Reports
Singapore Masters - Round 7 results
GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili lead from Round 1-7 but has finally suffered his first defeat by GM Chanda Sandipan in Round 7. Sandipan takes the lead with 6/7.
FM Lim Wee Weng drew with Timothy Chan Wei Xuan while IM Mas Hafizulhelmi drew with IM Jason Gonzales.Yee Weng is now 2.5/7 while Mas is 3.5/7/.
Round 7
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Result
Pts.
Name
No.
1
3
GM
Sandipan [...]
Singapore Challengers Round 6 results
Izz suffered a second defeat to China’s Wang Qingwen while Justin Ong beat Singaporean Andrew Khor.
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Result
Pts.
Name
No.
1
43
Kaisar Jenius Hakiki
5
1 - 0
4½
Neubronner Shannon Scott
13
2
19
FM
Wong Shern Yang Jonathan
4
0 - 1
4
Setiawan Iwan
3
3
8
Tan Weiliang
4
1 - 0
4
Lo Yin Ling Melissa
21
4
10
Khor Yu Keat Andrew
4
0 - 1
4
Ong Way Justin
64
5
18
WFM
Chan Wei Yi Victoria
4
0 - 1
4
Eng [...]
Singapore Masters Round 6 results
After 6 rounds, Julio Catalino Saddora finally ended super GM Azmaiparashvili has finally winning streak by drawing on first board. Azmaiparashvili is still the clear leader with 5.5/6.
Malaysia’s IM Mas Hafizulhelmi managed to draw against Chinese Wang Li while FM Lim Yee Weng lost to WIM Irene Sukandar Kharisme.
Round 6
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Result
Pts.
Name
No.
1
15
IM
Sadorra Julio Catalino
4½
½ - [...]
Singapore Challegers - Round 6 pairings
Round 6
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Result
Pts.
Name
No.
1
43
Kaisar Jenius Hakiki
5
4½
Neubronner Shannon Scott
13
2
19
FM
Wong Shern Yang Jonathan
4
4
Setiawan Iwan
3
3
8
Tan Weiliang
4
4
Lo Yin Ling Melissa
21
4
10
Khor Yu Keat Andrew
4
4
Ong Way Justin
64
5
18
WFM
Chan Wei Yi Victoria
4
4
Eng Andre Jerome
11
6
14
Muhammad Izz Saifuddin
4
4
Wang Qingwen
84
7
2
FM
Rian Kapriaga
3½
3½
Aplin Christer Jon
7
8
5
WFM
Liu Yang
3½
3½
Chua Xavier
20
9
36
Clyde Maligad Seruelo
3½
3½
WCM
Sia Xin Yun Suzanna [...]
Singapore Challegers-Round 5 results
Someone reminded me that there are Malaysians taking part in the Challengers section in Singapore too. Sorry. Forgot about that. Looking at the results, our own Mohd Izz Saifuddin is doing pretty well at 4/4. However he lost in his 5th round to Indonesian Kaisar Jenius Hakiki in the 5th round. Nevertheless he is still [...]
Singapore Masters - Round 6 pairings
Round 6
Bo.
No.
Name
Pts.
Result
Pts.
Name
No.
1
15
IM
Sadorra Julio Catalino
4½
5
GM
Azmaiparashvili Zurab
2
2
4
GM
Megaranto Susanto
4
4
GM
Zhang Zhong
1
3
11
IM
Girinath P D S
3½
4
GM
Sandipan Chanda
3
4
18
Wan Yunguo
3½
3½
GM
Dao Thien Hai
6
5
17
IM
Laxman R R
3½
3
GM
Nguyen Anh Dung
5
6
7
GM
Paragua Mark
3
3
IM
Paciencia Enrique
13
7
8
IM
Dimakiling Oliver
3
3
WGM
Li Ruofan
14
8
10
GM
Wu Shaobin
3
3
WGM
Corke Anya
31
9
26
WGM
Gu Xiaobing
3
3
Lin Chen
20
10
12
IM
Nadanian Ashot
2½
2½
Shen Siyuan
22
11
28
FM
Simanjuntak Sebastian
2½
2½
IM
Sitanggang Salor
16
12
19
IM
Mas Hafizulhelmi
2½
2½
Wang Li [...]
Singapore Masters - Round 5 results
Zurab Azmaiparashvili is is now the clear leader after 5 rounds with a 5/5 score. Following closely behind is Julio Catalino Saddora with 4.5 points.
On the Malaysian side, FM Lim Yee Weng lost to GM Nguyen Anh Dung while IM Mas Hafizulhelmi drew with WIM Irene Sukandar Kharisme.
Mas is doing slightly better at 2.5/5 while [...]
Singapore Masters Round 4 - IM Mas and FM Lim Yee Weng wins
Mas and Lim Yee Weng both won their games. Mas did well to beat the higher rated Nadaian Ashot (ELO 2436) while Yee Weng beat pinoy Andador Rolando. Both players now have 2/4 (50%) score in the tournament.
Round 4 Results
Bo. No. Name Pts. Result Pts. Name No.
1 2 GM Azmaiparashvili 3 1 - 0 3 IM Dimakiling Oliver 8
2 6 GM Dao Thien Hai 2½ 1 - 0 2½ [...]
Singapore Masters Round 4 pairings
Round 4 pairings is already out from chess-results.com:-
Round 4 pairings
Bo. No. Name Pts. Pts. Name No.
1 2 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab 3 3 IM Dimakiling Oliver 8
2 6 GM Dao Thien Hai 2½ 2½ Shen Siyuan 22
3 11 IM Girinath P D S 2½ 2½ Wang Li 25
4 17 IM Laxman R R 2½ 2½ IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 15
5 9 IM Jayson Gonzales 2 2 GM Zhang Zhong 1
6 10 GM Wu Shaobin 2 2 GM Sandipan Chanda 3
7 4 GM Megaranto Susanto 2 [...]
Singapore Masters Round 2
FM Lim Yee Weng beat his Singaporean opponent Teo Wei Xing (ELO 2193). He will meet tournament top seed GM Zhang Zhong(now under the Singaporean flag) in the third round.
IM Mas suffered his second defeat at the hands of the Chinese, Jia Haoxiang (ELO 2193). Mas will be meeting Teo Wei Xing the next round.
Other [...]
Singapore Masters Round 1 Update
Round 1
Bad news
FM Lim Yee Weng lost to GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab (ELO 2606). Yee Weng had the black pieces.
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi lost to FM Terry Chua Zheng Yuan (ELO 2096) .
Top 20 players taking part there are:
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2634
2 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab GEO 2606
3 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2593
4 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2569
5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2537
6 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2530
7 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2514
8 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2491
9 IM Jayson Gonzales PHI 2454
10 GM Wu Shaobin SIN 2449
11 IM Girinath P [...]
Malaysia - Singapore match update
Distressing indeed. I don’t know if this is the final results for round 1 but it looks like it could be worse than last year.
Are courses like these the main reason Singapore is trouncing Malaysia?
Our top girls lead by Alia on board 1.
Lunch break buffet style.
Anas and Kaushal on the top 2 boards.
IM Mas [...]
Simul by WGM Zhang Jilin
WGM Zhang Jilin giving a simul to 56 junior players. Participants are quite strong including Yeap Eng Cheam and Yeoh Li Tian.
Puteri Rifqah Fahada and Puteri Munajjah
ASEAN+ 5th Round Ranking
Under 9 ranking
Under 12 ranking
Under 15 ranking
ASEAN+: Opening Ceremony
One of the biggest chess crowd I’ve ever seen exception being the (whisper) tournament that was the biggest tourney in Malaysia and entered into the Malaysian Guinness Book of Record. But this tournament is infinitely organised and crowd control is good.
Although three rounds have already been played, today is the opening ceremony. It’s [...]
