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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.




















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