Lim Zhou Ren Wins The CNY Rapids 2010

Today, 27th February 2010, the top seed, Lim Zhou Ren, is declared as champion at the chess rapids at the Excel Chess academy. Lim beat 10 others to win the tournament. Lim Zhou Ren won the gruelling 10 round Swiss, two-day Chinese New Year Rapids 2010 held at Excel Chess Academy on the 26-27th February 2010.

Lim Zhou Ren, CNY Rapids 2010 Champion!

Sumant Subramaniam, finished as 1st Runners-Up

Yeoh Li Tian, Second Runners-Up.

Lim gained 8.5 points from the 10 rounds played. Sumant finished as runners-up with 7.5 points, Yeoh Li Tian in  third place with the same 7.5 points, Jax Tham, the Excel Chess Academy owner, is fourth with 7.0 points and Mark Siew, in fifth place, also with 7.0 points.

Yat Guo Jie finished  in sixth placing, with a distant 5.0 points.

(source: Jax Tham, ECA)

Lim Leads After Round 3, CNY Rapids 2010

Lim Zhou Ren leads with 3.0 points from three rounds of CNY Rapids 2010. This is followed closely by five players with 2.0 points. Yat Guo Jie, Sumant, Mark Siew, Jax Tham and Yeoh Li Tian are the group of five.

Here are the round 4 pairings and round 3 rankings of the Chinese New Year Chess Rapids 2010 held at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur on the first day of the tournament, 26th February 2010.

Pairing of round 4 of CNY123

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 4

1 LIM ZHUO REN ( 3 ) - SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM ( 2 ) 2- 1

2 MARK SIEW ( 2 ) - YAT GUO JIE ( 2 ) 6- 5

3 JAX THAM ( 2 ) - YEOH LI TIAN ( 2 ) 4- 3

4 TAN JUN FENG ( 1.5) - ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 1 ) 8- 10

5 ALFRED TING ( 1 ) - CHIA SOON KEAT ( 1 ) 7- 11

Bye : 9 LIM CHONG ,

Ranking after round 3 of CNY123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 2 LIM ZHUO REN 3.0 4.5 4.50 6.0 1885 2390 +0.81

2. 5 YAT GUO JIE 2.0 5.5 2.50 4.0 1697 1758 +0.23

3 YEOH LI TIAN 2.0 5.0 2.00 5.0 1807 2043 +0.95

1 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM 2.0 4.5 2.50 4.0 1994 2027 +0.11

4 JAX THAM 2.0 4.5 2.50 5.0 1785 1842 +0.23

6 MARK SIEW 2.0 3.0 1.00 3.0 1686 1685 -0.01

7. 8 TAN JUN FENG 1.5 3.0 0.75 2.5 1635 1634 +0.00

8. 7 ALFRED TING 1.0 5.0 0.25 1.0 1635 1083 -0.66

10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 1.0 4.5 0.25 2.0 1228 1015 -0.10

11 CHIA SOON KEAT 1.0 4.5 0.25 3.0 2235 1224 -1.76

11. 9 LIM CHONG 0.5 5.5 0.75 0.5 1459 1429 -0.10

(source: Jax Tham, ECA)

Yeoh, Lim and Jax Are Leading In The CNY Rapids 2010

Three players are head-to-head with 2.0 points. They are Yeoh Li Tian, Lim Zhou Ren and Jax Tham after the completion of round 2 in the morning session of the CNY Rapids 2010 at Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur.

All the top five seedings have won their first round games. Sumant, Lim Zhou Ren, Yeoh Li Tian, Jax Tham and Yat Guo Jie are among those that have won their first round games at the Chinese New Year Rapids 2010.

Here are the rankings after round 1&2 and round 2&3 pairings of the Chinese New Year (CNY) Rapids 2010 held at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur on the 26th February 2010.

Ranking after round 1 of CNY123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 11 CHIA SOON KEAT 1.0 0.5 0.25 1.0 2235 - +0.00

1 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1994 2363 +0.14

2 LIM ZHUO REN 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1885 2312 +0.19

3 YEOH LI TIAN 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1807 2312 +0.27

4 JAX THAM 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1785 2136 +0.13

5 YAT GUO JIE 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 1697 1905 +0.05

7. 6 MARK SIEW 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1686 1317 -0.14

7 ALFRED TING 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1635 1208 -0.19

8 TAN JUN FENG 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1635 1130 -0.27

9 LIM CHONG 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1459 1108 -0.13

10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 1228 1020 -0.05

Pairing of round 2 of CNY123

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 2

1 CHIA SOON KEAT ( 1 ) - YEOH LI TIAN ( 1 ) 11- 3 .

2 JAX THAM ( 1 ) - SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM ( 1 ) 4- 1 .

3 LIM ZHUO REN ( 1 ) - YAT GUO JIE ( 1 ) 2- 5 .

4 MARK SIEW ( 0 ) - LIM CHONG ( 0 ) 6- 9 .

5 TAN JUN FENG ( 0 ) - ALFRED TING ( 0 ) 8- 7 .

Bye : 10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM ,

 

Ranking after round 2 of CNY123

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 3 YEOH LI TIAN 2.0 1.5 1.50 3.0 1807 2612 +1.34

2 LIM ZHUO REN 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 1885 2343 +0.44

4 JAX THAM 2.0 1.0 1.00 3.0 1785 2404 +0.84

4. 1 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM 1.0 3.0 1.00 2.0 1994 1736 -0.64

5 YAT GUO JIE 1.0 2.5 0.50 2.0 1697 1557 -0.38

11 CHIA SOON KEAT 1.0 2.5 0.25 2.0 2235 1130 -0.93

8 TAN JUN FENG 1.0 2.0 0.00 1.0 1635 1721 +0.24

10 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM 1.0 1.5 0.25 1.0 1228 1020 -0.05

6 MARK SIEW 1.0 1.0 0.00 1.0 1686 1727 +0.12

10. 7 ALFRED TING 0.0 3.0 0.00 0.0 1635 1083 -0.66

9 LIM CHONG 0.0 3.0 0.00 0.0 1459 1059 -0.34

Pairing of round 3 of CNY123

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 3

1 YEOH LI TIAN ( 2 ) - LIM ZHUO REN ( 2 ) 3- 2 .

2 YAT GUO JIE ( 1 ) - JAX THAM ( 2 ) 5- 4 .

3 SUMANT SUBRAMANIAM ( 1 ) - CHIA SOON KEAT ( 1 ) 1- 11 .

4 ISKANDAR DANIAL ADAM( 1 ) - MARK SIEW ( 1 ) 10- 6 .

5 LIM CHONG ( 0 ) - TAN JUN FENG ( 1 ) 9- 8 .

Bye : 7 ALFRED TING ,