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•  SMS Deen Merdeka Open Rapid Team Chess Championship 2023 Event 1: OPEN TEAM RAPID
• 6th Dato Tan Chin Nam Foundation Merdeka Rapid Team Junior (U12) Chess Event 2: JUNIOR TEAM RAPID
• Event 3: Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship
• 12th Dato' Tan Chin Nam Foundation Open Rapid Age-Group Chess Championship Event 4: U06
• 18th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship 2023
• 16th Mid Valley City Malaysia Chess Challenge 2023
• 12th Dato' Tan Chin Nam International Seniors Open Chess Championship 2023
• Merdeka Day Age Group (Open/U06/U08/U10/U12/U14/U16) Event Event 8: OPEN
• Event 9: Festival Blitz Chess Championship

20 year old Philippino Olaybal Christian Marcelo emerged champion of the 16th Mid Valley City Malaysia Chess Challenge scoring 8 points from 9 rounds.
Olaybal Christian Marcelo had 8 wins no draws and 1 loss - half a point ahead of his nearest rival.
Taking 2nd to 5th place are Philippinos: Andes Franklin Loyd , Canino Ruelle ,Abris Cedric Kahlel and Marcellana Mark James. 

Olaybal wins include games against :

-Yap Benjamin Jun Hong.

-Chow Yi Chen.

-Firjatullah Rafa.

-Paglinawan Zeus Alexis.-Olladas Michael Johann.

-Adena Lemmuel Jay.

-Jalaludin Al Mubarok.

-Morado Simanjuntak.

and loss against

-Andes Franklin Loyd

.

A record  208 players took part in this tournament.

Photo credit: FEU Chess Team

MAIN PRIZES (TOP 5)
Rank		Name Rtg	Rating	FED	Birth	Pts	BH
1	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2311	SGP	1967	7½	46
2	IM	Gunawan Ronny	2223	INA	1960	6½	47
3	IM	Lioe Dede	2299	INA	1970	6	46
4	GM	Fominyh Alexander	2203	FID	1959	6	44.5
5	IM	Bancod Ronald	2174	PHI	1971	6	43.5
BEST MALAYSIAN (TOP 3)
1	IM	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy	2154	MAS	1958	5	43
2	FM	Ismail Ahmad	1772	MAS	1963	5	38.5
3		Sabri Mohd Saprin	1932	MAS	1972	5	37
BEST Seniors 65 — 74 years (TOP 2)
1	CM	Spiller Paul	1846	NZL	1957	4½	35.5
2	IM	Chan Peng Kong	2159	SGP	1956	4	40.5
Senior Above 75 years (TOP 2)
1		Kuich Gero	1340	SUL	1942	4	32
2		Kwan Nam Sang Eddy	1762	MAS	1945	3½	29.5

Grandmaster Villamayor Buenaventura of Singapore is the champion for the Seniors section of the 2023 Malaysian Chess Festival. The Grandmaster finished one full point of his nearest rival with 7 and a half points out of 9. Villamayor Buenaventura takes home with him 4,000 Ringgit Malaysia and a Challenger trophy for his efforts.

Indonesian International Master Gunawan Ronny finished clear second with 6 and half points winning him 3,000 Ringgit Malaysia.

International Master Lioe Dede took third place after the tie break netting him RM 2000.

Russian Grandmasters Fominyh Alexander is in 4th place with a prize of RM 1000.

Phillipino International Master Bancod Ronald took 5th place with a reward of RM 500.

There were special prizes too. 3 prizes for Best Malaysian were given to:

Internatioanl Master Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy taking home RM 1500 for his efforts.

FIDE Master Ismail Ahmad for second best Malaysian with RM 1000 as prize.

Sabri Mohd Saprin emerged third place netting him RM 500.

Best Seniors (65 to 75 years of age) went to Candidate Master Paul Spiller and he gets RM 1500 for his efforts. Runner up is Singaporean International Master Chan Peng Kong who wins RM 1000.

Best Seniors (above 75 years of age) was won by Kuich Gero and he takes home RM 1500. Runner up in this category is Eddy Kwan who wins RM 1000.

A total of 40 players took part in the Seniors (event 7) which is part of the 9 events of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2023.

Grandmaster Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden won the 2023 Malaysian Open Championship. Four players tied for first place with 7 out of 9 points, but Sweden's incumbent champion triumphed due to a better Buchholz tie break.

The FIDE Aid Package funded the 18th Malaysian Chess Festival, which took place in Kuala Lumpur from August 25 to September 3. The Malaysian Open Championship, a nine-round Swiss tournament with classical time control that drew 139 participants (nine grandmasters), was one of the competitions on the festival schedule.

The competition was tense and came down to a neck to neck photo finish. Going into the final ninth round, Grandmaster Mitrabha Guha of India was a half-point ahead of Sivuk, while a large group of players trailed the leader by a full point. Guha simply needed a draw to be crowned Champion.

In the crucial final round, Guha was defeated by his countryman, Deepan Chakkravarthy, and allowed three players to tie with the same points. Only 2.5 Buchholz points separated the winner (Sivuk) and runner-up (Guha), with talented Indonesian junior Aditya Bagus Arfan (Indonesia) finishing third and Deepan Chakkravarthy finishing fourth.

With 6.5 out of 9, a diverse bunch of players finished fifth.

Rk.		Name	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	7	0	49.5	52
2	GM	Mitrabha Guha	7	0	47	50.5
3	FM	Arfan Aditya Bagus	7	0	44.5	48.5
4	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	7	0	44	48
5	GM	Iniyan P	6.5	0	49.5	53
6	GM	Laylo Darwin	6.5	0	48	52
7	IM	Nitin S.	6.5	0	45.5	50
8	IM	Kushagra Mohan	6.5	0	45.5	49.5
9	FM	Poh Yu Tian	6.5	0	45	49.5
10	GM	Nguyen Van Huy	6.5	0	43.5	48
11		Bacojo Mark Jay	6	0	49	52.5
12		Dhiaulhaq Zacky	6	0	48.5	52
13	IM	Garcia Jan Emmanuel	6	0	45.5	49.5
14	IM	Quizon Daniel	6	0	44	48.5
15	IM	Concio Michael Jr.	6	0	44	48
16	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	6	0	43.5	47.5
17	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	6	0	43.5	46.5
18	FM	Arca Christian Gian Karlo	6	0	43.5	46
19		Chen Kailin	6	0	42	46.5
20	IM	Badmatsyrenov Oleg	6	0	41	45

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3 Grandmasters are in the joint lead after 7 rounds of the 2023 Malaysian Chess Open. They are:-
-GM Guha Mitrabha
-GM Darwin Laylo
-GM Sivuk Vitaly

GM Sivuk Vitaly is no stranger to Malaysian Chess having won both the Johor and Penang Open before but he has not won the Malaysian Open. Interestingly, Sivuk has never played in the Malaysian Open before.

Grandmaster Guha Mitrabha on the other hand is also new to the Malaysian Open. GM Darwin Laylo is an old hand, having played in the Malaysian Open several times but never winning it.

Round 8 sees GM Mitrabha, Guha play versus GM Laylo, Darwin on board 1 and GM Sivuk, Vitaly against GM Iniyan, P on board 2.

Round 8 pairings (first 10 boards)