Vitaly Sivuk wins 18th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2023, Mitrabha Guha second

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/09/2023

GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE), GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (INA) and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy scored 7/9 each. Sivuk won 18th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2023 due to better tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Mitrabha was the sole leader heading into the last round. Deepan defeated him and Sivuk drew against GM Darwin Laylo (PHI). The top three prizes were US$ 3500, 2000 and 1000 along with a medal each respectively. The tournament was organized by DAT Chess Centre from 28th August to 3rd September 2023 at Cititel Midvalley in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Immediately after this event, Mitrabha won Tata Steel Chess Festival 2023 All India Blitz Open. Photo: Gilachess

Top four score 7/9

The combined participation in Open, Challengers and Senior section was 386. The total participation in the Malaysian Chess Festival 2023 was a massive 949.

Open: Champion - GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE) 7/9 | Photo: Gilachess

Runner-up - GM Mitrabha Guha 7/9 | Photo: Chess Clicks/IA Ellie Emira

4th GM Deepan Chakkravarthy 7/9 | Photo: Chess Clicks/IA Ellie Emira

5th GM Iniyan P 6.5/9 | Photo: Chess Clicks/IA Ellie Emira

7th IM Nitin S 6.5/9 | Photo: Chess Clicks/IA Ellie Emira

8th IM Kushagra Mohan 6.5/9 | Photo: Chess Clicks/IA Ellie Emira

The tournament hall at Cititel Midvalley in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Photo: Chess Clicks/IA Ellie Emira

A total of 138 players including 9 GMs, 15 IMs, 3 WGM and 7 WIMs took part from 16 countries in the Open section. The Senior section had 40 players including 2 GMs and 6 IMs from ten countries. The Challengers section had 208 players from 11 countries across the world. The six-day nine round Swiss-league Rating tournament was organized by DAT Chess Centre at Cititel Midvalley, Midvalley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 28th August to 3rd September 2023. The time control for each event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	SWE	2459	7	0	49,5	52
2	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2505	7	0	47	50,5
3	13	FM	Arfan, Aditya Bagus	INA	2410	7	0	44,5	48,5
4	7	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2446	7	0	44	48
5	3	GM	Iniyan, P	IND	2502	6,5	0	49,5	53
6	8	GM	Laylo, Darwin	PHI	2426	6,5	0	48	52
7	18	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2386	6,5	0	45,5	50
8	16	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	IND	2397	6,5	0	45,5	49,5
9	20	FM	Poh, Yu Tian	MAS	2377	6,5	0	45	49,5
10	24	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2363	6,5	0	43,5	48

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