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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Who are the most active players in Malaysia - FIDE wise?

It is very interesting to see the top 10 most active FIDE rated players in the country, and to see that it is led by a lady player, even the more interesting.

Rank Name FIDE Games Local Games Local Events
1 Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham 1845 58 36 4
2 Lim, Yee-Weng 2248 49 0 0
3 Ismail, Ahmad 1991 47 45 5
4 Lee, Kim Han Edward 2144 45 27 3
5 Mas, Hafizulhelmi 2423 45 9 1
6 Mohamed, Abdul Haq 2096 43 18 2
7 Nur, Najiha Hisham 1791 43 36 4
8 Chan, Nicholas 2375 42 18 2
9 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil 2029 41 45 5
10 Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi 2066 40 36 4
11 Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri 1743 38 27 3
12 Che Hassan, Abdullah 2080 38 27 3
13 Haslindah, Ruslan 1661 38 27 3
14 Lee, Kah Meng Elgin 1936 37 27 3
15 Tan, Jun Feng 1854 37 27 3
16 Yeoh, Li Tian 2122 36 45 5
17 Yusof, Kamaluddin 2060 36 27 3
18 Tan, Ken Wei 2022 35 27 3
19 Mok, Tze-Meng 2394 33 9 1
20 Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred 1799 32 36 4
(Note: The local games are estimated at 9 games per event played in Malaysia so if a player played in 2 FIDE rated events in Malaysia, the estimate is that he/she had played 18 FIDE rated games. The listing provided by FIDE does not indicate the events that the player played so an estimate was used.)

The list is led by WCM Nur Nabil Azman Hisham who played 58 games of which 36 games are estimated to be played locally (as she had played in 4 local FIDE rated events). Since Nur Nabila had represented the country in various Junior events, it is not surprising that she played a lot of FIDE rated games.

Even without playing a single FIDE rated game in Malaysia, IM Lim Yee Weng still managed to get to the second spot with 49 games.

Ismail Ahmad is one of the 3 most active player playing in the local FIDE rated events in the country (together with Yeoh Li Tian and Mohd Nabil Azman Hisham) and it clearly shows that even with minimal playing abroad, Ismail can still chalk up the number of FIDE rated games that he has played in 2010.

Edward Lee next in 4 spot and our number 1 player in the country, IM Mas Hafizul is at 5th spot with 45 FIDE rated games (some of which were from the Olympiad) but with only 1 FIDE rated event played locally.

It was rather surprising to see Mohammed Haq at the 6th spot as he only played in 2 local FIDE rated events but he did play in the UKM Masters event and the DATCC League which may gave contributed to the high number.

At 7th spot is Nur Nabila younger sister, Nur Najiha followed by FM Nicholas Chan at number 8, and Nabila/Najiha brother Mohd Nabil at the 9th spot, and Kelantanese Nik Ahmad Farouqi rounding up the 10th spot.

Yeoh Li Tian, together with Mohd Nabil and Ismail Ahmad, are the most active players playing in our local FIDE Rated circuit and all 3 are listed in the top 20 of the most active players.

Surprising enough, 8 of our top 10 FIDE rated players have played at least one rated FIDE game in 2010 - the only 2 missing being 2nd seed IM Wong Zi Jing and FM Anas Nazreen both of whom are studying abroad. The least active in the top 10 is Ng Tze Han (seeded 9) with only 6 games to show for.

From the top 10 players, IM Mas is the most active with 45 games, followed by FM Nicholas Chan at 42 games, IM Mok Tze Meng at 33 games, IM Jimmy Liew with 29 games and FM Peter Long at 28 games. IM Lim Yee Weng (ranked 15th) is the most active top 20 players in Malaysia with 49 games.

Based in these figures alone, I can safely say that MCF can use the FIDE rating list as part of the selection criteria to select players to represent the country because these players, albeit their lack of participation in the local circuit, do have enough FIDE rated games to boost their credibility (and still maintain being at the top of our list).

Some of the other surprising active FIDE list that are in the top 30 are:
  1. Kamalariffin Wahiduddin
  2. Cheah Cheok Fung
  3. Alfred Ting
  4. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan
  5. Low Jun Keat
  6. Tan Ken Wei
  7. Kamaluddin Yusoff
  8. Abdullah Che Hassan
Except for Cheah Cheok Fung (who played in the Philippines), the others only concentrated their participation in the local circuit (correct me if I am wrong).

We seem to have a great mix of players who play in the local and international FIDE rated games but we need to merge those who are active in the international field to play more in the local circuit to help pass around and share "the knowledge"

So, what can we do?
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4 comments:

  1. Jimmy LiewFebruary 23, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    What is the difference between the columns Games and Local Games?

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  2. SomeDaysLikeTheseFebruary 23, 2011 at 3:23 AM

    Hi Jimmy
    Games meant the total number FIDE rated games that the player has played for 2010, locally and abroad.

    Local Games meant the total number of FIDE rated games that the player has played in Malaysia only.

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  3. Jimmy LiewFebruary 23, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    Means that Games include Local Games.
    In that case, how is it possible that Games are less than Local Games for some?

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  4. SomeDaysLikeTheseFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    I have out a note at the bottom of the table i.e. the local games are estimated at 9 games per event played in Malaysia so if a player played in 2 FIDE rated events in Malaysia, the estimate is that he/she had played 18 FIDE rated games. The listing provided by FIDE does not indicate the events that the player played so an estimate was used. Therefore, if the games figure is lower than the local game figure, the following is probably true:
    1) All the FIDE game were played locally
    2) some of the games played were against unrated players.

    There is no exact data unless we go through each tournament data that each Malaysian player has played one by one.

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