🌏 Strong Contingents from Asia

• India
• China
• Mongolia
• Philippines
• Vietnam
• Singapore

🇲🇾 Host Nation Representation

• Malaysia’s own federation players

🌍 Scattered International Entries

• Australia
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Russia
• Belarus
• Iran
• Bangladesh
• Syria
• Sri Lanka
• USA

🏆 A True Pan-Asian Open

It’s very much the pan-Asian open it’s built its reputation on.

🇲🇾 Home Players Shine Early

All opened with wins:

• FM Ang Ern Jie Anderson (beat Parv H Hakani)
• FM Lim Zhuo Ren
• CM Chow Yi Chen