Final Results of Hari Raya Classical Chess, 23-24 September 2009

The final round results and ranking of the Hari Raya Classical Chess held at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur from 23-24 September 2009 are as shown in the following two tables.

Incredibly, Jax Tham wins the Hari Raya Classical Chess and manages to turn the tables against the top seed, Abdullah Che Hassan with ease in the sixth and final round of play. Fantastic play by Jax Tham, who happens to be the organiser of this Hari Raya Classical Chess 2009.

Jax Tham in serious combat.

A total of 22 local players participated in this Hari Raya Classical Chess 2009 held by Excel Chess Academy. For the first time, there is some cash prizes to be won for the top three positions in this Classical Chess series of tournaments, mooted and spearheaded by Jax Tham, almost single-handedly. That is a proud achievement for this veteran chess player from Malaysia!

The fun hasn't stopped there, though. There will be another Classical Chess in early October 2009, to be held from 2nd to 4th October 2009 for the monthly First Friday Classical Chess. All chess enthusiasts interested in playing the 90 mins. classical chess time control, pls contact Jax Tham at his email: jaxtham@hotmail.com or his handphone number 013-3232280.

Ranking and Games after round 6 of HCC09

No. PNo. Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Score
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1. 2 JAX THAM 6b1 5w1 1bｫ 7w1 8b1 3w1 5.5
2. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN15w1 8b1 2wｫ 4b1 5w1 6bｫ 5.0
3. 6 ROSHAN AJEET SINGH 2w0 10b1 14w1 3b1 4w1 1wｫ 4.5
4. 5 JOSHUA FOONG 17w1 2b0 11w1 13b1 1b0 7w1 4.0
5. 11 ANDREW SOONG 4w0 17b1 5b0 12w1 16w1 10b1 4.0
6. 13 TIN JUN HAO B-12 22b1 3w1 7b0 5w0 9b1 8w1 4.0
7. 4 CHONG KWAI KUN 11b1 7wｫ 9b1 1w0 6b0 20w1 3.5
8. 3 MARK SIEW 16w1 13b0 21b1 6w0 17w1 2b0 3.0
9. 7 CHONG YAN MENG B-1418w1 4bｫ 13w1 2b0 10wｫ 5b0 3.0
10.8 GABRIEL SOONG 19b1 1w0 12b1 21w1 2w0 13b0 3.0
11.9 KUNG KAH HENG 20wｫ 14b1 4w0 16bｫ 13w0 19b1 3.0
12.10 LEE ZHI WEI B-10 21bｫ 6w0 19b1 22w1 7bｫ 11w0 3.0
13.14 THAM CHEE LEONG 12b1 9w0 6b0 19w1 20b0 21w1 3.0
14.16 ETHAN WONG 3b0 22wｫ 15b1 9wｫ 11b0 18b1 3.0
15.17 KUNG SOON HENG 5b0 11w0 18b1 15w1 3b0 12w1 3.0
16.20 VINTON WONG 9bｫ 21w0 22b0 18w1 14w1 4b0 2.5
17.21 ENG MAY KEI 10wｫ 20b1 3w0 8b0 22w1 14b0 2.5
18.12 MAX WONG 14w0 18b1 8w0 11b0 19w1 17b0 2.0
19.22 ROSHEN SUBRAMANIAM 13w0 16bｫ 20w1 10b0 21b0 15wｫ 2.0
20.15 SEAN HSHI-LOONG 1b0 19w0 16w0 17b0 18w1 22bｫ 1.5
21.19 SOOI CHING WEI 8w0 15b1 10w0 14b0 12b0 9w0 1.0
22.18 LEE ZHI YAN 7b0 12w0 17w0 20b0 15b0 16w0 0.0


Ranking after round 6 of HCC09

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

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1. 2 JAX THAM 5.5 22.5 20.00 19.0 1755 1951 +0.94
2. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 5.0 22.0 17.00 18.5 1892 1756 -0.52
3. 6 ROSHAN(T) AJEET SINGH 4.5 23.0 15.00 14.5 1492 1763 +2.16
4. 5 JOSHUA FOONG 4.0 24.5 14.00 14.0 1543 1582 +0.28
   11 ANDREW(F) SOONG 4.0 18.5 11.00 11.0 1277 1470 +1.54
   13 TIN(T) JUN HAO 4.0 18.0 11.00 14.0 1273 1514 +1.60
7. 4 CHONG KWAI KUN 3.5 22.0 11.00 13.5 1569 1446 -0.94
8. 3 MARK(S) SIEW 3.0 22.5 8.50 12.0 1692 1309 -2.30
    7 CHONG(F) YAN MENG 3.0 20.0 7.25 13.5 1359 1431 +0.60
    8 GABRIEL(F) SOONG 3.0 20.0 5.50 13.0 1319 1376 +0.35
    9 KUNG(T) KAH HENG 3.0 17.0 6.75 10.5 1299 1220 -0.66
  10 LEE(X) ZHI WEI 3.0 17.0 5.75 11.0 1291 1205 -0.50
  14 THAM(S) CHEE LEONG 3.0 15.5 5.50 10.0 1220 1153 -0.45
  16 ETHAN(X) WONG 3.0 13.5 4.00 9.0 1203 1328 +0.85
  17 KUNG (F) SOON HENG 3.0 14.5 3.50 8.0 1184 1360 +1.38
16. 20 VINTON(F) WONG 2.5 14.0 4.50 8.0 1014 1405 +1.90
      21 ENG(F) MAY KEI 2.5 16.5 6.00 10.0 0000 1158 1158
18. 12 MAX(E) WONG 2.0 14.0 1.00 7.0 1277 1074 -1.66
      22 ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIAM 2.0 16.5 4.75 7.0 0000 1128 1128
20. 15 SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG COMBEN 1.5 14.0 1.00 2.5 1219 1055 -1.00
21. 19 SOOI(X) CHING WEI 1.0 15.5 1.50 5.0 1041 998 -0.26
22. 18 LEE(E) ZHI YAN 0.0 15.0 0.00 0.0 1153 532 -2.52

(Source: Jax Tham, the organiser of Hari Raya Classical Chess)

Ranking After Round 5 and Final Round Pairing of Hari Raya Classical Chess 2009

The Hari Raya Classical Chess after the 5th Round has a dark horse creeping up at third place, the youngster, Roshan Singh, winning his fourth point on the second day of play, 24th September 2009 at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur.

Still leading is Abdullah Che Hassan and followed closely by Jax Tham at second. The following tables reveal the results after round 5 of the Hari Raya Classical Chess, 23-24th September 2009.

Ranking after round 5 of HCC09


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

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1. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 4.5 14.0 11.75 13.5 1892 1847 -0.10

2 JAX THAM 4.5 17.5 15.25 13.5 1755 1887 +0.55

3. 6 ROSHAN(T) AJEET SINGH 4.0 15.0 10.50 10.0 1492 1745 +1.60

4. 3 MARK(S) SIEW 3.0 13.5 6.50 9.0 1692 1288 -1.68

5 JOSHUA FOONG 3.0 17.0 8.00 10.0 1543 1548 +0.05

7 CHONG(F) YAN MENG 3.0 13.0 5.75 10.5 1359 1480 +0.85

8 GABRIEL(F) SOONG 3.0 14.5 5.50 10.0 1319 1491 +0.92

10 LEE(X) ZHI WEI 3.0 12.0 5.25 8.0 1291 1297 +0.03

11 ANDREW(F) SOONG 3.0 11.5 6.00 7.0 1277 1427 +1.05

13 TIN(T) JUN HAO 3.0 12.5 6.50 10.0 1273 1473 +1.04

11. 4 CHONG KWAI KUN 2.5 16.5 6.50 10.0 1569 1464 -0.70

20 VINTON(F) WONG 2.5 8.0 3.00 5.5 1014 1497 +1.81

21 ENG(F) MAY KEI 2.5 13.0 5.50 7.5 0000 1242 1242

14. 9 KUNG(T) KAH HENG 2.0 12.0 4.25 7.5 1299 1184 -0.80

12 MAX(E) WONG 2.0 9.0 1.00 5.0 1277 1130 -1.00

14 THAM(S) CHEE LEONG 2.0 11.5 3.00 7.0 1220 1153 -0.45

16 ETHAN(X) WONG 2.0 10.5 2.75 6.0 1203 1285 +0.38

17 KUNG (F) SOON HENG 2.0 10.0 1.00 5.0 1184 1305 +0.75

19. 22 ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIAM 1.5 13.0 3.50 5.0 0000 1108 1108

20. 15 SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG COMBEN 1.0 9.5 0.00 1.0 1219 1055 -1.00

19 SOOI(X) CHING WEI 1.0 11.0 1.00 4.0 1041 1025 -0.10

22. 18 LEE(E) ZHI YAN 0.0 10.5 0.00 0.0 1153 534 -2.10





Pairing of round 6 of HCC09

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 6

1 ROSHAN(T) AJEET SING( 4 ) - ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 4ｫ) 6- 1 .

2 JAX THAM ( 4ｫ) - MARK(S) SIEW ( 3 ) 2- 3 .

3 JOSHUA FOONG ( 3 ) - CHONG(F) YAN MENG ( 3 ) 5- 7 .

4 TIN(T) JUN HAO ( 3 ) - GABRIEL(F) SOONG ( 3 ) 13- 8 .

5 LEE(X) ZHI WEI ( 3 ) - ANDREW(F) SOONG ( 3 ) 10- 11 .

6 CHONG KWAI KUN ( 2ｫ) - VINTON(F) WONG ( 2ｫ) 4- 20 .

7 THAM(S) CHEE LEONG ( 2 ) - ENG(F) MAY KEI ( 2ｫ) 14- 21 .

8 KUNG (F) SOON HENG ( 2 ) - MAX(E) WONG ( 2 ) 17- 12 .

9 SOOI(X) CHING WEI ( 1 ) - KUNG(T) KAH HENG ( 2 ) 19- 9 .

10 LEE(E) ZHI YAN ( 0 ) - ETHAN(X) WONG ( 2 ) 18- 16 .

11 ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIA( 1ｫ) - SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG C( 1 ) 22- 15 .

(Source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

Results of Round 4 and Pairings of Round 5, Hari Raya Classical Chess 2009

The Hari Raya Classical Chess after its fourth round of play has Abdullah Che Hassan leading the pack at 3.5 points, with Jax Tham tailing behind with the same 3.5 points. In third and fourth are Joshua Foong and Roshan Singh. The Hari Raya Classical Chess is being held at Excel Chess Academy, Overseas Union Garden, Kuala Lumpur over two days of play (23-24 September 2009). The following are the full results of round 4 and pairings of round 5.


Ranking after round 4 of HCC09


No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 3.5 9.0 7.25 9.0 1892 1802 -0.22
    2 JAX THAM 3.5 12.0 10.25 9.0 1755 1908 +0.54
3. 5 JOSHUA FOONG 3.0 9.5 6.00 7.0 1543 1565 +0.08
    6 ROSHAN(T) AJEET SINGH 3.0 10.0 6.50 6.0 1492 1683 +1.00
    8 GABRIEL(F) SOONG 3.0 7.0 3.50 7.0 1319 1528 +0.86
    4 CHONG KWAI KUN 2.5 10.0 5.25 7.5 1569 1552 -0.10
      ONG(F) YAN MENG 2.5 8.0 3.25 7.5 1359 1533 +0.94
   10 LEE(X) ZHI WEI 2.5 7.0 3.25 5.0 1291 1267 -0.06
9. 3 MARK(S) SIEW 2.0 8.5 3.50 6.0 1692 1198 -1.70
    9 KUNG(T) KAH HENG 2.0 8.0 3.75 5.5 1299 1252 -0.28
   11 ANDREW(F) SOONG 2.0 8.5 3.00 4.0 1277 1393 +0.64
   13 TIN(T) JUN HAO 2.0 9.0 3.50 7.0 1273 1406 +0.46
   14 THAM(S) CHEE LEONG 2.0 7.0 2.00 5.0 1220 1277 +0.32
   16 ETHAN(X) WONG 2.0 5.5 1.75 4.0 1203 1403 +0.78
   17 KUNG (F) SOON HENG 2.0 5.0 0.00 3.0 1184 1298 +0.64
16. 20 VINTON(F) WONG 1.5 5.0 1.00 3.0 1014 1419 +1.04
      21 ENG(F) MAY KEI 1.5 9.0 2.75 5.0 0000 1242 1242
      22 ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIAM 1.5 8.0 2.50 3.5 0000 1108 1108
19. 12 MAX(E) WONG 1.0 7.0 0.00 3.0 1277 1049 -1.20
      19 SOOI(X) CHING WEI 1.0 7.5 0.00 3.0 1041 1069 +0.12
21. 15 SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG COMBEN 0.0 8.5 0.00 0.0 1219 653 -1.40
      18 LEE(E) ZHI YAN 0.0 7.0 0.00 0.0 1153 532 -1.68


Pairing of round 5 of HCC09

Table White - Black Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 5
1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 3ｫ) - JOSHUA FOONG ( 3 ) 1- 5 .
2 GABRIEL(F) SOONG ( 3 ) - JAX THAM ( 3ｫ) 8- 2 .
3 ROSHAN(T) AJEET SING( 3 ) - CHONG KWAI KUN ( 2ｫ) 6- 4 .
4 CHONG(F) YAN MENG ( 2ｫ) - LEE(X) ZHI WEI ( 2ｫ) 7- 10 .
5 MARK(S) SIEW ( 2 ) - KUNG (F) SOON HENG ( 2 ) 3- 17 .
6 KUNG(T) KAH HENG ( 2 ) - TIN(T) JUN HAO ( 2 ) 9- 13 .
7 ANDREW(F) SOONG ( 2 ) - ETHAN(X) WONG ( 2 ) 11- 16 .
8 VINTON(F) WONG ( 1ｫ) - THAM(S) CHEE LEONG ( 2 ) 20- 14 .
9 ENG(F) MAY KEI ( 1ｫ) - ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIA( 1ｫ) 21- 22 .
10 MAX(E) WONG ( 1 ) - SOOI(X) CHING WEI ( 1 ) 12- 19 .
11 SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG C( 0 ) - LEE(E) ZHI YAN ( 0 ) 15- 18 .

(Source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

Round 3 Results and Round 4 Pairing, Hari Raya Classical Chess, 23-24 Sept 2009

Ranking after round 3 of HCC09


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

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1. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 2.5 4.5 3.25 5.5 1892 1704 -0.35

2 JAX THAM 2.5 6.5 5.25 5.5 1765 1915 +0.55

4 CHONG KWAI KUN 2.5 5.0 3.75 5.0 1569 1585 +0.04

7 CHONG(F) YAN MENG 2.5 4.5 3.25 5.0 1359 1605 +0.88

5. 3 MARK(S) SIEW 2.0 5.0 3.00 4.0 1692 1238 -0.88

5 JOSHUA FOONG 2.0 4.5 2.00 4.0 1543 1530 -0.07

6 ROSHAN(T) AJEET SINGH 2.0 5.0 2.50 3.0 1492 1547 +0.20

8 GABRIEL(F) SOONG 2.0 4.5 2.00 4.0 1319 1528 +0.86

13 TIN(T) JUN HAO 2.0 6.0 3.50 5.0 1273 1526 +0.62

10. 9 KUNG(T) KAH HENG 1.5 4.0 1.25 3.5 1299 1268 -0.12

10 LEE(X) ZHI WEI 1.5 4.5 1.75 2.5 1291 1267 -0.06

16 ETHAN(X) WONG 1.5 3.5 0.75 2.0 1203 1456 +0.62

21 ENG(F) MAY KEI 1.5 4.0 1.25 3.5 0000 1332 0

22 ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIAM 1.5 4.0 1.25 2.0 0000 1163 0

15. 11 ANDREW(F) SOONG 1.0 5.5 1.00 2.0 1277 1307 +0.13

12 MAX(E) WONG 1.0 3.0 0.00 2.0 1277 1106 -0.68

14 THAM(S) CHEE LEONG 1.0 4.5 1.00 3.0 1220 1231 +0.04

17 KUNG (F) SOON HENG 1.0 3.0 0.00 1.0 1184 1199 +0.07

19 SOOI(X) CHING WEI 1.0 3.5 0.00 2.0 1041 1151 +0.37

20. 20 VINTON(F) WONG 0.5 4.5 0.75 1.5 1014 1299 +0.34

21. 15 SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG COMBEN 0.0 5.0 0.00 0.0 1219 702 -0.87

18 LEE(E) ZHI YAN 0.0 4.5 0.00 0.0 1153 596 -1.02




Pairing of round 4 of HCC09

Table White - Black Results

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

1 CHONG KWAI KUN ( 2ｫ) - ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 2ｫ) 4- 1 .

2 JAX THAM ( 2ｫ) - CHONG(F) YAN MENG ( 2ｫ) 2- 7 .

3 MARK(S) SIEW ( 2 ) - ROSHAN(T) AJEET SING( 2 ) 3- 6 .

4 TIN(T) JUN HAO ( 2 ) - JOSHUA FOONG ( 2 ) 13- 5 .

5 GABRIEL(F) SOONG ( 2 ) - ENG(F) MAY KEI ( 1ｫ) 8- 21 .

6 ETHAN(X) WONG ( 1ｫ) - KUNG(T) KAH HENG ( 1ｫ) 16- 9 .

7 LEE(X) ZHI WEI ( 1ｫ) - ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIA( 1ｫ) 10- 22 .

8 ANDREW(F) SOONG ( 1 ) - MAX(E) WONG ( 1 ) 11- 12 .

9 THAM(S) CHEE LEONG ( 1 ) - SOOI(X) CHING WEI ( 1 ) 14- 19 .

10 KUNG (F) SOON HENG ( 1 ) - SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG C( 0 ) 17- 15 .

11 VINTON(F) WONG ( 0ｫ) - LEE(E) ZHI YAN ( 0 ) 20- 18 .

Hari Raya Classical Chess (Invitation) 2009, 23-24 September 2009 (additional note)

HARIRAYA CLASSICAL CHESS( INVITATION ) 2009


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

DATES:
ROUND 1 : WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23(9.00 am to 1.00 pm )
ROUND 2 : WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23( 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm )
ROUND 3 : WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23( 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm)
ROUND 4 : THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24( 8.00 am to 12.00 pm)
ROUND 5 : THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24( 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm )
ROUND 6 : THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24 (6.00 pm to 10.00 pm)


FORMAT : 6 ROUND SWISS

TIME CONTROL: 90 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT EACH MOVE

THIS EVENT WILL BE NATIONAL RATED.

ENTRY FEE : RM 35.00 ( F.O.C. ONE NIGHT LODGING FOR STUDENT PLAYERS ONLY )

MAIN PRIZES :

1st PRIZE : RM 150 MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

2nd PRIZE : RM 100 MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

3rd PRIZE : RM 80 MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

4th to 5th PRIZE : MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

SPECIAL PRIZES :

BEST VETERAN PLAYER ( 50 + )* MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

BEST UNDER- 16 ( BOY AND GIRL )* MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

BEST UNDER- 14 ( BOY AND GIRL )* MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

BEST UNDER- 12 ( BOY AND GIRL )* MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

BEST UNDER- 10 ( BOY AND GIRL )* MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

BEST UNDER- 8 ( BOY AND GIRL )* MEDAL PLUS CERTIFICATE

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

CLOSING DATE 22 SEPTEMBER 2009 ( TUESDAY )

ENTRY FORM : NAME: __________________________________ TEL: _________________

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

EMAIL ADDRESS : ____________________________________________________________

(N.B. * MINIMUM 3 PLAYERS IN THE GROUP FOR SPECIAL PRIZES )

Note from hosts: We are happy you/ your child(ren) to participate in the above classical tournament. If joining, please confirm whether lodging is needed. SELAMAT HARIRAYA, GOD BLESS. (Pls contact Jax Tham at his h/p or email as shown above for details)