Merdeka Team - Round 6 Pic

Pic left : Chesskidz Men's Team (led by GM Nelson Mariano and GM Bong Vilamayor) vs Uzbek Connection (led by GM Marat & GM Saidali) the result was chesskidz won by 3-1 (with the only win from Uzbek came from GM Saidali)
Pic right : Muhd Syazwan and Ismail Ahmad - the last 2 boards player from Uzbek team

Pic left : The Mamak Sequal (led by Nik Farouqi, Saprin, Fairin & Kamaludin) vs Petronas (led by IM Mas Hafizul together with Irman, Ruzenan & Razief). The result was Mamak won by 2.5 to 1.5 with IM Mas won and Irman drew their game)
Pic right : Penang (led by the newly crowned NM Tan Khai Boon) vs Bangka Belitung (a team comprised of Indonesians led by Sutarno) and the result was - 0.5 to 3.5 belongs to Bangka.

Pic left : Klang Kiwis vs SMS Gold (led by IM Mok and the brothers FM Nicholas and NM Marcus) SMS gold won by 3.5 to 0.5.
Pic right : Marfori (led by Castelano, carlos, aquino and Magdalaga) vs Bengal Tigers (a team comprising of GM Niaz Murshed, RR Laxman, Abdullah Saif and Malaysian ELgin Lee). The result - Bengal won by 2.5 to 1.5 with Elgin securing the win for Bengal!

Team Composition WIth Points

Team Ranking after Round 5

Merdeka Team - Round 5 Result

Merdeka Team - Round 6 Pairing

Merdeka Team - Round 5 Updates!

Yeoh Li Tian (ASTRO Arena) lost in a very interesting game against Joel Hicap of the Chesskidz Men's Team!

Kids at Merdeka Team!

Above are the pictures of the kids that to me - they have the guts to compete in the big Tourney like Merdeka Team Event!

Merdeka Team - Round 4 Result

Interesting to see the results of those top players ended up in a tie. Uzbek Connection level the score with Astro Arena, same goes with SMS Gold vs Crusher Team.

Merdeka Team - Round 4 Pic

Pic left : The only government team - Prison Team
Pic right : Table 17 - Knightstalker vs MH Pintar NS Junior Trainers

Pic left : Table 16 - CLOBA-80 vs Sarawak
Pic right : Table 20 - WInx Club vs Roschach

Pic left : Table 19 - Jakarta B (U12) vs Mini Pawn
Pic right : Table 13 - Chung Ling High School vs ASTRO Ladies

Merdeka Team - Round 5 Pairing

Merdeka Team - Round 3 pic

Merdeka Team - Round 4 Comments

With the draw in the 3rd round, top seed SMS Gold was dropped to table 3, and going to play against Crusher Team.While the team composition of GM and Malaysians of ASTRO Arena team will play against Uzbek Connection on board 2.

Merdeka Team - Round 4 Pairing

Merdeka Team - Round 3 Result

Merdeka Team - Round 3 Comments

Round 3 seems to be interesting! Most top players will be playing against each other. It seems to be too early, since we have juz reach round 3.

The year Merdeka is using the Match Point format. Means that if a team wins (either by 4, 3 or 2.5 points) consider it is a win with the score marked as 2 points for the team. And if the team drew (by 2-2) the score will be 1 point for the team. The losing team will receive 0 score (either lost by 0 or 0.5 or 1 or 1.5 points)

And what makes it more interesting, even though SMS Gold won by 3-1 in the first round, and since it is a win, they still remain on the first table!

Merdeka Team - Round 3 Pairing

Merdeka Team - Round 1 updates!

Forgot to mention - Khor Bean Hwa from PFS Chess Club caused an upset against Astro Arena - IM Jimmy Liew!

Merdeka Team - Result Round 1

Merdeka Rapid Team (29-31/8/2010) Round 2 Pairing

Merdeka Rapid Team (29-31/8/2010)

Merdeka Rapid Team (29-31/8/2010)

in total there are 70 teams playing. With the pack of GMs playing, it is a surprise that Malaysian Team SMS Gold is the first seeded. Will update you more.