UPSI Chess Open - 2

As of 2.00 pm before the second round starts at 2.30 pm, most seeded players in all the three categories won their respective games.

The adjusted schedule for next two games of Day 1 today,

2nd Round : 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

3rd Round : 4.45 pm - 6.45 pm

*** 2:25 pm ***

(Note: The quality of pictures is not that very good because using Nokia mobile phone. GiLoCatur's Nikon L14 digital camera is sent for a repair.)

Category : Open

After Round 2, 24 players in the Open category scored the perfect 2 wins. Below is the third round pairing for the top 10 boards.

1) Ian Udani vs Khor Bean Hwa (1 - 0)

2) Mohd Roslan Mohd Napiah vs Evan Timothy Capel (0 - 1)

3) Kamaluddin Yusuf vs Ibrahim Ahmad (1 - 0) (GiLoCatur : Typo error! Actually, Ibrahim Ahmad won againts Kamaluddin Yusuf. Sorry for the mistake. Thank you to Anonymous for pointing out.)

4) Mat Zaki Yeop vs Abdullah Che Hassan (0 - 1)

5) Kamal Arifin Wahiduddin vs Hidayat Bin Syamsul (1 - 0)

6) Mohd Firdaus Johari vs Zarul Shafiz Zullkafli (0 - 1)

7) Mohd Nabil AH vs Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin (1 - 0)

8) Nur Najiha AH vs Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (0 - 1)

9) Mark Siew Kit Tze vs Abdul Rahim Zalmi (? - ?) (GiLoCatur : Mark Siew won)

10) Nur Nabila AH vs Syed Remizan Syed Sobri (1 - 0)

Another perfect scorers of 3 points after Round 3 completed are the 12th seed Sahir Sarifdin who played black and defeated unrated Suhaimi Bin Mustafa Albakri on 11th board and the 13th seed Wan Mohd Fazli Wan Nawawi who played white on 12th board defeated unrated Nur Sharif Narsiso. (GiLoCatur : 28/10/2009, 11.30am)

Category : Secondary School

After Round 2, 23 players in the "Sekolah Menengah" category scored the perfect 2 wins. Below is the third round pairing and results for the top 10 boards.

1) Mohd Syakir Shazmeer vs Amira Izzatul Abd Hamid (1 - 0)

2) Chong Shao Hong vs Keok Kai En (0 - 1)

3) Amira Syahmina Zullkafli vs Asmaan Amry (1 - 0)

4) Khalis Isma Alif vs Lim Kong Hui (0 - 1)

5) Lim Chuin Khai vs Khairul Nazrin Kamal (1 - 0)

6) Muhd Hamzi Abd Hamid vs Fikri Bin Saleh (0 - 1)

7) Tang Khar Kei vs Lee Jing Yao (1 - 0)

8) Nur Afizan Bt Amir vs Teh De Jack (0 - 1)

9) Muhd Faris Aminudin vs Nur Faten Anisa Bt Izzat (1 - 0)

10) Nur Atirah Adnan vs Kyle Chen Wei Ren (0 - 1)

Tomorrow morning in the fourth round, Fikri will play black againts the top seed Mohd Syakir Shazmeer while his buddy, Muhd Faris, will also play black on the second board meeting the second seed, Keok Kai En.

Category : Primary School

After Round 2, 17 players in the "Sekolah Rendah" category scored the perfect 2 wins. Below is the third round pairing and results for the top 9 boards.

1) Muhd Irfan Haqqim vs Tang Wei Kit (1/2 - 1/2)

2) Anis Fariha vs Puteri Rifqah Fahada (1/2 - 1/2)

3) Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri vs Wong Yinn Long (1 - 0)

4) Noor Azam Mohd Noor vs Teh De Juan (0 - 1)

5) Puteri Munajjah Az Zahra vs Ooi Zhi Yang (1 - 0)

6) Tan Jia Yun vs Lim Winsen (0 - 1)

7) Teh De Zen vs Wong Yi Chee (1 - 0)

8) Kelly Lim Pei Ying vs Chuah Hao Feng (1 - 0)

9) Andre Cheong Kai Bin vs Chuah Yi Ning (1/2 - 1/2)

The game schedule for the next four rounds on the second day tomorrow,

4th Round : 8.30 am - 10.30 am

5th Round : 10.45 am - 12.45 pm

6th Round : 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

7th Round : 4.15 pm - 6.15 pm

*** 10:45 pm from Sahara Inn, Room 112 ***