Penultimate Round: Top leaders clash

New tournament leaders Ismail Ahmad and Fong Yit San clash in Round 8 on board 1.

The previous round leader, Sumant, lost his game against Ismail Ahmad in Round 7.

 

Here are the pairings for the Men's Round 8:-

Bo.	Name	Pts.	Pts.	Name
1	Fong Yit San	6	6	Ismail Ahmad
2	Subramaniam Sumant	5½	5½	Ong Way Justin
3	Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan	5	5½	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy
4	Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	5	5	Siew Kit-Tze Mark
5	Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi	4½	5	Erowan Masrin
6	Asan Jeppy Tewelu	4½	4½	Wising Abdul Sahim
7	Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin	4½	4½	Wong Yinn Long
8	Fong Yit Ho	4	4½	Saleh Fikri
9	Ding Tze How Dilwen	4	4	Tham Tick Hong Jax
10	Sivanesan Subramanian	4	4	Tan Jun Feng
11	Tan Wei Hao	4	4	Tan Yong Zhao
12	Lye Lik Zang	4	3½	Tan Francis
13	Tan Jun Ying	3½	3½	Kamin Al-Kamil
14	Ng Jen Sheng	3½	3½	Muhalip Sotimin
15	Vellan Paavanan	3½	3	Goridau Guadis
16	Yusoff Fairul	3	3	Amirullah Muhd Ali Asghar
17	Subramaniam Shreyes	3	3	Ariff Syawal Aqmar Shahrir
18	Mahmood Mohd Ezmi	3	3	Yap Egin Darrel
19	Muhalip Muhadi	3	3	Lim Ming Xian
20	Wan Mohd Yusoff Wan Mohamad Amirul	3	2½	Chan Yi Meng Ryan
21	Low Jun Jian	2½	2½	Koh Sian Kuan Bausch
22	Asyrafi Mohd Ruqaim	2½	2½	Hamzah Razali
23	Razali Faeznor	2	2½	Lee Zhi Wei
24	Mohd Radzuan Muhd Harith Farh	2	2	Lim Kian Hwa
25	Hanif Harleiff	2	2	Mohd Zin Mohd Syakir
26	Tan Soon Wei Dawson	1½	1½	Chan Kim Yew
27	Mohd Radzuan Muhd Harith Fahm	½		bye
28	Sabri Mohd Saprin	4		not paired
29	Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi	2		not paired
30	Mat Isa Shamsuddin	2		not paired

Source: http://chess-results.com/tnr127293.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&wi=821

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3		Fong Yit San	MAS	2167	Perak	6.0	29.5	24.50	23.0
2	12		Ismail Ahmad	MAS	2009	Kedah	6.0	29.0	24.00	24.0
3	6		Subramaniam Sumant	MAS	2068	Selangor	5.5	32.5	24.00	26.0
4	2	IM	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy	MAS	2225	MCF	5.5	29.0	22.75	22.0
5	15		Ong Way Justin	MAS	1973	Selangor	5.5	28.0	22.50	20.0
6	5		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	MAS	2094	Perak	5.0	32.5	21.50	23.0
7	1	NM	Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan	MAS	2273	P. Pinang	5.0	29.5	18.75	18.5
8	13		Siew Kit-Tze Mark	MAS	1992	Perak	5.0	28.0	17.25	23.5
9	14		Erowan Masrin	MAS	1991	Sabah	5.0	24.5	15.50	18.5
10	11		Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin	MAS	2023	Terengganu	4.5	31.5	19.25	21.0
11	10		Wising Abdul Sahim	MAS	2033	Sabah	4.5	29.5	16.75	19.0
12	51		Asan Jeppy Tewelu	MAS	1605	Sabah	4.5	26.5	14.50	18.5
13	7		Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi	MAS	2068	Kelantan	4.5	26.0	15.00	18.0
14	25		Wong Yinn Long	MAS	1850	P. Pinang	4.5	24.5	12.00	17.0
15	43		Saleh Fikri	MAS	1657	Selangor	4.5	23.5	13.25	14.0
16	44		Lye Lik Zang	MAS	1655	Kuala Lumpur	4.0	30.0	14.50	18.0
17	4		Sabri Mohd Saprin	MAS	2104	Putrajaya	4.0	29.5	13.75	21.0
18	39		Tan Yong Zhao	MAS	1696	Kuala Lumpur	4.0	28.0	13.75	18.0
19	26		Ding Tze How Dilwen	MAS	1825	Kuala Lumpur	4.0	27.0	13.50	17.5
20	29		Sivanesan Subramanian	MAS	1783	Neg. Sembilan	4.0	25.5	10.50	15.0
21	17		Fong Yit Ho	MAS	1953	Perak	4.0	25.0	13.50	16.5
22	20		Tan Jun Feng	MAS	1916	Kuala Lumpur	4.0	24.5	9.50	16.0
23	8		Tham Tick Hong Jax	MAS	2054	Selangor	4.0	23.5	10.75	16.0
24	24		Tan Wei Hao	MAS	1854	Kuala Lumpur	4.0	22.0	11.00	13.0
25	9		Tan Francis	MAS	2043	Selangor	3.5	30.5	13.25	19.0
26	38		Ng Jen Sheng	MAS	1700	Kuala Lumpur	3.5	26.0	10.25	13.0
27	35		Tan Jun Ying	MAS	1718	P. Pinang	3.5	26.0	9.00	15.0
28	31		Muhalip Sotimin	MAS	1748	MCF	3.5	25.5	9.75	12.5
29	56		Vellan Paavanan	MAS	0	Neg. Sembilan	3.5	23.5	9.75	11.0
30	16		Kamin Al-Kamil	MAS	1961	Sabah	3.5	22.5	8.50	12.0
31	45		Ariff Syawal Aqmar Shahrir	MAS	1637	Melaka	3.0	27.0	8.50	13.0
32	27		Subramaniam Shreyes	MAS	1815	Kuala Lumpur	3.0	26.0	9.50	15.5
33	33		Lim Ming Xian	MAS	1730	Kuala Lumpur	3.0	25.5	8.50	14.0
34	18		Goridau Guadis	MAS	1949	Sabah	3.0	24.5	7.00	14.0
35	30		Yap Egin Darrel	MAS	1777	Kuala Lumpur	3.0	23.5	7.00	11.0
36	21		Yusoff Fairul	MAS	1915	Terengganu	3.0	23.0	8.50	11.5
37	32		Mahmood Mohd Ezmi	MAS	1747	Kelantan	3.0	22.5	7.00	11.0
38	42		Amirullah Muhd Ali Asghar	MAS	1677	Kelantan	3.0	22.0	7.75	9.0
39	49		Wan Mohd Yusoff Wan Mohamad Amirul	MAS	1647	Kelantan	3.0	18.5	6.75	8.5
40	52		Muhalip Muhadi	MAS	1509	Sabah	3.0	17.5	4.75	8.0
41	28		Koh Sian Kuan Bausch	MAS	1801	Kuala Lumpur	2.5	27.0	7.75	12.5
42	54		Asyrafi Mohd Ruqaim	MAS	1456	Terengganu	2.5	22.5	6.25	10.5
43	37		Chan Yi Meng Ryan	MAS	1710	P. Pinang	2.5	21.0	6.50	9.0
44	19		Low Jun Jian	MAS	1932	Selangor	2.5	20.5	6.50	9.5
45	47		Lee Zhi Wei	MAS	1558	Kuala Lumpur	2.5	20.5	5.25	9.5
46	41		Hamzah Razali	MAS	1683	Putrajaya	2.5	19.0	4.75	6.5
47	40		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi	MAS	1691	Putrajaya	2.0	24.5	5.25	10.0
48	48		Mat Isa Shamsuddin	MAS	1698	Kedah	2.0	23.5	7.00	10.0
49	23		Razali Faeznor	MAS	1863	Sarawak	2.0	21.0	5.25	8.0
50	36		Hanif Harleiff	MAS	1717	Putrajaya	2.0	21.0	3.00	10.0
51	22		Lim Kian Hwa	MAS	1906	Sarawak	2.0	20.0	2.00	8.0
52	53		Mohd Zin Mohd Syakir	MAS	1473	Kelantan	2.0	18.0	2.50	6.0
53	46		Mohd Radzuan Muhd Harith Farh	MAS	1622	Pahang	2.0	16.5	2.75	4.0
54	34		Tan Soon Wei Dawson	MAS	1719	Kuala Lumpur	1.5	23.0	3.25	7.5
55	50		Chan Kim Yew	MAS	1614	Selangor	1.5	17.0	1.75	6.0
56	55		Mohd Radzuan Muhd Harith Fahm	MAS	1307	Pahang	0.5	15.5	1.00	1.0