24th August 2018, Kuala Lumpur - At the Malaysia Chess Festival 2018, GM Wang Hao, China meets GM Firouzja Alireza on top board of the 15th Dato'Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2018 of the 7th round. Hot on their heels are our Malaysian IM Yeoh Li Tian with 5 points so far from 6 rounds of play. He is currently on board two playing against Indonesian Grand Master Megaranto Susanto.
The Malaysian chess fraternity has been abuzz that IM Yeoh Li Tian might manage a GM norm from this year's Malaysian Open tournament. He has already earn draws from both the top boards, GM Wang Hao and GM Firouzja Alireza.
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| Figure 1. Round 7 pairings of the 15th Dato'Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2018. |
Yeoh Li Tian performance so far up to round 5 is shown below:
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| Figure 2. Yeoh Li Tian's performance up to round 5, Malaysia Open 2018 |
His average opponents rating is 2449 so far. His current performance rating is 2711, way above his current rating of 2497. He has scored 5 points so far. Based on best estimates, IM Yeoh Li Tian needs to score at least 6.5 points over the 9 complete rounds to earn the GM norm. Let's wait till Sunday, 26th August 2018 to see whether Malaysia may have a Grandmaster in the making.
To see more chess results, please visit this link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr371453.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=7&fed=MAS
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