The 7th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2015 took place from December 7-12, at RedRock Hotel, in Penang, Malaysia.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90 + 30″ which gathered 119 players from 17 different countries.
GM Duc Hoa Nguyen from Vietnam and Filipino IM Haridas Pascua tied for the first place at 7/9 points each but Nguyen clinched the title on a superior tie-break score.
The third place was shared in an eight-way tie by GM Sang Cao (Vietnam), FM Xiangyi Liu (Singapore), GM Richard Bitoon (Philippines), FM Narquinden Reyes (Philippines), GM Chakkravarthy Deepan (India), GM Buenaventura Villamayor (Philippines) and IM Jingyao Tin (Singapore) after the whole group finished the event with 6.5 points.
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Final standings (top 15):
1 GM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2496 7
2 IM Pascua Haridas PHI 2419 7
3 GM Cao Sang VIE 2433 6.5
4 FM Liu Xiangyi SIN 2425 6.5
5 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 2438 6.5
6 FM Reyes Narquinden PHI 2301 6.5
7 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2496 6.5
8 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2446 6.5
9 GM Villamayor Buenaventura PHI 2454 6.5
10 IM Tin Jingyao SIN 2401 6.5
11 GM Komarov Dimitri UKR 2517 6
12 GM Vahidov Tair UZB 2445 6
13 Tran Ngoc Lan VIE 2256 6
14 IM Nguyen Van Hai VIE 2352 6
15 GM Barus Cerdas INA 2355 6