Update on Sarawak Open from SCA's President

Dear chess friends,

With two more days to the closing date, the FIDE-rated and National-rated 2008 Sarawak Open have received 69 entries: 32 from Kuching, 12 from KL, 6 from Brunei, 8 from Sabah, 5 from Singapore, 1 from Johor, 3 from Miri, 1 from Sarikei and 1 from Sibu.

Among them, there are 23 FIDE-rated players:

1. FM Mok Tze Meng Kuching 2308
2. Yee Soon Wei Brunei 2235
3. Amir Fahkry bin Hj.Sulaiman Brunei 2233
4. FM Fernandez Daniel Howard Singapore 2212
5. Kamaluddin Yusuf KL 2184
6. Abdullah Che Hassan Johor 2125
7. Ismail Ahmad KL 2106
8. Abg.Mohd.Reduan Kuching 2083
9. Nik Ahmad Farouqi KL 2081
10 NM Edward Lee Kim Han KL 2054
11 Masrin b.Erowan Sabah 2032
12 Kueh Yan Chew Kuching 1977
13 Lim Kian Hwa Kuching 1964
14 Morsin Ahmad Kuching 1941
15 Tan Ken Wei KL 1937
16 Ahmad Afiq Afyfy Kuching 1929
17 Faeznor Razali Kuching 1927
18 Johnharry Pereira Singapore 1926
19 Lim Zhuo Ren KL 1871
20 Japeri Reduan Kuching 1854
21 Mark Ho En-Tian Singapore 1836
22 Danielle Ho En-Huei Singapore 1738
23 Draup, Abang Azman Kuching 1714

I will be requesting gilachess to post the locality map of the Tournament venue - Ultimate Professional Centre. Please browse gilachess site if you need help to get there.

Regards,
Lim Kian Hwa
President, Sarawak Chess Association
(016-8603180)