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23rd ASEAN AGE GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (U16 Open)

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28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2013, and top seed was Tran Ngoc Minh Duy (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2266).

Tran Ngoc Minh Duy (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2266) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Ha Thi Hai Nguyen (6.5) and Tran Bao Khang Phan (6.5). Duy shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: John Peter Allen Cabales (1870) beat Vuong Tung Lam Nguyen (CM, 2220), a +350-point gap.

Location
🇲🇾George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Dates
01 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇳FMTran Ngoc Minh Duy2266
Avg top 10
2,013
Participants
28
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇲🇾Malaysia×11
🇻🇳Vietnam×11
🇵🇭Philippines×3
🇱🇦Laos×2
🇹🇭Thailand×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
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4
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4
5
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3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Duy takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE07 Jul

FM Tran Ngoc Minh Duy takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Duy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ha Thi Hai Nguyen beat FM Tran Ngoc Minh Duy (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tran Ngoc Minh DuyFM2266VIE+11N=7B+3N+13B=6N2B+4N+8B=5N6.546.551.036.002139-36.9
2Nguyen, Ha Thi Hai1977VIE+8N=24B=4N+7B=5B+1N=3B=6N+14B6.546.048.535.252097+59.7
3Phan, Tran Bao Khang2014VIE+21B+10N1B+19N+4B=6B=2N=5N+15B6.544.048.032.502080+40.8
4Cabales, John Peter Allen1870PHI+23B=5N=2B+9N3N+12B1B+17N+6B6.045.548.529.252088+101.6
5Shen, Ree HerngCM2070MAS+20N=4B=7N+24B=2N+13B=6N=3B=1B6.045.047.529.252093+10.9
6Nguyen, Vuong Tung LamCM2220VIE+18B=17N+12B+15N=1B=3N=5B=2B4N5.545.049.028.252031-68.4
7Nguyen Anh Huy1915VIE+14B=1N=5B2N+18B=10N+24B=9N=11B5.543.045.525.001950+18.6
8Nguyen Tien Dung1621VIE2B+26N=18B12N+16B+19N+10B1N+17B5.539.541.521.501839+80.4
9Lam, Duc Hai Nam1929VIE+16N=15B=24N4B11N+22B+12N=7B+20N5.538.541.023.751812-44.8
10Cairel Adrin, Rumi Arjuna Malique1843MAS+25N3B15N+22B+21N=7B8N=11B+13N5.039.542.020.251772-27.2
11Loo, Kai Jue Bryan1712MAS1B14N+25B+23N+9B=18N=17B=10N=7N5.038.040.520.251802+39.2
12Yong, Je Pin Ian1802MAS+27N=13B6N+8B=17B4N9B+23N+19B5.038.039.518.251820+6.4
13Doan, The Duc1961VIE+19B=12N+17B1N=15B5N+18B=14N10B4.539.543.519.001824-56.4
14Fua, Marc Justinn1553PHI7N+11B=16N18N=20B+21B+15N=13B2N4.538.542.520.001753+84.0
15Cheah, Austin Weibin1731MAS+28B=9N+10B6B=13N=17N14B+24N3N4.538.038.014.501851+43.6
16Noblijas, Art R.1565PHI9B18N=14B+25N8N+26B20N+28N+24B4.530.530.59.251566-6.0
17Jiroajvanichakorn, Rathasart1906THA+22N=6B13N+21B=12N=15B=11N4B8N4.040.044.018.001743-68.4
18Do, Quang Minh1661VIE6N+16B=8N+14B7N=11B13N=20B=21N4.039.043.018.251701+11.4
19Ng Siang Zer1580MAS13N+25B+20N3B=24N8B=21N+22B12N4.036.038.513.751671+34.8
20Yeoh, Yuan Hao Jovian1649MAS5B+23N19B+27N=14NF+16B=18N9B4.034.035.513.251639-12.0
21Bui Dai Lam1644VIE3N+22B+27B17N10B14N=19B+26N=18B4.034.035.511.501566-35.6
22Khairul Anuar, Shahrul Nizam1509MAS17B21N+26B10N+27B9N+25B19N+23B4.030.031.59.001527-6.0
23Subramanian, Nimallan1481MAS4N20B+28N11B=26N=25N+27B12B22N3.030.030.03.751261-49.6
24Le, Vinh Dinh1816VIE+26B=2N=9B5N=19BF7N15B16N2.540.542.510.001594-76.8
25NGUYEN, SUNJON KAYDEN1432LAO10B19N11N16B+28N=23B22N+27BF2.527.027.03.001212-47.2
26Eswaran, Jayvantt Muruga0MAS24N8B22NF=23B16N+28B21B=27N2.025.025.02.2512070.0
27MANALO, SEAN MICHAEL0LAO12BF21N20B22N+28B23N25N=26B1.524.524.51.007860.0
28Yeoh, Chwen Xiang0MAS15NF23BF25B27N26N16BF0.018.018.00.007520.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets