By 4.00 PM today, the UM-IPT chess championship had completed its final round. Seventy six young chess players including GiLoCatur's eldest child, Fikri, from several local higher learning institutions had taken part in the three-day chess tournament. The seven-round championship had been held at UM Arena.
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| venue of the tournament |
In the championship, both Women and Men are playing in one category. But the winners are separate for Women and Men category respectively.
So, who are the winners?
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| Top 20 Final Ranking - Women |
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| Top 20 Final Ranking - Men |
In the Men's category, Chan Sheng Yip of Sunway University lives up to its numero uno seeding. He won all his games except the fifth round where he drew with Nur Nabila Azman Hisham of UiTM, the top seed of in the Women section. Meanwhile, Faeznor Razali (UIA) and Mohd Ali Chor (UiTM) won the First and Second Runner Up respectively. The former edged UiTM player, Wan Mohd Azmie Wan Abd Rahim in the final round while the latter could not win against Sheng Yip.
In the Women's category, both Alia Anin Azwa Bakri of UM and Nur Nabila Azman Hisham of UiTM had the same point ie 5.5/7. The former lost once to Sheng Yip while the latter lost once to university team mate, Mohd Ali Chor. Since Alia has better tie-break, she was placed First in the Women Final Ranking. Thus, Nabila was placed second. The third place went to Najihah Mohd Saufi from UiTM scoring 4.5/7 points from 4 wins and one draw.
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| Top 20 Final Ranking from chess-results.com |
Photo Gallery
Below are several photos GiLoCatur took using lenovo handphone during the tournament.
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| Photo 1 |
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| Photo 2 |
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| Photo 3 |
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| Photo 4 |
Congratulation to all the podium winners!
(note: GiLoCatur does not have the photos of the winners receiving prizes since missing the prize giving ceremony.)
