Scholastic
Danang - Round 6
SNo
Name
RtgI
1
2
3
4
5
6
Pts.
Group
4
Amier Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri
0
½
0
0
1
0
0
1,5
Open 8
6
Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi B. Noor
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2,0
Open 8
9
Eng Ying Xuan
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2,0
Open 8
19
Lee Benjamin
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1,0
Open 8
33
Tan Yong Zhao
0
0
1
½
0
1
0
2,5
Open 8
20
Mohd Faizal B. Roslan
0
½
1
0
1
½
½
3,5
Open 10
21
Muhammad Aziz Farhan B. Noor A
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
3,0
Open 10
22
Muhammad Sirajuddin B. Ahmad F
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3,0
Open 10
40
William Lee Kah Howe
0
½
0
1
½
0
1
3,0
Open 10
1
Lee Kah Meng Elgin
1743
1
0
½
1
0
0
2,5
Open 12
9
Abdullah Salleh B. Muhd. Suhai
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1,0
Open 12
14
Daniel Iskandar Arif B. Noor A
0
0
1
0
½
0
1
2,5
Open 12
23
Low Jun Keat
0
0
0
1
1
½
0
2,5
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