KL Open 2010 - Megaranto Irene Playing

This year is the 3rd edition of Kuala Lumpur Open, and the participant list looks great with couple of big names on it. Top seed is Georgian Mikheil Mchedlishvili with no less than 2634 rating. China is coming with Hou Yifan, Vietname's highest is Bui Vinh and Philipino with IM Oliver Dimakiling leading the team. If only the organizer can get Wesley So this event will be worldwide exposed!

About 17 Indonesian players are present there, beyond the list there still have Farid Firman Syah, Medina Warda Aulia , Shite Chelsie Monica, Dewi Aa Citra , Iin Dwijawanti Kadek and friends. Very likely this is the most complete Indonesian contingent in one tournament. Indonesia is the third largest team behind Indian (23 players) and Malaysia (20 players). For Singapore GM Wong Meng Kong himself (2392) lead the team of 9 fellow Singaporean. Now the the battle begins.

Last year winner is Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son . Here starter list:

1 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2634

2 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2570
3 GM Luther Thomas GER 2559
4 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 2558
5 GM Cao Sang HUN 2557
6 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2527
7 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2525
8 GM Iuldashev Saidali UZB 2511
9 IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek UZB 2509
10 GM Bui Vinh VIE 2480
11 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2464
12 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2446
13 IM Swapnil S, Dophade IND 2442
14 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2441
15 IM Wohl Aleksandar H AUS 2441
16 IM Duong The Anh VIE 2425
17 IM Liu Dede INA 2423
18 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2419
19 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2419
20 IM Yap Kim Steven PHI 2416
21 IM Irwanto Saidikin INA 2414
22 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2413
23 Palit Somak IND 2411
24 Purnama Tirta Chandra INA 2410
25 Praveen Kumar C IND 2405
26 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal IND 2403
27 IM Tirto INA 2402
28 FM Chan Nicholas MAS 2398
29 GM Wong Meng Kong SIN 2392
30 Ansari Mohd Athar Dr IND 2370
31 IM Situru Nathanael INA 2358
32 Thakur Akash IND 2355
33 FM Mahmud Syarif INA 2354
34 WIM Muninova Nafisa UZB 2338
35 FM Khairul Anam INA 2335
36 Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2334
37 Pak Yevgeniy KAZ 2333
38 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2318
39 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2316
40 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy MAS 2315

and many more.....

Chess result page here, and according to Peter Long there will be TV coverage from India. SEE HERE !