8th MBSSKL Open Chess Tournament: Update#3 [Under-17 Boys & Girls]

In the Girls Category, 3rd ranked Joyce Tan pull-out from the event at 11th hour which had paved way for the Championship to turn into a direct fight between Pavitranayagi and Rosamund Koo. Both players had to split point in their Round 3 encounter and leave the Championship to the fate of their respective 6 opponents performance. At the end of Round 5, both of them tied in 1st tie-break count but the latter had an upper hand in 2nd tie-break count. However, the fate changes after completing the final round where Pavitranayagi had pipped Rosamund by 1 point in 1st tie-break count to be declared as the Champion in this Category. While, unrated Low Pei Zhen had grabbed the Bronze medal with a better tie-break count over MSSM KL player Siti Nadia Qarmila. Coincidentally, the former had created a shock result in Round 1 by disposing-off the latter.

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As for the Boys category, it is almost certain that the title will goes to one of the MBSSKL Boys when both their top players were seeded 1st and 3rd which means they are not going to meet each other before clearing the 4th and 2nd ranked player respectively in potential Round 4 encounter. But alas, both 2nd and 4th ranked player drew their games with respective opponents in round 3. With this result, both MBSSKL students were forced to meet each other in Round 4 with Shreyes winning the encounter. Now, Shreyes had to play 2nd ranked Mohd Faizal who is trailing him by half point. The pressure is overwhelming for the former to deliver the point and unfortunately he succumbed. In the last round, Wei Hao had to carry the school name and need to upset the formbook again just like how he did it last week at Summit USJ but Faizal is not going to let it happen for the 2nd time in as many weeks. So, Faizal is declared as Champion, followed by Shreyes and Cheong Jie Yao who drew with Faizal in Round 3 but lost Wei Hao in Round 5. Wei Hao with the 2 defeats had to settle for 4th position only.

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