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:-

Leaders going into Round 8

18 year old IM Ali Muhammad Lufti continues to lead into Round 8 after having defeated IM Oliver Dimakiling in Round 7. Lufti is currently undefeated with 6 points out of 7.

Following half a point behind are IM Srinath Narayanan and GM Richard Bitoon.

Round 6

Ali Muhammad Lufti defeated leader Dang Hoang Son in Round 6 thus levelling the field somewhat. Now Lufti and Dang are leading with 5/6 points adter 6 rounds.

Following closely behind by half a point are IM Oliver Dimakiling, IM Narayanan Srinath, IM Anurag Mhamal, GM Richard Bitoon.

Round 5

Vietnamese FM Dang Hoang Son continues his lead with a win over IM Anurag Mhamal in round 5 putting him with a one point from his nearest rivals. 

 18 year old Indonesian IM Ahmad Lufti and IM Nguyen Van Huy are at 4/5 in clear joint second place behind Dang.

Indonesian newest IM Ahmad Lufti (taking White) defeating GM Gerhard Schebler in Round 5

Round 4

FM Dang Hoan Son became the sole leader after round 4 having defeated IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh with the black pieces. Dang is currently undefeated with a score of 4/4.




IM Anurag Mhamal follows closely in 2nd place with a score of 3.5/4 after defeating GM Richard Bitoon on Board 4.

Round 4 on 2015/12/16 at 09:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	12	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2423	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2193	26
2	13	IM	Pascua Haridas	2419	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Narayanan Srinath	2468	3
3	4	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	2465	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Ali Muhammad Lutfi	2400	14
4	8	GM	Bitoon Richard	2438	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Anurag Mhamal	2390	15
5	5	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2452	2	1 - 0	2½	IM	Nguyen Van Hai	2352	19
6	6	GM	Laxman R.R.	2446	2	1 - 0	2		Navalgund Niranjan	2233	23
7	25	IM	Praveen Kumar C	2231	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Vahidov Tair	2445	7
8	30	CM	Ng Jen Sheng	2127	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Cao Sang	2433	9
9	10	FM	Liu Xiangyi	2425	2	1 - 0	2	WFM	Aprilia Resti	2146	28
10	11	IM	Nitin S.	2424	2	1 - 0	2		Dhanush Bharadwaj	1904	40
11	18		Vo Thanh Ninh	2368	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Lee Qing Aun	2132	29
12	32	CM	Le Huu Thai	2042	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2333	20
13	34	WFM	Tan Li Ting	2013	2	1 - 0	2		Tran Ngoc Lan	2256	22
14	46	WCM	Isha Sharma	1832	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2496	1
15	2	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2496	1½	1 - 0	1½		Ng Shi Hao	2037	33
16	16	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2381	1½	1 - 0	1½		Alahakoon Isuru	1997	35
17	47	CM	Tan Jun Ying	1830	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Gunawan Ronny	2371	17
18	24	CM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi	2231	1½	1 - 0	1½		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1829	48
19	27		Ooi Zhi Yang	2146	1½	1 - 0	1½	CM	Doluweera Dinul Thisura	1815	49
20	51		Chan Kim Yew	1777	1½	½ - ½	1		Izzuddin Zain	1937	38
21	21	IM	Paciencia Enrique	2326	1	1 - 0	1		Lim Kian Hwa	1779	50
22	45		Tan Soon Wei Dawson	1842	1	1 - 0	1		Calvelo Jelvis	2090	31
23	36		Lye Lik Zang	1970	1	1 - 0	1		Kwan Nam Seng Eddy	1844	44
24	39		Pang Siew Chong	1927	1	1 - 0	1		Srivatanakul Pricha	1623	54
25	55		Lee Kah Teng Benjamin	1610	1	½ - ½	1		Sivanesan Subramanian	1875	42
26	43		Lamahewa C	1850	1	1 - 0	1		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	1521	59
27	37		Tan Kok Liang	1938	½	1 - 0	1		Lew Zhi Hong	1447	60
28	41		Soh Zee Wee	1901	½	1 - 0	½		Yin Haoran	1698	52
29	53		Kumar Sri Shiva	1634	0	0 - 1	½		Chan Kok Leong	1565	62
30	56		Greenwood Martin C	1564	0	1 - 0	0		Lim Zen Hong	1416	61
31	58		Cheah Kah Hoe	1531	0	0 - 1	0		Saw Lye Guan	1543	57

Round 3

Round 3 on 2015/12/15 at 15:30

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	14	IM	Ali Muhammad Lutfi	2400	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Bitoon Richard	2438	8
2	22		Tran Ngoc Lan	2256	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2423	12
3	1	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2496	1½	0 - 1	2	FM	Dang Hoang Son	2193	26
4	19	IM	Nguyen Van Hai	2352	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2496	2
5	3	IM	Narayanan Srinath	2468	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2381	16
6	17	IM	Gunawan Ronny	2371	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	2465	4
7	25	IM	Praveen Kumar C	2231	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Laxman R.R.	2446	6
8	7	GM	Vahidov Tair	2445	1½	½ - ½	1½		Vo Thanh Ninh	2368	18
9	20	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2333	1½	½ - ½	1½	FM	Liu Xiangyi	2425	10
10	29	FM	Lee Qing Aun	2132	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Nitin S.	2424	11
11	13	IM	Pascua Haridas	2419	1½	1 - 0	1½	CM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi	2231	24
12	15	IM	Anurag Mhamal	2390	1½	1 - 0	1½		Ooi Zhi Yang	2146	27
13	5	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2452	1	1 - 0	1		Lye Lik Zang	1970	36
14	9	GM	Cao Sang	2433	1	1 - 0	1		Lamahewa C	1850	43
15	40		Dhanush Bharadwaj	1904	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Paciencia Enrique	2326	21
16	23		Navalgund Niranjan	2233	1	1 - 0	1		Pang Siew Chong	1927	39
17	28	WFM	Aprilia Resti	2146	1	1 - 0	1		Tan Soon Wei Dawson	1842	45
18	42		Sivanesan Subramanian	1875	1	0 - 1	1	CM	Ng Jen Sheng	2127	30
19	44		Kwan Nam Seng Eddy	1844	1	0 - 1	1	CM	Le Huu Thai	2042	32
20	59		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	1521	1	0 - 1	1	WFM	Tan Li Ting	2013	34
21	35		Alahakoon Isuru	1997	1	½ - ½	1		Chan Kim Yew	1777	51
22	33		Ng Shi Hao	2037	½	1 - 0	1		Lee Kah Teng Benjamin	1610	55
23	37		Tan Kok Liang	1938	½	0 - 1	½	CM	Doluweera Dinul Thisura	1815	49
24	48		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1829	½	1 - 0	½		Soh Zee Wee	1901	41
25	52		Yin Haoran	1698	½	0 - 1	½	WCM	Isha Sharma	1832	46
26	62		Chan Kok Leong	1565	½	0 - 1	½	CM	Tan Jun Ying	1830	47
27	31		Calvelo Jelvis	2090	0	1 - 0	0		Greenwood Martin C	1564	56
28	38		Izzuddin Zain	1937	0	1 - 0	0		Saw Lye Guan	1543	57
29	50		Lim Kian Hwa	1779	0	1 - 0	0		Cheah Kah Hoe	1531	58
30	60		Lew Zhi Hong	1447	0	1 - 0	0		Kumar Sri Shiva	1634	53
31	54		Srivatanakul Pricha	1623	0	1 - 0	0		Lim Zen Hong	1416	61

Dang Hoang Son and Ramnath Bhuvanesh are leaders after Round 3. This sets up a meet between these two on board 1 for Round 4.

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