Rankings and Pairings for rounds 3-6, Thaipusam Rapid 2010, 30th January 2010

At the end of the first day of the Thaipusam Rapid 2010, 30th January 2010 at the Excel Chess Academy, Overseas Union Garden, Kuala Lumpur, the outstanding Yeoh Li Tian is the leader with the full 5.0 points from five rounds of play.

In his wake of victims included Lim Zhou Ren, Joshua Foong, Jax Tham, and Yeoh Li Tian has not finished yet. Stonemaster is next in the sixth round tomorrow morning on the second day of the tournament. Come catch the action at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur to see how Yeoh Li Tian will maneuver his chess pieces against the solid Stonemaster.

Here are the results of rounds 3-5 and pairings of rounds 4-6 as follows:-

Pairing of round 6 of TP123
Table White - Black Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 6
1 YEOH LI TIAN ( 5 ) - MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA ( 3.5) 2- 4
2 LIM ZHUO REN ( 3 ) - JAX THAM ( 4 ) 1- 3
3 LOW JUN JIAN ( 2.5) - LOW JUN KEAT ( 3 ) 5- 6
4 ARVINDH CHANDRAN ( 2.5) - JOSHUA FOONG ( 3 ) 11- 8
5 TIN JUN HAO ( 2 ) - MUHD AMIR RIDWAN ( 2 ) 9- 13
6 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 2 ) - WONG KAH WENG ( 0 ) 10- 14
7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV ( 1 ) - KAEVIN CHANDRAN ( 1.5) 7- 12
Ranking after round 5 of TP123
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 YEOH LI TIAN 5.0 14.5 14.50 15.0 1807 2363 +1.70
2. 3 JAX THAM 4.0 16.0 11.00 12.0 1785 1787 +0.00
3. 4 MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA 3.5 14.0 8.50 11.0 1749 1747 -0.02
4. 1 LIM ZHUO REN 3.0 17.0 9.00 10.5 1885 1753 -0.80
6 LOW JUN KEAT 3.0 12.0 5.00 8.0 1590 1680 +0.48
8 JOSHUA FOONG 3.0 13.0 5.00 9.0 1547 1666 +0.85
7. 5 LOW JUN JIAN 2.5 15.0 5.00 7.5 1711 1541 -0.58
11 ARVINDH CHANDRAN 2.5 10.0 1.75 7.5 0000 1570 0
9. 9 TIN JUN HAO 2.0 12.5 1.50 5.0 1500 971 -0.90
10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 2.0 13.5 3.00 7.0 1228 1465 +0.72
13 MUHD AMIR RIDWAN 2.0 9.0 1.50 4.0 0000 833 0
12. 12 KAEVIN CHANDRAN 1.5 9.0 1.25 3.5 0000 929 0
13. 7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV 1.0 10.5 0.00 5.0 1550 778 -1.89
14. 14 WONG KAH WENG 0.0 9.0 0.00 0.0 0000 848 0
Ranking after round 4 of TP123
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 YEOH LI TIAN 4.0 8.5 8.50 10.0 1807 2397 +1.52
2. 3 JAX THAM 3.0 10.5 6.50 8.0 1785 1787 +0.00
8 JOSHUA FOONG 3.0 6.5 4.00 6.0 1547 1734 +0.96
4. 1 LIM ZHUO REN 2.5 11.5 6.25 7.5 1885 1768 -0.58
4 MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA 2.5 10.0 5.75 7.5 1749 1794 +0.18
11 ARVINDH CHANDRAN 2.5 5.0 1.75 5.0 0000 1650 0
7. 5 LOW JUN JIAN 2.0 9.0 2.50 5.0 1711 1101 -0.82
6 LOW JUN KEAT 2.0 7.5 2.00 5.0 1590 1598 +0.04
10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 2.0 8.0 2.00 5.0 1228 1502 +0.76
10. 12 KAEVIN CHANDRAN 1.5 5.5 1.25 2.0 0000 929 0
11. 7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV 1.0 7.5 0.00 4.0 1550 711 -1.42
9 TIN JUN HAO 1.0 10.5 1.50 3.0 1500 971 -0.90
13 MUHD AMIR RIDWAN 1.0 6.0 0.00 2.0 0000 833 0
14. 14 WONG KAH WENG 0.0 6.0 0.00 0.0 0000 873 0
Pairing of round 5 of TP123
Table White - Black Results
------------------------------------------------------------------- round 5
1 JOSHUA FOONG ( 3 ) - YEOH LI TIAN ( 4 ) 8- 2 0-1
2 JAX THAM ( 3 ) - ARVINDH CHANDRAN ( 2.5) 3- 11 1-0
3 LIM ZHUO REN ( 2.5) - LOW JUN JIAN ( 2 ) 1- 5 0.5-0.5
4 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 2 ) - MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA ( 2.5) 10- 4 0-1
5 LOW JUN KEAT ( 2 ) - DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV ( 1 ) 6- 7 1-0
6 KAEVIN CHANDRAN ( 1.5) - MUHD AMIR RIDWAN ( 1 ) 12- 13 0-1
7 WONG KAH WENG ( 0 ) - TIN JUN HAO ( 1 ) 14- 9 0-1
Ranking after round 3 of TP123
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 2 YEOH LI TIAN 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 1807 2342 +0.93
2. 1 LIM ZHUO REN 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.0 1885 1902 +0.07
4 MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA 2.5 5.0 3.75 5.0 1749 1991 +0.64
4. 3 JAX THAM 2.0 6.0 3.00 5.0 1785 1667 -0.40
8 JOSHUA FOONG 2.0 4.5 2.00 3.0 1547 1770 +0.89
10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 2.0 4.0 2.00 3.0 1228 1668 +0.88
7. 11 ARVINDH CHANDRAN 1.5 3.0 0.25 2.5 0000 1072 0
8. 5 LOW JUN JIAN 1.0 6.0 0.50 3.0 1711 1101 -0.82
6 LOW JUN KEAT 1.0 5.5 1.00 3.0 1590 1158 -0.40
7 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV 1.0 4.0 0.00 3.0 1550 711 -1.42
9 TIN JUN HAO 1.0 5.5 0.50 2.0 1500 1000 -0.54
13 MUHD AMIR RIDWAN 1.0 3.0 0.00 1.0 0000 732 0
13. 12 KAEVIN CHANDRAN 0.5 3.5 0.75 0.5 0000 929 0
14. 14 WONG KAH WENG 0.0 3.5 0.00 0.0 0000 873 0
Pairing of round 4 of TP123
Table White - Black Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 4
1 YEOH LI TIAN ( 3 ) - LIM ZHUO REN ( 2.5) 2- 1 .
2 MUHD FADLI ZAKARIA ( 2.5) - JAX THAM ( 2 ) 4- 3 .
3 JOSHUA FOONG ( 2 ) - ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 2 ) 8- 10 .
4 DANIYAR NAZARBAYEV ( 1 ) - ARVINDH CHANDRAN ( 1.5 7- 11 .
5 MUHD AMIR RIDWAN ( 1 ) - LOW JUN JIAN ( 1 ) 13- 5 .
6 LOW JUN KEAT ( 1 ) - TIN JUN HAO ( 1 ) 6- 9 .
7 KAEVIN CHANDRAN ( 0.5) - WONG KAH WENG ( 0 ) 12- 14 .

1st DATCC Individual Weekend 2009, Round 8 Pairings and Rank

DATCC Individual Weekender 2009
Round 8 (9.30 am, 22 November 2009)

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.
1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 6 4½ Yusof Kamaluddin 1
2 5 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 4½ 6 Thian Loon Ong 13
3 17 Jun Keat Low 4½ 4½ Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 4
4 7 Jun Jian Low 4½ 4½ Mohd Ali Chor 18
5 2 Lee Kim Han Edward 4½ 4 Guo Jie Yat 25
6 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 4 4 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 8
7 6 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 3½ 4 Hisyam Ismail 14
8 22 Lim Chong 3½ 3½ Joshua Foong 16
9 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 3 3½ Sahir Sarifdin 12
10 10 Ruslan Haslindah 3 3 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 28
11 23 Saleh Fikri 3 2½ Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 24
12 9 Francois Wolfaardt, 2½ 2½ Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 20
13 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 2 2½ Yu Kang Yang 29
14 27 Jun Yi Low 1½ 2 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 21
15 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 2 Shamsuddin Sabri 26


DATCC Individual Weekender 2009
Round 7 (7 pm, 21 November 2009)
Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.
1 5 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 4½ 0 - 1 5 Che Hassan Abdullah 3
2 14 Hisyam Ismail 4 0 - 1 5 Thian Loon Ong 13
3 2 Lee Kim Han Edward 4 ½ - ½ 4 Jun Jian Low 7
4 4 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 4 ½ - ½ 4 Mohd Ali Chor 18
5 12 Sahir Sarifdin 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Yusof Kamaluddin 1
6 6 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Jun Keat Low 17
7 8 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 3 1 - 0 3½ Joshua Foong 16
8 25 Guo Jie Yat 3 1 - 0 3 Mat Zaki Yeop 11
9 20 Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 2½ 0 - 1 3 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 15
10 24 Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 2½ 0 - 1 2½ Lim Chong 22
11 9 Francois Wolfaardt, 2½ 0 - 1 2 Ruslan Haslindah 10
12 21 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 2 0 - 1 2 Saleh Fikri 23
13 26 Shamsuddin Sabri 2 0 - 1 2 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 28
14 29 Yu Kang Yang 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Jun Yi Low 27



DATCC Individual Weekender 2009
Rank after round 8
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd. 2.Rd. 3.Rd. 4.Rd. 5.Rd. 6.Rd. 7.Rd. 8.Rd. Pts BH.
1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 2109 MAS 8 b 1 2 w 1 14 b 1 4 w ½ 5 b 1 7 w ½ 3 b 1 6 w 6 36½
2 13 Thian Loon Ong 1649 MAS 29 w 1 1 b 0 20 w 1 26 b 1 11 w 1 4 w 1 10 b 1 3 b 6 30½
3 5 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 2000 MAS 22 b 1 10 w 1 5 b 0 7 w 1 8 b ½ 6 b 1 1 w 0 2 w 4½ 36½
4 2 Lee Kim Han Edward 2114 MAS 9 w 1 23 b 1 11 w 1 1 b ½ 6 w ½ 2 b 0 5 w ½ 12 w 4½ 36
5 7 Jun Jian Low 1896 MAS 17 b ½ 16 w 1 3 w 1 6 b ½ 1 w 0 11 b 1 4 b ½ 8 w 4½ 35
6 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 2177 MAS 16 b 1 13 w 1 7 b ½ 5 w ½ 4 b ½ 3 w 0 15 b 1 1 b 4½ 35
7 4 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 2044 MAS 26 w 1 18 b 1 6 w ½ 3 b 0 12 w 1 1 b ½ 8 w ½ 9 b 4½ 34
8 18 Mohd Ali Chor 1529 MAS 1 w 0 29 b 1 23 w 1 15 b 1 3 w ½ 10 w ½ 7 b ½ 5 b 4½ 31
9 17 Jun Keat Low 1531 MAS 4 b 0 24 w 1 17 b ½ 10 w 0 19 b 1 22 w 1 14 b 1 7 w 4½ 27½
10 14 Hisyam Ismail 1636 MAS 25 w 1 3 b 0 12 w ½ 9 b 1 18 w 1 8 b ½ 2 w 0 14 b 4 32½
11 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 1586 MAS 30 b 1 19 w 1 4 b 0 14 w 1 2 b 0 5 w 0 22 b 1 13 w 4 29½
12 25 Guo Jie Yat 1368 MAS 19 b ½ 17 w ½ 10 b ½ 22 w 1 7 b 0 23 w ½ 18 w 1 4 b 4 27½
13 8 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 1870 MAS 20 w 1 6 b 0 26 w 0 27 b 1 15 w ½ 18 b ½ 16 w 1 11 b 4 26
14 6 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 1944 MAS 27 w 1 15 b 1 1 w 0 11 b 0 26 w 1 16 b ½ 9 w 0 10 w 3½ 30
15 12 Sahir Sarifdin 1649 MAS 21 b 1 14 w 0 27 b 1 8 w 0 13 b ½ 17 w 1 6 w 0 18 b 3½ 28
16 16 Joshua Foong 1543 MAS 6 w 0 5 b 0 21 w 1 29 b 1 23 w 1 14 w ½ 13 b 0 17 b 3½ 27½
17 22 Lim Chong 1419 MAS 5 w ½ 12 b ½ 9 w ½ 18 b 0 27 w 1 15 b 0 24 b 1 16 w 3½ 26½
18 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 1650 MAS 28 b 1 7 w 0 22 b ½ 17 w 1 10 b 0 13 w ½ 12 b 0 15 w 3 28
19 10 Ruslan Haslindah 1705 MAS 12 w ½ 11 b 0 24 w ½ 20 b ½ 9 w 0 25 b ½ 23 b 1 21 w 3 26
20 23 Saleh Fikri 1417 MAS 13 b 0 30 w 1 2 b 0 19 w ½ 22 b 0 28 w ½ 27 b 1 24 w 3 22½
21 28 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 1297 MAS 15 w 0 27 - - 16 b 0 24 b 1 25 w 1 27 w 0 28 b 1 19 b 3 19½
22 20 Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 1495 MAS 3 w 0 25 b 1 18 w ½ 12 b 0 20 w 1 9 b 0 11 w 0 23 b 2½ 28
23 9 Francois Wolfaardt, 1802 RSA 24 b 1 4 w 0 8 b 0 28 w 1 16 b 0 12 b ½ 19 w 0 22 w 2½ 26
24 24 Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 1374 MAS 23 w 0 9 b 0 19 b ½ 21 w 0 30 - + 29 b 1 17 w 0 20 b 2½ 23
25 29 Yu Kang Yang 1191 MAS 10 b 0 22 w 0 28 b 0 30 w 1 21 b 0 19 w ½ 29 w 1 26 b 2½ 21
26 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 1508 MAS 7 b 0 28 w 1 13 b 1 2 w 0 14 b 0 30 - - - - - 25 w 2 28
27 21 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 1457 MAS 14 b 0 21 - + 15 w 0 13 w 0 17 b 0 21 b 1 20 w 0 29 b 2 26
28 26 Shamsuddin Sabri 1352 MAS 18 w 0 26 b 0 25 w 1 23 b 0 29 w ½ 20 b ½ 21 w 0 30 b 2 20½
29 27 Jun Yi Low 1301 MAS 2 b 0 8 w 0 30 b 1 16 w 0 28 b ½ 24 w 0 25 b 0 27 w 1½ 23½
30 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 MAS 11 w 0 20 b 0 29 w 0 25 b 0 24 - - 26 - - - - - 28 w 0 22

(Source: En. Abdul Hamid b Majid, arbiter of event)

DATCC Individual Weekender 2009


Round 6 (2 pm, 21 November 2009) 
Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.
1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 4½ 3½ Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 4
2 13 Thian Loon Ong 4 4 Lee Kim Han Edward 2
3 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 3½ 3½ Kit-Tze Mark Siew 5
4 18 Mohd Ali Chor 3½ 3½ Hisyam Ismail 14
5 16 Joshua Foong 3 3 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 6
6 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 3 3 Jun Jian Low 7
7 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 2½ 2½ Wei Hao (U12) Tan 8
8 12 Sahir Sarifdin 2½ 2½ Lim Chong 22
9 17 Jun Keat Low 2½ 2½ Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 20
10 25 Guo Jie Yat 2½ 2 Francois Wolfaardt, 9
11 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 2 2 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 28
12 23 Saleh Fikri 1½ 1½ Shamsuddin Sabri 26
13 27 Jun Yi Low 1½ 1½ Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 24
14 29 Yu Kang Yang 1 1½ Ruslan Haslindah 10
15 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 1 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 21

DATCC Individual Weekender 2009
Rank after round 5 (7 pm, 20 November 2009)
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd. 2.Rd. 3.Rd. 4.Rd. 5.Rd. 6.Rd. Pts BH.
1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 2109 MAS 7 b 1 3 w 1 12 b 1 2 w ½ 9 b 1 6 w 4½ 17½
2 2 Lee Kim Han Edward 2114 MAS 15 w 1 21 b 1 10 w 1 1 b ½ 5 w ½ 3 b 4 15½
3 13 Thian Loon Ong 1649 MAS 23 w 1 1 b 0 24 w 1 20 b 1 10 w 1 2 w 4 12½
4 5 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 2000 MAS 18 b 1 8 w 1 9 b 0 6 w 1 7 b ½ 5 b 3½ 16
5 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 2177 MAS 11 b 1 19 w 1 6 b ½ 9 w ½ 2 b ½ 4 w 3½ 16
6 4 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 2044 MAS 20 w 1 14 b 1 5 w ½ 4 b 0 13 w 1 1 b 3½ 14
7 18 Mohd Ali Chor 1529 MAS 1 w 0 23 b 1 21 w 1 16 b 1 4 w ½ 8 w 3½ 14
8 14 Hisyam Ismail 1636 MAS 29 w 1 4 b 0 13 w ½ 15 b 1 14 w 1 7 b 3½ 12
9 7 Jun Jian Low 1896 MAS 17 b ½ 11 w 1 4 w 1 5 b ½ 1 w 0 10 b 3 17
10 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 1586 MAS 30 b 1 25 w 1 2 b 0 12 w 1 3 b 0 9 w 3 13
11 16 Joshua Foong 1543 MAS 5 w 0 9 b 0 22 w 1 23 b 1 21 w 1 12 w 3 12½
12 6 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 1944 MAS 28 w 1 16 b 1 1 w 0 10 b 0 20 w 1 11 b 3 12½
13 25 Guo Jie Yat 1368 MAS 25 b ½ 17 w ½ 8 b ½ 18 w 1 6 b 0 21 w 2½ 13½
14 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 1650 MAS 27 b 1 6 w 0 18 b ½ 17 w 1 8 b 0 19 w 2½ 13½
15 17 Jun Keat Low 1531 MAS 2 b 0 26 w 1 17 b ½ 8 w 0 25 b 1 18 w 2½ 12½
16 12 Sahir Sarifdin 1649 MAS 22 b 1 12 w 0 28 b 1 7 w 0 19 b ½ 17 w 2½ 12
17 22 Lim Chong 1419 MAS 9 w ½ 13 b ½ 15 w ½ 14 b 0 28 w 1 16 b 2½ 11
18 20 Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 1495 MAS 4 w 0 29 b 1 14 w ½ 13 b 0 24 w 1 15 b 2½ 11
19 8 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 1870 MAS 24 w 1 5 b 0 20 w 0 28 b 1 16 w ½ 14 b 2½ 10
20 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 1508 MAS 6 b 0 27 w 1 19 b 1 3 w 0 12 b 0 22 w 2 14½
21 9 Francois Wolfaardt, 1802 RSA 26 b 1 2 w 0 7 b 0 27 w 1 11 b 0 13 b 2 13
22 28 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 1297 MAS 16 w 0 28 - - 11 b 0 26 b 1 29 w 1 20 b 2 8
23 27 Jun Yi Low 1301 MAS 3 b 0 7 w 0 30 b 1 11 w 0 27 b ½ 26 w 1½ 12½
24 23 Saleh Fikri 1417 MAS 19 b 0 30 w 1 3 b 0 25 w ½ 18 b 0 27 w 1½ 11
25 10 Ruslan Haslindah 1705 MAS 13 w ½ 10 b 0 26 w ½ 24 b ½ 15 w 0 29 b 1½ 10½
26 24 Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 1374 MAS 21 w 0 15 b 0 25 b ½ 22 w 0 30 - + 23 b 1½ 9
27 26 Shamsuddin Sabri 1352 MAS 14 w 0 20 b 0 29 w 1 21 b 0 23 w ½ 24 b 1½ 9
28 21 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 1457 MAS 12 b 0 22 - + 16 w 0 19 w 0 17 b 0 30 b 1 13
29 29 Yu Kang Yang 1191 MAS 8 b 0 18 w 0 27 b 0 30 w 1 22 b 0 25 w 1 10½
30 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 MAS 10 w 0 24 b 0 23 w 0 29 b 0 26 - - 28 w 0 8

(source: Abdul Hamid b Majid, arbiter of the event)