NAG 2011 - (Part 2 : Under 8 Category)

Below are the list of players for Under 8 section both Boys and Girls.

No.	Name	NRtg	FED	Club
1	Abriale Goh Wenxin	0	MAS	Penang
2	Afrina Firzana Zainal Ariffin	0	MAS	Perak
3	Aisyah Faqihah	1014	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
4	Asma Umairah Amiluddin	1011	MAS	Perak
5	Chua Jia-Tien	1120	MAS	Penang
6	Goh Jie Yi	1275	MAS	Penang
7	Junoesque Phuah Ji Thien	0	MAS	Penang
8	Nik Nur Nadzirrah Azrihan	1127	MAS	Kelantan
9	Nur Faiqah Aminuddin	1186	MAS	Selangor
10	Nur Iman Hannah Amirruddin	0	MAS	Pahang
11	Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli	0	MAS	Selangor
12	Sara Liyana Mohd Nadzli	0	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
13	Tan Jia Jin	996	MAS	Penang
14	Zainoor Ikmal Munirah	1140	MAS	Selangor

Under 8 Girls

No.	Name	NRtg	FED	Club
1	Ahmad Faiz Ishak	0	MAS	Perak
2	Amirul Akktar Shaiful Anuar	0	MAS	Perak
3	Bryan Lee Ewe Chuen	1249	MAS	Penang
4	Cheong Ze Xiang	0	MAS	Penang
5	Chew Zhi Qi	1286	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
6	Ian Tong Yuan Jun	0	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
7	Lim Rui Yi	1185	MAS	Johor
8	Low Hou Jie	0	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
9	Lye Lik Zang	1384	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
10	Muhammad Syakir Mohd Zin	0	MAS	Kelantan
11	Muhd Afsar Mohd Nahu	1263	MAS	N. Sembilan
12	Muhd Faqih Aminuddin	1282	MAS	Selangor
13	Muhd Ilham Qayyum Muhd Najib	1118	MAS	Selangor
14	Ng Shi Yang	1375	MAS	Penang
15	Ryan Chan Yi Meng	1161	MAS	Penang
16	Tan Jun Ying	1347	MAS	Penang
17	Tan Yik Chean	0	MAS	Perak
18	Teh De Yong	1149	MAS	Penang
19	Teo Jun Sim	1117	MAS	Kuala Lumpur
20	Wong Hao Hien	0	MAS	Selangor
21	Yeoh Zi Yuan	0	MAS	Penang

Under 8 Boys

Who would emerge as the champion in this category? It is hard to predict since many of them just make the debut in the NAG. Honestly, just few of them that GiLoCatur is very familiar with.

In the Girls section, GiLoCatur is very familiar with Nik Nur Nadzirrah Azrihan (8), Nur Faiqah Aminuddin (9) and Zainoor Ikmal Munirah (14). All of their parents are teachers. Can their experience in chess tournaments help them to win the category? Or perhaps they have to bow down to the others especially the top seed, Goh Ji Yie, who has the highest rating among them. From the list, only two players were playing in last year edition. They are Ji Yie and Nur Faiqah from SK Bukit Jelutong. [GiLoCatur : Actually not TWO. THREE others also did participate. They are Asma Umairah Amiluddin (4), Chua Jia-Tien (5) and Tan Jia Jin (13). Thanx MR JJ for highlighting it. 10/3/2011, 6.00pm]

In the Boys section, few from the list were among last year participants. And they were among the top 10 winners. Both Tan Jun Ying (16) and Muhd Faqih Aminuddin (12) were third place and fourth place respectively. The latter even played in the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) last October held in Greece. Would one of them become the champion for this year edition? Or maybe the second seed from the list and last year 7th place winner, Ng Shi Yang (14) will emerge as the champion? Can the sole representative from Johor, Lim Rui Yi (7) make upset by winning the category? He was placed 8th last year. The top seed from Kuala Lumpur, Lye Lik Zang (9), should be considered also? Mmmm many players can emerge as the winner, right? Let's wait and see who will win.

Who were the past champions?

U8 Girls - Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar (2008), Puteri Munajjah AzZahra Azhar (2009), Nur Islamurni Haji Yahaya (2010)

U8 Boys - Tan Yong Zhao (2008), Wong Yin Long (2009, 2010)