The 8th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open was held between August 18th to 25th in Cititel Midvalley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 98 players from 22 federations took participation in the 9-round event. 12 Grandmasters and 17 International Masters joined the competition.
China’s GM Li Shilong emerged clear winner with 7.5 points out of 9, half a point ahead of his nearest rivals. He led for the later half of the tournament and could relax with a draw in the final round to clinch the championship.
It was a Chinese affair with the 2nd place till 6th place taken by IM Lu Shanglei, GM Wen Yang, Wan Yunguo, GM Wang Rui and WGM Ju Wenjun respectively. There follows a group from the Philippines.
GM Li Shilong with the winner's trophy
IM Lu Shanglei earns a GM norm
IM Lu Shanglei’s performance was good enough to earn him a GM norm.
The Malaysian Open is part of the Malaysian Chess Festival which runs until the end of August. News by Andrew Ooi.
Final standings:
1 GM Li Shilong CHN 2520 – 7.5
2 IM Lu Shanglei CHN 2526 – 7
3 GM Wen Yang CHN 2558 – 7
4 Wan Yunguo CHN 2462 – 6.5
5 GM Wang Rui CHN 2436 – 6.5
6 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2515 – 6.5
7 GM Sanchez Joseph PHI 2534 – 6.5
8 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2414 – 6
9 GM Salvador Roland PHI 2527 – 6
10 IM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2452 – 6
11 Yu Ruiyuan CHN 2431 – 6
12 IM Rolando Nolte PHI 2433 – 6
13 IM Yu Lie CHN 2414 – 6
14 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2492 – 6
15 Udani Ian PHI 2307 – 6
16 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2472 – 6
17 WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2319 – 6
18 Tumpak Sinurat INA 0 – 6
19 IM Barbosa Oliver PHI 2514 – 5.5
20 GM Cao Sang VIE 2533 – 5.5
21 Wang Jue CHN 2294 – 5.5
22 Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2392 – 5.5
23 IM Lane Gary W AUS 2369 – 5.5
24 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2491 – 5.5
25 Pitra Andika INA 2303 – 5.5
26 FM Cheng Bobby AUS 2323 – 5.5
27 WGM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2389 – 5.5
28 Bai Jinshi CHN 2151 – 5
29 IM Gao Rui CHN 2420 – 5
30 IM Morris James AUS 2300 – 5
31 Lei Tingjie CHN 2061 – 5
32 IM Sharma Dinesh K IND 2350 – 5
33 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2528 – 5
34 Mariano Nelson Iii PHI 2242 – 5
35 Chen Yibo CHN 2152 – 5
36 IM Lim Yee-Weng MAS 2253 – 5
37 GM Iuldachev Saidali UZB 2482 – 5
38 FM Ikeda Junta AUS 2349 – 5
39 FM Wallis Christopher AUS 2287 – 5
40 Olay Edgar Reggie PHI 2303 – 5
41 Chong Chor Yuen HKG 2071 – 5
42 Jia Haoxiang CHN 2369 – 5
43 Lee Kai Jie Edward SIN 2008 – 5
44 CM Wang Yiye CHN 2262 – 5
45 IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2417 – 4.5
46 Gurpreet Pal Singh IND 0 – 4.5
47 FM Kojima Shinya JPN 2300 – 4.5
48 Iskandar Bin Abdullah SIN 1956 – 4.5
49 Goswami Vedant IND 2199 – 4.5
50 Cheah Cheok Fung MAS 2008 – 4.5
51 IM Salcedo Richilieu PHI 2222 – 4.5
52 Zulfic Fedja AUS 2098 – 4.5
53 Ajeet Singh Roshan MAS 1864 – 4.5
54 Cai Jiaying CHN 2094 – 4.5
55 WFM Zhai Mo CHN 2198 – 4.5
56 Lee Kah Meng Elgin MAS 1985 – 4.5
57 Suharto Moh Wahyu Repelita INA 0 – 4.5
58 Zelesco Karl AUS 2013 – 4.5
59 Sinha Sudhir Kumar IND 0 – 4
60 WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 2276 – 4
61 Tanuwidjaja Gunawan INA 0 – 4
62 Li Panru CHN 2135 – 4
63 Yong Han Shawn SIN 1824 – 4
64 Ong Way Justin MAS 2041 – 4
65 Narayanan Renitha MAS 1717 – 4
66 WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham MAS 1894 – 4
67 Ismail Ahmad MAS 1989 – 4
68 Siew Kit-Tze Mark MAS 1972 – 4
69 WFM Milligan Helen NZL 1965 – 4
70 Qiu Mengjie CHN 1941 – 4
71 Gibbons Robert NZL 2034 – 4
72 Tan Justin AUS 2161 – 3.5
73 Adeimi Michel LIB 1895 – 3.5
74 Li Ting Tan MAS 1846 – 3.5
75 Bennett Hilton NZL 1994 – 3.5
76 Ravry Kazoune FRA 1784 – 3.5
77 Shinoda Taro JPN 1897 – 3.5
78 Nakamura Naohiro JPN 2033 – 3.5
79 Lee T H Bryan HKG 1988 – 3.5
80 Lim Zhuo Ren MAS 2155 – 3
81 Subramaniam Sumant MAS 2117 – 3
82 Kumar Sri Shiva MAS 1705 – 3
83 William Lee Kah Howe MAS 1800 – 3
84 Loh Zachary AUS 1769 – 3
85 Karunanayake Mayuri Pamoda SRI 1667 – 3
86 Klein Gernot Dr GER 1919 – 3
87 Camilia Bt Johari MAS 1753 – 3
88 Watanabe Keisuke JPN 0 – 2.5
89 Limono Handjojo INA 1916 – 2.5
90 Marret Benjamin FRA 1821 – 2.5
91 Ding Tze How Dilwen MAS 1486 – 2.5
92 FM Yee Soon Wei BRU 2281 – 2
93 Wolfaardt Francois RSA 1780 – 2
94 CM Goundar Sanmogam FIJ 1934 – 2
95 Greenwood Martin ENG 0 – 2
96 Tan Fischer SIN 1560 – 2
97 WIM Guo Emma AUS 2029 – 1
98 Kia Fatemeh IRI 1772 – 1
