Malaysians In Asian Youth Chess Championships 2010 Round 5

12 July 2010, Beijing – The Malaysian Chess Federation has sent a team of young talented chess players to enter this year’s Asian Youth Chess Championship 2010 being held in Beijing, China from the 9-14th July 2010.

The results up to round 5 of the tournament for the Malaysian players are as follows:

Category	Name of Malaysian Player	Rd 5 (pts)
U-18	1. Muhd Izz b Saifuddin	1.5
	2. Tan Ken Wei	2.0
U-16	1. Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham	3.0
U-14	1. Tan Jun Feng	2.0
	2. Mohd Irfan Haqqim b. Azhar	2.0
U-12	1. Ooi Zhi Yang	2.5
U-10	1. Amier Hamzah b. Mohd Zuhri	3.0
U-8	nil
G10	1. Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa bt. Azhar	3.0
G12	1. WFM Nur Najihah bt. Azman Hisham	3.5
	2. Camilia bt. Johari	3.5
G14	1. WCM Nur Nabila bt. Azman Hisham	3.0
G16	1. Latifah Kaiyisah bt. Mohd Latif	2.5
G18	1. Nur Munirah bt. Mat Rahim	1.5

Our best results so far are coming from the Girls Under-12 where two of our Malaysian girls, WFM Nur Najiha bt. Azman Hisham and Camilia bt Johari have scored 3.5/5.0 up to the fifth round of play.

Let’s hope our young team of chess warriors will do better in the last few rounds of the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2010.

Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (pix above)

You may visit chess-results.com for the latest results of our young Malaysian chess warrriors or click here.