Anal has had a few bad losses the last few tournaments. So, it was nice to see him get a few good wins including those over Jiaqi and Hailong at the "final 4" round robin. He also had an extremely one-sided victory against the U2500 winner (Auria Malek) at the quarter final stage.

All in all, a nice confidence booster for Anal. He finished at #2 at the Open event - just behind Liu Xibo.