NAG 2011 Title Contenders

This yr NAG will be held at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Perak. It is going to be 2 yrs in a row the NAG to be held outside Klang Valley. The number of entries so far stands at 332 pax [revised to 378 pax after submission from late entries taking into account] still a far cry from 450 to 500 pax (if to be held in Klang Valley) but far better numbers representation if we compared with last year edition around 250 pax. The larger number is attributed by a significant increase in children from Klang Valley taking part in this year edition.

The Under-18 Boys Championship title will be a four-corner fight between NM Evan Timothy (NR 2019) from Penang, Sumant Subramaniam (NR 1980) from Pahang, Muhd Nabil (NR 1893) from Selangor, and Fong Yit San from Perak (NR 1760). {Last update 10/3 - Syakir is not in the namelist}

The Under-18 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between Latifah Kaiyisah (NR 1548) from KL and Winnie Hong (NR 1531) from Selangor after Amira Syamina was slotted wrongly in this category.

The Under-16 Boys Championship title will be a three-corner fight between NJM Yeap Eng Chiam (NR 1995) and Wong Jianwen (NR 1819) from KL, and Elgin Lee (NR 1790) from Penang.

The Under-16 Girls Championship title will be a five-corner fight between Sarika Subramaniam (NR 1584) from Pahang, Goh Xin Yen (NR 1559) and Amira Syamina (NR 1512) from Selangor, Hoh Tjin Li (NR 1558) from Penang, and Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey (NR 1560) from KL.

The Under-14 Boys Championship title will be a four-corner fight between Muhd Irfan (NR 1731) and Roshan Ajeet (NR 1681) from Selangor, Tan Wei Hao (NR 1659) from KL, and Aron Teh [resides in Shanghai] from Perak (NR 1593).

The Under-14 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between WCM Nur Nabila (NR 1792) from Selangor and WNM Wendy Tan from KL (NR 1688) from KL.

The Under-12 Boys Championship title will be a four-corner fight between Ooi Zhi Yang (NR 1593) and Tang Wei Kit (NR 1538) from Penang, Mohd Noor Azam (NR 1528) from Selangor, and Tan Yong Zhao from KL (NR 1450). {Last update 10/3 - Li Tian is not in the namelist}

The Under-12 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between WFM Nur Najiha (NR 1748) and Puteri Rifqah (NR 1525) from Selangor.

The Under-10 Boys Championship title will be a five-corner fight between CM Amier Hamzah (NR 1623), Teh De Juan (NR 1518) and Wong Yinn Long (NR 1512) from Penang, Yee Jian Yang (NR 1587) and Emir Rusyaidi (NR 1478) from Selangor.

The Under-12 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between Puteri Munajjah (NR 1611) from Selangor and Teh De Zen (NR 1376) from Penang.

The Under-08 Boys and Under-08 Girls Championship title will be anybody guessing.

All names mentioned here have been quantified and analyzed based on their chess skills from the namelist published by Marcus Yeoh in his blogsite. Any player whose name does not appear here but have a higher rating than the "weakest" contenders in the category is deemed to have some missing basic chess fundamentals to support his/her quest to win the National Age-Group title.

It's worth mentioning that Gilocatur's blogsite has some evaluation on title contenders too.

Finally, I wish all title contenders to have a pleasant outing and able to scalp new heights in skill towards attaining mastery level in future.