KL Grand Prix Prize Giving Ceremony

CHAMPION - IAN UDANI
*Managed to win on tie break after a lost against Besamina Paolo.


Runner up - Bersamina Paulo
*Philippine U12 champion. Very tactically sharp. He crushed many strong players during the tournament. He lost on tie break against Ian Udani.


3rd - Nayan Ahmad Fadzil
*He drew with Bersamina Paolo in the last round.


4th - Muhd Nabil Azman Hisyan
*2nd leg KL Grandprix champion took 4th spot after beating Low Jun Jian


5th - Che Doi Azman Hisham
*He performed very well by beating Steven Retallick & WCM Nur Nabila

U12 CATEGORY

CHAMPION - WFM NUR NAJIHA

Full crosstable results here.

GM Hou Yi fan visited RSC

GM Hou Yi Fan world no 3 currently came to visit Royal Selangor Club to gave out the prize during the prize giving ceremony. I managed to snapped a photo with her. Will be updating the prize giving ceremony later. Stay tuned.

(Credit to Alfred Ting)

Bersamina Paulo

Managed a draw against Philippine U-12 champion, Bersamina Paulo. He defeated a number of strong players such as Jax Tham, Ian Udani and Muhd Nabil. Here is the game i played against him.


Final position. Black perpetual check.

Ian Udani loses to Paulo!

Ian Udani taking the Black pieces lost against fellow pinoy U12 champ, Paulo Bersamina. Paolo takes over as the leader of the tournament going into to final round with 4.5/5.

Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	No.
1	7		Bersamina Paolo	3½	1 - 0	4	Udani Ian	1
2	8		Low Jun Jian	3	½ - ½	3	Ajeet Singh Roshan	10
3	4		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	2½	1 - 0	3	Che Doi Azman Hisham	16
4	15		Bersamina Norlito	2½	½ - ½	2½	Azman Hisham Muhd Nabil	5
5	11		Low Jun Keat	2	0 - 1	2	Retallick Steven	3
6	6		Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	2	0 - 1	2	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	12
7	9		Yat Guo Jie	2	0 - 1	2	Ting Shih Chieh Alfred	22
8	20		Norazman Nor Izzudin Afandi	2	0 - 1	1½	Tham Tick Hong Jax	2
9	17		Dutton Lucas Matthew	1	0 - 1	1½	Ismail Norazman	13
10	21		Rashid Iskandar	1	1 - 0	1	Norazman Nor Amirruddin Hafiz	19
11	14		Arul Sothy Abishek	0	0 - 1	0	Johari Nikk	18

Here is the final round pairings:-

Bo.	No.	Name	Pts.	-	Pts.		Name	No.
1	7	Bersamina Paolo	4½		3½		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	4
2	1	Udani Ian	4		3½		Ajeet Singh Roshan	10
3	5	Azman Hisham Muhd Nabil	3		3½		Low Jun Jian	8
4	3	Retallick Steven	3		3		Bersamina Norlito	15
5	12	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	3		3		Che Doi Azman Hisham	16
6	13	Ismail Norazman	2½		3		Ting Shih Chieh Alfred	22
7	2	Tham Tick Hong Jax	2½		2		Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	6
8	9	Yat Guo Jie	2		2		Rashid Iskandar	21
9	11	Low Jun Keat	2		2		Norazman Nor Izzudin Afandi	20
10	18	Johari Nikk	1		1		Norazman Nor Amirruddin Hafiz	19
11	14	Arul Sothy Abishek	0		1		Dutton Lucas Matthew	17

Ian continues his rampage

Ian Udani goes 4/4 after beating one of Perak’s strongest player, Ahmad Fadzil Nayan. Following closely with just half a point behind is Pinoy U12 champ, Paulo Bersamino after he defeated WCM Nur Nabila using the Black pieces.

Round 4 results:-

Bo.	No.	Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	No.
1	1	Udani Ian	3	1 - 0	2½		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	4
2	5	Azman Hisham Muhd Nabil	2½	0 - 1	2½		Bersamina Paolo	7
3	10	Ajeet Singh Roshan	2	1 - 0	2		Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	6
4	12	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	2	0 - 1	2		Low Jun Jian	8
5	16	Che Doi Azman Hisham	2	1 - 0	2		Yat Guo Jie	9
6	13	Ismail Norazman	1½	0 - 1	1½		Bersamina Norlito	15
7	3	Retallick Steven	1	1 - 0	1½		Tham Tick Hong Jax	2
8	19	Norazman Nor Amirruddin Hafiz	1	0 - 1	1		Low Jun Keat	11
9	17	Dutton Lucas Matthew	1	0 - 1	1		Norazman Nor Izzudin Afandi	20
10	22	Ting Shih Chieh Alfred	1	1 - 0	0		Johari Nikk	18
11	21	Rashid Iskandar	0	1 - 0	0		Arul Sothy Abishek	14

Ranking after 4 rounds:-

Rk.	Name	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	Pts.	TB1
1	Udani Ian	12s1	9w1	3s1	6w1	4,0	10,0
2	Bersamina Paolo	22s1	16w1	10s½	7s1	3,5	9,0
3	Low Jun Jian	18w1	11s1	1w0	12s1	3,0	8,0
4	Ajeet Singh Roshan	20w1	6w0	14s1	9w1	3,0	7,0
5	Che Doi Azman Hisham	7w0	20s1	11w1	10w1	3,0	6,0
6	Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	8w1	4s1	7w½	1s0	2,5	8,0
7	Azman Hisham Muhd Nabil	5s1	13w1	6s½	2w0	2,5	8,0
8	Bersamina Norlito	6s0	22w1	16s½	17s1	2,5	5,0
9	Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	19w1	1s0	18w1	4s0	2,0	6,0
10	Yat Guo Jie	14s½	15w1	2w½	5s0	2,0	6,0
11	Retallick Steven	21s1	3w0	5s0	16w1	2,0	5,0
12	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	1w0	19s1	13w+	3w0	2,0	5,0
13	Ting Shih Chieh Alfred	15w1	7s0	12s-	22w1	2,0	5,0
14	Norazman Nor Izzudin Afandi	10w½	17s½	4w0	19s1	2,0	4,5
15	Low Jun Keat	13s0	10s0	20w1	18s1	2,0	3,0
16	Tham Tick Hong Jax	17w1	2s0	8w½	11s0	1,5	5,0
17	Ismail Norazman	16s0	14w½	21s1	8w0	1,5	3,5
18	Norazman Nor Amirruddin Hafiz	3s0	21w1	9s0	15w0	1,0	3,0
19	Dutton Lucas Matthew	9s0	12w0	22s1	14w0	1,0	2,0
20	Rashid Iskandar	4s0	5w0	15s0	21w1	1,0	1,0
21	Arul Sothy Abishek	11w0	18s0	17w0	20s0	0,0	0,0
22	Johari Nikk	2w0	8s0	19w0	13s0	0,0	0,0

Round 5 pairings:-

Bo.	No.	Name	Pts.	-	Pts.	Name	No.
1	7	Bersamina Paolo	3½		4	Udani Ian	1
2	8	Low Jun Jian	3		3	Ajeet Singh Roshan	10
3	4	Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	2½		3	Che Doi Azman Hisham	16
4	15	Bersamina Norlito	2½		2½	Azman Hisham Muhd Nabil	5
5	11	Low Jun Keat	2		2	Retallick Steven	3
6	6	Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	2		2	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	12
7	9	Yat Guo Jie	2		2	Ting Shih Chieh Alfred	22
8	20	Norazman Nor Izzudin Afandi	2		1½	Tham Tick Hong Jax	2
9	17	Dutton Lucas Matthew	1		1½	Ismail Norazman	13
10	21	Rashid Iskandar	1		1	Norazman Nor Amirruddin Hafiz	19
11	14	Arul Sothy Abishek	0		0	Johari Nikk	18