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40th Selangor Open begins in Malaysia

The 40th Selangor Open Chess Tournament will take place from April 26th to May 1st at DAT Chess Connections, 4th Floor, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

It will be a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1.

The prizes will be distributed as follows: 1st – 2.500 RM (approx. 850 USD); 2nd – 1.500 RM; 3rd – 1.000 RM; 4th – 600 RM.

A field of 72 players will battle for the first prizes. GM Alexander Fominyh is the first seed. His main competitors are Ian Udani from the Philippines and the local IM Chee-Meng-Jimmy Lie.

Official website

The winners from the last edition

Participants:

1 GM Fominyh, Alexander RUS 2454
2 Udani, Ian PHI 2322
3 IM Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy MAS 2287
4 Villanueva, Nelson PHI 2261
5 Muniz Pardino, Alberto HKG 2132
6 Nayan, Ahmad Fadzil MAS 2128
7 Zulkipli, Zaidan * MAS 2092
8 Subramaniam, Sumant MAS 2086
9 Wong, Jianwen MAS 2076
10 Shafruddin, Fariz MAS 2057
11 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil MAS 2036
12 Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan MAS 2028
13 Fong, Yit San MAS 2024
14 NM Ajeet Singh, Roshan MAS 2023
15 Shaik Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin MAS 2021
16 Fong, Yit Ho MAS 2006
17 Siew, Kit-Tze Mark MAS 1994
18 Selvam, Joshua Panir MAS 1961
19 WFM Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila MAS 1919
20 Yusoff, Fairul MAS 1912
21 WCM Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha MAS 1904
22 Bick, Gabriel J USA 1872
23 Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada MAS 1855
24 Liew, Ken Yew MAS 1845
25 Mohammad, Monir Hossain MAS 1841
26 Mohd Noor, Mohd Amin MAS 1835
27 Sikivou, Taione FIJ 1820
28 CM Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri MAS 1813
29 Narayanan, Renitha MAS 1810
30 Camilia, Bt. Johari MAS 1809
31 Subramaniam, Shreyas MAS 1769
32 Ding, Tze How Dilwen MAS 1757
33 Iskandar Danial, Adam MAS 1748
34 Yeop, Mat Zaki MAS 1705
35 Zainuddin, Azizul Azlan MAS 1704
36 Tan, Soon Wei Dawson MAS 1690
37 Ruslan, Haslindah MAS 1676
38 Asman, Nur Sabrina Aliya MAS 1662
39 Kumar, Sri Shiva MAS 1654
40 Mohd Saprin, Amir Qayyim MAS 1643
41 Mohd Saprin, Amir Ghaazi MAS 1636
42 Koh, Sian Kuan Bausch MAS 1634
43 Ng, Jen Sheng MAS 1629
44 Lye, Lik Zang MAS 1560
45 Harun, Bustaman MAS 1529
46 Mahadevan, Aravind HKG 1528
47 Koo, Wei Xin Rosamund MAS 1504
48 Koo, Wei Jie Benjamin MAS 1496
49 Singh, Kabir MAS 1491
50 Koo, Wei Wei Melanie MAS 1447
51 Darinowijono, Hermanu Latif MAS 2095
52 Syahril, Sofea Aliya MAS 1675
53 Wong, Kiiug Lik MAS 1675
54 Loo, Hsien Rong Evan MAS 1593
55 Mohd Niza, Nor Atiqah MAS 1508
56 Low, Chee Pang MAS 1494
57 Mohd Saprin, Amir Muqqri MAS 1489
58 Ng, Wei Kiang MAS 1483
59 Ho, Chen Ee MAS 1468
60 Plaintiram, Martha Victor MAS 1465
61 Zakaria, Muhd Nurhaffiz MAS 1459
62 Nizam, Haziq Aiman MAS 1457
63 Krishnan, Surindren Radha MAS 1456
64 Akhramsyah, Aqil Ainuddin Naufal MAS 1441
65 Srimuralitharan, Sri Kabelen MAS 1437
66 Mohd Rosli, Muhd Amirul MAS 1434
67 Looi, Ka Loc MAS 1427
68 Akhramsyah, Arif Alauddin Wafi MAS 1331
69 Panamparampil Mahesan, Kaushik IND 1297
70 Panamparampil Mahesan, Maushmi IND 1178
71 Narshi, Jeeten RSA 0
72 Su, Weng Yang Joel MAS 0

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