Event INFO
Official RESULTS:- OPEN. &. GIRLS
Event Reports:- Peter Long, Ed Fong, Raymond & KL Chess Association(KLCA)
Last Year's 5th NJCC in KL SUMMARY
Overall, in terms of venue and participation I would have to say that this year's NJCC is much better than last year's event. In terms of players' participation there were 93 players (68 Boys & 25 Girls) compared to xx players ( xx Boys & 19 Girls) in 2012.
The kids individual performance can be summarised as follows:-
If in NAG 2013 (Report HERE), hAnA had a better performance then the cHEss pIRATE...I would say a slight performance reversal occurred in JB.
hAnA
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hAnA improved her points tally by 1.5points to 4.5points compared to last year's meagre 3.
Having said that, despite her points improvement she finished at 15th place as opposed to her 13th
place starting rank. Though 4.5points was shared with another 3 players (Position 12-15), the bye received in round 5 did not help her cause. As such, target of a Top 10 finish was not met.
Concurrently, from the National Ratings perspective She also did not play as per ratings -
She'd lost to 2 players rated lower than her and drew with 2 players also rated lower. Her only result of note is her draw with a Penang player rated 1471(156rating points higher than her).
A 4.5pts haul next year (w/o a Bye) & a Top 10 finish is the minimum target for now.
CP
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Starting from last year's bottom place Finish with a measly 1 point...THEORETICALLY The cHEss pIRATE should improve. And improved, he did!
From a National Ratings perspective - he played slightly better than ratings.
He beat the only person paired against him who is rated lower. Against 3players rated higher than him - he drew 2(1258 & 1437) and won 1(1275). Most notable result was in Round 7 when he drew against a player rated 222 points more than him I.e. 1437.
He had the good fortune of playing against "stronger" players rated 1549(R1), 1374(R2), 1431(R5), 1437(R7), 1507(R8) & 1546(R9). Hopefully, he's learnt from playing them. We had the biggest laugh though in post-game analysis when 2 players tried to do a 3 or 4 move checkmate...to their detriment. I believe they are Johor boys coz I've not seen them before.
Hopefully, he can further improve his points tally next year to at least 3.5pts.
SUGGESTIONS
As players participating in National events in 2013 are required to get the go ahead from the respective state chess associations, One suggestion for the organisers is for them to list the State Associations the players are from.
Furthermore, for an event calling itself "National" - the lack of Malaysia and State flags on display and perhaps the singing of the national anthem leaves much to be desired.
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