Teh De Zen Tops Her Age Group In Sri Lanka!

10 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – At the Sixth Asian Schools Chess Championship 2010 in Sri Lanka, young Malaysian lass, Ms Teh De Zen (pix left, picture courtesy of Gilachess/Gilocatur’s blog) is doing Malaysia proud by topping her age-group U-9 Girls category after four rounds of play. She scored 4/4 pts!!! Full marks! She will be meeting the top seed, Harshini A of India (1519) in her fifth round later today, 10 December 2010. Both players have not lost a game yet.

Her brother, Teh De Juan is participating in the Under-9 Open category of the same chess event in Sri Lanka. De Juan has scored 3.5/5 pts so far. De Juan will meet Weeringasinghe of Sri Lanka in the sixth round of play later today.

Girls Under-9 Age Group Rank (after Round 4)

Round 5 pairings (U-9 Girls)

Round 5 Rankings U-9 Open

Round 6 pairings of Under – 9  Open Category Age-Group

Official website: http://www.lankachess.com/

(source of results: chess-results.com)

Malaysians Making Waves At Sri Lanka!

9 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – There is some news on two Malaysian chess players in Sri Lanka and are making fantastic progress in the age-group (under-9) as part of the  6th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2010 now underway at Nagarodaya Shala, Borella, Colombo which started on the 6th to 13th December 2010.

The players are Teh De Juan and Ms Teh De Zen, both below 9 years old. After the third round of chess play, De Juan is 2.5/3 pts and De Zen is 3.0/3.0 pts!!!

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