Xiu Deshun Hold the Advantage of 1/2 point in Round 8

Shen Siyuan unable to continue his fine form after succumbed to a lost to Xiu Deshun. GM Elshan Moradiabadi continued to pressure on Xiu by winning FM Farhan Mohannad. Top seed GM Nigel Short won against Zhou Guijue to keep up with the leaders. GM Li Shilong, IM Laxman, GM Abhijit Kunte, GM Gerhard Schebler & GM Ruslan Pogorelov won all their respective games to keep up with top 10 spots.

Malaysian Players in Action

FM Mok Tze Meng again lost to Chinese player but this time to Zhang Ziyang. In the earlier rounds, FM Mok lost to GM Li Shilong. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi drew against Australian Matthew Drummond. Ismail Ahmad lost to FM Colm Daly. Sarawakian Abang Draup Zamhari and Abang Azman Draup Hj lost their respective games.

Standings Malaysian After Round 8.

FM Mok Tze Meng & IM Mas Hafizulhelmi scoring 4.5 points

Ismail Ahmad scoring 4 points

Abang Azman Draup Hj scoring 1.5 points

Abang Draup Zamhari 1 point

 

Bo.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name
1		Shen Siyuan	5½	0 - 1	6½		Xiu Deshun
2	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	6	1 - 0	5½	FM	Mohannad Farhan
3	GM	Short Nigel	5½	1 - 0	5½		Zhou Guijue
4		Thejkumar M.S.	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Li Shilong
5	IM	Laxman R.R.	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Saptarshi Roy
6	GM	Kunte Abhijit	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.
7	GM	Schebler Gerhard	5	1 - 0	5		Kojima Shinya
8	FM	Saeheng Boonsueb	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan
9	FM	Reilly Tim	5	0 - 1	4½	GM	Kekelidze Mikheil
10	IM	Sengupta Deep	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Lahiri Atanu
11		Hopman Pieter	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Bakre Tejas
12	IM	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Pitirotjirathon Jirapak
13	FM	Voigt Martin	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Yap Kim Steven
14		Zhang Ziyang	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Mok Tze-Meng
15	IM	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	4½	1 - 0	4½		Topi-Hulmi Teemu
16		Purushothaman Thirumalai	4½	0 - 1	4½		Sorensen Torben
17	FM	Kaufeld Juergen	4½	0 - 1	4		Gao Rui
18	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	4	½ - ½	4		Drummond Matthew
19		Joyce John	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Ghane Shojaat
20		Moun Moun Latt	4	½ - ½	4		Kvisla Johannes
21		Li Hanbin	4	½ - ½	4		Neubronner Jarred
22		Ismail Ahmed	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Daly Colm
23	IM	Shetty Rahul	4	1 - 0	4		Mahmoody M. Sadegh
24	FM	Vishnu Prasanna V.	4	½ - ½	4		Vospernik Andrej
25		Thebault Bernard	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat
26		Tuomala Timo	3½	1 - 0	3½		Strand Haakon
27		Eng Andre-Jerome	3½	½ - ½	3½		Michalet Guy
28		Korff Kim	3½	1 - 0	3½		Pettersen Joar Gullestad
29		Wee Chu En Kelvin	3½	1 - 0	3½		Johnsen Sverre
30		Pornariyasombat Atippat	3½	½ - ½	3½		Wang Chengjia
31		Hutapea Juniel	3½	½ - ½	3½		Dwivedi Ashish K.
32		Vea Odin Blikra	3½	1 - 0	3½		Chan Cheng-Hoong Joel
33		Akharaboollasezs Akharin	3½	½ - ½	3½		Aung Kyaw Moe
34		Klemm Alexander	3½	1 - 0	3½		Hoffman Ron
35		Yssing Klaus	3½	½ - ½	3½		Pedersen Peter Brondt
36		Wismeijer Jeroen	3	1 - 0	3½		Uehara Shimpei
37		Sivara Poompat	3	0 - 1	3		Tuorila Kai
38		Tuamsang Sawapop	3	½ - ½	3		Norris Damian C.
39		Attwood James	3	1 - 0	3		Darby Peter
40		Maouel Kamel	3	0 - 1	3		Sollid Stein
41		Wiesebach Wolfgang	3	1 - 0	3		O'Rourke Ray
42		Krumm Johannes	3	0 - 1	3		Yothinnorratham Tepparit
43		Chong Chor Yuen	3	½ - ½	3		Wong Hoong An
44		Chutubtim Prayudh	3	1 - 0	3		Pongkiettisak Sant
45		Kim Doyun	3	0 - 1	3		Foo Benjamin
46		Watharow Sean	2½	0 - 1	3		Tominski Norbert
47		Wee Chun-Jie Eugene	2½	1 - 0	2½		Pitkanen Juhani
48		Wolfaardt Francois	2½	0 - 1	2½		Laurain Dominique
49		Srivatanakul Pricha	2½	0 - 1	2½		Haveland Bjorn
50		Pedersen Nicolai Kvist Brondt	2½	1 - 0	2½		Thanarotrung Ratchaphong
51		Brookfield Toby	2½	0 - 1	2½		Wiwatanadate Poompong
52		Chan Yin Lok Linus	2½	1 - 0	2½		Le Bris Louis
53		Masters Christopher	2	1 - 0	2		Westphal Gerhard
54		Yueh Elsa Wei Chung	2	½ - ½	2		Law Mark
55		Huang Jimmy Ching-Chih	2	1 - 0	2		Gates David
56		Lie Terje	2	1 - 0	2		Tan Fischer
57		Lu Chia-Hsin	2	0 - 1	1½		Cork David J
58		Petchrongrusamee Pornpong	1½	1 - 0	1½		Draup Hj. Abang Azman
59		Thanarotrung Thanaphon	1½	0 - 1	1½		Hegvik Leif Trygve
60		Brunet Patrick	1½	1 - 0	1		Zamahari Abang Draup
61		Sanjay N.	0	0			not paired
62		Baumgartner Martin	2½	0			not paired