Prize winners:
| Champion | NM Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong(7.5) | RM 500 + Certificate + Trophy |
| Second | NM Ng Tze Han(7.0) | RM 300 + Certificate + Trophy |
| 3rd | Khor Shi Hong(7.0) | RM 200 + Certificate + Trophy |
| 4th | Anthony Liong Ing Kiat(7.0) | RM 150 + Certificate + Trophy |
| 5th | Mohd Fadli bin Zakaria(6.5) | RM 100 + Certificate + Trophy |
| 6th | Nik Mohd Nazri bin Hasan(6.5) | RM 100 + Certificate + Trophy |
| 7th | Victor Hong Wee Liam(6.5) | RM 100 + Certificate + Trophy |
| 8th | Tan Eu Hong(6.5) | RM 100 + Certificate + Trophy |
refer http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com
Post Mortem:
My opening choice was not so successful for this event. The Catalan Opening seems too drawish and my preparation to start with 1.d4 is not sufficient. This was clear in my last round game against Stonmaster @ Fadli as I slowly let him equalize with his Dutch Stonewall Defence and handing over the initiative to him. Luckily his was kind enough to accept my draw offer and we end up getting 5th and 8th respectively.
However, a point to note is that my round 4 game against the top seed and eventual champion, Ronnie Lim was an interesting up and down struggle. I was having with white and playing the English Attack against his Sicilian Najdorf and putting pressure on him for most of the game until time pressure comes and during time trouble, I made a few blunder and was finally checkmated on the second rank!! with a few seconds left on my clock...
Thus I had met my initial objective of getting top10 in the final standing. I was seeded at 14 place, so getting 8th place was quite a good achievement...
Until next time,
Eu Hong
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