Pinoy IM Roderick Nava wins 2015 KL Open Chess Competition. IM Nolte and IM Mas Hafizul, 2nd & Third!

SPORTS - Media Partnership
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Monday, 31st August 2015

( Logo of the KL Chess Association )

( Champion 2015 KL Open - IM Roderick Nava from Philippines )

Complete Results:
OPEN event
U16 Juniors category


OPEN
Champion - IM Roderick Nava (Philippines), 8 points
Runners-Up - IM Nolte Rolando (Philippines), 7 points
Third - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (Malaysia), 7 points


U16 Juniors Open
Champion - WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (Malaysia), 8.5 points
Runners-Up - Amir Ghazi Mohd Saprin (Malaysia), 7.5 points
Third - Lee Zhi Wei (Malaysia), 6.5 points

2015 KL International Open Chess Competition Begins Today!

SPORTS - Media Partnership
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Sunday, 30th August 2015

Official Results can be obtained here:-
OPEN Event - Pairings & RESULTS
Juniors U-16 Open - Juniors, Pairings & RESULTS

*pictures courtesy of L.G.Ng, KL Open 2015 Tournament Director

The 2015 KL Open begins today at the Cititel Midvalley - KL.
Round 1 was played in the morning and Round 2 was at 12noon

Round 1 ended with a few upsets in the premium OPEN event notably Olympiad, 11th seeded Sumant Subramaniam (FIDE Rating 2115) loss to CM Ng Jen Sheng (1642) seeded 39th. Other notables were CM Fadli (2024) seeded 20th who lost to Selangor MSSM player Bryan Yap(1417) seeded 48th and 5th seeded Nelson Villanueva(2294) who drew with 33rd seeded Lum Zhun Hong(1779).

In the developmental U16 Juniors category, introduced for the first time by KLCA this year for Juniors development purposes - the "script" or pairings were largely followed.

Round 2 began a short while ago.

KLCA Ready for tomorrow's Day 1 of the 2015 KL Open Chess Competition

SPORTS - Media Partnership

Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Saturday, 29th August 2015

 ( L-R: The Invitation Card for the 2015 KL Open and KLCA logo )

The Kuala Lumpur Chess Association or KLCA is ready for tomorrow's 8th edition of the 2015 KL International Open Chess Competition which will be held at Cititel Midvalley Kuala Lumpur from 30th to 31st August. The event is held in conjunction with Malaysia's 58th Merdeka Day celebrations. The ASEAN 500 is an official Media Partner for the event.

( KL Open 2015 Technical Meeting, Customary for any FIDE-rated event )

( KL Open 2015, Technical Briefing done by IA Peter Long - Chief Arbiter for event )

*pictures courtesy of L.G.Ng - KL Open 2015 Tournament Director.

( An EXCO Member of KLCA, sitting in front of the event's backdrop )

* picture courtesy of CM Fadli Zakaria

The customary Technical Meeting has just ended around 7.05 pm. Around 100 players are confirmed to start the event tomorrow with players in the Open category slightly outnumbering the Under-16 Juniors category which is just introduced to help with the development of junior chess players in Malaysia. Numbers are a bit down due to the present political scenario which resulted in a few countries not confirming their participation in the Open event whilst a number of local players or more specifically chess parents had withdrawn their children from the U16 Juniors event as well despite initially expressing their interest to play.

( Gold Sponsors for KL Open 2015 - Kasparov Foundation A.Pacific and IGB Corporation Berhad)

Gold sponsors are Kasparov Foundation Asia Pacific and IGB Corporation Berhad. RM12,000 as prize money is at stake for the winners. The ASEAN 500 wishes KLCA All the Best in organising the event and wish the players well as well.