The last day before the double rounds provided to be decisive, but not in regular play in both the Masters and Amateur Championships where there are no clear leaders and still with everything to play for!
THE RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT
No less than 166 participants showed up for the Rapid Chess Tournament in the afternoon, and after seven rounds, in first and second with 6.5/7 were International Masters Azarya Jodi Setyaki from Indonesia and Pavel Shkapenko who is playing with the FIDE Flag, winning RM 1,200 and RM 1,000 respectively.
THE MASTERS
An indication of how competitive is that there is no perfect score, with three players, International Masters Oleg Badmatsyrenov, another FIDE Flag player and Singapore’s, Siddharth Jagadeesh joined by Indonesian Grandmaster Novendra Priasmoro.
Steven Cheong