8th Round Pairings, Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2009, 8th September 2009

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Pic above: Round 8 pairings, KL Open 2009.

Tomorrow will be the last day of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Open Championship 2009. It will consist of the last two rounds of the 9 round Swiss which has been held since 4th September 2009 at the Shah's Village Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vie) and GM Thien Hai Dao (Vie) are both closely contesting to be the Champion of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2009 in the last two rounds. If the two grandmasters falter, a small elite group of titled players of six players are waiting in the wings to pounce on the opportunity to win. Waiting in the wings include GM Marat (Uzb), GM Megaranto Susanto (Ina), IM Irwanto Sadikin (Ina), FM Pak Yevgeniy (Kaz), FM Mahmud Syarif (Ina) and FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel (Sin) whom all have the same 5 points after completing 7 rounds of play.

Pic above: WFM Dewi A.A. Citra (Ina), 1931.

The Malaysians are not in contention but NM Edward Lee Kim Han (Mas) will meet another International Master from India, IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar, 2284, on board 14. On board 19, Najib Abdul Wahab (Mas) will meet another player from India Biswajit Bharadwaj, 1920, while two Malaysians will challenge each other on board 20, that is Mohamed Abdul Haq(Mas) and young gun, Wong Jianwen (Mas), 1763. NWM Tan Li Ting will meet WFM Dewi A. A. Citra (Ina), 1931 on board 23. Surprise, surprise, Haslindah Ruslan (Mas), 1698, now has two full points, will now meet, ex-Police World Champion, Ismail Ahmad (Mas), 2089 on board 25.

Question is who will win the title of Champion of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2009? The run-up to the last two rounds on the 8th September 2009 tomorrow will decide the winner.