By Andrew Ooi
China’s Wang Hao won this title 13 years go as a prodigy, and finally returning to play, this time as a 2700 Grandmaster, he again took the title, scoring eight points out of a possible nine with seven wins and two draws.
Second place was taken by Iran’s brilliant young talent Alireza Firouzja with seven points and a better tie-break over third placed Filipino veteran Darwin Laylo.
The Top 20:
1. Wang Hao 8; 2-3. Firouzja Alireza & Laylo Darwin 7; 4-13. Dimakiling Oliver, Idani Pouya, Deepan Chakkravarthy J. , Karthikeyan P., Bersamina Paulo, Firman Syah Farid, Fang Yuxiang, Taher Yoseph Theolifus, Kuybokarov Temur & Saduakassova Dinara; 14-20. Andyka Pitra, Le Tuan Minh, Yeoh Li Tian, Chan Nicholas, Dang Hoang Son, Yu Ruiyuan & Miciano John Marvin.
Photo is of former China No. 1 Wang Hao together with long time Malaysian chess patron Dato’ Tan Chin Nam who is also the sponsor.
Full results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr371453.aspx?lan=1