Johor Chess Association invites you to 9th Johor Open 2025 in Malaysia

by Shahid Ahmed
1/13/2025 – Johor Chess Association invites you to 9th Johor International Open 2025. The tournament has two categories - Open and Challengers (Below 2000). The top three prizes in Open are RM 10000, 6000 and 4000. For Challengers, the top three prizes are RM 1300, 1000 and 800. A total of 3 GMs, 11 IMs and a WIM have registered from eight countries across the world. Entry is Free for GM, IM and players rated above 2300 in the Open section. Last date is extended to 16th January without any penalty in entry fees. There are few conditions offered for GMs rated above 2400 and IMs rated above 2300. IM Nitin S and Venkatesh M R are the only two Indians to have won this tournament in 2014 and 2017 respectively. The next one can be you. Check out the article to find out all details about the tournament. Photo: Tournament circular

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Regulations, Venue, Date and Eligibility

9th Johor International Chess Open 2025 will take place at Fairview International School in Johor, Malaysia from 18th to 23rd January 2025. There are two categories - Open and Challengers. Open is completely open for all. Challengers section is for players rated below 2000. Total nine rounds will be played in each event. For more details, check the image below.

Tournament Regulations | Source: Tournament circular

Schedule

The tournament will take place from 18th to 23rd January 2025. There are double rounds on 20th, 21st and 22nd January. Check out the image below for complete schedule details. There is a Rapid tournament on 19th and Blitz on 23rd January.

Tournament Schedule | Source: Tournament circular

Prizes

The top three prizes in Open tournament is - RM 10000 (≈₹191480), 6000 (≈₹114888) and 4000 (≈₹76592). There are also special prizes in various categories. Check out the image below for more details.

Prize details in both categories | Source: Tournament Circular

Entry fee

Entry is FREE for GM, IM and players rated above 2300. Last date is extended to 16th January without any penalty in entry fees. For everyone else, check the entry fee details for both categories in the image below.

Entry fee details | Source: Tournament circular

Accommodation and Conditions

Check out the accommodation details. Conditions (Provisions) for GM and IMs mentioned below.

Accommodation details | Source: Tournament circular

Contact details

Pooja: +601126703228

Azri: +60182380806

Dinesh: +60146115256

Steven: WhatsApp/Wechat +60167202272

email: enquiry@johorchess.org

Check the tournament details on our calendar.

Players list in Open

No. Name Rtg
1 Iniyan, Pa 2508
2 Priasmoro, Novendra 2436
3 Setyaki, Azarya Jodi 2417
4 Firman Syah, Farid 2405
5 Arfan, Aditya Bagus 2402
6 Raahul, V S 2382
7 Nguyen, Van Huy 2372
8 Cahaya, Satria Duta 2360
9 Hafiz, Arif Abdul 2358
10 Budhidharma, Nayaka 2356
11 Duong, The Anh 2303
12 Sun, Chao 2241
13 Gunawan, Ronny 2225
14 Li, Bo 2222
15 Genkeswaran, Genivan 2198
16 Zulkipli, Zaidan 2176
17 Mariano, Fabian Glen 2175
18 Sadikin The, Irwanto 2174
19 Zhou, Guijue 2154

Details

Links

Official site

Johor Chess Association

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