M Raimi Wins The Rookie Tornado Chess Tournament

At the DATCC, the one day event for the DATCC Rookie Tornado Chess event was held and a healthy twenty-nine players participated in the tournament.

The event was held simultaneously as the Malaysian Women Masters 2010 event at the same venue. It provided ample publicity for the Women Masters while allowing others to engage in a parallel chess event at the venue.

Mohamad Raimi Rahim was declared the winner of the Rookie Tornado, while in second place is Ismail Hassim, and third Sunil Kali Vanam, an under-15 participant.

Here is the full list of the final ranking points of the participating players in the debut DATCC Rookie Tornado Chess Tournament 2010:-

Thanks is due to Najib Wahab and Hamid Majid for arbitering the joint event at DATCC.

(source: Najib Wahab, arbiter)