Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24

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The Malaysian Chess Federation on behalf of FIDE and The Commonwealth Chess Association cordially invites Chess Federations from the Commonwealth to participate in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 to be held from the 19th to the 28th of February 2024 in the Historical City of Melaka, Malaysia.

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The tournament venue is located at the Melaka International Trade Center (MITC), Level 2, Convention Centre, Jalan Konvensyen, Hang Tuah Jaya, 75450 Ayer Keroh, Melaka.

The Championship is open to all chess players from the all Commonwealth Countries from around the World. The Classical tournament format shall be as follows: Discipline Standard Event, Category Open and Age Groups (U8/U10/U12/U14/U16/U18). The event consist of 9 rounds Swiss with the time control 90 minutes + 30 second increment.

For the OPEN EVENT, each Commonwealth country is eligible to field One man, one woman, one Senior (Above-60), One Junior Girl (Under-20) and one Junior Boy (Under-20) – and acknowledged as the Official Players. The top prize in the Open tournament is USD 2100.
For the AGE GROUP EVENT, each Commonwealth country is eligible to field one boy and one girl each in the Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, and Under-18 events – and acknowledged as the Official Players.

The Entry Fee for all Official Players shall be USD75 and USD150 for all Additional Players. Free Entry for GMs and IMs with a FIDE Rating of 2400 and above, and for WGMs and WIMs with a FIDE Rating of 2250 and above. All OFFICIAL ENTRIES must be submitted via their respective Federations using the Official Registration Form.

All foreign participants and their respective accompanying persons will have to pay a registration fee of USD 110 per person. This will include pick-up services from the airport to the hotel and back, and other organizational costs. All local players must have both FIDE and MCF ID and will have to pay a registration fee of USD 60 per person to participate.

The previous Commonwealth Chess Championship was held in 2022 in Sri Lanka and the Open Champion was P Shyam Nikhil from India. This year, already more than 100 players registered for the Open event, with GM Sethuraman S.P. (India, 2603), GM Suri Vaibhav (India, 2596) and GM Jingyao Tin (Singapore, 2563) as the top-seeds.

For further information or clarification with regards to the Championship, please contact the following:
Najib Abdul Wahab, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Chess Federation, Email: mcfsecretariat@malaysiachess.org
Iwan Schani Ibnu, Chief Information Officer, Malaysian Chess Federation, Email: ischani10@gmail.com
Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff, Event Administrator/Secretariat, Email: syawal.chessworks@gmail.com

Official website / Chess results

Starting list of players – Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24:

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2603
2	GM	Vaibhav, Suri	IND	2596
3	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2563
4	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2526
5	GM	Vignesh, N R	IND	2525
6	GM	Visakh, N R	IND	2521
7	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2506
8	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2500
9	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2500
10	GM	Sengupta, Deep	IND	2500
11	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	IND	2454
12	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2416
13	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh	IND	2415
14	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2410
15	FM	Wong, Zhenyong Jayden	SGP	2406
16	FM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2402
17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	IND	2382
18	IM	De Silva, L M S T	SRI	2374
19	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V	IND	2336
20	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2330
21	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	IND	2322
22	WGM	Srija, Seshadri	IND	2283
23	FM	Liu, Yi	AUS	2278
24	FM	Lim, Zhuo Ren	MAS	2271
25	WGM	Gong, Qianyun	SGP	2263
26	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	IND	2259
27	FM	Wong, Jianwen	MAS	2254
28	CM	Sakline Mostafa, Sajid	BAN	2228
29	FM	Pon, Matt	RSA	2202
30		Vrashank, Chouhan	IND	2176
31	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	IND	2175
32		Anderson, Gavin	MRI	2159
33	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2148
34		Novak, Attila Robert	MLT	2130
35	IM	Chan, Peng Kong	SGP	2122
36	FM	Smith, Robert W	NZL	2116
37	WGM	Varshini, V	IND	2107
38	WFM	Nguyen, Thu Giang	AUS	2062
39	CM	Mahmood Shah, Mukhriez Shah	MAS	1982
40		Khandhar, Kaushal	MAS	1978
41		Sabri, Mohd Saprin	MAS	1922
42	CM	Milligan, Helen	NZL	1920
43	CM	Sammut Briffa, Peter	MLT	1892
44		Rindhiya, V	IND	1889
45	WFM	Bhagyashree, Patil	IND	1885
46		Kavin, Mohan	MAS	1878
47		Masli, Muhd Nur Daie	MAS	1867
48		Tan, Yi Xun	MAS	1828
49	AFM	Lee, Yun Rui	MAS	1824
50	WFM	Wadifa, Ahmed	BAN	1824
51		Shen, Ree Herng	MAS	1820
52		Genkeswaran, Genivan	MAS	1805
53	AGM	Kapoor, Satvik	SGP	1791
54		Rebecca, Jesumarian	IND	1789
55	WCM	Sanudula, K M Dahamdi	SRI	1765
56		Aminuddin, Muhd Faqih	MAS	1753
57	WIM	Hamid, Rani	BAN	1718
58		Chong, Hao Ern	MAS	1691
59		Chong, Jin Cheng	MAS	1684
60		Cairel Adrin, Rumi Arjuna Malique	MAS	1666
61		Muraley, Rittesh	MAS	1663
62		Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Abid	MAS	1653
63		Ah Kye, Benitot	MRI	1645
64		Hiew, Jing Yung	MAS	1635
65	WCM	Jayaweera, Sayuni Gihansa	SRI	1632
66		Lim, Wei Sheng	MAS	1628
67		De Maupeou D`ableiges, Alexandre	NZL	1609
68	ACM	M Mohd Nur, Megat Muhd Irfan	MAS	1601
69		Tham, Tick Hong Jax	MAS	1589
70		Wee, Yin Lin	MAS	1586
71		Lim, Xiao Xian Tobias	SGP	1584
72		Yusoff, Fairul	MAS	1583
73	AIM	Muzzaffar, Ahmad	MAS	1576
74	ACM	Kumaran, Ashwiniy	MAS	1571
75		Yu, Weiyang Cadence	NZL	1563
76		Yeo, Klaus Lucas	SGP	1549
77		Ismadi, Muhd Eilfie	MAS	1538
78		Fadzil, Muhd Idraki	MAS	1507
79		Burbach, Bruno	MRI	1500
80		Lim, Kian Hwa	MAS	1492
81		Lim, Kian Guan	MAS	1486
82		Helmy, Muhammad Adnin Nuaym	MAS	1485
83	AIM	Aminuddin, Nur Faiqah	MAS	1484
84		Wong, Qi Zhi	MAS	1479
85		Ting, De Jun Richard	MAS	1458
86		Ng, Shu Heng	MAS	1455
87		Anuar, Muhd Noor Khairullah	MAS	1434
88		Muming, Ardian Syah	MAS	1410
89		Pang, Kay Yan Eden	SGP	1408
90		Velaithum, Piraveen	MAS	1386
91		Siva Kumar, Rishikesh Kumar	MAS	1370
92		Md Rizam, Muhd Adam Sufi	MAS	1356
93		Chan, Zhe	MAS	1350
94		Nurul, Akma Quzaina Khairolhisal	MAS	1341
95		Khairul Hakeem, Hafiy Aiman	MAS	1332
96		Marimuthu, Sherralhan	MAS	1292
97		Adlan, Harris Danial	MAS	1290
98		Sinnapar, Amirthen Yohann	MAS	1272
99		Vengadasalam, Thenmolli	MAS	1251
100		Teo, Zhiguang	SGP	1207
101		Mohd Shahrul, Izzah	MAS	1202
102		Teoh, Je Hern	MAS	1200
103		Tan, Sue Anne	MAS	1172
104	ACM	Ganesh, Linggeswary	MAS	1165
105		Pillay, Mikhael	RSA	1116
106		Lim, Beng Seng Ronald	SGP	1004
107		Ramakrishnan, Yoshni	MAS	0
108		Lee, Li Xin	MAS	0
109		Seetulpersand, Heena	MRI	0