Start of the Malaysian Open 2025

 

Top Seed Nguyen Duc Hoa (looking at camera) vs WIM Nguyen Tanh Thuy Thien

 
Events 5, 6, and 7 are all starting today. These are the Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship, the Daniel Yong Chen-I Memorial Malaysia Chess Challenge, and the Dato' Tan Chin Nam Seniors' Open Chess Championship.

A major prize fund is at stake. The Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open has a prize fund of RM65,000, while the Daniel Yong Chen-I Memorial offers RM15,000 and the Dato' Tan Chin Nam Seniors' Open has a prize fund of RM18,500.

The events are FIDE-rated and follow a classical format. All three events are 9-round individual tournaments with a standard time control of 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment per move.

Pairings/Results

Round 1 on 2025/09/15 at 0900

49

Bo.	No.	White	Rtg	Black	Rtg	No.
1	49	WIM Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	1996	GM Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2442	1
2	2	IM Kushagra, Mohan	2432	Tin, Shan Wen	1994	50
3	51	CM Genkeswaran, Genivan	1992	IM Zou, Chen	2416	3
4	4	IM Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2413	WIM Galas, Bernadette	1989	52
5	53	Shrutarshi, Ray	1989	IM Concio, Michael Jr.	2409	5
6	6	FM Wong, Yinn Long	2356	Zhao, Chenyu	1980	54
7	55	Muraley, Rittesh	1967	GM Nguyen, Van Huy	2352	7
8	8	IM Liu, Xiangyi	2349	Cheng, Gongpu	1964	56
9	57	AGM Julmiri, Muhammad Zulfaqar Bin Abu Baka	1961	FM Lim, Zhuo Ren	2332	9
10	59	Sebastian, Mhage Gerriahlou	1930	FM Bacojo, Mark Jay	2326	11
11	12	FM Winkelman, Albert	2324	Vo, Hoang Quan	1924	60
12	61	AIM Abd Aziz, A Qil A Lauddin	1920	WIM Aakanksha, Hagawane	2320	13
13	14	FM Kamalsyah, Muhammad	2314	Umayan, Samantha Babol	1917	62
14	63	N., Tarun	1915	WGM Frayna, Janelle Mae	2313	15
15	16	FM Kavin, Mohan	2309	Magpily, Francois Marie	1912	64
16	65	Khandhar, Kaushal	1907	IM Nolte, Rolando	2299	17
17	18	GM Laxman, R.R.	2271	AIM Rajasa, Muhammad Andi	1904	66
18	67	Largo, Franchesca	1904	FM Lye, Lik Zang	2240	19
19	69	Ramakrishnan, Yoggenraj	1890	IM Li, Bo	2209	21
20	22	CM Gireman, Ja	2208	AFM Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan	1885	70
21	24	Hong, Mingren	2170	Cheah, Cheok Fung	1868	72
22	73	AGM Ong, Way Justin	1867	CM Swayham, P Das	2160	25
23	26	IM Andyka, Pitra	2148	WFM Mohd Afif, Ainul Mardhiah	1861	74
24	75	Lum, Zhun Hoong	1814	FM Castellano, Christopher	2129	27
25	28	CM Shen, Ree Herng	2113	Wee, Yin Lin	1810	76
26	77	ACM Kumaran, Ashwiniy	1805	Velarde, Jerish John	2110	29
27	30	IM Bancod, Ronald	2106	Nizzardo, Mattia	1795	78
28	79	Helmy, Muhammad Adnin Nuaym	1760	WFM Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon	2104	31
29	32	WCM Salimova, Asal	2095	Lim, Kian Guan	1754	80
30	81	Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd Haziq	1749	Tran, Vo Quoc Bao	2095	33
31	34	WFM Sreekarthika, Velmurugan	2080	Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna	1746	82
32	83	Suneth, Shyam Keshaav	1725	Jin, Ruijun	2079	35
33	85	Wee, Yu Heng Lucas John	1710	Shahar, Uzair	2070	37
34	38	WFM Mendoza, Shania Mae	2069	Hasnul, Hashim	1695	86
35	87	Wang, Xin Ran Claire	1686	WFM Canino, Ruelle	2065	39
36	40	Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	2056	Wang, Xin Yu Aimee	1678	88
37	89	Huang, Aaron Yu-Hsi	1667	Le, Dang Thanh An	2046	41
38	42	Lee, Zhia Chen Zachary	2034	Chen, Baize	1649	90
39	44	CM Mahmood Shah, Mukhriez Shah	2030	Narayanan, Sri Shiva Kumar	1529	92
40	93	Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu	1515	WFM Yash, Jyoti Bir	2018	45
41	95	Mohd Nazlee, Muhd Adlee Hakimi	0	Xie, Chujun	2000	47
42	36	WIM Malikova, Marjona	2071	Lau, Sau Ching	1884	71
43	91	Teoh, Je Hern	1622	Cantela, Oscar Joseph	2007	46
44	68	WCM Nithyalakshmi, Sivanesan	1891	IM Karthik, Rajaa	2330	10
45	20	WIM Pandey, Srishti	2213	not paired
46	23	CM Nimay, Agrawal	2208	not paired
47	43	CM Le, Phan Hoang Quan	2030	not paired
48	48	AIM Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	1998	not paired
58	Liu, Haoling	1950	not paired
50	84	Miao, Zixin	1722	not paired
51	94	Kaattari, Konsta	0	not paired

Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2025 | Round 1 Pairings