RESULTS

Event	Details
Event 1	results
Event 2	results
Event 3	results
Event 4	results
Event 5	results
Event 6	results
Event 7	results
Event 8
Event 9

EVENT 1: Team Rapid

Prizes	Team
Champion	NASI LEMAK, LAKSA OR ROTI CANAI?
2nd Place	DASMARINAS CITY
3rd Place	ACA CHIEFS - TEAM A
4th Place	BRAINBOX CHESS ACADEMY
5th Place	DASMARINAS CITY B
6th Place	CIMED HEALTHCARE TEAM B
7th Place	UP CHESS TEAM MEN
8th Place	BROTHERS
9th Place	ACA DARKHORSE - TEAM B
10th Place	KAWAN UDANG
1st Best Malaysia	PENANG
2nd Best Malaysia	SHAH ALAM SELECTED (SAS)
3rd Best Malaysia	OFA ARGONAUTS PENANG
Best Ladies Team	UP CHESS TEAM WOMEN
Best STATE	MAKSWIP COMBATANTS!
Best Junior Team (U16)	ACA HEAVY BOMBERS
Best IPT	TAR UMT YUMYUM
Best Chess Academy	COACH YEE'S ONLY FANS

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EVENT 2: Dato Tan Chin Nam Foundation Merdeka Junior (U12) Team Chess Championship

This event concluded with  KATACATUR INDONESIA 1 securing first place, KING HUNTERS SEL in second, and TRAILBLAZERS in third.

The champions from Indonesia consisted of AFM Safin Aldebaran Amir, Theodore Daniel Kurniawan, AFM Naro Hugo Boaz Siahaan, and AFM Kayz Mahendra Farrel.

The tournament featured 51 teams, each competing across nine rounds, 20 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move 1.

View the full standings and details on [Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998614.aspx?lan=1&turdet=ALL).

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EVENT 3: Blitz

Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship was won by Filipino IM Michael Jr. Concio, followed by compatriot FM Ellan Asuela in second, and India's Mohan Kushagra in third.

The tournament featured 110 players, each competing across seven rounds, 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move 1.

View the full standings and details on [Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998618.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES).

Rk.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	IM	Concio Michael Jr.	2354	7	31
2	FM	Asuela Ellan	2272	6	31
3		Kushagra Mohan	2312	6	27.5
4	I'M	Badmatsyrenov Oleg	2432	6	27
5	FM	Nguyen Quoc Hy	2211	5.5	28
6	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2219	5.5	27.5
7	IM	Morris, James	2445	5.5	26.5
8	FM	Villanueva Nelson	2258	5	31.5
9	AGM	Vignesh B	2198	5	31
10		Ecot Lourecel	2094	5	30.5
		Biete Angele Tenshi	1876	5	30.5
12	IM	Poh Yu Tian	2282	5	29
	AIM	Noh Jinwoo	1869	5	29
14	FM	Mushini Ajay	2164	5	27
		Noor Akbar Muhd Aziz Farhan	1927	5	27
16		Suthershun A	1837	5	26.5
17		Silva Zedric	1743	5	26
18		Mallari Joshua	1836	5	25.5
19	WIM	Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien	1909	5	25
20		Carredo Mar Aviel	1926	5	22.5

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EVENT 4: Age Group 

Dato' Tan Chin Nam Foundation Age-Group Chess Championship featured six categories: Under 6, Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16.

The Under 6 champion is China's Liu Haoyang (China), followed by Muhammad Amru Bin Mohd Azhari (Malaysia) in second and Muhd Dzarfan Diyaz Ayden (Malaysia) in third.

The Under 8 champion is Mohd Khairul Ibrahim (Malaysia), followed by Zunnurein Zidane Bin Zarul Shazwan (Malaysia) in second, and Rafael Firhot Panjaitan (Indonesia) in third.

The Under 10 champion is Danry Seth Romualdez (Philippines), followed by Jonathan Koh En Jie (Singapore) in second, and Wang Ningnan (Singapore) in third.

The Under 12 champion is AFM Naro Hugo Boaz Siahaan (Indonesia), followed by John Curt Valencia (Philippines) in second, and AFM Safin Aldebaran Amir (Indonesia) in third.

The Under 14 champion is Al-Basher Buto (Philippines), followed by Davin Sean Romualdez (Philippines) in second, and Cherisha Divina Wijaya (Indonesia) in third.

The Under 16 champion is AIM Gabriel Ryan Paradero (Phillipines), followed by AGM Io Aristotle Nikolai Calica (Phillipines) in second, and ACM Morgan Chen Meng Ren (Singapore) in third.

The tournament featured 393 players, each competing across six rounds 25 minutes to finish.

Full standings and details:

[U06 Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998867.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES)

[U08 Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998868.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES)

[U10 Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998869.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES)

[U12 Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998870.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES)

[U14 Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998872.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES)

[U16 Chess-results.com](https://chess-results.com/tnr998873.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES)

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Event 5: 19th IGB Dato Arthur Tan
Malaysian Open Chess Championship
Final ranking (Main Prizes)
Rank		Name		FED	Type	Pts
1	IM	Poh Yu Tian		MAS	U16	7½
2	IM	Kushagra Mohan		IND		7
3	GM	Laylo Darwin		PHI		6½
4		Gong Sunle		CHN	U16	6½
5	FM	Pangilinan Stephen Rome		PHI		6½
6	FM	Nguyen Quoc Hy		VIE		6½
7	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE		6
8	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	F	IND		6
9	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.		IND		6
10	FM	Winkelman Albert		AUS		6
11	IM	Nitin S.		IND		6
12	GM	Nguyen Van Huy		VIE		5½
13	AGM	Vignesh B		IND		5½
14	IM	Jin Yueheng		CHN	U16	5
15	IM	Liu Xiangyi		SGP		5
16	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	F	VIE		5
17	IM	Badmatsyrenov Oleg		FID		5
18		Majumder Shrayan		IND		5
19	WIM	Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien	F	VIE		5
20	GM	Venkatesh M.R.		IND		5
Final ranking (Best Lady)
Rank		Name		FED	Type	Pts
1		Zhao Chenyu	F	CHN	U16	5½
2	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	F	IND		5
Final ranking (Best Malaysian)
Rank		Name		FED	Type	Pts
1	FM	Chan Kim Yew		MAS		6
2	FM	Lye Lik Zang		MAS		6
3	FM	Wong Yinn Long		MAS		5½
4		Shahar Uzair		MAS	U16	5
5		Tan Yi Xun		MAS		4½
Final ranking (Best Malaysian Lady)
Rank		Name		FED	Type	Pts
1	ACM	Kumaran Ashwiniy	F	MAS	U16	3½
Final ranking (Best U12)
Rank		Name		FED	Type	Pts
1		Yang Lanqin		CHN	U12	4
Final ranking (Best U16)
Rank		Name		FED	Type	Pts
1		Jiang Haochen		CHN	U16	6

Event 6: Daniel Yong Chen-I Memorial Malaysia Chess Challenge 2024

Name	Rtg	FED	Pts
Biete Angele Tenshi	1935	PHI	8	Champion
Geronimo Noel	1733	PHI	7.5	2nd Place
Lauron Paul John	1870	PHI	7	3rd Place
Julmiri Muhammad Zulfaqar Bin Abu Bakar	1943	MAS	7	4th Place
Rivera Joseph Lawrence	1889	PHI	7	5th Place
Olorosisimo Hans Ezekiel	1801	PHI	7	6th Place
Ruiz Wayne	1771	PHI	7	7th Place
Roslan Mohd Faizal	1886	MAS	6.5	8th Place
De Asas Aaron Francis	1599	PHI	6	9th Place
Carredo Mar Aviel	1797	PHI	6	10th Place
Aminuddin Muhd Faqih	1846	MAS	6.5	Best 1850 - 1700
Ragu Ram R.Nadarajan	1774	MAS	6.5	2nd Best 1850 - 1700
Sreenivasan Brandon Tien	1750	MAS	6	3rd Best 1850 - 1700
Hwa Zhan Ming Louis	1755	MAS	6	4th Best 1850 - 1700
Siva Kumar Rishikesh Kumar	1695	MAS	6	Best 1699 - 1550
Yahaya Nor Zaiasron	1658	MAS	5.5	2nd Best 1699 - 1550
Shahar Nur Ain	1616	MAS	5.5	3rd Best 1699 - 1550
Mohd Taib Fadly	1688	MAS	5.5	4th Best 1699 - 1550
Govindaraju Arvind	1536	MAS	5.5	Best 1549 & below
Sia Yiik Shan Edison	0	MAS	5	2nd Best 1549 & below
Mok Jun Ji	1511	MAS	4.5	3rd Best 1549 & below
Veeraya Goutam	1496	MAS	4.5	4th Best 1549 & below

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Event 7: Seniors

Final ranking (Main Prize)
Rank		Name	FED	age	Type	Pts	Res.	BH
1	GM	Barsov Alexei	UZB	58		8	½	45
2	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	SGP	57		8	½	44.5
3	IM	Young Angelo	PHI	61		7½	0	45.5
6	FM	Ismail Ahmad	MAS	61		5	0	44
9		Eggers Paul S	USA	71	S65	4½	0	44.5
Final ranking (Malaysian)
Rank		Name	FED	age	Type	Pts	Res.	BH
1		Chay Joon Hoong	MAS	54		6	0	45.5
2		Lee Soi-Hock	MAS			4½	0	45
3		Lim Kian Hwa	MAS	71	S65	4½	0	34.5
Final ranking (Seniors 65-74 years)
Rank		Name	FED	age	Type	Pts	Res.	BH
1	IM	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy	MAS	66	S65	5	0	45.5
2	IM	Chan Peng Kong	SGP	68	S65	4½	0	44.5
Final ranking (Seniors above 75 years)
Rank		Name	FED	age	Type	Pts	Res.	BH
1		Pitre Hanniegn	USA	78	S75	4	0	38.5
2		Kuich Gero	SUI	82	S75	2½	½	30.5

Detailed report here

Chess results here

Podcast Deep Dive on the Seniors event

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