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.