Jeram Chess Open Winners

The champion - Muhd Fikri Farizal (6.5/7 points)

[ the prize : RM 100 + Trophy ]

Under 12 category (The Top 10 Final Ranking)

2) Puteri Rifqah Fahada (6/7)

3) Mohd Noor Azam (6/7)

4) Mohd Faizal Roslan (6/7)

5) Anis Fariha Saleh (5.5/7)

6) Cheah Ea Son (5.5/7)

7) Ker Jia Rong (5/7)

8) Muhd Fahmi Farizal (5/7)

9) Wong Gon Shek (5/7)

10) Leong Zhi Chen (5/7)

Seventy three (73) participants in the Under-12 category. Some of them had their debut tournament.

The champion - Muhd Syakir Shazmeer (6/7 points)

[ the prize : RM150 + Trophy ]

Under 18 category (The Top 10 Final Ranking)

2) Muhd Irfan Haqqim (5.5/7)

3) WFM Nur Najiha AH (5.5/7)

4) Tan Chee Seng (5/7)

5) Amira Syahmina Zullkafli (5/7)

6) Fikri Saleh (5/7)

7) Chan Sheng Yip (4.5/7)

8) Muhd Hakimi Mazlan (4.5/7)

9) Subramaniam Sivanesan (4.5/7)

10) Tan Chee Wei (4.5/7)

Three players among the top 10 winners has much better tournament ratings or + difference (W-We). Chee Seng had TPR (Tournament Performance Rating) of 1636. He had a big win against Amira and Irfan in Round 3 and 4 respectively. His MCF (national) rating is 1373. Meanwhile Sheng Yip had 1700 TPR. His current national rating is 1207. While Chee Wei, the 10th place, jumped from 1198 to 1434.

The total number of players in the Under-18 section is thirty three (33).

The champion - Ian Udani (6.5/7 points)

[ the prize : RM 400 + Trophy ]

Open category (The Top 10 Final Ranking)

2) Ong Thian Loon (5.5/7)

3) Lim Zhou Ren (5.5/7)

4) jax Tham (5.5/7)

5) Ismail Ahmad (5.5/7)

6) Cheah Chuk Fung (5/7)

7) Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli (5/7)

8) Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (5/7)

9) Muhd Ariez Azman (5/7)

10) Muhd Nabil AH (5/7)

How many participants in the Open category? Seventy eight (78) players.

So how many participants in the Jeram Chess Open? 73 + 33 + 78 = 184. Not bad, uh?

Click here for the full results. Click here for pictures of the tournament by SelChess blogspot.