23rd ASEAN AGE GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (U14 Open)
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1985, and top seed was Duong Vu Anh (🇻🇳 VIE, FM, 2146).
Manh Duc Nguyen (🇻🇳 VIE, CM, 2114) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Quang Minh Nguyen (7.5) and Duong Vu Anh (6.5). Nguyen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Kyler Marin Camonias (1590) beat Shuma Endo (1894), a +304-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
Titled players · 5
FM×1
CM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇾Malaysia×13
🇻🇳Vietnam×9
🇵🇭Philippines×5
🇸🇬Singapore×3
🇨🇳China×3
🇱🇦Laos×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
16
5
2
4
2
2
1
2
2
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Nguyen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Quang Minh Nguyen drew with CM Manh Duc Nguyen (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Quang Minh Nguyen 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Manh Duc Nguyen 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)FM Duong Vu Anh 3 wins (R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMQuang Minh Nguyen | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2CMManh Duc Nguyen | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3FMDuong Vu Anh | — | — | * | — |
| 4Nguyen Tung Quan | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nguyen, Manh DucCM | 2114 | VIE | +17B | +5N | +6B | =2N | +8B | +4N | +13B | =7N | =11B | 7.5 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 43.00 | 2157 | +23.2 |
| 2 | Nguyen, Quang MinhCM | 2077 | VIE | +30N | +13B | +23N | =1B | +4N | +6B | =5N | +14B | =9N | 7.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 39.00 | 2145 | +34.0 |
| 3 | Duong Vu AnhFM | 2146 | VIE | +10N | =14B | +9B | −8N | =12B | =22N | +24B | +15B | +5N | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 33.00 | 1971 | -55.6 |
| 4 | Li, YihengCM | 2035 | HKG | =18B | +15N | +16B | +12N | −2B | −1B | +8N | +13N | =7B | 6.0 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 30.75 | 1963 | -19.6 |
| 5 | Wang, Zihao(SH) | 1820 | CHN | +31N | −1B | +24N | =19B | +18N | +8B | =2B | +6N | −3B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 29.50 | 1938 | +56.6 |
| 6 | Nguyen Tung Quan | 1978 | VIE | +25N | +26B | −1N | +28B | +9N | −2N | +12B | −5B | +14N | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 27.50 | 1936 | -8.0 |
| 7 | Le, Anh TuCM | 1912 | VIE | +35B | =22N | −12B | +15N | =20B | +23N | +16B | =1B | =4N | 6.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 27.50 | 1878 | -3.8 |
| 8 | Nguyen Le Nguyen | 1923 | VIE | +33B | =12N | +22B | +3B | −1N | −5N | −4B | +20N | +18B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 25.00 | 1902 | +0.4 |
| 9 | Abd Aziz, A Qil A Lauddin | 1919 | MAS | +27N | +28B | −3N | +23B | −6B | −12N | +25B | +16N | =2B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 1857 | -16.8 |
| 10 | Nguyen, Van Nhat Linh | 1588 | VIE | −3B | +38N | +29B | −20N | +11B | −16N | +28B | +19N | =22B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 21.00 | 1757 | +74.8 |
| 11 | Cheng, Aiden | 1703 | SGP | =32N | =34B | −19N | +39B | −10N | +27B | +30N | +21B | =1N | 5.5 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 19.00 | 1677 | -13.2 |
| 12 | Tran Hoang | 1649 | VIE | +19N | =8B | +7N | −4B | =3N | +9B | −6N | −18B | +25N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 26.00 | 1865 | +83.2 |
| 13 | Ng, Shu Heng | 1781 | MAS | +29B | −2N | +33B | =18N | +25B | +20N | −1N | −4B | =15N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 19.75 | 1803 | +8.8 |
| 14 | Lee, Yun Rui | 1848 | MAS | +38B | =3N | =18B | =25N | =22B | +19N | +20B | −2N | −6B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 43.0 | 20.00 | 1802 | -14.4 |
| 15 | Liu, Muzhou | 1531 | SGP | +21N | −4B | =26N | −7B | +37N | +28B | +22B | −3N | =13B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 19.00 | 1791 | +108.8 |
| 16 | Aarush Bhat | 1815 | IND | =34N | +32B | −4N | +26B | =19N | +10B | −7N | −9B | +23N | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 20.00 | 1725 | -32.4 |
| 17 | Yeoh, Ming Xun Mason | 1586 | MAS | −1N | −24B | =32N | +31B | −27N | =29B | +38N | +34B | +26N | 5.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 14.75 | 1632 | +16.4 |
| 18 | Peh, Yi Feng | 1573 | MAS | =4N | +21B | =14N | =13B | −5B | −24N | +31B | +12N | −8N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 21.00 | 1765 | +81.2 |
| 19 | Wang, Zhonghao | 1435 | CHN | −12B | +35N | +11B | =5N | =16B | −14B | +26N | −10B | =21N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 19.75 | 1717 | +116.4 |
| 20 | Endo, Shuma | 1894 | JPN | +24N | −23B | +27N | +10B | =7N | −13B | −14N | −8B | +35N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 19.00 | 1699 | -77.5 |
| 21 | Ji, Mingxuan | 1818 | CHN | −15B | −18N | +38B | =34N | +29B | =25N | +23B | −11N | =19B | 4.5 | 33.5 | 35.0 | 14.50 | 1551 | -114.8 |
| 22 | Lacorte, Rafiel Irvin | 1607 | PHI | F | =7B | −8N | +30B | =14N | =3B | −15N | +27B | =10N | 4.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 19.00 | 1744 | +49.2 |
| 23 | Camonias, Kyler Marin | 1590 | PHI | +36B | +20N | −2B | −9N | +32B | −7B | −21N | +29N | −16B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 13.00 | 1700 | +31.6 |
| 24 | Magallanes, Ran Zeth Marco | 1539 | PHI | −20B | +17N | −5B | +36N | =28N | +18B | −3N | −26B | =27N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 15.50 | 1621 | +23.6 |
| 25 | Angad Dev Singh | 1566 | MAS | −6B | +37N | +36N | =14B | −13N | =21B | −9N | +30B | −12B | 4.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 12.25 | 1666 | +29.2 |
| 26 | Teoh, Je Hern | 1672 | MAS | +37B | −6N | =15B | −16N | =34B | +33N | −19B | +24N | −17B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 12.75 | 1560 | -54.8 |
| 27 | Co, Ronell Jose | 1557 | PHI | −9B | +39N | −20B | =29N | +17B | −11N | +32B | −22N | =24B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 12.25 | 1563 | -6.0 |
| 28 | Garcia, Ivan Resti | 1623 | PHI | +39B | −9N | +34B | −6N | =24B | −15N | −10N | =35B | +36N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 8.25 | 1503 | -51.6 |
| 29 | Marimuthu, Veeyahshagan | 1494 | MAS | −13N | +30B | −10N | =27B | −21N | =17N | +33B | −23B | =34N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 12.25 | 1541 | +20.4 |
| 30 | Too, Pi Cheng | 1575 | MAS | −2B | −29N | +37B | −22N | +36B | +34N | −11B | −25N | =31B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 8.25 | 1467 | -53.6 |
| 31 | Huynh Phu Thinh | 1534 | VIE | −5B | −33N | =35B | −17N | +38N | +39B | −18N | =32B | =30N | 3.5 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 6.50 | 1443 | -39.2 |
| 32 | Mohd Khairul, Sulaimaan | 1461 | MAS | =11B | −16N | =17B | +33N | −23N | =35B | −27N | =31N | F | 3.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 11.25 | 1524 | +20.8 |
| 33 | Mohd Ridzuan, Seth | 1561 | MAS | −8N | +31B | −13N | −32B | +39N | −26B | −29N | F | +37B | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 6.00 | 1459 | -43.6 |
| 34 | Tan Yu Hao Jaden | 1525 | MAS | =16B | =11N | −28N | =21B | =26N | −30B | F | −17N | =29B | 2.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 11.25 | 1520 | -5.2 |
| 35 | Balan, Praneal | 1546 | MAS | −7N | −19B | =31N | −38B | F | =32N | +36B | =28N | −20B | 2.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 7.25 | 1399 | -56.4 |
| 36 | FIDE 35839643 | 0 | — | −23N | F | −25B | −24B | −30N | +37B | −35N | +39N | −28B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 2.50 | 1249 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Tamil Selvan, Gokulram | 1460 | SGP | −26N | −25B | −30N | F | −15B | −36N | +39B | +38B | −33N | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 2.00 | 1303 | -43.2 |
| 38 | YOMVILATH, SOUMINTA | 1539 | LAO | −14N | −10B | −21N | +35N | −31B | F | −17B | −37N | =39B | 1.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 2.75 | 1317 | -71.6 |
| 39 | FIDE 17701783 | 0 | — | −28N | −27B | F | −11N | −33B | −31N | −37N | −36B | =38N | 0.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 0.75 | 1147 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, ZhonghaoCHN+116.44.5 pts · #17
- 2Liu, MuzhouSGP+108.85.0 pts · #12
- 3Tran HoangVIE+83.25.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Ji, MingxuanCHN-114.84.5 pts · #18
- 2Endo, ShumaJPN-77.54.5 pts · #21
- 3YOMVILATH, SOUMINTALAO-71.61.5 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R2+304 Elo gap
- R1+287 Elo gap
- R6+270 Elo gap