Jax Tham Wins Again In First Saturday Classical Chess April 2010

Jax Tham (picture below) outsmarted the field of 11 players at the First Saturday Classical Chess held over two days, 10-11th April 2010 at the Excel Chess Academy, Overseas Union Garden, Kuala Lumpur. Jax ended with 6.0 full points from six rounds of play.

In second place is NorAzman Ismail with 4.5 points from six possible points. Third was Balachandran with 4.0 points and in fourth place is Yat Guo Jie with 3.5 points. In fifth place was Tin Jun Hao with 3.5 points too!

Here are the rankings table and round-by-round results of the six round First Saturday Classical Chess for the month of Apirl 2010.

Ranking after round 6 of FSCC4

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

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1. 1 JAX THAM 6.0 21.0 21.00 21.0 0000 - 0

2. 2 NORAZMAN ISMAIL 4.5 22.5 14.75 16.5 0000 - 0

3. 6 BALACHANDRAN 4.0 18.0 7.50 12.0 0000 - 0

4. 3 YAT GUO JIE 3.5 21.0 8.75 15.5 0000 - 0

4 TIN JUN HAO 3.5 20.0 8.25 11.5 0000 - 0

5 THAM CHEE LEONG 3.5 19.0 6.75 13.5 0000 - 0

7. 7 DANIEL SIEW 2.0 21.0 3.00 9.0 0000 - 0

12 EDMUND NG 2.0 17.0 6.50 6.0 0000 - 0

10 KEE JIAN LONG 2.0 15.5 2.25 8.0 0000 - 0

8 LAXMI SUBRAMANIAM 2.0 14.5 2.50 4.0 0000 - 0

11. 11 JON LUIS KOE 1.0 13.0 2.25 6.0 0000 - 0

12. 9 CHOONG ZHEN HAO 0.0 13.5 1.00 0.0 0000 - 0

Ranking and Games after round 6 of FSCC4

No. PNo. Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Score

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1. 1 JAX THAM 6w1 4b1 2w1 3b1 5w1 7b1 0 6.0

2. 2 NORAZMAN ISMAIL 7b1 5w1 1b0 6w1 3w1 4b« 0 4.5

3. 6 BALACHANDRAN 1b0 9w1 10b1 2b0 7w1 12b1 -2 4.0

4. 3 YAT GUO JIE 8w1 11b1 4w1 1w0 2b0 5b« 0 3.5

4 TIN JUN HAO 9b1 1w0 3b0 12w1 8b1 2w« 0 3.5

5 THAM CHEE LEONG 10w1 2b0 11w1 7b1 1b0 3w« 0 3.5

7. 7 DANIEL SIEW 2w0 8b1 9w1 5w0 6b0 1w0 2 2.0

12 EDMUND NG r0 r0 8w1 4b0 10b1 6w0 0 2.0

10 KEE JIAN LONG 5b0 r1 6w0 11b1 12w0 8b0 -1 2.0

8 LAXMI SUBRAMANIAM 3b0 7w0 12b0 9b1 4w0 10w1 0 2.0

11. 11 JON LUIS KOE r1 3w0 5b0 10w0 r0 r0 1 1.0

12. 9 CHOONG ZHEN HAO 4w0 6b0 7b0 8w0 r0 r0 0 0.0

Jax Tham, Guo Jie Are Joint Leaders at FSCC April 2010

After three rounds of play, Jax Tham and Yat Guo Jie are joint leaders with 3.0 points each at the First Saturday Classical Chess 2010, April 2010.

Here are the rankings table after round 3 and pairings of round 4 for the First Saturday Classical Chess 2010.

Ranking after round 3 of FSCC4

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

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1. 1 JAX THAM 3.0 5.0 5.00 6.0 0000 - 0

3 YAT GUO JIE 3.0 1.5 1.50 6.0 0000 - 0

3. 2 MOR AZMAN 2.0 7.0 4.00 5.0 0000 - 0

5 THAM CHEE LEONG 2.0 3.0 1.00 4.0 0000 - 0

6 BALACHANDRAN 2.0 3.5 0.50 3.0 0000 - 0

7 DANIEL SIEW 2.0 2.0 0.00 3.0 0000 - 0

7. 4 TIN JUN HAO 1.0 6.0 0.00 3.0 0000 - 0

10 KEE JIAN LONG 1.0 4.5 0.25 2.0 0000 - 0

11 JON LUIS KOE 1.0 5.5 0.25 3.0 0000 - 0

12 EDMUND NG 1.0 4.0 2.00 1.0 0000 - 0

11. 8 LAXMI SUBRAMANIAM 0.0 7.0 0.00 0.0 0000 - 0

9 CHOONG ZHEN HAO 0.0 5.0 0.00 0.0 0000 - 0

Pairing of round 4 of FSCC4

Table White - Black Results

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1 YAT GUO JIE ( 3 ) - JAX THAM ( 3 ) 3- 1 .

2 MOR AZMAN ( 2 ) - BALACHANDRAN ( 2 ) 2- 6 .

3 DANIEL SIEW ( 2 ) - THAM CHEE LEONG ( 2 ) 7- 5 .

4 TIN JUN HAO ( 1 ) - EDMUND NG ( 1 ) 4- 12 .

5 JON LUIS KOE ( 1 ) - KEE JIAN LONG ( 1 ) 11- 10 .

6 CHOONG ZHEN HAO ( 0 ) - LAXMI SUBRAMANIAM ( 0 ) 9- 8 .

Jax, Mor, Yat Leads After 2 rounds, FSCC April 2010

Jax Tham, Mor Azman and Yat Guo Jie jointly leads after 2 rounds of the First Saturday Classical Chess April 2010 being held at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur on the 10-11th April 2010.

Here are the rankings summary and pairings of round 3, FSCC April 2010.

Ranking after round 2 of FSCC4
No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
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  1.    1  JAX THAM                    2.0   2.0   2.00   3.0  0000  -   0   
        2  MOR AZMAN                   2.0   2.0   2.00   3.0  0000  -   0   
        3  YAT GUO JIE                 2.0   0.5   0.50   3.0  0000  -   0   
  4.    4  TIN JUN HAO                 1.0   2.0   0.00   2.0  0000  -   0   
        5  THAM CHEE LEONG             1.0   2.5   0.50   2.0  0000  -   0   
        6  BALACHANDRAN                1.0   2.0   0.00   1.0  0000  -   0   
        7  DANIEL SIEW                 1.0   2.0   0.00   1.0  0000  -   0   
       10  KEE JIAN LONG               1.0   1.5   0.25   1.0  0000  -   0   
       11  JON LUIS KOE                1.0   2.5   0.25   2.0  0000  -   0   
10.    8  LAXMI SUBRAMANIAM           0.0   3.0   0.00   0.0  0000  -   0   
        9  CHOONG ZHEN HAO             0.0   2.0   0.00   0.0  0000  -   0   

Pairing of round 3 of FSCC4
Table  White                     - Black                                Results
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  1    JAX THAM            ( 2 ) - MOR AZMAN           ( 2 )     1-  2        .
  2    YAT GUO JIE         ( 2 ) - TIN JUN HAO         ( 1 )     3-  4        .
  3    THAM CHEE LEONG     ( 1 ) - JON LUIS KOE        ( 1 )     5- 11        .
  4    KEE JIAN LONG       ( 1 ) - BALACHANDRAN        ( 1 )    10-  6        .
  5    DANIEL SIEW         ( 1 ) - CHOONG ZHEN HAO     ( 0 )     7-  9        .

Bye            : 8 LAXMI SUBRAMANIAM         ,

First Saturday Classical Chess (April 2010)

The April’s First Saturday Classical Chess has been delayed to April 10-11, 2010 due to many chess tournaments on the first weekend of April 2010. So here are the details of the FSCC April 2010 for your information.

FIRST SATURDAY CLASSICAL CHESS (APRIL) 2010

( EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH CALENDAR MONTH ONWARD )

VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG. JALAN KELANG LAMA .POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR.

DATES:

ROUND 1 : SATURDAY APRIL 10 ( 9.30 am to 12.30 pm )

ROUND 2 : SATURDAY APRIL 10 ( 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm )

ROUND 3 : SATURDAY APRIL 10 ( 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm )

ROUND 4 : SUNDAY APRIL 11 ( 9.30 am to 12.30 pm )

ROUND 5 : SUNDAY APRIL 11 ( 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm )

ROUND 6 : SUNDAY APRIL 11 ( 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm )

FORMAT : 60 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT EACH MOVE

ENTRY FEE : RM 30.00 (DISCOUNT FOR GROUP ENTRY )

OBJECTIVES : A CHOICE TO PLAN , PROMOTE AND IMPROVE CLASSICAL PLAY

MAIN PRIZES :

1^st PRIZE : RM 150 + MYSTERY PRIZE

2^nd PRIZE : RM 100 + MYSTERY PRIZE

3^rd PRIZE : RM 80 + MYSTERY PRIZE

4^th PRIZE : RM 60 + MYSTERY PRIZE

5^th PRIZE : RM 40 + MYSTERY PRIZE

SPECIAL PRIZES : ( AT LEAST 3 PLAYERS IN NATIONAL RATING CATEGORY )

NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1600 ( BOY AND GIRL ) : MYSTERY PRIZE

NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1500 ( BOY AND GIRL ) : MYSTERY PRIZE

NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1400 ( BOY AND GIRL ) : MYSTERY PRIZE

NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1300 ( BOY AND GIRL ) : MYSTERY PRIZE

NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1200 ( BOY AND GIRL ) : MYSTERY PRIZE

NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1100 ( BOY AND GIRL ) : MYSTERY PRIZE

REGISTRATION by HP SMS 013-3232280 OR EMAIL jaxtham@hotmail.com

CLOSING DATE 9^th APRIL ( FRIDAY )

ENTRY FORM : NAME: __________________________________

TEL: _________________

D.O.B./ I.C.NO __________________________ SCHOOL : ___________________