Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2010

Latest news: Six GMs have provisionally confirmed their participation in the upcoming Kuala Lumpur Chess Open 2010 in April. And another 18 players have registered for the said tournament. Extract from chess-results.com.

Starting Rank List (Up to 2 February 2010)

No.   Name FED Rtg 1 GM Iuldashev Saidali UZB 2519 2 GM Marat Dzhumaev UZB 2515 3 IM Wohl Alex AUS 2458 4 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2445 5 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2419 6 GM Wong Meng Kong SIN 2416 7 WIM Muninova Nafisa UZB 2347 8 FM Smith Robert W NZL 2289 9 IM Gokhale Chandrasekhar IND 2271 10 WIM Wang Xiaohui CHN 2208 11   Zhou Guijue CHN 2208 12   Navalgund Niranjan IND 2168 13   Legaspi Edmundo PHI 2126 14   Wijesuriya Luxman SRI 2089 15 WIM Mendoza Beverly PHI 2080 16   Yeoh Phee Leong Marcus MAS 1999 17   Bersamina Paolo PHI 1927 18 WFM Smith Vivian J NZL 1806 19   Shenvi Pratik IND 1778 20   Vivek M IND 1694 21 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 0 22 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 0 23 WCM Iin Dwijawanti Kadek INA 0 24   Ann Legaspi Kaye PHI 0

So far, only one Malaysian chess player has confirmed his participation, Marcus Yeoh from Penang. Let’s hope more Malaysians will take this opportunity to play against some high level chess players in the region to gain exposure and probably to increase their FIDE rating if they succeed.