Final Ranking Of Merdeka Team Rapid Chess 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/.