Hong Kong Chess Championship 2008 Preliminaries
Ranking after Round 9
Rank Name Pts BH. 1 GONG, Qian Yun 7.5 44.5 2 YU, Melvin 7.0 48.5 3 YAN, Yi Yan 6.5 49.0 4 YU, Marco 6.0 48.5 5 LO, Cheuk Wai 6.0 48.5 6 ZUEV, Konstantin 6.0 38.5 7 CHONG, Chor Yuen 5.5 48.5 8 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 5.5 46.0 9 LAM, Mingo 5.5 43.5 10 LAW, Mark 5.5 36.5 11 YU, Jeffrey 5.0 46.5 12 CHAN, Linus 5.0 42.0 13 NEVIN, Joshua 5.0 41.5 14 TOWNER, Glen 5.0 41.0 15 SCOTT, Ian 5.0 33.0 16 MASTERS, Christopher 4.5 49.0 17 LAI, Ming Fai 4.5 46.0 18 VALENCIA, Vic 4.5 45.5 19 LEE, Matthew 4.5 39.0 20 WU, Dan 4.5 32.5 21 IU, Alfred 4.0 38.0 22 LEE, Andrew 4.0 35.5 23 LIU, Kingsley 4.0 35.0 24 SY, Desmond 4.0 31.5 25 YIP, Ronald 3.5 40.0 26 PARK, Sang Hyun 3.5 37.0 27 DUMALAOG, Arturo 3.0 46.0 28 FERRIN, Rob 3.0 38.0 29 WONG, Yee Chit 3.0 30.0 30 PARK, Sang Yoon 2.5 36.5 31 WONG, Tony 2.0 17.0 32 YU, Dorothy 1.0 30.5 33 CHAU, Jeffrey 1.0 30.0 Tie-breaks: 1. Buchholz (BH) 2. Median Buchholz (BH -1) 3. Berger (SB)
Note: Hon Ki TSANG, Anya CORKE, Brian DEW and David CHONG are pre-qualified for the Finals. The other eight places in the Finals will be automatically selected from the top rank order of players from this Prelims. All participants in the Finals are subject to full membership or entry eligibility.
Round 9
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 LO, Cheuk Wai 6.0 0 - 16.5 GONG, Qian Yun 2 YU, Melvin 6.0 1 - 05.5 LAM, Mingo 3 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 5.5 0 - 15.5 YAN, Yi Yan 4 YU, Marco 5.5 = - =5.0 CHONG, Chor Yuen 5 YU, Jeffrey 5.0 0 - 15.0 ZUEV, Konstantin 6 TOWNER, Glen 4.5 = - =4.5 CHAN, Linus 7 LAI, Ming Fai 4.5 0 - 14.5 LAW, Mark 8 MASTERS, Christopher 4.0 = - =4.0 VALENCIA, Vic 9 SCOTT, Ian 4.0 1 - 04.0 IU, Alfred 10 YIP, Ronald 3.5 0 - 14.0 NEVIN, Joshua 11 LEE, Matthew 3.5 1 - 03.5 PARK, Sang Hyun 12 WU, Dan 3.5 + - -3.0 DUMALAOG, Arturo 13 FERRIN, Rob 3.0 0 - 13.0 SY, Desmond 14 PARK, Sang Yoon 2.5 0 - 13.0 LEE, Andrew 15 LIU, Kingsley 3.0 1 - 01.0 CHAU, Jeffrey 16 YU, Dorothy 1.0 0 - 12.0 WONG, Yee Chit Round 8
Bo. Name Pts Res.Pts Name 1 GONG, Qian Yun 5.5 1 - 06.0 YU, Melvin 2 YAN, Yi Yan 5.0 = - =5.5 LO, Cheuk Wai 3 YU, Marco 5.0 = - =4.5 YU, Jeffrey 4 LAM, Mingo 4.5 1 - 04.5 LAI, Ming Fai 5 CHAN, Linus 4.5 0 - 14.5 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 6 CHONG, Chor Yuen 4.0 1 - 04.0 NEVIN, Joshua 7 ZUEV, Konstantin 4.0 1 - 04.0 MASTERS, Christopher 8 LAW, Mark 3.5 1 - 03.5 YIP, Ronald 9 PARK, Sang Hyun 3.5 0 - 13.5 TOWNER, Glen 10 VALENCIA, Vic 3.0 1 - 03.5 LEE, Matthew 11 DUMALAOG, Arturo 3.0 0 - 13.0 SCOTT, Ian 12 IU, Alfred 3.0 1 - 03.0 FERRIN, Rob 13 PARK, Sang Yoon 2.0 = - =2.5 LIU, Kingsley 14 YU, Dorothy 1.0 - - +2.5 WU, Dan 15 SY, Desmond 2.0 1 - 02.0 WONG, Yee Chit 16 LEE, Andrew 2.0 1 - 01.0 CHAU, Jeffrey Round 7
Bo. Name Pts Res.Pts Name 1 YU, Melvin 5.0 1 - 05.0 YAN, Yi Yan 2 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 4.5 0 - 14.5 GONG, Qian Yun 3 YU, Jeffrey 4.5 0 - 14.5 LO, Cheuk Wai 4 MASTERS, Christopher 4.0 0 - 14.0 YU, Marco 5 CHAN, Linus 4.0 = - =4.0 LAI, Ming Fai 6 CHONG, Chor Yuen 3.5 = - =3.5 ZUEV, Konstantin 7 FERRIN, Rob 3.0 0 - 13.5 LAM, Mingo 8 NEVIN, Joshua 3.0 1 - 03.0 DUMALAOG, Arturo 9 TOWNER, Glen 3.0 = - =3.0 LAW, Mark 10 LEE, Matthew 2.5 1 - 03.0 IU, Alfred 11 LIU, Kingsley 2.5 0 - 12.5 PARK, Sang Hyun 12 YIP, Ronald 2.5 1 - 02.0 LEE, Andrew 13 SY, Desmond 2.0 0 - 12.0 VALENCIA, Vic 14 SCOTT, Ian 2.0 1 - 02.0 PARK, Sang Yoon 15 CHAU, Jeffrey 1.0 0 - 11.5 WU, Dan 16 YU, Dorothy 1.0 - - +1.0 WONG, Yee Chit Round 6
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 LO, Cheuk Wai 4.0 = - =4.5 YU, Melvin 2 YAN, Yi Yan 4.0 1 - 04.0 MASTERS, Christopher 3 GONG, Qian Yun 3.5 1 - 03.5 CHONG, Chor Yuen 4 LAM, Mingo 3.5 0 - 13.5 YU, Jeffrey 5 DUMALAOG, Arturo 3.0 0 - 13.5 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 6 YU, Marco 3.0 1 - 03.0 TOWNER, Glen 7 LAW, Mark 3.0 0 - 13.0 CHAN, Linus 8 LAI, Ming Fai 3.0 1 - 02.5 YIP, Ronald 9 ZUEV, Konstantin 2.5 1 - 02.5 LEE, Matthew 10 NEVIN, Joshua 2.0 1 - 02.0 VALENCIA, Vic 11 FERRIN, Rob 2.0 1 - 02.0 SCOTT, Ian 12 IU, Alfred 2.0 1 - 02.0 LEE, Andrew 13 PARK, Sang Hyun 2.0 = - =1.5 SY, Desmond 14 WU, Dan 1.5 0 - 11.5 LIU, Kingsley 15 WONG, Yee Chit 1.0 0 - 11.0 PARK, Sang Yoon 16 CHAU, Jeffrey 0.0 1 - 01.0 YU, Dorothy Round 5
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 YU, Melvin 3.5 1 - 04.0 MASTERS, Christopher 2 CHONG, Chor Yuen 3.0 = - =3.5 YAN, Yi Yan 3 LO, Cheuk Wai 3.0 1 - 03.0 YU, Marco 4 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 3.0 = - =3.0 LAM, Mingo 5 YU, Jeffrey 2.5 1 - 03.0 LAW, Mark 6 VALENCIA, Vic 2.0 0 - 12.5 GONG, Qian Yun 7 YIP, Ronald 2.0 = - =2.0 LEE, Matthew 8 CHAN, Linus 2.0 1 - 02.0 PARK, Sang Hyun 9 DUMALAOG, Arturo 2.0 + - -2.0 SCOTT, Ian 10 TOWNER, Glen 2.0 1 - 02.0 FERRIN, Rob 11 LEE, Andrew 2.0 0 - 12.0 LAI, Ming Fai 12 LIU, Kingsley 1.0 = - =1.5 NEVIN, Joshua 13 PARK, Sang Yoon 1.0 0 - 11.5 ZUEV, Konstantin 14 WONG, Yee Chit 1.0 0 - 11.0 IU, Alfred 15 WU, Dan 1.0 = - =1.0 SY, Desmond 16 CHAU, Jeffrey 0.0 - - +0.0 YU, Dorothy Round 4
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 MASTERS, Christopher 3.0 1 - 03.0 CHONG, Chor Yuen 2 YU, Marco 2.5 = - =3.0 YU, Melvin 3 YU, Jeffrey 2.5 - - +2.5 YAN, Yi Yan 4 LAM, Mingo 2.0 1 - 02.0 TOWNER, Glen 5 LAI, Ming Fai 2.0 0 - 12.0 LO, Cheuk Wai 6 VALENCIA, Vic 2.0 0 - 12.0 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 7 LAW, Mark 2.0 1 - 02.0 DUMALAOG, Arturo 8 GONG, Qian Yun 1.5 1 - 02.0 LEE, Andrew 9 WONG, Tony 1.5 = - =1.5 CHAN, Linus 10 SY, Desmond 1.0 0 - 11.0 YIP, Ronald 11 FERRIN, Rob 1.0 1 - 01.0 PARK, Sang Yoon 12 LEE, Matthew 1.0 1 - 01.0 WONG, Yee Chit 13 SCOTT, Ian 1.0 1 - 01.0 LIU, Kingsley 14 PARK, Sang Hyun 1.0 1 - 01.0 WU, Dan 15 CHAU, Jeffrey 0.0 - - +0.5 NEVIN, Joshua 16 ZUEV, Konstantin 0.5 + - -0.0 YU, Dorothy IU, Alfred 0.0 1 - -Bye Round 3
Bo. Name Pts Res.Pts Name 1 CHONG, Chor Yuen 2.0 1 - 02.0 LAM, Mingo 2 YAN, Yi Yan 2.0 = - =2.0 YU, Marco 3 YU, Melvin 2.0 1 - 02.0 VALENCIA, Vic 4 CHAN, Linus 1.5 0 - 12.0 MASTERS, Christopher 5 YIP, Ronald 1.0 0 - 11.5 YU, Jeffrey 6 LO, Cheuk Wai 1.0 1 - 01.0 LEE, Matthew 7 DUMALAOG, Arturo 1.0 1 - 01.0 SY, Desmond 8 LEE, Andrew 1.0 1 - 01.0 FERRIN, Rob 9 GALICIA, Eugenio JR 1.0 1 - 01.0 SCOTT, Ian 10 LIU, Kingsley 1.0 0 - 11.0 LAI, Ming Fai 11 PARK, Sang Yoon 1.0 0 - 11.0 LAW, Mark 12 TOWNER, Glen 1.0 1 - 00.5 ZUEV, Konstantin 13 NEVIN, Joshua 0.5 0 - 10.5 GONG, Qian Yun 14 IU, Alfred 0.0 0 - 10.5 WONG, Tony 15 WONG, Yee Chit 0.0 1 - 00.0 CHAU, Jeffrey 16 YU, Dorothy 0.0 0 - 10.0 PARK, Sang Hyun WU, Dan 0.0 1 - -Bye Round 2
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 FERRIN, Rob 1 0 - 1 1CHONG, Chor Yuen 2 YU, Marco 1 1 - 0 1GALICIA, Eugenio JR 3 LAI, Ming Fai 1 0 - 1 1YU, Melvin 4 LAM, Mingo 1 1 - 0 1LIU, Kingsley 5 MASTERS, Christopher 1 1 - 0 1LO, Cheuk Wai 6 VALENCIA, Vic 1 1 - 0 1TOWNER, Glen 7 YU, Jeffrey 1 = - = 1CHAN, Linus 8 WONG, Tony 0.5 0 - 1 1YAN, Yi Yan 9 GONG, Qian Yun 0 = - = 0.5DUMALAOG, Arturo 10 PARK, Sang Hyun 0 0 - 1 0YIP, Ronald 11 CHAU, Jeffrey 0 0 - 1 0PARK, Sang Yoon 12 SY, Desmond 0 1 - 0 0IU, Alfred 13 LAW, Mark 0 1 - 0 0WONG, Yee Chit 14 WU, Dan 0 0 - 1 0LEE, Andrew 15 LEE, Matthew 0 1 - 0 0YU, Dorothy 16 ZUEV, Konstantin 0 = - = 0NEVIN, Joshua SCOTT, Ian 1Bye Round 1
Bo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 CHONG Chor Yuen 0.0 1 - 0 0.0LAW Mark 2 LEE Andrew 0.0 0 - 1 0.0YU Marco 3 YU Melvin 0.0 1 - 0 0.0LEE Matthew 4 LIU Kingsley 0.0 + - - 0.0LAI Robin 5 YIP Ronald 0.0 0 - 1 0.0MASTERS Christopher 6 NEVIN Joshua 0.0 0 - 1 0.0LAM Mingo 7 LO Cheuk Wai 0.0 1 - 0 0.0PARK Sang Hyun 8 PARK Sang Yoon 0.0 0 - 1 0.0VALENCIA Vic 9 CHAN Linus 0.0 1 - 0 0.0SY Desmond 10 TOWNER Glen 0.0 1 - 0 0.0CHAU Jeffrey 11 DUMALAOG Arturo 0.0 = - = 0.0WONG Tony 12 WONG Yee Chit 0.0 0 - 1 0.0FERRIN Rob 13 GALICIA Eugenio JR 0.0 1 - 0 0.0WU Dan 14 YAN Yi Yan 0.0 + - - 0.0HEMERY Mathieu 15 IU Alfred 0.0 0 - 1 0.0YU Jeffrey 16 ZUEV Konstantin 0.0 - - + 0.0LAI Ming Fai
Schedule:
Jan 7 Entry
Jan 14 Round 1
Jan 21 Round 2
Jan 28 Round 3
Feb 4 Round 4
Feb 11 Round 5
Feb 18 Round 6
Feb 25 Round 7
Mar 3 Round 8
Mar 10 Round 9
Games will start at 7:00 pm
Venue: 2/F Activity Room, Sai Wan Ho Sports Centre, Hong Kong (above Sai Wan Ho MTR Station)
Time Control: 40 moves in 75 min and 15 min to finish; additional 30 sec/move made
Format: Swiss System, FIDE rated
No. of rounds: 9 rounds
Entry Fee: HK$70; (HKCF full members waived for entry fee)
Chief Arbiter: Jackson Li
Event Controller: Mingo Lam
How to register: Send your name to Mingo Lam (email: Mingo Lam) on or before Jan 7, 2008.