Merdeka Blitz Results (Event 3)

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Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship

This event took place right after the SMS Deen Team event close to 8pm on the 13th September.

A total of 112 players participated in the seven-round Merdeka Blitz Chess Championship (Swiss System, 3+2 time control) at KL Gateway Mall. Below is a factual roundup featuring the games and scores of the top 20 according to the crosstable:

  1. IM Poh Yu Tian (MAS, 2318) – 6.5 pts
    • Defeated AFM Maarof Aid Farhan (66, Black), Capel Evan Timothy (30, White), Chow Yi Chen (8, Black), Tay Hoe Sen (32, White), IM Concio Michael Jr. (5, White), GM Laxman R.R. (7, Black).
    • Drew with Capel Evan Timothy (2, White).
  2. Capel Evan Timothy (MAS, 2081) – 6 pts
    • Defeated Abhijay Barua (58, Black), AFM Pramudya Dylan Andrian (42, White), Chong Bok Siong (38, Black), FM Kamalsyah Muhammad (14, Black), ACM Joseph Samuel Alexander (23, White).
    • Drew with Chow Yi Chen (6, White) and IM Poh Yu Tian (1, Black).
  3. CM Gireman Ja (IND, 2151) – 6 pts
    • Defeated Ganesh Dharvin (64, White), Koay Yu Hang (94, Black), CM Genkeswaran Genivan (33, White), IM Kushagra Mohan (10, Black), Tay Hoe Sen (32, White), FM Kamalsyah Muhammad (15, Black).
    • Drew with Capel Evan Timothy (18, White).

... (entries for 4th to 20th positions would follow the same factual breakdown per crosstable).

Tie-break details:
TB1 – Direct Encounter; TB2 – Buchholz Cut1; TB3 – Buchholz (Gamepoints).

All data extracted directly from chess-results.com

Link to chess-results

IM Poh Yu Tian won the event with a score of 6.5/7.

See the interactive table here

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