Friday, October 29, 2010

WYCC Round 8 Result and Round 9 Pairing


Below is the 8th round results and round 9 pairing of our youth players in the 2010 World Youth Chess Championship in Greece.

Round  8 Results (27.10.2010)



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source: chess-results.com



Performance 



Open (boys) performance

In round 8, Our boys score 3.5 points out of 8 games = 43.8%.

Girls performance

In round 8, Our girls score 3.5 points out of 6 games = 58.3%.

Round 8 ( both category performance)

In round 8, our players score 7 points out of 14 games = 50 %.


Overall

After round 8, our boys players score 29.5 points out of 64 games = 46.1 %.

After round 8, our girls players score 24 points out of 48 games = 50 %.

After round 8, both our boys and girls score 53.5/112 games = 47.8 %

Round 9 Pairings (28.10.10)



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source: chess-results.com

Azman Hisham Siblings All Win, WYCC 2010

World Youth Chess Ch 2010, Porto Carras, Greece (courtesy of chessdom.com)28 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – During the 8th round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, all three Azman Hisham siblings comprising of brother Mohd Nabil (Open U16), sisters WCM Nur Nabila (Girls U14) and WFM Nur Najiha (Girls U12) won their respective games.

Meanwhile pacesetter, Puteri Rifqah Fahada, (Girls U10) scored a draw against a Georgian lass in the 8th round. She remains in the top20 of her category with 5.5 points from 8 rounds. The WYCC 2010 has 11 rounds in all. Three rounds remain. The last round will played at 10 am on Sunday 30 October 2010.

Malaysia scored 5 wins and 3 draws in round 8. The winner’s roll of honours this time around were William Lee Kah Howe (Open U12), Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Open U16), WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (Girls U14), WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (Girls U12) and Camilia Johari (Girls U12).

Here are the round 8 results of the Malaysian contingent at the World Youth Chess Championship 2010.

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Individual Performances of the Malaysians Up To Round 8. Both Puteri Rifqah and Wong Yinn Long are steady with ranks 17 and 26 in their respective categories. WFM Nur Najiha is now making steady progress with 4.5 points, winning the last three games. She is now ranked 47th in her category. Her elder sister, WCM Nur Nabila is also progressing steadily with two consecutive wins so far with 4.5 points, too! Camilia bt Johari is fairly steady, scoring a similar 4.5 points with a ranked 41st in her category.

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CM Amier Hamzah at UPSI Open, photograph by Shamsuddin Sabri

CM Amier Hamzah (pix left) scored 3.5 points so far is currently ranked 95th in his category Open U10.









To see more results, please click here.
To see more similar posts, please click here.

Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece: http://wycc2010.chessdom.com

Thursday, October 28, 2010

16th Kepong Juniors Open Chess Championship: Update#9

The first 100 players aka "Early Birds" shall receive a very special magic bag. Hey the list showed 102 players. Why? Well, the school received these "last" entries together on the same day (i.e. 9th Aug 2010) and decided not to choose some entries into the Early Birds List and left out two entries. 

Are you the lucky one? Here is the list sorted according to alphabetical order .........

1 Amierullah Ibrahim Ismail
2 Aneel Arora Singh
3 Benjamin Ho Kar Ming
4 Bryan Soo Buo Yuan
5 Calvin Lee Ji Ho
6 Chan Kah Mun 
7 Cheng Hui Wen
8 Cheng Kai Rong
9 Cheng Zai Chern
10 Cheong Jie Yao
11 Cheong Keat Zhen
12 Chew Yung-Serng
13 Chew Zhi Jing
14 Chew Zhi Qi
15 Chew Zhi Xuan
16 Choo Jing Liang
17 Chua Yee Ler
18 Chua Yue Chern
19 Damian Wong Xin Hoe
20 Daryl Wong Cheng Lim
21 Davendran Balasubramaniam
22 Derek Poon Guo Liong
23 Diya Gobindram Chandmani
24 Domimic Sze Weng Long
25 Edwin Tan Yin Rong
26 Eric Choong Ee Jin
27 Ethan Wong Hsien Aun
28 Foo Jia Qi
29 Goh Xin Yen
30 Ho Chen Ee
31 Ivan Tan Tee Yan
32 Jeremiah Ng Zhi Wern
33 Joanne Chin Zhi May
34 Jonathan Ho Kar Leong
35 Jonathan Low Jun Yee
36 Julian Chin Tze Wen
37 Koh Kai Quan
38 Koh Kai Sen
39 Koh Kai Xin
40 Kong Dak Nam
41 Kughan Ravindran
42 Law Charmaine
43 Law Jing Chung
44 Law Jing Jhi
45 Lee Guang Shen 
46 Lee Zheng Xuan
47 Lee Zhi Wei
48 Lee Zhi Yan
49 Lew Chun Yik
50 Liew Xun Heng
51 Lim Chin Shen
52 Lim Rong
53 Lim Way Shearn
54 Loh Zu Hao
55 Loong Yee Chong
56 Low Chee Pang
57 Lu Hwang 
58 Lum Sun Yuan
59 Lum Ting Fang
60 Mok Khye Zen
61 Mok Shu Zing
62 Ng Jin Jin
63 Ng Jing Shun
64 Nittikorn Chian Promchan
65 Oon Zhi Hoo
66 Poh Jian Hui
67 Poon Jit Wai
68 Randy Chin Wei Sin
69 Sean Ho See Jian
70 Sean Ooi Zhi Jian
71 Shim Shi Ling
72 Shum Rui Yuan
73 Sk Prawein
74 Soh Jen Shven
75 Soh Jen Yang
76 Sophia Tham Yi Ting
77 Tan Jun Hong
78 Tan Poh Syuen
79 Tan Qian Hui
80 Tan Ri Hong
81 Tan Wei Hao
82 Tan Xin Le
83 Tan Xue Ren
84 Tan Yong Zhao
85 Tay Kit Ken
86 Teh Kai Wen
87 Teh Qing Hong
88 Teo Boon Kee
89 Teo Chong Guan
90 Teo Jun Sim
91 Teo Yi Yang
92 Tew Kae Shyuan
93 Tham Ju Rong
94 Tham Zhi Hong
95 Than Kok Chen
96 Viknesh Viajantheran
97 Vinton Wong Hsien Loong
98 Wha Yong Zi
99 Wilson Wong Wei Shien
100 Yap Ern Yee
101 Yap Seng Fei 
102 Yap Wen Yi

If you did not show up during tournament day, this very special bag will not be given to other players outside this list. The school practices "No proxy is allowed" policy.

No Frills Chess Tournament, 7 November 2010

9 October 2010, Kuala Lumpur – The Excel Chess Academy is planning their next No-Frills chess tournament on 7th November 2010. So read on!

NO FRILLS CHESS TOURNAMENT

NATIONAL RATED

THERE WILL BE A NATIONAL RATED RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT HELD IN EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY ON 7th OF NOVEMBER 2010 (SUNDAY) OVER 5 ROUNDS OF 20 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECONDS INCREMENTAL TIME. PLEASE REGISTER LATEST BY 6th NOVEMBER 2010 (SATURDAY) THROUGH SMS OR EMAIL.

ALL PLAYERS WHO REGISTER MUST ARRIVE BY 9.30 a.m. RECORDING THE GAMES ARE COMPULSORY FOR ALL PLAYERS. ENTRY FEES WILL BE RM 10.00 AND A PENALTY OF RM 5.00 WILL BE CHARGE FOR CHESS PLAYERS WHO ARE LATE, SO BE PUNCTUAL. CERTIFICATES WILL BE GIVEN ONLY TO PLAYERS* WHO SHOW PROGRESS IN THE NATIONAL RATING LIST(JANUARY 2011).
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(source: email from Jax Tham, ECA)

Puteri Rifqah Did It Again!

Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar beat her Romanian opponent-Copilu Codruta-Alexa (left) in round 7. Photo from Ismail Ahmad. 

After round 7, Puteri  Rifqah Fahada Azhar who is playing in the under 10 (Girls), is our top scorer in the World Youth 2010. She has 5 points out of 7 and in 14th place in her category.

WYCC Round 7 Result and Round 8 Pairing


Below is the 7th round results and round 8 pairing of our youth players in the 2010 World Youth Chess Championship in Greece.


Round  7 Results (26.10.2010)


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source: chess-results.com

Performance 

Open (boys) performance

In round 7, Our boys score 3.5 points out of 8 games = 43.8%.

Girls performance

In round 7, Our girls score 3 points out of 6 games = 50%.

Round 7 ( both category performance)

In round 7, our players score 6.5 points out of 14 games = 46.4 %.


Overall 

After round 7, our boys players score 26 points out of 56 games = 46.4 %.

After round 7, our girls players score 20.5 points out of 42 games = 48.8 %.

After round 7, both our boys and girls score 46.5/98 games = 47.4 %
Round 8 Pairings (27.10.10)


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source: chess-results.com

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Puteri Rifqah Pushes Ahead!

27 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – During the seventh round, two significant wins by two Malaysian players pushes the limelight to these two players.
One is Puteri Rifqah Fahada (Girls, U10) as her third consecutive win in the seventh round catapults her ranking to the 14th from 24th. Second is Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08) as he strikes another win in the seventh round by scalping a young Russian opponent, ranked higher than him. Wong moves from 38th to 26th position in his category. Well done!
The Azman Hisham Siblings : WFM Nur Najiha, WCM Nur Nabila and Muhd Nabil.Malaysia scored six wins and one draw during the 7th round. Malaysia’s winners in this round include Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08), Muhd Faqih b Aminuddin (Boys U08), Aron Teh Eu Wan (Boys U12), Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10), WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham (Girls U14) and WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham (Girls U12).
Results of Round 7, WYCC 2010 of the Malaysian chess players shown below:-
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Individual Performances of the Malaysian Players after round 7 shown in the table below.
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To see more results, please click here. To see more similar posts, please click here.
Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:

Carlsen Dominates, Bacrot Stirs A Win!

image26 October 2010, Nanjing – At the Nanjing Pearl Spring Masters Chess Tournament 2010, Carlsen storms ahead with another demolition win over Veselin Topalov during fifth round of the prestigious Level 26 chess tournament.
Meanwhile Bacrot creates a stir by winning against Vishy Anand, the current World Champion in the fifth round.

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Latest Round 6 results shown in table below:-
Three decisive games in third round Nanjing
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Two draws and a win for Vishy Anand over Wang Yue during the 6th round play in the Nanjing Pearl Spring Masters chess tournament.
Official website :

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