KLCA Open 2009 - Final Day

Final Round 9 Results

Among the top four boards, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truon Son of Vietnam, GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia and GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan won their respective games. On the third board IM Richard Bitoon of Phillipines and IM Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan drew. Therefore, GM Nguyen Son is the champion of the KL Open Chess Championship for this year's edition. If you notice all the top five winners are GMs and have 2500+ rating. What GiLoCatur can conclude that there is a difference between strong (masters) chess players in a tournament with other average and normal chess players. Average chess players especially to young Malaysian chess players should learn and emulate strong and master players.

Tahniah or congratulation to GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 5 (R8 Results and R9 Pairing)

Round 8 Results

Indonesian FM, Syarif Mahmud could not manage to stop GM Nguyen Son to lead the pack with half point. On the other hand, the Uzbek champion, FM Pak, succeeded to earn half point by drawing with higher-rated GM Dao from Vietnam. Such result surely make GM Marat and GM Susanto happy when they managed to win their respective games on the third and fourth board. GM Marat defeated Singaporean FM Chan while GM Susanto beat his fellow countryman, IM Irwanto.

In the Malaysian camp, Edward Lee, Najib Abdul Wahab and Abdul Haq Mohamed had sterling performances againts their respective opponents. Edward won againts an IM with 2284 FIDE rating, nearly 200 higher than him. Najib managed to defeat a 1900-rated Biswajit Bharadwaj while Abdul Haq won againts rated countryman, Jianwen.

In a battle of puteri catur between Malaysian and Indonesia, NWM Tan Li Ting could not manage to win againts one of the Indonesian Dream Girls quartet, WFM Dewi AA Citra. Whereas Ismail Ahmad drew with MCF's vice president, Haslindah.

Round 9 Pairing

In the final round just began about half hour ago, it is back to the top four seeds. Leading the pack, GM Ngyuen Son plays white againts GM Marat Dzhumaev, the third seed on the first board. Having 6/8, both the second seed GM Dao Thien Hai (white) and the fourth seed GM Susanto Megaranto (black) will battle on the second board. GiLoCatur strongly believe the champion will be among these four GMs.

As for the Malaysians:

Edward Lee, the highest scorer with 4.5/8, will meet againts Ian Udani. An interesting battle also. This followed by two unrated players, Abdul Haq and Najib who have scored 4/8 points so far. Let's see whether they have much energy left to conquer 2000+ and 2100+ rated players. With 3/8 points, Jianwen should try to win his game againts 1900+ rated player to make sure he imroves his FIDE rating. The other three have 2.5/8 points. Ismail Ahmad will face one of the Indonesian Dream Girls, WCM Monica. Haslindah will play black againts Oentoro Djoni while Tan Li Ting will play againts a Chinese Taipeh chess player, Chen I-Chen.

GOOD LUCK to all!

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 4 (R7 Results and R8 Pairing)

Round 7 Results

All the games on the top three boards drew. It means that the two leaders from Vietnam are just half point in front of six (6) players with 5/7 points. So, the tournament is still open whereby anyone of the eight players have the chance to be the champion.

As for the Malaysian players, their respective opponents are too strong for both Edward Lee and Jianwen. Edward was defeated by a pinoy IM, Richard Bitoon, while Jianwen had to bow to Singaporean CM Neubronner. The same goes to Li Ting where she had to accept her defeat to a Sri Lankan chess player.

But it was a sweet victory for Abdul Haq and Haslindah. The unrated Abdul Haq won againts 1947-rated opponent while Haslindah defeated her higher-rated lady opponent. Whereas the unrated Najib managed to win againts experienced countryman, Ismail Ahmad.

Round 8 Pairing

Tomorrow morning session will be interesting especially on the top four boards. Because the champion for this tournament will come from these boards. Can both FM Syarif Mahmud and FM Pak Yevgeniy stop the two leaders from Vietnam? Or would it be GM Marat and GM Susanto take the lead? Or perhaps IM Irwanto and FM Daniel Chan will be in the limelight? GiLoCatur is eager to know and can not wait the results of the tomorrow's morning session games.

As for most of the Malaysian players still can achieve something. Three unrated players - an arbiter (Najib), a NWM (Li Ting) and Abdul Haq, will get FIDE ratings. Li Ting have played 7 rated players so far and will meet another rated player tomorrow morning. She has scored 2 and 1/2 points with tournament rating of 1941. As what GiLoCatur understands, Li Ting would earn a FIDE rating in this tournament. Checking at FIDE website, she had 3 games so far with one win while playing the AmBank Challenge last year.

As for both Abdul Haq and Najib, they both have played againts six (6) rated players and scored 2 and 1/2 points. They might be not earning the FIDE rating yet in this tournament since not played nine (9) rated players. The most would be only eight because they meet each other in Round 6.

As for both Edward Lee and Jianwen, after Round 7, their rating performance in this tournament is higher that their respective current FIDE rating. They need to maintain such performance until the last round so that their FIDE rating can increase. It would be an achievement for these young lads in pursuing their chess ambition.

GOOD LUCK!

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 4 (R6 Results and R7 Pairing)

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (left) and GM Dao Thien Hai - the leaders after round 6

(from Gilachess blog)

Round 7 Pairing

The two Vietnamese GMs leaders will meet againts each other on the top board in 30 minutes time. Will they draw? But GiLoCatur believes that they will fight till the end because a win is very crucial for each of them. Because three players with 4.5/6 - IM Irwanto, FM Pak and GM Marat, are waiting their chances as well.

Round 6 Results

It becomes interesting when GM Nguyen Son just drew his game while his compatriot GM Dao won againts Indonesian IM, Dede Liu where both have 5/6.

Good results for all the Malaysian players,

Edward Lee managed to win againts higher-rated Indonesian player Hasian Panggabean

Wong Jianwen won againts much higher-rated Pinoy, Edmundo Legaspi

Two Malaysian pairs drew; and

Haslindah Ruslan won her game

Unfortunately, Ian Udani could not manage to win againts the strong fourth seed GM Susanto Megaranto.

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 2 (R5 Results and R6 Pairing)

Round 5 Results

On the top board, Farid Firmansyah, one of Indonesian 38th Dresden Olympiad team members, could not continue his sterling performance when he was defeated by the top seed, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. This result with the loss of GM Marat Dzhumaev to another Vietnamese GM, Thien Hai Dao, has put GM Nguyen in front of others by half point. He needs to maintain his winning for the next four rounds to be the champion in this tournament. Could he? Let's wait and see.

On the third board, IM Dede Liu made an upset againts his countryman, GM Susanto Megaranto. Another interesting results are :

CM Nguyen Hoang Nam won againts GM Saidali from Uzbekistan

Ian Udani managed to win againts higher-rated Indonesian International Master, Tirto.

For the Malaysian camp, the results for Round 5 are not encouraging. Only Edward Lee managed to win againts another Malaysian fellow player, Najib while Sergent Ismail drew with his Indian opponent. Hopefully, good results for them tomorrow.

Round 6 Pairing

In the sixth round tomorrow morning, four Malaysian players will play againts each other. Ismail will meet Li Ting while Abdul Haq will meet Najib. Edward Lee will play againts Indonesian player, Hasian. Jianwen's opponent tomorrow will be a higher-rated Pinoy named Edmundo Legaspi. Haslindah, on the other hand, will meet a Singaporean player.

As for Ian Udani, he will have an uphill battle to win againts GM Susanto Megaranto on the 8th board. If he wins, it will be another interesting result and achievement.

So, GOOD LUCK! to all of them.

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 2 (R3 & R4 Results and R5 Pairing)

Round 3 Results

The top four boards drew their games in the third round played in the morning session. One interesting result is the draw between a below-2000 rated Indonesian, Masruri Rahman, and GM Nguyen Anh Dung, the 8th seed.

As for Malaysian players,

It is a good result for Edward Lee who managed to draw with Tolentino Rustum whose Elo is nearly 300 points higher than him. Both Tan Li Ting and Wong Jianwen won their respective games whereas the rest could not manage to win.

Round 4 Results

In the afternoon session game (Round 4), both Li Ting and Edward Lee were defeated by their respective 2300+ rated opponents. On the 20th board, a junior player meet againts a senior player. Jianwen came out with a happy win againts Ismail Ahmad.

While both unrated Najib and Abdul Haq are happy for winning againts their respective rated opponents - Chan Yi and Dassanayake. Unfortunately, the rated Haslindah lose to the unrated Virda from Indonesia.

Round 5 Pairing

Can CM Firman Syah upset the top seed, GM Nguyen Ngoc Son on the top board tomorrow? GiLoCatur believes that whomever win the game, he would be the champion. If they both draw, it would be an open fight until the end of the tournament.

It would be important games for both Jianwen and Li Ting tomorrow. If they both manage to win, their rating will soar up. There would be another Malaysian battle tomorrow between Najib Abdul Wahab (white) and Edward Lee (black). Abdul Haq will play againts a pinoy Woman International Master, Ismail Ahmad will meet an Indian player and Haslindah will play againts a Sri Lankan player.

Going to the fifth round that will be played tomorrow afternoon at 2.30pm, there are three leaders with 3 and 1/2 points. The top two are GMs - one each from Vietnam (the 1st seed) and Uzbekistan (the 3rd seed). The third one is surprisingly and amazingly the 26th seed Candidate Master from Indonesia.

12 other players including the other 4 GMs are closely behind the three leaders with 3 points whereas 9 others score 2 and 1/2 points including Ian Udani.

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (FIDE 2589)

(from chessasia.net)

GM Marat Dzhumaev (FIDE 2532)

(from chessbase.com)

CM Firman Syah Farid (FIDE 2207)

(from Gilachess)

KLCA Open 2009 - R2 Results & R3 Pairing

Round 2 Results

Both Sergent Ismail and NM Edward Lee managed to win againts their lower-rated opponents respectively. While the other four Malaysian players, Abdul Haq, Najib, Haslindah and Jianwen could not manage to overcome their respective opponents. Li Ting, on the other hand, makes us smile by winning againts her 1900+ rated Bangladeshi opponent. It is a good news in the Malaysian camp. Hopefully, more and more such result will follow suit.

There are several game results that enchant GiLoCatur. A Vietnamese Candidate Master managed to defeat the Indonesian GM. Firman Syah of Indonesia won againts higher-rated Van Huy Nguyen in the battle of CMs on the 10th board. Both WIM Nafisa Muminova and IM Shetty Rahul won againts their respective higher-rated opponents.

Ian Udani drew with his GM opponent. He mentioned in his text to me that he was in winning position but he could not push further during the decisive moment. But still a draw with a GM is still a good result for him.

Round 3 Pairing

Tomorrow, in the third round, both Ismail and Edward Lee will meet higher-rated opponent - CM Van Huy Nguyen and Tolentino Rustum, respectively.

Four Malaysian players will occupy 21st to 24th board. GiLoCatur believes Li Ting, Abdul Haq and Najib have better chance over their respective opponents. Haslindah may require more effort playing againts Indonesian puteri catur of Medina Warda. While Jianwen needs to be cautious when playing Medina's elder sister, Virda.

Anyhow, as usual, BEST OF LUCK to all Malaysian players. Play your heart out! MALAYSIA BOLEH!

KLCA Open 2009 - R1 Results & R2 Pairing

Round 1 Results

All Malaysian players lost their games except both unrated Abdul Haq and Najib Abdul Wahab where they drew againts their respective opponents. Based on the latest national ratings, Abdul Haq is rated 1855 while Najib is rated 1698 (provided it is correct under the name of Najib Wahab, without Abdul).

Another interesting result is GM Saidali Iuldachev, the sixth seed, drew with Masruri Rahman from Indonesia. The Malaysian-based pinoy, Ian Udani, also cruises smoothly to the second round with a win againts Indonesian player, Sofyan Jafar.

R2 Pairings

In the second round pairing, GiLoCatur is eager to wait whether Abdul Haq could manage a draw againts GM Saidali like Masruri. Four other Malaysian players will be sitting side-by-side from the 16th board to the 19th board. Najib will meet Masruri, Ismail Ahmad will play againts Dissanayake, Edward Lee will meet Chen I-Chen, a woman player from Chinese Taipei and Jianwen will play white againts WIM Beverly Mendoza.

Haslindah Ruslan will meet benjamin Foo while Li Ting will play againts Md Jaynul Abedin, a Bangladeshi player.

So, SELAMAT BERJUANG & SEMOGA BERJAYA, guys!

KLCA Open 2009

The second edition of KLCA Open will kicks off in less than 5 hours. The first round of the nine-round tournament will start at 8.30am Friday morning. 58 chess players from 11 countries will be participating where 6 GMs - 3 from Vietnam, 2 from Uzbekistan and 1 from Indonesia, and 2 strong IMs - Tahir Vakhidov and Richard Bitoon, will be the top 8 leaders to vie for the champion spot.

Seven (7) Malaysian chess players will be among the participants. Seargent Ismail Ahmad will be leading the pack and in the first round, the 30th seed will play white againts GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam on the top board. What an uphill task for the FIDE 2089 rated player againts the 2589 rated young Grandmaster. On the second board, NM Edward Lee (FIDE 2089) will play black againts another top Vietnamese GM, Thien Hai Dao, another 2500+ rated player. Let's all we Malaysians pray and hope they will produce excellent and gallant fight.

x-World Police champion, Ismail Ahmad

(photo from www.utusan.com.my)

NM Edward Lee

Najib Wahab, the recent DATMO's chief arbiter

(photo from Gilachess' collection)

Abdul Haq Mohamed

(photo from GiLoCatur's collection)

It is a surprise for GiLoCatur seeing Abdul Haq as one of the participants since he is not that very active in chess tournaments lately. In the first round, he will play black againts a 2200+ Indonesian player, Hasian Panggabean, the 24th seed. Considered a strong chess player, GiLoCatur believes Haq has an equal chance to win the match.

MCF Vice President, Haslindah Ruslan (FIDE 1698)

(photo from GiLoCatur's collection)

Representing the Malaysian ladies, Haslindah Ruslan, has to battle againts a Singaporean FM, Daniel Chan Yi-Ren, the 18th seed in the first round. Hopefully, she manages to improve her FIDE rating and win as many games as possible againts higher-rated opponents. Her participation in this tournament hopefully will motivate and encourage more Malaysian chess women to be active and participate in FIDE-rated chess tournaments.

MSSM KL player, Wong Jianwen (FIDE 1763)

(photo from http://mssmkl.blogspot.com/)

GiLoCatur is very happy to see the determination and will of young Malaysian chess players like Wong Jianwen. He just participated in the recent DAT Malaysian Open. Kudos to him! With many exposure and participation in international chess tournaments, he will surely improve and succeed in the future. Who knows, Jianwen will be among our future Grandmasters and GiLoCatur believes strongly he could.

In the first round, his opponent is a Kazakhstan FM, Yevgeniy Pak (FIDE 2348). Hopefully, he will learn a lot from such valuable experience and game encounter. Go Go Go Jianwen!

NWM Tan Li Ting

(photo from GiLoCatur's collection)

NWM Tan Li Ting is the sole representive for Under12 players and young Malaysian girls. WCM Nabila and Fairuz Hamizah, the daughter of Cikgu Fuad, will be busy next week with their UPSR examination. So, let us put our hope on this talented girl to be at par with or even surpass the Indonesian Dream Girls - WFM Dewi A A Citra, WFM (stated WCM in the starting list) Medina Warda Aulia, WCM Chelsie Monica Sihite and Virda Rizka Aulia, the elder sister of Medina. The exposure of playing in a quality chess tournament like KLCA Open surely will help Tan Li Ting to go further in her chess ambition.

Young Indonesian chess masters - 2 WFMs, 1 WCM

(photo from http://potretcatur.blogspot.com/)

SO, all the rakyat Malaysia, let's support and cheer for the above seven Malaysian chess players to play gallantly and excellently in the chess tournament. If we want chess to achieve greater heights let's show our strong support to these seven fighting Malaysian chess warriors by giving good luck wishes and greetings to them. Let's show to our Youth and Sports Minister also how determine and serious we are in promoting and supporting chess in this country. You all can do that by writing in the comments or in the shoutbox. Let's start the ball rolling folks!

Tanam minat main catur - Raja Nazrin

I found below article regarding the recent KLCA Chess Open at Utusan archive.

KUALA LUMPUR 21 Dis. - Raja Muda Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah hari ini berangkat menyempurnakan majlis penutup Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kuala Lumpur 2008.
Baginda turut menyampaikan Piala Cabaran Raja Nazrin Shah kepada peserta dari Uzbekistan yang menjuarai kategori terbuka iaitu Filippov Anton.

Anton membawa pulang Trofi Cabaran Raja Nazrin Shah dan wang tunai RM10,000.
Kejohanan berkenaan yang berlangsung dari 15 Disember hingga hari ini menawarkan hadiah wang tunai berjumlah RM45,000.

Raja Nazrin bertitah, catur merupakan permainan yang menguji kemahiran taktik dan strategi selain mampu mencerdaskan pembangunan mental seseorang individu.

"Kehadiran ramai pemain Grandmasters di Malaysia bagi kejohanan ini merupakan satu perkara yang menggembirakan dan diharapkan lebih ramai rakyat Malaysia berminat untuk mempelajari permainan hebat ini," titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah demikian dalam kenyataan media yang dikeluarkan sempena berakhirnya kejohanan tersebut hari ini.

Hadir sama Canselor Kolej Universiti Sains Kesihatan Masterskill, Raja Datuk Seri Azureen Sultan Azlan; Presiden Persekutuan Catur Malaysia, Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib dan Presiden Persekutuan Catur Persatuan Negara-Negara Asia Tenggara (ASEAN), Ignatius Leong.
Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kuala Lumpur 2008 disertai oleh 140 pemain dari 11 negara termasuk Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Filipina, Vietnam, India, China dan Myanmar.

Sementara itu, Presiden Persatuan Catur Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Edmund Santhara berkata, persatuan berkenaan komited untuk meningkatkan minat terhadap permainan catur di kalangan belia di negara ini.

"Kejohanan catur yang akan berlangsung pada tahun depan bakal menyaksikan penganjuran yang lebih besar.

"Pembangunan kemahiran catur akan diadakan di kalangan golongan muda melalui kelas dan seminar," katanya.

Source : Arkib Utusan Malaysia

KLCA Chess Tournament Champions

Champion - Open Category

Champion - Challengers Category

The KLCA Chess Open had just ended yesterday. 9 rounds had been played from Monday, 15th December 2008 until Saturday, 21st December 2008. Around 140 players not only from Malaysia but also from several other countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Pakistan and Uzbekistan participated  in the tournament. There are two categories - Open for players with FIDE ratings 2000 or above and Challengers for the opposite.

The champion for the Open section is GM Filippov Anton from Uzbekistan. He who seeded 1st accumulated 7 points out of 9 rounds. Wheareas the talented local girl, Nur Nabila Azman, won the Challengers category with 7 1/2 points. Other Malaysian chess prodigy, Yeoh Li Tian, won the 2nd runner up. These two Malaysian youngsters have very bright future. BRAVO to their dedicated parents for supporting and coaching them to be future Malaysian chess stars. Hopefully, their efforts will continue and in future put Malaysia in the world chess map. 

The Unofficial KLCA Open Blog

Four Malaysian bloggers have united in providing news, info and photos of the on-going KLCA Open held in Commonwealth Hall, Bukit Jalil from 15th to 21st December 2008. They are Marcus Yeoh, Andrew Ooi, Hairul and myself. The unofficial blog can be accessed at http://klopen.blogspot.com/.

The effort has been noticed and given positive feedback from a Philliphine blogger in his blog. Such nice feedback surely will encourage and motivate us to continue the effort to promote chess in Malaysia particularly and in the ASEAN region as well.

KLCA Chess Open Results

One of my chess buddies, Cikgu Jamaluddin, playing black in the first round againts one of Indonesia's promising young talent, Medina Wardina Aulia. He lost to the 11 years old girl. Jamaluddin just played in the recent GACC tournament.

Open Category

Round 1 on 2008/12/15 at 1600

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 1 GM Filippov Anton 0 1 - 0 0 Bao Khoa 34

2 35 Tan Khai Boon 0 0 - 1 0 GM Megaranto Susanto 2

3 3 GM Paragua Mark 0 1 - 0 0 Soh Han Loong Gerald 36

4 37 Zhang Jing 0 0 - 1 0 GM Dao Thien Hai 4

5 5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 0 1 - 0 0 Neubronner Shannon Scott 38

6 39 Setiawan Iwan 0 0 - 1 0 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 6

7 7 GM Villamayor Buenaventura 0 1 - 0 0 Yeap Eng Chiam 40

8 41 Lee Kim Han Edward 0 0 - 1 0 GM Zaw Win Lay 8

9 9 IM Irwanto Sadikin 0 1 - 0 0 FM Kapriaga Rian 42

10 43 Soon Wai Cheong 0 0 - 1 0 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 10

11 11 Yang Kaiqi 0 1 - 0 0 Eng Andre-Jerome 44

12 45 Ong Way Justin 0 0 - 1 0 CM Nguyen Van Huy 12

13 13 IM Wang Rui 0 1 - 0 0 Tan Weiliang 46

14 47 Foo Benjamin 0 0 - 1 0 IM Tirto 14

15 15 IM Sitanggang Salor 0 1 - 0 0 Subramaniam Sumant 48

16 49 Capel Evan Timothy 0 0 - 1 0 IM Chiong Luis 16

17 17 FM Anam Khairul 0 1 - 0 0 Wee Chu En Kelvin 50

18 51 Tan Ken Wei 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Khamparia Akshat 18

19 19 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 0 1 - 0 0 Low Jun Jian 52

20 53 Mohd Noor Ahmad Eizran Ezra 0 0 - 1 0 Anasrullah 20

21 21 Siregar Novian 0 ½ - ½ 0 S. Balendran 54

22 55 Lim Zhuo Ren 0 0 - 1 0 Yu Ruiyuan 22

23 23 Sutarno 0 1 - 0 0 Law Mark 56

24 57 Masters Christopher 0 0 - 1 0 FM Simanjuntak Sebastian 24

25 25 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 0 1 - 0 0 WCM Ivana Maria Furtado 58

26 59 Lee Kah Meng Elgin 0 0 - 1 0 Howard Fernandez Daniel 26

27 27 WIM Panneer Ramachandran Priya 0 1 - 0 0 Wong Jianwen 70

28 67 Ow Jun Wai, Ryan 0 0 - 1 0 Zakaria Fairin 28

29 29 Jenius Kaiser 0 1 - 0 0 Ho Thi Minh Hien 62

30 63 Jia Hui Rujok, Najwa 0 0 - 1 0 CM Neubronner Jarred 30

31 31 Suyud Hartoyo 0 1 - 0 0 Khairul Nazmi Zainol Ariffin 64

32 65 Lee Kai Jie Edward 0 ½ - ½ 0 WIM Meera Sai 32

33 33 Koh Jonathan 0 ½ - ½ 0 Ong Jun Xue 66

34 71 Siew Mark 0 1 - 0 0 Tay Kiat Boon 69

35 68 Sooi Ching Wei 0 - - - 0 Syed Hussin Syed Iskandar Shah 60

61 Chan Michael 0 ½ - - Bye

Round 2 on 2008/12/16 at 0900

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 16 IM Chiong Luis 1 0 - 1 1 GM Filippov Anton 1

2 2 GM Megaranto Susanto 1 1 - 0 1 FM Anam Khairul 17

3 19 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 1 1 - 0 1 GM Paragua Mark 3

4 4 GM Dao Thien Hai 1 1 - 0 1 Sutarno 23

5 20 Anasrullah 1 0 - 1 1 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 5

6 6 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 1 1 - 0 1 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 25

7 22 Yu Ruiyuan 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Villamayor Buenaventura 7

8 8 GM Zaw Win Lay 1 1 - 0 1 WIM Panneer Ramachandran Priya 27

9 24 FM Simanjuntak Sebastian 1 0 - 1 1 IM Irwanto Sadikin 9

10 10 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 1 1 - 0 1 Jenius Kaiser 29

11 26 Howard Fernandez Daniel 1 0 - 1 1 Yang Kaiqi 11

12 12 CM Nguyen Van Huy 1 1 - 0 1 Suyud Hartoyo 31

13 28 Zakaria Fairin 1 0 - 1 1 IM Wang Rui 13

14 14 IM Tirto 1 1 - 0 1 Siew Mark 71

15 30 CM Neubronner Jarred 1 ½ - ½ 1 IM Sitanggang Salor 15

16 18 FM Khamparia Akshat ½ 1 - 0 ½ Lee Kai Jie Edward 65

17 66 Ong Jun Xue ½ ½ - ½ ½ Siregar Novian 21

18 32 WIM Meera Sai ½ ½ - ½ ½ Tan Ken Wei 51

19 54 S. Balendran ½ 0 - 1 ½ Koh Jonathan 33

20 34 Bao Khoa 0 1 - 0 0 Capel Evan Timothy 49

21 50 Wee Chu En Kelvin 0 0 - 1 0 Tan Khai Boon 35

22 36 Soh Han Loong Gerald 0 1 - 0 0 Low Jun Jian 52

23 56 Law Mark 0 ½ - ½ 0 Zhang Jing 37

24 38 Neubronner Shannon Scott 0 1 - 0 0 Mohd Noor Ahmad Eizran Ezra 53

25 58 WCM Ivana Maria Furtado 0 ½ - ½ 0 Setiawan Iwan 39

26 40 Yeap Eng Chiam 0 ½ - ½ 0 Lim Zhuo Ren 55

27 62 Ho Thi Minh Hien 0 0 - 1 0 Lee Kim Han Edward 41

28 42 FM Kapriaga Rian 0 1 - 0 0 Masters Christopher 57

29 64 Khairul Nazmi Zainol Ariffin 0 ½ - ½ 0 Soon Wai Cheong 43

30 44 Eng Andre-Jerome 0 ½ - ½ 0 Lee Kah Meng Elgin 59

31 69 Tay Kiat Boon 0 1 - 0 0 Ong Way Justin 45

32 46 Tan Weiliang 0 ½ - ½ 0 Jia Hui Rujok, Najwa 63

33 70 Wong Jianwen 0 1 - 0 0 Foo Benjamin 47

34 48 Subramaniam Sumant 0 0 - 1 0 Ow Jun Wai, Ryan 67

35 60 Syed Hussin Syed Iskandar Shah 0 - - 0 -

36 61 Chan Michael ½ ½ - - 0 -

37 68 Sooi Ching Wei 0 - - 0 -

Challengers Category

Round 1 on 2008/12/15 at 1600

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 1 Lam Edwin 0 1 - 0 0 Lee Kah Howe, William 35

2 36 Lee Kah Teng, Benjamin 0 0 - 1 0 Yeoh Li Tian 2

3 3 Chan Cheng-Hoong Joel 0 1 - 0 0 Lee Tze Jiet 37

4 38 Low Jun Keat 0 0 - 1 0 Yeop Mat Zaki 4

5 40 Mappa Saharuddin 0 0 - 1 0 Agustinus 5

6 6 Ahmad Johari Mohd Firdaus 0 0 - 1 0 Miranda Shawn Edgar 42

7 43 Mohd Jalani Affan Amrish 0 0 - 1 0 Ajeet Singh Roshan 7

8 8 Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri 0 1 - 0 0 Khaw Yew Onn 29

9 44 Ng Jen Sheng 0 0 - 1 0 Aminuddin Muhd Faris 9

10 10 Arminuddin Nur Farihah 0 0 - 1 0 Paragua Christine 45

11 46 Purnamasari 0 0 - 1 0 Asman Hisyam Mohd Nabil 11

12 12 Aulia Medina Warda 0 1 - 0 0 Rashid Bin Jamaluddin 47

13 48 Rusdi Tahir 0 ½ - ½ 0 Azman Hisyam Nur Nabila 13

14 14 Azman Hisyam Nur Najiha 0 1 - 0 0 Ruslan Haslindah 49

15 50 Saleh Anis Fariha 0 0 - 1 0 Boey Jin Huey 15

16 16 Boey Jin Wern 0 0 - 1 0 Saleh Fikri 51

17 52 Salleh Akmal 0 ½ - ½ 0 Demudu Subramaniam 17

18 18 Ee Sun-Xin 0 0 - 1 0 See Kai Loong 53

19 54 Shamsudin Amir 0 - - + 0 Foong Wai Lund, Shawn 19

20 20 Farrukh Aziz 0 1 - 0 0 Shieta Nyimas 55

21 57 Sooi Ching Wei 0 0 - 1 0 Halil Nur Fique 21

22 22 Howard Fernandez Michael 0 0 - 1 0 Sonya Nyimas 56

23 58 Subramaniam Sarika 0 1 - 0 0 Jeng Kuen Yong 23

24 24 Johari Camilia 0 0 - 1 0 Subramaniam Shreyes 59

25 60 Syed Baharom Syed Rahmad 0 - - - 0 Johari Nikk 25

26 26 Joni 0 1 - 0 0 Syed Sobri Syed Remizan 61

27 62 Taibon Awaluddin 0 0 - 1 0 Junaidi 27

28 28 Khaw Yew Meng 0 0 - 1 0 Tan Kien Wei 63

29 64 Wahyuza Andre 0 1 - 0 0 Khaw Yew Tong 30

30 31 Kok Cher Zheng, David 0 0 - 1 0 Yap Qian Zhang, Jonathan 65

31 66 Yat Guo Jie 0 ½ - ½ 0 Lam Wai Hong 32

32 33 Latifah Kaiyisah Bt Mohd Lati 0 ½ - ½ 0 Yeap Khuan Yee 67

33 68 Yew Chor Kuan 0 1 - 0 0 Latifah Syamimi Mohd Latib 34

34 41 Mat Idris Saman 0 0 - 1 0 Manoharan Dinesh S. 39

69 Zakaria Mohd Faizal 0 ½ - - Bye

Round 2 on 2008/12/16 at 0900

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 21 Halil Nur Fique 1 0 - 1 1 Lam Edwin 1

2 2 Yeoh Li Tian 1 ½ - ½ 1 Joni 26

3 27 Junaidi 1 1 - 0 1 Chan Cheng-Hoong Joel 3

4 4 Yeop Mat Zaki 1 1 - 0 1 Manoharan Dinesh S. 39

5 5 Agustinus 1 1 - 0 1 Miranda Shawn Edgar 42

6 7 Ajeet Singh Roshan 1 0 - 1 1 Paragua Christine 45

7 51 Saleh Fikri 1 1 - 0 1 Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri 8

8 9 Aminuddin Muhd Faris 1 ½ - ½ 1 Subramaniam Sarika 58

9 11 Asman Hisyam Mohd Nabil 1 1 - 0 1 Wahyuza Andre 64

10 53 See Kai Loong 1 ½ - ½ 1 Aulia Medina Warda 12

11 56 Sonya Nyimas 1 0 - 1 1 Azman Hisyam Nur Najiha 14

12 15 Boey Jin Huey 1 1 - 0 1 Yew Chor Kuan 68

13 59 Subramaniam Shreyes 1 1 - 0 1 Foong Wai Lund, Shawn 19

14 63 Tan Kien Wei 1 1 - 0 1 Farrukh Aziz 20

15 65 Yap Qian Zhang, Jonathan 1 1 - 0 ½ Latifah Kaiyisah Bt Mohd Lati 33

16 13 Azman Hisyam Nur Nabila ½ 1 - 0 ½ Salleh Akmal 52

17 17 Demudu Subramaniam ½ 1 - 0 ½ Yat Guo Jie 66

18 32 Lam Wai Hong ½ 1 - 0 ½ Zakaria Mohd Faizal 69

19 67 Yeap Khuan Yee ½ + - - ½ Rusdi Tahir 48

20 37 Lee Tze Jiet 0 0 - 1 0 Ahmad Johari Mohd Firdaus 6

21 38 Low Jun Keat 0 1 - 0 0 Arminuddin Nur Farihah 10

22 40 Mappa Saharuddin 0 1 - 0 0 Boey Jin Wern 16

23 41 Mat Idris Saman 0 1 - 0 0 Ee Sun-Xin 18

24 43 Mohd Jalani Affan Amrish 0 0 - 1 0 Howard Fernandez Michael 22

25 23 Jeng Kuen Yong 0 1 - 0 0 Ng Jen Sheng 44

26 47 Rashid Bin Jamaluddin 0 1 - 0 0 Johari Camilia 24

27 49 Ruslan Haslindah 0 1 - 0 0 Khaw Yew Meng 28

28 29 Khaw Yew Onn 0 0 - 1 0 Purnamasari 46

29 30 Khaw Yew Tong 0 0 - 1 0 Saleh Anis Fariha 50

30 55 Shieta Nyimas 0 1 - 0 0 Kok Cher Zheng, David 31

31 34 Latifah Syamimi Mohd Latib 0 1 - 0 0 Sooi Ching Wei 57

32 35 Lee Kah Howe, William 0 1 - 0 0 Taibon Awaluddin 62

33 61 Syed Sobri Syed Remizan 0 0 - 1 0 Lee Kah Teng, Benjamin 36