Malaysian Chess Festival 2009 - Day 1, 22 August 2009

The Malaysian Chess Festival 2009 has kicked off the first day with the Open and Challengers Section on the 22 August 2009 at the Main Ballroom of the CitiTel, Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur.

Seen here is Abdullah Che Hassan playing on board 6 against a Bangladesh GM, Ziaur Rahman.

Near the entrance to the Main Ballroom of the CitiTel chess playing hall one will see the signboard of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2009 with a yellow background.

FM Mok Tze Meng is also playing in the Open Section and is seen playing against a WFM from New Zealand, Helen Milligan. Meanwhile Jax Tham is playing in the AmBank Challengers section against a youngster. Jax Tham is seeded second to Mohd Fadli Zakaria a.k.a. Stonemaster is the top seed in the Challengers section for this year's MCF 2009.

Below is the results of some Malaysian players after the completion of Round 1, MCF 2009:-

1.GM Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh) vs Abdullah Che Hassan 1-0
2.Yap Eng Chiam vs GM Saidali Yuldachev (Uzbekistan) 0-1
3.Xiu Deshun (China) vs Tan Khai Boon 1-0
4.IM Richard Bitton (Philipines) vs Ismail Ahmad 1-0
5.Gao Rui (China) vs Gerald Soh 1-0
6.IM Ashot Nadanian (ARM) vs Sumant Subramaniam 1-0
7.Aaron Chua vs IM Oliver Dimakiling (Philipines) 0-1
8.Wong Hao vs FM Awam Wahono (Indonesia) 0-1
9.WIM Zhang Xiawen (China) vs Kaushal Khandahar 1-0
10.Ric Portugalera vs FM Lim Yee Weng 1-0
11.WFM Helen Meliigan (New Zealand) vs FM Mok Tze Meng 0-1
12.Hao Xiangjia (China) vs. Justin Tan 1-0
13.Liue Yu (China) vs Lim Khian Hwa 1-0
14.Yeoh Li Tian vs FM Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) 1/2-1/2
15.FM Shinji Kojima (JPN) vs S.Balendran 1-0
16.Li Hanjin vs Richard Kimbin 1-0
17.Elgin Lee vs IM Jimmy Liew 0-1
18.Edward Lee Kai Jee vs NM Ronnie Lee 0-1
19.Domagoj Dragicevic vs Abang Hj. Draup 1-0
20.Abang Draup Zamahari vs Ian Udani 0-1

To see more results of the first round pls go to the following link :-http://datmo.net/2009/08/round-1-results/

A new blog called the Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2009 has been created and being updated by the trio of GilaChess, GiLoCatur and Hairoluvchessmaniacs on the events of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2009. As a result, all chess enthusiasts will get quality reporting on the event by following the blog at the following link: http://malaysianopen.blogspot.com/. Kudos to the three chess bloggers. Keep it up, guys.