Archive for December 21st, 2007
Justin Ong - Singapore Challengers 2007 Champion
Credits to hairulov chessmaniacs for spotting this piece of juicy news. This is certainly good news after our disappointing loss to Singapore last week.
Malaysian Justin Ong won the Singapore Challengers ahead of 62 Singaporeans and one point clear of his nearest rival.
Justin was only seeded 64 in the tournament and he started it with [...]
Singapore Masters - Final Round Pairings
Round 9
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Result
Pts.
Name
No.
1
2
GM
Azmaiparashvili Zurab
6½
6½
GM
Zhang Zhong
1
2
6
GM
Dao Thien Hai
5½
6
GM
Sandipan Chanda
3
3
15
IM
Sadorra Julio Catalino
5½
5½
GM
Wu Shaobin
10
4
16
IM
Sitanggang Salor
5
5
GM
Megaranto Susanto
4
5
20
Lin Chen
5
5
GM
Nguyen Anh Dung
5
6
13
IM
Paciencia Enrique
5
5
IM
Girinath P D S
11
7
17
IM
Laxman R R
5
5
Wan Yunguo
18
8
25
Wang Li
4½
4½
GM
Paragua Mark
7
9
19
IM
Mas Hafizulhelmi
4½
4½
IM
Dimakiling Oliver
8
10
31
WGM
Corke Anya
4
4
IM
Jayson Gonzales
9
11
26
WGM
Gu Xiaobing
4
4
WGM
Li Ruofan
14
12
27
WIM
Sukandar Irine Kharisma
4
4
WGM
Nguyen [...]
No need for chess in the SEA games
Chess is not really supported as a sport even at national level as from our very own National Sports Council(NSC) director general, Datuk Zolkples Embong recently commented about the Sea Games Federation (SGF):-
“The SGF need to sit down and look at promoting sports which can improve the chances of the countries in the region [...]
Singapore Master - Round 8 results
IM Mas won his game against China’s Shen Siyuan and is now 4.5/8 at 18th place.
FM Lim Yee Weng drew his game vs Kirril Kuznetsov and is now 2.5/8 at 30th place.
Round 8
Bo. No. Name Pts. Result Pts. Name No.
1 1 GM Zhang Zhong 5½ 1 - 0 6 GM Sandipan Chanda 3
2 2 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab 5½ 1 - 0 5 IM Laxman R R 17
3 10 GM Wu Shaobin 5 [...]
Singapore Challengers- Round 8 results
Justin Ong joins the leaders with his win over Kaisar Jenius Hakiki in Round 8.
Round 8
Bo. No. Name Pts. Result Pts. Name No.
1 8 Tan Weiliang 6 0 - 1 6 Setiawan Iwan 3
2 64 Ong Way Justin 6 1 - 0 6 Kaisar Jenius Hakiki 43
3 5 WFM Liu Yang 5 0 - 1 5½ Neubronner Shannon Scott13
4 84 Wang Qingwen 5 ½ - ½ 5 WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung 6
5 16 Pereira [...]
