( Final Day of KL Open. Picture taken Just prior to start of Final Round )
Playing in the 2014 KL International OPen C.C. was a historic event for CP.......and some of it were for the wrong reasons.
Fact 1:
At an average FIDE rating of 2113, the STRONGEST event he had ever entered.
Note: Previous strongest Open tournament he'd played was the 2013 AMBank Amateur Open at an average rating of 1492. Whilst the Penang Open-Challenger Section in 2013 and 2012 was rated 1366 and 1401 respectively. The NJCC(Boys) rated 1459 and 1563 in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
Fact 2:
FIRST Time he had played an International Master(IM) player I.e. IM Borsos Brogdan (2247) from Ukraine.
Note: Only other titled player he had played before was FM Y.Modi from South Africa during the World Youth Chess Championship(WYCC) 2013 in Al Ain, UAE.
Fact 3:
At 2247, the IM is also the HIGHEST Rated player he's played against.
Note: Previous highest rated player he'd played was 2089 during the DCC Golden Special in January 2013.
Fact 4:
First time he had played in a tournament WITHOUT recording any win.
He had 4 opportunities to secure a win but only converted half of it.
After R8, he was finding shelter under a table in the hotel lobby ....for want of better words - contemplating his poor performance.
Note: Previous worst was during the 2012 NJCC in KL where he recorded only a win and finished last in the field. In a game he'll always remember, he managed his only win despite being a Queen down. Even in his debut tournament i.e. 2012 NAG he'd managed to record a few wins.
Some of CP's opponents during the 2014 KL Open. Pictures courtesy of Blogger Andrew Ooi.
( Round 1: IM Borsos Bogdan, 2247 - UKRAINE )
(Round 3: Tan Jung Feng, 1911 - KL )
(Round 4: Greenwood Martin, 1587 - ENGLAND )
(Round 5:Lim Ming Xian, 1729 - KL )
(Round 7: Arif Alauddin Wafi, UR - KL )
Pictures of CP during the 2014 KL Open, courtesy of Andrew Ooi:
(Round 1)
(Round 3)
