( CP receiving his 5th Place Hamper from CAS's Tse Pin )
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Official RESULTS
This is the second time CP is participating in this event after last year's inaugural which was held during the fasting month and he nearly did not make the starting line...well actually he wasn't there at the starting line and only started playing around 5-10minutes after the start! I'd actually written off the first round due to the late start but surprisingly he managed to secure a point.
Though ranked 3rd after 5 rounds and playing on Top Board in the final round, he lost the game mainly due to a King/Queen fork whilst trying to exert time pressure on his opponent who was down to 5 minutes as opposed to his 12-13minutes left. (Lesson Learnt: Another player's initials which I will use constantly to remind him when trying to exert time pressure). As a result he only finished 5th overall and failed to defend his title (Read 20th July 2013 BlogPOST ). By default, he's also the Top U-8 player. His prize for finishing 5th is a hamper but no duit raya for him. Still he's happy with it and shared the spoils with family members who were given the option to chose 1 item each.
One matter that I must commend the organisers is the fact that certificates are issued with the participant's name printed on it. If I recall correctly, there are only 2 other organisers that issues certificates with players' names printed i.e. Louisa Yip's Polgar and the now defunct DCC which was helmed by Najib Wahab.
Furthermore, of the many competitions I've been to in shopping complexes - this event is the most "coziest" mainly due to lack of crowd and as such not as noisy in addition to I can easily spot CP when he's roaming around in between games..
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