UKM KL Masters unnofficial blog

From the same people who organised the KL Open series here's another tournament jointly organised with UKM.

http://ukmmasters2010.blogspot.com

KL Open 2010 new blog

Following the success of this collaborative chess blog on the KL Open, we continue with yet another new collaborative blog for the new KL Open 2010.

http://klopen2010.blogspot.com

The URL for this year's 3rd KL Chess Open is: http://klopen2010.blogspot.com.
See you there!

This blog will be maintained and be an archive for the first KL Chess Open in 2008 and the second 2009.

Nguyen Nguc Troungson wins Kuala Lumpur Open 2009

Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son from Vietnam seeded first at the start of the tournament won the KL Open 2009 outright with 7.5 points out of 9 games half a point ahead of his nearest rivals. For his efforts he takes home first prize of  RM 10,000.

In clear second place is Indonesian Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto who had a bad start in the tournament with 2 losses to weaker opponents. However all his other games were wins including his last round against second seed Grandmaster Dao Tien Hai of Vietnam. As second place winner he takes back RM 5,000.

Uzbekistan Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev also finished strongly with a score of 6.5 points just half a point behind Megaranto. His third prize includes RM 3000 cash.

In shared 4th to 8th places with RM 1,000 each were Dao, GM Marat Dzhumaev and IM Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan, CM Nguyen Hoang Nam from Vietnam and IM Richard Bitoon from the Philippines.

Round 9 results

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2589	6½	1 - 0	6	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2532
2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2542	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527
3	IM	Bitoon Richard	2490	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	2520
4	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	2348	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519
5	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	2414	5	½ - ½	5½	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2329
6	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2454	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2363
7	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2347	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2429
8	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	2340	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Liu Dede	2419
9	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2060	5	0 - 1	4½	IM	Tirto	2407
10		Tolentino Rustum	2362	4½	1 - 0	4½		Panggabean Hasian	2226
11	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2320	4½	½ - ½	4½		Rahman Masruri	1987
12	IM	Shetty Rahul	2270	4½	0 - 1	4½	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2207
13		Lee Kim Han Edward	2089	4½	½ - ½	4½		Udani Ian	2241
14		Foo Benjamin	2037	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Wahono Awam	2393
15		M. Vivek	1661	4	0 - 1	4	CM	Neubronner Jarred	2220
16		Eng Andre-Jerome	2089	4	1 - 0	4		Mohamed Abdul Haq	0
17		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	4	0 - 1	3½		Kalugampitiya R.S.	2131
18		Sathiyanarayanan R V	1822	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2284
19		Neubronner Shannon Scott	2050	3½	½ - ½	3½		Jafar Sofyan	0
20	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1931	3½	½ - ½	3½	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	1950
21		Legaspi Edmundo	2158	3	1 - 0	3		Dissanayake  R.d.a.c.	1811
22		Ferdiman Tersiman	1979	3	1 - 0	3		Tanda Joni	0
23		Wong Jianwen	1763	3	1 - 0	3		Biswajit Bharadwaj	1920
24		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	1594	2½	½ - ½	3		Virda Riska Aulia	0
25		Ismail Ahmad	2089	2½	0 - 1	2½	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	1986
26		Oentoro Djoni	0	2½	½ - ½	2½		Haslindah Ruslan	1698
27		Chen I-Chen	1715	1	0 - 1	2½		Tan Li Ting	0
28		Tan Fischer	0	1	0 - 1	2		Abedin Md. Jaynul	1947

GM Nguyen Nguc Truong Son is KL Open 2009 champion

The Vietnamese demolished GM Dzhumaev Marat to take the lion share of the first prize.

Happy Birthday NWM Tan Li Ting

KL Open 2009: Final Round

Round 9 on 2009/09/08 at 1430

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.		Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2589	6½		6	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2532	3
2	2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2542	6		6	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527	4
3	7	IM	Bitoon Richard	2490	5½		5½	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	2520	5
4	16	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	2348	5½		5½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519	6
5	11	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	2414	5		5½	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2329	19
6	8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2454	5		5	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2363	14
7	17	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2347	5		5	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2429	9
8	18	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	2340	5		5	IM	Liu Dede	2419	10
9	32	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2060	5		4½	IM	Tirto	2407	12
10	15		Tolentino Rustum	2362	4½		4½		Panggabean Hasian	2226	24
11	20	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2320	4½		4½		Rahman Masruri	1987	35
12	22	IM	Shetty Rahul	2270	4½		4½	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2207	26
13	31		Lee Kim Han Edward	2089	4½		4½		Udani Ian	2241	23
14	34		Foo Benjamin	2037	4		4	FM	Wahono Awam	2393	13
15	48		M. Vivek	1661	4		4	CM	Neubronner Jarred	2220	25
16	29		Eng Andre-Jerome	2089	4		4		Mohamed Abdul Haq	0	53
17	50		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	4		3½		Kalugampitiya R.S.	2131	28
18	42		Sathiyanarayanan R V	1822	3½		3½	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2284	21
19	33		Neubronner Shannon Scott	2050	3½		3½		Jafar Sofyan	0	52
20	40	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1931	3½		3½	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	1950	38
21	27		Legaspi Edmundo	2158	3		3		Dissanayake  R.d.a.c.	1811	43
22	37		Ferdiman Tersiman	1979	3		3		Tanda Joni	0	57
23	45		Wong Jianwen	1763	3		3		Biswajit Bharadwaj	1920	41
24	49		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	1594	2½		3		Virda Riska Aulia	0	58
25	30		Ismail Ahmad	2089	2½		2½	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	1986	36
26	54		Oentoro Djoni	0	2½		2½		Haslindah Ruslan	1698	47
27	46		Chen I-Chen	1715	1		2½		Tan Li Ting	0	56
28	55		Tan Fischer	0	1		2		Abedin Md. Jaynul	1947	39
29	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	1763	0	0			not paired
30	51		Chan Kim Keng	0	0	0			not paired