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Malaysian Cheah Cheok Fung and Cheah Kah Hoe also took part in the recently concluded Hong Kong LEAP 2018.

The current joint leaders are:

GM Lorparizangeneh Shahin

WGM Muminova Nafisa

FM Dang Hoang Son

GM Barsov Alexei

With the win against top seed GM 'Bong' Villamayeur in Round 7 and yesterday's Round 8 draw IM Anjas Novito sets himself a good position to win the 2018 Penang Open.

Today is the last round.

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Pairing and Standings :-

After 6 rounds, Indonesian IM Novitas Anjas with 5 wins and a draw.

Following closely with just half a point behind are FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus and GM Villamayor Buenaventura.

There are 3 more rounds to go.

I have seen many strong players after taking up coaching have their own strength rapidly fall. It's almost universal with some rare exceptions.

That is why I am impressed by WGM Nafisa Muminova who is not only coaching (her students are playing here too) but is married, has a baby on top of that! All these would be a deterring factors to a chess professional. Despite the odds she seems to playing at peak strength in the current Penang Open consistently playing on top 10 board.

IM Novitas won over NM Marcus Chan in Round 3 of the 2018 Penang Open putting him in joint lead with 6 other players at 3 points out of 3. The other 6 players are:
FM Andyka Pitra , FM Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie , IM Gunawan Ronny , FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus , IM Lioe Dede , Udani Ian.

There are a total of 92 players taking part in the 10th edition of the Penang Open.

 
Round 3, Board 1: IM Novitas Anjas vs NM Marcus Chan

Interactive Crosstable:-

This year, Jagdeep Singh Deo who is the Penang State Executive Councillor officiated the 10th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2018.










It's unfortunate as the date of Open is close to the Asian Continental Chess held in Philippines from the 9th to 19th December. That event has a bigger prize fund and provides qualification places for the 2019 World Cup.

Still, a total of 92 players are taking part in this year's edition of the Penang Open which includes Grandmaster Villamayor Buenaventura and 6 International Masters. The event will last from December 3 to 8 December. There will also be a Blitz event December 6 and the Penang Chess League between the 8-9 December.




















Related link: https://ssquah.blogspot.com/2018/12/strategic-positioning.html?fbclid=IwAR1QEqsFIrN5M7wx6jH5pV5Lz65jg9T-skk6uUk5e0elS_4ba9HKQIRSPFk

Belarus consists of an all GM team and ranked 17th. With each opponent at least 300 ELO points higher  the Malaysians fought but lost nevertheless.

Result: Belarus(3.5) - Malaysia(0.5)

The saving draw was by NM Fong Yit San on board 4.

the list of participants so far (taken from chess-results)

No.	Tit.	Name	Rtg
1	IM	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy	2187
2	CM	Fong Yit San	2106
3	CM	Abdullah Mohd Kamal	2067
4		Wahiduddin Kamalarifin	2066
5		Chan Sheng Yip	2056
6		Zakaria Mohd Fairin	2026
7		Yusof Kamaluddin	2010
8		Tham Tick Hong Jax	1976
9		Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin	1967
10	WFM	Azman Hisham Nur Najiha	1954
11	WFM	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	1939
12		Rahman Shamsol Bahrain Patahol	1911
13		Ahmad Nazari Emir Rusyaidi	1907
14		Mahmood Nasrul Humaimi	1888
15		Syed Mohd Syed Abdul Rahman	1858
16		Sivanesan Subramanian	1807
17		Yahaya Nor Zaiasron	1781
18		Wan Abd Rahim Wan Mohd Azmie	1747
19		Abdul Razak Tariq Ziad	1741
20		Bin Nasrin Nayyef Ashyraf	1734
21		Mustafa Albakri Suhaimi	1732
22		Mohd Johar Mohd Aiziuddin	1728
23		Sidi Rusdi	1721
24		Hamzah Razali	1705
25	AIM	Hamid Hairul Abdul	1691
26		Jaffar Wazir	1648
27		Su Weng Yang Joel	1643
28		Farizal Muhd Fikri	1639
29		Asmuni Suhaimi	1594
30		Ruslan Haslindah	1594
31		Mohd Abdul Nasir Muhd Nazran	1586
32		Ahmad Zalizan Mohd Zakwan	1552
33		Hj Sapuan Ngasiman	1546
34		Mohamed Halil Nur Feiqha Maulad	1541
35		Razali Radzy	1438
36		Sathaseelan Dinish	1387
37		Mohd Kamil Ainul Fikri	1374
38		Siti Safura Jaafar	1370
39		Hamzah Ahmad	1362
40	AFM	Zubir Luqman	1298
41		Pereira Desrran	1289
42		Mohd Yazrin Muhd Yasyfi Khalish	1281
43		Kamaruzaman Muhd Hazimi	1209
44		Khairil Aswan Ahmad Zaeem Zhafran	1178
45		Salehuddin Aidyl Syazwan	1157
46		Mohd Nurul Izani Muhd Irfan Danial	1087
47		Zubir Lyana	1081
48		Rusdi Nur Khadijah	1067
49		Norhayati Sarnoh	1062
50		Mohd Nurul Izani Kaseh Irsya Dania	1052
51		Low Zhun H	1051
52		Ab Rahman Muhd Ikmal Faiz	0
53		Abd Aziz A Qil A Lauddin	0
54		Abd Aziz Aniq Ariffin	0
55		Ag Alli Hassan *	0
56		Ahmad Azam Ahmad Fahim	0
57		Ahmad Azam Ahmad Faris	0
58		Ahmad Azam Alya Farhanah	0
59		Ainul Fikri Afeeq Harith	0
60		Che Ismail Che Muhd Hafiz	0
61		Chong Yan Zhe	0
62		Janarthanan Teejashrre T	0
63		Janathanan Kayshirijaa T	0
64		Johari Justafahary	0
65		Mohd Ahmad Nazri	0
66		Mohd Ghouse Syazana Maisarah	0
67		Mohd Ghouse Syaziah Mahira	0
68		Mohd Nurul Izani Muhd Irzam Danial	0
69		Mohd Yazrin Puteri Yasmeen Qist	0
70		Nur Izzati Zakaria	0
71		Nursinta Yuen	0
72		Ramsit Masrul	0
73		Rusdi Nur Aisyah	0
74		Rusdi Nur Safiyah	0
75		Seri Izdihar Mohd Shoberi	0
76		Wan Ismail Wan Luqman	0
77		Wan Jusoh Wan Ahmad Fauzan	0
78		Zainal Wahid Nur Alyaa Syaffea	0
79		Zainal Wahid Nur Iman Amani	0
80		Zainal Wahid Nur Raihana Amani	0

(update: 13 places left)