6 Players Jointly Leads In DAT Malaysian Open

5 September 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Open 2010, the leaderboard shows six players who have the same five points from 6 rounds of play. The six players are Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE), Wen Yang (CHN), Gupta Abhijeet (IND), Cao Sang (VIE), Zhou Weiqi (CHN) and Wan Yunguo (CHN).

The table below summarises the rankings of the top 28 players after round 6 of play with the nearest Malaysian being Ronnie Lim at 21 and IM Mok Tze Meng at 25, both with 4 points each :-

Today is a rest day for the three concurrent tournaments (Malaysian Open/Seniors Open/ Challengers Open) as the Age-Group competitions take control and centre stage for the whole of Sunday, 5 September 2010.

Round 7 of the Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Open 2010 will commence on Monday, 6 September 2010, 9.30 am.