17th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2025 LIVE

The 17th edition of Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2025 will take place from December 18 to December 23 in Penang, Malaysia. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Malaysia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (2432), IM Nubairshah Shaikh Mohammad (2399), IM Suyog Wagh (2395), IM Pavel Shkapenko (2393), IM Almas Rakhmatullaev (2390), IM Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (2380), IM Hoang Son Dang (2378), IM Konstantin Sek (2378), Hongchi Peng (2364), GM Van Huy Nguyen (2363), IM Alexey Polschikov (2321), FM Jianwen Wong (2305), Mohammadamin Biriya (2301), IM Rajaa Karthik (2298), Zhi Zhang (2290), FM Ern Jie Anderson Ang (2280), AGM Qingyu Yuan (2268), FM Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar (2227), IM Bo Li (2187), Nur Adawiyah Abu Bakar Martin (2157). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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17th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2025 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2432
2	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2399
3	IM	Wagh, Suyog	IND	2395
4	IM	Shkapenko, Pavel	FID	2393
5	IM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas	UZB	2390
6	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	ISL	2380
7	IM	Dang, Hoang Son	VIE	2378
8	IM	Sek, Konstantin	FID	2378
9		Peng, Hongchi	CHN	2364
10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2363
11	IM	Polschikov, Alexey	FID	2321
12	FM	Wong, Jianwen	MAS	2305
13		Biriya, Mohammadamin	IRI	2301
14	IM	Karthik, Rajaa	IND	2298
15		Zhang, Zhi	CHN	2290
16	FM	Ang, Ern Jie Anderson	MAS	2280
17	AGM	Yuan, Qingyu	CHN	2268
18	FM	Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar	MAS	2227
19	IM	Li, Bo	CHN	2187
20		Abu Bakar Martin, Nur Adawiyah	MAS	2157
21		Caparino, Diego Abraham	PHI	2152
22	IM	Young, Angelo	PHI	2139
23		Roshantab, Sadra	IRI	2121
24	FM	Castellano, Christopher	PHI	2120
25		Yu, Shi	CHN	2119
26	CM	Shen, Ree Herng	MAS	2105
27	WFM	Azali, Tannaz	IRI	2101
28		Sidabutar, Uriel Noah Oloan	INA	2099
29		Masli, Muhd Nur Daie	MAS	2086
30	CM	Chow, Yi Chen	MAS	2070
31	FM	Lam, Chun Yung Samuel	HKG	2064
32		Norouzi Chenari, Parham	IRI	2051
33		Portugalera, Ric	PHI	2028
34		Simbolon, Firman	INA	2028
35		Vijay, Rege	SGP	2013
36		Rabbani, Abtin	IRI	2011
37	AIM	Lee, Yun Rui	MAS	1993
38		Baardeh, Tahmoores	IRI	1992
39		Duhaylungsod Jr, Hermenegildo	USA	1989
40	CM	Tan, Jun Hao	SGP	1987
41	WIM	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	VIE	1982
42		Teo, Hong Ming	SGP	1978
43		Aris, T.L.S.	INA	1962
44		Marrhuimawan, Maximiliano	INA	1957
45		Gagloyev, Alan	KAZ	1938
46		Anish, Ramkumar	IND	1932
47		Patini, Vishant Naidu	MAS	1931
48	ACM	Chen, Meng Ren Morgan	SGP	1930
49		Nedin, Danylo	UKR	1923
50		Bruun, Henrik Emil	DEN	1922
51		Rajendran, Kartikeyan	MAS	1913
52	WCM	Pham, Tran Gia Thu	VIE	1907
53	AFM	Dharmanto, Clayton Valentino	INA	1902
54		Leong, Khai Shen	MAS	1887
55	WCM	Nithyalakshmi, Sivanesan	MAS	1886
56		Sabar, Tobing	INA	1879
57		Ng, Shu Heng	MAS	1878
58		Gnanasekar, Jai Adithya	SGP	1875
59	ACM	Kumaran, Ashwiniy	MAS	1866
60		Yeoh, Wei Shen	MAS	1866
61		Pulley, Alvin	USA	1858
62		Leong, Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander	SGP	1855
63		Cairel Adrin, Rumi Arjuna Malique	MAS	1853
64	ACM	Cheah, Austin Weibin	MAS	1841
65		Shiva Shanmugam, Tharvin	MAS	1840
66		Chen, Yifei	SGP	1835
67	FM	Ismail, Ahmad	MAS	1817
68		Siva Kumar, Rishikesh Kumar	MAS	1809
69		Kapoor, Tanush	SGP	1805
70		Ong, El Win	MAS	1802
71		Eggers, Paul S	USA	1786
72		Kurniawan, Theodore Daniel	INA	1786
73		Amirullah, Muhd Ali Asghar	MAS	1784
74		Wismeijer, Jeroen	NED	1784
75		Yogesh, Vivek Shelgaonkar	SGP	1776
76		Choo, Ting Han	MAS	1775
77		Sivanesan, Moganesh	MAS	1770
78	ACM	Joseph, Samuel Alexander	INA	1769
79		Berata, I Kadek Winayaka Sentanu	INA	1768
80		Frost, Peter	AUS	1756
81		Ng, Jing Xuan Alyssa	SGP	1751
82	AIM	Tharation, Prem Kumar	MAS	1744
83	AIM	Loo, Kai Jue Bryan	MAS	1727
84	ACM	Cheng, Chee Heng Jayden	SGP	1726
85		Lim, Kian Hwa	MAS	1714
86		Teoh, Je Hern	MAS	1711
87		Lim, Howe Luong	MAS	1693
88		Choo, Ting Yong	MAS	1665
89		Yvonne, Yeoh Xin Ying	MAS	1663
90		Shen, Houlin	CHN	1661
91		Valentino, Rio	INA	1652
92		Lai, Guan Cheng	MAS	1651
93		Norhayalim, Muhd Farhan*	MAS	1638
94		Lai, Zhun Hoong Lennard*	MAS	1576
95		Narayanan, Sri Shiva Kumar	MAS	1527
96		Ting, Shi Wen Joshua	MAS	1436
97	AIM	Amadeus, Dharmaputra Kusumo	INA	0
98		Lim, Beng Seng Ronald	SGP	0