DATMO 2009 - Round 7 Pics

Pic left : Table 8 : GM Susanto Megaranto (INA) - 2534, with 4 points vs Rustum Tolentino (PHI) - 2362 also with 4 points : result 1-0
it looks like Megaranto is making his mark as a GM in this tourney after a poor start in earlier rounds.
Pic right : Table 38 : Sofyan Jafar (INA) - unrated with 2.5 points vs Abdullah Che Hassan (MAS) - 2142 with 2 points : result 0-1

Pic left : Table 2 : GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) - 2535 with 4.5 points vs Yu Yangyi (CHN) - 2510 with 5 points. Though Yu is untitle but his ratings prove that he is a stronger player. Result : 0-1
Pic right : Table 1 : GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) - 2592 with 5 points vs GM Negi Parimarjan (IND) - 2590 also with 5 points. Result : draw
It looks like Negi got no problem at all with an early draw on this round becoz he was out sight seeing in KL on the rest day, and when he got back, he give away prizes to Merdeka Age Group winners.

Pic left : Table 3 : GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) - 2589 with 4.5 points vs GM Gerhard Schebler (GER) - 2486 with also 4.5 points. Result : 1-0
Pic right : Table 26 and 27 : Xu Yuhua (CHN - 2145 with 3 points vs Rhobel Legaspi (PHI) - 2331 also with 3 points. Result : 0-1.
Besides Rhobel is also a filipino who is currently resides in Malaysia - Ian Udani (2241) also with 3 points and he won that round against Yeap Eng Chiam (2108)

Pic left : Table 34 & 35 : Tomu Sonu (JPN) - 2140 with 2.5 points vs Steven Reily - 1925 also with 2.5 points. Result : 1-0. In the middle table is Mark Siew (MAS) - 1937 vs Li Panru (CHN) - 2132. Result : draw (both with same game points).
Pic right : Table 21 : Jia Haoxiang (CHN) - 2347 with 3.5 points vs FM Sebastian Simanjuntak (INA) - 2254 also with 3.5 points. Result : 1-0. Besides him is Our FM Lim Yee Weng - 2375 with 3.5 points playing black against Domagoj Dragicevic - 2251. Result : Yee weng lost.

Table 16 & 17 : WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (UZB) - 2304 with 3.5 points vs IM Yang Kaiqi (CHN) - 2427 also with 3.5 points. Result : 0-1.
Playing besides her is WGM Irene (INA). She however lost to IM Richard Bitoon in that round.

Pic left : Table 10, 11 & 12. Seen in the pic is FM Carlos Leonardo (PHI) - 2337 with 4 points. He played against Gao Rui (CHN) - 2491. Result : 1-0. Besides him is - WIM Nafisa Muminova (UZB) - 2287 with 4 points. She played against GM Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE) - 2474. Result : draw. I noticed the way she play is quite convincingly even though she is only a WIM.
Pic right : Table 14 : IM Ronald Dableo (PHI) - 2417 with 4 points vs Ronnie Lim (MAS) - 2281. Result : 1-0

Table 12 : FM Mok Tze Meng - 2343, after a real tremendous performance so far, was paired against IM Sriram Jha (IND) - 2459. The pairing was good for him, but the result is so frustrating. He lost to the IM.