8th Johor International Chess Open 2023 begins

by Peter Long - 06/07/2023

After winning Professsor Lim Kok Ann Open 2023 and finishing second on tie-breaks at Thailand Open 2023, GM Diptayan Ghosh is now the top seed at 8th Johor Open 2023. Peter Long who is playing after almost 13 years, writes from the tournament location, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Peter's last event was 39th Chess Olympiad back in September 2009. The tournament has two sections - Masters and Amateurs. A total of 24 players including four GMs and eight IMs are taking part from seven countries across the world in the Masters section. The average rating is 2303. Total prize fund is RM 125000, RM 90000 in the Masters and RM 35000 in the Amateurs. The winner of the Masters will earn RM 22000 (approx. ₹389378). Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long

A strong field in the Masters

From 5th to 11th July 2023, a total of 79 players, 24 in the Masters and 55 in the Amateurs, are battling for honours in the 8th Johor International Open Chess Championships 2023 at the Fairview International School Campus in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Players in action during Round 1

The Johor Open is the second in the ASEAN chess event series, the first being the Thailand International Open held in Chiang Mai from 28th June to 4th July 2023.

Chiang Mai saw no less than three players achieving IM-norms and with a significantly stronger Masters (average rating of 2303) at the 8th Johor Open, this number is expected to significantly improve!

Top seed is GM Diptayan Ghosh (2577) from India, and in first round play defeated Malaysian National Champion FM Lim Zhuo Ren (2310) with the black pieces.

GM Diptayan Ghosh is in a terrific form

Discounting surprises, his main challenges are expected to come from Indonesian no.1 and no. 2, GMs Susanto Megaranto and Novendra Priasmoro, who are also the second and fourth seeds, and Chinese IM Chen Qi B is seeded third.

In total there are 16 titled players from eight countries, of which four are Grandmasters, eight are International Masters and four are FIDE Masters.

The 8th Johor Open International Open Chess Championships is being organised by the Johor Chess Association as part of the ASEAN Chess Event series open tournament initiative of the ASEAN Chess Confederation, and all details can be found at its website.

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	13	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren,	2310	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Ghosh Diptayan,	2577	1
2	2	GM	Megaranto Susanto,	2505	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Hafiz Arif Abdul,	2241	15
3	16	CM	Shreyans K. Shah,	2237	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Chen Qi B,	2475	3
4	4	GM	Priasmoro Novendra,	2467	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Wong Meng Kong,	2214	17
5	18		Kamalsyah Muhammad,	2210	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Badmatsyrenov Oleg,	2440	5
6	6	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman,	2428	0	1 - 0	0		Dziththauly Ramadhan,	2201	19
7	20		Wu Yixing,	2102	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Wang Shixu B,	2419	7
8	8	IM	Firman Syah Farid,	2403	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Ang Ern Jie Anderson,	2083	21
9	22		Chen Kailin,	2060	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi,	2393	9
10	10		Sek Konstantin,	2392	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Owen Michael,	2048	23
11	24	FM	Muhammed Shuaau,	2008	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh,	2390	11
12	12	IM	Liu Xiangyi,	2377	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Long Peter,	2282	14

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Ghosh Diptayan,	IND	2577	1	0	0	0
	2	GM	Megaranto Susanto,	INA	2505	1	0	0	0
	3	IM	Chen Qi B,	CHN	2475	1	0	0	0
	4	GM	Priasmoro Novendra,	INA	2467	1	0	0	0
	5	IM	Badmatsyrenov Oleg,	FID	2440	1	0	0	0
	6	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman,	BAN	2428	1	0	0	0

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Ghosh Diptayan,	2577	1		1	GM	Priasmoro Novendra,	2467	4
2	5	IM	Badmatsyrenov Oleg,	2440	1		1	GM	Megaranto Susanto,	2505	2
3	3	IM	Chen Qi B,	2475	1		1	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman,	2428	6
4	11	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh,	2390	1		½	IM	Firman Syah Farid,	2403	8
5	7	IM	Wang Shixu B,	2419	½		½		Chen Kailin,	2060	22
6	9	IM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi,	2393	½		½		Wu Yixing,	2102	20
7	14	FM	Long Peter,	2282	½		½		Sek Konstantin,	2392	10
8	21	CM	Ang Ern Jie Anderson,	2083	½		½	IM	Liu Xiangyi,	2377	12
9	23	CM	Owen Michael,	2048	½		0	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren,	2310	13
10	15	FM	Hafiz Arif Abdul,	2241	0		0		Kamalsyah Muhammad,	2210	18
11	19		Dziththauly Ramadhan,	2201	0		0	CM	Shreyans K. Shah,	2237	16
12	17	GM	Wong Meng Kong,	2214	0		0	FM	Muhammed Shuaau,	2008	24

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Links

Johor Chess Association: Official site, fb page

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