Ian, Bersamina Joint Winners of 3rd Leg, KL Grand Prix 2010 Chess

Today, the 3rd Leg of the KL Chess Grand Prix 2010, declared two joint winners, Ian Udani and Bersamina Paolo. Both players are from the Philippines. Both ended with 5.0 points from six rounds of play out of a field of 22 players.

 Pix 1. Ian Udani, joint winner.

Pix 2. Bersamina Paolo, joint winner.

Pix 3. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan, third.

Pix 4. Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham, fourth.

Pix 5. Azman Hisham b Che Doi, fifth.

Here is the final ranking crosstable after 6th round at the 3rd Leg, KL Chess Grand Prix 2010 held at the Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur over 3rd-4th April 2010.

Ahmad Fadhil Nayan ended in third position with four points and Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham recovered to end up in fourth position with the same four points.
In fifth position is Azman Hisham Che Doi, Muhd Nabil’s dad with four points too!
Jax Tham ended in 13th while blogger Yat Guo Jie in 16th position with 3.0 and 2.5 points respectively.

GM Hou Yifan (pix above) was present today to do the honours of giving out the prizes during the closing ceremony of the 3rd leg, Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix 2010. Picture courtesy of Yatz.
As a sidetrack to our young winner, Bersamina Paolo, from Philippines who is a well known boy wonder and to read more you can go to this website and click here.
Congratulations to all winners and participating players! See you in the fourth leg next month!

(all pictures are courtesy of Yatz)

Ian Udani Dominates 3rd Leg, KL Grand Prix 2010

Ian Udani beats Ahmad Fadzil Nayan in 4th round of the 3rd Leg of the KL Grand Prix and emerges as the clear leader with 4 full points entering the fifth round of play at Royal Selangor Club this afternoon, 4th April 2010.

Following closely behind in second place is Bersamino Paolo with 3.5 points. In the 3 points category, three players are bunched-in. They include Low Jun Jian, Roshan Singh and Azman Hisham Che Doi.

Here are the fifth round pairings of the 3rd Leg, KL Grand Prix 2010:-

Here is the ranking crosstable after Round 4 of the 3rd Leg, KL Grand Prix 2010:-

Surprisingly, Jax Tham and Mohd Nabil are having a hard time in this tournament as they are floundering at the 16th and 7th position respectively. This is a high class field of chess players and some are using this as a practice round for the upcoming Kuala Lumpur Chess Open beginning 6th April 2010.

Best of luck to you, guys, in the next two rounds. May the best player wins! :)

Roshan Singh Heads The List Of Most Points Won At KL Grand Prix Chess 2010

KLCA has published on its blog the overall summary of points obtained by participating players in the KL Grand Prix Chess Rapids 2010 for the two legs so far held in February and March 2010.

Roshan Singh heads the list of 42 players that had participated so far for the two legs of the Grand Prix Chess Rapids.

      Pix 1. Roshan Singh at 2nd Leg picking up the winner’s prize.

To see the full summary results, pls visit KL Chess websit or click here or go to the address below:

http://www.klchess.com/2010/03/kl-rapid-grand-prix-standings-after-two.html

Temporary Road Closures Did Not Affect Third Round KL GP Chess

Earlier this morning, 7th March 2010, as forewarned by news reports of the Le Tour Langkawi, the international bicycle race will end dramatically at the Dataran Merdeka, all roads leading to Dataran Merdeka were temporarily closed though police still allowed some traffic to pass through.

In conjunction with that bicycle race, the sponsors had carried out a Big Walk event from Dataran Merdeka and around Lake Gardens as well as other sports activities on the Dataran Merdeka all morning.

Despite these difficulties, the chess participants that were playing for the KL Grand Prix Chess Rapids 2010, 2nd Leg managed to get through the police blockade and were present at 9 am at the card room for the commencement of the third round plays.

 

The pictures illustrate the air of festivities going on at the Dataran Merdeka!

Nabil Wins The 2nd Leg, KL GRANDPRIX

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