17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-16 Result

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-12 Result

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-10 Result

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-08 Result

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament Snapshot

As indicated in my earlier post, the Under-8 title goes to top seed Muhd Faqih Aminuddin with a clean win for 7 rounds in-a-row.

While, top seed Ng Jen Sheng too emulates Faqih's achivement with 7 wins in-a-row to win the Under-10 title.

Next, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan who is also the No. 1 seed in the Under-12 category won the event by winning 5 games in-a-row followed by 2 consecutive draws to clinch the title.

Lastly, the Under-16 category which is also dubbed as the "Group of Death" category is captured by Tan Wei Hao after a neck to neck battle with his childhood nemesis Tan Ri Hong. Both players studied together in the same school i.e. SJK(C) Kepong 2 during the primary years.

The detailed result will be posted in a day or two .........

Hot Favourites in 17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament

The hot favourite to clinch the Under-8 title is Muhd Faqih Aminuddin from Selangor.

The join favourites for the Under-10 title are Ng Jen Sheng, Bausch Koh, Sean Ooi, Evan Loo and Yee Jian Yang. All players are from KL except Yee from Selangor.

The join favourites for the Under-10 title are Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan from N.Sembilan and Tan Yong Zhao from KL.

The join favourites for the Under-16 title are Subramanian Sivanesan from N.Sembilan, Shreyes Subramaniam and Sarika Subramaniam from Pahang, Lim Ming Xian, Dilwen Ding and Tan Wei Hao from KL.

17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament Marketing Problem?

This year edition is one of the toughest ever contested in recent years for categories like Under-10 and Under-16. The school has stopped receiving any new entries as of 25th Oct (Tuesday) when the entries stopped at 256 pax.

Over the last 4 days, many people (no less than 15 calls with an average of 2 children) are still enquiring about the event and try to get their children into the tournament but were rejected. The most common reason cited was they get to know about this event only early this week.

First and foremost, the marketing for this event via online started 3 months ago. Secondly, the organiser of this event has been marketing aggresively in many major tournaments within Klang Valley namely MBSSKL Open, Swensen Age-Group Rapid, KL Scholastics, etc. Thirdly, reminder via various websites e.g. gilachess.com, fireyrook.blogspot.com and malaysianchess.blogspot.com on this event was done about a month ago.

It is a real wonder on why the same reason "Get to know abt this event only in the last few days" was given every year. It makes one wonder whether 3 months marketing on event is insufficient in term of timeframe? OR Target audience are not spread wide enough? OR 3 months marketing on event is too long until it loses its urgency to register? OR Is it a Malaysian way on doing things? OR I also don't know why I can miss the event in the first place despite the fact it is always organised annually after UPSR / PMR exam?

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 16)

This category has attracted 50 players despite the fact that many secondary school boys and girls will be having their final semester school exam begins from 31st Oct. This category has 48 rated players with the strongest player having N.R. 1712, while only 2 players without a national rating.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Aida Suriana Abdul Razak-G
2 Alexander Lee Hao Ming
3 Andrew Soong Loc Yang
4 Arif Mohd Jamil
5 Bhavani Ponnurangam-G
6 Cheong Jie Yao
7 Chong Yan Meng
8 Davendran Balasubramaniam
9 Derek Poon Guo Liong
10 Dilwen Ding Tze How
11 Dominic Lee Kuang Wei
12 Ee Sun-Xin-G
13 Eric Choong Ee Jin
14 Ethan Wong Hsien Aun
15 Hendry Lim Wei Win
16 Ho Yan Bing
17 Joyce Tan Sue Lee-G
18 Lee Jie Hong
19 Lee Jun Yi
20 Lee Ting Yan
21 Liew Ashton
22 Lim Ming Xian
23 Low Hong Ben
24 Low Teck Sing
25 Mah Siew Zheng
26 Marcus Leong Tjen Wye
27 Marcus Woo Ming Leang
28 Muhd Firdaus Afiq Asman
29 Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo-G
30 Ng Jun Khai
31 Ng Shyue Jer
32 Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli
33 Sakinah Muryadi-G
34 Sarika Subramaniam-G
35 Sean Tan Yu Hau
36 Shreyes Subramaniam
37 Sia Wen Yee
38 Subramanian Sivanesan
39 Sumedha Anne Sethupathy-G
40 Tan Ri Hong
41 Tan Wei Hao
42 Teo Chong Guan
43 Terrence Tan Jiun Hau
44 Tharoun Sharma Ravindran
45 Viknesh Viajantheran
46 Vinton Wong Hsien Loong
47 Wong Zhen Yau
48 Wong Zi Qi-G
49 Yap Ern Yee
50 Zureen Qisty Maisarah-G

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 12)

This category has attracted 78 players. This category has 58 rated players with the strongest player having N.R. 1631, while 20 others will be experiencing their National rated chess event for the first time.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Adrian Joseph Poh
2 Afiq Mohd Jamil
3 Aiman Syazwan Abdul Razak
4 Alexander Chen Cho Jien
5 Aneel Arora Singh
6 Austen Lee Zwohann
7 Brian Kok Eu Mun
8 Chan Tian Yeong
9 Cheah Eason
10 Cheong Keat Zhen-G
11 Chew Zhi Jing-G
12 Chin Rong Siang
13 Choo Jing Liang
14 Christine Lee Mei Yen-G
15 Daniel Ng Kah Hee
16 Daryl Wong Cheng Lim
17 Dawson Tan Soon Wei
18 Dixon Tee Teng Hui
19 Edwin Tan Yin Rong
20 Ellie Emira Syamimi Ahmad Nazari-G
21 Fong Xhine Jiynie-G
22 Hadi Haikal Noorazman
23 Ivan Tan Tee Yan
24 Jamie Goh Li Yian-G
25 Jaron Tan Xe Yung
26 Kabinesh Ravichander
27 Kam Lih Ren
28 Koh Kai Xin
29 Lavin Kishen Adnani
30 Liew Kang Tze
31 Lim Juan Teng
32 Lim Jun Hong
33 Lim Jun Yi
34 Lim Ming Kang
35 Lim Qi Yang
36 Lim Rong
37 Loong Yee Chong
38 Low Chee Pang
39 Mah Siew Hang
40 Melanie Oon Ying Hui-G
41 Meor Adib Rusyaidi Ayib Rosdi
42 Michael Gabriel Smith
43 Ng Jun Cheng
44 Ngew Wai Kin
45 Ngew Wai Kit
46 Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan-G
47 Nivethan Kumar
48 Nur Faqihah Aminuddin-G
49 Nur Farah Izzati Mustafa-G
50 Nur Najiha Hisham-G
51 Nur Sabrina Aliya Asman-G
52 Nurfatihah Moh Baset-G
53 Phuan Hong Won
54 Ram Nivashan Ramachanthiran
55 Rishi Deepak Gharpuray
56 Sanjay Mogan
57 Sarivin Ponnusamy
58 Sean Ho See Jian
59 Sean Hshi Loong Comben
60 Shamalan Rajesvaran
61 Shanker Kathir Velu
62 Soh Jen Yang
63 Sriram Odaiyappan
64 Steven Wong Zhuliang
65 Tan Jun Hong
66 Tan Keigen
67 Tan Kok Xian
68 Tan Xin Le-G
69 Tan Yong Zhao
70 Tay Pui Ying-G
71 Teo Boon Kee-G
72 Tew Kae Shyuan
73 Tharshini Badmanathan-G
74 Thien Zhong Harn
75 Vignesh Ponnurangam
76 Wha Yong Qi
77 Wong Jun Hou
78 Zetty Humairah Mohd Zambri-G

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 10)

This is the most popular category with a total of 82 players competing. This category has 63 rated players with the strongest player having N.R. 1681, while 19 others will be earning their National Rating for the first time.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Abdullah Alif Ali Mohd Ali
2 Adly Syahromy Abdul Razak
3 Afsana Jehan Mohd Nahu-G
4 Amierullah Iqram Ismail
5 Anxon Tee Teng Sheng
6 Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah
7 Bausch Koh Sian Kuan
8 Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
9 Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong
10 Chan Hao Xian
11 Chan Kit Wai
12 Cheah Kah Yann-G
13 Cheng Kai Rong
14 Chew Zhi Xuan
15 Dayanand Kerbanathan
16 Dayini Mohd Noor Helimi-G
17 Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari
18 Eric Khoo Wei Rong
19 Evan Loo Hsien Rong
20 Foo Jia Qi
21 Ho Chen Ee-G
22 Hoh Lap Hang
23 Jason Tan Wye-Ki
24 Jayitaa Ann Sethupathy-G
25 Jessica Tan Sue Ann-G
26 Joel Prassanth Abraham
27 Jovel Andreal Lee Arnesto
28 Kam Lih Ming
29 Kishore Jay Kumar
30 Kong Dak Nam
31 Kuhan Kovalan
32 Larxumanan Silvam
33 Lau Tze Wei
34 Leanne Oon Hui Yee-G
35 Lee Hock Hann
36 Lee Zheng Xuan
37 Lee Zhi Yan
38 Leong Jing Xiang
39 Lew Chun Yik
40 Liew Sze Min-G
41 Liew Xun Heng
42 Lim Kai Xian
43 Lim Yern Fay
44 Loh Zu Hao
45 Low Wen Jun-G
46 Luke Anand Soosay
47 Luo Lian Yi
48 Max Wong Zi Quan
49 Meor Airil Rahimi Ayib Rosdi
50 Mohd Haziq Ekhwan
51 Mukthie Jivan Nantha Kumaran
52 Ng Choong Jien
53 Ng Jen Sheng
54 Ng Jin Jin
55 Nur Nazirah Hisham-G
56 Praghashkumar Thanasegeren
57 Prashanth Ramasamy
58 R Deabernishwaran Sharma Ravindran
59 Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli
60 Ram Nivetha Ramachanthiran-G
61 Raz Edryanna Razali-G
62 Ryan Lee Zwoyang
63 Ryan Tey He Yang
64 Samuel Fang Wei Liang
65 Sangetavathy Thanasegeren-G
66 Sean Ooi Zhi Jian
67 Tan Cheok Kee
68 Tan Hong
69 Tan Hou Yuan
70 Tan Qian Hui-G
71 Tan Xuar Yan-G
72 Tan Xue Ren
73 Teh Qing Hong
74 Teh Xintian-G
75 Teo Yi Yang
76 Thesa Archanaa Arularasu-G
77 Thien Zhen Vei
78 Wong Chun Yung
79 Wong Zhu Hock
80 Yaadhavan
81 Yee Jian Yang
82 Yuven Pillaii Badmanathan

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 8)

A total of 46 players will compete in this category with the youngest player just over 5 years old. 14 players are playing in their first nationally-rated chess event, while 32 others do have a national rating with the strongest player @ N.R. 1500.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Allaida Siow-G
2 Andrew Poh Yang Jun
3 Chan Tian Shin
4 Cheah Kah Hoe
5 Chew Zhi Qi
6 Chong Zhi Chee-G
7 Chong Zhi Ning-G
8 Chow Rui Rong
9 Dinessh Kumar Thanasegeren
10 Esther Tang En Xin-G
11 Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G
12 Herish Kovalan
13 Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan
14 Joelle Tan Sue Ai-G
15 Joo Jet Yen
16 Joo Jia Qi-G
17 Kirthigan Kerbanathan
18 Kong Dak Seng
19 Lee Jie Hang
20 Lim Jun Shen
21 Lim Rui Yi
22 Lim Yern Sern
23 Low Hao Jie
24 Muhd Afsar Mohd Nahu
25 Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
26 Nur Faiqah Aminuddin-G
27 Ong Ming Jie
28 Phung Yung Ren
29 Phung Yung Xiang
30 Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli-G
31 Ryan Hsien Loong Gray
32 Tan Hou An
33 Tan Hou Ping
34 Tan Hou Sheng
35 Tan Kok Kian
36 Tan Poh Syuen-G
37 Tan Yong Hau
38 Tarani Jayaganesan-G
39 Teh Xinai-G
40 Teng Jian Wei
41 Teo Jun Sim
42 Thien Zhong Syuen
43 Valerie Wong Tsai Ling-G
44 Wan Adalia Rasya Ayib Rosdi-G
45 Yap Chun Peng
46 Yap Rou Xin-G

Reminder: 17th Kepong Juniors (30 Oct - Sunday) @ SJK(C) Kepong 2, Jln Kepong

On behalf of the school, I would like to remind all parents who have registered your children for the event to arrive at the school BEFORE 8:30am. This school is located behind Kepong Police Station HQ.

Reminder: 17th Kepong Juniors Open on 30th Oct (Sunday)

Fancy a chance to play against the best players in KL? Or to be one of the 30 winners in lucky draw? Or To be one of the 44 prize winners by strength? Or To make your school pround as a Champion School in the category you take part? Or To increase your National Rating further [since it is THE ONE and ONLY Event to be nationally-rated among all events on 30 Oct], it does help your qualification chances into MSSM / get selected to represent the country at International tournaments.

All players will be given free lunch, drinks, snacks on the event day plus souvenirs to bring home. Act fast!!!, closing date: 17th OCTOBER 2011. Please refer to the posting below for more information.