Malaysian Chess Championship 2016: Team SELANGOR

This event is currently ongoing until tomorrow at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Updated 20/3, 3pm:
Team SELANGOR Men has amazed 25.5 points to clinch Men Team title. While, the Women had finished the event with 23.5 points to tie on same point with Kuala Lumpur but lost on tie-break to finish as Silver medalist.

With this result, Selangor  has equalled last year performance with 3 Golds + 1 Silver.

Congratulations to all players who have represented Team SELANGOR.

After 8 Rounds:
FM Yeoh Li Tian and WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham have defended the Men and Women title respectively that they won last year with 1 round to spare. A big congratulation on their superb performance and two individual gold medals for Team SELANGOR.

Team SELANGOR Men has accumulated a total of 24 points from the best 4 players results with 1 round to go. Team Penang is Second with 21.5 points followed by Kuala Lumpur and Sabah tied for Third with 21 points. In the last round, Team SELANGOR just need another 2 points from 4 players to take an unassailable lead for the Team Title.

Team SELANGOR Women has accumulated a total of 22 points from the best 4 players results with 1 round to go. Team Kuala Lumpur is Second with 20.5 points. In the last round, Team SELANGOR just need another 3 points from 4 players to take an unassailable lead for the Team Title.

After 7 Rounds:
Team SELANGOR Men has produced an incredible performance after 7 rounds of competition with an accumulated score of 22 points from best 4 players result. This score is 2.5 points ahead of nearest rival PENANG (who just been crowned as Best State in NAG 2016 few days ago).

Team SELANGOR Women has put up a sterling performance after 7 rounds with 20.5 points accumulated which represents a 3.5 points lead  over nearest rival Defending Champion Kuala Lumpur.

Both teams are on path to achieve a rare double for SELANGOR. With here, CAS wishes all of them continue with their fine run in the remaining 2 rounds.