Thursday, February 17, 2011

MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone Boys Individual (Under-15)

If any chess player wants to test their skill in chess, join this category in Bangsar zone which parades at least 5 National players namely Low Hong Ben with Nat. Rating 1358, Albert Ang (NR 1586) - a one-time National Age-Group Champion under Coach L guidance, Derek Poon (NR 1392) under Coach L guidance, Hew Zhen Jing (NR 1347) and Tan Wei Hao (NR 1659) - three-time National Age-Group Champion under Coach L guidance. All these players come from the same school i.e. SMK(L) Methodist.

There are many other strong players e.g. Gabriel Soong (NR 1553), Lim Jing Hong (NR 1430), Viknesh (NR 1286), and Tharoun (NR 1412). All except Tharoun hails from SMK(L) Methodist too.

There will be a mouth watering top of the table clash in tomorrow final round where Albert is pitted against Wei Hao. Both players have 5 wins and a draw from 6 games played so far. In the 6th round, Albert drew with Derek, while Wei Hao defeated Jing Hong but drew Zhen Jing in earlier rounds.