Thursday, March 10, 2011

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)

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