IM Poh Yu Tian of Malaysia (left) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 19th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship 2024 part of Malaysian Chess Festival.
IM Kushagra Mohan scored sole 7/9 to secure second place. Four players – GM Laylo Darwin (PHI), Sunle Gong (CHN), FM Stephen Rome Pangilinan (PHI) and FM Nguyen Quoc Hy (VIE) scored 6.5/9 each. They secured third to sixth place respectively according to tie-breaks.
WGM Mary Ann Gomes and GM Deepan Chakravarthy are the only two other Indians to make a top ten finish. They scored 6/9 each to finish at eighth and ninth place respectively. Mary also won the Best Woman prize. Photo: Andrew Ooi Boon Seng
From Chessbase India