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Bo.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name
1	IM	Pascua Haridas	4½	½ - ½	5	GM	Sivuk Vitaly
2	IM	Nouri Hamed	4½	½ - ½	5	IM	Firman Syah Farid
3	GM	Korneev Oleg	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Nouri Alekhine
4	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Sadikin The Irwanto
5	IM	Li Bo	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Lye Lik Zang
6	IM	Bancod Ronald	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Barsov Alexei
7	GM	Mirzoev Azer	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Causo Deniel
8	FM	Dang Hoang Son	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Himanshu Sharma
9		Sammed Jaykumar Shete	4	½ - ½	4	FM	Castellano Christopher
10	GM	Fominyh Alexander	3½	½ - ½	4	FM	Andyka Pitra
11	AGM	Lakshmi Narayanan M V	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Wahono Awam
12	FM	Turqueza Mari Joseph	3½	1 - 0	3½		Sun Chao
13		Hari Madhavan N B	3½	1 - 0	3½	CM	Arfan Aditya Bagus
14	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	3½	0 - 1	3½		Aris T.L.S.
15	AGM	Arellano Robert	3½	½ - ½	3½		Prasannaa.S
16	WGM	Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz	3½	½ - ½	3½		Li Shanglin
17	CM	Xie Kaifan	3½	0 - 1	3	CM	Tan Jun Ying
18		Chen Meng Boon Marcus	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M
19		Chen Kailin	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi
20		Li Guohao	3	1 - 0	3		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi
21		Barath Kalyan M	3	1 - 0	3		Tan Zhong Kai
22		Francis Jonathan Augustine	3	0 - 1	3		Abinandhan R
23		Erowan Masrin	3	0 - 1	3		Fernandez David Paul
24		Adarsh Tripathi	3	½ - ½	3		Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Aqil Ainuddin Naufal
25		Wu Yixing	3	1 - 0	2½	WFM	Singgih Diajeng Theresa
26	WCM	Chen Yining	2½	1 - 0	2½		Chin F
27		Muthu P	2½	0 - 1	2½		Mushini Ajay
28		Cai Youyang	2½	1 - 0	2½		Frost Peter
29		Teh Wee Zhun	2½	0 - 1	2½		Aravind P V S
30		Zhou Yibo	2½	½ - ½	2½		Garv Rai
31		Jingjang Shin	2½	1 - 0	2½		Pang Khai Jie Ryan
32		Hasnul Hashim	2½	½ - ½	2½	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad
33		Ho Chen Ee	2	0 - 1	2		Nguyen Truong Bao Tran
34	FM	Ho In Hei Henry	2	0 - 1	2		Pheng Fook Weng
35		Chan Jia Jie Alexander	2	1 - 0	2		Pereira Johnharry
36		Liu Meng	2	1 - 0	2		Camhi David
37		Kadam Nikhil	1½	½ - ½	1½		Li Westtland
38		Heng Cho Fai	1½	+ - -	1½	AFM	Sakthivel Heamish Kanha
39		Saw Lye Guan	1½	0 - 1	1½		Tobin Paul Nicholas
40		Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	1	0 - 1	1½		Heng Cho Yaw
41		Greenwood Martin C	0	- - +	1		Tan Kok Han

Standings after 7 rounds

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	8.Rd	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	IM	Firman Syah Farid	2393	INA	8w	5.5	0	32.5	24.5	2521
2	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	2469	INA	3b	5.5	0	31.5	24.25	2460
3	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	2588	UKR	2w	5.5	0	31.5	23.75	2551
4	GM	Korneev Oleg	2524	ESP	11b	5	0	31.5	21.75	2445
5	GM	Barsov Alexei	2365	UZB	10w	5	0	31.5	21.75	2412
6	IM	Li Bo	2308	CHN	15b	5	0	30	20.25	2311
7	IM	Nouri Hamed	2323	PHI	13b	5	0	30	19.25	2330
8	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2457	AZE	1b	5	0	29.5	20.5	2375
9	IM	Bancod Ronald	2266	PHI	12b	5	0	29	19	2353
10	IM	Pascua Haridas	2441	PHI	5b	5	0	28	19.5	2282
11	FM	Lye Lik Zang	2379	MAS	4w	5	0	27	18.5	2294
12	GM	Himanshu Sharma	2392	IND	9w	5	0	25.5	18.75	2141
13	FM	Nouri Alekhine	2212	PHI	7w	5	0	25.5	17.5	2183
14		Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2380	IND	17b	4.5	0	30	17.5	2313
15	FM	Andyka Pitra	2286	INA	6w	4.5	0	29	16.75	2278
16	IM	Sadikin The Irwanto	2301	INA	20w	4.5	0	29	16	2292
17		Aris T.L.S.	2062	INA	14w	4.5	0	28	16	2187
18	FM	Turqueza Mari Joseph	2290	PHI	19b	4.5	0	28	15.25	2252
19	FM	Castellano Christopher	2133	PHI	18w	4.5	0	26	15.25	2149
20		Hari Madhavan N B	2280	IND	16b	4.5	0	25.5	15.5	2069
21	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2341	VIE	26b	4	0	30.5	16	2299
22	WGM	Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz	2210	UZB	34b	4	0	30	16	2156
23		Li Shanglin	2020	CHN	24w	4	0	29	14.75	2214
24		Prasannaa.S	2213	IND	23b	4	0	28	13.25	2210
25	IM	Wahono Awam	2313	INA	35w	4	0	26	14.75	2082
26	AGM	Arellano Robert	2087	PHI	21w	4	0	26	12.75	2020
27		Chen Meng Boon Marcus	1937	SGP	33b	4	0	26	12	2160
28	CM	Tan Jun Ying	2121	MAS	30w	4	0	25.5	11.75	2092
29		Li Guohao	2131	CHN	36b	4	0	25.5	11.5	2158
30	GM	Fominyh Alexander	2341	RUS	28b	4	0	25	12.75	2074
31		Wu Yixing	1767	CHN	32b	4	0	24	11.75	2041
32	AGM	Lakshmi Narayanan M V	2160	IND	31w	4	0	24	11.25	2098
33	FM	Causo Deniel	2313	PHI	27w	4	0	23	12.5	1959
34		Abinandhan R	2011	IND	22w	4	0	23	11	1917
35		Barath Kalyan M	2063	IND	25b	4	0	23	10	2033
36		Fernandez David Paul	1625	MAS	29w	4	0	22	11	1838
37		Chen Kailin	1928	CHN	40w	3.5	0	30	13.75	2246
38	CM	Xie Kaifan	1905	CHN	39b	3.5	0	27.5	11.75	2207
39	CM	Arfan Aditya Bagus	2072	INA	38w	3.5	0	27	10.75	2121
40	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	2235	PHI	37b	3.5	0	27	10.25	2081
41		Sun Chao	2106	CHN	46b	3.5	0	26.5	10.5	2120
42	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2318	MAS	47w	3.5	0	25.5	12.25	1960
43		Adarsh Tripathi	1954	IND	49w	3.5	0	24.5	12.25	1960
44		Mushini Ajay	1933	IND	48w	3.5	0	24	9.5	2089
45		Aravind P V S	1688	IND	58w	3.5	0	23	10	1951
46		Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Aqil Ainuddin Naufal	1766	MAS	41w	3.5	0	22.5	9.75	2015
47		Cai Youyang	1920	CHN	42b	3.5	0	22.5	8	1888
48		Jingjang Shin	1760	THA	44b	3.5	0	21.5	8.75	1889
49	WCM	Chen Yining	1826	CHN	43b	3.5	0	20	6.75	1897
50	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M	2366	IND	56b	3	0	25.5	9	1934
51		Garv Rai	1774	IND	60w	3	0	25	9.5	1896
52		Tan Zhong Kai	1902	SGP	61w	3	0	25	8.5	1936
53		Zhou Yibo	1894	CHN	62b	3	0	24.5	9.5	1890
54		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi	1953	MAS	57w	3	0	24	7.75	2080
55		Liu Meng	1738	CHN	59b	3	0	23.5	9.25	1901
56	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad	1842	MAS	50w	3	0	23	8.25	1754
57		Chan Jia Jie Alexander	1791	SGP	54b	3	0	23	8	1793
58		Erowan Masrin	2000	MAS	45b	3	0	23	7.75	1703
59		Nguyen Truong Bao Tran	1893	VIE	55w	3	0	22.5	6.75	1729
60		Francis Jonathan Augustine	1858	MAS	51b	3	0	22.5	6.5	1794
61		Hasnul Hashim	1398	BRU	52b	3	0	22	8	1562
62		Pheng Fook Weng	1472	MAS	53w	3	0	21	8	1748
63		Pang Khai Jie Ryan	1861	SGP	69b	2.5	0	24	7.5	1814
64		Chin F	1939	MAS	68w	2.5	0	23.5	7.25	1829
65	WFM	Singgih Diajeng Theresa	2089	INA	67w	2.5	0	23	6.25	1702
66		Teh Wee Zhun	1898	MAS	71b	2.5	0	22.5	4.75	1727
67		Muthu P	1823	IND	65b	2.5	0	21.5	4.5	1733
68		Heng Cho Fai	1184	SGP	64b	2.5	0	18.5	5	1607
69		Heng Cho Yaw	1479	SGP	63w	2.5	0	18.5	4.75	1757
70		Tobin Paul Nicholas	1344	SGP	72w	2.5	0	18.5	4.5	1608
71		Frost Peter	1704	AUS	66w	2.5	0	18.5	4	1705
72	FM	Ho In Hei Henry	1823	HKG	70b	2	0	24	5.5	1762
73		Pereira Johnharry	1569	SGP	77w	2	0	23.5	5.5	1753
74		Ho Chen Ee	1595	MAS	75b	2	0	18	2.75	1592
75		Li Westtland	1166	TPE	74w	2	0	17.5	3	1524
76		Kadam Nikhil	1750	IND	78b	2	0	16.5	4.25	1435
77		Tan Kok Han	1469	SGP	73b	2	0	16.5	3	1529
78		Camhi David	1519	TPE	76w	2	0	16.5	2	1544
79	AFM	Sakthivel Heamish Kanha	1606	IND	80w	1.5	0	20.5	2	1652
80		Saw Lye Guan	1507	MAS	79b	1.5	0	18.5	2	1398
81		Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	1408	MAS	0	1	0	18.5	2	1365
82		Greenwood Martin C	1502	ENG	0	0	0	15.5	0	865

Rk.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Rp
1	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	2588	4.5	2623
2	IM	Firman Syah Farid	2393	4.5	2615
3	GM	Korneev Oleg	2524	4	2482
4	GM	Barsov Alexei	2365	4	2478
5	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	2469	4	2423
6	IM	Sadikin The Irwanto	2301	4	2350
7	IM	Nouri Hamed	2323	4	2330
8	IM	Li Bo	2308	4	2319
9		Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2380	3.5	2361
10	FM	Andyka Pitra	2286	3.5	2251
11	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2457	3.5	2322
12	IM	Bancod Ronald	2266	3.5	2275
13	FM	Lye Lik Zang	2379	3.5	2231
14	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2341	3.5	2328
15		Prasannaa.S	2213	3.5	2268
16	IM	Pascua Haridas	2441	3.5	2162
17	FM	Nouri Alekhine	2212	3.5	2011
18	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	2235	3.5	2174
19	GM	Fominyh Alexander	2341	3.5	2083
20	FM	Turqueza Mari Joseph	2290	3	2246
21		Li Shanglin	2020	3	2203
22		Aris T.L.S.	2062	3	2102
23	WGM	Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz	2210	3	2204
24	FM	Castellano Christopher	2133	3	2108
25	CM	Arfan Aditya Bagus	2072	3	2127
26		Li Guohao	2131	3	2154
27		Sun Chao	2106	3	2119
28		Hari Madhavan N B	2280	3	2008
29	IM	Wahono Awam	2313	3	2064
30	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M	2366	3	2009
31		Barath Kalyan M	2063	3	2005
32	GM	Himanshu Sharma	2392	3	1954
33	FM	Causo Deniel	2313	3	1841
34		Wu Yixing	1767	3	2015
35		Chen Kailin	1928	2.5	2257
36	CM	Xie Kaifan	1905	2.5	2248
37	AGM	Arellano Robert	2087	2.5	1943
38		Mushini Ajay	1933	2.5	2128
39	AGM	Lakshmi Narayanan M V	2160	2.5	2018
40		Adarsh Tripathi	1954	2.5	1927
41	CM	Tan Jun Ying	2121	2.5	2092
42	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2318	2.5	1967
43		Garv Rai	1774	2.5	1958
44		Pang Khai Jie Ryan	1861	2.5	1913
45		Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Aqil Ainuddin Naufal	1766	2.5	2030
46	WFM	Singgih Diajeng Theresa	2089	2.5	1791
47		Erowan Masrin	2000	2.5	1776
48		Abinandhan R	2011	2	1813
49		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi	1953	2	2119
50		Liu Meng	1738	2	1975
51		Chen Meng Boon Marcus	1937	2	2053
52		Chin F	1939	2	1914
53		Tan Zhong Kai	1902	2	1948
54		Zhou Yibo	1894	2	1951
55		Chan Jia Jie Alexander	1791	2	1793
56		Aravind P V S	1688	2	1902
57		Pereira Johnharry	1569	2	1881
58		Cai Youyang	1920	2	1861
59	FM	Ho In Hei Henry	1823	2	1931
60		Francis Jonathan Augustine	1858	2	1813
61	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad	1842	2	1790
62		Nguyen Truong Bao Tran	1893	2	1775
63		Jingjang Shin	1760	2	1812
64		Pheng Fook Weng	1472	2	1709
65		Fernandez David Paul	1625	2	1653
66	WCM	Chen Yining	1826	2	1816
67		Teh Wee Zhun	1898	2	1785
68		Muthu P	1823	1.5	1719
69		Hasnul Hashim	1398	1.5	1471
70		Frost Peter	1704	1.5	1761
71		Tobin Paul Nicholas	1344	1.5	1664
72		Heng Cho Fai	1184	1.5	1670
73		Ho Chen Ee	1595	1.5	1601
74		Heng Cho Yaw	1479	1	1731
75	AFM	Sakthivel Heamish Kanha	1606	1	1655
76		Tan Kok Han	1469	1	1619
77		Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	1408	1	1507
78		Kadam Nikhil	1750	1	1462
79		Camhi David	1519	1	1502
80		Li Westtland	1166	0.5	1339
81		Saw Lye Guan	1507	0.5	1362
82		Greenwood Martin C	1502	0	964

So far 1,274 signatures collected and we assume someone from the Ministry has been informed.

We have seen online petition work before. Remember the "Reinstate Quah Seng Sun Chess Column"? Over 1000 signatures were collected and The Star chess column was reinstated but later of course it was still inevitable discontinued.

Question is if the effort was effective and had a positive effect?

No really. This is a question as I honestly don't know. Please drop a comment if you do know! I am sure the 1274 signatures contributees also want to know :)

UPDATE: 
My bad. Did not read MCF website that it has been reinstated. That is indeed good news!
https://malaysiachess.org/announcement/chess-to-stay-in-mssm/

The 6th Johor International Chess Open kicked off on December 2nd with a total of 82 participants from many countries. GM Sivuk Vitaly is the top seed joined by 5 other grandmasters.





ROUND 1 results (from chess-results)