Nur Nabila In 7th Position, Asian Youth Chess Championship 2010

13 July 2010, Beijing – The Malaysian Chess Federation has sent a team of young talented chess players to enter this year’s Asian Youth Chess Championship 2010 being held in Beijing, China from the 9-14th July 2010.

The results with points scored and rank up to round 6 of the tournament for the Malaysian players are as follows:

Category	Name of Malaysian Player	Rd 6 (pts)	Rank
U-18	1. Muhd Izz b Saifuddin	2.5	19/28
	2. Tan Ken Wei	2.0	22/28
U-16	1. Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham	3.0	11/26
U-14	1. Tan Jun Feng	3.0	19/34
	2. Mohd Irfan Haqqim b. Azhar	2.0	27/34
Challengers U-14	1. Mohd Noor Azam b Mohd Noor	2.5	23/41
U-12	1. Ooi Zhi Yang	2.5	24/30
U-10	1. Amier Hamzah b. Mohd Zuhri	3.0	19/43
	2. Teh De Juan	2.5	32/43
G-8	Zainoor Akmail Maisarah bt. Mohd Nor	3.0	9/24
G10	1. Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa bt. Azhar	3.0	16/32
G12	1. WFM Nur Najihah bt. Azman Hisham	3.5	11/33
	2. Camilia bt. Johari	3.5	12/33
G14	1. WCM Nur Nabila bt. Azman Hisham	4.0	7/27
G16	1. Latifah Kaiyisah bt. Mohd Latif	2.5	16/24
G18	1. Nur Munirah bt. Mat Rahim	2.5	21/27
	2. Puteri Nur Faiza bt. Ahmad Darji	1.5	26/27

Our best results WCM Nur Nabila bt. Azman Hisham in the Girls’ Under 14 category where she has 4.0 points from 6 rounds and currently in seventh position.

Let’s hope our young team of chess warriors will do better in the last few rounds of the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2010.

Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham, currently 19th ranked  (pix above, U-16 category)

WCM Nur Nabila bt. Azman Hisham, currently 7th ranked (pix above, G14 category)

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