Brunei Internet Chess Blitz
By Emmielia Zaini

The 1st Brunei Internet Chess Blitz was held on Tuesday at ICC whereby 418 elite online players vied for the $6,500 prize fund.

First place went to IM Arthur Gabrielyan (Dinamit) from Russia bringing home a hefty US$1,500 followed by GM Axel Bachmann (Olimpus) from Paraguay (US$1,000) and Israeli GM Ilya Smirin (Tapuax) winning US$750.

The inaugural Brunei Internet Chess Blitz was held in conjunction with His Majesty's 62nd birthday celebrations.

It was also linked up with Brunei Chess Centre at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas and the Brunei Shell Recreational Club Chess Centre in Seria for a special online B tournament for Brunei players.

The event was won by 19-year-old FM Yee Soon Wei from BSRC Chess Centre with 8.5 points. He won a return ticket to Singapore. Second was Muhd Aliuddin and won himself a two-day/one night stay at the Empire Hotel and Country Club and third place went to Dyg Siti Nur Fatimah Al-Zuhra.

Md Iqbal Aqbari won the U-10 category followed by Jerry Goh and Muhd Nabil Fadhillah.

In the U-12 category, the winner was Dyg Siti Nur Fatanah Azrina followed by Muhd Ahsanuddien and Azizul.

Muhd Adib Syauqi was the U-14 winner and second was Ira Kartika Dewi.

Md Nazim dominated the U-16 category while Awg Hj Md Zulkifli was the winner in the Over-50 category.

Top five merit prizes went to See Jun Wei, Paddy Koh, Fahmi , Md Syahmi and Iscramoun Bajau.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin