Thursday, September 3, 2009

Final Full Results For AmBank Challenge & Merdeka Rapid Team 2009

For full AmBank Challenge 2009 results, pls go to the following link:

http://maribelajar.com/ext/am2009.html

For additional full Merdeka Rapid Team 2009 results, pls go to the following link:-

http://hairulovchessevents.blogspot.com/

Source : GilaChess and Hairolovchess.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Final Standings For Merdeka Rapid Team Chess 2009, 29-31 August 2009




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The above is the final standings of the 66 participating chess teams for the Merdeka Rapid Team Chess Open 2009 held at the Ballroom, CitiTel MidValley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from 29-31 August 2009.

The top ten winning chess teams for 2009 were as follows:

1. INA - RTCC - 28.5 pts, 15 MP;
2. Bhayangkar Police R.I. - 27.5 pts, 15 MP;
3. SMS Gold KLMN (M) - 24 pts, 14 MP;
4. Tagatay City - 24 pts, 13 MP;
5. Jakarta Chess Club (JCC) - 23.5 pts, 13 MP;
6. Team Astro - 23.5 pts, 12 MP;
7. IRI-MAS - 22.5 pts, 13 MP;
8. Calamba City - 22 pts, 12 MP;
9. Calamba City B - 22 pts, 12 MP;
10. SMS Gold - MO (M) - 22 pts, 11 MP;



Overall the event was eventually won by Indonesian team INA-RTCC (above pic) headed by IM Tirto on Board 1 setting aside the Filipino teams who in the past had been dominating the top tables.

Congratulations to all winning teams! Hope to see you all next year for another Malaysian Chess Festival. Adios! Terima kasih! Thank you all!

source: http://blog.gilachess.com/ or http://gilachess.blogspot.com/.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Merdeka Rapids Round 8 pairing

No. SNo. Team Pts Pts Team SNo.
1 13 Tagatay City 19½ 23 INA - RTCC 2
2 4 Caviaga Lubricant 19 20 Bhayangkara Police R.I 6
3 7 Jakarta Chess Club (JCC) 18½ 19½ SMS Gold - MO (M) 9
4 8 IRI-MAS 18 18 Ipoh Limau Bali (M) 18
5 25 Perak Junior (M/N/6) 17½ 17½ Team Astro 5
6 10 SMS Gold KLMN (M) 17½ 17½ Penang (M/N) 14
7 26 Sabah (M/N) 17 17 Marfori Phillipines 1
8 33 Rorschach (M) 17 17 Friends of Jenjosh (M) 12
9 20 Johor (M/N) 17 17 Sarawak (M/N) 23
10 11 Calamba City B 16½ 16½ ChessIsChess (M) 16
11 3 Calamba CIty 16 16½ Indonesian Dream Girls (L/6) 29
12 22 Nusa Mahkota Chess Club (M) 15½ 15½ Selangor (N) 15
13 27 Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (G) 15½ 15½ MISC Bhd (M) 17
14 35 University of Malaya 1 (M/I) 15 15 The Four Seasons (M/6) 32
15 34 UTM Alpha (M/I) 15 14½ USM (M/I) 31
16 24 Royal Selangor Club (V) 14½ 14½ Klang Valley Kiwis 21
17 51 17 Chess Club (M) 13½ 14 Astro (M/L) 19
18 45 Dynamic (M) 13½ 14 Persatuan Catur Bumiputra Sarawak (M/N) 48
19 56 Chung Ling A (M/S/6) 13½ 13½ Kids for Chess Independence (M/6) 58
20 64 Penang Free School Chess Club (M/S/6) 13 13½ Selangor Generasi 10 (M/L/N/2) 49
21 54 Jaffolea Juniors (M/2) 13 13 Selangor Generasi 9 (M/N/6) 30
22 65 Chung Ling B (M/S/6) 13 13 PCA Junior (M/N/2)) 63
23 60 Wonder Kids (M/2) 12½ 13 UTM Beta (M/I) 50
24 47 Kids for Chess Freedom (M/6) 12½ 12½ SMK St Paul (M/S/6) 66
25 46 MMU (I) 12 12 PCA Members (M/N) 55
26 28 Sarawak B (M/N) 11½ 12 Adults for Chess Muhibbah (M) 40
27 38 UKM (M/I) 11 11 Universiti Malaysia Pahang (M/I) 41
28 57 Penang Free School (M/N/S) 11 10 UTM Omega (M/I/L) 53
29 62 Kids for Chess SG Girls (M/L/S/6) 10 10 SJK(C) Kepong 2 (M/S/2) 52
30 39 University of Malaya 2 (M/I) 7 Kids for Chess Future (M/2) 44
31 43 Karisma Knights (M/6) 9 Kids for Chess SG Juniors (M/S/2) 59
32 61 Chess Power (M/2) 8 Sarawak U10 Team (M/S/2) 37
33 42 Kids for Chess Davidson (M/S/2) 7 SK Satria Jaya, Kuching (M/S/2) 36

Schedule for Merdeka Rapid Team Chess Open

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As a guide to participating teams, the above table outlines the schedule for the 9 Swiss rounds from 29th to 31st August 2009.

To all players, please have fun participating in the team event in this year's Malaysian Chess Festival 2009 in Kuala Lumpur.

Merdeka Rapid Team Chess Open 29-31 Aug 2009

The Merdeka Rapid Team Chess Open 2009 will run from 29th to 31st August 2009 and the event was officiated by the Sports Minister, YB Dato' Shabery Cheek on the morning of 29th August 2009 at the Ballroom, CitiTel MidValley Hotel. There will be 66 registered teams that will be competing for the Open Championship over 9 Swiss rounds with a 25 minute per player time control.

Each team will comprise of 4 or 5 players. Each match will consist of 4 board games to decide the score of the match. The fifth player will be in the team as a reserve, where available.

Best of luck to all participating teams and happy hunting for all teams!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

IM Mok Tze Meng

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Not officially an International Master yet..

Mok Tze Meng achieves his third and final norm with a commendable result.

Mok’s fine performance in the previous tournaments he entered like the Terengganu Open, Penang Open, DATCC League and Malaysia Open is expected to push him over the 2400 rating needed for the IM title.

Final Ranking of 6th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2009

Final Ranking of 6th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open is as shown:-




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The table above confirms that GM Negi Parimarjan, India (2590) is the official champion of the 6th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2009.

The winners in the top fifteen are as follows:

1. GM Negi Parimarjan (IND) (2590) - 7 points (BH=49.5)
2. IM Dableo Ronald (PHI) (2417) - 7 points (BH=48)
3. GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) (2589) - 6.5 points
4. Senador Emmanuel (PHI) (2372) - 6.5 points
5. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) (2592) - 6.5 points
6. GM Laylo Darwin (PHI) (2494) - 6.5 points
7. GM Schebler, Gerhard (GER) (2486) - 6.5 points
8. Yu Yangyi (CHN) (2510) - 6.5 points
9. GM Iuldachev Saidali (UZB) (2518) - 6.5 points
10. Xiu Deshun (CHN) (2515) - 6.5 points
11. GM Li Chao b (CHN) (2634) - 6.5 points
12 GM Megaranto Susanto (INA) (2534) - 6 points
13. GM Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE) (2474) - 6 points
14. FM Mok Tze-Meng (MAS) (2343) - 6 points
15. Yu Lie (CHN) (2340) - 6 points



The prize giving ceremony was held at 6 pm, on Friday (28th August 2009) and the prizes given out by Dato' Tan Chin Nam, the Organizing Chairman of the event. The picture above showing the proud young GM from India, GM Negi Parimarjan receiving the coveted trophy, medal and his winning check from the equally proud Organising Chairman.

source: http://setiachess.blogspot.com/

Friday, August 28, 2009

Winners of AmBank Challenge 2009

The result is final! here are the top ten winners!

Champion - Samson Lim Jr (PHI) - 7 points
Second - Rodolfo Panopio Jr (PHI) - 7 Points
Third - Roel Abelgas (PHI) - 7 points
Fourth - Jax Tham (MAS) - 6.5 points
Fifth - Tan Kok Liang (MAS) - 6.5 points
Sixth - Nor Ilhamuddin (MAS) - 6 points
Seventh - Izz Saifuddin (MAS) - 6 points
Eighth - Cheah Cheok Fung (MAS) - 6 points
Ninth - Fadli Zakaria (MAS) - 6 points
Tenth - Ooi Li Tao (MAS) - 6 points

Best Lady - Renitha Narayanan - 5 points
Best U-16 - Tan Jun Feng - 5 points
Best U-12 - Tan Li Ting - 5 points

Information courtesy of http://setiachess.blogspot.com/

Big fight on board 1

 

The battle for the championship.

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Negi must beat tournament leader Senador to have a shot at first place.

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Emmanuel Senador playing one of his best DATMO ever.

Three Players Lead Into Final Round Of AmBank Challenge 2009

Three players are leading the AmBank Challenge and all of them are from the Philippines. Abelgas Roel, Panopio Jr Rodolfo and Lim Samson Jr. But a dark horse is lurking at the back and that is none other than Jax Tham from Malaysia, sitting alone at 6 points.

If all of the threesome from Philippines falter with draws and Jax Tham wins his final round, then definitely Jax Tham will win the AmBank Challengers Championship for 2009.

Best of luck to all players. May the best player win the AmBank Challenge this year.


For official results, please visit the following blog: http://datmo.net.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

DATMO standings after 8 rounds

Rank SNo.
Name Rtg FED Pts BH.
1 27
Senador, Emmanuel 2372 PHI 46½
2 3 GM Negi, Parimarjan 2590 IND 6 47½
3 4 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 2589 IRI 6 47½
4 2 GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son 2592 VIE 6 46
5 12 GM Laylo, Darwin 2494 PHI 6 45
6 10
Yu, Yangyi 2510 CHN 6 45
7 1 GM Li, Chao b 2634 CHN 6 44½
8 8 GM Iuldachev, Saidali 2518 UZB 6 44
9 21 IM Dableo, Ronald 2417 PHI 6 43½
10 7 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2534 INA 6 40½
11 14 GM Schebler, Gerhard 2486 GER 44½
12 9
Xiu, Deshun 2515 CHN 44½
13 15 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2474 VIE 42½
14 43 WIM Muminova, Nafisa 2287 UZB 42½
15 25 WIM Zhang, Xiaowen 2391 CHN 40½
16 11 IM Bitoon, Richard 2495 PHI 38
17 5 GM Rahman, Ziaur 2538 BAN 5 44½
18 16 IM Sriram, Jha 2459 IND 5 44
19 13
Gao, Rui 2491 CHN 5 44
20 31 FM Mok, Tze-Meng 2343 MAS 5 42½
21 22 IM Tirto 2407 INA 5 41½
22 32
Yu, Lie 2340 CHN 5 41½
23 29
Pak, Yevgeniy 2359 KAZ 5 40½
24 33 FM Carlos, Leonardo 2337 PHI 5 39½
25 48
Udani, Ian 2241 PHI 5 38
26 34 FM Nguyen, Duc Hoa 2331 VIE 5 37
27 36
Legaspi, Rhobel 2331 PHI 5 35½
28 47
Dragicevic, Domagoj 2251 AUS 5 34
29 39
Li, Hanbin 2313 CHN 5 34
30 6 GM Dzhumaev, Marat 2535 UZB 46
31 38
Ma, Qun 2319 CHN 42
32 44
Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie 2281 MAS 42
33 17 IM Nadanian, Ashot 2441 ARM 41½
34 40 WGM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 2311 INA 40½
35 42 IM Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2299 MAS 40½
36 20 IM Yang, Kaiqi 2427 CHN 40
37 30
Jia, Haoxiang 2347 CHN 39½
38 41 WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2304 IRI 38
39 23 FM Goldenberg, Igor 2404 AUS 37½
40 37 FM Kojima, Shinya 2323 JPN 36
41 26 FM Lim, Yee-Weng 2375 MAS 35½
42 18 IM Dimakiling, Oliver 2434 PHI 4 43½
43 100
Zulkhairi 0 INA 4 43½
44 28
Tolentino, Rustum 2362 PHI 4 43
45 24 FM Wahono, Awam 2399 INA 4 40
46 49
Panggabean, Hasian 2226 INA 4 39½
47 19 IM Irwanto, Sadikin 2429 INA 4 38½
48 54
Mohammadi, Amir 2192 SWE 4 37½
49 82
Siew, Kit-Tze Mark 1937 MAS 4 37
50 64
Tan, Khai Boon 2095 MAS 4 35½
51 35
Causo, Deniel 2331 PHI 4 35½
52 46 FM Simanjuntak, Sebastian 2254 INA 4 34½
53 56 WIM Ghader Pour, Shayesteh 2171 IRI 4 34½
54 50
Jordan, Dirk, Dr. 2217 GER 4 34
55 61
Li, Panru 2132 CHN 4 34
56 45 IM Tan, Lian-Ann 2273 SIN 4 33½
57 60
Sano, Tomu 2140 JPN 4 30½
58 63
Yeap, Eng Chiam 2108 MAS 36½
59 85
O`Reilly, Steven 1925 AUS 36
60 55
F. Sayani, M. Hendrik 2190 INA 36
61 97
Jafar, Sofyan 0 INA 35½
62 99
Pitra, Andika 0 INA 35½
63 66
Ismail, Ahmad 2089 MAS 34½
64 53
Bueder, Thomas 2201 GER 34½
65 92
Wong, Jianwen 1763 MAS 34
66 59
Che Hassan, Abdullah 2142 MAS 34
67 52
Nardi, Chairil 2207 INA 34
68 73
Wongwichit, Phachara 2032 AUS 33½
69 57
Haessler, Carl 2155 USA 33
70 69 FM Jones, Brian 2067 AUS 32½
71 71
Subramaniam, Sumant 2043 MAS 32
72 62
Qu, Yanqiao 2124 CHN 32
73 51
Portugalera, Ric 2214 PHI 31
74 83
Yeoh, Li Tian 1937 MAS 30½
75 88
Kimbin, Richard 1907 ITA 29
76 74
Inoue, Sho 2024 JPN 3 37
77 58
Xu, Huahua 2145 CHN 3 33
78 67
Soh, Han Loong Gerald 2088 MAS 3 33
79 68
Dotsenko, Viacheslav 2079 RUS 3 31
80 84
Grigg, Sam 1933 AUS 3 30½
81 90
Lee, Kah Meng Elgin 1811 MAS 3 28½
82 80 WFM Milligan, Helen 1976 NZL 3 27½
83 96
Png, Ren Chi 1356 MAS 3 26
84 76
Spiller, Paul 2005 NZL 3 24½
85 75
Noguchi, Koji 2012 JPN 32½
86 87
Guo, Emma 1914 AUS 31½
87 72
Chua, Aaron 2040 MAS 30½
88 81
Lim, Kian Hwa 1972 MAS 30½
89 77
Wong, Hao 2004 MAS 28½
90 79
Tan, Justin 1979 AUS 27½
91 91
Lee, Kai Jie Edward 1763 SIN 26
92 70
Bennett, Hilton 2050 NZL 24
93 78
Khandhar, Kaushal 1997 MAS 2 27
94 89 WCM Kadek, Iin Dwijayanti 1894 INA 2 26½
95 94
Draup, Hj. Abang Azman 1650 MAS 26½
96 95
Zamahari, Abang Draup 1601 MAS 25
97 98
Najwa, Jiahui Rujok 0 SIN 24
98 65
Eng, Andre-Jerome 2089 SIN 23
99 93
Gates, David 1709 ENG 22
100 86
S., Balendran 1916 MAS 1 23½