GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, GM Dzhumaev, and CM Farid Firman Syah leading
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, GM Dzhumaev, and CM Farid Firman Syah are the leaders of the KL Open 2009. They share the top of the table with 3,5/4 points, followed by a large pack of players with 3,0 and 2,5 points.
International Master Dede Liu, once Indonesia’s hottest young prospect has in recent years returned to chess, was the sole leader after 3 rounds of the KL Open Chess Championship. He was the only player with 3,0/3, but was defeated in the next round by Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.
The biggest upset so far came in the second round when Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia) walked into a mate when pressing for a win in the endgame against Candidate Master Nguyen Hoang Nam (Vietnam).
Making waves is 13 year old Masruri Rahman (indonesia), the World Schools Champion 2009 (U-13 Category) with draws against Grandmasters Saidali Iuldachev and Nguyen Anh Dung.
The 2nd KL Open and Young Talent Team Championship 2009 is organized by the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association with sponsorship from the Malaysian Intellectual Development Foundation and Masterskill University College of Health Sciences. The official site is www.klchess.com.
Top table results round 3
1 IM Tirto 2407 ½ – ½ GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2589
2 GM Thien Hai Dao 2542 ½ – ½ FM Wahono Awam 2393
3 FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy 2363 ½ – ½ GM Dzhumaev Marat 2532
4 CM Farid Firman Syah 2207 ½ – ½ IM Vakhidov Tahir 2520
5 IM Liu Dede 2419 1 – 0 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam 2329
6 GM Iuldachev Saidali 2519 1 – 0 Udani Ian 2241
7 IM Shetty Rahul 2270 0 – 1 IM Bitoon Richard 2490
8 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2454 ½ – ½ Rahman Masruri 1987
9 WIM Muminova Nafisa 2320 0 – 1 IM Irwanto Sadikin 2429
10 GM Megaranto Susanto 2527 1 – 0 Eng Andre-Jerome 2089
11 Ismail Ahmad 2089 0 – 1 CM Van Huy Nguyen 2414
12 Tolentino Rustum 2362 ½ – ½ Lee Kim Han Edward 2089
13 FM Pak Yevgeniy 2348 1 – 0 Neubronner Shannon Scott 2050
14 WIM Mendoza Beverly 2060 ½ – ½ FM Mahmud Syarif 2347
15 FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel 2340 1 – 0 Biswajit Bharadwaj 1920
16 Foo Benjamin 2037 1 – 0 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 2284
17 Panggabean Hasian 2226 1 – 0 Tanda Joni 0
18 WFM Dewi A. A. Citra 1931 0 – 1 CM Neubronner Jarred 2220
19 Jafar Sofyan 0 ½ – ½ Legaspi Edmundo 2158
20 Kalugampitiya R.S. 2131 1 – 0 Oentoro Djoni 0
Top table results round 4
1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2589 1 – 0 IM Liu Dede 2419
2 IM Irwanto Sadikin 2429 ½ – ½ GM Thien Hai Dao 2542
3 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2532 1 – 0 IM Tirto 2407
4 IM Vakhidov Tahir 2520 ½ – ½ FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy 2363
5 FM Wahono Awam 2393 ½ – ½ GM Iuldachev Saidali 2519
6 IM Bitoon Richard 2490 0 – 1 CM Farid Firman Syah 2207
7 Panggabean Hasian 2226 0 – 1 GM Megaranto Susanto 2527
8 CM Neubronner Jarred 2220 0 – 1 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2454
9 CM Van Huy Nguyen 2414 ½ – ½ Kalugampitiya R.S. 2131
10 Foo Benjamin 2037 0 – 1 FM Pak Yevgeniy 2348
11 Rahman Masruri 1987 0 – 1 FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel 2340
12 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam 2329 1 – 0 Tan Li Ting 0
13 Legaspi Edmundo 2158 0 – 1 Tolentino Rustum 2362
14 FM Mahmud Syarif 2347 1 – 0 WCM Sihite Chelsie Monica 1986
15 Lee Kim Han Edward 2089 0 – 1 WIM Muminova Nafisa 2320
16 Jafar Sofyan 0 1 – 0 IM Shetty Rahul 2270
17 Udani Ian 2241 1 – 0 WIM Mendoza Beverly 2060
