8th MBSSKL Open Chess Tournament: Update#2 [Under-14 Boys & Girls]

For the Girls Category, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan who had played in several higher level tournament namely National Closed, then play-off games for Malaysian Masters Qualification spot and followed by Malaysian Masters itself had no problem dispose-off her first 5 rounds opponents easily before settling for a draw in the final round against 3rd ranked Cheong Keat Zhen. The latter won the Bronze medal. While, Melanie had to settle for the Silver when she lost to Nithyalakshmi in Round 2 before bouncing back to defeat Keat Zhen in Round 3.

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In the Boys category, Lye Lik Zang just prove he is too strong for the field by winning all his 6 games despite he is only 9 y.o. A group of 5 players who had suffered 1 defeat each have to settle for 2nd to 6th placing. Both Emir and Sean Ooi had the advantage in tie-break count due to their encounter with Lik Zang for a Silver and Bronze medal position respectively. MBSSKL student, Darrel saw his championship campaign was ruined with a defeat to his team mate Tan Keigen in Round 3. Despite winning all his subsequent rounds, he can only settle at 4th placing. While, Keigen had a double KO at the hand of Cheah Eason and Sean Ooi in the last 2 rounds. Meanwhile, Gohshalan and Eason with the lost against Emir and Lik Zang respectively were placed at 5th and 6th.

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