ASEAN+ Blitz Tournament
There was a blitz tournament held between the arbiters, assistant arbiters, and officials involved in the ASEAN+ tournaments.
WGM Zhang Jilin abstained from playing even though she could play as she was an arbiter of the event. However she said it was “unfair” as she is a professional chess player.
And I guess she would murder all of us. I took part just for the fun of it after a long, tiring day of entering the games.
Alberto of Spain emerged champion finishing a perfect 7 out of 7. He beat Shamsuddin Mat Isa, Thong Yung Chen, Andrew Ooi, Urcan Olimpiu,
Mohd Suhairi Hussin, Che Khairul, Azman Hisham Che Doi.
Second was Urcan Olimpiu of Romania. He won all his games too except for one loss to Alberto.
I finished third being lucky in winning most of my games on time while having the worse position. I guess there are advantages of playing 1 minute chess online 
Fourth was Shamsuddin Mat Isa a little unlucky to lose out to me on tie-break because clearly he is the stronger player.
Fifth was Thong Yung Chen from Penang.
Standings
Place Name Club Score Buch. M-Buch. Progr.
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1 Alberto Muniz Pardino, SPAIN 7 32.5 23.0 28.0
2 Urcan Olimpiu, ROMANIA 6 29.5 19.5 25.0
3-4 GilaChess , KL 5 30.0 20.0 20.0
Shamsudin Mat Isa, MSSM 5 27.5 18.5 17.0
5-7 Thong Yung Chen, PENANG 4.5 31.0 22.0 20.0
Azman Hisham Che Doi, SELANGOR 4.5 30.0 21.0 19.0
Khor Bean Hwa, PENANG 4.5 23.0 16.5 16.5
8-11 Che Khairul, PERAK 4 29.5 20.5 19.0
Mohd Rizal, PUTRAJAYA 4 27.5 19.5 19.0
Mohd Rezal, KL 4 26.5 18.5 14.0
Joseph Toh, KL 4 26.0 18.0 16.0
12-16 Nik Mazlan Bik Soh, KELANTAN 3.5 29.5 20.5 16.5
Mohd Zaki Mohamad, PERAK 3.5 26.5 18.5 14.5
Md Anis Rahimi Mohd Nor KELANTAN 3.5 23.0 16.5 12.5
Mohamad Hazman Jazimin, NS 3.5 22.5 16.0 13.5
Mohd Suhairi Hussin, KL 3.5 22.5 15.5 15.5
17-21 Azhar Mohd Said, SELANGOR 3 25.5 18.5 14.0
Steven Hoh, PENANG 3 25.0 17.0 12.0
Mohd Zi Izani Mohamed, MSSM 3 23.0 17.0 12.0
Abd Ur Rahman, THAILAND 3 23.0 16.0 11.0
Law Boon Heng, PENANG 3 17.0 12.5 10.0
22-27 Mohd Ara Mohd Yusuf, NS 2 20.0 15.5 9.0
Yusrinizam M Yusoff, KL 2 20.0 15.0 6.0
Azwan, KL 2 19.5 15.0 6.0
Saifudin, THAI SELATAN 2 19.5 13.5 8.0
Khairul Helmi, KL 2 18.0 14.0 7.0
Mohd Saufi, KELANTAN 2 17.0 12.5 4.0
28 Noor Akbar Mat Ali, KL 0 16.5 11.0 0.0
Cross Table
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No Name Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Mohd Suhairi Hussin, KL 3.5 14:D 2:W 8:W 26:L 4:L 18:L 15:W
2. Noor Akbar Mat Ali, KL 0 15:L 1:L 17:L 7:L 5:L 6:L 8:L
3. Md Anis Rahimi Mohd Nor KELANTAN 3.5 16:L 14:W 18:D 10:L 6:W 12:L 27:W
4. Nik Mazlan Bik Soh, KELANTAN 3.5 17:W 21:W 23:L 19:L 1:W 13:L 20:D
5. Mohd Saufi, KELANTAN 2 18:L 12:L 14:L 6:L 2:W 7:L 28:W
6. Yusrinizam M Yusoff, KL 2 19:L 13:L 28:L 5:W 3:L 2:W 16:L
7. Azwan, KL 2 20:L 24:L 27:L 2:W 14:L 5:W 25:L
8. Khairul Helmi, KL 2 21:L 17:W 1:L 20:L 28:L 15:L 2:W
9. Joseph Toh, KL 4 22:L 27:W 16:W 21:L 25:W 10:W 11:L
10. Mohd Rezal, KL 4 23:L 28:W 19:L 3:W 16:W 9:L 14:W
11. GilaChess, KL 5 24:W 20:W 26:L 25:W 21:L 22:W 9:W
12. Mohd Zi Izani Mohamed, MSSM 3 25:L 5:W 21:L 17:W 20:L 3:W 22:L
13. Shamsudin Mat Isa, MSSM 5 26:L 6:W 20:W 24:L 27:W 4:W 21:W
14. Mohamad Hazman Jazimin NS 3.5 1:D 3:L 5:W 18:L 7:W 16:W 10:L
15. Mohd Ara Mohd Yusuf, NS 2 2:W 22:L 24:L 27:L 17:L 8:W 1:L
16. Steven Hoh, PENANG 3 3:W 23:L 9:L 28:W 10:L 14:L 6:W
17. Law Boon Heng, PENANG 3 4:L 8:L 2:W 12:L 15:W 28:W 18:L
18. Khor Bean Hwa, PENANG 4.5 5:W 25:L 3:D 14:W 24:L 1:W 17:W
19. Thong Yung Chen, PENANG 4.5 6:W 26:L 10:W 4:W 22:W 24:D 23:L
20. Mohd Zaki Mohamad, PERAK 3.5 7:W 11:L 13:L 8:W 12:W 23:L 4:D
21. Che Khairul, PERAK 4 8:W 4:L 12:W 9:W 11:W 26:L 13:L
22. Mohd Rizal, PUTRAJAYA 4 9:W 15:W 25:W 23:L 19:L 11:L 12:W
23. Urcan Olimpiu, ROMANIA 6 10:W 16:W 4:W 22:W 26:L 20:W 19:W
24. Azman Hisham Che Doi, SELANGOR 4.5 11:L 7:W 15:W 13:W 18:W 19:D 26:L
25. Azhar Mohd Said, SELANGOR 3 12:W 18:W 22:L 11:L 9:L 27:L 7:W
26. Alberto Muniz Pardino, SPAIN 7 13:W 19:W 11:W 1:W 23:W 21:W 24:W
27. Abd Ur Rahman, KL 3 : 9:L 7:W 15:W 13:L 25:W 3:L
28. Saifudin, KL 2 : 10:L 6:W 16:L 8:W 17:L 5:L
Urcan Olympiu - finished second and quite a strong blitz player.
Is that Suhairi on a handphone in the background?
Notebook - ok. Printer - ok. That’s it, we’re set!!
Pairings being generated while the other players impatiently waits for i
Two leaders clash. Alberto vs Olympiu
Mohd. Rizal (left) one of my unlucky opponents that was beating me in position but lost on time.
Azman Hisham Che Doi and Thong Yung Chen from Penang -both top 6 finishers.
Incidentally, Azman lost on time to me too
former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes did not come in time to register for the blitz but he is an avid blitz player. He sits at the side having his own blitz.
His opponent is no pushover either. It’s WGM Zhang Zi Ling.
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