22nd KCM Master U1800 FIDE Rated Standard

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97 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Shah Alam, Malaysia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1749, and top seed was Nur Uzma Bazilah Mohd Tarmizi (🇲🇾 MAS, 1789).

Ray Jin Yap (🇲🇾 MAS, 1753) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Shareef Basil Mohd Shaiden (6.5) and Yide Cao (6.5). Yap won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Shanvatana Vijayan (1449) beat Hao Ran Yap (1732), a +283-point gap.

Location

🇲🇾Shah Alam, Malaysia

Dates

29 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇾Nur Uzma Bazilah Mohd Tarmizi1789

Avg top 10

1,749

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇲🇾Malaysia×84

🇮🇳India×2

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
Ray Jin Yap
🇲🇾MAS·1753
7.0pts·2018perf+76.4
🥈
Shareef Basil Mohd Shaiden
🇲🇾MAS·1760
6.5pts·1932perf+33.8
🥉
Yide Cao
🇨🇳CHN·1717
6.5pts·1852perf+46.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Ray Jin Yap led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Yap7Mohd Shaiden6.5Cao6.5Bakal6Gan6Velaithum6

R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

Ray Jin Yap held the sole lead from R5 through R8 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ray Jin Yap beat Shareef Basil Mohd Shaiden (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ray Jin Yap 6 wins (R1–R6)Shareef Basil Mohd Shaiden 4 wins (R1–R4)Yide Cao 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ray Jin Yap	*	1	½	—
2Shareef Basil Mohd Shaiden	0	*	1	½
3Yide Cao	½	0	*	—
4Mohd Bakri Bakal	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yap, Ray Jin	1753	MAS	+41N	+34B	+22N	+28B	+2N	+6B	=3N	=4B	7.0	39.0	43.0	36.75	2018	+76.4
2	Mohd Shaiden, Shareef Basil	1760	MAS	+63B	+37N	+13B	+3N	−1B	+4N	+8N	=5B	6.5	41.0	44.5	34.50	1932	+33.8
3	Cao, Yide	1717	CHN	+88N	+30B	+36N	−2B	+24N	+9N	=1B	+15B	6.5	38.5	40.5	30.50	1852	+46.8
4	Gan, Kai Seng	1786	MAS	+74N	+24B	+14N	=8B	+11N	−2B	+29N	=1N	6.0	39.5	42.5	29.75	1842	+22.8
5	Bakal, Mohd Bakri	1735	MAS	+58B	+20N	+35B	=29N	=10B	=7N	+12B	=2N	6.0	37.5	41.0	29.75	1809	+14.6
6	Mohd Tarmizi, Nur Uzma Bazilah	1789	MAS	+40B	+76N	=10B	+21N	+29B	−1N	+13B	=7N	6.0	37.5	40.5	27.75	1840	+21.2
7	Velaithum, Piraveen	1695	MAS	+51N	=39B	=33N	+45B	+31N	=5B	+32N	=6B	6.0	33.5	37.5	27.25	1782	+36.4
8	Jivan Rao, Gauthm	1732	MAS	+27N	+45B	+48N	=4N	=9B	+10N	−2B	=11N	5.5	38.0	42.0	27.00	1788	+28.0
9	Ariff, Syawal Aqmar Shahrir	1737	MAS	+49N	+38B	+16N	=11B	=8N	−3B	=30N	+34B	5.5	36.5	40.5	26.25	1746	+2.6
10	Tung, Jun Qian	1639	MAS	+97N	+18B	=6N	+46B	=5N	−8B	+58N	=14B	5.5	36.0	36.0	21.75	1743	+40.8
11	Tan, Sue Anne	1616	MAS	+77N	+57B	+21N	=9N	−4B	=30B	+23N	=8B	5.5	35.0	38.0	24.25	1779	+55.7
12	Tan, Ze Hao Brighton	1579	MAS	+69N	−21B	+49N	+41B	=15N	+19B	−5N	+28B	5.5	34.5	37.5	23.75	1724	+52.0
13	Muzamil, Mirza Irdina	1623	MAS	+84N	+15B	−2N	+39B	=57N	+34B	−6N	+32B	5.5	34.5	37.0	22.75	1712	+34.4
14	Yvonne Yeoh Xin Ying	1663	MAS	+80B	+31N	−4B	+42N	−17B	+39N	+40B	=10N	5.5	33.5	36.5	22.25	1682	+14.4
15	Razali, Radzy	1507	MAS	+91B	−13N	+94B	+35N	=12B	+33B	+28N	−3N	5.5	32.5	33.5	18.75	1691	+30.2
16	Ting, Ji Yan Triston	1611	MAS	+67B	+43N	−9B	=18N	+61B	−32N	+31B	+30N	5.5	32.0	35.0	22.25	1668	+23.2
17	Diwakaran, Tharun Adithya	1512	MAS	+85N	=46B	=39N	+48B	+14N	−28B	=22N	+33B	5.5	31.5	34.0	23.00	1718	+78.4
18	Tan Yu Hao Jaden	1522	MAS	+75B	−10N	+67B	=16B	−33N	+83N	+35B	+29B	5.5	30.5	33.0	20.25	1604	+26.4
19	Yap, Hao Ran	1732	MAS	−43B	+70N	+63B	=32N	+40B	−12N	+45B	+37N	5.5	30.0	33.0	21.25	1648	-26.8
20	Soh,Ye Sheng	1573	MAS	+64N	−5B	+27N	+36B	=28N	=23B	=21N	=22B	5.0	35.0	38.5	22.75	1662	+28.8
21	Gan, Win Shen	1749	MAS	+89B	+12N	−11B	−6B	+49N	=44N	=20B	+42N	5.0	34.0	36.0	20.00	1672	-14.6
22	Suze, Zi Nan	1632	MAS	+73B	+59N	−1B	−31N	+43B	+42N	=17B	=20N	5.0	33.5	36.5	19.75	1625	-4.0
23	Goh, Li Fan	1681	MAS	+68B	+42N	−29B	=30N	+59B	=20N	−11B	+40N	5.0	31.0	34.0	19.25	1604	-29.6
24	Thavaraj, Keshvin	1578	MAS	+82B	−4N	+58B	+50N	−3B	−40N	+68B	+55N	5.0	31.0	33.5	17.00	1505	-21.2
25	Lai, Zhi You	1608	MAS	+60N	+26B	−28N	−57B	+88N	=31B	=27N	+41B	5.0	30.0	32.0	19.25	1517	-27.6
26	Lim, Shao Ze	0	MAS	+90B	−25N	=59B	+47N	−32B	+61N	=44B	+48B	5.0	28.5	30.5	17.25	1574	0.0
27	Teoh, Chun Meng	1461	MAS	−8B	+92N	−20B	+94N	=35B	+72N	=25B	+44N	5.0	28.5	29.5	14.25	1582	+38.0
28	Yahaya, Nor Zaiasron	1700	MAS	+50B	+32N	+25B	−1N	=20B	+17N	−15B	−12N	4.5	38.0	42.0	21.50	1615	-16.4
29	Au, Chor Seng	1594	MAS	+86N	+53B	+23N	=5B	−6N	+57B	−4B	−18N	4.5	36.0	38.5	18.00	1612	+2.8
30	Lim, Ming Dao Zechariah	1551	MAS	+79B	−3N	+66B	=23B	+46N	=11N	=9B	−16B	4.5	35.0	38.0	18.00	1607	+16.0
31	Por, Yan Bin Edvard	1545	MAS	+65N	−14B	+87N	+22B	−7B	=25N	−16N	+60B	4.5	34.0	36.0	16.50	1489	-14.4
32	Zamrul Faizad, Zafri Izzat Nashif	1565	MAS	+93N	−28B	+88N	=19B	+26N	+16B	−7B	−13N	4.5	34.0	35.5	16.75	1575	-0.8
33	Yeoh, Xin Yuan Jayden	1596	MAS	=62B	+56N	=7B	=61N	+18B	−15N	+59B	−17N	4.5	33.5	37.0	19.50	1610	+18.0
34	Vijayan, Logitan	1570	MAS	+96B	−1N	=43B	+62N	+68B	−13N	+47B	−9N	4.5	32.5	33.5	13.50	1493	-29.6
35	Abdul Rahim, Ahmad Arif	1610	MAS	+95N	+87B	−5N	−15B	=27N	+41B	−18N	+57B	4.5	31.5	32.5	13.00	1473	-23.0
36	Wang, Yi Xuan	0	MAS	+47B	+44N	−3B	−20N	−42B	+51B	=66N	+59N	4.5	31.0	34.0	17.00	1569	0.0
37	Chia, Ming Ze	1589	MAS	+71N	−2B	−41N	+60B	=64N	+66B	+57N	−19B	4.5	29.5	32.5	14.75	1422	-34.8
38	Saw, Lye Guan	1565	MAS	+92B	−9N	−50B	−66N	+94B	+71N	+65B	=58N	4.5	24.0	25.0	10.75	1270	-21.8
39	Micheal, Andrew	1536	MAS	+52B	=7N	=17B	−13N	+67B	−14B	−55N	+62N	4.0	34.0	37.0	16.25	1427	-22.0
40	Liew, Jun Wei	1486	MAS	−6N	+86B	+65N	+76B	−19N	+24B	−14N	−23B	4.0	33.5	36.0	14.00	1547	+17.2
41	Koh, Ryu E Louis	1466	MAS	−1B	+82N	+37B	−12N	+52B	−35N	+78B	−25N	4.0	33.5	36.0	14.00	1396	-16.8
42	Lee, Kai Zhe	1553	MAS	+72N	−23B	+51N	−14B	+36N	−22B	+52N	−21B	4.0	33.0	36.0	15.50	1466	-27.6
43	Vijayan, Shanvatana	1449	MAS	+19N	−16B	=34N	+72B	−22N	=55B	=46N	=45N	4.0	32.5	35.5	16.75	1596	+19.6
44	Yeop, Mat Zaki	1568	MAS	=54N	−36B	=60N	+71B	+53N	=21B	=26N	−27B	4.0	31.0	34.0	15.75	1412	-8.2
45	Ali Amir, Zhariff Redza	1563	MAS	+83B	−8N	+73B	−7N	=66B	+62N	−19N	=43B	4.0	30.5	33.0	12.50	1352	-36.8
46	Chuah, Chong Hup	1616	MAS	+66B	=17N	+62B	−10N	−30B	=68N	=43B	=47N	4.0	30.0	33.0	14.75	1404	-57.6
47	Tan, Liang Yi Belle	1498	MAS	−36N	=60B	+53N	−26B	+69N	+54B	−34N	=46B	4.0	29.5	32.5	14.75	1416	-9.6
48	Chan, Wenlin Euan	1609	MAS	+70B	+94N	−8B	−17N	−58B	+67N	+50B	−26N	4.0	29.5	30.5	11.00	1339	-56.0
49	Nevedha Kalidoss	1461	IND	−9B	+96N	−12B	+70N	−21B	−52N	+81B	+72N	4.0	29.0	30.0	10.00	1430	-8.8
50	Tan, Rui Ern	1429	MAS	−28N	+93B	+38N	−24B	−76N	+53B	−48N	+69B	4.0	28.0	29.5	13.00	1369	-13.6
51	Naizli, Afiq Asyraf	1410	MAS	−7B	+79N	−42B	−52N	+90B	−36N	+75B	+70N	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.00	824	-18.8
52	Sim, Ray Yang	0	MAS	−39N	+97B	−57N	+51B	−41N	+49B	−42B	+68N	4.0	26.5	26.5	11.00	1363	0.0
53	Ting, Ze Zon Jeremy	0	MAS	+61B	−29N	−47B	+73N	−44B	−50N	+67B	+66N	4.0	26.0	29.0	12.50	1282	0.0
54	Ng, Zhong Wen	0	MAS	=44B	−62N	−68B	+81N	+63B	−47N	=61B	+73N	4.0	24.5	27.5	13.25	1516	-20.4
55	Wang, Yi Fan	0	MAS	−57N	−67N	+82B	=87B	+86N	=43N	+39B	−24B	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.00	1454	0.0
56	Rashid, Muhd Danial Haqeem	1679	MAS	−87N	−33B	−64N	+93B	=60N	+86B	=69N	+71B	4.0	22.0	23.5	10.25	764	-26.4
57	Soh, Jing Qi	1502	MAS	+55B	−11N	+52B	+25N	=13B	−29N	−37B	−35N	3.5	33.5	37.5	15.75	1413	-26.0
58	Nik Mohd Adlan, Nik Adel	1461	MAS	−5N	+64B	−24N	+65B	+48N	F	−10B	=38B	3.5	32.0	35.0	13.25	1477	+2.4
59	Muhd Hazim, Muhd Ammar Aryan	1535	MAS	+78N	−22B	=26N	+84B	−23N	+64B	−33N	−36B	3.5	30.5	33.0	11.50	829	-40.8
60	Leong, Yao Wen	0	MAS	−25B	=47N	=44B	−37N	=56B	+63N	+83B	−31N	3.5	29.5	32.0	12.00	1466	0.0
61	Micheal, Clare	1502	MAS	−53N	+95B	+69N	=33B	−16N	−26B	=54N	=65B	3.5	29.5	30.5	10.00	1394	-11.2
62	Lim, Yew Ming Louis	0	MAS	=33N	+54B	−46N	−34B	+75N	−45B	+64N	−39B	3.5	28.5	31.5	12.75	1210	0.0
63	Heng, Xiang Qing Elizabeth	1477	MAS	−2N	+71B	−19N	=69B	−54N	−60B	+91N	+85B	3.5	28.0	29.5	8.50	946	-14.0
64	Mohd Faizal, Adam Iskandar	0	MAS	−20B	−58N	+56B	+80N	=37B	−59N	−62B	+79N	3.5	27.0	30.0	12.25	1413	0.0
65	Saharudin, Rashid	0	MAS	−31B	+80N	−40B	−58N	+70B	+74B	−38N	=61N	3.5	26.0	29.0	10.75	1314	0.0
66	Khairulanwar, Basil Fiqry	0	MAS	−46N	+85B	−30N	+38B	=45N	−37N	=36B	−53B	3.0	30.0	32.5	11.25	1428	0.0
67	Law, Zhun Tho	0	MAS	−16N	+55B	−18N	+74B	−39N	−48B	−53N	+90B	3.0	30.0	32.0	9.00	1309	0.0
68	Assvin, Thirishaanth	0	MAS	−23N	=72B	+54N	+75B	−34N	=46B	−24N	−52B	3.0	29.5	32.5	10.50	1340	0.0
69	Low, Wen Xuan	0	MAS	−12B	+89N	−61B	=63N	−47B	+80N	=56B	−50N	3.0	27.5	29.5	8.75	1365	0.0
70	Lee, Yan Kye Marcus	0	MAS	−48N	−19B	+78N	−49B	−65N	+92B	+74N	−51B	3.0	27.0	28.5	7.50	1299	0.0
71	Lok, Jing Yuan Evan	0	MAS	−37B	−63N	+79B	−44N	+73B	−38B	+87N	−56N	3.0	26.5	28.5	8.00	775	0.0
72	Praneela S	0	IND	−42B	=68N	+89B	−43N	+84N	−27B	=77N	−49B	3.0	25.5	27.5	7.50	1257	-38.0
73	Heng, Guan Yuan Gabriel	0	MAS	−22N	+78B	−45N	−53B	−71N	+90B	+82N	−54B	3.0	25.5	27.5	7.50	800	0.0
74	Chia, Chern Jin	1481	MAS	−4B	+81N	−76B	−67N	+82B	−65N	−70B	+83N	3.0	24.0	26.5	8.00	892	-19.6
75	Soh, Jing Rose	0	MAS	−18N	=84B	+77N	−68N	−62B	=87B	−51N	+91B	3.0	23.5	25.0	6.75	660	0.0
76	Mazani, Mohd Faizal	1593	MAS	+81B	−6B	+74N	−40N	+50B	F	F	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	10.00	1547	-10.8
77	Koh, Zhe Jie Joshua	0	MAS	−11B	=91N	−75B	−83N	+79B	+85N	=72B	−78N	3.0	22.5	24.0	7.75	1322	0.0
78	Sivaram, Dhashwannaa	0	MAS	−59B	−73N	−70B	+89N	+80B	F	−41N	+77B	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.00	1355	0.0
79	RK, Pradhyumna	0	MAS	−30N	−51B	−71N	+95B	−77N	+94B	+84N	−64B	3.0	21.5	22.5	4.50	681	0.0
80	Chen, Yun Tian Charlotte	0	MAS	−14N	−65B	+93N	−64B	−78N	−69B	+92N	+94B	3.0	21.5	22.5	4.00	849	0.0
81	FIDE 35834030	0	—	−76N	−74B	=85N	−54B	+97N	=84B	−49N	+87B	3.0	21.0	21.0	4.50	712	0.0
82	Lue, Ruo Chuan	0	MAS	−24N	−41B	−55N	+85B	−74N	+89N	−73B	=84B	2.5	24.0	26.0	5.75	1305	0.0
83	FIDE 35834013	0	—	−45N	−88B	=86N	+77B	+87N	−18B	−60N	−74B	2.5	23.5	25.5	6.25	696	0.0
84	Khairul Azli, Nur Azra Hana	0	MAS	−13B	=75N	+91B	−59N	−72B	=81N	−79B	=82N	2.5	23.5	25.0	5.75	716	0.0
85	FIDE 35892170	0	—	−17B	−66N	=81B	−82N	+91B	−77B	+86N	−63N	2.5	23.0	24.5	5.50	695	0.0
86	FIDE 35834048	0	—	−29B	−40N	=83B	+91N	−55B	−56N	−85B	+95N	2.5	23.0	24.0	3.75	787	0.0
87	Chan, Jienlin Eian	0	MAS	+56B	−35N	−31B	=55N	−83B	=75N	−71B	−81N	2.0	26.0	28.5	7.50	1486	0.0
88	Mohd Zainuddin, Mohd Haziq	1430	MAS	−3B	+83N	−32B	+92N	−25B	F	F	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	4.00	830	-29.6
89	Au, Chor Onn	1465	MAS	−21N	−69B	−72N	−78B	+95N	−82B	−90N	+97B	2.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	782	-29.2
90	FIDE 5791014	0	—	−26N	F	F	+97B	−51N	−73N	+89B	−67N	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	1438	0.0
91	FIDE 35864745	0	—	−15N	=77B	−84N	−86B	−85N	+95B	−63B	−75N	1.5	22.5	23.5	2.50	692	0.0
92	Norazmali Sham, Abu Hassan	0	MAS	−38N	−27B	+95N	−88B	F	−70N	−80B	=93N	1.5	20.0	20.0	1.75	685	0.0
93	FIDE 35837276	0	—	−32B	−50N	−80B	−56N	F	+97B	−94N	=92B	1.5	18.0	18.0	0.75	760	0.0
94	FIDE 35850922	0	—	F	−48B	−15N	−27B	−38N	−79N	+93B	−80N	1.0	26.5	26.5	1.50	735	0.0
95	FIDE 35873205	0	—	−35B	−61N	−92B	−79N	−89B	−91N	+97N	−86B	1.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	727	0.0
96	Naizli, Aisy Harith	0	MAS	−34N	−49B	+97N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	731	0.0
97	FIDE 35869208	0	—	−10B	−52N	−96B	−90N	−81B	−93N	−95B	−89N	0.0	19.0	20.0	0.00	753	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Diwakaran, Tharun AdithyaMAS
+78.4
5.5 pts · #13
2Yap, Ray JinMAS
+76.4
7.0 pts · #1
3Tan, Sue AnneMAS
+55.7
5.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Chuah, Chong HupMAS
-57.6
4.0 pts · #51
2Chan, Wenlin EuanMAS
-56.0
4.0 pts · #60
3Muhd Hazim, Muhd Ammar AryanMAS
-40.8
3.5 pts · #92

Biggest upsets

R1+283 Elo gap
Vijayan, Shanvatana1449 beat Yap, Hao Ran1732
R7+193 Elo gap
Razali, Radzy1507 beat Yahaya, Nor Zaiasron1700
R6+153 Elo gap
Tan, Ze Hao Brighton1579 beat Yap, Hao Ran1732