29th Astro Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championship 2009 - Official Results
The Indonesian teams INA-RTCC and Bhayangkara Police R.I. upstaged the Filipinos with a 1-2 finish this year.
'Selangor Generasi 10' all-girl team were winners alongside 'Indonesian Dream Girls' for the 'Best Under-12' and 'Best Ladies' categories respectively
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Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2009
This was the main event of The Malaysian Chess Festival held earlier on. India's GM Negi, Parimarjan was top thus denying GM Li Chao b's quest for a three straight-win record
CAS Vice President FM Mok Tze Meng collected his 3rd norm and likely to surpass the 2400 mark as well for his IM title. Well Done!
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The AmBank Malaysian Chess Challenge 2009
This event was also part of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2009 and held concurrently with the Malaysian Open or DATMO
The Filipinos grabbed the top three spots with 7 points between them.................................................................................................
# ....And The Other Happenings
The organiser took the opportunity to present the winning team SMS Gold in a recently concluded local chess league competition. The DATCC Chess league which stretched over some 4 months held every Wednesday evening ended in time before the start of the Malaysian Chess Festival.
