This event had saw a combined turn-out of 163 players for the seven categories organised. As usual, Under-14 Boys had attracted a total of 67 players where majority of them are children below aged 12 y.o.
The pre-tournament favorite is none other than 9 y.o. Lye Lik Zang with NR 1708 (July 2013 release). This ranked him @ a spectacular 32nd position among 6700 children below aged 20 y.o. with National Rating. There are 3 other players within 110 rating points range that can poised a treat to stop him from being the youngest player to win U-14 title. The hosting school is hoping Darrel Yap, the defending champion but is seeded 2nd for this edition, can bring honour for the school.
As for the U-17 Boys, the school is relying on top seed Shreyes Subramaniam (NR 1811 - Ranked 20th in Msia among children 20 y.o. and below) and third seed Tan Wei Hao who had just won 2nd The Summit Juniors U-16 title on last Sunday so that they are able to continue in keeping-up with the tradition that this title remains at MBSSKL.
While in the U-23 Boys, the hosting school can rely on Defending Champion to deliver the title just like last year.
All-in-all, the hosting school can bet on at least two titles.
In the U-14 Girls, the hot favourite to win this category is Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan with NR 1700. She had 229 points advantage over her nearest rival, Melanie Koo Wei Wei. It should be loop-sided affair.
In the U-17 Girls, the two favourites to win are Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey (NR 1666) and Rosamund Koo Wei Xin who are just separated by 84 rating points.
As for the U-23 Girls, there isn't any clear favourite as the players are either unrated or have a low ratings. Just like the U-23 Girls, there is also no favourite among the 9 contestants in the Special Education Category.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
8th MBSSKL Open Chess Tournament on 6th July
MBSSKL is organizing the Open Chess Tournament for 8 consecutive years. As at point of writing, 165 players are going to take part in this year edition which offers 7 categories namely U14 Boys and Girls, U17 Boys and Girls, U23 Boys and Girls, and Special Education Category. TAKE NOTE: ALL PLAYERS MUST REPORT TO THE SCHOOL REGISTRATION COUNTER BY 8.30AM tomorrow, else your name shall be removed from Round 1 pairing.
This weekend offers plenty of opportunities for chess players around the country to take part in National-rated chess events. MBSSKL (Kuala Lumpur) and KUSESS (Selangor) where 600 players (in combined) will compete using the July 2013 Rating List (Official release date: 15th July 2013) that was given to the relevant organisers for their usage. Come Sunday, there are 3 National-rated events i.e. New World Park event in Penang, First Sunday event by Johor Chess Association and Quarter Allegro by Chess Association of Selangor. These 3 events are expected to attract another 400 players.
Let's come back to MBSSKL Open, once again I have been appointed by the school as Chief Arbiter for the event. I will be assisted by Mr. Yeap Joo Hock, Mr. Seto Kwai Mun and a group of 30 students workforce.
The players listing as follows:-
This weekend offers plenty of opportunities for chess players around the country to take part in National-rated chess events. MBSSKL (Kuala Lumpur) and KUSESS (Selangor) where 600 players (in combined) will compete using the July 2013 Rating List (Official release date: 15th July 2013) that was given to the relevant organisers for their usage. Come Sunday, there are 3 National-rated events i.e. New World Park event in Penang, First Sunday event by Johor Chess Association and Quarter Allegro by Chess Association of Selangor. These 3 events are expected to attract another 400 players.
Let's come back to MBSSKL Open, once again I have been appointed by the school as Chief Arbiter for the event. I will be assisted by Mr. Yeap Joo Hock, Mr. Seto Kwai Mun and a group of 30 students workforce.
The players listing as follows:-
| No | Under-14 Boys |
| 1 | Aaron Melvin Johnson |
| 2 | Ahmad Ammru Mohd Azizi |
| 3 | Ang Tsu Jien |
| 4 | Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho |
| 5 | Brandon Tien Sreenivaban |
| 6 | Charles Gerald Edward |
| 7 | Cheah Eason |
| 8 | Darrel Yap Egin |
| 9 | Darshebvintharan |
| 10 | Deabernishwaran Sharma Ravindran |
| 11 | Dhivarkar Thiren |
| 12 | Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazri |
| 13 | Ernesto Chong Wei Loong |
| 14 | Evander Yeo |
| 15 | Ghuhan Naidu Shanmugam Naidu |
| 16 | Gohshalan Naidu Shanmugam Naidu |
| 17 | Jaron Tan Xe Yung |
| 18 | Joel Prassanth Abraham |
| 19 | Joel Su Weng Yang |
| 20 | Kingsley Cheah Tien Chee |
| 21 | Kingsley Low Yean Wee |
| 22 | Kong Dak Nam |
| 23 | Kyne Francis |
| 24 | Lau Khai Soong |
| 25 | Leong Ca Tjun |
| 26 | Lim Jun Shen |
| 27 | Lim Kai Xian |
| 28 | Lim Qi Yang |
| 29 | Lim Yern Fay |
| 30 | Lim Yern Sern |
| 31 | Low Chee Pang |
| 32 | Lucas Ren Sreenivaban |
| 33 | Lye Lik Zang |
| 34 | Marcus Leong Kok Fung |
| 35 | Michael Gabriel Smith |
| 36 | Mohd Haikal Zamri |
| 37 | Mohd Sameer Shaik Mahaboob Saleem |
| 38 | Mohd Shahir Shaik Mahaboob Saleem |
| 39 | Muhd Adib Zainuddin |
| 40 | Muhd Aiman Mohd Rizal |
| 41 | Muhd Amirul Adi |
| 42 | Muhd Ashraf Daniel Mustapha |
| 43 | Muhd Faris Haikal Fairul Arfakin |
| 44 | Muhd Hafizam Jaafar |
| 45 | Muhd Kyas Zulkhairi |
| 46 | Muhd Najib Nazri |
| 47 | Naveen Vishal Nathan |
| 48 | Norfaidhi Mohd Zaman |
| 49 | Pavein Kumar |
| 50 | Praveen Mahindran |
| 51 | Rubeswaran Arikrishnan |
| 52 | Ryan Tey He Yang |
| 53 | Sean Ooi Zhi Jian |
| 54 | Shamalan Rajesvaran |
| 55 | Tan Keigen |
| 56 | Tan Yong Hau |
| 57 | Teng Jian Wei |
| 58 | Teo Wei Feng |
| 59 | Tharanidharan Rajadurai |
| 60 | Tushar Ignatius Uthaiyan |
| 61 | Vagesan Sinnatambi |
| 62 | Virgil Chung Siu Tung |
| 63 | Wong Chun Yung |
| 64 | Wong Qi Hao |
| 65 | Wong Zhi Yong |
| 66 | Youvenesh Sashikumar |
| 67 | Ngew Wai Kin |
| 68 | Ngew Wai Kit |
| No | Under-17 Boys |
| 1 | Alexander Hoon Thien Qing |
| 2 | Chai Siew Hong |
| 3 | Cheong Jie Yao |
| 4 | Chong Kok Hong |
| 5 | Daneswaran Rajandran |
| 6 | Davendran Balasubramaniam |
| 7 | Dilwen Ding Tze How |
| 8 | Dinesh Siddharthan Manoharan |
| 9 | Harith Najmin Rahim |
| 10 | Hew Zhenjing |
| 11 | Jeremy Phuah Jia Meng |
| 12 | Lam Zhu Jun |
| 13 | Lee Jia Sen |
| 14 | Liew Teck Seng |
| 15 | Low Hong Ben |
| 16 | Mohd Al Rizhuan |
| 17 | Mohd Faizal Roslan |
| 18 | Muhd Farhan Jamdi |
| 19 | Nikk Johari Low |
| 20 | Rafie Hakim Mohd Hanif Lai |
| 21 | Rahman Anwar |
| 22 | Shreyes Subramaniam |
| 23 | Tan Ri Hong |
| 24 | Tan Wai Sheng |
| 25 | Tan Wei Hao |
| 26 | Teoh Ghee Yuen |
| 27 | Teoh Poh Jian |
| 28 | Yap Choon Kang |
| 29 | Yap Choon Meng |
| No | Under-23 Boys |
| 1 | Albert Ang Keliang |
| 2 | Andrew Soong Loc Yang |
| 3 | Benjamin Koo Wei Jie |
| 4 | Chan Zhi Yi |
| 5 | Daniel Mok Zhuang Chun |
| 6 | Derek Poon Guo Liong |
| 7 | Han Chenyue |
| 8 | Kung Kah Heng |
| 9 | Kung Soon Heng |
| 10 | Lee Wei Chuen |
| 11 | Loh Wei Chean |
| 12 | Lye Jiun Yin |
| 13 | Tan Yong Zhao |
| 14 | Thong Ka Ming |
| 15 | Yee Kai Weng |
| 16 | Yong Kayne |
| No | Under-14 Girls |
| 1 | Allaida Siow-G |
| 2 | Cheong Keat Zhen-G |
| 3 | Ellie Emira Syamimi Ahmad Nazari-G |
| 4 | Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G |
| 5 | Ho Chen Ee-G |
| 6 | Lye Kit Wing-G |
| 7 | Melanie Koo Wei Wei-G |
| 8 | Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan-G |
| 9 | Noor Syahiera Nadia Zaini-G |
| 10 | Nurin Yasirah Zolkefli-G |
| 11 | Ong Zhiqian-G |
| 12 | Ong Zhiwei-G |
| 13 | Shameena Anwar-G |
| 14 | Stephanie Chuah Pik-Shen-G |
| 15 | Thenmolzhi Mahindran-G |
| No | Under-17 Girls |
| 1 | Afrina Athirah Abdul Aziz-G |
| 2 | Amira Amelia Adnan-G |
| 3 | Cindy Low Sim Yee-G |
| 4 | Joyce Tan Sue Lee-G |
| 5 | Low Pei Zhen-G |
| 6 | Nur Maisarah Mazli-G |
| 7 | Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey-G |
| 8 | Rosamund Koo Wei Xin-G |
| 9 | Siti Nadia Qarmila Nazri-G |
| 10 | Ummi Syafirah Zakariya-G |
| No | Under-23 Girls |
| 1 | Beh Shiuan Yih-G |
| 2 | Cheng Sheun Fang-G |
| 3 | Elizabeth Hoon Thien Li-G |
| 4 | Germaine Lelia Gomes-G |
| 5 | Joanne Wong-G |
| 6 | Lai Wye Kei-G |
| 7 | Lee Hui Yan-G |
| 8 | Lee Pei Fong-G |
| 9 | Loh Mun Teng-G |
| 10 | Nio Chai Sin-G |
| 11 | Nur Amira Muhd Yusri-G |
| 12 | Sabrina Chua Jia Wen-G |
| 13 | Tan Hong Yun-G |
| 14 | Tham Shiou Kuan-G |
| 15 | Wo Choy Yun-G |
| 16 | Wong Mei Jen-G |
| 17 | Wong Ying Shuang-G |
| No | Special Education |
| 1 | Abdullah Hakeem Mohd Aris |
| 2 | Ahmad Baihaqi Muhd Asmuie Mubin |
| 3 | Ahmad Nazmi Md Nizam |
| 4 | Dinesh Kumar Chandran |
| 5 | Mah Chun Kit |
| 6 | Marcus Leong Tjen Wye |
| 7 | Mior Syamel Mior Razi |
| 8 | Mohd Noor Helmy Ahmad Kamal |
| 9 | Muhd Anas Zukhairi |
| 10 | Muhd Daniel Mohd Jamili |
Sunday, June 30, 2013
2nd The Summit Juniors Open: Under-16 Result
This is the most demanding group at today's event with 6 players having National Rating above 1700. At the end of 6 grueling rounds, the Champion is 7th seeded Tan Wei Hao (NR 1686).
The full results as follow:-
The full results as follow:-
2nd The Summit Juniors Open: Under-14 Result
This group had 34 players led by Puteri Rifqah, Cheah Eason, Nithyalakshmi, Tan Yong Zhao and Dawson Tan with less than 100 rating points separating them.
Cheah and Rifqah were the first two casualties when they lost unexpectedly to 10th seeded Jaron and 11th seeded Zhi Wei respectively in Round 2. Next, comes Dawson who lost to Nithyalakshmi in Round 4 where the latter get to setup a mouth watering clash against Yong Zhao. However, the game didn't produce a result with Bishop opposite-color endgame.
In the last round, Yong Zhao had a much easier opponent than Nithyalakshmi but Yong Zhao had failed to convert the full point for a 3-way tie with Dawson and Nithyalakshmi. She was rewarded with much superior tie-break count to be declared as Champion.
The full results as follow:-
Cheah and Rifqah were the first two casualties when they lost unexpectedly to 10th seeded Jaron and 11th seeded Zhi Wei respectively in Round 2. Next, comes Dawson who lost to Nithyalakshmi in Round 4 where the latter get to setup a mouth watering clash against Yong Zhao. However, the game didn't produce a result with Bishop opposite-color endgame.
In the last round, Yong Zhao had a much easier opponent than Nithyalakshmi but Yong Zhao had failed to convert the full point for a 3-way tie with Dawson and Nithyalakshmi. She was rewarded with much superior tie-break count to be declared as Champion.
The full results as follow:-
2nd The Summit Juniors Open: Under-12 Result
Once again, Puteri Munajjah had showed us why she is a deserving NR 1700 player by winning 5 games in-a-row before settling for a draw to grab the title easily. Meanwhile, Teo Yi Yang, Chew Zi Xuan and Ryan Tey has played well to upset the formbook and thus join the prize winner list.
The full results as follow:-
The full results as follow:-
2nd The Summit Juniors Open: Under-7 Result
There were 27 players who turn-up for the event but after playing for 3 rounds, this youngest field just left with 24 players. It's probably too much chess for the three kids who withdrew themselves from the event.
Pre-tournament overwhelming favourite, Amir Faiz Amirul, just swept the field with a perfect score. While, Iskandal Haikal and Asia Moo had swapped places to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The full results as follow:-
Pre-tournament overwhelming favourite, Amir Faiz Amirul, just swept the field with a perfect score. While, Iskandal Haikal and Asia Moo had swapped places to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The full results as follow:-
2nd The Summit Juniors Open: Under-10 Result
There were 77 players who turn-up for the event. The strongest two players namely Faqih and Luqman Iskandar had played to their ratings seeding to finish 1st and 2nd respectively. Three players among the top 10 seeded didn't live up to their rating numbers and their places werereplaced by unrated Shreesh Amit Chembeti, Ivan Sean Yap and Timothy Chin.
The full results as follow:-
The full results as follow:-
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