IM Mashafizul scheduled to play at 2008 Sydney International Open Chess Tournament

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Today i found that IM Mashafizul Helmi has been listed to participated at 2008 The Sydney International Open (SIO) which will be held on 25th - 29th March 2008 at Parramatta Town Hall in Sydney, Australia. Among the top players that have been listed to play is:-

1. GM Malakhatko, Vadim (2600 - BEL ) 2. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (2599 - USA ) 3. GM Georgiev, Vladimir (2581 - MKD ) 4. GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (2579 - IND ) 5. GM Jones, Gawain C B (2562 - ENG ) 6. GM Gagunashvili, Merab (2553 - GEO ) 7. GM Kunte, Abhijit (2550 - IND ) 8. GM Chandler, Murray G (2540 - NZL ) 9. GM Zhao, Zong-Yuan (2487 - AUS ) 10. GM Antic, Dejan (2476 - SRB )

This would be another attempts for Mas for achieving his first GM norm. Let wish him all the best and i personally hope that he would achieve it at the tournaments.