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| When photo session is not necessary (Grand Prix 3) |
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| Written by PS Lim | |
| Friday, 02 November 2007 | |
The final leg of Grand Prix produces more exciting and fighting chess and ended with a three way tie with 6 points(out of 7) : Wong Hao, Elgin Lee and Teoh Ern Tek. Teoh Ern Tek emerge as Champion with a better tie break (Buch.) while Wong Hao and Elgin Lee take second and third placing respectively.
Grand Prix, Final Leg
The participant of final leg Grand Prix is also affected, this time is by the neccesity of U9 selection to have players to represent MSSPP for the AsEAN YOUTH TEAM players also organise by PCA at the same time. Nevertheless, there are there are more than enough replacement for the withdrawal players. This final round saw 3 players representing MSSPP at April 07 back in chess scene : 
P'ng Ren Chi, National rating 1397 
Nicholas Chong, National rating 1327 They are back from UPSR exam, how they fair in this tournament? 
The tournament saw very exciting chess but it is the 10 year old boy Teoh Ern Tek who truimph with an impressive six wins in the first six rounds. His wins doesn't come easy. He beat Wong Hao in third round, Tan Lu Quan and Lim Chuin Khai at 4th and 5th round respectively and then chalk up another win against 4th seed Ong Choon Yong. Top seed Elgin Lee manage to stop his gallant run but it's not enough to stop him from
GP3 definitely bought lots of dissapointment and excitiment to many players -- most of them went home after tournament forgetting they are requested to take group photo! And as a result, we ended the tournament without winner's photo... nevertheless, we bring you some illustrate photos of tournament. 
No, he is not in trouble... (Wong Hao, U12B) 
Ong Choon Yong play is very consistent. She finished top 10 in all Grand Prix. 
Lim Chuin Khai has been playing very well and consistent. He need to work harder to break thru' and be a champion. 
The sweet taste of lalipop help to concentrate in chess? (Joanne Lim, PMR) 
Final Grand Prix is very tough, still Ng Jing Jia is playing very well to finished number 5 where her only loss is to top seed Elgin Lee. She even beat MSSPP player Nicholas Chong! A player to watch in the very near future! 
As usual PS Global Marketing presenting chess book for improvement Lots of strong chess players came to check out the situation. Among them are : 
Anthony Liong at PS Global Marketing corner while Anban taste on bread given out(free) by PCA 
top U15 player Evan Timothy and Lee Sze Hen watch game between Ern Tek vs Choon Yong at round 6 
Joanne Lim offer a bread to Sanjeeva who is a strong U18 player from PFS 
Guess who is watching? 
Syed Iskandar, who is going to Kejohanan Catur Stonemaster Amatuer 2007 at KL. (However, he is no amatuer at all!) 
Syed Iskandar check out some books at PS Global Marketing while Evan playing blitz at the back 
Grand Prix final will be held on 4 Nov and will be definitely the hardest of all -- all players gain their places by proving themselves strong! All of them would be going all out next. They are :
 About AuthorPS Lim is a chess enthusiast. He is also a successful coach in Penang, having produced two U12 Penang champions for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007. Before becoming a coach in 2006, he was active in competitive chess for many years. His "retirement" from competitive chess has not stopped him from investing his time and efforts in the development of chess in Penang, especially in guiding young players to become successful chess players. |
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