Possible Gold for Malaysia in U-9 Girls Asian School !

Under 9 Girls Category

Teh De Zen just won her game against Kothalawala of Sri Lanka with the perfect score of 8/8 and still leading the pack by 1 point. She might meet Herath or Thuduwage Yasasirini Pabasara from Sri Lanka for the last round. Most probably will be Herath if my calculations are correct.

Under 9 Category

Teh De Juan is still fighting against the Indian 1st seed Aryan Chopra with material even. Let me give some insight of Aryan Chopra. Aryan is just only 8 years old and hailed from Delhi. He’s one of the chess prodigy in India just like our Malaysian Yeoh Li Tian whom is playing at the Penang Heritage Open 2010 currently. He recently become Commonwealth under-10 champion, Asian Under-8 Gold Medalist and others. Click here to read more on Aryan. As I recalled in the Penang Heritage Open 2010, there were 2 chess prodigies playing. The other prodigy was Paulo Bersamina from Phillipines. He was the recent 3rd placing winner in the Asian Youth in Beijing & also the next Wesley So according to the NCFP of Phillipines, Pichay.

De Zen Remain Unstoppable, De Juan Drew in Round 7 Asian Schools 2010

Under 9 Category

Teh De Juan drew against Australian Rowan and he will be playing top seed from India Aryan Chopra. So far for this round Aryan remained unbeaten together with his countrymen Rajayran. Aryan is leading the field by 1/2 point with the nearest is Fendereski (6 points). De Juan scored 5 points out of 7 games so far. He needs to win this game for top 3. Do your best in this game & enjoy the game.

Under 9 Girls Category

Teh De Zen  continues her gallant win against Sri Lankan Raveendran Kamshajini with 7/7 perfect score. She will face either Herath, Fernando WCV or Kothalawala whom all from Sri Lanka. Great job & keep it up!

Malaysians STILL ON FIRE in ASIAN SCHOOLS

Under 9 Category

Teh De Juan just won his game against Sri Lankan Weerasinghe W A C D. He now has 4.5 points out of 6 games. He needs to try to win the remaining 3 rounds to get top 3. In the round 7, he will meet Australian Willathgamuwa Rowan. If De Juan wins, according to my calculation he will face 1st seed Aryan Chopra no matter what’s the result for round 8. Malaysia Boleh!!

Under 9 Girls Category

Teh De Zen is on fire after winning Fernando Roshana from Sri Lanka this round. So far is still perfect score 6/6. In the round 7, she will meet another Sri Lankan Raveendran Kamshajini . She should be able to win this game. If she wins, she will face either Herath, Fernando WCV or Kothalawala. All of them are from Sri Lanka. 1st seed Indian Harshini suffered double knock out when lost to compatriot second seed Priyanka. Keep up the good work & enjoy your game!

Malaysians Continues Giant Killing Spree in Asian Schools!

Under 9 Category

Teh De Juan just won his last game against Askey Raveen of Sri Lanka with the score of 3.5 points out of 5 games.

Under 9 Girls Category

Teh De Zen continued her giant killing spree after beating Indian favorite top seed Harshini. She now leads the group with the perfect score and will have to wait who’s the next opponent.

David vs Goliath, Clash of the Titan in U-9 Asian Schools 2010

Under 9 Category

Teh De Juan lost the last round against rated Iranian Ganjali Hossein. So far his results were better as his opponents were half of his field. The next round he will face Askey Raveen Nimesh of Sri Lanka. Keep up the good job! Don’t be disappoint over 1 lost. The fight is not over yet.  

Under 9 Girls Category

Teh De Zen won her last game against Natasha the sister of Raveen whom will play with De Juan in the next round. Now she will play against Indian titan Harshini whom is also the top seed of the tournament with the rating of 1519. If she wins, it will be a remarkable achievement for her. If she draws, Harshini will has tough time to compete as she hasn’t played with the upper half. 

Both of the games will start 6:00pm Malaysian time.

Malaysians Making Waves in Asian Schools, Sri Lanka

Out of no where for international scenes, Teh De Juan & Teh De Zen whom both of them hailed from beautiful island of Penang state, Malaysia are making waves at the 6th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2010. The only international scenes they took part was the World Youth Chess Championship 2009 held in Antalya, Turkey except for De Juan with addition of Asian Youth 2010 in Beijing, China. 

Under 9 Category

In this category, Teh De Juan is seeded 36th out of 43 placing. There were 8 FIDE rated players in the category mostly from India. This category has most of the participating countries such as China, Singapore, Australia, UAE, India, Iran, Sri Lanka (27 pax) and Malaysia.  Already 3 rounds played and so far he scored 2.5 out of 3 points. The real test will be against Iranian Ganjali Hossein rated 1755. Ganjali had represent Iran quite a number of times including World Youth & Asian level and also the prestigious 1st Ayandehsazan Chess Cup held in Iran this year. The round 4 starts 2 hours ago.

Rd.	SNo	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.
1	15	DOKHTMIRZAHASSANVAHID SINA	0	IRI	0,0	s 1
2	11	Anusara IH Movindu	0	SRI	1,5	w ½
3	9	AlMaazmi Suood Hussain Musalam Hussain	0	UAE	1,0	s 1
4	3	Ganjali Hossein	1755	IRI	2,5	w

Under 9 Girls Category

Teh De Zen is seeded 27th out of 30 placing. Only 4 participating nations taking part in this category with mostly from Sri Lanka. Yesterday she caused the major upset when she beat K. Priyanka of India and now she will play against Askey Roshell Nathasha. Furthermore she’s leading in the Under 9 Girls Category with a perfect score. 1st seed Indian Harishini will played black against Sri Lanka 10th seed Herath. The round 4 starts 2 hours ago. KEEP UP THE FIGHTING!

Rd.	SNo	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.
1	12	Jayasekera Himasha dulanji	0	SRI	1,0	w 1
2	14	Kalantari Sedigheh	0	IRI	2,0	s 1
3	2	Priyanka K	1473	IND	2,0	w 1
4	4	Askey Roshell Nathasha	0	SRI	2,5	s

6th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2010

The Sixth Asian Schools Chess Championship 2010 got underway at Nagarodaya Shala, Borella, Colombo 08 which started on the 6th to 13th December 2010. 231 players representing 9 nations will compete for gold in 05 age categories. The Championship will be played in Under 07, 09, 11, 13 and 15 Age groups in Open and Girls categories.

The championship was officiated by Mr. Casto Abundo, Vice President of the Asian Chess Federation and Mr. Upali Gunasekara, Vice President of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka and the President of the Sri Lanka School Chess Association. Speaking at the Opening Ceremony Mr. Luxman Wijesuriya, Hon Secretary of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka said that in order to provide the local players with more opportunity the CFSL will be holding three Asian events in 2011 and the prestigious Asian Youth Championships in 2012.

63 players from Australia, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Singapore and the UAE will compete with a Sri Lankan delegation of over 150 players in competition held over 9 rounds.

The official hotel for the event is the Global Towers Hotel, Marine Drive Colombo 06. Malaysia were represented by Teh De Juan (Under-9) and Teh De Zen (Under-9 Girls) respective age group.

The Opening Ceremony Picture

The Sri Lanka traditional dancers & drummers lead the VIP to the hall for the opening ceremony. Behind Mr Upali Gunasekara VP of the Sri Lanka Chess Association in white, Mr Luxman Wijesuriya the organiser & also the Hon. Secretary of the Sri Lanka Chess Association in blue and Mr Casto Abundo VP of the Asian Chess Federation in the black suite.

The participants of the Asian Schools Championship 2010 with their respective parents.

Mr Casto Abundo lighting the light in the traditional Sri Lanka ‘oil lamp’.

The Malaysian contingent. Teh De Juan & Teh De Zen smartly dressed.

Every country representatives were given chance to light up the lamp with the drummers giving their support to them. Teh De Juan represent Malaysia to light up the lamp. Mr Luxman, the organiser and Hon Sec. of Sri Lanka showed him the way.

The dancers dance so graciously in their traditional costumes. It’s good to know their culture.

Mr Casto Abundo trying up his skills against one of the Asian Schools players. The kids seems to enjoy the exhibition play.

Schedule (Malaysian time delay 2 hours)

Round	Date	Time
1	12/7/2010	15.00 pm
2	12/8/2010	9.30 am
3	12/8/2010	16.00 pm
4	12/9/2010	9.30 am
5	12/9/2010	16.00 pm
6	12/10/2010	9.30 am
7	12/11/2010	9.30 am
8	12/11/2010	16.00 pm
9	12/12/2010	9.30 am

Source: Sri Lanka Chess Federation