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Mid Valley City in Kuala Lumpur, where the Malaysian Chess Festival is held
As in past years, the chess festival coincides with Malaysia's Independance Day. This year commemorates Malaysia's 54th year of Independance. The Malaysian Chess Festival is unique in that it runs three simultaneous tournaments at the same venue in Cititel Hotel.
The Malaysian Open this year was won by Chinese GM Li Shilong
Past champions include Ni Hua (2004), Wang Hao (2005), Dao Thien Hai (2006),
Li Chao(2007), Li Chao(2008), Negi Parimarjan (2009) and Cao Sang(2010).
GM Li Shilong takes back home with him USD 4,000 as champion
The AmBank Challengers section was won by pretty lass,
Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz from Uzbekistan, who takes home RM 1000
2006 Malaysian Open champion GM Dao Thien Hai
Dato' Tan Chin Nam, popularly aknowledged as the father of Malaysian chess,
former FIDE Deputy President, and 85 years young, playing in the Seniors section
IM Oliver Dimakiling "killed" off many opponents with his enterprising and
aggressive
style in the tournament earning him best game prize
Chess writer IM Gary Lane
GM Dmitri Kayumov winning the seniors section for the second
time in a row. He won RM 5000 for his efforts.
Malaysia's first International Master Jimmy Liew winning second prize
(RM 4000)
China is never short of new talents. Lu Shanglei is a new face but his performance
earned him a GM norm in this tournament. He finished second in the Open section.
16 year old Wang Jue earned a IM norm
Another talented 16-year-old, Lei Tingjei, who earned a WIM norm
Best Malaysian: IM Lim Yee Weng
WIM Nafisa Muminova wins the best Ladies prize
WGM Ju Wenjun finished 6th place overall
Current Vietnamese Women champion WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung
Second best in the ladies: WGM Zhang Xiaowen
Rk. |
Title |
Name | FED |
Rtg |
Pts. |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
1 |
GM |
Li Shilong | CHN |
2520 |
7.5 |
54.5 |
42.5 |
44.75 |
2 |
IM |
Lu Shanglei | CHN |
2526 |
7.0 |
53.0 |
40.5 |
40.50 |
3 |
GM |
Wen Yang | CHN |
2558 |
7.0 |
47.0 |
37.5 |
36.50 |
4 |
Wan Yunguo | CHN |
2462 |
6.5 |
51.0 |
39.0 |
35.50 |
|
5 |
GM |
Wang Rui | CHN |
2436 |
6.5 |
49.5 |
38.5 |
31.50 |
6 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | CHN |
2515 |
6.5 |
45.5 |
35.5 |
32.75 |
7 |
GM |
Sanchez Joseph | PHI |
2534 |
6.5 |
44.0 |
33.5 |
31.50 |
8 |
IM |
Dimakiling Oliver | PHI |
2414 |
6.0 |
54.0 |
42.5 |
34.00 |
9 |
GM |
Salvador Roland | PHI |
2527 |
6.0 |
50.5 |
39.0 |
31.00 |
10 |
IM |
Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE |
2452 |
6.0 |
48.5 |
38.5 |
29.00 |
11 |
Yu Ruiyuan | CHN |
2431 |
6.0 |
47.0 |
37.0 |
28.50 |
|
12 |
IM |
Rolando Nolte | PHI |
2433 |
6.0 |
46.5 |
37.0 |
29.75 |
13 |
IM |
Yu Lie | CHN |
2414 |
6.0 |
46.0 |
36.0 |
26.00 |
14 |
GM |
Dao Thien Hai | VIE |
2492 |
6.0 |
45.5 |
36.0 |
28.25 |
15 |
Udani Ian | PHI |
2307 |
6.0 |
44.5 |
34.0 |
26.25 |
|
16 |
GM |
Gasanov Eldar | UKR |
2472 |
6.0 |
42.5 |
34.0 |
28.00 |
17 |
WIM |
Muminova Nafisa | UZB |
2319 |
6.0 |
42.0 |
31.0 |
25.50 |
18 |
Tumpak Sinurat | INA |
0 |
6.0 |
37.5 |
29.5 |
25.25 |
There are eight chess events included as part of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2011:
This pictorial report was prepared by Andrew Ooi (left), with all photographs
by Hadi
Hamid (right). Both of them spent sleepless nights as "bulletin boys" for the
event.
