National Junior (U-20) Chess Championship 2009

Dont have the time to post this earlier, but those potential players of Kelab Catur Kuantan members were well informed about this tournament. Kuantan will be represented with 4 kids ranging from the age of 10 to 14 years old (so far that I know of). Hopefully in the future, if anyone from Kuantan interested to participate in this MCF event, they can juz let me do the submission.

For todays news, here are the list of players for National Junior Chess Championship beginning on the 16th - 20th Dec 2009 at Jalan Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur. I wish all the Kuantan players the best! (with the best play!)

THE 2ND NATIONAL JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

BOYS CATEGORY

NAMES AGE

1. EVAN TIMOTHY CAPEL (15)

2. KEOK KAI EN (15)

3. MUHAMMAD HAZIM B. MOHAMAD (16)

4. SHAUN QUAKE ZHUN ZIAN (19)

5. MOHAMED SHABYYL B. MOHAMED AJMAL (16)

6. JOSHUA LIM WEN KWANG (15)

7. KABIR SINGH (9)

8. ROSHAN SINGH (12)

9. LUM ZHUN HOONG (19)

10. MUHAMAD ALFIRDAUS BIN MD NAZIR (20)

11. KUHAN A/L B.GANESAN (11)

12. AMIRUL RAHIMI B. SHAMSUDDIN (17)

13. NIKK B. JOHARI LOW (13)

14. NEO XUE WEN (9)

15. NEO XUE ERN (7)

16. NEO XUE WEI (13)

17. LUCAS MATTHEW DUTTON (12)

18. MARK SIEW KIT – TZE (16)

19. AMIER HAMZAH B. MOHD ZUHRI (8)

20. MUHAMMAD IRFAN RENDRAWAN B. MUHAMMAD NAJIB (12)

21. MUHAMMAD IHSAN SYAHIRAN B. MUHAMMAD NAJIB (10)

22. SEE KAI JUN (15)

23. SEE KAI LOONG (17)

24. ARIF B. MOHD. JAMIL (11)

25. AFIQ B. MOHD. JAMIL (9)

26. YAP QIAN ZHENG , JONATHAN (20)

27. SUNIL A/L KALIVANAN (14)

28. LEE KUANG WEI , DOMINIC (12)

29. MOHD FAIZAL B. ROSLAN (11)

30. FIKRI B. SALEH (13)

31. NG HAN LOONG (16)

32. ARON TEH EU WEN (11)

33. MUHAMMAD FARIS B. AMINUDDIN (15)

34. AHMAD AFIQ AFYFY B. ROSLI (17)

35. DANISH HAMZAH AL – HADI (8)

36. AZARUL AZMIE B. AHMAD ZAINNIE (19)

37. SUMANT A/L SUBRAMANIAM (16)

38. SHREYES A/L SUBRAMANIAM (11)

BOYS CATEGORY

NAMES AGE

39. ETHAN WONG HSIEN AUN (10)

40. VINTON WONG HSIEN LOONG (13)

41. MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER B. AZHAR (15)

42. MUHD IRFAN HAQQIM B. AZHAR (12)

43. MUHD ARIFFUDDIN B. JUNAIDI (16)

44. MUHD HAFIDZUDDIN B. JUNAIDI (10)

45. JUSTIN ONG – WAY (17)

46. LOW HONG JIN (13)

47. MAX WONG ZI QUAN (8)

48. MUHD NABIL B. AZMAN HISHAM (15)

49. LOW JUN JIAN (15)

50. LOW JUN KEAT

51. WONG JIANWEN (14)

52. NOOR HISHAM B. AHAYAT (12)

53. NIK MUHD. HAZIQ NAJMUDDIN (9)

54. AHMAD HAFIZA B. YUSOFF (15)

55. MOHD SYAZWAN B. MOHD ZIN (16)

56. FADHIL AIMAN B. ZAKARIA (14)

57. MUHAMMAD FAISAL B. ROSLAN (16)

58. MUHD KHAIRUL B.NASRIN (16)

59. MOHD MUHAIMIN B. MOHD TARIZI (14)

60. CHONG YAN MENG (13)

61. TAN SOON KEAT (13)

62. TAN SOON WEI (10)

63. AHMAD FIRDAUS B. MOHAMAD RODZI (19)

64. NOOR MUHAMMAD AZLAN SHAH B. ATAN (20)

65. YEAP ENG CHIAM (14)

66. YAT GUO JIE (15)

67. NG JEN SHENG (8)

68. MUHAMMAD ZIKRI B. MAT ZAKI (14)

69. TAN JUN FENG (13)

70. AIMAN KAMAL FAKRULLAH B. LATIB (10)

71. LOON MUN CHUN ` (17)

72. MUHAMMAD IZZ SAIFUDDIN (16)

73. MUHAMMAD SIRAJUDDIN MUNAWWIR (10)

74. MUHAMMAD NURISLAM B.YAHYA (14)

75. MUHAMMAD NURIHSAN B. YAHYA (10)

76. MUHAMMAD NURIMAN B.YAHYA (12)

77. NUR NABILA BT. AZMAN HISHAM * (12)

78. MUHAMMAD NAJWAN B. AZMAN HISHAM (8)

79. MUHAMAD FIRDAUS AFIQ B. ASMAN

THE 2ND NATIONAL JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

GIRLS CATEGORY

NAMES AGE

1. NUR FAQIHAH BT. AMINUDDIN (9)

2. SARIKA A/P SUBRAMANIAM (14)

3. PUTERI RIFQAH FAHADA BT. AZHAR (9)

4. PUTERI MUNAJJAH AZ-ZAHRAA BT. AZHAR (8)

5. NABILATUL NADIA BT.JUNAIDI (13)

6. NURUL FARHANUM BT.MD RAIS (12)

7. GOH XIN YEN (13)

8. NUR FARIHAH BT. AMINUDDIN (14)

9. NAZARIENE YUVON A/P SIMON (12)

10. ANIS FARIHA BT. SALEH (11)

11. WINNIE HONG WEE NI (15)

12. VICKIE HONG WEE KI (14)

13. CHONG SUE SIN (17)

14. KHIRRANYA A/P B.GANESAN (14)

15. CAMILIA BT. JOHARI (11)

16. SITI AISYAH BT. SABIRIN (11)

17. SITI KHADIJAH BT. SABIRIN (9)

18. SITI NORASIKIN BT. MAHMUD (15)

19. NURUL BT. ABDULLAH (15)

20. NIK NUR NAJMINA (12)

21. FATIH NOR SAHARIAH (11)

22. SITI NUR AFIQAH (12)

23. JOYCE TAN SUE LEE (12)

24. PAVITRANAYAGI A/P JAYAMURTHEY (13)

25. NUR NAJIHAH BT. AZMAN HISHAM (10)

26. LATIFAH KAIYISAH BT LATIB (15)

27. LATIFAH SYAMIMI BT. LATIB (17)

28. AINUR NADIRAH BT. ZULKIFLI (11)

29. FATHIN SAKINAH BT. MOHD RADZI (13)

30. NUR MUNIRAH BT. MAT RAHIM (17)

31. FATIN NUR NADHIRAH BT. MAT RAHIM (15)

32. JANET CHAN CHOOI PO (17)

33. PUTRI NURFARIZA BT. AHMAD DARJI (17)

34. AMIRA SHAHMINA BT. ZULLKAFLI (14)

35. FAIRUZ HAMIZAH BT. AHMAD FUAD (12)

36. NURISLAMURNI BT. YAHYA (8)

37. NUR SABRINA ALIYA BT. ASMAN

World Youth Chess Championship 2009

Back in my days (when I was the National Junior Player), the tournament is called World Junior Chess Championship, but since I started my chess career at the late age, I only get the chance to compete in the U-16 girls and U-18 girls and in the Asian Junior event for U-20... Back then U-10 was introduced in 1991. Later on U-8 was included.

Today, categories ranging from U-8 to U-18 is held in the same venue at Antalya, Turkey and the name is called World Youth Chess Championship (for U-20 the tournament is call World Junior Chess Championship and it will held in a different date and venue).

This year, we had representatives in most of the categories except for the U-16 Girls, U-18 and U-18 Girls (If the readers are wondering how the National Juniors are selected to represent the country, well, the results are based from this year National Age Group).

Representing
U-8 are : Teh De Juan and Amier Hamzah Muhd Zuhrin.
U-8 Girls : Teh De Zen.
U-10 Girls : Nur Najiha Azman Hisham.
U-12 Girls : Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (FIDE Elo 1847) and Camilia Johari.
U-12 : Mohd Irfan Haqqim Azhar.
U-14 Girls : Hoh Tjin Li.
U-14 : Wong Jianwen(FIDE Elo 1905) and Elgin Lee (FIDE Elo 1861)
U-16 : Sumant Subramaniam (FIDE Elo 2064)

What makes me eager to write about this even in this busy hour and I had skip my lunch to update this, is that, one of the player is currently 3rd in ranking after 6th rounds!!! The one that the nation has been talking and stay closed by the monitor watching her game live is none other than NUR NABILA AZMAN HISHAM!

She has scored 5 points from 6 rounds, being unbeaten! She beat all her opponents up to round 4 and drew in her last 2 encounter. What an impressive performance! Those who wants to catch the results can click here .

Here are the results of others in their field after round 6:
U-8 : Teh De Juan - seeded 112 now ranked joined 63 (3 points)
Amier Hamzah - seeded 20 now ranked 15 (4.5 points)
U-8 Girls : Teh De Zen - seeded 73 now ranked joined 35 (3 points)
U-10 Girls : Nur Najiha - seeded 57 now ranked 39 (3 points)
U-12 : Irfan Haqqim - seeded 112 now ranked 103 with 2.5 points
U-14 Girls : Hoh Tjin Li - seeded 86 now joined ranked 88 (1.5 points)
U-14 : Wong Jianwen - seeded 79 now joined ranked 88 (2.5 points)
Elgin Lee - seeded 85 now ranked 78 (3 points)
U-16 : Sumant Subramaniam - seeded 80 now ranked 78 (2.5 points)

Overall, most of the players reached 50% score, juz hope that they can improve the score in the remaining rounds to go.

All the best to all the players!

to catch the latest update click here

November Tournament Line up!

The Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) at Wilayah Kompleks in Kuala Lumpur will be organising 2 FIDE rated events! FIDE rated events in Malaysia again?! Whoa! that sure satisfy the hunger for Malaysians to pursue FIDE rating. Tournament will begin this saturday (14/11/2009). For more details click here

Then on 28/11 - 5/12/2009, the annual GACC International Inter Varsity Chess Championship. Open only to University students all over Asia. This is also FIDE rated event. Hope my students will prepare and give all out (though without training from me.. huhuhu )

On 29/11/2009 - The Skudai Giant Chess Competition is coming up! Click here

I think it is not going to slow down this year end, coz even during Raya Haji there will still be tourney going on that day! Click here to find out more about the event.

Those who is interested to listen to a chess seminar titled "Sicilian Dragon" by IM-elect Lim Yee Weng, it will be held at DATCC this sunday 15th Nov 2009, during a break of DATCC chess league. Details can be found here

All the best to those participating! :-))

What's Up?

Many have been asking where have I been, and the blog seems to be crowded with cobweb now (hahaha).... I am terribly sorry! Really Sorry! As I mentioned earlier, I will be busy when the new system at the office is install, and indeed I am too busy to even play a game of chess by myself or to participate in any chess competition.

I have so many things to write and share with all the readers. My opinion about whether titles of women player should be abolished or not, the recent FIDE ratings, update of local chess tournaments, or perhaps about one interesting email in the chess-malaysia yahoo group posted by a chess friend (you can click gilocatur link)...

I shall try to write that one thing at a time.. at least you wont get bored waiting for news from me.. :-))

regards,
NWM

UiTM Dungun Open 2009 - (17/10 - 18/10/2009)

Despite the frustration from postponement of the UIA open on the 17th oct, UiTM Dungun offers the comfort for the interested chess players who still wants to play chess this weekend!

This is a 2 days tournament with 7 rounds swiss system and time control of 45 min.

More info contact : Norazmi (012-5560460) dan Siti Naqiah (017-7640764, 0139033181

UIA Open Postponed!!

UIA Open that is supposed to be scheduled next saturday and sunday (17th and 18th October 2009) has been postponed to 1st November 2009. Dont know the reason, but this has been the second announcement that the tourney has been postponed. Perhaps the organiser wants to attract more participants after the Deepavali celebration (on 17th Oct 2009).

Those who wish to take part, kindly take note on the matter!

**the source of info was taken from here **

DATCC Open House Blitz - Result

I dont have the list of the participants taking part, but I heard there are 34 players playing the blitz, while the rest spectators enjoy the Open House menu provided by the host. My bro - Khair who took part in the Blitz yesterday said, the food is delicious!

Hairulov and Gilachess were there to highlight the event. You can find it here and here .

October 2009 Updates!

What is going on in the month of October 2009? Will the months of competitive rapid chess happens again till the end of year?

Saturday, 3rd October 2009, Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) at 4th Floor Car Park, Kompleks Wilayah, Kuala Lumpur will be organising its Hari Raya Open House! And due to that there will be a Blitz Chess happen on the day with a time control of 5min + 2sec increment! (wish I could be there too.. but due to the unforeseen circumstances I have to cancel my plan to KL for the event.. yesterday evening, my boss said I need to be in the office today to monitor the progress of the new system that will go live on sunday.... sad huh?!)

Those who are interested to take part, kindly be there at 12 noon to register, the game shall start at 12.30pm at the same venue! All the best to the players taking part.. and Happy Hari Raya!

Johor will be hosting its Johor Closed today, a selection tournament for the Sarawak Team Open that will be held this coming December. All States are invited to take part in the Team Tournament, as team of 4 will only need to pay for the airfare and f&b only, the accomodation is provided by the host!

UIAM Open will be on 17 & 18 October 2009. On the 17th October, the game for U-12 and U21 will be schedule on that day, while on the 18th October, the game for Open will kick off on that day. I dont have the details for the event, but you can check it out at this blog

The latest updates that excites me the most is that the chess legend, Garry Kasparov is coming to Malaysia! YESSSSS!!! it has been publicised here with the link
in The Star . And you can join too at here

Karpov - Kasparov 2009

** pic taken from chessbase.com**

While we are celebrating our Eid Mubarak, there was an exhibition match that brings back the two chess legends on the chess board for the first time after their last encounter for the world championship title in 1984. The match marks the 25th annivesary since the 1984! The match is played from 21st September - 24th September 2009 at Valencia, Spain...

Karpov - Kasparov.. the two chess legends when I was a kid, the name kept popping.. especially Kasparov, he is known not only to the chess fans, but also to the rest of the world. Wherever I go, when I mentioned I play chess, they will often pronounce the name Kasparov to me.. and that proves how widely famous he is!

The match is certainly the match of a lifetime that has been waiting by all the fans... I think even in Malaysia, there are people who keep up todate of the results! Well, since it is an exhibition match, they both agree for 4 rapid games and 8 blitz games! I guess.. the solution of having rapid and blitz game is better, since both have been long inactive from professional chess for years now.. Karpov has made his chess appearance more of a hobby rather than serious play. He did compete in few tournaments, but the focus is different now. Kasparov has been retiring from chess since 2004, now a serious politician for the opposition in Russian politics. He also writes many chess books, giving advises and help on Kasparov Chess Foundation (I think the foundation is somewhere in US). And currently, the latest news, Kasparov is collaborating with Magnus Carlsen for the latter World Champion project! (great news to all Magnus fans).

Both players came from different era, Karpov (now aged 58, born in Zlatoust USSR) was the world champion after Bobby Fisher refused for the match in 1975 (he later on fought hard to prove to the world that he is the best player after all). Karpov kept the title until 1985 (at the age of 24-34 years old). I met him once at the World Junior Chess Championship 1993 at Bratislava, he was there for the closing ceremony. He was indeed a very nice person back then.

Kasparov, (who is now aged 46, born in Baku, Azerbaijan but choose to be a Russian Citizen). He was a chess prodigy, and has been predicted to be the world champion when Mikhail Botvinnik first saw him at the age of 6. He won the World Champ title from Karpov after a long hard fought battle in 1985. And kept the title undefeated for more than 20 years until 2000, when he lost the title to Vladimir Kramnik. But still, one cannot forget the beautiful, stylish and brilliance that he posses on the chess board! (I never had the chance to meet him in person, but I do hope one day I will get the chance).

It was an interesting battle overall.. Kasparov won the rapid match by 3-1 (Karpov won the last match), and Kasparov also won the blitz match by 6-2.

*source of the news taken from www.chessbase.com and www.chessvibes.com *

Salam Lebaran 2009!

Hari ini, masuk syawal ke-4 kita beraya.. Kepada semua kawan-kawan, peminat-peminat catur yang tak putus-putus menghantar sms, e-mail, dan ada juga yang pos kad raya, saya ucapkan jutaan terima kasih yang tidak terhingga kerana kesudian meluangkan masa mengingati sempena hari yang cukup mulia ini...

Kepada semua kawan-kawan terutama pembaca blog ini, saya memohon lafaz ampun dan maaf sekiranya ada terkasar bahasa, terluka hati tatkala bicara sepanjang saya menjadi blogger, termasuk juga ada saat dan ketika ramai meminta-minta untuk blog ini di updatekan pada saat itu juga lah, majikan saya meminta-minta kerja saya di pejabat juga di updatekan.. mohon kemaafan sekali lagi! (seperti yang sedia maklum, nukilan dalam blog ini adalah cetusan hati pandangan saya selaku peminat sukan catur, hobi nombor satu yang bertakhta dihati, namun, pekerjaan saya adalah periuk nasi, dan kerjaya yang menyara saya sekeluarga)..

Seperti biasa, saya tidak mengambil cuti raya, cuma cukup sekadar cuti umum yang diberi kerajaan Malaysia selama 3 hari.. Alasan utama, kerana saya malas hendak berebut cuti dengan staff pejabat, dan alasan kedua, kerana setiap tahun bulan Ogos saya telah kemaruk mengambil cuti Malaysian Chess Festival! Namun, raya tahun ini, memang agak kepenatan, kerana saya tidak cukup rehat merancang perjalanan raya untuk memuaskan hati kedua orang tua. Raya pertama beraya di Kuala Lipis, Pahang. Raya kedua di Temerloh, Pahang (dek keadaan tidak mengizinkan untuk singgah ke kampung Awah, kalau tidak mungkin ketemu dengan kak Zaza - mak nabila dan najiha pada tahun ini) dan raya ke tiga, bertandang ke rumah bakal adik ipar. Dan di pejabat lah saya menyiapkan kerja pada raya ke-4 dan seterusnya....

Kepada yang menantikan update, insyaAllah akan saya usahakan, namun peringatan untuk pembaca blog ini, selepas sistem baru bakal dilancarkan dan pejabat bangunan baru yang akan dibangunkan nanti, saya memang akan terlalu sibuk dengan kerja-kerja pejabat..

Walaubagaimanapun, bilamana saya berpeluang untuk berkarya dalam blog ini, akan ada jua hasil untuk tatapan peminat catur semua...

Salam Lebaran 1430 Hijrah untuk semua!

KL Open result

Late in posting the result.. I thought chess fans get the result from the official site, but still others asking from the result by this blog, well.. here goes the result :

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2589	7,5	38,0
2	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2527	7,0	32,0
3	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	UZB	2519	6,5	31,0
4	GM	Thien Hai Dao	VIE	2542	6,0	35,0
5	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	UZB	2532	6,0	34,0
6	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	UZB	2520	6,0	32,0
	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2329	6,0	32,0
8	IM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2490	6,0	30,5
9	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	INA	2429	5,5	32,0
	IM	Liu Dede	INA	2419	5,5	32,0

My Visit to KL Open 2009

Still in chess fever after Malaysian Chess Festival ended in August, I decided to have my buka puasa with my chess friends while enjoying the round 4 games at KL Open 2009. It was held at Shah Village Hotel in Petaling Jaya. Not far from Taman Jaya LRT station, and from Amcorp Mall. Today is the last of the 9 round swiss system. Not many players taking part this year, only about 56 players. Though it was held after Malaysian Open, but not many foreigners stay back to play at KL Open, I guess at the same time too many tourneys is on going. I see improvements in this year KL Open. Last year, the scoresheet is just a photocopy piece of paper, but this year I see the carbonised score sheet is used. I saw Andrew, so, maybe this year we can see the bulletin of the games printed to players. Last year, there were no time increment, but this year the organiser used increment digital clock (and by the way, it is the same as being sold at this site dgt 2010). I am only there for the round 4, and the place is quite small too (coz not many players I guess), so, I cant take many pictures as walking around seems to make the players uneasy. Here are pictures that I managed to snap..


pic left : unrated MAS - Abdul Haq Muhammad after round 8 he won 3 games and drew 2 games = 4/8.
pic right : Haslindah Ruslan (MAS) - 1698. After 8 rounds, she is with 2.5 points. In round 8 she drew against Ismail Ahmad.

Pic left : Ismail Ahmad (MAS) - 2089. He is with 2.5 points from 8 games. His performance in this tourney is not much like what the rest of us expected... probably, the fatique from recent DATMO does affect ones game.
Pic right : NWM Tan Li Ting (MAS) - unrated. She is with 2.5/8. Not bad!

Pic left : NM Edward Lee (MAS) - 2089 vs WIM Nafisa Muminova (UZB) - 2320 .In this game Nafisa won against Edward. Edward is currently 4.5/8.
Pic right : Yellow shirt is Jafar Sofyan (INA) - unrated, and next to him our filipino Ian Udani - 2241, who has been doing well in KL Open including beating IM Tirto, but unfortunately at round 7 he lost to 13 years old, Masruri Rahman (INA) - rated at 1987! He is now with 4.5/8

Pic left : Najib Wahab - He is normally known as the arbiter of Malaysian Open.. infact he has been doing that the past 2 - 3 years now. But I was surprised when I saw him play at KL Open! Wonder what on earth struck him to take part? :-)) though he hasnt play for so many years, but he got a good result too! 4/8! Not bad huh for an arbiter turn player.. :-))
pic right : the scenery of KL Open 2009.

Pic left : IM Dede Liu (INA) - 2419
Pic right : IM Tahir Vakhidov (UZB) - 2520

Masruri Rahman (INA) - 1987. He was my opponent at the recent Merdeka Team. Aged 13, but he is a very good player. The next Indonesian GM perhaps?

*for more info click to http://blog.gilachess.com/
or http://hairulovchessmaniacs.blogspot.com *

The final round pairings :

Round 9 on 2009/09/08 at 1430

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2589	6½		6	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2532	3
2	2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2542	6		6	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527	4
3	7	IM	Bitoon Richard	2490	5½		5½	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	2520	5
4	16	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	2348	5½		5½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519	6
5	11	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	2414	5		5½	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2329	19
6	8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2454	5		5	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2363	14
7	17	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2347	5		5	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2429	9
8	18	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	2340	5		5	IM	Liu Dede	2419	10
9	32	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2060	5		4½	IM	Tirto	2407	12
10	15		Tolentino Rustum	2362	4½		4½		Panggabean Hasian	2226	24
11	20	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2320	4½		4½		Rahman Masruri	1987	35
12	22	IM	Shetty Rahul	2270	4½		4½	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2207	26
13	31		Lee Kim Han Edward	2089	4½		4½		Udani Ian	2241	23
14	34		Foo Benjamin	2037	4		4	FM	Wahono Awam	2393	13
15	48		M. Vivek	1661	4		4	CM	Neubronner Jarred	2220	25
16	29		Eng Andre-Jerome	2089	4		4		Mohamed Abdul Haq	0	53
17	50		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	4		3½		Kalugampitiya R.S.	2131	28
18	42		Sathiyanarayanan R V	1822	3½		3½	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2284	21
19	33		Neubronner Shannon Scott	2050	3½		3½		Jafar Sofyan	0	52
20	40	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1931	3½		3½	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	1950	38
21	27		Legaspi Edmundo	2158	3		3		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	1811	43
22	37		Ferdiman Tersiman	1979	3		3		Tanda Joni	0	57
23	45		Wong Jianwen	1763	3		3		Biswajit Bharadwaj	1920	41
24	49		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	1594	2½		3		Virda Riska Aulia	0	58
25	30		Ismail Ahmad	2089	2½		2½	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	1986	36
26	54		Oentoro Djoni	0	2½		2½		Haslindah Ruslan	1698	47
27	46		Chen I-Chen	1715	1		2½		Tan Li Ting	0	56
28	55		Tan Fischer	0	1		2		Abedin Md. Jaynul	1947	39
29	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	1763	0	0			not paired
30	51		Chan Kim Keng	0	0	0			not paired

My prediction - the top boards would probably agree for a quick draw, while the rest will fight for the top ten prizes.

Best Malaysian so far is NM Edward Lee (4.5) will play against Ian Udani. Hmm.. this would be interesting! Abd Haq (4) will play against Singaporean Jerome Eng. The arbiter turn player - Najib Wahab (4) is up against Kalugampitya from Sri Lanka. Wong Jianwen (3) vs Biswajit, Ismail Ahmad (2.5) vs Monica (INA), Haslindah (2.5) vs Djoni (INA) - he is the manager of Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto, Tan Li Ting (2.5) vs Chen-I-Chen (TPE).

Hope the last rounds produce better results for the Malaysians!