20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Challengers LIVE

The 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship will take place from September 15 to January 26 2026 in Malaysia. This tournament is separated into 3 categories – Open, Challengers, and Senior. The Challengers section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Asia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are Christian Marcelo Olaybal (1970), AGM Christopher Diaz (1960), Sheng Yip Chan (1909), Lemmuel Jay Adena (1908), WFM April Joy Claros (1904), ACM Joemel Narzabal (1891), Muhammad Azmi Khoirullah (1877), Franklin Loyd Andes (1873), Muhd Asyraf Razman (1858), AIM Hao Loong Yee (1856), Lance Nathaniel Orlina (1855), Kin Keuw Chek (1849), Kate Nicole Ordizo (1848), Zeus Alexis Paglinawan (1844), Ghorai Samrat (1842), AIM Sushrutha Reddy (1837), Amir Muqqri Mohd Saprin (1835), Moganesh Sivanesan (1834), Mario Giacometto (1832), Xavier Negron (1824). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Open / Seniors
More Asian events: Bangladesh 49th National ‘B’ Chess Championship 2025 / 38th National U13 Goa Chess Championship 2025 – Open / 38th National U13 Goa Chess Championship 2025 – Girls / Mongolian National Chess Championship 2025 Men / Mongolian National Chess Championship 2025 Women 

20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Challengers Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1		Olaybal, Christian Marcelo	PHI	1970
2	AGM	Diaz, Christopher	PHI	1960
3		Chan, Sheng Yip	MAS	1909
4		Adena, Lemmuel Jay	PHI	1908
5	WFM	Claros, April Joy	PHI	1904
6	ACM	Narzabal, Joemel	PHI	1891
7		Khoirullah, Muhammad Azmi	INA	1877
8		Andes, Franklin Loyd	PHI	1873
9		Razman, Muhd Asyraf	MAS	1858
10	AIM	Yee, Hao Loong	MAS	1856
11		Orlina, Lance Nathaniel	PHI	1855
12		Chek, Kin Keuw	MAS	1849
13		Ordizo, Kate Nicole	PHI	1848
14		Paglinawan, Zeus Alexis	PHI	1844
15		Samrat, Ghorai	IND	1842
16	AIM	Sushrutha, Reddy	IND	1837
17		Mohd Saprin, Amir Muqqri	MAS	1835
18		Sivanesan, Moganesh	MAS	1834
19		Giacometto, Mario	ITA	1832
20		Xavier, Negron	SGP	1824
21		Taneesha, Drolia	IND	1820
22		Nelson, Lau	INA	1818
23		Pardede, Jordan Rayson Pardomuan	INA	1809
24		Romero, Gladimir Chester	PHI	1809
25		Regidor, Kaye Lalaine	PHI	1805
26		Satyam, Prakash	IND	1804
27		Sreenivasan, Brandon Tien	MAS	1797
28	AIM	Lieyanto, Ryu Manson	INA	1791
29		Alidani, Leonardo	PHI	1791
30		See, Hooi Chin	MAS	1766
31		Leong, Khai Shen	MAS	1758
32	ACM	Joseph, Samuel Alexander	INA	1749
33		Rueda, Joyce Rianna	PHI	1739
34		Magpily, Franiel Angela	PHI	1735
35		Chen, Yu Kun Austin	MAS	1733
36		Khandelwal, Ananya	IND	1733
37		Lee, Sheng Hong	MAS	1733
38		Wang, Ningnan	SGP	1726
39		Mohd Afif, Muhd Danish Arif	MAS	1725
40		Ordizo, Ericka	PHI	1716
41		Borce, Cyreine Jean	PHI	1711
42		Peh, Yi Feng	MAS	1711
43		Sapuan, Arleah Cassandra	PHI	1696
44		Bombales, Ann Beatrice	PHI	1687
45		Goh, Li Fan	MAS	1687
46		Getubig, Lyn	PHI	1686
47	AFM	Lee, Xia Sean	MAS	1681
48		Lai, Zhi You	MAS	1678
49		Shahar, Nur Ain	MAS	1675
50		Ong, El Win	MAS	1673
51		Canino, Rhea Jean	PHI	1672
52		Koh, En Jie Jonathan	SGP	1670
53		Lim, Jia Yhu	MAS	1667
54		Getubig, Lj	PHI	1653
55		Looi, Zhi Ming	MAS	1653
56		Karthik, Shetty	IND	1634
57		Lim, Chin Hong	MAS	1634
58		Romanillos, Shaina Magne	PHI	1633
59	AIM	Yapp, Yihong Sean	MAS	1632
60		Abundo, Don Lester	PHI	1632
61		Abd Rahman, Syazrin	MAS	1630
62		Chippendale, Matthew	AUS	1625
63		Lim, Eiliyah Ayaan	PHI	1624
64		Avichal, Jadeja	IND	1619
65		Ting, Zhi En	MAS	1619
66		Harshad, Shrinath Hagawane	IND	1617
67		Mok, Jun Ji	MAS	1613
68		Wu, Haoyang	SGP	1613
69		Puso, Ericson	PHI	1611
70	AGM	Teoh, Ban Tat	MAS	1603
71		Daiwik, Hemant Mehta	IND	1599
72		Hashim, Yusuf	MAS	1597
73		Suze, Zi Nan	MAS	1596
74		Valentino, Rio	INA	1595
75		Vijendran, Grittiban	MAS	1592
76		Aashrita, Balaji Guttula	IND	1591
77	ACM	Kurniawan, Alexander Philip	INA	1590
78		Abhijay, Barua	IND	1585
79		Mathan, Suchita	MAS	1584
80		Genkeswaran, Genvisha	MAS	1573
81		Capilitan, Zhaoyu	PHI	1567
82		Arief, Alqori	INA	1553
83		Yeop, Mat Zaki	MAS	1543
84		Dimatangihan, Anica Shey	PHI	1540
85		Joaquin, Matthew Emmanuel	PHI	1535
86		Cheng, Lin Yi Nathan	SGP	1532
87		Law, Chuan Chyi Nicholas	MAS	1528
88		Heng, Xiang Qing Elizabeth	MAS	1526
89		Mun, Hoy Yan	MAS	1526
90		Chanthiran, Taj Prasshad Nambiyar	MAS	1524
91		Too, Pi Cheng	MAS	1524
92		Siw, Yang Zheng Simon	MAS	1523
93		Mohana Raj, Dharvindra Raj	MAS	1517
94		Mohana Raj, Shivendra Raj	MAS	1516
95		Yap, Chee Khean	SGP	1514
96	ACM	Wong, Xiang Liang	MAS	1509
97		Mohd Zahidi, Zafirah	MAS	1508
98	AIM	Razali, Radzy	MAS	1500
99		Siva Prakash, Subhaashini	MAS	1497
100		Tan, Zhe Yu Cayden	SGP	1487
101	ACM	Prem Kumar, Mahaaneetha	MAS	1468
102		Mohan, Sanvinaa	MAS	1465
103		Teoh, Siang Yew	MAS	1465
104		Kuan, Rhe Anne	MAS	1463
105		Ng, Wei Jie	MAS	1460
106		Tengku Muhd Azzazzuddin, Tengku Huffaz Harith	MAS	1460
107		Ng, Jin Jie	MAS	1458
108		Peh, Yi Zheng	MAS	1457
109		Syazrin, Harraz Ismail	MAS	1452
110		Vishwakarthi, Vikram	SGP	1449
111		Leong, Khai Ling	MAS	1439
112		Liu, Haoyang(Gd)	CHN	1433
113		Shamsulbahrim, Muhd Azri Hakimi	MAS	1433
114		Vishvanand, Omprakash	IND	1414
115		Too, Pi He	MAS	1402
116	AFM	Pramudya, Dylan Andrian	INA	0
117	AFM	Yang, Killian	INA	0
118		Abdullah Hidayat, Uwaiz Aamir	MAS	0
119		Ang, Jou Ching	MAS	0
120		Belen, James Matthew	PHI	0
121		Chow, Zheng Heng	MAS	0
122		Gaurav, Hagawane	IND	0
123		Hii, Hiong Fu Oscar	MAS	0
124		Hing, Mok Wen	MAS	0
125		Ho, Xing Ern Megan	MAS	0
126		Hwang, Kai Feng Alexander	SGP	0
127		Jaganathan, Jeeva Prasant	MAS	0
128		Javier, Leo Stephan	PHI	0
129		Kuan, Rhay Wen	MAS	0
130		Kumaressan, Vetrivel	MAS	0
131		Lingga, El Noia	INA	0
132		Lye, Qason	MAS	0
133		Mathan, Sowmiya	MAS	0
134		Mohd Izuan, Alisya Zehra	MAS	0
135		Nithyananthan, Mehavarshini	MAS	0
136		Rajpura, Palash	AUS	0
137		Syazrin, Hadif Imran	MAS	0
138		Tan, Wen Tao Jacob	MAS	0
139		Vengatesvararao, Khavish Rao	MAS	0
140		Wee, Yu Xi Lyndon	SGP	0
141		Wong, Yong Sing Ethan	MAS	0
142		Yap, Xinyi Andrea	SGP	0
143		Yong, Yanhe Jasper	MAS	0