GM Sivuk Vitaly is the 2023 DATMO champion!

 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, GM Mitrabha Guha, GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE), and IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (INA) all received scores of 7/9. Better tie-breaks allowed Sivuk to win the 18th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open in 2023. The final three positions were second through fourth, respectively. The only leader going into the final round was Mitrabha. He was defeated by Deepan, and Sivuk and GM Darwin Laylo (PHI) drew. 

The top three awards, each with a medal, were US$ 3500, 2000, and 1000. The DAT Chess Center hosted the competition in the Cititel Midvalley in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from August 28 to September 3, 2023.

A total of 386 people participated in the Open, Challengers, and Senior sections. A staggering 949 people registered for the Malaysian Chess Festival in 2023.

In total, 138 players from 16 different nations participated in the Open section, including 9 GMs, 15 IMs, 3 WGM, and 7 WIMs. 40 players, including 2 GMs and 6 IMs from ten different nations, were in the Senior section. There were 208 players from 11 different countries in the Challengers division. From August 28 to September 3, 2023, DAT Chess Center, located in the Cititel Midvalley, Midvalley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, conducted a six-day, nine-round Swiss-league Rating tournament. Every event had a time limit of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds added to the move no. 1 time.

A total of 386 people participated in the Open, Challengers, and Senior sections. A staggering 949 people registered for the Malaysian Chess Festival in 2023.

In total, 138 players from 16 different nations participated in the Open section, including 9 GMs, 15 IMs, 3 WGM, and 7 WIMs. 40 players, including 2 GMs and 6 IMs from ten different nations, were in the Senior section. There were 208 players from 11 different countries in the Challengers division. From August 28 to September 3, 2023, DAT Chess Center, located in the Cititel Midvalley, Midvalley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, conducted a six-day, nine-round Swiss-league Rating tournament. Every event had a time limit of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds added to the move no. 1 time.

Start of Malaysian Open !!

Pictures from the first round of the 12th Malaysian Open :-

Uzbek GM Jahongir Vakhidov is the tournament second seed (maybe top seed if Axel Bachmann is indeed not playing)

India's Padmini Rout is last year's Olympiad Gold Medalist and helped India achieved their best ever Olympiad by winning Silver for the women team event.

Top seen GM Axel Bachmann is missing. His opponent didn't turn up too.

This year sees the participation of Malaysia's top player - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi.

FM Nicholas Chan is the Malaysian 2nd seed in the event.

Round 5 pairing

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Zhang Zhong	2611	3½	3½	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2468
2	IM	Farid Firman Syah	2400	3½	3½	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2483
3	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2482	3½	3½	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	2439
4	FM	Pascua Haridas	2389	3½	3	IM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2515
5	GM	Zhou Jianchao	2583	3	3	FM	Novita Anjas	2362
6	FM	Pham Chuong	2366	3	3	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527
7	GM	Laylo Darwin	2495	3	3	CM	Nanjo Ryosuke	2344
8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2465	3	3	FM	Le Tuan Minh	2347
9	FM	Sonjaya Deni	2295	3	3	IM	Dableo Ronald	2415
10		Masruri Rahman	2264	3	3	WGM	Aulia Medina Warda	2397
11	IM	Nolte Rolando	2393	3	3	WIM	Gong Qianyun	2328
12	FM	Sean Winshand Cuhendi	2382	3	3	FM	Tin Jingyao	2251
13	GM	Laxman R.R.	2419	2½	3		Marohom De Leon Jr.	2216
14		Causo Deniel	2285	2½	2½	GM	Cao Sang	2490
15	IM	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	2414	2½	2½	FM	Hakiki Kaisar Jenius	2263
16		Ferry Ferdiansyah	2231	2½	2½	GM	Gonzales Jayson	2405
17		Yoseph Theolifus Taher	2267	2½	2½	IM	Purnama Tirta Chandra	2384
18	FM	Chan Nicholas	2378	2½	2½		Sutarno	2249
19	IM	Ton That Nhu Tung	2218	2½	2½	IM	Senador Emmanuel	2359
20	IM	Wahono Awam	2353	2½	2½	WIM	Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesia	2206
21	CM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi	2186	2½	2½	IM	Nitin S.	2348
22	FM	Muhammad Luthfi Ali	2339	2½	2½		Lim Samson Jr.	2187
23		Aris T.L.S.	2172	2½	2½		Cruz De La Noel	2323
24	FM	Mariano Nelson Iii	2321	2½	2½	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2172
25		Fong Yit San	2143	2½	2½	IM	Tran Tuan Minh	2320
26	FM	Sinurat Tumpak	2314	2½	2½		Eri Purnama	2068
27		Suharto Moh Wahyu Repelita	2141	2½	2½	FM	Pitra Andika	2307
28		Tran Quoc Dung	2305	2½	2½	WFM	San Diego* Marie Antoinette	1975
29		Subramaniam Sumant	2075	2	2	GM	Gomez John Paul	2526
30		Abelgas Roel	2291	2	2		Looi Xin Hao	2033
31	FM	Smith Robert W	2260	2	2	CM	Nazario Marc Christian	2030
32		O`Reilly Steven	2021	2	2	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2259
33		Chong Chor Yuen	2015	2	2		Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan	2250
34		Priasmoro Novendra	2250	2	2		Priguna Gerald Pramoedya	1865
35		Chan Marcus	2224	2	2		Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada	1860
36	WFM	Le Hoang Tran Chau	2164	2	2		Parahitha Milyena Legowo*	0
37		Khadijah Qurota`ain	1957	2	2	WIM	Le Kieu Thien Kim	2132
38		Lee Qing Aun	1893	2	2		Yogesh Gautam	2126
39		Sadhu S Adithya	1846	2	1½	IM	Yap Kim Steven	2442
40	GM	Barsov Alexei	2486	1½	1½		Kandearachchi Niranga	2001
41		Siew Kit-Tze Mark	2002	1½	1½	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2360
42	FM	Carlos Leonardo	2289	1½	1½	WCM	Tan Li Ting	1945
43		Dungca Ryan	2220	1½	1½		Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc	1912
44	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren	2215	1½	1½		Jacutina John Merill	1927
45	FM	Wong Yinn Long	1905	1½	1½		Sabri Mohd Saprin	2137
46		Paril Gabriel	2133	1½	1½		Michael Owen	1897
47		Jamals Hendry	2125	1½	1½		Adhithya S	1865
48		Noguchi Koji	2109	1½	1½	FM	Pratama Constantius Leonardo	1820
49		Frost Peter	1858	1½	1½		Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan	2097
50		Romadhan Dziththauly	0	1½	1½		Grafil Franz Robert	2073
51	WFM	Fisabilillah Ummi	2027	1½	1½		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1710
52		Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil	2010	1½	1½		Roy Marpaung	0
53		Ding Tze How Dilwen	1808	1	1	WIM	Frayna Janelle Mae	2197
54		Alahakoon Isuru	2188	1	1		Angela Natasha Renggalis	1801
55		Yahaya Nor Zaiasron	1796	1	1		Luong Phuong Hanh	2171
56	WFM	Elisabeth Christine	2156	1	1		Chan Yi Meng Ryan	1726
57		Zakaria Mohd Fairin	2107	1	1		Kebbedies Frank	1795
58		Koh Sian Kuan Bausch	1772	1	1		Ong Way Justin	1965
59		Amarasekara Lakmal	1634	1	1	WIM	Ranasinghe S D	1857
60		Chuah Hao Min	0	1	½		Chuah Hao Feng	1706
61		Mimura Kensuke	1795	½	½	CM	Budiarto Dhatuyo	1579
62		Mustafa Albakri Suhaimi	0	0	0		Chuah Yi Ning	1605
63		Tan Fischer	1492	0	0		Middleton Jody	1343
64		Razali Mohd Faiz	0	0			bye
65		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	2145	½			not paired
66		Zulkipli Zaidan	2082	1½			not paired
67		Shoemaker Eric D.	0	1			not paired

P/S: Zaidan has pulled out of the tournament.