7th Chess Hub U1800 Classical Tournament
Open SwissStandard
38 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Ampang Selangor, Malaysia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1746, and top seed was Ree Yang Shen (🇲🇾 MAS, 1772).
Mohd Hafizul Ishak (🇲🇾 MAS, 1763) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Joon Hoong Chay (5.5) and Ree Yang Shen (5.5). Ishak broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Jun Hao Eloysius Shu (1461) beat Mohd Amin Che Cob (1651), a +190-point gap.
Location
🇲🇾Ampang Selangor, Malaysia
Dates
23 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇲🇾Malaysia×35
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsMohd Hafizul Ishak led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Co-leaders
17
9
4
2
2
3
1
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD
Mohd Hafizul Ishak held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mohd Hafizul Ishak beat Hooi Chin See (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Mohd Hafizul Ishak 4 wins (R1–R4)Hooi Chin See 3 wins (R1–R3)Joon Hoong Chay 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mohd Hafizul Ishak | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Hooi Chin See | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Joon Hoong Chay | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ree Yang Shen | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ishak, Mohd Hafizul | 1763 | MAS | +30N | +9B | +2N | +4B | =5N | =3B | +7N | 6.0 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 27.75 | 2007 | +38.0 |
| 2 | Chay, Joon Hoong | 1743 | MAS | +15B | +11N | −1B | +8N | +13B | +10N | =4B | 5.5 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 23.75 | 1879 | +21.6 |
| 3 | Shen, Ree Yang | 1772 | MAS | +6B | +8N | −5B | +11N | +12B | =1N | +22N | 5.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 23.00 | 1819 | +6.6 |
| 4 | See, Hooi Chin | 1744 | MAS | +25N | +24B | +19N | −1N | +22B | +5B | =2N | 5.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 20.25 | 1862 | +18.8 |
| 5 | Tee, Yuan Khai Eamonn | 1719 | MAS | +35N | +16B | +3N | +7B | =1B | −4N | =6N | 5.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 19.75 | 1799 | +26.4 |
| 6 | Kamaruddin, Ami Shamril | 1548 | MAS | −3N | +31B | +34N | +19B | =7N | =13N | =5B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 14.25 | 1746 | +25.6 |
| 7 | Noor Akbar, Daniel Iskandar | 1756 | MAS | +32B | +29N | +12B | −5N | =6B | +28N | −1B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 13.25 | 1735 | -2.0 |
| 8 | Neo, Zhi Long | 1609 | MAS | +38N | −3B | +17N | −2B | +32N | +12N | =14B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 11.50 | 1678 | +18.8 |
| 9 | Kamaruzaman, Norazwan | 1649 | MAS | +20B | −1N | +18B | −22N | =11B | +29N | +28B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 14.00 | 1790 | +14.8 |
| 10 | Kamarul Azhar, Muhd Haziq Haikal | 1770 | MAS | +23N | −14B | +32N | =28B | +16N | −2B | +18N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.25 | 1637 | -35.2 |
| 11 | Mohd Fadhlan, Ahmad Faiz | 0 | MAS | +28N | −2B | +24N | −3B | =9N | +23B | =13N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 12.75 | 1690 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Thavaraj, Keshvin | 1710 | MAS | +31N | +17B | −7N | +14B | −3N | −8B | +25N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 13.00 | 1587 | -32.8 |
| 13 | Bakal, Mohd Bakri | 1766 | MAS | =27B | +26N | =14N | +30B | −2N | =6B | =11B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 13.25 | 1668 | -14.0 |
| 14 | Abdul Rahman, Afzan Hamizan | 1682 | MAS | +36B | +10N | =13B | −12N | F | +16B | =8N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 13.25 | 1714 | +3.6 |
| 15 | Shu, Jun Hao Eloysius | 1461 | MAS | −2N | −34B | =31N | +35B | =17N | +24B | +26B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 1805 | +70.8 |
| 16 | Koh, Zhe Jie Joshua | 0 | MAS | +26B | −5N | +21B | =29N | −10B | −14N | +30N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 10.25 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Mohd Aizuddin, Ahmad Ali Ardani | 0 | MAS | +21B | −12N | −8B | =26N | =15B | =27N | +29B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1597 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Abdullah Hidayat, Uwaiz Aamir | 1412 | MAS | −19N | +23B | −9N | +24B | +30N | =25B | −10B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 10.00 | 1608 | +67.6 |
| 19 | Raja Badli, Raja Bazil Bot | 1717 | MAS | +18B | +37N | −4B | −6N | F | +32B | =21N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 7.75 | 1562 | -19.2 |
| 20 | Moganakumar, Danesh | 0 | MAS | −9N | +25B | −28N | −23B | +34N | =30B | +31N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 8.25 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Chua, Kang Zhuang | 1626 | MAS | −17N | +35B | −16N | +34B | +23N | −22B | =19B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 7.25 | 1844 | +15.6 |
| 22 | Ng, Hui Xuen Amelia | 0 | MAS | −24N | F | +29B | +9B | −4N | +21N | −3B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 10.50 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Abu Bakar, Zamirah | 1538 | MAS | −10B | −18N | +27B | +20N | −21B | −11N | +35B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 1489 | -14.8 |
| 24 | Muhd Dzarfan, Diyaz Ayden | 1596 | MAS | +22B | −4N | −11B | −18N | +38B | −15N | +32B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.00 | 1332 | -55.2 |
| 25 | Yeop, Mat Zaki | 1478 | MAS | −4B | −20N | +36B | +38N | =26B | =18N | −12B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.25 | 1436 | -5.0 |
| 26 | Che Cob, Mohd Amin | 1651 | MAS | −16N | −13B | +35N | =17B | =25N | +36B | −15N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 5.25 | 1454 | -21.4 |
| 27 | Mohd Imran, Muhd Irfan Zafri | 1538 | MAS | =13N | −28B | −23N | −31B | +33N | =17B | +36N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 1519 | -6.0 |
| 28 | Hasan Basri, Muhd Ariji | 1626 | MAS | −11B | +27N | +20B | =10N | F | −7B | −9N | 2.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 8.75 | 1591 | -4.4 |
| 29 | Mohd Imran, Nur Alisha Qaisara | 1587 | MAS | +34N | −7B | −22N | =16B | +31N | −9B | −17N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 5.75 | 903 | -27.6 |
| 30 | Yo, Yi Xuan | 1505 | MAS | −1B | +36N | +37B | −13N | −18B | =20N | −16B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 3.25 | 847 | -39.6 |
| 31 | Kamarul Azhar, Muhd Aqil Zahran | 0 | MAS | −12B | −6N | =15B | +27N | −29B | +38N | −20B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 5.00 | 1420 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Mohan, Sharmeesh | 1481 | MAS | −7N | +38B | −10B | +37N | −8B | −19N | −24N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.50 | 890 | -48.0 |
| 33 | Tee, Yuan Zhi Matthias | 1492 | MAS | F | F | F | F | −27B | +37N | +38B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 738 | -17.6 |
| 34 | Nygmet, Khaknazar | 0 | KAZ | −29B | +15N | −6B | −21N | −20B | −35N | =37B | 1.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 4.25 | 1296 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Lew, Yu Zek | 1458 | MAS | −5B | −21N | −26B | −15N | F | +34B | −23N | 1.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 1.50 | 799 | -64.0 |
| 36 | Ami Shamril, Zeeshan | 0 | MAS | −14N | −30B | −25N | F | +37B | −26N | −27B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.50 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 35880139 | 0 | — | F | −19B | −30N | −32B | −36N | −33B | =34N | 0.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.75 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 35881100 | 0 | — | −8B | −32N | F | −25B | −24N | −31B | −33N | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shu, Jun Hao EloysiusMAS+70.84.0 pts · #14
- 2Abdullah Hidayat, Uwaiz AamirMAS+67.63.5 pts · #7
- 3Ishak, Mohd HafizulMAS+38.06.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Lew, Yu ZekMAS-64.01.0 pts · #34
- 2Muhd Dzarfan, Diyaz AydenMAS-55.23.0 pts · #28
- 3Mohan, SharmeeshMAS-48.02.0 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R7+190 Elo gap
- R4+184 Elo gap
- R4+169 Elo gap