Muhd Izz Saifudin Crowned Champion Of First Saturday Classical Chess 2009

Muhd Izz Saifuddin draws his last game and wins the First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009 over 23 other challengers for this six round Swiss system Classical Chess held over 5-6 December 2009 at the Excel Chess Academy, Kuala Lumpur. In second place is Abdullah Che Hassan, followed by Yeap Eng Chiam and Low Jun Jian, all with 4.5 points.

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Picture 1. Muhd Izz Saifuddin, The First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009 Champion! Receiving the winner’s cash prize from Jax Tham. (courtesy of Gilachess.com)

Abdullah simply could not win the last game when it mattered and the young talented Muhd Izz Saifuddin seized the oppportunity as black and crowned as Champion of the First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009.

Even Muhd Nabil, Jax Tham and the Azman Hisham’s siblings, Nur Nabila and Nur Najiha are all left wondering what happened to their own fortunes, simply out-gunned and out-maneuvred by Muhd Izz Saifuddin.

Fantastic, close and exciting finish to the six round Classical Chess organised by Excel Chess Academy. Next stop for the juniors are the National Juniors Championship from 16-20th December 2009 at Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur. If this Classical Chess tournament is a mirror of what is to come, I am sure chess fans and enthusiasts have plenty of action and slug-fest waiting for them, then!

Congratulations to all winners, participating players for the wonderful competition to this Classical Chess series and, of course, to the organiser, arbiter and player of the event, Jax Tham, owner of Excel Chess Academy! Well done!

Ranking after round 6 of FSCC12
No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
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  1.    5  MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN           5.0  22.5  18.00  19.0  1777 2024 +1.76
  2.    1  ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN         4.5  24.0  17.25  17.5  1915 1946 +0.24
        2  YEAP ENG CHIAM              4.5  21.5  14.75  18.0  1906 1951 +0.30
       11  LOW JUN JIAN                4.5  17.5  11.50  15.0  1639 1807 +1.32
  5.    4  MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER        4.0  23.5  14.25  16.5  1835 1846 +0.04
        7  MUHD NABIL AZMAN            4.0  21.5  12.50  14.5  1745 1813 +0.52
       10  WONG JIANWEN                4.0  20.0  12.25  13.5  1651 1795 +1.18
        8  MARK SIEW                   4.0  17.0   9.50  13.0  1712 1735 +0.16
  9.    6  JAX THAM                    3.5  19.0   9.00  11.0  1767 1637 -0.94
       23  NUR NAJIHA AZMAN            3.5  17.0   8.50  11.0  1571 1616 +0.38
11.    3  LIM ZHOU REN                3.0  21.5   8.50  13.0  1882 1654 -1.74
       12  ALBERT ANG                  3.0  19.5   6.50  12.0  1624 1555 -0.60
       18  LIM JING HONG               3.0  18.5   5.50  10.0  1458 1496 +0.30
        9  NUR NABILA AZMAN            3.0  17.5   6.25  10.5  1697 1550 -1.20
       16  ANDREW OOI                  3.0  13.5   5.75   7.5  1507 1496 -0.12
16.   14  JOSHUA FOONG                2.5  17.5   3.50   8.0  1543 1549 +0.04
       17  GABRIEL SOONG               2.5  16.5   4.00   7.0  1464 1453 -0.14
18.   19  ANDREW SOONG                2.0  17.0   3.50   8.0  1404 1405 +0.02
       21  YAT GUO JIE                 2.0  17.0   4.00   8.0  1368 1440 +0.50
       15  LOW JUN KEAT                2.0  15.0   2.00   5.0  1531 1366 -1.36
21.   22  HEW ZHEN JING               1.5  16.0   3.00   7.0  1324 1399 +0.48
22.   24  ALEXANDER HOON              1.0  14.5   1.00   4.0  1221 1223 -0.02
23.   13  ZZZ                         0.0  18.0   9.00   0.0  1571  -   +0.00
       26  YYY                         0.0  18.0   9.00   0.0  0000  -   0   
       25  YAP WING HENG               0.0  13.0   1.00   0.0  1158  853 -0.40
       20  SOOI CHING WEI              0.0  11.5   1.00   0.0  1394  792 -1.60


Ranking and Games after round 6 of FSCC12
No.  PNo.  Name                          R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6       Score
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  1.    5  MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN            18w1  12b1   6w1   2b«   4w1   1b«    0   5.0
  2.    1  ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN          14w1   7b1   4w«   8b1   2w«   5w«    2   4.5
        2  YEAP ENG CHIAM               15b1   9w1   3b1   5w«   1b«   7w«    0   4.5
       11  LOW JUN JIAN                 24w1   4b0  18w1  14b1   7b«   3w1    0   4.5
  5.    4  MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER         17b1  11w1   1b«   3w1   5b0  10b«   -2   4.0
        7  MUHD NABIL AZMAN             20w1   1w0  10b1  12b1  11w«   2b«    0   4.0
       10  WONG JIANWEN                 23b«  19w1   7w0   6b1   9b1   4w«    0   4.0
        8  MARK SIEW                    21b1   3w0  17b1   1w0  19b1  12w1    0   4.0
  9.    6  JAX THAM                     19b«  23w1   5b0  10w0  14b1  15w1    0   3.5
       23  NUR NAJIHA AZMAN             10w«   6b0  15w1  22b1  12w0  18b1    0   3.5
11.    3  LIM ZHOU REN                 16w1   8b1   2w0   4b0  22w1  11b0    0   3.0
       12  ALBERT ANG                   25b1   5w0  21b1   7w0  23b1   8b0   -2   3.0
       18  LIM JING HONG                 5b0  25w1  11b0  17w1  21b1  23w0    0   3.0
        9  NUR NABILA AZMAN             22w1   2b0  14w«  16b«  10w0  21b1    0   3.0
       16  ANDREW OOI                    3b0  21w0  25b1   9w«  17b«  19w1    0   3.0
16.   14  JOSHUA FOONG                  1b0  20w1   9b«  11w0   6w0  24b1    0   2.5
       17  GABRIEL SOONG                 4w0  24b1   8w0  18b0  16w«  22b1    0   2.5
18.   19  ANDREW SOONG                  6w«  10b0  22w«  24b1   8w0  16b0    0   2.0
       21  YAT GUO JIE                   8w0  16b1  12w0  20b1  18w0   9w0    2   2.0
       15  LOW JUN KEAT                  2w0  22b0  23b0  25w1  24w1   6b0    0   2.0
21.   22  HEW ZHEN JING                 9b0  15w1  19b«  23w0   3b0  17w0    0   1.5
22.   24  ALEXANDER HOON               11b0  17w0  20b1  19w0  15b0  14w0    0   1.0
23.   13  ZZZ                            r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    0   0.0
       26  YYY                            r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    0   0.0
       25  YAP WING HENG                12w0  18b0  16w0  15b0    r0    r0    0   0.0
       20  SOOI CHING WEI                7b0  14b0  24w0  21w0    r0    r0    0   0.0

(source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

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