Commonwealth Chess Championship 2010, New Delhi, India

From left : Ismail Ahmad,  Jagathess Guna Balan,  Nurislamurni Yahaya,  , Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan and Subramaniam Sivanesan

The 2010 Commonwealth Chess Championship concluded yesterday. The tournament was held in Delhi, India from 9th –19th May 2010. Five Malaysian  ( Ismail Ahmad, Nurislamurni Yahaya, Jagathess Guna Balan , Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan and Subramaniam Sivanesan took part in this tournament  . For you info, Nithyalakshmi and Subramaniam are siblings who recently  appear in local newspaper  for playing  a 20 board simul under the Boeing 777 aircraft. 

Ismail Ahmad, former national player and World Police Champion also play and act as the coach for  Nurislamurni Yahaya. Ismail  told me that he was satisfied with his student performance in India. Nurislamurni managed to get the bronze medal for under 8 (girls) category. Nithyalakshmi Sinavesan received the silver medal for under 10 (girls) category. 

Ismail also mentioned  that he spend six hours a day to coach Nurislamurni while he himself didn`t prepare much for his own game in this tournament.  

 Nurislamurni (left)  - under 8 (girl) bronze medal winner - and Nithyalakshmi (right) under 10 (girl) silver medal winner

Ismail with his student - Nurislamurni

Ismail Ahmad  with one of his opponent

Round 4: Bhuvaneshwari R from India (left) vs Nurislamurni from Malaysia (right) : 1-0

Nurislamurni Yahaya  received the prize. Photo from the official site

Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan received the prize. Photo from the official site

Malaysian players performance after last round.

Name	Ismail Ahmad
Starting rank	137
Rating	2044
Rating national	0
Rating international	2044
Ratingperformance	1784
FIDE rtg +/-	-41,0
Points	5,5
Rank	177
Federation	MAS
Ident-Number	0

Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Club/City	Pts.	Res.
1	290		Adyasa Mahapatra	0	IND	ORI	3,0	w 1
2	52	WGM	Mohota Nisha	2311	IND	PSPB	6,5	s 0
3	221		Bhuvaneshwari R	1718	IND	TN	5,0	w 1
4	68	FM	Prasenjit Datta	2283	IND	DEL	6,5	s 0
5	219		Naik Rishubh Naresh	1727	IND	GOA	4,5	w 0
6	220		Sabhareesh M	1727	IND	TN	5,0	s 1
7	207		Shweta Gole	1775	IND	MAH	5,0	w 0
8	212		Rishi Sardana	1753	IND	DEL	4,5	s ½
9	224		Aryan Chopra	1716	IND	DEL	5,5	w 0
10	255		Kesshni Bhasiin	1585	IND	DEL	4,0	s 1
11	190		Supriya Joshi	1831	IND	MAH	4,5	w 1

Name	Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan
Starting rank	231
Rating	1681
Rating national	0
Rating international	1681
Ratingperformance	1678
FIDE rtg +/-	10,5
Points	4,5
Rank	233
Federation	MAS
Ident-Number	0

Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Club/City	Pts.	Res.
1	74		Fenil Shah	2265	IND	GUJ	7,0	w 0
2	308		Stuti Dewan	0	IND	DEL	4,0	s 0
3	280		Sharmik Rawal	1480	IND	DEL	3,5	w 1
4	123		Harini S	2095	IND	TN	5,5	s 0
5	270		Siddharth Khanna	1529	IND	BIH	3,5	w ½
6	268		Arush Jain	1532	IND	DEL	3,5	s 1
7	164		Marais Coenraad Hendrik	1942	RSA		4,5	w ½
8	170		J V Sai Kiran	1908	IND	AP	5,0	s 0
9	288	CM	Jeena Cheshni	0	RSA		4,5	w 1
10	186		Ashwini U	1838	IND	TN	5,5	s ½
11	94		Tan Weiliang	2186	SIN		5,0	w 0

Name	Sivanesan Subramanian
Starting rank	201
Rating	1796
Rating national	0
Rating international	1796
Ratingperformance	1706
FIDE rtg +/-	-42,0
Points	4
Rank	250
Federation	MAS
Ident-Number	0

Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Club/City	Pts.	Res.
1	44	IM	Priyadharshan K	2362	IND	TN	7,0	w 0
2	280		Sharmik Rawal	1480	IND	DEL	3,5	s 1
3	113		Karma Pandya	2134	IND	GUJ	7,0	w 0
4	268		Arush Jain	1532	IND	DEL	3,5	s ½
5	278		Vaishali R	1491	IND	TN	4,0	w 1
6	128		Mithil Ajgaonkar	2079	IND	MAH	6,0	s 0
7	86	CM	Bhagwat Vinod	2214	IND	MAH	5,5	w 0
8	279		Shweta Priyadarshini	1482	IND	UP	4,5	s 1
9	134		Ranjan Rakesh	2063	IND	BIH	5,0	w 0
10	263		Saurabh Anand	1558	IND	BIH	4,5	s 0
11	275		Vineeth Kumar B	1498	IND	KER	4,0	w ½

Name	Yahaya Nur Islamurni
Starting rank	311
Rating	0
Rating national	0
Rating international	0
Ratingperformance	1278
Points	3
Rank	299
Federation	MAS
Ident-Number	0

Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Club/City	Pts.	Res.
1	-		bye	-	-		-	- 1
2	80	FM	Ramakrishna J	2246	IND	AP	6,5	s 0
3	168		Nazarov Rustem	1920	TKM		5,5	w 0
4	221		Bhuvaneshwari R	1718	IND	TN	5,0	s 0
5	251		Wairagade Atharva	1608	IND	MAH	3,5	w 0
6	280		Sharmik Rawal	1480	IND	DEL	3,5	s 0
7	296		Biyani Aum	0	IND	MAH	3,0	w 0
8	301		Kaur Palkin	0	IND	DEL	3,0	w 0
9	283		Rahul S	1407	IND	TN	4,0	s 0
10	302		Keerthi Kiran Reddy C	0	IND	AP	2,0	w 1
11	304		Oberholzer Imarie	0	RSA		1,0	s 1

Name	Jagathees Guna Balan
Starting rank	299
Rating	0
Rating national	0
Rating international	0
Ratingperformance	1190
Points	3
Rank	302
Federation	MAS
Ident-Number	0

Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Club/City	Pts.	Res.
1	146		Cholleti Sahajasri	1999	IND	AP	5,5	w 0
2	222		Joshi Sunil	1718	IND	MAH	4,0	s 0
3	252		Smaraki Mohanty	1595	IND	ORI	4,0	w 0
4	280		Sharmik Rawal	1480	IND	DEL	3,5	s 0
5	285		Nimdia Ridit	1283	IND	RAJ	3,0	w 0
6	282		Sharvi Goel	1421	IND	DEL	3,5	s 0
7	291		Anurag Raj P	0	IND	AP	3,0	w 0
8	290		Adyasa Mahapatra	0	IND	ORI	3,0	s 0
9	-		bye	-	-		-	- 1
10	304		Oberholzer Imarie	0	RSA		1,0	w 1
11	310		Tanishka Kotia	0	IND	HAR	2,0	s 1

 photo source: Ismail Ahmad and official site