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.
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 | |
