1st The Summit Juniors Open Results

This event was conducted successfully yesterday where 163 had participated in the event.

In the Under-10 category, the pre-tournament favourites were Ahmad Aiman Sahadi from Kelantan with a National Rating of 1559 points, followed by Chew Zhi Xuan (NR 1400), Cheah Kah Hoe (NR 1372), Fahim Al-faqeh Saleh (NR 1370) and Wong Zhi Yue (NR 1365).

All except Cheah had no problem winning all their respective encounters for the first 4 rounds. In Round 5, Fahim had created an upset by winning against Ahmad, while Chew won against Wong to set up top-of-the table clash between 2^nd ranked Chew and 4^th ranked Fahim in Round 6. The latter won the game and the championship with a perfect score. Chew was placed 2^nd, followed by Wong in 3^rd. Ahmad could not recovered from his Round 5 lost and lost again in Round 6 to 14^th ranked Rooshillen and be placed at the tail-end of the top 10 prize winners. Meanwhile, 3^rd ranked Cheah finished the event at 8^th after losing unexpectedly to 26^th ranked Beh Jia Sheng in Round 2 and only obtained a draw against 15^th ranked Lim Kai Xian in the last round.

Next, the Under-12 Category pre-tournament favourites were Puteri Rifqah (NR 1723), Loh Zu Hao (NR 1660), Ng Jen Sheng (NR 1614), Puteri Munajjah (NR 1589) and Jaron Tan (NR 1537). Puteri Rifqah championship campaign had suffered an early set back when she only able to get a draw in Round against Evan Loo (seeded 14^th) in Round 2 and lost the championship when she lost her last round against 3^rd ranked Ng Jen Sheng in the final round.

Loh championship campaign had failed to take-off when he lost to 26^th ranked Ryan Tey in Round 1 and only manage to a draw against 23^rd ranked Jane Wong in Round 3. While, Ng got to a flying start with 4 wins in-a-row before obtaining a draw in Round 5 against Puteri Munajjah. In the last round, Ng who has an inferior tie-break must win the encounter at all cost if he wants to win the title. While, Munajjah was placed 3^rd after drawing the last 3 rounds to score 4.5 points. Jaron who won the first 3 games just like Munajjah can only secure 2 draws in the last 3 rounds to be placed at 10^th position.

Here comes the Under-14 Category where we witnessed 3^rd ranked Subramanian Sivanesan from Negeri Sembilan was crowned as Champion after scoring 5 wins and 1 draw. While, top seed Mohd Faizal Roslan had managed to score 4 wins and 2 draws to be placed 2^nd and 4^th ranked Ethan Wong with 3 wins and 2 draws. In contrast, Dilwen Ding (seeded 2^nd) and Dawson Tan (seeded 5^th) can only secure 3 wins and a draw.

Lastly, the U-16 category saw pre-tournament hot favourite Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar from Selangor had secured the Championship easily with 4 wins and 2 draws against Jun Keat and Laila Husna from Kelantan. Jun Keat, who hails from Selangor, own campaign had suffered a huge blow when he lost unexpected to 15^th ranked Lee Kang Jing from Johor in Round 5. However, he still managed to finish the event as Silver medallist. While, the Bronze medal went to Laila. In addition, Fikri Saleh (2^nd ranked) and Vinton Wong (5^th ranked) had finished at 4^th and 8^th position respectively.

 The full result for Under-10, click here.

The full result for Under-12, click here.

The full result for Under-14, click here.

The full result for Under-16, click here.


See you guys again in November 2013!!!