Not to Be Outdone, The CP gets a Team Bronze as Well.

Not to Be Outdone by sister hAnA, The cHEss pIRATE managed to get a Bronze medal for the Team Event in Blitz. The Malaysian team finished 1 point ahead of 4th placed Singapore and is 1.5 points behind Silver Medalist, the Philippines.

In the 9 Round Competition, he secured 4.5points. All 4 losses and a Draw was against the Vietnamese. 3 games was lost on time with the closest being his Second Round game where his opponent only had 5seconds remaining.

Congatulations to the CP and his team members i.e. Iskandar Haikal and Ooi Zhi Ping.

BLITZ BLUNDER FARCE at WYCC 2013 !!!????

Apart from decision blunders by the arbiters, The WYCC 2013 organisers were simply overwhelmed by the logistics.

At around 8pm & After playing 5 rounds (The U10 Open had only played 4rounds then), the organisers announced that the balance 2 rounds will be played at a later date to be announced. This is to ensure that the Cultural Night are well attended.

Huhhhhh!!! Have never attended a Blitz competition....a FIDE-rated one some more where the blitz event is held on 2 separate days.

In my opinion, they should have either:-
(1) Just Conducted the Open competition on 1 day & Girls event on a separate day; or,
(2) Announce the "break" after the 3rd or 4th round.Definitely NOT after the 5th Round.

BLITZ Overview - 9th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2013

U-7 Open, RESULTS
U-11 Girls, RESULTS

The Blitz event was essentially a tale of 2 opposites.
I'd expected both to do if not well at least a decent performance would suffice as both seemed to enjoy blitz events whenever there's one.

In this event, the cHEss pIRATE recorded his best placing of all 3 events he'd participated in the 9th ASCC 2013. Going into the final round, he was playing on Board 2 and was in contention for a medal. However, a lost in the last game to top seed Dev Singh(FIDE 1465) of India and eventual Runners-Up ended that glimmer of hope.

hAnA on the other hand, recorded a below the par performance by finishing with only 2points.