FM Peter Long aims to transform the chess culture in Malaysia and the whole of Asia. With this ambitious intention in his mind he has set out to organize monthly norm tournaments in Kuala Lumpur that begin on the first friday of every month. The first edition of the First Friday tournament kicked off on 7th of October with five Indians, two Malaysians, one Indonesian, one player from Myanmar and one from Singapore. Any player who would like to achieve an IM norm must score 6.5/9.
Starting rank list of players
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
| 7 | IM | Lioe Dede | 7100566 | INA | 2356 |
| 9 | IM | Nay Oo Kyaw Tun | 13000110 | MYA | 2344 |
| 5 | CM | Gukesh D | 46616543 | IND | 2323 |
| 2 | IM | Mas Hafizulhelmi | 5700507 | MAS | 2318 |
| 3 | FM | Sivakumar Ashvin | 5804655 | SGP | 2309 |
| 8 | IM | Mishra Neeraj-Kumar | 5000106 | IND | 2301 |
| 6 | Kumar Gaurav | 5085578 | IND | 2274 | |
| 10 | Sekar B | 5043743 | IND | 2260 | |
| 1 | Lokesh N. | 5025044 | IND | 2181 | |
| 4 | FM | Subramaniam Sumant | 5702720 | MAS | 2172 |
Nine players were confirmed one day before the tournament. Peter Long himself was going to play at the event in order to ensure that the show goes on. With all the work pressure he had on his shoulders, being the organizer of the event, and also the Secretary of Malaysian Chess Federation, this was not going to be easy. However, he was saved from playing when local lad Sumant Subramaniam decided to play. Sumant didn't arrive for the first round against N.K. Mishra so the round will be played later on.
In the first round Gukesh managed to outwit the top seed of the tournament Lioe Dede in a complex English Opening.
In the second round Gukesh was up against N. Lokesh and was completely lost. In fact Lokesh could have chosen a variety of ways to end the game, but instead made the worst possible moves to simply give up a piece and all his advantage. A lucky win for the Indian youngster.
Standings after two rounds
| k. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 5 | CM | Gukesh D | IND | 2323 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 1,50 |
| 2 | 6 | Kumar Gaurav | IND | 2274 | 1,5 | 0,5 | 1 | 1,75 | |
| 3 | 10 | Sekar B | IND | 2260 | 1,5 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,75 | |
| 4 | 7 | IM | Lioe Dede | INA | 2356 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 0,00 |
| 9 | IM | Nay Oo Kyaw Tun | MYA | 2344 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 0,00 | |
| 6 | 4 | FM | Subramaniam Sumant | MAS | 2172 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 0,50 |
| 7 | 1 | Lokesh N. | IND | 2181 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,25 | |
| 2 | IM | Mas Hafizulhelmi | MAS | 2318 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,25 | |
| 9 | 3 | FM | Sivakumar Ashvin | SGP | 2309 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 8 | IM | Mishra Neeraj-Kumar | IND | 2301 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,00 |
Note: Sumant Subramaniam and Neeraj Kumar Mishra have played just one game each.
