Some Players Of The Malaysian Chess Festival 2009

Some pictures taken during MCF 2009 this year.

Abdullah Che Hassan in the foreground and the Iranian WIM Ghader Pour Shayesteh (in the end of the table) facing GM Negi, India during the first round of play in the Open Section.

This is Shreyas Subramaniam, one of the three Subramaniam siblings, taking part in the AmBank Challengers section.

Syed Remizan Syed Sobri and his friend, Ahmad Faizal practising after Round 4, Challengers section, while discussing team preparations later in the week, 29-31 August 2009.

Here we have the Iranian WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan against another chess player during round 5 of the Open Section on Tuesday, 25th August 2009.

GM Schebler, Gerhard, Germany (nearest) putting his mind to the chess pieces on the board.

WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, Iran vs WIM Muminova, Nafisa of Uzbekistan (middle of long table) in the Open Section.