| Open | ||||||
| 39 | Lithuania (LTU) | Rtg | 2-2 | 85 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg |
| GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2611 | 0-1 | IM | Mas Hafizulhelmi | 2422 |
| GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2544 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Mok Tze-Meng | 2416 |
| GM | Malisauskas Vidmantas | 2510 | 1-0 | Tan Khai Boon | 2160 | |
| IM | Zagorskis Darius | 2497 | 0.5-0.5 | FM | Long Peter | 2302 |
| Women | ||||||
| 32 | Austria (AUT) | Rtg | 3-1 | 72 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg |
| IM | Moser Eva | 2436 | 1-0 | Bakri Alia Anin Azwa | 1904 | |
| WFM | Exler Veronika | 2130 | 0.5-0.5 | WCM | Nur Nabila Azman Hisham | 1829 |
| WFM | Novkovic Julia | 2134 | 1-0 | Marmono Roslina | 1933 | |
| WFM | Newrkla Katharina | 2123 | 0.5-0.5 | Fong Mi Yen | 1905 | |
It was a gruelling day and night for the men's team. After over five hours play, the last two games were finally done. Mas ground out a win against a very strong grandmaster and Mok missed winning a knight versus bishop ending.
Mas game is very interesting and in my mind it is typical of his style of play. Some of his moves are unfathomable like sacrificing a pawn to blunt white's initiative. He proved that his position is solid enough despite the pawn minus. And when white tries to force matters, suddenly his pieces are active and overcoming the white pieces and position. Very masterly game, one should study this. I could not see what white's mistake was, other than trying to win.
Mok missed a great chance in an ending where he was running circles with his knight around the black king and bishop.
On the spot live commments are here
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