Johor Chess Festival 2025 – International Challenger LIVE

The Johor Chess Festival 2025 will take place from December 26 to December 31 in Johor, Malaysia. This tournament has 2 categories – Open and Challenger. The Challenger section 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 Justin Chenghao Shu (1998), WFM Hoang Minh Tho Do (1980), Huynh Thien Vo (1941), Tun Htwe Win (1875), Aung Khun Pha Sai (1793), Nur Uzma Bazilah Mohd Tarmizi (1789), Michael Culasing (1786), Jou Ching Ang (1783), AFM A Dira A Ddawiyah Abd Aziz (1755), AIM Safin Aldebaran Amir (1750), Andika Jeyaram (1738), AIM Alessandro Alfaridzi Amir (1735), Aarav Thodge (1734), Yap Long Roger Beh (1734), AIM Azzubayr Imran (1728), Sheevambigay Sugumaran (1726), Nur Ain Shahar (1706), Ding Yu Toh (1699), AIM Muhammad Wildan (1697), Hoe Sen Tay (169). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Open
More: 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Seniors / 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Open / 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Challengers / 17th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2025 / Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Open / Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Challengers

Johor Chess Festival 2025 – International Challenger Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1		Shu, Justin Chenghao	USA	1998
2	WFM	Do, Hoang Minh Tho	VIE	1980
3		Vo, Huynh Thien	VIE	1941
4		Win, Tun Htwe	MYA	1875
5		Sai, Aung Khun Pha	MYA	1793
6		Mohd Tarmizi, Nur Uzma Bazilah	MAS	1789
7		Culasing, Michael	PHI	1786
8		Ang, Jou Ching	MAS	1783
9	AFM	Abd Aziz, A Dira A Ddawiyah	MAS	1755
10	AIM	Amir, Safin Aldebaran	INA	1750
11		Jeyaram, Andika	MAS	1738
12	AIM	Amir, Alessandro Alfaridzi	INA	1735
13		Aarav, Thodge	IND	1734
14		Beh, Yap Long Roger	MAS	1734
15	AIM	Imran, Azzubayr	MAS	1728
16		Sugumaran, Sheevambigay	MAS	1726
17		Shahar, Nur Ain	MAS	1706
18		Toh, Ding Yu	MAS	1699
19	AIM	Wildan, Muhammad	INA	1697
20		Tay, Hoe Sen	MAS	1696
21		Rezuan, A	BRU	1695
22		Sarawana Kumar, Darsvin Kumar	MAS	1693
23		Cahyadi,	INA	1692
24		Yao, Jia	CHN	1687
25	AFM	Davin, Ronald	INA	1680
26		Chuah, Qing Sien	MAS	1673
27		Koong, Chun Hong	MAS	1669
28	AIM	Liu, Josef Gabriel	PHI	1668
29		Ornello, Hannah Rose	PHI	1666
30		Rezuan, Khaizuran	BRU	1661
31	AFM	Kamarul Azhar, Muhd Haziq Haikal	MAS	1650
32		Mohd Afif, Abdur Rahman	MAS	1649
33		Lim, Lucian	MAS	1638
34		Shi, Kevin Chengyu	USA	1635
35		Mohd Afif, Muhd Danish Arif	MAS	1632
36		Soh, Joo Sheng Judson	MAS	1625
37		Tan, Hong Jun	MAS	1618
38		Mohd Shahrul Annuar, Muhd Aariz Daniel	MAS	1613
39		R.Ashockumar, Kisshore	MAS	1611
40		Hu, Ryo Jaden	INA	1604
41		Tan, Han Yang Luiz	MAS	1604
42		Kho, Yong An Ayden	MAS	1600
43		Khor, Zhi Chong	MAS	1600
44		Zainal Abidin, Zaharul Azam	MAS	1599
45		Muhamad Rosli, Nur Aufa Hana	MAS	1595
46		Sheridan, Wallace	AUS	1595
47		Mohd Shahrul Annuar, Nur Aara Daniel	MAS	1586
48		Goh, Keng Hing	MAS	1582
49		Wong, Qian You Ryan	MAS	1576
50	AIM	Theng, Hillary Rooca	INA	1575
51		Genkeswaran, Genvisha	MAS	1569
52		Vijendran, Grittiban	MAS	1569
53		Mohana Raj, Dharvindra Raj	MAS	1564
54		Shu, Jun Hao Eloysius	MAS	1557
55		Gunasekaran, Grijes	MAS	1556
56		Mohd Shohod, Shahrulnizam	MAS	1552
57		Wong, Zhong Yue Dwane	SGP	1549
58		Jin, Jeffrey	USA	1538
59		Ganakaran, Pugalles	MAS	1535
60		Sarawanan, Kaartiga	MAS	1535
61		Wong, Jayden	MAS	1528
62	AIM	Davin, Nicholas	INA	1527
63		Zhao, Zichen	CHN	1527
64		Tan, Yean Shin	MAS	1525
65		Vu, Viet Hai	VIE	1521
66		Tan, Yi En Ivonne	MAS	1517
67		Mohana Raj, Shivendra Raj	MAS	1507
68		Tan, Jian Hong Jayden	MAS	1507
69		Lim, Shi Han Magnus	SGP	1501
70		Hu, Ken Oliver	INA	1488
71		Ammar, Nuha Zinnirah	MAS	1474
72		Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu	MAS	1458
73		Tang, Jia Yee	MAS	1450
74		Ng, Wei Jie	MAS	1448
75		Ting, Shi Wen Joshua	MAS	1436
76	AFM	Chong, Rui Ying Isabella	SGP	1418
77		Tan, Yean Chee	MAS	1409
78	AIM	Chow, Ming Jack	MAS	0
79	ACM	Tan, Zhi Cheng	MAS	0
80		Abd Azim, Muhd Darwish Hakimi	MAS	0
81		Andreas, Enrico Benarivo	INA	0
82		Castro, Joviele	PHI	0
83		Chai, Swei Ferng Kelvin	MAS	0
84		Chai., Haw Xuan Nicodemus	MAS	0
85		Chee, Yi Ken	MAS	0
86		Ganakaran, Kavipriya	MAS	0
87		Ganakaran, Priyadarsini	MAS	0
88		Jaganathan, Jeeva Prasant	MAS	0
89		Jesi, Aulia	INA	0
90		Kam, Yu Hang	MAS	0
91		Khairul, Amri	INA	0
92		Khoo, Hong Yu	MAS	0
93		Kiara, Singh Gulhane	SGP	0
94		Koh, Zhe Jie Joshua	MAS	0
95		Kumaressan, Vetrivel	MAS	0
96		Latifah, Apriani	INA	0
97		Lee, Zen Tzi	MAS	0
98		Lestari, Aprilia Tri Puji	INA	0
99		Lim, Yee Ler	MAS	0
100		Lim, Yu Thong	MAS	0
101		Lim, Zi Hao	MAS	0
102		Low, Yi An	MAS	0
103		Mahilum, Jari	PHI	0
104		Muhd Iqbal, Muhd Izzqi Irfan	MAS	0
105		Ng, Yi Han	MAS	0
106		Nor Iskandar, Hanis Zuhayra	MAS	0
107		Ong, Linus Kai En	SGP	0
108		Peragash, Akilesh	MAS	0
109		Reyta, Joshua	PHI	0
110		Subramaniam, Ganakaran	MAS	0
111		Suppayah, Arivarman	MAS	0
112		Syed Muhd Yusuf, Syed Ilyas	MAS	0
113		Teh, Yii Hong	MAS	0
114		Wang, Andy Muan	USA	0
115		Wang, Max Muyang	USA	0
116		Wu, Aiden	USA	0
117		Yang, Henrik	USA	0
118		Yuli, Caterina Saragih	INA	0
119		Zhang, Hengjia(Bj)	CHN	0
120		Zhao, Zibo	CHN	0