Negi had to win his final raound game vs tournament leader Emanuel Senador and he did! He is the 6th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Champion.
The Malaysian Open has seen leadership changed hands 3 times in 3 rounds! Emmanuel Senador is the new leader going into the final round.
(picture by Hadi Hamid) GM Negi Parimarjan emerged champion of the IGB 6th Malaysia Open 2009 after defeating Emanuel Senador in the final round. Ronald Dableo also ended with the same points as Negi at 7/9 but the latter had a superior tie break. Ghaem Maghami, Emanuel Senador and Nguyen Nguc Troungson ended up third to 5th place respectively. Read More
The fight to be 2009 Malaysian Open championship has been so intense that the tournament leader have changed 3 times going into today's final round. After 8 rounds, Emmanuel Senador is the surprise leader after he beat higher rated Yu Yangyi of China on board 1. Playing on the black side of the Sicilian, Senador successfully thwarted Yu Yangyi's fierce attack against his king. After several exchanges, the endgame favoured Emmanuel and the win was never in doubt. Senador will be meeting GM Negi Parimarjan ... Read More
With only 2 more rounds to go, untitled chinese player, Yu Yangyi take sole leadership of the 6th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open after beating GM Dzhumaev Marat. This was made possible when previous round leaders GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and GM Negi Parimarjan drew their games on board 1. However, Yu Yangyi lead is slim as there is 5 players just half a point behind him. 6 points: Yu Yangyi ... Read More
The 6th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open sees a very tense struggle for first place with no clear leader yet in sight nearing the end of the tournament. In round 6, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son beat GM Dzhumaev Marat who was leading in the previous round. There are now 3 players tied in top position. They are GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, GM Negi Parimarjan and Yu Yangyi. GM Nguyen Ngoc Troung Son ... Read More
After 5 rounds, a leader has finally emerged in the 6th IGB Dato Tan Malaysia Open, GM Dzhumaev Marat (pictureleads the pack of 100 players with a slim lead of half a point. He has 4.5/5. Following closely behind are Gao Rui, Xiu Deshun, GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan, Senador Emmanuel, Nguyen Ngoc Troung Son, GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Negi Parimarjan and Yu Yangyi. All have 4/5 at the moment. Two time defending champion GM Li Chao ... Read More
After 3 rounds, there are four joint leaders in the 6th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2009. Xiu Deshun, Ghaem Maghami, Dzhumaev Marat and Gao Rui all have 3 points out of a possible 3. Tournament first seed and favourite, is currently sharing 4-19th placing after drawing his 3rd round game with Sriram Jha. Rk ... Read More
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Malaysian Open 2009 Blog
