PETER LONG WP KUALA LUMPUR CLASSICS 1800 (3rd KLClassics) FIDE-Rated
43 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 May 2025 to 12 May 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1676, and top seed was Ashwiniy Kumaran (🇲🇾 MAS, 1745).
Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff (🇲🇾 MAS, 1735) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Chun Hong Koong (5.5) and Jun Qian Tung (5.5). Ariff took the lead from round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Aldrin Jiacheng Foo Cabiles (1558) beat Ashwiniy Kumaran (1745), a +187-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsSyawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff drew with Chun Hong Koong (White).
Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Chun Hong Koong 3 wins (R1–R3)Jun Qian Tung 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Chun Hong Koong | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Jun Qian Tung | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ashwiniy Kumaran | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariff, Syawal Aqmar Shahrir | 1735 | MAS | +26N | +24B | +12N | =2B | +3N | +7B | +9N | 6.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 27.75 | 1985 | +25.8 |
| 2 | Koong, Chun Hong | 1649 | MAS | +27B | +15N | +13B | =1N | =4B | +6N | =3B | 5.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 24.50 | 1776 | +19.6 |
| 3 | Tung, Jun Qian | 1602 | MAS | +43B | +25N | +23B | +8N | −1B | +4N | =2N | 5.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 18.75 | 1742 | +29.6 |
| 4 | Cabiles, Aldrin Jiacheng Foo | 1558 | MAS | +31N | =14B | +10N | +5B | =2N | −3B | +18N | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 20.75 | 1744 | +50.0 |
| 5 | Kumaran, Ashwiniy | 1745 | MAS | +36B | =9N | +6B | −4N | =8B | +15N | +13B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 20.25 | 1714 | -8.0 |
| 6 | Saidarahas Somashetty | 1507 | IND | +34N | +7B | −5N | +20N | +16B | −2B | +14N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 19.00 | 1779 | +87.2 |
| 7 | Faryal, Gohar | 1614 | PAK | +33B | −6N | +38B | +23N | +9B | −1N | +16B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 16.00 | 1615 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Hasan Basri, Muhd Ariji | 1647 | MAS | +39N | +22B | =32N | −3B | =5N | +24B | +12N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 16.25 | 1709 | +6.4 |
| 9 | Chandramogan, Harun Yiniyan | 1591 | MAS | +42N | =5B | +14N | +32B | −7N | +12B | −1B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 13.50 | 1606 | +2.8 |
| 10 | Gagloyev, Georgiy | 1686 | KAZ | +37B | −13N | −4B | +25N | +26B | =18N | +19B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 13.75 | 1578 | -22.4 |
| 11 | Ng, Kai Wen Jayden | 1669 | MAS | =18N | −29B | +42N | =17B | =32N | +33B | +24N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 11.00 | 1576 | -14.0 |
| 12 | Sivabalan, Dherwisan | 0 | MAS | +19B | +16N | −1B | +13N | +15B | −9N | −8B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 15.50 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Lee, Kai Zhe | 1580 | MAS | +21N | +10B | −2N | −12B | +35N | +40B | −5N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 11.50 | 1568 | -2.0 |
| 14 | Mohd Hatta, Haqqi | 1678 | MAS | +38B | =4N | −9B | +27N | =18B | +34N | −6B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 11.75 | 1278 | -60.4 |
| 15 | Gokita, Kensei | 1515 | JPN | +35N | −2B | +21N | +29B | −12N | −5B | +40N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.00 | 1555 | +6.0 |
| 16 | Sow, Yew Jet | 1627 | MAS | +28N | −12B | +39N | +22B | −6N | +32B | −7N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 11.00 | 1430 | -32.4 |
| 17 | Bahari, Ramli | 1515 | MAS | −23B | +33N | =34B | =11N | +20B | −19N | +25B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 12.50 | 1652 | +22.0 |
| 18 | Yap, Yuyan Ian | 0 | MAS | =11B | −23N | +19B | +36N | =14N | =10B | −4B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 12.50 | 1647 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Sow, Li Wen | 1683 | MAS | −12N | =30B | −18N | +42B | +21N | +17B | −10N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 9.50 | 1601 | -8.8 |
| 20 | Woo, Ken Lam Daniel | 1610 | MAS | +30N | −32B | +28N | −6B | −17N | +31B | =21N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 10.75 | 711 | -25.4 |
| 21 | Baharudin, Rayyan Hrishaal | 0 | MAS | −13B | +37N | −15B | +38N | −19B | +27N | =20B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 9.25 | 1276 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Teoh, Seong Hong | 1544 | MAS | +40B | −8N | +25B | −16N | −34B | =23N | +33B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 838 | -29.6 |
| 23 | Abdullah Hidayat, Uwaiz Aamir | 0 | MAS | +17N | +18B | −3N | −7B | −24N | =22B | =28N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 10.75 | 1419 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Hj Sapuan, Ngasiman | 1566 | MAS | +41B | −1N | =27B | =34N | +23B | −8N | −11B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 6.75 | 881 | -20.6 |
| 25 | Lee, Zuo Wee | 0 | MAS | +29N | −3B | −22N | −10B | +39N | +38B | −17N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 7.00 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Eklavya Bareja | 1489 | IND | −1B | +43N | −29N | +28B | −10N | =35B | =30N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.75 | 890 | -29.2 |
| 27 | Law, Zhun Tho | 0 | MAS | −2N | +35B | =24N | −14B | =31N | −21B | +39N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Lim, Yang Yik | 0 | MAS | −16B | +40N | −20B | −26N | =37B | +36N | =23B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Abd Rahman, Syazrin | 1643 | MAS | −25B | +11N | +26B | −15N | F | F | +35N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 10.00 | 1681 | +2.6 |
| 30 | Ho, Xing Ern Megan | 0 | MAS | −20B | =19N | −36B | −33N | +42B | +37N | =26B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 6.25 | 1376 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Mohan, Sharmeesh | 0 | MAS | −4B | −38N | =33B | +43N | =27B | −20N | +41B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.75 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Nah, Yi Rong Rayden | 0 | MAS | F | +20N | =8B | −9N | =11B | −16N | =34B | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 9.50 | 1555 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Ng, Wen Chuan Mark | 0 | MAS | −7N | −17B | =31N | +30B | +36B | −11N | −22N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 7.00 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Wong, Forn Han | 0 | MAS | −6B | F | =17N | =24B | +22N | −14B | =32N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 8.25 | 1489 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Mahindran, Sreeram Vedagiri | 0 | MAS | −15B | −27N | +43B | +37N | −13B | =26N | −29B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1237 | 0.0 |
| 36 | James, Kenneth George | 1493 | MAS | −5N | =42B | +30N | −18B | −33N | −28B | +38N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 5.25 | 945 | -7.6 |
| 37 | Sethuraman, Chithambaram | 0 | MAS | −10N | −21B | +41N | −35B | =28N | −30B | +43N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 886 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Syazrin, Hadif Imran | 0 | MAS | −14N | +31B | −7N | −21B | +41B | −25N | −36B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 4.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 35877952 | 0 | — | −8B | +41N | −16B | −40N | −25B | +42N | −27B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 1.50 | 838 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 429064600 | 0 | — | −22N | −28B | F | +39B | F | −13N | −15B | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Ramanathan, Rithika Vallinacha | 0 | MAS | −24N | −39B | −37B | F | −38N | +43B | −31N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 42 | RK, Pradhyumna | 0 | MAS | −9B | =36N | −11B | −19N | −30N | −39B | F | 0.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 1.25 | 1285 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Ng, Jin Jie | 0 | MAS | −3N | −26B | −35N | −31B | F | −41N | −37B | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Saidarahas SomashettyIND+87.25.0 pts · #5
- 2Cabiles, Aldrin Jiacheng FooMAS+50.05.0 pts · #7
- 3Tung, Jun QianMAS+29.65.5 pts · #9
- 1Mohd Hatta, HaqqiMAS-60.44.0 pts · #27
- 2Sow, Yew JetMAS-32.44.0 pts · #25
- 3Teoh, Seong HongMAS-29.63.5 pts · #37
- R4+187 Elo gap
- R7+171 Elo gap
- R3+128 Elo gap