Round 9 Results, K L Open 2009 - GM Ngoc Is Champ

Pic Above: Results of final round 9, KL Open 2009;     

Pic Bottom: Final Rankings of Kuala Lumpur Open 2009.

As expected, the final round of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2009 held at Shah's Village Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia have its top seed, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam), 2589, as its champion finishing with an unassailable 7.5 points after 9 rounds Swiss system. He won his final game against GM Marat of Uzbekistan.

Pic Above, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, the KL Open 2009 Champion.

Second place went to GM Megaranto Susanto, Indonesia, 2527, with 7.0 points beating GM Dao, Vietnam. In third place, GM Iuldachev Saidali, Uzbekistan, 2519, with 6.5 points while fourth place, GM Dao with 6.0 points. Followed by GM Dzhumaev Marat, Uzbekistan, fifth place.

For the Malaysians, NM Lee Kim Han Edward ended his efforts with a creditable 5.0 points from 9 rounds, ranked 27th position. Wong Jianwen, the young gun, achieved 38th placing with 4.0 points, followed by Najib, M Abdul Haq (both 4.0 points), NWM Tan Li Ting (3.5 points), Haslindah Ruslan (3.0 points) and Ismail Ahmad (2.5 points).