Fong Yit San, Tan Jun Feng leads into Round 9, Nat Jr 2012

 

21 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – After the completion of round 8, National Junior 2012 Boys category, Fong Yit San and Tan Jun Feng are on 6.5 points each. They played in contrasting styles in round 8.

Fong Yit San lost to Aron Teh Eu Wen on top board while Tan Jun Feng won against Lim Kim Siong on board 2. Meanwhile second seed, Mark Siew fell further behind when he lost to Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy on board 3.

In round 9 tomorrow morning, Fong Yit San will meet Rosli Ahmad, the conqueror of Mark Siew, on top board. While Tan Jun Feng will meet Lim Chuin Kai on board 2 and Aron Teh will meet Low Jun Jian on board 3. Aron Teh has outside chance if both Yit San and Jun Feng fall tomorrow and Aron Teh wins. The top seed Yit San has the driving seat with slight superior tie-break over Jun Feng. The same with Rosli Ahmad. He has to beat Fong Yit San tomorrow to stand any chance of winning.

Results of Round 8 (Boys):

Round 9 pairings (Boys):

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Mark Siew Takes Lead, National Juniors 2012

19 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the National Juniors Chess Championship 2012, Mark Siew Kit-Tze has won all four rounds and is alone on 4 points. Mark Siew is the current leader in the boys’ Natonal Junior Chess Championship 2012 at the Arthur Tan Chess Center, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

On 3.5 points are three players comprising of Fong Yit San, Tan Jun Feng and CM Amier Hamzah b Mohd Zuhri.

Round 4 Results (Boys):

Rank After Round 4 (Boys):

In the girls section, three players are jointly in the lead with 3.5 points comprising of the WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan and Tan Li Ting. The top seed, WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham suffered defeat against WNM Tan Li Ting in the fourth round.

Round 4 Results (Girls):

Rank After Round 4 (Girls):

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National Juniors 2012

18 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the National Junior Chess Tournament 2012, two rounds of classical play completed today and the favourites won their early rounds. Fong Yit San, Mark Siew Kit-Tze, Aron Teh Eu Wen all won their first two rounds easily. A total of 56 players are participating in this year’s boys section of the National Junior 2012 held at Arthur Tan Chess Center, 4th Floor Car Park, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur.

Round 2 Results (Boys):

Ranking After Two Rounds:

Meanwhile in the National Junior 2012 (Girls), a smaller group of 19 girls are participating. The top seed, WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham and second seed, WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham are playing to form by winning their first two rounds. Third seed, Tan Li Ting and fourth seed, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan also won both their early rounds today.

Ranking After Round 2 (Girls):

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here. Arbiters for this event are Najib Wahab, Nik Ahmad Farouqi and Haslindah bt Ruslan.