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...

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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 againstIM Soozankar A.M.IM Gunawan RonnyDinh Nho KietIM Yeoh Li TianGM Nguyen Duc HoaIM Sadikin The Irwantoand draws againstIM Muthaiah AlGM Priasmoro NovendraIM Harikrishnan A RaGrandmaster 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...

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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...

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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....

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