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 Open 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 GM V S Raahul (2442), GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (2432), IM Quoc Hy Nguyen (2418), IM Nubairshah Shaikh Mohammad (2399), IM Suyog Wagh (2395), GM Novendra Priasmoro (2394), FM Fabian Glen Mariano (2389), IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (2382), IM Hoang Son Dang (2378), IM Konstantin Sek (2378), Hongchi Peng (2364), GM Van Huy Nguyen (2363), IM Alexey Polschikov (2321), FM Zacky Dhia Ulhaq (2311), Mohammadamin Biriya (2301), IM Rajaa Karthik (2298), FM Ern Jie Anderson Ang (2280), AGM Qingyu Yuan (2268), Arifa Rizki Syaputra (2247), FM Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar (2227). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Challenger
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 Open Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Raahul, V S | IND | 2442 |
| 2 | GM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | VIE | 2432 |
| 3 | IM | Nguyen, Quoc Hy | VIE | 2418 |
| 4 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2399 |
| 5 | IM | Wagh, Suyog | IND | 2395 |
| 6 | GM | Priasmoro, Novendra | INA | 2394 |
| 7 | FM | Mariano, Fabian Glen | INA | 2389 |
| 8 | IM | Arfan, Aditya Bagus | INA | 2382 |
| 9 | IM | Dang, Hoang Son | VIE | 2378 |
| 10 | IM | Sek, Konstantin | RUS | 2378 |
| 11 | Peng, Hongchi | CHN | 2364 | |
| 12 | GM | Nguyen, Van Huy | VIE | 2363 |
| 13 | IM | Polschikov, Alexey | RUS | 2321 |
| 14 | FM | Ulhaq, Zacky Dhia | INA | 2311 |
| 15 | Biriya, Mohammadamin | IRI | 2301 | |
| 16 | IM | Karthik, Rajaa | IND | 2298 |
| 17 | FM | Ang, Ern Jie Anderson | MAS | 2280 |
| 18 | AGM | Yuan, Qingyu | CHN | 2268 |
| 19 | Syaputra, Arifa Rizki | INA | 2247 | |
| 20 | FM | Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar | MAS | 2227 |
| 21 | IM | Li, Bo | CHN | 2187 |
| 22 | CM | Dziththauly, Ramadhan | INA | 2171 |
| 23 | Caparino, Diego Abraham | PHI | 2152 | |
| 24 | IM | Andyka, Pitra | INA | 2134 |
| 25 | Roshantab, Sadra | IRI | 2121 | |
| 26 | Yu, Shi | CHN | 2119 | |
| 27 | CM | Shen, Ree Herng | MAS | 2105 |
| 28 | WFM | Azali, Tannaz | IRI | 2101 |
| 29 | Sidabutar, Uriel Noah Oloan | INA | 2099 | |
| 30 | AIM | Abd Aziz, A Qil A Lauddin | MAS | 2078 |
| 31 | Shahar, Uzair | MAS | 2078 | |
| 32 | CM | Chow, Yi Chen | MAS | 2070 |
| 33 | Norouzi Chenari, Parham | IRI | 2051 | |
| 34 | Naing, Myo Lin | MYA | 2042 | |
| 35 | Bonnet, Gabriel Misa Jean | SGP | 2035 | |
| 36 | Esplanada, Jethro | PHI | 2030 | |
| 37 | Tan, Yi Xun | MAS | 2020 | |
| 38 | Vijay, Rege | SGP | 2013 | |
| 39 | Rabbani, Abtin | IRI | 2011 | |
| 40 | Hamdan, Yelpi | INA | 2003 | |
| 41 | Tin, Shan Wen | MAS | 1997 | |
| 42 | Baardeh, Tahmoores | IRI | 1992 | |
| 43 | Muraley, Rittesh | MAS | 1988 | |
| 44 | CM | Tan, Jun Hao | SGP | 1987 |
| 45 | Teo, Hong Ming | SGP | 1978 | |
| 46 | Marrhuimawan, Maximiliano | INA | 1957 | |
| 47 | Mai, Duc Kien | VIE | 1942 | |
| 48 | Patini, Vishant Naidu | MAS | 1931 | |
| 49 | Mohd Saprin, Amir Ghaazi | MAS | 1923 | |
| 50 | Pang, Khai Jie Ryan | SGP | 1915 | |
| 51 | Rajendran, Kartikeyan | MAS | 1913 | |
| 52 | Chan, Jing Fong Joash | SGP | 1912 | |
| 53 | AIM | Nguyen, Truong Bao Tran | VIE | 1909 |
| 54 | WCM | Pham, Tran Gia Thu | VIE | 1907 |
| 55 | WFM | Mohd Afif, Ainul Mardhiah | MAS | 1903 |
| 56 | WCM | Nugroho, Angel Ruth | INA | 1884 |
| 57 | Gnanasekar, Jai Adithya | SGP | 1875 | |
| 58 | ACM | Kumaran, Ashwiniy | MAS | 1866 |
| 59 | Yeoh, Wei Shen | MAS | 1866 | |
| 60 | Khoh, Junny Purnama | INA | 1863 | |
| 61 | Leong, Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander | SGP | 1855 | |
| 62 | Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna | MAS | 1851 | |
| 63 | AIM | Abd Aziz, Aniq Ariffin | MAS | 1845 |
| 64 | Helmy, Muhammad Adnin Nuaym | MAS | 1840 | |
| 65 | Ghanbarpour, Mahan | IRI | 1828 | |
| 66 | FM | Ismail, Ahmad | MAS | 1817 |
| 67 | Siva Kumar, Rishikesh Kumar | MAS | 1809 | |
| 68 | AIM | Zheng, Leran | CHN | 1807 |
| 69 | Manjunathan Janani, Yokgan | SGP | 1798 | |
| 70 | Saerang, Veyron Fraser | INA | 1789 | |
| 71 | Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd Haziq | MAS | 1786 | |
| 72 | Chong, Jin Ci | MAS | 1776 | |
| 73 | Mohd Azaharuddin, Muhd Imran | MAS | 1774 | |
| 74 | Poovendtiran, Thamil Chelvan | MAS | 1774 | |
| 75 | ACM | Joseph, Samuel Alexander | INA | 1769 |
| 76 | Berata, I Kadek Winayaka Sentanu | INA | 1768 | |
| 77 | AFM | Tran, Pham Quang Minh | VIE | 1755 |
| 78 | ACM | Cheng, Chee Heng Jayden | SGP | 1726 |
| 79 | Chan, Daniel Yun Jie | SGP | 1718 | |
| 80 | Lim, Kian Hwa | MAS | 1714 | |
| 81 | Danaswara, Indis | AUS | 1670 | |
| 82 | Medhansh, Veer Potluri | SGP | 1661 | |
| 83 | Shen, Houlin | CHN | 1661 | |
| 84 | Kahimin, Alif Amjad | MAS | 1646 | |
| 85 | Govindaraju, Arvind | MAS | 1640 | |
| 86 | Lee, Kai Zhe | MAS | 1553 | |
| 87 | Siva Prakash, Subhaashini | MAS | 1489 | |
| 88 | Abu Bakar, Azrul Aminurasyid | MAS | 0 |
