Ng6 Is New Leader After Round 7, Stonemaster Amateur Sp Ed

This afternoon, 21st March 2010, before I left the tournament hall at Cochrane Sports Center of Excellence, Kuala Lumpur, the leader was Razali b Hamzah or better known as the Ng6 blogger with an unassailable 6.5 points from seven rounds of play.

He was still playing Syed, a fellow 17 Chess Club player on top board in round 8. Since I did not stay for the prize giving ceremony, I would have to wait for the official results from the other bloggers that stayed back.

There were roughly 125 players in this year’s Stonemaster Amateur Special Edition, 1st Leg. We were informed that previous year’s editions of the Amateur chess tournaments had at least 140 participating players. Maybe there are more tournaments around compared to yesteryears or people are just away for the holidays!

Fireyrook only managed a mere 3.5 points from a possible eight. That’s life! Everyone needs to improve their game to be a better chess player. Or, maybe this year’s set of players are a much improved lot with a lot more playing experience and maybe with more theory backing their plays. Who knows!