Raja Nazrin Shah Invitational Masters with interesting start

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In every tournament one needs a bit of luck and International Master Oliver Barbosa and Jahongir Vakhidov probably got more than their fair slice of luck to record back to back wins against International Masters Arghyadip Das and Richard Bitoon respectively in Round 2 on the first day of play in the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Invitational Masters & International Open Championships being held from 4-10 September at the Swiss Garden Hotel & Residences Kuala Lumpur.
 
Until then, all the four players had won their morning opening games for a perfect start and were aggressively looking to build on their early advantage.
 
It had been a good, maybe even a great day in the office in the first round for the top two rated bets from the Philippines, and clearly the exact opposite for their colleagues from Singapore as with relentless play Barbosa and Bitoon slowly ground down their opponents, fellow Grandmaster hopeful International Master Goh Wei Ming and Grandmaster Wong Meng Kong respectively to take home their first points.
 
Uzbekistan’s young upset Jahongir Vakhidov and India’s Arghyadip Das were also happy with their first round wins over Vietnamese Grandmaster Nguyen Anh Dung and Malaysia’s Mas Hafizulhelmi while International Master Nguyen Van Huy was unable to make headway against veteran Grandmaster Tahir Vakhidov and so they ended up splitting the point early.
 
But after just two rounds it there are still seven rounds more to go and so there is still all to play for and Nguyen Van Huy and Tahir Vakhidov has increased their tally to 1.5 points to sit just half a point behind the leaders while Goh has bounced back well by beating a woefully out of form Nguyen Anh Dung, who together with Wong and Mas has yet to get onto the scoreboard.
 
Report by Peter Long

 

Video by Vijay Kumar, includes the opening ceremony, the games, and interviews with IM Oliver Barbosa, IM Roy Chowdhury, and GM Tahir Vakhidov.

Video

 

International invitational R1 and R2

 

IM	Vakhidov Jahongir	1 – 0	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung
IM	Bitoon Richard	1 – 0	GM	Wong Meng Kong
IM	Nguyen Van Huy	½ – ½	GM	Vakhidov Tahir
IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	0 – 1	IM	Das Arghyadip
IM	Barbosa Oliver	1 – 0	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin
GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	0 – 1	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin
IM	Das Arghyadip	0 – 1	IM	Barbosa Oliver
GM	Vakhidov Tahir	1 – 0	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi
GM	Wong Meng Kong	0 – 1	IM	Nguyen Van Huy
IM	Vakhidov Jahongir	1 – 0	IM	Bitoon Richard

 

International Open standings after round 2

 

IM	Kelly Brian	IRL	2488	2	pts.
IM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	VIE	2460	2	pts.
IM	Liu Qingnan	CHN	2430	2	pts.
IM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IND	2427	2	pts.
IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2414	2	pts.
IM	Yap Kim Steven	PHI	2396	2	pts.
IM	Duong The Anh	VIE	2378	2	pts.
IM	Purnama Tirta Chandra	INA	2368	2	pts.
IM	Ranola Yves	PHI	2366	2	pts.
	Zhou Guijue	CHN	2174	2	pts.
	Olay Edgar Reggie	PHI	2303	2	pts.
GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2530	2	pts.
IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2457	2	pts.
WGM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2362	2	pts.
IM	Lahiri Atanu	IND	2361	2	pts.
WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2330	2	pts.
GM	Sanchez Joseph	PHI	2544	2	pts.
WIM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2319	2	pts.
WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2286	2	pts.
WFM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	INA	2100	2	pts.
WFM	Dewi Aa Citra	INA	2083	2	pts.
FM	Yee Soon Wei	BRU	2284	2	pts.
GM	Barus Cerdas	INA	2438	1	pts.
IM	Lioe Dede	INA	2402	1	pts.
	Legaspi, Rhobel	PHI	2313	1	pts.
	Udani Ian	PHI	2307	1	pts.
	Bagamasbad Efren	PHI	2201	1	pts.
FM	Kyi Thein	MYA	2190	1	pts.
	Foo Benjamin	SIN	2178	1	pts.
	Hammer Dale M	USA	2158	1	pts.
	Lim Zhuo Ren	MAS	2132	1	pts.
	Legaspi Edmundo	PHI	2125	1	pts.
WFM	Medina Warda Aulia	INA	2112	1	pts.
	Lee Kai Jie Edward	SIN	2008	1	pts.
	Chakrabarti Tamal	IND	2005	1	pts.
	Dale Ari	AUS	1977	1	pts.
	Lim Kian Hwa	MAS	1905	1	pts.
WCM	Nur Nabila Azman Hisham	MAS	1894	1	pts.
	Ajeet Singh Roshan	MAS	1886	1	pts.
	Chibnall Alana	AUS	1844	1	pts.
	Azhar Muhd Irfan Haqqim	MAS	1838	1	pts.
	Marret Benjamin	FRA	1820	1	pts.
	Ding Tze How Dilwen	MAS	1807	1	pts.
FM	Tin Jingyao	SIN	1962	1	pts.
	William, Lee Kah Howe	MAS	1787	1	pts.
WCM	Savant Riya	IND	1782	1	pts.
	Srivatanakul Pricha	THA	1759	1	pts.
	Limono Handjojo	INA	1936	1	pts.
	Teh De Juan	MAS	1672	1	pts.
	Lee Qing Aun	SIN	1548	1	pts.
	Tan Li Ting	MAS	1846	1	pts.
	Ong Way Justin	MAS	2041	0	pts.
	Low Zhen Yu Cyrus	SIN	1727	0	pts.
	Cheong Jie Yao	MAS	1736	0	pts.
	Teh De Zen	MAS	1691	0	pts.
	Tha Zan	MYA	0	0	pts.
	Tin Ruiqi	SIN	0	0	pts.
	Chai Hweimeen	AUS	1735	0	pts.
	Puccini Jack	AUS	1735	0	pts.
	Dutton Lucas Matthew	MAS	1663	0	pts.
	Saleh Anis Fariha	MAS	1588	0	pts.
	Dale Finley	AUS	1563	0	pts.
	Goh Robert	NZL	0	0	pts.
	Greenwood Martin	ENG	0	0	pts.
	Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	MAS	0	0	pts.
	Saw Lye Guan	MAS	0	0	pts.