2nd DATCC Weekender: Round 9 (final) pairings & standings after R8
Abdul Aziz Shukor became the new leader for the 2nd DATCC Weekender after previous round tournament leader Nik Ahmad Farouqi suffered a loss to Soon Wai Cheong in Round 7. Abdul Aziz has 6½ out of 8.
With only one more round to go, Soon Wai Cheong also has a shot at the championship as he is only half a point of the leader with points. It will be a tense and interesting final round match with Abdul Aziz Shukor facing Justin Ong and Nor Ilhamuddin vs Soon Wai Cheong.
Yeoh Li Tian champion of Thaipusam tourney
Youngster Yeoh Li Tian finished first place with 9points in the recent Thaipusam Open. Even though only 14 participants took part the field, it was hardly easy in a field of strong players such as Muhd Fadli Zakaria, Jax Tham and Lim Zhuo-Ren. Here are the results:-
Ranking after round 10 of TP123
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 YEOH LI TIAN 9.0 56.0 47.50 50.0 1807 1967 +1.25
2. 4 MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA 8.5 58.0 46.50 43.5 1749 1883 +1.22
3. 3 JAX THAM 8.0 57.0 41.00 42.0 1785 1820 +0.32
4. 1 LIM ZHUO REN 7.0 55.0 33.50 38.5 1885 1732 -1.47
5. 5 LOW JUN JIAN 6.5 47.5 18.50 31.0 1711 1671 -0.38
6. 8 JOSHUA FOONG 6.0 49.5 17.00 32.0 1547 1593 +0.41
7. 9 TIN JUN HAO 5.0 51.5 15.00 26.0 1500 1454 -0.26
6 LOW JUN KEAT 5.0 50.5 11.50 27.0 1590 1554 -0.31
10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 5.0 48.5 10.00 28.0 1228 1448 +0.76
10. 11 ARVINDH CHANDRAN 3.5 45.5 5.75 23.0 0000 1272 1272
11. 13 MUHD AMIR RIDWAN 3.0 46.0 3.50 18.0 0000 1282 1282
12. 7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV 2.0 46.5 1.50 15.0 1550 951 -2.34
13. 12 KAEVIN CHANDRAN 1.5 44.0 1.75 11.0 0000 882 882
14. 14 WONG KAH WENG 0.0 44.5 0.00 0.0 0000 896 896
Insofar FIDE rated invitational: Round 3 pairing
Round 3 on 2010/02/12 at 1930 Bo.Name NRtg IRtg Pts Pts Name NRtg Irtg 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 1906 2178 2 2 Sarifdin Sahir 1649 0 2 Najib Muhammad Ihsan 0 0 1½ 1½ Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi 1834 2092 3 Najib Muhammad Irfan 0 0 1½ 1½ Ab Rasib Yunus 0 0 4 Abd Rahman Syazrin 1472 1528 1 1 Yeop Mat Zaki 1620 1650 5 Hamzah Razali 1567 1675 1 1 Ahmad Johari Mohd Firdaus 1512 0 6 Ismail Mohamed 1473 0 ½ 1 Mohd Jamil Afiq 0 0 7 Aminuddin Izzanuddin Irman 1151 0 ½ 0 Hashim Zafran Nor 979 0 8 Mohd Jamil Arif 1142 0 0 0 Aminuddin Nur Faqihah 1158 0
Thaipusam @ Excel latest update
Yeoh Li Tian, fresh from his stint in China is already flexing his muscles leading the Excel tournament with 5/5.
His closet rival is chess coach Jax Tham who is 4/5.
Pairing of round 6 of TP123
Table White - Black Results
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1 YEOH LI TIAN ( 5 ) - MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA ( 3½) 2- 4
2 LIM ZHUO REN ( 3 ) - JAX THAM ( 4 ) 1- 3
3 LOW JUN JIAN ( 2½) - LOW JUN KEAT ( 3 ) 5- 6
4 ARVINDH CHANDRAN ( 2½) - JOSHUA FOONG ( 3 ) 11- 8
5 TIN JUN HAO ( 2 ) - MUHD AMIR RIDWAN ( 2 ) 9- 13
6 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 2 ) - WONG KAH WENG ( 0 ) 10- 14
7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV ( 1 ) - KAEVIN CHANDRAN ( 1½) 7- 12
Ranking after round 5 of TP123
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 YEOH LI TIAN 5.0 14.5 14.50 15.0 1807 2363 +1.70
2. 3 JAX THAM 4.0 16.0 11.00 12.0 1785 1787 +0.00
3. 4 MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA 3.5 14.0 8.50 11.0 1749 1747 -0.02
4. 1 LIM ZHUO REN 3.0 17.0 9.00 10.5 1885 1753 -0.80
6 LOW JUN KEAT 3.0 12.0 5.00 8.0 1590 1680 +0.48
8 JOSHUA FOONG 3.0 13.0 5.00 9.0 1547 1666 +0.85
7. 5 LOW JUN JIAN 2.5 15.0 5.00 7.5 1711 1541 -0.58
11 ARVINDH CHANDRAN 2.5 10.0 1.75 7.5 0000 1570 0
9. 9 TIN JUN HAO 2.0 12.5 1.50 5.0 1500 971 -0.90
10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 2.0 13.5 3.00 7.0 1228 1465 +0.72
13 MUHD AMIR RIDWAN 2.0 9.0 1.50 4.0 0000 833 0
12. 12 KAEVIN CHANDRAN 1.5 9.0 1.25 3.5 0000 929 0
13. 7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV 1.0 10.5 0.00 5.0 1550 778 -1.89
14. 14 WONG KAH WENG 0.0 9.0 0.00 0.0 0000 848 0
DATCC weekender: Pairing for Round 7
Nik Ahmad Farouqi is the current leader with 5/6. However hot on his heels are players who are just half a point behind –
Soon Wai Cheong, Nor Ilhamuddin and Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor .
Here is tomorrow’s round 7 pairings.
Round 7
Bo. SNo.Name IRtg Pts Pts Name IRtg SNo.
1 3 Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi 2092 5 4½ Soon Wai Cheong 2057 4
2 7 Abdul Shukor Abdul Aziz 2012 4½ 4½ Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin 2038 5
3 6 Ong Way Justin 2016 4 4 Che Hassan Abdullah 2115 2
4 10 Wong Jianwen 1898 3 4 Fong Yit Ho 1988 8
5 20 Lim Chong 0 3½ 3 Fong Yit San 1861 11
6 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 2166 3 3 Yat Guo Jie 0 16
7 17 Sarifdin Sahir 0 3 3 Singh Roshan 0 18
8 19 Lee Frankie 0 2½ 2½ Wolfaardt Francois 1784 13
9 21 Amier Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri 0 2½ 2½ Ismail Muhd Azmi 0 24
10 9 Fong Mi Yen 1930 2 2½ Haslindah Ruslan 1704 14
11 22 Singh Kabir 0 1½ 1½ Ooi Boon Seng Andrew 1834 12
15 Yeop Mat Zaki 1655 1½ Bye 0 0
