8th Round Up Commentary, K L Open 2009

Pic Above: Haslindah Ruslan (MAS)

Haslindah Ruslan has won her games in rounds 6 and 7, turning around her game. This morning she managed to draw her game with Ismail Ahmad of Malaysia, giving her a convincing 2.5 points thus far, going into the penultimate and 9th round of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2009 being held at Shah's Village Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia from 4th - 8th September 2009.

Another major win  in the 8th round was NM Edward Lee Kim Han, Malaysia, overcoming his more experienced opponent from India, IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar. This win gives Edward a 4.5 points after completing the 8th round. Indonesian "Dream Girls" WFM Dewi A.A. Citra won her game against Malaysia's NWM Tan Li Ting and another Indonesian "Dream Girls" WCM Sihite Chelsie Monica also won her game against Tan Fischer of Singapore.

Pic above: Indonesian "Dream Girls" chess  team during the recent Malaysian Open 2009.

In a top of table play, GM Ngoc (Vie) wins against FM Mahmud Syarif (Ina) giving the top seed a 6.5 points while 2nd seeded GM Dao (Vie) drew his game against FM Pak Yevgeniy (Kaz) dropping half point behind to 6 points. Two other notable wins were from GM Marat (Uzb) and GM Susanto (Ina) bringing the chasing pack to three players at 6 full points after the 8th round of play.