The Johor Chess Festival 2025 will take place from December 26 to December 31 in Johor, Malaysia. This tournament has 2 categories – Open and Challenger. The Open section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Malaysia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM V S Raahul (2442), GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (2432), IM Quoc Hy Nguyen (2418), IM Nubairshah Shaikh Mohammad (2399), IM Suyog Wagh (2395), GM Novendra Priasmoro (2394), FM Fabian Glen Mariano (2389), IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (2382), IM Hoang Son Dang (2378), IM Konstantin Sek (2378), Hongchi Peng (2364), GM Van Huy Nguyen (2363), IM Alexey Polschikov (2321), FM Zacky Dhia Ulhaq (2311), Mohammadamin Biriya (2301), IM Rajaa Karthik (2298), FM Ern Jie Anderson Ang (2280), AGM Qingyu Yuan (2268), Arifa Rizki Syaputra (2247), FM Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar (2227). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Challenger
More: 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Seniors / 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Open / 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Championship – Challengers / 17th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2025 / Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Open / Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 – Challengers
Johor Chess Festival 2025 – International Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Raahul, V S
IND
2442
2
GM
Nguyen, Duc Hoa
VIE
2432
3
IM
Nguyen, Quoc Hy
VIE
2418
4
IM
Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh
IND
2399
5
IM
Wagh, Suyog
IND
2395
6
GM
Priasmoro, Novendra
INA
2394
7
FM
Mariano, Fabian Glen
INA
2389
8
IM
Arfan, Aditya Bagus
INA
2382
9
IM
Dang, Hoang Son
VIE
2378
10
IM
Sek, Konstantin
RUS
2378
11
Peng, Hongchi
CHN
2364
12
GM
Nguyen, Van Huy
VIE
2363
13
IM
Polschikov, Alexey
RUS
2321
14
FM
Ulhaq, Zacky Dhia
INA
2311
15
Biriya, Mohammadamin
IRI
2301
16
IM
Karthik, Rajaa
IND
2298
17
FM
Ang, Ern Jie Anderson
MAS
2280
18
AGM
Yuan, Qingyu
CHN
2268
19
Syaputra, Arifa Rizki
INA
2247
20
FM
Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar
MAS
2227
21
IM
Li, Bo
CHN
2187
22
CM
Dziththauly, Ramadhan
INA
2171
23
Caparino, Diego Abraham
PHI
2152
24
IM
Andyka, Pitra
INA
2134
25
Roshantab, Sadra
IRI
2121
26
Yu, Shi
CHN
2119
27
CM
Shen, Ree Herng
MAS
2105
28
WFM
Azali, Tannaz
IRI
2101
29
Sidabutar, Uriel Noah Oloan
INA
2099
30
AIM
Abd Aziz, A Qil A Lauddin
MAS
2078
31
Shahar, Uzair
MAS
2078
32
CM
Chow, Yi Chen
MAS
2070
33
Norouzi Chenari, Parham
IRI
2051
34
Naing, Myo Lin
MYA
2042
35
Bonnet, Gabriel Misa Jean
SGP
2035
36
Esplanada, Jethro
PHI
2030
37
Tan, Yi Xun
MAS
2020
38
Vijay, Rege
SGP
2013
39
Rabbani, Abtin
IRI
2011
40
Hamdan, Yelpi
INA
2003
41
Tin, Shan Wen
MAS
1997
42
Baardeh, Tahmoores
IRI
1992
43
Muraley, Rittesh
MAS
1988
44
CM
Tan, Jun Hao
SGP
1987
45
Teo, Hong Ming
SGP
1978
46
Marrhuimawan, Maximiliano
INA
1957
47
Mai, Duc Kien
VIE
1942
48
Patini, Vishant Naidu
MAS
1931
49
Mohd Saprin, Amir Ghaazi
MAS
1923
50
Pang, Khai Jie Ryan
SGP
1915
51
Rajendran, Kartikeyan
MAS
1913
52
Chan, Jing Fong Joash
SGP
1912
53
AIM
Nguyen, Truong Bao Tran
VIE
1909
54
WCM
Pham, Tran Gia Thu
VIE
1907
55
WFM
Mohd Afif, Ainul Mardhiah
MAS
1903
56
WCM
Nugroho, Angel Ruth
INA
1884
57
Gnanasekar, Jai Adithya
SGP
1875
58
ACM
Kumaran, Ashwiniy
MAS
1866
59
Yeoh, Wei Shen
MAS
1866
60
Khoh, Junny Purnama
INA
1863
61
Leong, Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander
SGP
1855
62
Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna
MAS
1851
63
AIM
Abd Aziz, Aniq Ariffin
MAS
1845
64
Helmy, Muhammad Adnin Nuaym
MAS
1840
65
Ghanbarpour, Mahan
IRI
1828
66
FM
Ismail, Ahmad
MAS
1817
67
Siva Kumar, Rishikesh Kumar
MAS
1809
68
AIM
Zheng, Leran
CHN
1807
69
Manjunathan Janani, Yokgan
SGP
1798
70
Saerang, Veyron Fraser
INA
1789
71
Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd Haziq
MAS
1786
72
Chong, Jin Ci
MAS
1776
73
Mohd Azaharuddin, Muhd Imran
MAS
1774
74
Poovendtiran, Thamil Chelvan
MAS
1774
75
ACM
Joseph, Samuel Alexander
INA
1769
76
Berata, I Kadek Winayaka Sentanu
INA
1768
77
AFM
Tran, Pham Quang Minh
VIE
1755
78
ACM
Cheng, Chee Heng Jayden
SGP
1726
79
Chan, Daniel Yun Jie
SGP
1718
80
Lim, Kian Hwa
MAS
1714
81
Danaswara, Indis
AUS
1670
82
Medhansh, Veer Potluri
SGP
1661
83
Shen, Houlin
CHN
1661
84
Kahimin, Alif Amjad
MAS
1646
85
Govindaraju, Arvind
MAS
1640
86
Lee, Kai Zhe
MAS
1553
87
Siva Prakash, Subhaashini
MAS
1489
88
Abu Bakar, Azrul Aminurasyid
MAS
0