Swiss Garden Hotel & Residences

The Swiss Garden Hotel & Residences Kuala Lumpur will be the venue for the Raja Nazrin Shah International (KL Open) Championship 2011.

The Grand Hibiscus will be the playing hall and yes, for those who wish to stay (and you should!) we have worked out an attractive package with the hotel which is RM 300 nett per room per night on twin sharing basis or RM 400 nett per room per night on triple sharing basis.

We will be happy to assist those who wish to get this rate by booking through us but participants are welcome to make their own arrangements with the hotel or elsewhere.  

It is now the Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship 2011

We have decided to rename the KL Open after Raja Nazrin Shah who had kindly consented the use of his name on the Challenge Trophy since the event first started, and from now on it will be known as the Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship (KL Open) 2011.

Raja Nazrin, for those who may have known him from his undergraduate student days, can tell you that he was also a serious tournament chessplayer!

You can Register for the KL Open on FaceBook!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130490313691742

First Announcements of KL Open 2011 - Thanks Susan, Goran & Chessdom!

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/5259-kl-open-4-10-september-2011.html

http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011/05/4th-kl-international-open-chess.html

http://previews.chessdom.com/2011/kuala-lumpur-international-open

4th KL International Open Chess Championship 2011

The Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA) is pleased to be able to announce, once  again with sponsorship from the Masterskill Education Group Berhad, the 4^th KL International Open Chess Championship for the Raja Nazrin Shah Challenge Trophy from 4^th-10^th September 2011.

Held under the auspices of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) at the superior 4 star Swiss Garden Hotel & Residences Kuala Lumpur located between Chinatown and the city's main Bukit Bintang shopping district, the KL Open will be registered with the World Chess Federation (FIDE) as an international title and rated tournament and so be played over 9 rounds using the FIDE Swiss System with the time control used the FIDE time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

For enquiries, please email the Tournament Director at peterlong@aol.asia.