Yesterday (Sunday, 5th September) GiLoCatur was at the Citil Midvalley Hotel because GiLoCatur's two boys - Fikri and his younger brother, Fahim, were participating in the Merdeka Age Group Open Chess Championship. Actually, it was the free day for the DAT Malaysian Open, Ambank Chess Challenge and the Seniors Open. That means Encik Hamid and his arbiter crews do not rest since 28th August. Actually, it is the first day that GiLoCatur set foot at the hotel during this year Malaysian Chess festival.
In the championship, there are five age groups contested, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8. Fikri contested in the U14 age group category while Fahim competed in the U8 age group section. What was the number of participants?
U8 age group category
total participants = 57
the top 3 seeds
- Jagathees a/l Gunabalan (nat. ratings, 1366)
- Muhammad Faqih Aminuddin (1285)
- Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah Mohd Noor (1263)
U10 age group category
total participants = 78
the top 3 seeds
- Tan Yong Zhao (nat. ratings, 1469)
- Teh De Juan (1460)
- Lim Ming Kang (1417)
U12 age group category
total participants = 53
the top 3 seeds
- Ooi Zhi Yang (nat. ratings, 1607)
- Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar (1604)
- Shreyes Subramaniam (1477)
U14 age group category
total participants = 34
the top 3 seeds
- Mohd Irfan Haqqim Azhar (nat. ratings, 1619)
- Tan Wei Hao (1616)
- Fikri Saleh (1558)
U16 age group category
total participants = 11
the top 3 seeds
- Mohd Syakir Shazmeer Azhar (nat. ratings, 1779)
- Yat Guo Jie (1611)
- Patrick Lim Kong Hui (1565)
Global Indian International School had come to the tournament in a big group. Its students were wearing yellow shirts as in the above pictures. Their participation had made the tournament become more interesting and alive.
The boys and girls who participated in the one-day event must thank their dedicated parents for their strong support and huge effort to make them become good chess players.
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