Malaysian Open: Yu Yangyi sole leader
Report by Andrew Ooi
With only 2 more rounds to go, untitled chinese player, Yu Yangyi take sole leadership of the 6th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open after beating GM Dzhumaev Marat. This was made possible when previous round leaders GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and GM Negi Parimarjan drew their games on board 1.
However, Yu Yangyi lead is slim as there is 5 players just half a point behind him.
6 points:
Yu Yangyi
5.5 points:
GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan, GM Negi Parimarjan, Senador Emmanuel, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, GM Laylo Darwin
5 points:
GM Li Chao, GM Rahman Ziaur, Gao Rui, IM Dableo Ronald, IM Sriram Jha , GM Iuldachev Saidali, Yu Lie, GM Megaranto Susanto
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
China keeps on producing top talents.
Yu Yangyi just lost in Round 8 to Emmanuel Senador of the Philippines. Senador is now the leader.
Philippines is now producing top talents.