Dzhumaev Marat Declared Champion Of Brunei Campomanes Memorial 2012

12 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Brunei, GM Dzhumaev Marat is declared the champion of the Brunei Campomanes Memorial Grandmaster Open 2012 with a final round win over FM Pitra Andika. GM Marat scored 6.5 points. Second, IM Vakhidov Jakhongir with 6.5 points, too and third, FM Pitra Andika, 6.5 points.

Yeoh Li Tian scored a strong finishing win against Malaysia’s IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, during the final 9th round, giving the young Malaysian lad a 6.0/9.0 score. The question is whether this is a good score for an IM norm for Yeoh Li Tian of Malaysia. Tournament top seed, GM Barbosa Oliver finished in 11th position with a mediocre 5.5 points.

Final Ranking (Top 25 only):-

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Brunei Campomanes 2012 – Surprise Losses!

8 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Brunei, the top seed GM Barbosa Oliver surprisingly suffered defeat to one IM Sharma Dinesh on top board of the second round of the Brunei Campomanes Memorial Chess 2012.

Meanwhile IM Mas Hafizulhelmi managed to achieve a draw against GM Dao Thien Hai, the second seed on second board of round 2. Giant killer Fong Yit Ho suffered a loss at the hands of the young IM Vakhidov Jakhongir. Yeoh Li Tian and Zulkipli Zaidan also went the same way by losing their round 2 games.

Round 2 Results:

Round 3 Pairings.

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IM Mas In Brunei Campomanes Memorial

27 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – On the fidetrainer’s blogspot, the latest preregistered list of players has been published for the upcoming Brunei Campomanes Memorial Open Championship from 7-12 April 2012.  From Malaysia, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is participating and so are four other Malaysians which includes Yeoh Li Tian, Yit Ho San, Yit Ho Fong and Ding The How Dilwen.

Peter Long will be the chief arbiter for the event in Brunei.

(source: http://thefidetrainer.blogspot.com/)