The Malaysian Masters for the Open section had concluded this morning
while the Women will ends tomorrow.
For the Open section, Sumant Subramaniam (KL) has emerged as
Champion with 7 points from 9 games, followed by IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (KLT) and IM
Jimmy Liew (SGR) who tied on 6.5 points. IM Mas won on tie-break. The 4th
and 5th place goes to NM Ng Tze Han (PNG) and CM Ng Jen Sheng (KL) respectively.
They will be accompanied by already qualified into National Squad 2016 i.e. FM
Yeoh Li Tian (SGR) who gave this event a missed to concentrate on the 43rd
Selangor Open after his IM-norm performance from
Bangkok Open last week. The other 2 who already qualified into National Squad 2016 are CM Fong Yit San (PRK)
and Kabir Singh (SGR) by finishing top 2 during
the Malaysian Chess Championship play-off that took place a week ago.
The Malaysian Masters (Open) result as follows:-
Both the Sabahans who did not make it into the National Squad must have gained tremendous insight from this Malaysian Masters. The journey from Malaysian Chess Championship in Kota Kinabalu to Malaysian Chess Championship Play-off in KL followed by the Malaysian Masters is a very significant experience to enjoy and savour. While, 12 y.o. Lye who is also the youngest member of National Squad 2015 will have something to cherish back when he grows up. I'll be looking forward for 3 of them to come back much stronger in next year edition.
The National Squad 2016 for Men:-
1. Sumant Subramaniam (KL) [Malaysian Masters 2016 Champion]
2. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (KLT)
3. IM Jimmy Liew (SGR)
4. NM Ng Tze Han (PNG)
5. CM Ng Jen Sheng (KL)
6. CM Fong Yit San (PRK)
7. Kabir Singh (SGR)
8. FM Yeoh Li Tian (SGR) [Malaysian Chess Championship 2016 Champion]
For the Women section, there were 3-way tie for first place with identical 6 game points. After applying 1st tie-break count, WFM Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar (SGR) is declared as Champion followed by WFM Tan Li Ting (KL) and WFM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri (MAL). While, WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (SGR), Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan (NS) and WCM Fong Mi Yen (PRK) had finished at 4th, 5th and 6th place respectively. For the record, Puteri Rifqah lost to Tan at the Malaysian Chess Championship play-off that determine a direct qualification into National Squad.
These 6 ladies will be accompanied by already qualified into National Squad 2016 i.e. WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (SGR) and Rosamund Koo (KL) who had finished top 2 during the Malaysian Chess Championship that took place 5 weeks ago.
The Malaysian Masters (Women) result as follows:-
The National Squad 2016 for Women:-
1. WFM Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar (SGR) [Malaysian Masters 2016 Champion]
2. WFM Tan Li Ting (KL)
3. WFM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri (MAL)
4. WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (SGR)
5. Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan (NS)
6. WCM Fong Mi Yen (PRK)
7. WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (SGR) [Malaysian Chess Championship 2016 Champion]
8. Rosamund Koo (KL)
