Lim Zhou Ren Is CNY Rapids Champion!

Lim Zhou Ren won the gruelling 10 round Swiss, two-day Chinese New Year Rapids 2010 held at Excel Chess Academy on the 26-27th February 2010.

Lim Zhou Ren, CNY Rapids 2010 Champion!

Lim gained 8.5 points from the 10 rounds played. Sumant finished as runners-up with 7.5 points, Yeoh Li Tian in  third place with the same 7.5 points, Jax Tham, the Excel Chess Academy owner, is fourth with 7.0 points and Mark Siew, in fifth place, also with 7.0 points.

Yat Guo Jie finished  in sixth placing, with a distant 5.0 points.

(source: Jax Tham, ECA)

Picture Gallery 2, CNY Rapids 2010

Here is the picture of the top gun, Lim Zhou Ren (pix 1, below, playing against the new-kid-on-the-block, Alfred Ting) who is currently leading at the CNY Rapids 2010 at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur being held over 26-27th February 2010.

   

Pix 1. Lim Zhuo Ren(yellow shirt).  Pix 2. Tan Jun Feng

 

Pix 3. Yeoh Li Tian.                  Pix 4. Lim Chong.

  

Pix 5. Iskandar Danial.

Picture Gallery of CNY Rapids 2010

A few pictures of the Chinese New Year Rapids 2010 at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur on 26th February 2010.

   

Pix 1. Mark Siew                      Pix 2. Sumant Subramaniam

 

Pix 3. Jax Tham                      Pix 4. Yat Guo Jie

Pix 5. Three boards in active play and Raymond Siew (firstGM blogger, standing) observing his son’s playing board.

Round 4 Pairing and Rankings Round 3, CNY Rapids 2010

Lim Zhou Ren leads with 3.0 points from three rounds of CNY Rapids 2010. This is followed closely by five players with 2.0 points. Yat Guo Jie, Sumant, Mark Siew, Jax Tham and Yeoh Li Tian are the group of five.

Here are the round 4 pairings and round 3 rankings of the Chinese New Year Rapids 2010.

Pairing of round 4 of CNY123

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 4

1 LIM ZHUO REN ( 3 ) - SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM ( 2 ) 2- 1

2 MARK SIEW ( 2 ) - YAT GUO JIE ( 2 ) 6- 5

3 JAX THAM ( 2 ) - YEOH LI TIAN ( 2 ) 4- 3

4 TAN JUN FENG ( 1ｫ) - ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 1 ) 8- 10

5 ALFRED TING ( 1 ) - CHIA SOON KEAT ( 1 ) 7- 11

Bye : 9 LIM CHONG ,

Ranking after round 3 of CNY123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 2 LIM ZHUO REN 3.0 4.5 4.50 6.0 1885 2390 +0.81

2. 5 YAT GUO JIE 2.0 5.5 2.50 4.0 1697 1758 +0.23

3 YEOH LI TIAN 2.0 5.0 2.00 5.0 1807 2043 +0.95

1 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM 2.0 4.5 2.50 4.0 1994 2027 +0.11

4 JAX THAM 2.0 4.5 2.50 5.0 1785 1842 +0.23

6 MARK SIEW 2.0 3.0 1.00 3.0 1686 1685 -0.01

7. 8 TAN JUN FENG 1.5 3.0 0.75 2.5 1635 1634 +0.00

8. 7 ALFRED TING 1.0 5.0 0.25 1.0 1635 1083 -0.66

10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 1.0 4.5 0.25 2.0 1228 1015 -0.10

11 CHIA SOON KEAT 1.0 4.5 0.25 3.0 2235 1224 -1.76

11. 9 LIM CHONG 0.5 5.5 0.75 0.5 1459 1429 -0.10

(source: Jax Tham, ECA)

Rankings Round 1-2, Pairings Round 2-3, CNY Rapids 2010

Three players are head-to-head with 2.0 points. They are Yeoh Li Tian, Lim Zhou Ren and Jax Tham after the completion of round 2 in the morning session of the CNY Rapids 2010 at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur.

All the top five seedings have won their first round games. Sumant, Lim Zhou Ren, Yeoh Li Tian, Jax Tham and Yat Guo Jie are among those that have won their first round games at the Chinese New Year Rapids 2010.

Here are the rankings after round 1&2 and round 2&3 pairings of the Chinese New Year (CNY) Rapids 2010 held at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur on the 26th February 2010.

Ranking after round 1 of CNY123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 11 CHIA SOON KEAT 1.0 0.5 0.25 1.0 2235 - +0.00

1 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1994 2363 +0.14

2 LIM ZHUO REN 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1885 2312 +0.19

3 YEOH LI TIAN 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1807 2312 +0.27

4 JAX THAM 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1785 2136 +0.13

5 YAT GUO JIE 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1697 1905 +0.05

7. 6 MARK SIEW 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1686 1317 -0.14

7 ALFRED TING 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1635 1208 -0.19

8 TAN JUN FENG 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1635 1130 -0.27

9 LIM CHONG 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1459 1108 -0.13

10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1228 1020 -0.05

Pairing of round 2 of CNY123

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 2

1 CHIA SOON KEAT ( 1 ) - YEOH LI TIAN ( 1 ) 11- 3 .

2 JAX THAM ( 1 ) - SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM ( 1 ) 4- 1 .

3 LIM ZHUO REN ( 1 ) - YAT GUO JIE ( 1 ) 2- 5 .

4 MARK SIEW ( 0 ) - LIM CHONG ( 0 ) 6- 9 .

5 TAN JUN FENG ( 0 ) - ALFRED TING ( 0 ) 8- 7 .

Bye : 10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM ,

 

Ranking after round 2 of CNY123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 3 YEOH LI TIAN 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 1807 2612 +1.34

2 LIM ZHUO REN 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 1885 2343 +0.44

4 JAX THAM 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 1785 2404 +0.84

4. 1 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM 1.0 3.0 1.00 2.0 1994 1736 -0.64

5 YAT GUO JIE 1.0 2.5 0.50 2.0 1697 1557 -0.38

11 CHIA SOON KEAT 1.0 2.5 0.25 2.0 2235 1130 -0.93

8 TAN JUN FENG 1.0 2.0 0.00 1.0 1635 1721 +0.24

10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 1.0 1.5 0.25 1.0 1228 1020 -0.05

6 MARK SIEW 1.0 1.0 0.00 1.0 1686 1727 +0.12

10. 7 ALFRED TING 0.0 3.0 0.00 0.0 1635 1083 -0.66

9 LIM CHONG 0.0 3.0 0.00 0.0 1459 1059 -0.34

Pairing of round 3 of CNY123

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 3

1 YEOH LI TIAN ( 2 ) - LIM ZHUO REN ( 2 ) 3- 2 .

2 YAT GUO JIE ( 1 ) - JAX THAM ( 2 ) 5- 4 .

3 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM ( 1 ) - CHIA SOON KEAT ( 1 ) 1- 11 .

4 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 1 ) - MARK SIEW ( 1 ) 10- 6 .

5 LIM CHONG ( 0 ) - TAN JUN FENG ( 1 ) 9- 8 .

Bye : 7 ALFRED TING ,

Chinese New Year Rapids 2010

Sumant playing on top board in round 1, CNY RAPIDS 2010, 26 Feb 2010 being held at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur.

UpComing Weekend Chess Activities, 26-28 Feb 2010

This week is a short week as the Maulidur Rasul is a public holiday in Malaysia which falls on 26th February 2010, Friday. For chess lovers and enthusiasts, it will be a busy weekend. Here is what we have for chess activities :-

First off is the Excel Chess Academy’s Chinese New Year Rapids to be held on two-days from 26-27th February 2010 with a 10 rounds Swiss chess rapids. Each player will have 20 minutes plus 30 second increment for each round.

Second, Insofar Invitational FIDE Rated Chess Tournament which has been on-going since 15th January 2010 and the fourth round will be held on Friday night at the 3rd Floor, PKNS Building, Shah Alam, starts at 7.45 pm. Time control is 90 minutes plus 30 second increment (Classical Chess).

Third, MCF is organising the 1st Malaysian Women Masters 2010 to be held at the DATCC from 26th February – 2nd March 2010. 16 players have been confirmed with one reserve player on stand-by.

Fourth, DATCC is organising the DATCC Rookie Tornado Chess Tournament this Saturday, 27th February 2010 at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur. This is for those players with ratings of below 1400 only.

Fifth, University of Malaya is organising the Tun Syed Zahiruddin Team Chess Open 2010 on Sunday, 28th February 2010 at the Ninth College, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. This is an annual event organised by the University of Malaya.

Sixth, Seremban Parade is hosting the Seremban Parade Chess Championship 2010 on the 27-28th February 2010, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Have a wonderful weekend and have fun playing chess!

Chinese New Year Rapid Chess (10.20.30) 2010, 26-27 Feb 2010

The Excel Chess Academy is organising a rapid tournament later this month called the Chinese New Year Rapid Chess (10.20.30) 2010 to be held on the 26-27 February 2010. It would be good training for time management as the player will need to use the 30 second increment employed in this rapid tournament.

CNY RAPID CHESS( 10.20.30. ) 2010
VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG. JALAN KELANG LAMA .POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR.
DATES:
ROUND 1 : FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 ( 9.30 am to 11.00 am )
ROUND 2 : FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 ( 11.15am to 12.45 pm )
ROUND 3 : FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 ( 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm )
ROUND 4 : FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 ( 4.15 pm to 5.45 pm )
ROUND 5 : FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 ( 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm )
ROUND 6 : SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27 ( 9.30 am to 11.00 am )
ROUND 7 : SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27 ( 11.15am to 12.45 am )
ROUND 8 : SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27 ( 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm )
ROUND 9 : SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27 ( 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm )
ROUND 10: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27 ( 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm )

FORMAT : 10 ROUNDS OF 20 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT EACH MOVE
ENTRY FEE : RM 35.00 ( DISCOUNT GIVEN FOR MORE THAN ONE PLAYER. )
MAIN PRIZES :
1^st PRIZE : RM 180.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY
2^nd PRIZE : RM 120.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY
3^rd PRIZE : RM 80.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY
4^th PRIZE : RM 60.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY
5^th PRIZE : RM 40.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY
6^th to 8^th PRIZE : CRYSTAL TROPHY
SPECIAL PRIZES : ( MINIMUM 3 PLAYERS IN AGE-GROUP )
BEST UNDER- 16 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY
BEST UNDER- 14 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY
BEST UNDER- 12 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY
BEST UNDER- 10 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY
BEST UNDER- 8 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY
REGISTRATION by HP SMS 013-3232280 ( JAX ) OR EMAIL jaxtham@hotmail.com
CLOSING DATE 25 FEBRUARY 2010 (THURSDAY )
ENTRY FORM : NAME: __________________________________ TEL: _________________
D.O.B./ I.C.NO __________________________ SCHOOL : ____________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS : ____________________________________________________________