 | IM Polschikov Alexey | 16th | 8th |
| 22 | IM Sek Konstantin | 46th | 3rd |
| 23 | IM Wagh Suyog | 11th | 2nd |
| 24 | Leong Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander | 29th | 50th |
| 25 | Lim Kian Hwa | 70th | 87th |
| 26 | Norouzi Chenari Parham | 75th | 21st |
| 27 | Patini Vishant Naidu | 32nd | 27th |
| 28 | Rabbani Abtin | 60th | 37th |
| 29 | Rajendran Kartikeyan | 55th | 53rd |
| 30 | Roshantab Sadra | 45th | 23rd |
| 31 | Shen Houlin | 40th | 59th |
| 32 | Sidabutar Uriel Noah Oloan | 15th | 25th |
| 33 | Teo Hong Ming | 44th | 61st |
| 34 | Vijay Rege | 21st | 24th |
| 35 | WCM Pham Tran Gia Thu | 54th | 54th |
| 36 | WFM Azali Tannaz | 43rd | 14th |
| 37 | Yeoh Wei Shen | 62nd | 44th |
| 38 | Yu Shi | 9th | 26th |
Clearly, both tournaments are symbiotic and have benefited from increased participation of players.
Coincidentally the Blue Chavaliers tourney which is usually in July is now in September - which is in the same month of the Malaysian Chess Festival (if it is on that is) . Hopefully the dates will align so that it can be a back-to-back event as well and not clash (which is possible) as these are officially events from two different country - they may not have the same communications like our local states.
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