Ranking After 5th Round and Pairings For 6th Round, Deepavali Rapid Chess (10.20.30) 2009

On the first day of the Deepavali Rapid Chess (10.20.30) 2009 held at Excel Chess Academy, Overseas Union Garden, Kuala Lumpur on 17th-18th October 2009. After the 5th Round, Lim Zhou Ren is the clear leader with 5.0 full points from five rounds of play.

Some of the seeds have taken a tumble as Abdullah Che Hassan has stumbled in the 4th round while Jax Tham, the veteran chess player, took a beating at the hands of a youngster named Irfan.

The situation room is heating up in the Deepavali Rapid Chess and will continue tomorrow over four more rounds of intense play jostling to take the lead at the Deepavali Rapid Chess 2009.

Following discussion and feedback from all players, the organisers of the event has decided to extend today's play to six rounds and leave the remaining four rounds of play for tomorrow, 18th October 2009.

The following tables will provide:
a. the ranking of players after the 5th round of play; and,
b. the second table, the pairings of the sixth round of play.

Ranking after round 5 of DR123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 LIM ZHUO REN 5.0 17.0 17.00 15.0 1882 2243 +0.65
2. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 4.0 14.0 10.00 13.0 1915 1746 -0.60
3 MUHD(16)SYAKIR SHAZMEER 4.0 14.0 10.50 12.5 1835 1851 +0.10
5 MOHD FADLI ZAKARIA 4.0 12.5 10.50 10.0 1755 1679 -0.35
6 MUHD(16)NABIL 4.0 18.0 13.00 14.0 1745 1838 +0.50
7 MARK(16) SIEW 4.0 16.0 11.00 12.0 1712 1741 +0.15
9 MUHD(12)IRFAN HAQQIM 4.0 13.0 9.50 13.5 1694 1793 +0.55
10 JEFF(14)TAN JUN FENG 4.0 12.0 9.00 11.0 1638 1656 +0.10
13 WFM(10)NUR NAJIHA 4.0 12.5 7.50 11.0 1571 1557 -0.05
10. 12 PUTERI(12)RIFQAH FAHADA 3.5 11.0 6.75 10.0 1584 1380 -0.90
11. 4 JAX THAM 3.0 14.0 6.00 10.0 1767 1625 -0.85
8 WCM NUR(12)NABILA 3.0 11.0 4.00 8.0 1697 1472 -1.25
11 MUHD(10)AZIZ FARHAN 3.0 13.0 7.00 10.0 1591 1436 -0.95
14 CHONG KWAI KUN 3.0 14.0 6.00 10.0 1569 1565 -0.04
15 MOHAMED ISMAIL 3.0 12.0 5.50 8.0 1550 1320 -1.16
16 JOSHUA FOONG 3.0 15.5 7.50 11.0 1543 1595 +0.35
18 DANISH HAMZAH 3.0 14.0 6.00 9.0 1472 1052 -0.36
19 CAMILIA(12)JOHARI 3.0 14.0 7.00 10.0 1468 1563 +0.52
20 MAISARRAH 3.0 12.5 5.50 9.0 1467 1366 -0.41
21 DANIEL(12)ISKANDAR ARIF 3.0 18.5 9.50 12.0 1443 1704 +1.28
30 NOOR(12) HISYAM AHAYAT 3.0 11.0 4.00 7.0 1251 1481 +1.16
22. 22 TIN(12)JUN HAO 2.5 13.5 5.25 8.5 1442 1436 -0.02
24 ANDREW(14)SOONG 2.5 11.0 3.25 6.5 1404 1443 +0.20
39 AMIER HAMZAH 2.5 15.5 6.75 9.0 1098 1521 +2.15
48 MUHD ZHARIF MOKHTAR 2.5 10.5 4.25 5.5 0000 1251 1251
26. 17 IZUDDIN AHAYAT 2.0 11.0 1.00 8.0 1518 1288 -1.55
25 YAT(16)GUO JIE 2.0 13.5 2.50 6.0 1368 1462 +0.60
26 MAX(8)WONG ZI QUAN 2.0 13.5 2.00 5.0 1359 1293 -0.45
28 SHAMSUDDIN SABRI 2.0 10.0 3.00 5.0 1352 1225 -0.64
29 CHONG(14)YAN MENG 2.0 18.0 7.00 9.0 1306 1604 +1.50
31 LIM(12)MING XIAN 2.0 13.5 4.50 5.0 1242 913 -0.22
34 LIM(10)MING KANG 2.0 14.0 3.00 6.0 1170 1282 +0.44
42 DOWSON(10)TAN SOON WEI 2.0 12.0 3.00 5.0 0000 1266 1266
43 LEE JUN YI 2.0 10.0 2.00 5.0 0000 1255 1255
45 MARCUS(12)WOO 2.0 9.0 2.00 4.0 0000 1157 1157
46 MOHD IZHAR AHMAD SHAFIE 2.0 10.0 1.50 6.0 0000 1272 1272
37. 36 NG (10)JING SHUN 1.5 8.5 0.25 2.5 1157 1213 +0.26
44 ISKANDAR(12)DANIEL ADAM 1.5 12.0 1.75 5.5 0000 1331 1331
39. 23 YYY 1.0 12.5 6.25 5.0 1431 - +0.00
27 DILWEN(12)DING 1.0 9.0 0.50 1.0 1354 1094 -1.65
32 MINDY(10)TAN WEI TING 1.0 9.5 0.00 3.0 1222 1142 -0.40
35 WONG(12)JUN XING 1.0 9.0 0.00 2.0 1158 1331 +0.46
37 BRANDON(10)CHIEW KEIN YUEN 1.0 11.0 1.00 2.0 1131 1216 +0.32
38 WONG(10)JUN MING 1.0 12.0 1.00 4.0 1121 1350 +0.72
40 MUHD ZAIFUL ROSLAN 1.0 11.0 2.00 4.0 1075 1188 +0.45
47 ZZZ 1.0 12.5 6.25 5.0 0000 - 0
47. 33 IYAD(10)SULAIMAN 0.5 10.0 0.75 1.5 1179 1129 -0.16
48. 41 TAN(10)KEIGEN 0.0 8.5 0.00 0.0 1070 584 -1.25


Pairing of round 6 of DR123
Table White - Black Results
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1 LIM ZHUO REN ( 5 ) - ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 4 ) 2- 1 .
2 JEFF(14)TAN JUN FENG( 4 ) - MUHD(16)SYAKIR SHAZM( 4 ) 10- 3 .
3 MUHD(12)IRFAN HAQQIM( 4 ) - MOHD FADLI ZAKARIA ( 4 ) 9- 5 .
4 WFM(10)NUR NAJIHA ( 4 ) - MUHD(16)NABIL ( 4 ) 13- 6 .
5 PUTERI(12)RIFQAH FAH( 3ｫ) - MARK(16) SIEW ( 4 ) 12- 7 .
6 JAX THAM ( 3 ) - CAMILIA(12)JOHARI ( 3 ) 4- 19 .
7 WCM NUR(12)NABILA ( 3 ) - JOSHUA FOONG ( 3 ) 8- 16 .
8 DANISH HAMZAH ( 3 ) - MUHD(10)AZIZ FARHAN ( 3 ) 18- 11 .
9 CHONG KWAI KUN ( 3 ) - MAISARRAH ( 3 ) 14- 20 .
10 DANIEL(12)ISKANDAR A( 3 ) - MOHAMED ISMAIL ( 3 ) 21- 15 .
11 NOOR(12) HISYAM AHAY( 3 ) - TIN(12)JUN HAO ( 2ｫ) 30- 22 .
12 AMIER HAMZAH ( 2ｫ) - MUHD ZHARIF MOKHTAR ( 2ｫ) 39- 48 .
13 ANDREW(14)SOONG ( 2ｫ) - IZUDDIN AHAYAT ( 2 ) 24- 17 .
14 DOWSON(10)TAN SOON W( 2 ) - YAT(16)GUO JIE ( 2 ) 42- 25 .
15 MAX(8)WONG ZI QUAN ( 2 ) - LIM(10)MING KANG ( 2 ) 26- 34 .
16 SHAMSUDDIN SABRI ( 2 ) - MARCUS(12)WOO ( 2 ) 28- 45 .
17 LEE JUN YI ( 2 ) - CHONG(14)YAN MENG ( 2 ) 43- 29 .
18 LIM(12)MING XIAN ( 2 ) - MOHD IZHAR AHMAD SHA( 2 ) 31- 46 .
19 NG (10)JING SHUN ( 1ｫ) - ISKANDAR(12)DANIEL A( 1ｫ) 36- 44 .
20 WONG(12)JUN XING ( 1 ) - DILWEN(12)DING ( 1 ) 35- 27 .
21 MINDY(10)TAN WEI TIN( 1 ) - WONG(10)JUN MING ( 1 ) 32- 38 .
22 BRANDON(10)CHIEW KEI( 1 ) - MUHD ZAIFUL ROSLAN ( 1 ) 37- 40 .
23 IYAD(10)SULAIMAN ( 0ｫ) - TAN(10)KEIGEN ( 0 ) 33- 41 .

(Source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)