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.
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…
Malaysia posted double wins for the Open and Women section improving their standings just past the halfway mark for the 44th Chess Olympiad held at Chennai. Also, today will be a rest day. Where we are at: Standings/Seedings: Malaysia Open team initial seeding :80. Now at 64. (up 16 places) Malaysia Women team initial seeding…
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…
Pictures before the start of the biggest Chess Olympiad ever. Pictures courtesy of FM Peter LongBlog: http://peterlongonchess.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-construction-is-in-touch-up-stage.html
After the first three rounds of the 2023 Malaysian Open are over, six leaders emerged with a perfect 3 out of 3 score. They are as follows: IM ConcioMichael Jr.GM Sivuk VitalyIM Nitin S.Mark BacojoIM Siddharth Jagadees When they drew their Round 2 games, Jay Dhiaulhaq, Zacky IM Siddharth, Jagadees top and second seeds GM…
