WYCC 2010 - The Schedule

Below is the schedule for the WYCC or World Youth Chess Championship held in Greece.

The time difference is plus 5 hours. 4.00pm or 16:00 hours in Greece is 9.00pm or 21:00 hours in Malaysia. Malaysia is GMT +8 while Greece is GMT +2. The daytime savings is +1.

INDIA! The Powerful Chess Force

India won 4 gold medals in the recently concluded 2008 World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam. It shows how India has become a dominant force in chess. Furthermore, Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand had just defended his World Chess Title few days ago.

WYCC2008 - The Champions

Open 18 - IM Ivan Saric (Croatia) 8/11
Girls 18 - WGM Valentina Golubenko (Croatia) 9/11

Open 16 - IM Adhiban (India) 9/11
Girls 16 - WFM Nazi Paikidze (Georgia) 9/11

Open 14 - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India) 9/11
Girl 14 - WIM Padmini Rout (India) 10/11

Open 12 - Sayantan Das (India) 9.5/11
Girl 12 - Zhai Mo (China) 8.5/11

Open 10 - Jan-Krysztof (Poland) 9.5/11
Girls 10 - Aleksandra Goryackina (Russia) 9/11

Open 8 - Tran Minh Thang (Vietnam) 10/11
Girl 8 - Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan) 10/11

2008 WYCC - 6th Round Final Results & 7th Round Pairings

In Open 10 category - Li Tian won, Aron drew.  Li Tian so far scored 4 and 1/2 points while Aron has 2 and 1/2 points. Li Tian is the highest scorer among the Malaysian players.

In Girls 10 category, Najiha won againts a Slovakian player whereas Camilia had a nother draw againts a Russian player.  Good so far, no lost. The former has 3 and 1/2 points while the latter has 2 and 1/2 points.

In Girls 8 category, playing black Puteri Rifqah lost to Zhou Qiyu on Board 7. Syill she has 3 points. 

In Open 12 category, the lone Malaysia player Elgin drew to score 3 points.

Both Syakir, Open 14 category, and Justin Ong, Open 16 category, should be proud enough to draw with their higher rated opponents. Both also scores 2 and 1/2 points each.

Alia, playing in Girls 14 category also drew to score 3 points.

Tomorrow is a rest day. All Malaysian players should relax their tired minds to face their other opponents in Round 7. Based on the pairing above, Justin Ong has the toughest opponent. While the rest has better chances to score another point. ALL THE BEST! Enjoy your games in Vung Tau and make our country proud.  

2008 WYCC - 5th Round Final Results & 6th Round Pairings

Only two Malaysian players lost in the fifth round today - Aron and Syakir. Syakir lost to much higher rated player, 2200. Aron lost to a Pinoy.

Both Camilia and Nabila played againts Russian players today. The former drew while the latter won. Up to the fifth round, both Li Tian and Nabila scored 3 and 1/2 points. Azhar's daughter, Puteri Rifqah got 3 points so far. 

In the sixth round tomorrow, both Syakir and Justin Ong will play againts much higher rated opponents.  Meanwhile, Nabila will play againts a WFM from Colombia on Board 5. The other players have better chances to win. Anyway, GOOD LUCK again to all of them. Be confident and believe in yourself!!

... 2.10 am ...

2008 WYCC - 4th Round Final Results & 5th Round Pairings

It is about 1 o'clock. My eyes are really heavy he he ... The 4th round results and 5th round pairings just came up. Good news for the boys camp. No lost at all. Only Elgin drewn with a Kazakhtan player.  It is a sweet victory for Syakir for defeating much higher-rated opponent (2074 compared to his 1844 FIDE rating).

It is quite sad for the girls camp. Puteri could not continue her winning momentum when lost to a local player. Only Nabila won. The rest lost their games.

For the fifth round, Elgin, Syakir and Justin Ong will play higher-rated opponents. Both Li Tian and Eu Wen winning chances is higher.  For the girls, only Nabila will be meeting much tougher Russian opponent, Tereshechkina Maya, the number 4 ranking. 

GOOD LUCK! to all Malaysian players. Make our country proud and known to the international stage. As for me, I need to go to bed now. Asta Manyana!! 

... 1:25 am ...

2008 WYCC - 3rd Round Final Results & 4th Round Pairings

The final 3rd round results of the Malaysian players.

The 4th round pairings of the Malaysian players.

Two of our players - Camilia and Alia, will be playing againts Fide Master. This is a very good exposure. It will be sweeter if they can beat them. MALAYSIA BOLEH!! Puteri and Alia are leading the way for our contigent to get the medals.

2008 WYCC - 3rd Round Results

Li Tian drew with Nguyen Ngoc Minh Tri from Vietnam on Board 14 while Eu Wen lost to his Vietnamese opponent. In Open 12 category, our player Elgin Lee Kah Meng playing black won againts an England player. 

Puteri drew her game againts another Vietnamese player on Board 2. Thus, she has collected 2 and 1/2 points so far. Both Najiha and Camilia add another 1/2 point each when they met each other in the third round.

Results for other players are not published yet as per now 3:30pm.

Justin lost to a Mexican player, Rojas Alarcon Julian Antonio. He will play againts a Republic South Africa player, Naidu Sayen, in Round 4 at 5:00pm today.  (Updated at 4:15pm)

It is good news. Alia won her third round againts an Australian player named Sally Yu. In Round 4 this afternoon, she will play againts an Iranian WFM Ghazal Hakimifard on Board 11 playing black.  Hopefully she can beat her. Go Alia! Go. (Updated at 4:26pm)

Syakir lost his third round game to Gaehwiler Gabriel. In the fourth round, he will be playing white againts a Norwegian player, Hansen Pal Andreas. Let's pray for his win. (Updated at 4:34pm)

2008 WYCC - 2nd Round Results

For the boys, the results today are the opposites of yesterday. All who lost yesterday won today. Li Tian, playing white, won againts an Indian player. Both Syakir and Justin defeated Kenyan players. Eu Wen could not upset the first seeded Iranian player whereas Elgin lost to a Vietnamese player.

For the girls, Puteri is the only one who has perfect score so far. Today playing on Board 2, she beats Sakalli Esin from Turkey. Except for Alia who drew with a Vietnamese player, the other girl players lost their games. Najiha lost to an Indian player, Najiha was defeated by a Serbian player while Camilia could not outplay the fifth seeded Bulgarian player, Vasova Mariya.

Let's pray for all the players to win the third round tomorrow.

Except for Syakir and Justin who will play againts much stronger opponents, the others will have about equally strong opponents. It is just unfortunate for both Camilia and Najiha who have to play againts each other.

GOOD LUCK!! MAKE MALAYSIA PROUD!!

1st Round Result of Malaysian Players at 2008 WYCC

The girl players started off good when four of them won their first rounds. Puteri, Camilia, Nabila and Najiha won their first round game. Alia drew her first round game. Amazingly, Najiha beats a Woman Fide Master from Peru. Hopefully, tomorrow she can beat Sunyasakta Satpathy, seeded eight, from India. For the Malaysian boy players, only Elgin managed to draw. Syakir and Justin lost their first round games. As for Li Tian and Eu Wen, their game results are still not published. Congratulation to winners, and Come on! Focus on next games! to those who have lost.

Just checked the results for Open 10 category. Yeoh Li Tian was defeated by his opponent. Whereas Eu Wen won. Tomorrow, he will play againts the first seeded player from Iran, Mousevi Seyed Khalil. Meanwhile Li Tian will play againts Harshal Shahi from India. GOOD LUCK for all Malaysian players for tomorrow's second round.

 

Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar vs Janet Peng [CAN] (1-0)

Camilia Bt Johari vs Shah Sita [KEN] (1-0)

Nur Najiha Hisham vs WFM Rosales Pierina [PER] (1-0)

Nur Nabila Azman Hisham vs Terbe Zsuzsanna [HUN] (1-0)

Alia Anin Azwa vs Pes Eleonora [ITA] (1/2-1/2)

Lorpari Zangeneh Shahin [IRI] vs Yeoh Li Tian (1-0)

Aron Teh Eu Wen vs Sinyanskiy Maxim [RUS] (1-0)

Bryan Tan Kwang Shing [SIN] vs Elgin Lee Kah Meng (1/2-1/2)

Meskovs Nikita [LAT] vs Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer Azhar (1-0)

FM Jorczik Julian [GER] vs Justin Ong Way (1-0)