USM Open (Team), the Aftermath

The event concluded with following main prize winners...
1. Active Knights 23.5
2. MCE 21
3. Intel A 19.5
4. Sufiezul 19
5-6 Vandetta, Intel B 18.5
7-8 PFS A, Joga Bonito 18

the details should be up @ http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com anytime soon.

Post Mortem:
Again, MCE had to settle at 2nd place after losing to Active Knights on round 5 with 3-1.
Team Composition:
Board1: Tan Khai Boon 4.5/7
Board2: Anthony Liong 6.5/7
Board3: Loo Swee Leong 4/7
Board4: Tan Eu Hong 6/7

Process:
Round1: MCE(U15) vs MCE : 0-4
Round2: MCE vs Intel A : 3.5-0.5
Round3: Chung Ling A vs MCE : 1.5-2.5
Round4: MCE vs Super Gold Knight : 4-0
Round5: Active Knights vs MCE : 3-1
Jonathan Chuah - Tan Khai Boon: 1-0
Anthony Liong - Tan Hong Ghee: 1-0
Chuah Heng Meng - Loo Swee Leong 1-0
Tan Eu Hong - Khor Shi Hong: 0-1
Round6: MCE vs Intel B: 4-0
Round7: Vendetta vs MCE: 2-2

I started all my White games with 1.e4 for this event and things went okay until I forget my preparation (the preparation was made few years ago when I had to play Marcus Chan's Accelerated Dragon in GACC 2003 which I got a draw) and went into an inferior line against ShiHong and finally lost the game and sadly, my hope of getting the board prize went along with this lost as the winner of this encounter will get the board prize as well...

So the objective of breaking the Active Knights' champion streak had failed and the team finished 2nd again, which created the streak of Active Knights (champ) and MCE (2nd) for almost as long as MCE was formed...

Cheers,
Eu Hong