GM Cao Sang DATMO 2010 champion

Grandmaster Cao Sang of Vietnam is the new champion of the 7th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 held in Kuala Lumpur. GM Cao Sang started strongly with 4.5 / 5 at the start of the 9 round tournament. The next three games were drawn against FM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Wen Yang. In the crucial final round Cao Sang pulled ahead with a win against compatriot GM Nguyen Anh Dung to tie at 7/9 with GM Zhou Weiqi of China and IM S.P.Sethuraman. The Bucholz tie breaker gave Cao Sang the clincher to win the championship. Cao Sang takes home a winner’s purse of USD $4000.

Grandmaster Cao Sang

Final Standings in the 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Open:

1 GM Cao Sang VIE 2540 - 7,0
2 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2570 - 7,0
3 IM Sethuraman S P IND - 7,0
4 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2587 - 6,5
5 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2426 - 6,5
6 GM Wen Yang CHN 2507 - 6,5
7 IM Swayangsu Satyapragyan IND - 6,5
8 Wan Yunguo CHN 2453 - 6,5
9 GM Smerdon David AUS 2526 - 6,5
10 IM Gao Rui CHN 2455 - 6,5
11 GM Xu Jun CHN 2503 - 6,5
12 FM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2360 - 6,0
13 Wang Chen CHN 2411 - 6,0
14 GM Xu Yuhua CHN 2488 - 6,0
16 GM Das Neelotpal IND 2437 - 6,0
17 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2484 - 6,0
18 IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek UZB - 6,0
19 Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie MAS - 6,0
20 Wang Li CHN 2390 - 6,0
21 FM Pham Chuong VIE 2375 - 6,0
22 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2406 - 6,0
23 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2516 - 6,0
24 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2447 - 6,0
25 IM Lane Gary W AUS 2373 - 6,0