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Malaysians at the WYCC - Round 3

SNo
Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
Pts.
Rk.
Group

7
Yeoh Li Tian
1955
MAS
0
1
½
1,5
47
Open 10

30
Aron Teh Eu Wen
0
MAS
1
0
0
1,0
55
Open 10

44
Lee Kah Meng Elgin
1811
MAS
½
0
1
1,5
49
Open 12

58
Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer
1844
MAS
0
1
0
1,0
64
Open 14

46
Ong Way Justin
2044
MAS
0
1
0
1,0
51
Open 16

3
Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada
0
MAS
1
1
½
2,5
5
Girls 08

27
Camilia Bt Johari
0
MAS
1
0
½
1,5
34
Girls 10

52
Nur Najiha Hisham
0
MAS
1
0
½
1,5
35
Girls 10

59
Nur Nabila Azman Hisham
0
MAS
1
0
½
1,5
37
Girls 12

29
Bakri Alia Anin Azwa
1907
MAS
½
½
1
2,0
29
Girls 14

 
Puteri Rifqah is currently the best Malaysian scorer with 2.5/3. National Woman Master Alia Anin Azwa Bakri is the [...]

World Youth updates

Since my main function here is to update news via websites, here are some of the latest updates ..

Javascript viewable games is now up - World Youth Chess Championship 2008 viewable games.
Pictures of Opening added to the ChessASIA picture gallery.

A page from chess-results.com on Malaysia’s progress:-
Player overview for MAS

SNo
 
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Pts.
Rk.
K
rtg+/-
Group

7
 
Yeoh Li Tian
1955
MAS
0
0,0
70
0
0,00
Open 10

30
 
Aron Teh Eu Wen
0
MAS
1
1,0
22
0
0,00
Open [...]

Impressions of Vietnam

This is only the 3rd country outside of Malaysia I’ve ever visited other than Indonesia and Philippines. When I first reached Ho Chin Minh airport, I was surprised to see the World Youth Chess Championship logo displayed prominently in the airport itself.
The first people I met were quite friendly too. They were volunteers from universities [...]

World Youth Tournament Schedule

Today is the second day of the World Youth Chess Championship held in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
Round 2 starts at 3pm today.

Sunday 19 October
12:00: Arrival of Delegations, 19:00: Opening Ceremony

Monday 20 October

09:00: Technical Meeting, 15:00: 1st round
 

Tuesday 21 October

15:00: 2nd round
 

Wednesday 22 October

10:00: 3rd round,
17:30: 4th round
 

Thursday 23 October

15:00: 5th round
 

Friday 24 October

15:00: [...]

Malaysia’s first round in the World Youth

SNo
 
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Pts.
Rk.
K
rtg+/-
Group

7
 
Yeoh Li Tian
1955
MAS
0
0,0
48
0
0,00
Open 10

30
 
Aron Teh Eu Wen
0
MAS
1
1,0
22
0
0,00
Open 10

44
 
Lee Kah Meng Elgin
1811
MAS
½
0,5
45
0
0,00
Open 12

58
 
Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer
1844
MAS
0
0,0
66
0
0,00
Open 14

46
 
Ong Way Justin
2044
MAS
0
0,0
54
0
0,00
Open 16

3
 
Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada
0
MAS
1
1,0
2
0
0,00
Girls 08

27
 
Camilia Bt Johari
0
MAS
1
1,0
20
0
0,00
Girls 10

52
 
Nur Najiha Hisham
0
MAS
1
1,0
24
0
0,00
Girls 10

59
 
Nur Nabila Azman Hisham
0
MAS
1
1,0
30
0
0,00
Girls 12

29
 
Bakri Alia Anin Azwa
1907
MAS
½
0,5
39
0
0,00
Girls 14

 
The girls seems to do better than the boys with no losses. The boys on the hand suffered 3 [...]

Top 10 players in World Youth

These are the top 10 players in terms of rating from the World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
 

No.
Name
FED
Rtg
Under

1
Howell David W L
ENG
2593
18

2
Le Quang Liem 
VIE
2583
18

3
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 
VIE
2567
18

4
Saric Ivan 
CRO
2516
18

5
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 
ARM
2495
18

6
Matlakov Maxim 
RUS
2490
18

7
Swiercz Dariusz 
POL
2478
14

8
Shimanov Aleksandr 
RUS
2476
16

9
Toufighi Homayoon 
IRI
2470
18

10
Grandelius Nils 
SWE
2464
16

 
Today is the first round. At the time of writing the 1st round is still on-going.
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Reception Dinner

Buffet style. Took lots of potato, fish and prawns. Since Vung Tau is by the sea, the sea food is fresh.
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Look who’s here

Haslindah Ruslan and all of the Malaysian contingent have arrived safely in Vietnam. She is now in the process of getting the player’s identification cards for the tournament. She was definitely surprised to see me sitting here in the P&T Hotel meeting room
With participants staying in 16 different hotels it’s a coincidence [...]

Reception Dinner at Palace Hotel, Vung Tau

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Malaysian Olympiad Team

I know the list is out a long time ago (blogs like Hairulov and MarcusYeoh has already posted), but I just want to post it up here too for the search engines to pick it up.

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi,
FM Mok Tze Meng,

IM Lim Yee Weng,
IM Jimmy Liew,

 
NM Edward Lee

 
 

Can’t [...]

Blogging from Vietnam

Picture from P&T hotel Vung Tau of the conference room used for the World Youth registration.
This is the second time I’m in a foreign country because of chess. Vung Tau, Vietnam to be exact.
The number of participants is crazy. About 900 in total!
Tonight will be the opening ceremony and I get a chance to [...]

If you are in Vietnam..

Prepaid card in a foreign country. I found that it was useful in the Philippines to get a prepaid card for my phone. If someone calls me from Malaysia I’m charged for receiving the call and the cost is high. So it’s economical to get a local prepaid card.
It’s the same in Vietnam. [...]

GM John Fedorowijc

 
“Coaching is not rocket science”.
 
Overheard GM John Fedorowijc commenting about chess coaching upon arrival to World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam yesterday. Presumably he is one of the coaches for the USA team.
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World Youth participants

Source : http://wycc2008.vietnamchess.com

NO
ENTRIES as on 15th Oct
PLAYERS
 
OTHERS
 
TOTAL
 
sgl
twin
triple
4-bed
5-bed
 
RMS
HOTEL

1
Algeria
1
 
1
 
2
 
0
1
0
0
0
 
1
October

2
Argentina - SanLuis
2
 
3
 
5
 
0
1
1
0
0
 
2
Palace

 
Argentina - Pichot
1
 
2
 
3
 
0
0
1
0
0
 
1
Thuy Van

 
Argentina - Gerez
1
 
2
 
3
 
1
1
0
0
0
 
2
Thuy Van

3
Armenia
15
 
9
 
24
 
0
6
4
0
0
 
10
Cap Saint Jacques

4
Australia
26
 
25
 
51
 
1
9
6
0
0
 
16
Dic Star

 
Australia
 
 
 
 
 
 
0
1
1
1
0
 
3
VungTau Intourco

5
Austria
10
 
6
 
16
 
3
4
1
0
0
 
8
Cap Saint Jacques

6
Azerbaijan
19
 
15
 
34
 
0
15
0
0
0
 
15
Beautiful

 
Azerbaijan
 
 
 
 
 
 
0
2
0
0
0
 
2
Palace

7
Belarus
8
 
4
 
12
 
1
4
1
0
0
 
6
Medicoast

8
Belgium
3
 
5
 
8
 
0
1
2
0
0
 
3
Dic Star

9
Brazil - Coelho
1
 
1
 
2
 
0
1
0
0
0
 
1
Thuy Van

 
Brazil - Oliveira
1
 
2
 
3
 
1
1
0
0
0
 
2
Dic Star

 
Brazil - De Olivera
1
 
1
 
2
 
0
1
0
0
0
 
1
Dic Star

 
Brazil - Montafur
1
 
1
 
2
 
0
1
0
0
0
 
1
Thuy Van

10
Brunei
3
 
2
 
5
 
1
2
0
0
0
 
3
P & T

11
Bulgaria
5
 
6
 
11
 
0
4
1
0
0
 
5
Cao Su

12
Canada
24
 
17
 
41
 
1
9
2
2
0
 
14
VungTau Intourco

 
Canada [...]

How life imitates chess

I really like this book. It gives me a peek at how extraordinary people like Gary Kasparov thinks, his philosophies in life and basically the things he believes in.
Saw the book in a Borders bookship for about RM 49 and I recommend it highly. There are even chess advice on how to train. [...]

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