IM Ali Muhammad Lufti is 2015 Johor Open Champion

Indonesian newest IM, Ali Muhammad Lufti won the 2015 Johor International Chess Open with half a point ahead of the field. In the decisive last game vs Singaporean FM Liu Xiangyi,  Lufti immediately pounced on the 23. Nxf7 tactical sortie that nabbed him a couple of pawns which eventaully proved too much for the Singaporean FM to handle. Here is the game:-

Round 2

from http://chess-results.com/tnr199960.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2&wi=821

Round 2 on 2015/12/15 at 09:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2496	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Gunawan Ronny	2371	17
2	18		Vo Thanh Ninh	2368	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Narayanan Srinath	2468	3
3	4	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	2465	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Nguyen Van Hai	2352	19
4	22		Tran Ngoc Lan	2256	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2452	5
5	6	GM	Laxman R.R.	2446	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2333	20
6	24	CM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi	2231	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Vahidov Tair	2445	7
7	8	GM	Bitoon Richard	2438	1	1 - 0	1		Navalgund Niranjan	2233	23
8	26	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2193	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Cao Sang	2433	9
9	10	FM	Liu Xiangyi	2425	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Praveen Kumar C	2231	25
10	12	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2423	1	1 - 0	1	WFM	Aprilia Resti	2146	28
11	27		Ooi Zhi Yang	2146	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Pascua Haridas	2419	13
12	30	CM	Ng Jen Sheng	2127	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Ali Muhammad Lutfi	2400	14
13	11	IM	Nitin S.	2424	½	1 - 0	1		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	1521	59
14	41		Soh Zee Wee	1901	½	0 - 1	½	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2496	1
15	46	WCM	Isha Sharma	1832	½	0 - 1	½	IM	Anurag Mhamal	2390	15
16	16	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2381	½	1 - 0	½		Tan Kok Liang	1938	37
17	21	IM	Paciencia Enrique	2326	½	½ - ½	½		Kwan Nam Seng Eddy	1844	44
18	47	CM	Tan Jun Ying	1830	½	0 - 1	½	FM	Lee Qing Aun	2132	29
19	32	CM	Le Huu Thai	2042	0	1 - 0	½		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1829	48
20	51		Chan Kim Yew	1777	0	1 - 0	0		Calvelo Jelvis	2090	31
21	52		Yin Haoran	1698	0	½ - ½	0		Ng Shi Hao	2037	33
22	34	WFM	Tan Li Ting	2013	0	1 - 0	0		Lim Kian Hwa	1779	50
23	53		Kumar Sri Shiva	1634	0	0 - 1	0		Alahakoon Isuru	1997	35
24	36		Lye Lik Zang	1970	0	1 - 0	0		Srivatanakul Pricha	1623	54
25	55		Lee Kah Teng Benjamin	1610	0	1 - 0	0		Izzuddin Zain	1937	38
26	39		Pang Siew Chong	1927	0	1 - 0	0		Greenwood Martin C	1564	56
27	57		Saw Lye Guan	1543	0	0 - 1	0		Dhanush Bharadwaj	1904	40
28	61		Lim Zen Hong	1416	0	0 - 1	0		Sivanesan Subramanian	1875	42
29	43		Lamahewa C	1850	0	1 - 0	0		Cheah Kah Hoe	1531	58
30	45		Tan Soon Wei Dawson	1842	0	1 - 0	0		Lew Zhi Hong	1447	60
31	49	CM	Doluweera Dinul Thisura	1815	0	½ - ½	0		Chan Kok Leong	1565	62

Some highlights include:

Tran Ngoc Lan defeats GM Gerhard Schebler on board 4 

Ooi Zhi Yang holds IM Pascua Haridas to a draw on board 11

Eddie Kwan draws IM Paciencia Enrique who is about 500 ELO points ahead of Eddie.

Leaders with 2/2 after round 2 are:

IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R, IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi, GM Bitoon Richard, Tran Ngoc Lan and FM Dang Hoang Son.

Round 1

from chess-results:-

Round 1 on 2015/12/14 at 15:30

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	31		Calvelo Jelvis	2090	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2496	2
2	3	IM	Narayanan Srinath	2468	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Le Huu Thai	2042	32
3	33		Ng Shi Hao	2037	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	2465	4
4	5	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2452	0	1 - 0	0	WFM	Tan Li Ting	2013	34
5	35		Alahakoon Isuru	1997	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Laxman R.R.	2446	6
6	7	GM	Vahidov Tair	2445	0	1 - 0	0		Lye Lik Zang	1970	36
7	38		Izzuddin Zain	1937	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Bitoon Richard	2438	8
8	9	GM	Cao Sang	2433	0	1 - 0	0		Pang Siew Chong	1927	39
9	40		Dhanush Bharadwaj	1904	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Liu Xiangyi	2425	10
10	42		Sivanesan Subramanian	1875	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2423	12
11	13	IM	Pascua Haridas	2419	0	1 - 0	0		Lamahewa C	1850	43
12	14	IM	Ali Muhammad Lutfi	2400	0	1 - 0	0		Tan Soon Wei Dawson	1842	45
13	15	IM	Anurag Mhamal	2390	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Tan Jun Ying	1830	47
14	48		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1829	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2381	16
15	17	IM	Gunawan Ronny	2371	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Doluweera Dinul Thisura	1815	49
16	50		Lim Kian Hwa	1779	0	0 - 1	0		Vo Thanh Ninh	2368	18
17	20	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2333	0	1 - 0	0		Yin Haoran	1698	52
18	54		Srivatanakul Pricha	1623	0	0 - 1	0		Tran Ngoc Lan	2256	22
19	23		Navalgund Niranjan	2233	0	1 - 0	0		Lee Kah Teng Benjamin	1610	55
20	56		Greenwood Martin C	1564	0	0 - 1	0	CM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi	2231	24
21	25	IM	Praveen Kumar C	2231	0	1 - 0	0		Saw Lye Guan	1543	57
22	58		Cheah Kah Hoe	1531	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2193	26
23	60		Lew Zhi Hong	1447	0	0 - 1	0		Ooi Zhi Yang	2146	27
24	28	WFM	Aprilia Resti	2146	0	1 - 0	0		Lim Zen Hong	1416	61
25	62		Chan Kok Leong	1565	0	0 - 1	0	CM	Ng Jen Sheng	2127	30
26	1	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2496	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Nitin S.	2424	11
27	44		Kwan Nam Seng Eddy	1844	0	½ - ½	0	WCM	Isha Sharma	1832	46
28	19	IM	Nguyen Van Hai	2352	0	1 - 0	0		Chan Kim Yew	1777	51
29	29	FM	Lee Qing Aun	2132	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Paciencia Enrique	2326	21
30	59		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	1521	0	1 - 0	0		Kumar Sri Shiva	1634	53
31	37		Tan Kok Liang	1938	0	½ - ½	0		Soh Zee Wee	1901	41

IM Anurag Mhamal is held to a draw by Tan Jun Ying

Last game to finish for Round 1- Nithya draws IM Dimakiling in an opposite colour Bishop ending

WFM Li Ting on board 5 vs GM Gerhadt Schlebler. Li TIng has not played chess for over half a year due to exams.

Birthday boy GM Richard Bitoon

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi looks to be getting active again, fresh having played the Penang Open. Mas was one of the first games to win in Round 1.