Malaysia is 11th in World Youth Olympiad

Malaysia just missed out on the 10th placing but an 11th spot is still a very good result. The standings are based on game points but if  using match points, we would be 7th! Congratulations to the team, Wong JianWen, Yeoh Li Tian , Elgin Lee, Yeap Eng Chiam and Roshan. Also not forgetting the head of delegation Mr. Lee Ewe Ghee who guided our young players so successfully.

We were lucky to win the final match. It should really have gone the other way.

Roshan returned with a bronze medal for his performance on the reserve board. He is ELO rated 1886 but personally I rate his performance in the 2000s. He won five games and lost two for a 71.5% result.

Russia won the gold 1.5 points ahead of Armenia which took the silver. Iran is the surprise bronze medallists edging out Azerbaijan on tie-breaks.

Malaysia versus Moldova (Updated)

Malaysia is fielding JianWen, Li Tian, Eng Chiam and Roshan. Strange to rest Elgin who was the only one not to lose in round nine. Even though Eng Chiam won in round nine, he was not well. Hopefully he has recovered by now.

After an hour and half of play, my quick assessment for the round.

World Youth U16 Olympiad - Halfway through

At the half-way mark, Malaysian boys are doing quite well. After five rounds, they now have 12 points.and tied for 5-7th placing!

Individual results -

Name	ELO	South Africa	India	UAE-A	Syria	Turkey	Kazakhstan	Total	% Score
Wong, Jianwen	1960	0		0.5	0			0.5	16.66667
Yeoh, Li Tian	2139	1	0	1	1	1		4	80
Lee, Kah Meng Elgin	1984	1	0	0.5		1		2.5	62.5
Yeap, Eng Chiam	2150	1	0		1	1		3	75
Ajeet Singh Roshan	1886		0	1	0	1		2	50
		3	0	3	2	4		12

Both Li Tian and Eng Chiam are doing well enough to be in contention for board prize though there are still five more rounds to go and anything can happen. Nevertheless here are the standings

Malaysia meets a tough team in the sixth round, Kazakhstan. This will be an important round for Eng Chiam and Li Tian as their opponents are in second place in the board standings just ahead of them. If they defeat them, then both our boys will move into second placing :)

World Youth U16 Olympiad

Malaysia's representatives are Wong JianWen, Yeoh Li Tian, Elgin Lee, Yeap Eng Chiam and Roshan Singh. This is also the board order. The team left early Sunday (23rd October) morning. They had to play the first round the very next day.

In round one we were paired with the South African "B" team. On first board, JianWen lost his game but Li Tian, Elgin and Eng Chiam all won to give Malaysia a 3-1 win.

Most of the time the top board will have very difficult task and it seems no different here. The next round tonight will see our boys meeting India who have an IM on first board. However I believe our boys can pull off some upsets on the other boards. My guess is that Li Tian and Eng Chiam will score points for the team in round two. Hopefully JianWen and Elgin can hold against their opponents.