Open section – a comparison with last years’

No IM Poh Yu Tian or even Yeoh Li Tian this year, although both are playing in the team rapid event.

4 GMs this year instead of 6 GMs last year but there are more titled players and overall more players compared to last year.

Of note is CM SHen Ree-Herng who has a new title and a whopping 248 ELO point increase.

Also 21-year old IM Kushagra, Mohan who made IM in 2022 and now gunning for GM, is someone to look out for.

GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, is first seed and a face familiar at the local scenes nowadays – having seen him in various Penang Open, Johor Open and Selangor Open.

‘Repeat’ players this year and their ups and downs according to their rating after one year 🙂

Player Name	2024 Rating	2025 Rating	Rating Change (2025 – 2024)
GM Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2343	2442	+99
IM Kushagra, Mohan	2411	2431	+20
IM Concio, Michael Jr.	2376	2409	+33
IM Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2302 (FM)	2413 (IM)	+111
FM Wong, Yinn Long	2306	2356	+50
GM Nguyen, Van Huy	2360	2352	-8
IM Liu, Xiangyi	2368	2349	-19
FM Winkelman, Albert	2251	2324	+73
FM Lye, Lik Zang	2269	2240	-29
CM Shen, Ree Herng	1865	2113 (CM)	+248
Shahar, Uzair	2140	2070	-70
WIM Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	2057	1996	-61
AIM Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	2028	1998	-30
Zhao, Chenyu	1871	1980	+109
Khandhar, Kaushal	1939	1908	-31
AGM Ong, Way Justin	1903 (AIM)	1866 (AGM)	-37
Lau, Sau Ching	1760	1884	+124
Hasnul, Hashim	1684	1695	+11
Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna	1749	1745	-4
Narayanan, Sri Shiva Kumar	1623	1529	-94

More titled players this year.

Summary of Titled Players by Year

Title	2024 Total	2025 Total	Change (2025 vs 2024)
GM	6	4	-2
IM	7	12	+5
FM	10	9	-1
WGM	3	0	-3
WIM	2	5	+3
WFM	1	3	+2
CM	0	7	+7
AGM	2	2	0
AIM	3	3	0
WCM	2	1	-1
ACM	2	0	-2
AFM	1	1	0
Total Titled Players	39	47	+8

2024 Open Players’ List

Starting rank
No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	IM	Poh, Yu Tian	5734088	MAS	2430
2	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	25033638	IND	2411
3	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	5011132	IND	2408
4	IM	Badmatsyrenov, Oleg	24115762	FID	2401
5	GM	Laylo, Darwin	5201330	PHI	2397
6	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	5005779	IND	2385
7	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.	5217873	PHI	2376
8	IM	Liu, Xiangyi	8605718	SGP	2368
9	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	12401064	VIE	2360
10	FM	Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar	35820802	MAS	2348
11	IM	Nitin, S.	5018277	IND	2347
12	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	12401358	VIE	2343
13		Jiang, Haochen	8631930	CHN	2326
14	IM	Jin, Yueheng	8616868	CHN	2320
15	FM	Wong, Yinn Long	5707684	MAS	2306
16	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	5018226	IND	2303
17	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	12410853	VIE	2302
18	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	5013623	IND	2298
19	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	25049615	IND	2292
20	FM	Mushini, Ajay	35066188	IND	2278
21	FM	Lye, Lik Zang	5712181	MAS	2269
22	FM	Winkelman, Albert	3219941	AUS	2251
23	FM	Chan, Kim Yew	5717981	MAS	2247
24		Gong, Sunle	8620229	CHN	2226
25	WGM	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung	12401676	VIE	2208
26	AGM	Vignesh, B	35051555	IND	2198
27	FM	Jacutina, John Merill	5217920	PHI	2191
28	FM	Pangilinan, Stephen Rome	5211140	PHI	2174
29		Shahar, Uzair	5783810	MAS	2140
30	FM	Villanueva, Nelson	5204127	PHI	2101
31		Majumder, Shrayan	45040419	IND	2085
32		Zhou, Shumeng	8622116	CHN	2082
33	WIM	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	12400998	VIE	2057
34	AGM	Lorenzo, Kimuel Aaron O.	5214572	PHI	2045
35	AIM	Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	5727421	MAS	2028
36		Tan, Yi Xun	5786550	MAS	1992
37	WCM	Arshiya, Das	25652150	IND	1989
38		Casiguran, Phil Martin	5239397	PHI	1973
39		Tamhankar, Siddhant	5078512	IND	1970
40		Pranay, Akula	25131001	IND	1961
41	WIM	Mordido, Kylen Joy	5219086	PHI	1945
42		Khandhar, Kaushal	5702763	MAS	1939
43		Tisado, Janmyl Dilan	5234735	PHI	1927
44	AIM	Ong, Way Justin	5703565	MAS	1903
45		Attwood, James	3206688	AUS	1894
46	WCM	Ton, Nu Quynh Duong	12415847	VIE	1887
47	WFM	Nguyen, Thi Minh Oanh	12404080	VIE	1884
48		Zhao, Chenyu	150110649	CHN	1871
49		Suthershun, A	45024200	IND	1867
50		Shen, Ree Herng	5799031	MAS	1865
51	AFM	Dhanesh, Venkata Narayanaswamy	5829453	SGP	1863
52		Romualdez, Davin Sean	5247241	PHI	1858
53	ACM	Haresh, Venkata Narayanaswamy	5829437	SGP	1850
54		Mohd Kifflee, Awang Mohd Syafie	5716632	MAS	1848
55		Cairel Adrin, Rumi Arjuna Malique	35820772	MAS	1761
56		Lau, Sau Ching	5768624	MAS	1760
57		Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna	35805110	MAS	1749
58		Yang, Lanqin	8653984	CHN	1746
59		Lim, Wei Sheng	5703638	MAS	1733
60		Endo, Shuma	7004249	JPN	1721
61		Kapoor, Tanush	72900369	SGP	1698
62		Hasnul, Hashim	10502670	BRU	1684
63		Ang, Kian Yang	35820560	MAS	1682
64		Romualdez, Danry Seth	5262330	PHI	1667
65		Wildan, Muhammad	7131682	INA	1662
66	ACM	Kumaran, Ashwiniy	35815787	MAS	1659
67	AIM	Govindasamy, Kanes	5716012	MAS	1649
68		Narayanan, Sri Shiva Kumar	5703808	MAS	1623
69		Lu, Yichen	8640815	CHN	1610
70		Adlan, Harris Danial	5782287	MAS	1594
71		Ting, De Jun Richard	35805862	MAS	1552
72		Khoh, Junny Purnama	7135017	INA	0
73		Wong, Siew Ting	5711800	MAS	0

2025 Open Players’ List

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	12401358	VIE	2442
2	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	25033638	IND	2431
3	IM	Zou, Chen	8610959	CHN	2416
4	IM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	12410853	VIE	2413
5	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.	5217873	PHI	2409
6	GM	Pacher, Milan	14907445	SVK	2381
7	FM	Wong, Yinn Long	5707684	MAS	2356
8	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	12401064	VIE	2352
9	IM	Subhayan, Kundu	5094801	IND	2352
10	IM	Liu, Xiangyi	8605718	SGP	2349
11	FM	Lim, Zhuo Ren	5702488	MAS	2332
12	IM	Karthik, Rajaa	25035215	IND	2330
13	FM	Winkelman, Albert	3219941	AUS	2324
14	WIM	Aakanksha, Hagawane	25014510	IND	2320
15	FM	Kamalsyah, Muhammad	7105932	INA	2314
16	CM	Kavin, Mohan	5739047	MAS	2309
17	IM	Nolte, Rolando	5200636	PHI	2299
18	FM	Pranav, K P	25685805	IND	2276
19	FM	Daakshin, Arun	366195016	IND	2274
20	GM	Laxman, R.R.	5005361	IND	2271
21	FM	Saragih, Arif Rahman	7128266	INA	2242
22	FM	Lye, Lik Zang	5712181	MAS	2240
23	WIM	Pandey, Srishti	35093290	IND	2213
24	IM	Li, Bo	8602786	CHN	2209
25	CM	Gireman, Ja	5043794	IND	2208
26	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	25900803	IND	2208
27	IM	Gunawan, Ronny	7100035	INA	2187
28		Hong, Mingren	8641560	CHN	2170
29	CM	Swayham, P Das	25611402	IND	2160
30	IM	Andyka, Pitra	7103255	INA	2148
31	FM	Castellano, Christopher	5203651	PHI	2129
32	CM	Shen, Ree Herng	5799031	MAS	2113
33	IM	Bancod, Ronald	5200938	PHI	2106
34		Tran, Vo Quoc Bao	12425184	VIE	2095
35	WIM	Singgih, Diajeng Theresa	7104391	INA	2089
36	WFM	Sreekarthika, Velmurugan	25996045	SGP	2081
37		Jin, Ruijun	8623708	CHN	2079
38		Shahar, Uzair	5783810	MAS	2070
39		Le, Dang Thanh An	12412449	VIE	2046
40	WIM	Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa	5709040	MAS	2034
41		Lee, Zhia Chen Zachary	5731356	MAS	2034
42	CM	Mahmood Shah, Mukhriez Shah	5716934	MAS	2030
43	WFM	Yash, Jyoti Bir	35027263	IND	2018
44		Xie, Chujun	8637750	CHN	2000
45	AIM	Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	5727421	MAS	1998
46	WIM	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	12400998	VIE	1996
47		Tin, Shan Wen	5712653	MAS	1994
48	CM	Genkeswaran, Genivan	5754496	MAS	1992
49		Shrutarshi, Ray	25032208	IND	1989
50		Zhao, Chenyu	150110649	CHN	1980
51		Muraley, Rittesh	35814772	MAS	1967
52		Cheng, Gongpu	8643482	CHN	1964
53	AGM	Julmiri, Muhammad Zulfaqar Bin Abu Baka	393200070	MAS	1961
54		Liu, Haoling	8634971	CHN	1951
55		Vo, Hoang Quan	12430765	VIE	1924
56	AIM	Abd Aziz, A Qil A Lauddin	5771498	MAS	1921
57		N., Tarun	25787780	IND	1916
58		Khandhar, Kaushal	5702763	MAS	1908
59	AIM	Rajasa, Muhammad Andi	7109571	INA	1905
60		Razali, Faeznor	5703492	MAS	1896
61	WCM	Nithyalakshmi, Sivanesan	5706955	MAS	1891
62		Ramakrishnan, Yoggenraj	5781710	MAS	1890
63	AFM	Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan	366109475	KOR	1884
64		Lau, Sau Ching	5768624	MAS	1884
65		Cheah, Cheok Fung	5703271	MAS	1868
66		Gagloyev, Alan	447013060	KAZ	1868
67	AGM	Ong, Way Justin	5703565	MAS	1866
68	WFM	Mohd Afif, Ainul Mardhiah	35824719	MAS	1861
69		Lum, Zhun Hoong	5708338	MAS	1814
70		Wee, Yin Lin	35823097	MAS	1809
71		Nizzardo, Mattia	807656	ITA	1795
72		Helmy, Muhammad Adnin Nuaym	5743915	MAS	1760
73		Lim, Kian Guan	5753252	MAS	1754
74		Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd Haziq	5718830	MAS	1749
75		Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna	35805110	MAS	1745
76		Suneth, Shyam Keshaav	5743672	MAS	1725
77		Miao, Zixin	8649413	CHN	1721
78		Hasnul, Hashim	10502670	BRU	1695
79		Wang, Xin Ran Claire	5773733	MAS	1693
80		Wang, Xin Yu Aimee	5773725	MAS	1682
81		Huang, Aaron Yu-Hsi	16303555	TPE	1668
82		Chen, Baize	8655677	CHN	1649
83		Teoh, Je Hern	35820926	MAS	1615
84		Narayanan, Sri Shiva Kumar	5703808	MAS	1529
85		Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu	35867485	MAS	1514
86		Kaattari, Konsta	520365	FIN	0