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DTCN INTERNATIONAL SENIORS OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

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23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1968, and top seed was Angelo Young (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2158).

Angelo Young (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2158) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Edmundo Gatus (6.0) and Kian Hwa Lim (6.0). Young won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kian Hwa Lim (1633) beat Paul S Spiller (CM, 1885), a +252-point gap.

Location
🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates
15 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇭IMAngelo Young2158
Avg top 10
1,968
Participants
23
Titled players · 7
IM×3
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇾Malaysia×9
🇳🇿New Zealand×4
🇵🇭Philippines×3
🇸🇬Singapore×2
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Angelo Young led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
10
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Young7.5Lim6Gatus6Chan5.5Liew5.5Milligan5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Angelo Young never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Angelo Young drew with Kian Hwa Lim (Black).

R2–R7 · WIN STREAK

IM Angelo Young won 6 in a row (R2–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMAngelo Young*
½
½
1
2Kian Hwa Lim
½
*
½
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3Edmundo Gatus
½
½
*
½
4IMPeng Kong Chan
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Young, AngeloIM2158PHI=2B+19N+10B+8N+6B+7N+5B=4N=3N7.543.045.536.752180+3.6
2Gatus, Edmundo2062PHI=1N+15B=7N=5B+19N=4B=3N+10B=6N6.043.045.528.002007-7.4
3Lim, Kian Hwa1633MAS+12B=10B−4N=11N+9B+19N=2B+7N=1B6.042.545.028.251997+81.6
4Milligan, HelenCM1877NZL+20B=11N+3B=6N=7B=2N=13B=1B=5N5.544.046.527.501949+19.2
5Chan, Peng KongIM2084SGP=19B=13N+9B=2N+8B=6N−1N+11B=4B5.543.045.526.251975-10.0
6Liew, Chee-Meng JimmyIM2017MAS+18N=7B+14N=4B−1N=5B=10N+13B=2B5.541.544.523.751959-4.5
7Pulley, Alvin1826USA+9B=6N=2B+13N=4N−1B+8N−3B=11N5.045.049.024.751911+18.8
8Lee, Soi-Hock1889MAS=13B+16N+11B−1B−5N+9N−7B+14N=12B5.039.543.020.751858-7.4
9Chan, Kok Leong1717MAS−7N+23B−5N+17B−3N−8B+16N+18B+13N5.035.035.013.501705-4.6
10Ismail, AhmadFM1831MAS+17B=3N−1N+14B=11B=13N=6B−2N=15B4.540.543.518.251792-9.0
11Gibbons, RobertFM1826NZL+23N=4B−8N=3B=10N+14B=15B−5N=7B4.538.538.515.751760-14.4
12Spiller, Paul SCM1885NZL−3N=18B+15N−19B−14N+16B=20N+23B=8N4.529.529.512.251602-51.0
13Muzzaffar, Ahmad1633MAS=8N=5B+17N−7B+18N=10B=4N−6N−9B4.039.042.016.251781+30.4
14Tharation, Prem Kumar1735MAS=16B+22N−6B−10N+12B−11NF−8B+20N3.532.533.59.751791+9.4
15Idris, Ali Amir1553MAS=22B−2N−12B=16BF+20N=11N=17B=10N3.529.529.510.751729+52.4
16Yu, Antonio Jr0PHI=14N−8B−19B=15N+23B−12N−9B+20B=17N3.529.529.57.5015720.0
17Sheridan, Wallace1517AUS−10NF−13B−9N=20B=18B+23N=15N=16B3.026.026.06.251479-6.4
18Kerr, Grant1708NZL−6B=12N=22B=20N−13B=17NF−9N+23B3.025.525.55.501586-24.4
19Chay, Joon Hoong1823MAS=5N−1B+16N+12N−2B−3BFFF2.536.536.510.751815-3.2
20Kuich, Gero1588SUI−4N−21B+23N=18B=17N−15B=12B−16N−14B2.528.528.55.251522-13.6
21Langreck, John2029USAF+20NFFF+23BFFF2.02.52.52.502429+1.6
22Gibson, Steve1851SCO=15N−14B=18NFFFFFF1.010.010.03.251540-24.0
23Lim, Beng Seng Ronald0SGP−11B−9N−20BF−16N−21N−17B−12N−18N0.028.028.00.009530.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets