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 Arrived at Cititel and kicked myself for not arriving earlier. It's Merdeka day and the Mid Valley car park is packed ! Thankfully managed to find a place but relatively far away from the hotel. Still took 2 trips to move my big bags over and this is the room set up.

Malaysians still make the highest number of participants but only just. Indonesia almost overtook Malaysian this time. It's a little disappointing the number of Malaysians have dropped compared to before the pandemic in 2019. I feel more Malaysians should take advantage of chances of meeting strong players and chances of increasing ratings or even getting norms. Countries like India, Philippines and Indonesia are certainly keen on doing this.

An additional 9 more teams have been added to the 2022 Astro Team Merdeka making the total 63 teams taking part. Previously, the top seed was the Philippine National Womens Chess Team. Now the top seed is still a Philippine team - Dasmarinas City comprising IM Daniel Cuizon, IM Michael Concio Jr. , FM Roel Abelgas and Mark Jay Bancojo.

 

The team list is published for the 2022 Astro Merdeka Team in chess-results. Lots of familiar faces. Check it out (take note the below is  just a screenshot - for the latest updated list  please go to http://chess-results.com/tnr666355.aspx?lan=1):

1. KAB BEKASI WIBAWA (RtgAvg:2203 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2531	INA
2	IM	Firman Syah Farid	2393	INA
3	IM	Novita Anjas	2261	INA
4		Ayu Indriane T	1627	INA
2. PTP MULTIPURPOSE CHESS CLUB (RtgAvg:2191 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Ali Muhammad Lutfi	2367	INA
2	IM	Tarigan Gilbert Elroy	2084	INA
3	FM	Rahman Masruri	2299	INA
4		Dwitama Gelar Sagara	2015	INA
3. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL WOMENS CHESS TEAM (RtgAvg:2131 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WGM	Frayna Janelle Mae	2216	PHI
2	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn	2179	PHI
3	WIM	San Diego Marie Antoinette	2077	PHI
4	WFM	Mendoza Shania Mae	2052	PHI
4. ACA BIGBOYS (RtgAvg:2069 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	2163	PHI
2	CM	Jacutina John Merill	2009	PHI
3	FM	Morado Jeth Romy	2044	PHI
4		Reyes Leonard Raymond	2061	PHI
5. KAB BEKASI MUKTI WOMEN (RtgAvg:2066 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Aulia Medina Warda	2353	INA
2	WIM	Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia	2121	INA
3	WIM	Karenza Dita	1878	INA
4		Aulia Virda Rizka	1911	INA
6. PAHLAWAN (RtgAvg:2049 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Chan Kim Yew	2214	MAS
2		Lorena Carlo	2108	PHI
3		Ang Ern Jie Anderson	1821	MAS
4		Palma Michael Angelo	2053	PHI
7. INDONESIA (RtgAvg:2018 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Andyka Pitra	2322	INA
2	FM	Kurniawan Muhamad Agus	1962	INA
3	FM	Tobing Daniel Hermawan Lumban	1804	INA
4		Roy Marpaung	1984	INA
8. UP FIGHTING MAROONS (RtgAvg:1997 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Carlos Leonardo	2256	PHI
2	FM	Pangilinan Stephen Rome	1970	PHI
3		Batula Jan Daryl	1964	PHI
4		Olladas Michael Johann	1799	PHI
9. HEROSIFU CHESS ACADEMY (RtgAvg:1969 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren	2160	MAS
2		Teh Wee Zhun	1824	MAS
3	FM	Lye Lik Zang	1930	MAS
4		Chan Sheng Yip	1960	MAS
10. KLANG VALLEY KIWIS (RtgAvg:1962 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Law Zhe Kang	2175	MAS
2	CM	Bennett Hilton	1832	NZL
3	CM	Spiller Paul	1876	NZL
4		Lam Choong Wai Edwin	1966	MAS
11. PENANG (RtgAvg:1945 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Capel Evan Timothy	2204	MAS
2		Poh Yu Tian	1771	MAS
3	CM	Tan Jun Ying	1907	MAS
4	IM	Ooi Zhi Yang	1898	MAS
12. ACA FELLOWSHIP OF THE KINGS (RtgAvg:1903 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Perez Adrian	2077	PHI
2		Navarro Joseph	1968	PHI
3		Kis-Ing Christopher Khalil	1823	PHI
4	AIM	Labanda Jarvey	1744	PHI
13. EMT ALIFF (RtgAvg:1877 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Wahiduddin Kamalarifin	1962	MAS
2		Yusof Kamaluddin	1884	MAS
3		Rahman Shamsol Bahrain Patahol	1851	MAS
4		Jamil Mohd Johan	1810	MAS
14. TERENGGANU TURTLE (RtgAvg:1868 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Ramli Abdul Kadir Jailani	1931	MAS
2		Mohd Nor Nor Azmi	1869	MAS
3		Abu Bakar Ruzenan	1911	MAS
4		Wan Razali Wan Aizuddin	1762	MAS
15. KAB BEKASI SWATANTRA (RtgAvg:1856 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	IM	Wahono Awam	2308	INA
2		Rismanto Ricky	2125	INA
3	WFM	Fitriyani Amanda Suci	1992	INA
4		Sasa Sandra Dewi	0	MAS
16. RSC MUSKETEERS (RtgAvg:1825 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Lee Soi-Hock	1875	MAS
2		Tan Chai Huat Andrew	1630	MAS
3	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad	1942	MAS
4		Tham Tick Hong Jax	1853	MAS
17. SUMMER CHESS (RtgAvg:1797 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Looi Xin Hao	1976	MAS
2	WCM	Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1796	MAS
3		Sivanesan Subramanian	1853	MAS
4		Koay Yu Zhe	1562	MAS
18. ACA KINGS MEN (RtgAvg:1777 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Gumama Malik Faizhal	1731	PHI
2	AIM	Talaboc Francis	1843	FID
3		Chan Jia Jie Alexander	1735	SGP
4		Talaboc Freddie	1800	PHI
19. TTA RETURNER (RtgAvg:1690 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Leong Mun Wan	2096	MAS
2		Ling Kay Soon	0	SGP
3		Chow Mon Ben	2185	SGP
4		Goh Keng Hing	1478	MAS
20. SARAWAK LANDED (RtgAvg:1682 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Wong Kiiug Lik	1866	MAS
2		Lau Sau Ching	1688	MAS
3		Chong Huan Yan	1627	MAS
4		Lim Kian Hwa	1548	MAS
21. RIMAU ATTACK (RtgAvg:1661 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Yaacob Marzuki	1835	MAS
2		Salleh Akmal	0	MAS
3		Mistam Salman	1915	MAS
4		Yasnain Mohd Yusof	1894	MAS
22. 3TY (RtgAvg:1646 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Tan Wei Hong	1784	MAS
2		Teh Hui Lam	1672	MAS
3		Tan Tzi Yang	1415	MAS
4		Yew Chor Hian	1712	MAS
23. SARAWAK PRETENDERS PREMIUM (RtgAvg:1636 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Julmiri Muhammad Zulfaqar Bin Abu	1911	MAS
2		Daud Muhd Alfaiz	1637	MAS
3		Sulaiman Abdul Taib	1433	MAS
4		Basil Shareef	1563	MAS
24. EMT ALPHA (RtgAvg:1630 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Hamzah Razali	1474	MAS
2		Abdul Wahab Mohd Tayah	1641	MAS
3		Abdul Shukor Abdul Aziz	1759	MAS
4		Sidi Rusdi	1647	MAS
25. SAKA BIRU (RtgAvg:1613 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Mohd Azizul Hakim Hamzah	1810	MAS
2		Talib Zulkifli	1711	MAS
3		Zakaria Mohd Fairus	1512	MAS
4		Ahmad Shukri	1419	MAS
26. THE LEGEND (RtgAvg:1603 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Ong Wei Kean	1539	MAS
2		Baba Marsyitah	1436	MAS
3	AFM	Bin Nasrin Nayyef Ashyraf	1651	KOR
4		Francis Jonathan Augustine	1787	MAS
27. YNWA (RtgAvg:1601 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Yeoh Phee Leong Marcus	1993	MAS
2		Chew Yaw Chong	1751	MAS
3		Lee Wei Hong	1239	MAS
4		Chong Kean Foong	1420	MAS
28. NEWWIN (RtgAvg:1577 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Wan Abd Rahim Wan Mohd Azmie	1719	MAS
2		ISMAIL ZURAYUSAZRUL	1706	MAS
3		Ishak Mohd Hafizul	1733	MAS
4		Prushotman Vissnupriya	1151	MAS
29. TEAM ALLIANCE (RtgAvg:1568 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Lim Wei Sheng	1821	MAS
2		Koh Chia Ping	1516	MAS
3		Chay Joon Hoong	1512	MAS
4		Ship Ka Hung	1421	MAS
30. SAREPUDIN (RtgAvg:1561 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Jamil Mohd Nor Hafiz	1573	MAS
2		Muakal Muhd Zakwan	1580	MAS
3		Meor Ahmad Meor Zarif Afandi	1574	MAS
4		Mustafar Mohd Yamin	1518	MAS
31. CEKMEKK CELUP TEPUNG (RtgAvg:1533 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Amirullah Muhd Ali Asghar	1721	MAS
2		Mohd Saufi Alif Omar	1553	MAS
3		Sekeri Muhd Faiz	1607	MAS
4		Mohd Lazim Muhd Khairul Ikmal	1250	MAS
32. DRAGUNOV SVD (RtgAvg:1517 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Zulkifli Muhd Hafizuddin	1613	MAS
2		Mohd Zin Muhd Syakir	1606	MAS
3		Yunusmetov Hakeem	1409	MAS
4		Amir Azhar Nik Omar Heykal	1441	MAS
33. TERENGGANU FIGHT CLUB (RtgAvg:1489 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Yusoff Fairul	1619	MAS
2		Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin	1946	MAS
3		Engku Mohd Hafiz Engku Aida Sofe	1389	MAS
4		Sulaiman Muhd Rifqi Azfar	0	MAS
34. SARAWAK PRETENDERS FAMILY (RtgAvg:1465 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Draup Hj. Abang Azman	1402	MAS
2		Draup Abang Zain Azreen	1640	MAS
3		Abang Abdul Rauf Abang Azmi Reza	1457	MAS
4		Zamahari Abang Draup	1362	MAS
35. ADIMFY FAMILY (RtgAvg:1356 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Yusof Mohd Faizullah	1442	MAS
2	AFM	Mohd Faizullah Aisyah Dalilah Imani	1502	MAS
3	AFM	Mohd Faizullah Aliah Diyanah Insyir	1480	MAS
4	AFM	Mohd Faizullah Ahmad Danial Iskan	0	MAS
36. BAAHUBALIS (RtgAvg:1352 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Kumar Kushaal	1442	MAS
2		Manhokaran Darshevintharan	1211	MAS
3		Manavalan Siddharth Krishna	1382	MAS
4		Kumar Kreeyan	1371	MAS
37. ACA BLACKKNIGHTS (RtgAvg:1335 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	AGM	Asi Emmanuel	0	PHI
2		Tan Yian Hau	1549	SGP
3		Garcia Joefrey	0	PHI
4	AFM	Sebolino Reu Gabriel	1790	PHI
38. SAS KNIGHTS (RtgAvg:1268 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Hisham Nik Emin	1174	MAS
2		Megat Mohd Khushairi Megat Zaid	1531	MAS
3		Hirman Adam Faris	1174	MAS
4		Fairuz Azura Nazir	1193	MAS
39. PARA PERAK MOHKITA (RtgAvg:1260 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Norhayalim Muhd Farhan	1297	MAS
2		Md Nizam Ahmad Nazmi	1359	MAS
3		Norhayati Sarnoh	1055	MAS
4		Nazirah Shamsudin	1329	MAS
40. THE SPARROWS (RtgAvg:1256 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Babu Kanesh	1488	MAS
2		Louis Michael Daniel	1270	MAS
3		Wong Siew Ting	0	MAS
4		Ravindran Joseph Joshua Ishvar	1267	MAS
41. ACA DADDYS TEAM (RtgAvg:1222 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Mariano Robert Gene	0	PHI
2		Castro Ronald	0	PHI
3	AGM	Asi Joselito	1887	PHI
4		Bolico Froilan III	0	PHI
42. PAK CIK SAN PENG (RtgAvg:1220 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Cheah Cheok Fung	1879	MAS
2		Foo Swee Chuan	0	MAS
3		Yap Ken Loon Tommy	0	MAS
4		Leow Ann Hong	0	MAS
43. SDAR KNIGHTS (RtgAvg:1218 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Mohd Fadzly Muhd Haziq Fikri	1242	MAS
2		Megat Mohd Khushari Megat Imran	1232	MAS
3		Muhammad Afiq Naufal Bin Musria	0	MAS
4		Zulkippli Iskandar Haikal	1399	MAS
44. ACA HITEN MITSURUGI RYU (RtgAvg:1199 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	AFM	Ruiz Wayne	1537	PHI
2		Sanjit Sriniket Hari	1140	SGP
3		Tan You Jun Eugene	0	SGP
4		Li Yirui	1119	CHN
45. BELANGS (RtgAvg:1188 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Zainal Abidin Shahrulizam	1294	MAS
2		Shahrulizam Aida Shazwina	0	MAS
3		Shahrulizam Amirul Shahmie	1312	MAS
4		Shahrulizam Ahmad Solehuddin Sha	1146	MAS
46. KNIGHT WARRIORS (RtgAvg:1187 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Teoh Ban Tat	0	MAS
2		Lim Kian Guan	1469	MAS
3		Chua Siang-Zhe	1221	MAS
4		Teh Xin Ming	1058	MAS
47. WAR N PIECE (RtgAvg:1169 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	AFM	Lee Xia Sean	1169	MAS
2		Ku Ee Enn	1169	MAS
3		Wang Xin Ran Claire	1217	MAS
4		Wang Xin Yu Aimee	1119	MAS
48. PHOR TAY BOYZ (RtgAvg:1127 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Koay Yu Hang	1249	MAS
2		Lim Kun Hoe	1159	MAS
3		Sim Zi Kang Kevin	1098	MAS
4		Cheah Yik Zhu	0	MAS
49. CATURANKA (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Silvarajah, Sivananda	0	MAS
2		Jeevan A/L Muthiah	0	MAS
3		Elaijah Sasitharan A/L Rajehgopa	0	MAS
4		Thanendran Panjaratnam	0	MAS
50. RJS FANCLUB (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Lau Chu Heng Damon	0	MAS
2		Wong Ru Jian	0	MAS
3		Siaw Wen Jie Jack	0	MAS
4		Por Yang Jie	0	MAS
51. SEAHORSE KSRP (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Hariharlall Vibhagharan	0	MAS
2		Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer Bin A	0	MAS
3		Aid Farhan Maarof	0	MAS
4		Ruben Supramanaim	0	MAS
52. SPEARFISH KSRP (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Shaharuddin B. A. Rahman	0	MAS
2		Syazwan Fikri B. Badrol Hisham	0	MAS
3		Geeneish Sivalingram	0	MAS
4		Khairul Faizi B. Mohd Taib	0	MAS
53. STINGRAY KSRP (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Zulhilmi M. Ismail	0	MAS
2		Schazeril B. Shamsuddin	0	MAS
3		Ammar Thaqif A. Rahaman	0	MAS
4		Mohammed Ashraf Bin Mohammed	0	MAS
54. SWORDFISH KSRP (RtgAvg:1000 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1		Tun Seri Lanang	0	MAS
2		Ahmad Farhan B. Fadzlin	0	MAS
3		M. Marzan B. Md Saari-Ibrahim	0	MAS
4		M. Farhan Hatta B. Hussain	0	MAS