UTP CLASSICAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

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83 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1747, and top seed was Muhd Muaz Syahrul Anuar (🇲🇾 MAS, 1776).

Joon Hoong Chay (🇲🇾 MAS, 1743) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain (6.0) and Ahmad Dilfitri Arsyad Ahmad Fauzi (6.0).

The biggest upset came in round 7: Chuan Benz Lim (1551) beat Kang Ng Jeremiah Ling (1743), a +192-point gap.

Location

🇲🇾Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Dates

16 May 2026 → 17 May 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇾Muhd Muaz Syahrul Anuar1776

Avg top 10

1,747

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇲🇾Malaysia×63

🇰🇪Kenya×1

Top 3

🥇
Joon Hoong Chay
🇲🇾MAS·1743
6.0pts·1958perf+31.0
🥈
Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain
🇲🇾MAS·1769
6.0pts·1953perf+56.4
🥉
Ahmad Dilfitri Arsyad Ahmad Fauzi
🇲🇾MAS·1775
6.0pts·1945perf+51.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Syahrul Anuar6Mohd. Zain6Ahmad Fauzi6Chay6Syed Hashim Azmi5.5Chee5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 6.0/7. Chay takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Muhd Muaz Syahrul Anuar 3 wins (R4–R6)Ahmad Dilfitri Arsyad Ahmad Fauzi 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Muhd Muaz Syahrul Anuar	*	—	—	½
2Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain	—	*	—	½
3Ahmad Dilfitri Arsyad Ahmad Fauzi	—	—	*	0
4Joon Hoong Chay	½	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chay, Joon Hoong	1743	MAS	+67B	+25N	+40B	+8N	+3N	=2B	=4B	6.0	30.5	32.5	26.50	1958	+31.0
2	Mohd. Zain, Harith Kamil Zafri	1769	MAS	+55N	+12B	=7N	+14B	+15N	=1N	+13B	6.0	29.5	32.5	27.00	1953	+56.4
3	Ahmad Fauzi, Ahmad Dilfitri Arsyad	1775	MAS	+57B	+36N	+16B	+9N	−1B	+6N	+8B	6.0	29.5	32.5	26.50	1945	+51.6
4	Syahrul Anuar, Muhd Muaz	1776	MAS	+30N	+20B	=14N	+28B	+7N	+13B	=1N	6.0	28.5	32.5	27.25	1937	+47.6
5	Syed Hashim Azmi, Syed Firdaus Asyraaf	1755	MAS	+32N	+52B	+43N	=15B	−13N	+18B	+19N	5.5	25.5	28.5	21.75	1818	+19.2
6	Shamsul Bahari, Muhd Irsyad	1684	MAS	=11N	+30B	=33N	+31B	+12N	−3B	+25N	5.0	28.0	32.0	21.50	1738	+16.8
7	Mohd Azman, Farihah Nur Aisyah	1642	MAS	+68B	+34N	=2B	+37N	−4B	=17N	+31B	5.0	28.0	30.0	18.75	1727	+26.8
8	Chong, Bok Siong	1678	MAS	+77N	+31B	+49N	−1B	+25N	+15B	−3N	5.0	27.5	29.5	17.50	1744	+11.2
9	Tee, Yuan Khai Eamonn	1719	MAS	+63N	+42B	+39N	−3B	+28N	=19B	=29N	5.0	25.5	28.0	17.75	1697	-5.2
10	Kuan, Rhe Anne	1599	MAS	+47B	−39N	+32B	+34N	=17B	+26N	=11B	5.0	25.0	28.0	19.75	1597	-1.2
11	Chee, Cheng Swin Arthus	0	MAS	=6B	+57N	−38B	+36N	+40B	+37N	=10N	5.0	24.5	27.5	19.00	1640	0.0
12	Lim, Chuan Benz	1551	MAS	+70B	−2N	+69B	+47N	−6B	+35N	+27B	5.0	24.0	26.0	15.00	1607	+8.4
13	Ishak, Mohd Hafizul	1763	MAS	+35B	=37N	+21B	+38N	+5B	−4N	−2N	4.5	29.5	33.0	19.25	1724	-4.4
14	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Azril Akmal	1669	MAS	+69B	+29N	=4B	−2N	=21B	+34N	=17B	4.5	29.0	31.0	17.50	1650	-3.6
15	Lai, Guan Cheng	1728	MAS	+46B	+17N	+26B	=5N	−2B	−8N	+37B	4.5	28.5	31.5	17.75	1688	-9.6
16	Johnson, Damien Steve	1640	MAS	+66N	+23B	−3N	+33B	=18N	−29B	+65B	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.25	1548	-24.4
17	Mohd Faizal, Muhd Fateh	1523	MAS	+53N	−15B	+83N	+49B	=10N	=7B	=14N	4.5	25.0	25.0	13.25	1616	+24.4
18	Tan, Ryan	1525	MAS	+61B	−27N	+41B	+48N	=16B	−5N	+38B	4.5	24.0	27.0	15.25	1611	+16.4
19	Cheah, Yik Zhu	1581	MAS	+41B	−49N	+67B	+46N	+27B	=9N	−5B	4.5	24.0	26.0	15.00	1578	-2.4
20	Mohd Shohod, Shahrulnizam	1569	MAS	+81B	−4N	−46B	+41N	+64B	+30N	=21B	4.5	23.5	24.0	12.75	1567	-0.4
21	Visvaruban, Vishakan	1499	MAS	+73N	=24B	−13N	+68B	=14N	+53B	=20N	4.5	23.0	25.0	13.75	1584	+15.2
22	Mohd. Fadly, Muhd Airy	1701	MAS	+50B	−26N	+35B	=29N	−37B	+45N	+39B	4.5	22.5	25.5	16.00	1422	-59.2
23	Abu Bakar Martin, Nur Aqilah	1453	MAS	+48B	−16N	+74B	−25N	+58B	=38N	+40B	4.5	21.5	23.5	13.25	1515	+11.2
24	Haris, Muhd Nafiz	1682	MAS	+79B	=21N	−37B	+56N	−26B	+64N	+44B	4.5	21.0	22.0	12.25	1248	-65.6
25	Rosnizam, Izz Zara Aisyah	1525	MAS	+54N	−1B	+66N	+23B	−8B	+32N	−6B	4.0	27.5	29.5	13.50	1447	-16.4
26	Yeoh Yuan Qi	1515	MAS	+76N	+22B	−15N	=43B	+24N	−10B	=28N	4.0	26.0	28.0	14.75	1651	+43.2
27	Ling, Kang Ng Jeremiah	1743	MAS	+45N	+18B	−28N	+42B	−19N	+33B	−12N	4.0	25.5	29.0	15.50	1542	-61.6
28	Wong, Zi Xin Eunice	1581	MAS	+51N	+65B	+27B	−4N	−9B	=39N	=26B	4.0	25.5	28.0	13.25	1574	-3.2
29	Suresh, Sahen	1496	MAS	F	−14B	+54N	=22B	+43N	+16N	=9B	4.0	25.0	25.0	15.75	1741	+64.8
30	Chia, Chern Jin	1427	MAS	−4B	−6N	+75B	+61N	+56B	−20B	+50N	4.0	24.5	26.5	11.00	876	-24.0
31	Mohd Noor Fadillah, Muhd Noor Firdaus	1501	MAS	+64B	−8N	+58B	−6N	+46B	+48N	−7N	4.0	24.0	26.5	11.50	868	-33.6
32	Wan Hirman Firdaus, Wan Eiyad Fahri	0	MAS	−5B	+70N	−10N	+54B	+42N	−25B	+62N	4.0	24.0	26.0	11.50	1407	0.0
33	Tan, Yi Han	1491	MAS	+44B	=38N	=6B	−16N	+47B	−27N	+48B	4.0	23.5	26.5	13.75	1488	-0.8
34	Leong, Jin Kai	1492	MAS	+59N	−7B	+65N	−10B	+50N	−14B	+51N	4.0	23.5	26.0	11.50	837	-36.8
35	Syed Qamma, Syed Muhd Rafiq	0	MAS	−13N	+51B	−22N	+72B	+52N	−12B	+53N	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.00	1445	0.0
36	Baharom, Masri	1568	MAS	+75N	−3B	=63N	−11B	+68N	=62B	+46N	4.0	21.5	23.5	9.75	975	-9.2
37	Kamaruddin, Ami Shamril	1548	MAS	+80N	=13B	+24N	−7B	+22N	−11B	−15N	3.5	28.0	28.5	11.75	1703	+20.4
38	Mohd Salim, Muhd Faheem	1655	MAS	+82N	=33B	+11N	−13B	=39N	=23B	−18N	3.5	26.0	26.5	11.50	1393	-69.6
39	Lee, Guan Sheng	1478	MAS	+62N	+10B	−9B	=40N	=38B	=28B	−22N	3.5	25.5	28.5	13.50	1584	+30.4
40	Masri, Muamar	1589	MAS	+72N	+83B	−1N	=39B	−11N	+59B	−23N	3.5	24.0	24.0	6.75	1285	-44.8
41	Lim, Khye Soon	0	MAS	−19N	+62B	−18N	−20B	+74N	+52B	=42N	3.5	23.0	25.0	9.75	1398	0.0
42	Mohd Fadzli, Saffiah Maisarah	1522	MAS	+58B	−9N	+71B	−27N	−32B	+47N	=41B	3.5	22.5	24.5	9.75	931	-18.8
43	Ramli, Ahmad Mudzaffar	1616	MAS	+78N	+60B	−5B	=26N	−29B	−44N	+64B	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.00	1462	-34.0
44	Muhd Izni, Sofea Zahra	0	MAS	−33N	−66B	+51N	=55B	+60N	+43B	−24N	3.5	21.0	23.0	11.00	1527	0.0
45	FIDE 565011899	0	—	−27B	−71N	+82N	=59B	+73N	−22B	+63N	3.5	18.0	18.5	6.50	922	0.0
46	Dorairaj, Ashmitta	0	MAS	−15N	+80B	+20N	−19B	−31N	+54B	−36B	3.0	24.5	25.0	8.00	1349	0.0
47	K.B. Thevantheran, Lakshminaraina	0	MAS	−10N	+59B	+52N	−12B	−33N	−42B	+73N	3.0	23.5	25.5	8.00	1300	0.0
48	Thomas Morara	0	KEN	−23N	+78B	+60N	−18B	+49N	−31B	−33N	3.0	23.0	24.5	7.50	1349	0.0
49	Wong, Zi Xuan Evan	1441	MAS	+74N	+19B	−8B	−17N	−48B	+70N	F	3.0	22.0	24.0	8.50	1469	+4.0
50	Cheah, Yik Ying	0	MAS	−22N	−54B	+76N	+74B	−34B	+58N	−30B	3.0	20.5	22.5	7.00	740	0.0
51	Low, Hui Kai	0	MAS	−28B	−35N	−44B	+?N	+76B	+57N	−34B	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1372	0.0
52	Abu Bakar, Zamirah	1538	MAS	+71B	−5N	−47B	+70N	−35B	−41N	+75B	3.0	20.0	22.0	6.00	955	-8.8
53	FIDE 35879874	0	—	−17B	+79N	−68B	+67N	+57B	−21N	−35B	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.00	1355	0.0
54	Mohd Khursani, Muhd Uwais Al Qarni	0	MAS	−25B	+50N	−29B	−32N	+79B	−46N	+67B	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.00	711	0.0
55	Nang, Junn Hao	1415	MAS	−2B	+81N	−56B	=44N	+71B	−65N	=59B	3.0	20.0	20.5	5.75	969	-4.4
56	FIDE 142112193	0	—	−60N	+72B	+55N	−24B	−30N	+66B	F	3.0	19.5	21.5	7.00	1296	0.0
57	Vejayakumaran, Shiva Jhathannaesshwar	1418	MAS	−3N	−11B	+80N	+83B	−53N	−51B	+72N	3.0	19.5	19.5	2.50	975	-4.4
58	FIDE 565011902	0	—	−42N	+77B	−31N	+66B	−23N	−50B	+69B	3.0	19.0	21.0	6.00	692	0.0
59	FIDE 565013123	0	—	−34B	−47N	+79B	=45N	+69B	−40N	=55N	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.25	1226	0.0
60	Syahrul Anuar, Sarah Nashwa	1430	MAS	+56B	−43N	−48B	=71N	−44B	=61N	+70B	3.0	18.0	20.0	7.50	816	-10.4
61	FIDE 565008421	0	—	−18N	−63B	+78N	−30B	=72N	=60B	+66N	3.0	18.0	19.5	6.00	1188	0.0
62	Tan, Zheng Kai	0	MAS	−39B	−41N	=81B	+82B	+63N	=36N	−32B	3.0	18.0	18.5	5.25	1330	0.0
63	Cheung, Pak Hei Braven	0	MAS	−9B	+61N	=36B	−64N	−62B	+71N	−45B	2.5	21.0	23.0	7.00	1451	0.0
64	Ong, Wen Qing Rachel	0	MAS	−31N	=82B	+73N	+63B	−20N	−24B	−43N	2.5	21.0	21.5	4.75	792	0.0
65	Ami Shamril, Zeeshan	0	MAS	F	−28N	−34B	=69N	+67B	+55B	−16N	2.5	19.5	19.5	6.00	1339	0.0
66	FIDE 35885335	0	—	−16B	+44N	−25B	−58N	+75B	−56N	−61B	2.0	21.0	23.0	5.50	783	0.0
67	FIDE 35839520	0	—	−1N	+75B	−19N	−53B	−65N	+76B	−54N	2.0	21.0	23.0	4.00	862	0.0
68	Eng, Aik Guan	0	MAS	−7N	=73B	+53N	−21N	−36B	=72B	−74N	2.0	20.5	22.5	5.00	770	0.0
69	FIDE 35872136	0	—	−14N	+76B	−12N	=65B	−59N	=73B	−58N	2.0	20.0	22.0	4.25	810	0.0
70	FIDE 565012461	0	—	−12N	−32B	+77N	−52B	+83N	−49B	−60N	2.0	20.0	20.0	2.00	690	0.0
71	FIDE 565012968	0	—	−52N	+45B	−42N	=60B	−55N	−63B	=77N	2.0	18.5	20.5	6.00	1154	0.0
72	Kuan, Rhay Wen	0	MAS	−40B	−56N	+?B	−35N	=61B	=68N	−57B	2.0	18.5	18.5	2.50	704	0.0
73	Hamdan, Shasya Adelyn	0	MAS	−21B	=68N	−64B	+81N	−45B	=69N	−47B	2.0	17.5	18.0	2.50	699	0.0
74	FIDE 35869151	0	—	−49B	F	−23N	−50N	−41B	+79N	+68B	2.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	647	0.0
75	FIDE 35876824	0	—	−36B	−67N	−30N	+77B	−66N	+83B	−52N	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	711	0.0
76	FIDE 35823607	0	—	−26B	−69N	−50B	+78B	−51N	−67N	+80B	2.0	15.5	16.0	2.00	715	0.0
77	Chia, Min Xin	0	MAS	−8B	−58N	−70B	−75N	+80B	=?N	=71B	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.50	878	0.0
78	FIDE 565006925	0	—	−43B	−48N	−61B	−76N	−?B	=80N	+79B	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	816	0.0
79	FIDE 35869208	0	—	−24N	−53B	−59N	+80B	−54N	−74B	−78N	1.0	17.0	17.5	0.50	882	0.0
80	FIDE 565012429	0	—	−37B	−46N	−57B	−79N	−77N	=78B	−76N	0.5	15.0	16.0	0.75	683	0.0
81	FIDE 5734053	0	—	−20N	−55B	=62N	−73B	F	F	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.50	692	0.0
82	Chuah, Rui Qian	0	MAS	−38B	=64N	−45B	−62N	F	F	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	855	0.0
83	FIDE 35899743	0	—	F	−40N	−17B	−57N	−70B	−75N	−?B	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	710	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Suresh, SahenMAS
+64.8
4.0 pts · #16
2Mohd. Zain, Harith Kamil ZafriMAS
+56.4
6.0 pts · #2
3Ahmad Fauzi, Ahmad Dilfitri ArsyadMAS
+51.6
6.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Mohd Salim, Muhd FaheemMAS
-69.6
3.5 pts · #25
2Haris, Muhd NafizMAS
-65.6
4.5 pts · #47
3Ling, Kang Ng JeremiahMAS
-61.6
4.0 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R7+192 Elo gap
Lim, Chuan Benz1551 beat Ling, Kang Ng Jeremiah1743
R2+186 Elo gap
Yeoh Yuan Qi1515 beat Mohd. Fadly, Muhd Airy1701
R5+167 Elo gap
Yeoh Yuan Qi1515 beat Haris, Muhd Nafiz1682