Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2009 results

June 21, 2009 by GilaChess
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FM Mok Tze Meng became champion of the 1st Penang Heritage City International Open with his win over Tan Eu Hong in tinal round. As early as round 3, Mok was leading the tournament with IM Mas Hafizulhelmi. Mas beat top seed GM Schebler in the fifth round but his chances to win the championship was dashed by a loss to NM Ronnie Lim in Round 7. That left Mok as the sole leader going into the final 2 rounds.

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Despite the loss, Mas bounced back with a win and the last round saw him setting for a peaceful draw against Vietnamese Do Thi Thuong thus tying in points with GM Gerhard Schebler who beat Ismail Ahmad in the same round.

Mas had the better tie-break so takes 2nd place.

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Top seed GM Gerhard suffered a loss to Mas and a draw to NM Ronnie Lim. He takes third place after having the same score as Mas but losing out on tie-break.

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Local Penang coach, Loo Swee Leong took fourth place after defeating NM Ronnie Lim in the final round.

Yeap Eng Cheam, Looi Xin Hao took 5th and 6th place respectively with 6 points out of 9.

NM Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong with the unexpected final round loss settled for 7th place.

Ismail Ahmad, Sumant Subramaniam and Do Thi Huong took 8-10th place respectively.

Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2009

Final Ranking

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Club	Pts	BH.
1	3	FM	Mok Tze Meng	2303	MAS		8	50
2	2	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2425	MAS		7	53
3	1	GM	Gerhard Schebler	2470	GER		7	48½
4	7		Loo Swee Leong	2110	MAS	PCA	6	47½
5	11		Yeap Eng Chiam	2082	MAS		6	42½
6	14		Looi Xin Hao	2001	MAS	PCA	6	38½
7	4	NM	Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie	2287	MAS	PCA	5½	53
8	10		Ismail Ahmad	2082	MAS		5½	49½
9	12		Subramaniam Sumant	2023	MAS		5½	45
10	24		Do Thi Thuong	1600	VIE	PCA	5½	44½
11	5		Liong Ing Kiat Anthony	2167	MAS	PCA	5½	40
12	9		Tan Eu Hong	2097	MAS	PCA	5	49½
13	30		Mark Siew Kit-Tze	1506	MAS		5	47½
14	6		Tan Khai Boon	2131	MAS	PCA	5	46½
15	22		Tan Yik Ping	1666	MAS	PCA	5	37
16	18		Lee Kah Meng Elgin	1811	MAS	PCA	5	35
17	16		Johnharry Pereira	1888	SIN		4½	45
18	13		Wong Hao	2013	MAS	PCA	4½	40½
19	15		Thong Yung Chen	1996	MAS	PCA	4½	37½
20	28		Lee Chan Tung	1514	MAS	PCA	4½	37
21	8		Zakaria Mohd Fadli	2108	MAS	PCA	4	46½
22	26		Keok Kai En	1536	MAS	PCA	4	39½
23	32		Chong Ing Hooi Nicholas	1472	MAS	PCA	4	39
24	21		Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	1524	MAS		4	37½
25	34		Aron Teh Eu Wen	1452	MAS		4	36
26	33		Yap Qian Zheng Jonathan	1470	MAS		4	35
27	17		Syed Iskandar Shah	1812	MAS	PCA	4	34½
28	29		Lim Kong Hui	1511	MAS	PCA	4	32½
29	27		Hoh Tjin Li	1533	MAS	PCA	3½	42½
30	20		Dass Anthony	1688	MAS		3½	39
31	37		Lee Foo Hoe	0	MAS	PCA	3½	33
32	36		Lim Chuin Khai	1292	MAS	PCA	3½	32½
33	31		Hanafi Alias	1496	MAS	PCA	3	33½
34	23		Png Ren Chi	1637	MAS	PCA	3	33
	35		William Lee Kah Howe	1386	MAS	PCA	3	33
36	19		Gates David	1730	ENG		3	33
37	25		Ahmad Fahmi Ahmad Faizal	1543	MAS		1½	31