Chess Realm News - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son wins the KL Open 2009

Tournament Top Seed Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son from Vietnam stood victorious after 9 rounds of intense chess action with an impressive 7.5 points from 9 games and won for himself RM 10,000.




Rounding up the Top 10 Performers of the Kuala Lumpur Open 2009 are the ff:

1. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2589 7.5
2. GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2527 7.0
3. GM Luldachev Saidali UZB 2519 6.5
4. GM Thien Hai Dao VIE 2542 6.0
5. GM Dzhumaez Marat UZB 2532 6.0
6. IM Vakhidov Tahir UZB 2520 6.0
7. CM Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2329 6.0
8. IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2490 6,0
9 . IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2429 5,5
10. IM Liu Dede INA 2419 5,5

Its good top see that Filipino IM Richard Bitoon made it to the top 10. More tournaments and he should be able to grab hold of that ilusive GM title for him