Round 10 Pairing - UPDATE

Round 10 Pairing

Both our men and women team lost their round 9 battle yesterday.

Open Section

Below is the update with board pairing

Bo. 86 Malaysia (MAS) Rtg - 93 Wales (WLS) Rtg 0 : 0 51.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2422 - FM Jones Richard S 2373 51.2 IM Mok Tze-Meng 2416 - Bennett Alan 2154 51.3 FM Long Peter 2302 - CM Jones Iolo C 2294 51.4 Lau Gregory 2159 - Young Alan 2009

This should be a win for Malaysia. I guess Greg will play and Khai Boon will be rested. ( UPDATE: I was told by source that Greg will play) Khai Boon had a tough experience in his first Olympiad. I predict a 3-1 score.

Performance after round 9

Starting rank (seeded) : 86

Rank after round 9 : 102 from 149 team

Match points : 7/18

Win : 3

draw : 1

Lost : 5

Women Section

Below is the update with board pairing

Bo. 75 Chile (CHI) Rtg - 74 Malaysia (MAS) Rtg 0 : 0 41.1 Abarca Gonzalez Damaris 1991 - Bakri Alia Anin Azwa 1904 41.2 WFM Toro Pradenas Maria Jose 1951 - WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham 1829 41.3 Jorquera Cabello Valentina 1970 - Wahiduddin Nurul Huda 2020 41.4 Cortes Arias Mariela 1772 - Fong Mi Yen 1905

This will be a close fight. The strength on all board is almost equal . In fact Malaysia is seeded 74 while Chile 75. Score prediction: 2-2

Performance after round 9

Starting rank (seeded) : 74

Rank after round 9 : 74 from 115 teams

Match points : 8/18

Win : 4

draw : 0

Lost : 5

Source: chess-results.com