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…
The 2023 Malaysian Open Championship was won by Grandmaster Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden. Four players tied for first place with 7 out of 9 points, but the incumbent champion of Sweden won owing to superior Buchholz tie break. The 18th Malaysian Chess Festival, financed by the FIDE Aid Package, took place in Kuala Lumpur from…
On Sunday, Ding Liren defeated Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in a rapid-play tiebreak to win the title as the first global chess champion from China. Magnus Carlsen of Norway, now ranked first in the world, decided not to defend the championship he had held since 2013 which left the throne open for either Ding or Nepomniatchtchi…
GM Priasmoro Novendra and GM Sivuk Vitaly are the current leaders of the Johor International Chess Open 2022 after 5 rounds with 4½ points. Following closely, half a point behind are GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Alexei Barsov and 13 year old Genkeswaran Genivan with 4 points.
The Malaysian chess team performed above and beyond when they won all 4 gold medals at the 20th ASEAN University Games 2022. The Gold medals came from the Men’s individual, Women’s Individual,Men’s Team as well as the Women’s Team. Rohan Shan Tze Navaratnam won Malaysia the gold the Men’s Individual whereas Tan Li Ting won…
ROUND 2 13 year old Poh Yu Tian on his first ever Olympiad beat Grandmaster Lubomir Ftacnik (ELO 2483) in Round 2 of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India. This win helped Malaysia hold a draw against the superior Slovakia which has a rating average of ELO 2543. FM Lim, Zhuo Ren 2318 vs…
FM Habla Jony emerged champion of the Blue Chevaliers Open – Phuket scoring 7 points from 9 rounds. He tied with the same points with Portugalera Ric and Salvador Louie but won out with better tie breaks. Portugalera Ric who was leading the tournament from the start and needed only a draw to become clear…
