THE 8TH JOHOR INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 BEGINS

 From 5th 11th July 2023, a total of 85 players, 24 in the Masters and 61 In the Amateurs, will do battle for honours in the 8th Johor International Open Chess Championships 2023 at the Fairview International School Campus in Johor Bahru.

The Johor Open is the second in the ASEAN Chess Event series, the first being the Thailand International Open held in Chiangmai from 28th June to 4th July 2023.

Chiangmai saw no less than three players achieving International Master title norms and with a significantly stronger Masters (average rating of 2303) at the Johor Open, this number is expected to significantly improve!

Top seed is Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh From India, and in first round play defeated Malaysian National Champion FIDE Master Lim Zhouren with the black pieces.

Discounting surprises, his main challenges are expected to come from Indonesians No. 1 and No. 2, Grandmasters Susanto Megaranto and Novendra Priasmoro who are also the second and fourth seeds, and Chinese International Master Chen Qi B who is seeded third.

In total there are 16 titled players from eight countries, of which four are Grandmasters, eight are International Masters and four are FIDE Masters.

The 8th Johor Open International Open Chess Championships is being organised by the Johor Chess Association as part of the ASEAN Chess Event series open tournament initiative of the ASEAN Chess Confederation, and all details can be found at its website: www.johorchess.net and at https://chess-results.com/tnr789586.aspx?lan=1.

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GM Sivuk Vitaly emerged champion of the 7th Johor International Chess Open 2022 scoring 7.5 points from 9 rounds.

• GM Sivuk Vitaly had 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 loss.
• Wins include games against
• IM Soozankar A.M.
• IM Gunawan Ronny
• Dinh Nho Kiet
• IM Yeoh Li Tian
• GM Nguyen Duc Hoa
• IM Sadikin The Irwanto
• and draws against
• IM Muthaiah Al
• GM Priasmoro Novendra
• IM Harikrishnan A Ra

Grandmaster Sivuk Vitaly is incidentally the defending Johor Open Champion having won the event back in 2019. After that the event was on hiatus due to Covid-19 restrictions. The grandmaster takes home with him a cash prize of RM 8000 for his efforts.

Grandmaster Priasmoro Novendra who recently won the Penang Open, also had the same 7 and a half points as Grandmaster Sivuk Vitaly but had to settle for 2nd place due to Sivuk Vitaly’s better tie break.

International Master Harikrishnan A Ra from India, took 3rd place with a score 6 and half points. He takes home with him the prize money of RM 3000.

Despite losing two games in the tournament, International Master Yeoh Li Tian finished 4th place earning him the prize money of RM 2000.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Nguyen Duc Hoa won RM 1000 for his 5th placing.

6th to 10th place are FM Banh Gia Huy, IM Nolte Rolando, FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus, FM Laohawirapap Prin and IM Bancod Ronald respectively.

A total of 78 players took part in this tournament.

Interactive Cross Table here

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10th JOHOR RAPID CHESS OPEN 2023 (after Round 3)

 More than 160 players participated in the recent 10th Johor Open Rapid 2023 held at Fairview International school at Dato Onn , Johor Baru which saw three International Master (IM), a Fide Master (FM) and two Candidate Master(CM)  .

The tournament was graced by seven nations including Singapore, Indonesia, India, China, Korea and USA.

International Master (IM) Azarya Jodi Setvaki from Indonesian emerged joint champion together with International Master (IM) Pavel Shkapenko who represented FIDE the world chess governing body after they both beat six of their respective opponents before finally drawing in the final round with second place. Both of them earned RM1,100 respectively in the process.

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Six players were tied for third spot, among them include Jiang Haochen from China, CM Owen Michael from Indonesia, CM Shreyans K. Shah from India, FM Ignatius Leong from Singapore and our Malaysians Teoh Yi Hearn Lawrence and Chow Ming Jack a local teacher here.

Catogory prizes include Best lady which was won by Malaysian Ivonne Tan Yi En  followed  three other fellow Malaysian ladies who were tied for the second placing  namely wheelchair bound Lim Yee Jin, Lau Yen Lin and Joana Chin Ying Xuan.

Best Under 12 boy Dhivyeesh Balakrishnan, best under 12 girl Khor Zhi Rou, Best U10 boy Shrinivvas Vijayakanesan, best under 10 girl Singaporean Ng Hsuan Jen Danielle Wudijono, best under 8 boy Choong Ee Sean and Best under 8 girl Koh Hui Qi.

 Another spotlight off the tournament was on the youngest contender of the tournament was 6-Year Old Malaysian Loh  Hyun Ren who  came in 125^th place among 166 contenders beating two other contestant in the process.

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A SUCCESSFUL 8TH JOHOR INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN

Jul 12, 2023 — by Steven Cheong in Report The Masters section of the 8th Johor International Open was for most of the round very hard fought. The likely winners and norm candidates were effectively playing a mini round robin amongst themselves. The 24 players had by the second round dropped to 22 players with one illness and then later to 20 due to exhaustion! PHOTO: Priasmoro with Johor Chess Association Vice President and his Trophy Defending champion Indonesian Grandmaster Novendra Priasmoro, the fourth seed, was one of the favourite. He is no stranger to winning tournaments in the region – the Bangkok Open when just an International Master, and of course the Malaysian Open. He had used all that experiences to already be the champion before the last round with 7/9. PHOTO: Fighting chess. Priasmoro’s final round game against China’s Chen Kallin was almost the last to finish! Top seeded Indian Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh did his best but was clearly feeling the effects of several months on the road in three different countries – Singapore, Chiangmai and now Johor Bahru. He had indeed chalked up some amazing results with one first place and two unbeaten second places. The 8th Johor International Open Chess Championship 2023 is part of the ASEAN Chess Series, a number of events designed by ASEAN Chess Confederation President Ignatius Leong to revive and accelerate the development of chess in the region. While the open event will now take a break, a series of title norm round robin tournaments are being planned. Even if the main objectives are title norms and the chance to get or increase ratings, the Johor Open offered a record prize fund and number of prizes for a regional event, and with the proposed addition of a third section – Challengers – to the existing Masters and Amateur at the Laos International Open in 2024, these opportunities will only increase. PHOTO: Perhaps Diptayan’s biggest impact was the example he showed to the young local players of how a chess professional conducts himself – both an excellent role model and an organiser’s dream. PHOTO: Singapore International Master Jagadeesh Siddharth had an excellent tournament, sharing second place with Diptayan with 6/9 but short of the Grandmaster title norm he was in contention for earlier.

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Johor Chess Open participants

Latest list I cut and paste from JohorChess official website. But please go to that site to check out the actual list for the latest update.

No Name ELO Rating Sex Ctry 1 Pouya Idani 2530 Male IRI 2 Amirreza Pourramezanali 2522 Male IRI 3 Igonin Temur 2466 Male UZB 4 NEELOTPAL DAS 2463 Male IND 5 Fominyh Alexandr 2437 Male RUS 6 Nguyen Van Huy 2423 Male VIE 7 Tair Vahidov 2422 Male UZB 8 Nolte Rolando Palomar 2419 Male PHI 9 Muhammad lutfi ali 2416 Male INA 10 Vo Thanh Ninh 2413 Male VIE 11 IM SEAN WINSHAND CUHENDI 2408 Male INA 12 Gerhard Alexander Schebler 2406 Male Ger 13 Cao Sang 2402 Male VIE 14 LAXMAN RAJARAM 2387 Male IND 15 Dang Hoang Son 2372 Male VIE 16 Lioe Dede 2372 Male INA 17 Amirmohammad soozankar 2366 Male IRI 18 HAMED NOURI 2354 Male PHI 19 Abdisalimov,Abdimalik 2313 Male UZB 20 Pitra andika 2308 Male Ina 21 RAMNATH BHUVANESH RAJARAMAN 2306 Male IND 22 DINESH KUMAR SHARMA 2298 Male IND 23 Emmanuel Rodriguez Senador 2298 Male PHI 24 Nathan Alfred 2275 Male ENG 25 Michael Gotel 2252 Male PHI 26 Lee Qing Aun 2249 Male SGP 27 Norboev Nabijon 2246 Male UZB 28 Chan Peng Kong 2225 Male SIN 29 Lim Zhuo Ren 2217 Male MAS 30 Tejaswini Sagar 2204 Female IND 31 Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2200 Male SIN 32 Wong Yinn Long 2186 Male MAS 33 Baymuratova Sevara 2158 Male UZB 34 FIKRUL SAIFUDDIN., S.H. 2155 Male INA 35 Muhammad johan 2150 Male Ina 36 Ng Jen Sheng 2142 Male MAS 37 Zaidan Zulkipli 2136 Male MAS 38 WFM DEWI ARDHIANI ANASTASIA CITRA 2133 Female INA 39 Navalgund Niranjan 2129 Male IND 40 Yeap Eng Chiam 2124 Male Mas 41 Mohd Kamal Abdullah 2117 Male MAS 42 Lye Lik Zang 2098 Male MAS 43 Denis Molofej 2089 Male LTU 44 Wika hardiyanto 2071 Male INA 45 Constantius Leonardo Pratama 2071 Male INA 46 Stewart Manaog 2033 Male PHI 47 Pham Minh Hieu 2026 Male VIE 48 Poompong Wiwatanadate 2024 Male THA 49 Vakhidov Shahzod 2021 Male UZB 50 ismail bin ahmad 2019 Male MAS 51 JOERG ABRAMOWSKI 2017 Male GER 52 Kaushal Khandhar 2006 Male MAS 53 Vakhidov Daler 2004 Male UZB 54 Jumaev Bahtiyor 1999 Male UZB 55 Daniel Hermawan 1993 Male INA 56 Tan Jun Ying 1980 Male MAS 57 ISHA SHARMA 1935 Female IND 58 Asgharzadeh Mitra 1920 Female IRI 59 Nguyen Truong Bao Tran 1911 Female VIE 60 TAN KOK LIANG 1901 Male MAS 61 Nithyalakshmi a/p Sivanesan 1892 Female MAS 62 Dawson Tan Soon Wei 1889 Male MAS 63 Frank Kebbedies 1877 Male GER 64 Kabir Singh Ajeet Singh 1829 Male MAS 65 Rosamund Koo Wei Xin 1818 Female MAS 66 Renitha Narayanan 1780 Female MAS 67 Pereira Johnharry Sebastian 1693 Male sin 68 Chua Jia-Tien 1651 Female MAS 69 SHREESH AMIT CHEMBETI 1650 Male MAS 70 Ang Jing Xuan 1636 Male MAS 71 Muhammad Harith Farhan Bin Mohd Radzuan 1626 Male MAS 72 Cheah Kah Hoe 1611 Male MAS 73 Siddharth Jagadeesh 1608 Male SIN 74 Didik Widiarso Tarimo 1571 Male INA 75 Lim Lui Lung 1557 Male MAS 76 Sri Shiva Kumar A/L Narayanan 1543 Male MAS 77 Ng Wee Lok, Bryan 1532 Male SGP 78 Sim Jia Ru 1501 Female MAS 79 Jagadeesh Balakrishnan 1411 Male SIN 80 LIM ZEN HONG 1306 Male MAS 81 Wee Han Xia 0 Male mas 82 WAZIR BIN JAFFAR 0 Male MAS

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