31st August 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the final rankings of the 70 participating chess teams in the ASTRO Merdeka Team Rapid 2010 held over three days, 29-31st August 2010. Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib, President of MCF, Dirk Jordan from Germany, Ms Jolyn Gasper of ASTRO's Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and En. Abdul Hamid b Majid, Malaysian Chess Federation did the speeches and gave the prizes to the winners to the list of winners below.  Pix 1. The winning chess team: Chesskidz Men’s Team. 30th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Team Open Chess Championship 2010 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Gam. | + | = | - | MP | Pts. | |
| 1 | Chesskidz Men's Team | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27½ | |
| 2 | Bengal Tigers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 24½ | |
| 3 | Crusher | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 27 | |
| 4 | Marfori Fighters | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24½ | |
| 5 | Rusty Nails | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 24½ | |
| 6 | SMS Gold | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 23 | |
| 7 | Jakarta B (U16) | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | |
| 8 | International Rhapsody | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 25½ | |
| 9 | Jakarta A | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 24½ | |
| 10 | Magic | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 23½ | |
| 11 | Klang Valley Koalas | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22½ | |
| 12 | Klang Valley Kiwis | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22½ | |
| 13 | Uzbek Connection | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22 | |
| 14 | CLOBA-80 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 23½ | |
| 15 | ASTRO Arena | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22½ | |
| 16 | Perak State Team | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22½ | |
| 17 | Young & Danger ! (U16) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | |
| 18 | PFS Chess Club Senior | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | |
| 19 | Sabah | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21½ | |
| 20 | Rorschach | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | |
| 21 | Team Works (U16) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | |
| 22 | Petronas | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | |
| 23 | Penang | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 21 | |
| 24 | ASTRO Ladies | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20½ | |
| 25 | Mamak, The Sequel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 26 | Sarawak | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 27 | Sabah B | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19½ | |
| 28 | PCA Juniors U12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18½ | |
| 29 | Bangka Belitung | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | |
| 30 | Polgar Team (U16) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16½ | |
| 31 | Cili Padi (U12) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | |
| 32 | The Knights (U12) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |
| 33 | Penang Dinobot | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19½ | |
| 34 | Chesskidz U-10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |
| 35 | Chung Ling High School | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 36 | Knightstalker | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 37 | SMK St Paul A | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 38 | USM Reborn | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| 39 | PFS Chess Club A U16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| 40 | Young & Adult Union | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16½ | |
| 41 | Kids for Chess Independence (U16) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |
| 42 | MH Pintar NS Junior Trainers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |
| 43 | Chessteens Inviolable | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| 44 | LOHA 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| 45 | Chess Ninja | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17½ | |
| 46 | Ampang Gunner | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 47 | PFS Chess Club B U16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15½ | |
| 48 | Chess Warrior | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
| 49 | SJK (C) Kepong 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13½ | |
| 50 | Penang Juniors | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15½ | |
| 51 | Multimedia University | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15½ | |
| 52 | Banting Kids Team | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| 53 | LOHA 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| 54 | Kids for Chess Freedom (U16) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14½ | |
| 55 | SK Satria Jaya, Kuching (U16) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14½ | |
| 56 | Adults for Chess | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 57 | SMK St Paul B | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13½ | |
| 58 | Winx Club | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11½ | |
| 59 | Prison Team | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15½ | |
| 60 | Mini Pawn | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 61 | The Young Ones | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13½ | |
| 62 | SJKC Jalan Davidson (U12) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12½ | |
| 63 | SK SBS Satria | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12½ | |
| 64 | PCA Juniors U8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 65 | SK SBS Putra | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12½ | |
| 66 | MH Pintar Penang Sarawak Juniors | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10½ | |
| 67 | SK Sabak Kota Baru (U16) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 68 | SK SBS Wira | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8½ | |
| 69 | SK SBS Waja | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6½ | |
| 70 | SK SBS Saga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5½ | |
PRIZE WINNERS FOR THE ASTRO MERDEKA TEAM RAPID 2010 are shown as in the table below.
| OPEN CATEGORY | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| CHAMPION | CHALLENGE TROPHY + 5 MEDALS + RM5000 | CHESSKIDZ MEN'S TEAM |
| SECOND | 5 MEDALS + RM 4000 | BENGAL TIGERS |
| THIRD | 5 MEDALS + RM 3000 | CRUSHER |
| FOURTH | RM 2000 | MARFORI FIGHTERS |
| FIFTH | RM 1500 | RUSTY NAILS |
| SIXTH | RM 1000 | JAKARTA B (U16) |
| SEVENTH | RM 899 | INTERNATIONAL RHAPSODY |
| EIGHTH | RM 700 | JAKARTA A |
| NINTH | RM 500 | MAGIC |
| TENTH | RM 300 | KLANG VALLEY KOALAS |
| MALAYSIAN TEAM CATEGORY | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| BEST MALAYSIAN TEAM | RM 3000 | SMS GOLD |
| SECOND | RM 2000 | CLOBA-80 |
| THIRD | RM 1000 | PFS CHESS CLUB SENIOR |
| BEST STATE TEAM | RM 1000 + MEDALS | PERAK STATE TEAM |
| BEST GOVERNMENT TEAM | RM 500 | PRISON TEAM |
| BEST IPT TEAM | RM 500 | UPM KNIGHTSTALKER |
| BEST LADIES TEAM | RM 500 | ASTRO LADIES |
| BEST SCHOOL TEAM | RM 500 | CHUNG LING HIGH SCHOOL |
| BEST JUNIOR TEAM U 16 | 5 GOLD MEDALS + RM 500 | YOUNG AND DANGER! |
| BEST JUNIOR TEAM U 12 | 5 GOLD MEDALS + RM 500 | PCA JUNIORS U12 |
| BEST BOARD PRIZES | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| BOARD ONE | MEDAL | ARUN PRASAD (CRUSHER) |
| BOARD TWO | MEDAL | LAXMAN RR (BENGAL TIGERS) |
| BOARD THREE | MEDAL | LYE LIK ZANG (KIDS FOR CHESS FREEDOM) |
| BOARD FOUR | MEDAL | KHOO CHANG GEE (PENANG DINOBOT) |
| BOARD FIVE | MEDAL | SHAWN FOO (CHESSKIDZ U-10) |
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