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Friday, April 10, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
NAG 2009 Experiences
I'm reluctant to write this article at first, however, I change my mind after reading Marcus's article.
I first got involved as an Arbiter was way back in 1995 when pairing is done in manual way. No such thing as computer pairing. I learn on how to do simple pairing from Mr. Wong Fook Loy, husband to former CAS Secretary, Jackie Wong. It is not easy to do pairing the manual way especially when there is no exact guidance on how best to produce a good pairing. I always tell myself since then, a good pairing will decide the fairness of a competition. I've seen with my eye as a chess player prior to 1996, how other Arbiters (even with IA title to their names) can manipulate pairing easily and had pairing done at the expense on me (to give others a better chance of winning I guess). Hence, as a matter of principle I tell myself I must produce a fair pairing whenever I'm put in charge to the the pairing job. This is one reason I decided to quit as a player to turn Organiser to help promote fair play in Malaysian chess. (P/S: A number of Arbiters have taken our chess players for a ride when comes to pairing during those days in manual pairing)
In those days, people can say how good are their arbitering/pairing skills but the ONE AND ONLY reputable Malaysian Arbiter in manual pairing is IA Abdul Hamid Majid. You may think that I may be indebted to Hamid for me to say that but I'm proud to announce my pairing lesson did not comes from Hamid at all. I learnt the inside-out on how pairing system works all by myself through computer pairing program, Swiss-46, which is introduced to me in 1998. By 2000, I believe my ability in manual pairing and using computer pairing is no inferior than any Arbiters in Malaysia.
My manual pairing skills ability is put to the test at the highest level when M'sia hosted World Youth Olympiad in 2002. For your information, the team event is using manual pairing. I was made the Pairing Arbiter to reputable IA Cathy Rogers (wife of GM Ian Rogers, Australia) who was the Chief Arbiter for the event. I was given a free hand to do the pairing for each round and Cathy will confirm / reject my pairing decision before publishing it as official pairing for the next round. I'm proud to have pass the test with flying colours without any rejection and receive a very high acknowledgement from IA Cathy on my Arbitership.
Finally, I told myself with the acknowledgement I received from WYO 2002, I have achieved what I'm aiming to achieve when I started in 1995 that is providing a fair pairing at the highest level to any tournament I'm put charge to do. Since then, I was in-charge as Chief Arbiter in Merdeka Team Championship and National Age-group from 2002 onwards. Also, I think I'm one of the very few Arbiters in the World who is willing to do the job all by myself (to input, check, double confirm and generate) for 10 categories pairing encompassing close to 500 players with an interval of 30 minutes between rounds.
For the first time in 14 years as an Arbiter and 8 years as Chief Arbiter for NAG, there was rumours that spread on Day 2 that I've tampered with the computer pairing manually to affect children chances. When I first heard of it, I did not care much as I've explained to the child parent on Day 1 that the reason for his daughter to be floated down in a group of 6 players with same points despite being the highest seed because the girl was floated up in previous round (Rd 4), hence the computer pairing program (Swiss-Manager: The only official pairing programme endorsed by FIDE in top level tournaments) automatically even up the floating rule. Also, the computer has floated up 1 person from this group of six in Rd 5. For your info, I did not know the girl was floated down in Rd 5. He has accepted the explaination, however, the following day he went round the hall actively meeting with other parents and posted several questions to them which basically questioning on my credibility, professionalism, instigating other parents by telling stories, making slanderous accusations over what I think is non-issue. This is what I get after 14 years of serving my chess community to see a betterment for Malaysian Chess.
First of all, I did not write this pairing programme, and secondly the programme is endorsed by FIDE as the ONLY official pairing program. Even if it is found that there is any wrong in programming algorithm with this pairing programme, no Arbiter will change the pairing manually unless the directive comes from FIDE to stop using it. Today, Chess Organizers from Trengganu, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang who knows how to use this Swiss Manager programme and inside-out of the programme because of my training to them done during NAG 2008.
Personally, I'm very disappointed with these parents who either have little knowledge but act to know everything or just follow what others said without checking the facts from qualified people or assume things or selfish act or who cares it is not my problem or playing chess politics. Am thinking seriously of retiring from Arbitering?
I first got involved as an Arbiter was way back in 1995 when pairing is done in manual way. No such thing as computer pairing. I learn on how to do simple pairing from Mr. Wong Fook Loy, husband to former CAS Secretary, Jackie Wong. It is not easy to do pairing the manual way especially when there is no exact guidance on how best to produce a good pairing. I always tell myself since then, a good pairing will decide the fairness of a competition. I've seen with my eye as a chess player prior to 1996, how other Arbiters (even with IA title to their names) can manipulate pairing easily and had pairing done at the expense on me (to give others a better chance of winning I guess). Hence, as a matter of principle I tell myself I must produce a fair pairing whenever I'm put in charge to the the pairing job. This is one reason I decided to quit as a player to turn Organiser to help promote fair play in Malaysian chess. (P/S: A number of Arbiters have taken our chess players for a ride when comes to pairing during those days in manual pairing)
In those days, people can say how good are their arbitering/pairing skills but the ONE AND ONLY reputable Malaysian Arbiter in manual pairing is IA Abdul Hamid Majid
My manual pairing skills ability is put to the test at the highest level when M'sia hosted World Youth Olympiad in 2002. For your information, the team event is using manual pairing. I was made the Pairing Arbiter to reputable IA Cathy Rogers (wife of GM Ian Rogers, Australia) who was the Chief Arbiter for the event. I was given a free hand to do the pairing for each round and Cathy will confirm / reject my pairing decision before publishing it as official pairing for the next round. I'm proud to have pass the test with flying colours without any rejection and receive a very high acknowledgement from IA Cathy on my Arbitership.
Finally, I told myself with the acknowledgement I received from WYO 2002, I have achieved what I'm aiming to achieve when I started in 1995 that is providing a fair pairing at the highest level to any tournament I'm put charge to do. Since then, I was in-charge as Chief Arbiter in Merdeka Team Championship and National Age-group from 2002 onwards. Also, I think I'm one of the very few Arbiters in the World who is willing to do the job all by myself (to input, check, double confirm and generate) for 10 categories pairing encompassing close to 500 players with an interval of 30 minutes between rounds.
For the first time in 14 years as an Arbiter and 8 years as Chief Arbiter for NAG, there was rumours that spread on Day 2 that I've tampered with the computer pairing manually to affect children chances. When I first heard of it, I did not care much as I've explained to the child parent on Day 1 that the reason for his daughter to be floated down in a group of 6 players with same points despite being the highest seed because the girl was floated up in previous round (Rd 4), hence the computer pairing program (Swiss-Manager: The only official pairing programme endorsed by FIDE in top level tournaments) automatically even up the floating rule. Also, the computer has floated up 1 person from this group of six in Rd 5. For your info, I did not know the girl was floated down in Rd 5. He has accepted the explaination, however, the following day he went round the hall actively meeting with other parents and posted several questions to them which basically questioning on my credibility, professionalism, instigating other parents by telling stories, making slanderous accusations over what I think is non-issue. This is what I get after 14 years of serving my chess community to see a betterment for Malaysian Chess.
First of all, I did not write this pairing programme, and secondly the programme is endorsed by FIDE as the ONLY official pairing program. Even if it is found that there is any wrong in programming algorithm with this pairing programme, no Arbiter will change the pairing manually unless the directive comes from FIDE to stop using it. Today, Chess Organizers from Trengganu, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang who knows how to use this Swiss Manager programme and inside-out of the programme because of my training to them done during NAG 2008.
Personally, I'm very disappointed with these parents who either have little knowledge but act to know everything or just follow what others said without checking the facts from qualified people or assume things or selfish act or who cares it is not my problem or playing chess politics. Am thinking seriously of retiring from Arbitering?
Around the Blogs: National Age Group My Last Arbitering & 'Retire' Local Comp
I pick up this article entitled National Age Group My Last Arbitering & 'Retire' Local Comp from one of our active chess bloggers. It is sad to note that one of the very few Arbiters who believe highly on fair play spirit in Malaysia chess scene is retiring from Arbitering work. As he has pointed out, the attacks on him were done even though his actions on subject matters were accordance to FIDE Laws of Chess. Why has this happen? 1. Selfish parent who think only of their children and quickly point fault at Arbiter whenever the decision is not in their children favour; 2. Parent defines their own rule and care less about FIDE Laws of Chess; 3. Instigation by other parents who like to play-up non issue to "create situation" of no confidence against Organisers.
All the racist remark was thrown as a result they could not find any other better reasons. Luckily, Marcus did not have children in that group (or any other groups), no student that he is coaching in that group, else one of this 2 factor may be used as the excuse instead of racist remark.
As the Chief Arbiter in the event, I'm very sadden that Malaysia has lost one dedicated Arbiter. Believe me, there will be more similar Arbiters to leave the chess scene in near future.
All the racist remark was thrown as a result they could not find any other better reasons. Luckily, Marcus did not have children in that group (or any other groups), no student that he is coaching in that group, else one of this 2 factor may be used as the excuse instead of racist remark.
As the Chief Arbiter in the event, I'm very sadden that Malaysia has lost one dedicated Arbiter. Believe me, there will be more similar Arbiters to leave the chess scene in near future.
Monday, April 6, 2009
NAG 2009: Final Results
Pearl Point National Age Group Chess Championship 2009 is over and we witness the emerging of 10 Age-Group Champions for the year 2009. I would like to take the opportunity to thanks all my colleagues from MCF, University Malaya students, chess community in making this event a big success with 482 players registered, the highest ever recorded NAG number in Malaysia.
[Under-08 Girls]
Puteri Munajjah has emerged as Champion when 2nd scenario happen that I posted in my earlier post. She won the Championship on P/E tie break over Teh De Zen after both players finishes with 6 pts from 7 games. Next 3 winners are Teh Ming Min (5.5pts), Mok Shu Zing (4.5pts) and Nur Islamurni (4pts).
[Under-08 Boys]
Wong Yinn Long has emerged as Champion when he pull off a major upset by defeating Amier who had a clear 1 pt lead into this game to finish on same points (6pts) alongside with Teh De Juan. All 3 players do not have a complete Round-robin table score, so Solkoff is used to decide the Championship. Wong has the highest Solkoff, followed by Amier and Teh. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [4th to 8th (5pts)] Danish Hamzah, Ng Jen Sheng, Benjamin Lee, Wong Zi Quan, Sean Ooi,[9th and 10th (4pts)] Yee Jian Yang and Muhd Zulfikri.
[Under-10 Girls]
Nur Najiha has emerged as Champion and defended the title she won last year successfully despite her last round lost to Puteri Rifqah. The former finishes with 6 pts, followed by latter with 5.5 pts. Nithyalakshmi, Maisarrah, and Tan Jia Yun with 5 pts each finishes 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.
[Under-10 Boys]
Yeoh Li Tian has defended the title he won last year successfully with a perfect score of 7 points from 7 games. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [2nd and 3rd (6pts)] Muhd Sirajuddin and Muhd Aziz Farhan,[4th and 5th (5.5pts)] Teoh Ern Sheng and Tan Yong Zhao, [6th to 10th (5pts)] Ooi Zhi Yang, Lee Zhi Wei, Muhd Ihsan, Tang Wei Kit, Mohd Noor Azam.
[Under-12 Girls]
NJM Nur Nabila has emerged as Champion and defended the title she won last year successfully with 6 pts. Tan Li Ting is placed 2nd over Camilia due to Solkoff tie break. Both players score 5.5 pts each. The 2 other players to make into the winner list are Fairuz Hamizah and Seri Aisyah. Both players have 5 pts.
[Under-12 Boys]
Tan Wei Hao has defended the title he won last year successfully when he finishes 6.5 pts from 7 games. Lim Winsen, Derek Poon and Jerome Yong scored 6 pts each. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [2nd and 3rd (6pts)] Muhd Sirajuddin and Muhd Aziz Farhan,[5th and 6th (5.5pts)] Subramanian and Muhd Irfan, [7th to 10th (5pts)] Roshan Singh, Mohd Faizal, Mirnash and Muhd Nuriman.
[Under-14 Girls]
Amira Syahmina has emerged as Champion. She won the Championship on Solkoff tie break since P/E did not separate her with Hoh Tjin Li since they drew with each other in Rd 5. The other 3 winners who finish with 5 pts are Laila Husna, Pavitranayagi and Tang Kar Khei.
[Under-14 Boys]
Yeap Eng Chiam too score a perfect 7 points from 7 games. He is previous dubbed the Wonderboy of Malaysia with his 6th place finishing in World U-10 in 2005. 4 other players who have 5.5 pts are Wong Jianwen, Tan Jun Feng, Nicholas Chong and Joshua Teo. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [5th to 10th (5pts)] Wong Hao, Elgin Lee, Deon Low, Quah Fu Yong and Chen Pei Xian.
[Under-16 Girls]
NWM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri also had a perfect 7 points from 7 games. Latifah Kaiyisah grabs sencond placing with 5 pts. The other 3 winners with 4.5 pts are Teh Kai Wen, Winnie Hong and Choong Sy Yiing.
[Under-16 Boys]
Evan Timothy has emerged as Champion despite his lost to Muhd Izz in the last round. This result has made Sumant to finish on the same level with 6 pts from 7 games. All 3 players do not have a complete Round-robin table score, so Solkoff is used to decide the Championship. Evan has the highest Solkoff, followed by Sumant and Izz. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [4th (5.5pts)] NM Edward Lee, [5th to 10th (5pts)] Muhd Syakir, Fong Wei Chern, Mohd Hazzafri, Lim Wei Kang, Mohd Khairul and Lim Kong Hui.
[Under-08 Girls]
Puteri Munajjah has emerged as Champion when 2nd scenario happen that I posted in my earlier post. She won the Championship on P/E tie break over Teh De Zen after both players finishes with 6 pts from 7 games. Next 3 winners are Teh Ming Min (5.5pts), Mok Shu Zing (4.5pts) and Nur Islamurni (4pts).
[Under-08 Boys]
Wong Yinn Long has emerged as Champion when he pull off a major upset by defeating Amier who had a clear 1 pt lead into this game to finish on same points (6pts) alongside with Teh De Juan. All 3 players do not have a complete Round-robin table score, so Solkoff is used to decide the Championship. Wong has the highest Solkoff, followed by Amier and Teh. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [4th to 8th (5pts)] Danish Hamzah, Ng Jen Sheng, Benjamin Lee, Wong Zi Quan, Sean Ooi,[9th and 10th (4pts)] Yee Jian Yang and Muhd Zulfikri.
[Under-10 Girls]
Nur Najiha has emerged as Champion and defended the title she won last year successfully despite her last round lost to Puteri Rifqah. The former finishes with 6 pts, followed by latter with 5.5 pts. Nithyalakshmi, Maisarrah, and Tan Jia Yun with 5 pts each finishes 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.
[Under-10 Boys]
Yeoh Li Tian has defended the title he won last year successfully with a perfect score of 7 points from 7 games. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [2nd and 3rd (6pts)] Muhd Sirajuddin and Muhd Aziz Farhan,[4th and 5th (5.5pts)] Teoh Ern Sheng and Tan Yong Zhao, [6th to 10th (5pts)] Ooi Zhi Yang, Lee Zhi Wei, Muhd Ihsan, Tang Wei Kit, Mohd Noor Azam.
[Under-12 Girls]
NJM Nur Nabila has emerged as Champion and defended the title she won last year successfully with 6 pts. Tan Li Ting is placed 2nd over Camilia due to Solkoff tie break. Both players score 5.5 pts each. The 2 other players to make into the winner list are Fairuz Hamizah and Seri Aisyah. Both players have 5 pts.
[Under-12 Boys]
Tan Wei Hao has defended the title he won last year successfully when he finishes 6.5 pts from 7 games. Lim Winsen, Derek Poon and Jerome Yong scored 6 pts each. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [2nd and 3rd (6pts)] Muhd Sirajuddin and Muhd Aziz Farhan,[5th and 6th (5.5pts)] Subramanian and Muhd Irfan, [7th to 10th (5pts)] Roshan Singh, Mohd Faizal, Mirnash and Muhd Nuriman.
[Under-14 Girls]
Amira Syahmina has emerged as Champion. She won the Championship on Solkoff tie break since P/E did not separate her with Hoh Tjin Li since they drew with each other in Rd 5. The other 3 winners who finish with 5 pts are Laila Husna, Pavitranayagi and Tang Kar Khei.
[Under-14 Boys]
Yeap Eng Chiam too score a perfect 7 points from 7 games. He is previous dubbed the Wonderboy of Malaysia with his 6th place finishing in World U-10 in 2005. 4 other players who have 5.5 pts are Wong Jianwen, Tan Jun Feng, Nicholas Chong and Joshua Teo. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [5th to 10th (5pts)] Wong Hao, Elgin Lee, Deon Low, Quah Fu Yong and Chen Pei Xian.
[Under-16 Girls]
NWM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri also had a perfect 7 points from 7 games. Latifah Kaiyisah grabs sencond placing with 5 pts. The other 3 winners with 4.5 pts are Teh Kai Wen, Winnie Hong and Choong Sy Yiing.
[Under-16 Boys]
Evan Timothy has emerged as Champion despite his lost to Muhd Izz in the last round. This result has made Sumant to finish on the same level with 6 pts from 7 games. All 3 players do not have a complete Round-robin table score, so Solkoff is used to decide the Championship. Evan has the highest Solkoff, followed by Sumant and Izz. The others who make it to the top 10 list as follows: [4th (5.5pts)] NM Edward Lee, [5th to 10th (5pts)] Muhd Syakir, Fong Wei Chern, Mohd Hazzafri, Lim Wei Kang, Mohd Khairul and Lim Kong Hui.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Under-16 Category in Action
Rd 5 Updates (Girls): NWM Alia Anin Azwa is on the verge of capturing the title with her win over Afifah. Her closest rival is 1.5 points behind with 2 games remaining. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Winnie Hong vs Alia, Lynette Wong vs Teh Kai Wen, Latifah vs Afifah.
Rd 5 Updates (Boys): There were 3 overnight joint leaders, however, Evan (seeded 4th) has taken the sole lead after this round when the other joint leaders drew their game. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Evan vs Syakir, Sumant vs NM Edward Lee, Muhd Hazzafri vs Muhd Izz.
Rd 6 Updates (Girls): NWM Alia is the first person to check-in to the Championship throne with the win over Winnie. She has 1.5 pts lead over her nearest rival, Teh who defeated Lynette. Latifah too has consolidated her position with objective to finish second behind Alia. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Alia vs Teh, Wan Aemellia vs Latifah, Choong Sy Yiing vs Lynette.
Rd 6 Updates (Boys): Evan continues to consolidate his position by winning against Syakir. While, Sumant drew with NM Edward which has given Izz Saifuddin a chance to close the gap with him. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Izz vs Evan, Ahmad Zulhilmi vs Sumant, NM Edward vs Muhd Nabil.
Rd 5 Updates (Boys): There were 3 overnight joint leaders, however, Evan (seeded 4th) has taken the sole lead after this round when the other joint leaders drew their game. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Evan vs Syakir, Sumant vs NM Edward Lee, Muhd Hazzafri vs Muhd Izz.
Rd 6 Updates (Girls): NWM Alia is the first person to check-in to the Championship throne with the win over Winnie. She has 1.5 pts lead over her nearest rival, Teh who defeated Lynette. Latifah too has consolidated her position with objective to finish second behind Alia. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Alia vs Teh, Wan Aemellia vs Latifah, Choong Sy Yiing vs Lynette.
Rd 6 Updates (Boys): Evan continues to consolidate his position by winning against Syakir. While, Sumant drew with NM Edward which has given Izz Saifuddin a chance to close the gap with him. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Izz vs Evan, Ahmad Zulhilmi vs Sumant, NM Edward vs Muhd Nabil.
Under-14 Category in Action
Rd 5 Updates (Girls): Overnight leader, Hoh Tjin Li, drew her match against pre-tournament favourite Amira Syahmina. While, Laila Husna had defeated Dhanusya to become the joint leader with Hoh into the next round. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Laila vs. Hoh, Amira vs Nurul Adlina, Vickie vs Pavitranayagi.
Rd 5 Updates (Boys): Yeap Eng Chiam has defeated his rival, Kiu Toh She, who had shared the same points with him. He nows enjoy a 0.5 pt leads over the field. On other result, Elgin Lee defeated Wong Jianwen. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Elgin vs Yeap, Nicholas Lee vs P'ng Ren Chi, Fikri Saleh vs Wong Hao.
Rd 6 Updates (Girls): The top of the board drew their match. This has throw a lifeline to Amira to equal on points after this round with her wins against Nurul. Also, Vickie consolidates her position by trailing the leader 0.5 pt behind. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Dhanusya (4.5pts) vs Amira (5pts), Hoh (5pts) vs Vickie (4.5pts), Pavithranayagi (4pts) vs Laila (5pts). All the 3 leaders have played each other with getting 2 draws from each other. Hence, all three leaders are playing with lower point scorer in last round.
Rd 6 Updates (Boys): Yeap is almost there with 1 point lead over his closest rival with his six wins in a row. P'ng drew against Nicholas Lee and both players blew away their chances on the title. Wong Hao won his game too. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Yeap vs Wong Hao, Nicholas Chong vs Tan Jun Feng, Wong Jian Wen vs Kiu Tok Shen.
Rd 5 Updates (Boys): Yeap Eng Chiam has defeated his rival, Kiu Toh She, who had shared the same points with him. He nows enjoy a 0.5 pt leads over the field. On other result, Elgin Lee defeated Wong Jianwen. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Elgin vs Yeap, Nicholas Lee vs P'ng Ren Chi, Fikri Saleh vs Wong Hao.
Rd 6 Updates (Girls): The top of the board drew their match. This has throw a lifeline to Amira to equal on points after this round with her wins against Nurul. Also, Vickie consolidates her position by trailing the leader 0.5 pt behind. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Dhanusya (4.5pts) vs Amira (5pts), Hoh (5pts) vs Vickie (4.5pts), Pavithranayagi (4pts) vs Laila (5pts). All the 3 leaders have played each other with getting 2 draws from each other. Hence, all three leaders are playing with lower point scorer in last round.
Rd 6 Updates (Boys): Yeap is almost there with 1 point lead over his closest rival with his six wins in a row. P'ng drew against Nicholas Lee and both players blew away their chances on the title. Wong Hao won his game too. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Yeap vs Wong Hao, Nicholas Chong vs Tan Jun Feng, Wong Jian Wen vs Kiu Tok Shen.
Under-12 Category in Action
Rd 5 Updates (Girls): Defending Champion NJM Nur Nabila has lift-up to the tournament top billing by disposing Tan Li Ting (seeded 2nd) to enjoy 1 pt adavantage going into next round. Fairus, another title contender continues to stay in the hunt win Rd 5, however, Ee Sun Xin has dropped out virtually from the title race whenshe secure only a draw in this round. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Fairus vs Nabila, Tan vs Camilia, Ee vs Anis Fariha Saleh.
Rd 5 Updates (Boys): Defending Champion Tan Wei Hao is on track to defend his title. Roshan keeps up the heat by winning against Muhd Ifran. They will be pitted aganist each other in the next round and the winner is likely to win the title. Any slip up by these 2 players will likely to see the Championship blows wide open with 12 players who are 1 point behind the 2 leaders. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Roshan vs Tan, Subramanian vs Arif, Shreyes vs Jerome Yong.
Rd 6 Updates (Girls): A big upset had happened where Fairus toppled Nabila who is the Defending Champion, how this has happenned? It is sad to see a very dedicated and hardworking girl to lose. Both Tan and Camilia drew with each other. While, Ee won her game. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Nabila vs Ee, Tan vs Fairus, Camilia vs Najihah.
Rd 6 Updates (Boys): Defending Champion Tan is getting closer to defend his title when he won against his other fellow contender, Roshan. Subramanian, Jerome and 4 others are chasing Tan with their respective wins but 1 pt behind the leader. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Tan vs Subramanian, Jeremy Yong vs Roshan, Lim Winsen vs Mirnash Chandran, Muhd Nuriman vs Derek. Any slip-up by Tan may blow the title wide open with a possibility of 5 players ended up with 6 pts from 7 games.
Rd 5 Updates (Boys): Defending Champion Tan Wei Hao is on track to defend his title. Roshan keeps up the heat by winning against Muhd Ifran. They will be pitted aganist each other in the next round and the winner is likely to win the title. Any slip up by these 2 players will likely to see the Championship blows wide open with 12 players who are 1 point behind the 2 leaders. Top boards in action for Rd 6: Roshan vs Tan, Subramanian vs Arif, Shreyes vs Jerome Yong.
Rd 6 Updates (Girls): A big upset had happened where Fairus toppled Nabila who is the Defending Champion, how this has happenned? It is sad to see a very dedicated and hardworking girl to lose. Both Tan and Camilia drew with each other. While, Ee won her game. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Nabila vs Ee, Tan vs Fairus, Camilia vs Najihah.
Rd 6 Updates (Boys): Defending Champion Tan is getting closer to defend his title when he won against his other fellow contender, Roshan. Subramanian, Jerome and 4 others are chasing Tan with their respective wins but 1 pt behind the leader. Top boards in action for Rd 7: Tan vs Subramanian, Jeremy Yong vs Roshan, Lim Winsen vs Mirnash Chandran, Muhd Nuriman vs Derek. Any slip-up by Tan may blow the title wide open with a possibility of 5 players ended up with 6 pts from 7 games.
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