Malaysian Chess Juniors In Beijing Asian Youth Invitational (8 - 15 July 2010)

Some of the Beijing Asian Youth bound Malaysian players

A number of Malaysian chess junior players are participating in the Asian Youth Invitational in Beijing from 8th to 15th July 2010. Now they are in the sixth round. Below are their results thus far.

Girls section

Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah Mohd Noor (G8) - 3/5 points

Puteri Munajjah AzZahraa Azhar (G10) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 11th out of 32 total participants, won R1, R3 & R5 all with white.

Camilia Johari (G12) - 3.5/5 points, currently ranked 7th out of 33 total participants, won R1 &R5 and drew the other three. No defeat thus far.

WFM Nur Najiha Azman (G12) - 3.5/5 points, currently ranked 8th out of 33 total participants, won R1, R4 & R5 and drew R2.

WCM Nur Nabila Azman (G14) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 10th out of 27 total participants, won R1, R3 & R4 games.

Latifah Kaiyisah Latib (G16) - 2.5/5 points, currently ranked 15th out of 24 total participants, won R12 & R5 and drew R3.

Nur Munirah Mat Rahim (G18) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 24th out of 27 total participants, won R2 and drew R4.

Puteri Nurfariza Ahmad Darji (G18) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 25th out of 27 total participants, won R2 and drew R4.

Boys section

Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri (U10) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 17th out of 43 total participants, won R1 & R4 and drew both R2 & R3.

Teh De Juan (U10) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 36th out of 43 total participants, won R3 and drew R1.

Ooi Zhi Yang (U12) - 2.5/5 points, currently ranked 19th out of 30 total participants, won R5 and drew three other rounds - R2, R3 & R4.

Tan Jun Feng (U14) - 2/5 points, currently ranked 26th out of 34 total participants, won R2 & R5.

Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar (U14) - 2/5 points, currently ranked 25th out of 34 total participants, won R3 and drew R4 & R5 games.

Muhd Nabil Azman (U16) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 9th out of 26 total participants, won R1 & R5 and drew R2 & R4.

Tan Ken Wei (U18) - 2/5 points, currently ranked 19th out of 28 total participants, won R2 and & R4, all with black pieces. Lost to higher-rated opponents in the other three rounds.

Muhd Izz Saifuddin (U18) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 24th out of 28 total participants, drew R2, R3 & R4. Lost to higher-rated opponents in the other two rounds.

Mohd Noor Azam Mohd Noor (Challengers 14) - 2.5/6 points, currently ranked 23rd out of 41 total participants, won R1 and drew R2, R3 & R6.