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I have just come back from a 5-day stay in Melbourne's Central Business District. We stayed at a Novotel hotel on Collins St. Click here to see TripAdvisor's article on "Novotel Melbourne on Collins". The service, facilities and location of the hotel were very good. We took a lot of pictures and visited famous places like Crown Casino and Dymocks Booksellers.

I completed two things I really wanted to do. I ate Peking Duck (or Peking Roast Duck) and I took a black and white picture of myself using Portrait Studio.

Peking Duck, or Peking Roast Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty, now considered one of China's national foods.

Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition for PC and Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for Nintendo DS have been released! This new Chessmaster game was released by Ubisoft in October. Users can play chess against the chess engine called The King, do chess drill, listen to chess lectures and more.

- The old Chessmaster 10th Edition

To go to the Chessmaster homepage, visit http://chessmaster.uk.ubi.com/xi/index.php.

To see what's new in the 11th edition of Chessmaster, go to http://chessmaster.uk.ubi.com/xi/whatsNew.php.

GeniusProphecy.com has undergone some major changes in the last few weeks and we have big plans to come.

Here are some of the things recently completed:
1. A new sitemap has been created
2. The article on why should people play chess
3. The real estate page has had a makeover
4. The RuneScape tips page has been updated with the latest information
5. The 10 Useful Programs for Your PC page has been introduced
6. An introduction on the most recent Star Wars games specifically light-saber wielding and with excellent effects

I have just attended the Junior Leaders Course (or Cadet Promotions Course) during 07/12/07-11/12/07. The Junior Leaders Course is for first-year cadets who want to become junior leaders, attain rank and take on their second year of cadets. There was also the Senior Leaders Course and the CUO/WO Course. All the courses were held at Scotch College's "Boarding House".

The course was designed to provide cadets, skills knowledge and attitudes required to perform the role of a Junior Leader within the Australian Army Cadets. We learned about treating burns, actions on getting lost, setting up a hootchie, etc. We also had to give a "drill lesson", which was especially difficult because it was our first time.

At the end of the course, cadets are deemed either competent or incompetent. If deemed competent, cadets will receive the rank of "Corporal" next year and they also receive a certificate for completing the course. I received "competency".

I've had my new Dell XPS M1330 Notebook for almost a month now. It has been working excellently and Windows Vista seems to have many significant improvements. The clock is not running off time and the navigation is a bit easier now. The notebook is extremely fast and agile, being able to easily run many programs at a time. A lot of programs from Windows XP still work on Windows Vista, which was a big relief (although be forewarned, some programs cannot run on Windows Vista).

The laptop I have is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks in its class. Click here to read more information on the Dell XPS M1330 notebook.

I'm currently going through the book Search Engine Optimization for Dummies (2nd ed. 2006) by Peter Kent. If you don't really know what SEO is, it is basically designing your website specifically for search engine indexing, searches and traffic.

I'm reading through the book and making changes as I go, so you can expect some changes at GeniusProphecy.com.

I've just created a guide on How to Solve a Rubik's Cube the Easy Way. The Rubik's Cube (or rubix, rubick's or rubics cube) is a mechanical square colour puzzle. It was invented by a Hungarian professor of architecture and a sculptor, Ernő Rubik. Since its invention in 1974 and worldwide release in 1980, the Rubik's Cube has baffled millions of people. Using my guide, you can solve a Rubik's Cube in a simple and clear-cut manner.

To access the Rubik's Cube guide, go to http://www.geniusprophecy.com/rubiks-cube.html.

Today, I received a new Dell XPS M1330 Notebook. It has been running very smoothly so far. The laptop runs on Windows Vista Home Premium, and has killer memory and hard disk space. It is one of the thinnest of all Dell laptops and has a sleek silver design.

For more information on Dell Notebooks, go to http://www.dell.com/.

The Scotch 2007 Cadet Tattoo took place on Friday. We had spent several weeks rehearsing the Tattoo every Thursday with Major Bain. We gathered near the Q-Store at 7:00PM that night. We received our rifles and started marching onto the Main Oval at about 8:30PM. There was a large crowd ready to watch us and the principal, Dr Gordon Donaldson AM, was there too. This was a very special tattoo as it is Dr Donaldson's last year this year before he retires after being principal of Scotch for 25 years. This year's reviewing officer was Lieutenant General Ian Teague. His speech was very though-provoking and impressive. The Tattoo ended at around 10:15PM. We were told that there was a possibility of someone fainting for standing with a rifle that long, but thankfully I don't think anyone fainted. We were dismissed shortly afterwards and celebrated our last Cadets session of the year.

The Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship was held at the Council Chambers of City of Port Phillip (St Kilda town hall at the junction of Brighton Road and Carlisle Street) during the 3rd, 4th and 6th of November. I won this event last year with a rather impressive performance. You can see the results of last year's tournament at http://www.global1t.com/chess/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=44.

This year's event was won by GM Darryl Johansen with 6/7. GM Dejan Antic, IM Stephen Solomon, IM Leonid Sandler, FM Igor Bjelobrk and FM Jesse Sales were all =2nd with 5.5/7. The overall standings will soon be available at http://www.global1t.com/chess/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=55.

The 2007 Canterbury/Box Hill Open was held between 21/09/07-02/11/07. The top seeds included Sam Chow (2327), IM Leonid Sandler (2319) and Chris Wallis (2202). The tournament ended in a 6-way tie for 1st place. I came =1st and became Canterbury/Box Hill Open Champion on countback (in all countback systems). Michael Chan {803(!)} won the B Division with an amazing 7/7 (B Division players are mixed with A Division players, which made it an even more important feat).

Here are the final standings of the tournament.

Division A

Place Name Div Rtg Score

1-6 Lin, Zhigen A 2095 5.5
Sandler, Leonid A 2319 5.5
Wallis, Chris A 2202 5.5
Chow, Samuel A 2327 5.5
Bourmistrov, Denis A 2089 5.5
Kempen, Leon A 2051 5.5
7 Chmiel, Rad A 1667 5
8-11 Cheng, Bobby A 2019 4.5
Voon, Richard A 1852 4.5
Cook, Geoff L A 1794 4.5
Liston, Howard A 1771 4.5
12-16 Raine, Marcus A 1932 4
Mijatovic, Bosko A 1866 4
Lawson, Shane A 1689 4
Schulzer, Peter A 1672 4
Croft, Roger A 1645 4
17-21 Chung, Francisco A 1762 3.5
Vijayakumar, Rengan A 1689 3.5
Schneider, David A 1582 3.5
Matheson, Laurence A 1488 3.5
Tan, Justin A 1193 3.5
22-33 Schön, Eugene A 1888 3
Brooks, Chris A 1803 3
Sharman, Scot A 1762 3
Podvorac, Zeljko A 1721 3
Lin, Hong A 1701 3
Escribano, Jose A 1700 3
Flude, David A 1679 3
Tionko, Efrain A 1675 3
Hinton, Guy A 1601 3
Omeragic, Jusuf A 1486 3
Glenton, Alan A 1452 3
Neymanis, Eric A 1282 3
34-37 Elbrish, Sam A 1393 2.5
Dalton, Laurie A 1300 2.5
Ng, Isaac A 1206 2.5
Sannidhanam, Anurag A 1201 2.5
38-42 Tang, Jason A 1679 2
Umber, George A 1610 2
Renzies, Elliott A 1452 2
Fielder, Shaun A 1260 2
Feng, Thomas A 1250 2
43 Lundgren, Leif A 1651 0

Division B

Place Name Div Rtg Score

1 Chan, Michael B 803 7
2 Feng, Tim B 1185 5
3-4 Toper, David B 1030 4
Ang, Stephanie B 793 4
5 Lemmel, Oliver B 908 3.5
6-11 Cuxson, Stuart B 1149 3
Lyons, Linden B 1127 3
Kiripitige, Punala B 1084 3
Muthusamy, Jayan B 838 3
Yuan, Daniel B 686 3
Guo, Murphy B 525 3
12 Ng, Joshua B 788 2.5
13-15 Gurevich, Andrew B 1095 2
Chan, Raymond B 857 2
Gibson, Kyle B 539 2
16-19 Alfons, Bishoy B 815 1
Lim, Neilson B 801 1
Brown, Chris B 601 1
Yuan, David B 512 1
20-23 Tsai-Luong, Eric B 851 0
Kwok, Nigel B 601 0
Thiel, Anton B 501 0
Ju, William B 401 0

Shredder 11 is almost out! No other program in the past few years has been able to win as many world championship titles as Shredder. The programmer of Shredder, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, has been hard at work, so that this record run is in no danger of being broken. Shredder 11, is stronger than any previous version, improving over its predecessor by about 100 FIDE rating points. The new version implements a new evaluation function which delivers more realistic assessments and more efficient search techniques. The reason behind Shredder's massive improvement in performance is the massive reprogramming of its evaluation function, which helps it deliver even more precise judgments. Shredder's evaluation of passed pawns has also been greatly improved. A new feature is the 'Opening Advisor', which allows Shredder to handle opening lines much better without the need to rely on an openings book. All of these improvements lead to more realistic and reliable results during your chess analysis. Shredder 11 is also completely Windows Vista-compatible thanks to the latest Fritz interface.

Shredder 11 is available from October 31. The full details from ChessBase can be found at http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=347.

Deep Shredder 11 in now listed on the CEGT rating list (http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/40_40%20Rating%20List/40_40%20All%20Versions/rangliste.html), which is currently being leaded by Rybka 2.3.2a x64 4CPU with a whopping 3094 rating.

I've wondered about this for a long time and I've finally found the answer. I crack my knuckles and my neck all the time and I had no idea if there were any long-term repercussions. Everybody's heard the story that cracking your knuckles will cause you to have arthritis later in life and I've heard it countless times from my friends. The truth is if your mum tells you you're going to get arthritis, she's just passing on something someone made up a long time ago. There is absolutely no scientific evidence that cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis.

What's with the sound? The most widely accepted theory is cavitation within the joint—small cavities of partial vacuum form in the fluid and then rapidly collapse, producing a sharp sound. This explains the popping that can occur in any joint, such as during spinal manipulation. Synovial fluid cavitation is the most likely theory and substantial evidence exists in support of it. Cracking your knuckles releases gases from the joints.

The long-term consequences of this practice have not been studied thoroughly, and the scientific evidence is inconclusive. The common parental advice "cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis" is not supported by any evidence. Joint cracking relieves excess pressure in joints. The "non-evidence" proves that it is not worth giving up such a productive habit.

Source: Kidzworld, Wikipedia

We have just went on a History excursion in the city.

Our first destination was the City Museum at the Old Treasury building. This is where they used to store gold, and it's also the Governer of Victoria's office.

We then went to McDonalds, where many people didn't realize it was 'morning tea' and bought meals. My friend Jeff bought a double quarter pounder meal. I ate the 'daily essentials', an apple and banana.

Our next destination was the Eureka Tower Observation Deck, also known as 'Skydeck'. This is one of the tallest buildings in Victoria and from the top, we could see thousands of cars, houses and structures. There is also a section called 'The Edge', where you are suspended in a see-through cube 300 metres above the ground.

We then went into the centre of the city to buy lunch. Most of my friends went to Subway, one of my friends went to KFC and I went into McDonalds. I bought my favourite Filet-O-Fish burgers. McDonalds has improved this burger considerably, and it has extremely low saturated fat.

We travelled to Kino Cinema to see the movie 'Rabbit-Proof Fence' (2002), which is an emotional story depicting the 'Stolen Generation' involving several young mixed-race Aboriginal girls walking several thousands kilometres to escape from a mission (Moore River) back to their family in Jigalong.

We were dismissed from the cinema and I was able to make to the train station after a tough journey.

These days, people are always worrying if their computer's private data is secure. I have provided a guide to what people should have on their computer. I believe that adequate protection should be completely free. The access this guide, go to http://www.geniusprophecy.com/computer-safety.html.

I've added a new reviews section at http://www.geniusprophecy.com/reviews.html, where I have already reviewed the recent movie Rush Hour 3 starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan as well as The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess by GM John Emms and paper. There has also been major changes with a range of other pages including the Star Wars page (http://www.geniusprophecy.com/starwars.html) and Ben's page (http://www.geniusprophecy.com/ben.html).

An effortless 20-move draw against Peter Leko (2751) in an Anti-Marshall (Ruy Lopez) clinched it - Viswanathan Anand (2792) of India won the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City to become the undisputed World Chess Champion.

Our car recently broke down and had to be towed home. It turned out there was something wrong with the recharger to the battery, which could not be fixed with replacing the battery.

We bought a black Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport. The Toyota Corolla is a compact car produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the bestselling car in the world, with over 30 million sold as of 2007.

Our original car was a dark green Daewoo Espero. The Espero sold well in the UK, but its competitive asking price, impressive equipment levels and the comprehensive aftersales package were about the only strengths the car had in comparison with other rivals.

As is expected, some funny stuff always appear on camps. Here is some of the funny stuff that happened...

Someone gets bitten by a snake and you turkey slap them.

"Turn up this absolute gangsta music." (on the bus to Puckapunyal)

Lachy Webster tried to make coffee in a kidney cup on the fire.

"Demeris is going to have a 5-minute chat and then you can go to bed and have some fun."

"If anyone gets in my way, I'll cut them down." (after talking about teamwork)

I slipped down while trying to kick my friend.

"I got some fat guy in my year level to make the sign." (talking about the big 3 sign for the platoon)

I have just returned from a Puckapunyal military base. Overall, it has been a pretty good experience and I especially liked the live firing.

I woke up with the urge to vomit and feeling dizzy on the final day. I had to take some Panadol tablets and fell asleep a couple more times. The teachers and the platoon were very helpful while I was sick.

On the trip back we watched Scooby-Doo, a 2002 live-action film. The film concerns Mystery Inc. (Shaggy, Fred, Scooby-Doo, Velma and Daphne) investigating an island, owned by the eccentric Emile Mondavarious, where teenagers are turning into mindless zombies. They end up unravelling a rather bewildering plan. The film includes Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson and Neil Fanning.

Here is what we did on the days...

Day 1

Arrival in bush
Abseiling (25 metres)

Day 2

Navigational exercise
Shelter building (using wood)
Night navigational exercise
Lantern Stalk

Day 3

Arrival in barracks
Drill using rifles

Day 4

Live firing (using, as I recall, the 5.56mm F88 Austeyr rifle)
Personal training (just a whole lot of exercise, and I found it particularly difficult)
Drill with rifles
Lantern stalk

Day 5

Drill with rifles
Concert night (with the whole unit)
Skit night (with Alpha company)

Day 6
Drill with rifles
Parade

I will be off in the Scotch ACU Annual Camp from the 14th-19th of September. This will be two nights in the bush and three nights at a military base. The first activity my company is doing will be abseiling.

Here is a translation of Kevin Rudd's speech in Chinese Mandarin to Hu Jintao during a lunch dedicated to the Chinese president.

- Translation from Google Translate (BETA). This page has been translated directly from Chinese and therefore may be a bit strange in English.

"President Hu, I speak for my wife and I express to you our personal Welcome, welcome you to our visit to Australia. You and the Chinese friends here in Australia have many, many friends, many real friends, they are very welcome. President Hu, your in our country is our most distinguished guests, and I hope you can rest, we see beautiful places, we see pretty scenery, and our beautiful city.

In the 1980s, I took his wife and daughter and began working in China. My wife and I are right Beijing has a special love. We love Beijing's feelings, we love the people of Beijing, of course, its culture. After 20 years, we in April this year with our youngest daughter to Beijing, and one from Chinese Community married man.

My son was studying in Shanghai's Fudan University. I have a little boy, our youngest child, he was attending high school. He is really very, very naughty, do not like to do his own homework. But he has started learning the Chinese language."

A video of part of the speech can be found at http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=31424.

Just like in the 2005, the 4th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open again saw the triumph of an untitled player, Li Chao (2529).

The website includes a game where Australian junior Max Illingworth (2137) draws with the winner of the tournament in the first round.

You can catch the ChessBase report at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4087.

Coming events:

Event	Place	Class	Start	Finish	Contact
Bundaberg Weekender	Bundaberg, QLD	2	25/8/07	26/8/07	atomic@isisol.com.au
1^st Blayney Open	Blayney, NSW	1	8/9/07	9/9/07	philwillb@bigpond.com
Hobart Weekender	Hobart, TAS	1	15/9/07	16/9/07	k_bonham@tassie.net.au
Nell van de Graaf Classic	Gold Coast, QLD	4	22/9/07	23/9/07	outreachchess@bigpond.com
Ryde-Eastwood Open	Sydney, NSW	4	29/9/07	1/10/07	tournaments@nswca.org.au
Labour Day Weekender	Adelaide, SA	1	29/9/07	1/10/07	alang@chariot.net.au

The two major events appear to be the Ryde-Eastwood Open in Sydney and the Nell van de Graaf Classic in the Gold Coast. These are both category 4 events.

The new ACF ratings are out. To work out ACF compared to FIDE ratings, in general, FIDE rating = ACF rating + several hundred points. The difference gets a lot smaller when you become 2300+ ACF. I am ranked in the top under 20. Here are some samples.

Top players

  2605!!  21  NSW  Rogers, Ian [GM]
  2560!!   7  NSW  Zhao, Zong-Yuan [IM]
  2471!!  20  VIC  Smerdon, David C [IM]
  2447!!  26  QLD  Solomon, Stephen J [IM]
  2424!!   7  VIC  Johansen, Darryl K [GM]
  2423!!  23  NSW  Bjelobrk, Igor [FM]
  2406!!   7  NSW  Xie, George [IM]
  2405!!   7  NSW  Lane, Gary W [IM]
  2391!!  12  VIC  Goldenberg, Igor [FM]
  2375!    7   SA  Tao, Trevor
  2365!!  13  QLD  Froehlich, Peter [IM]
  2359!   13   SA  Chapman, Mark [IM]
  2328!!  20  VIC  West, Guy [IM]
  2327!!   7  VIC  Chow, Samuel
  2322!    0  NSW  Canfell, Gregory J [FM]
  2319!!  12  VIC  Sandler, Leonid [IM]
  2309!    0  VIC  Baron, Michael [FM]
  2288!    0  NSW  Feldman, Vladimir [IM]
  2281!    3  NSW  Tan, Justin
  2280!   13  QLD  Ly, Moulthun
  2279!!  14  NSW  Rej, Tomek
  2260!!   5  NSW  Smirnov, Vladimir
  2248!    9  VIC  Jordan, Bill [FM]
  2242!    0  VIC  Depasquale, Chris J [FM]
  2239!    8  NSW  Scott, Ronald
  2237!!   7  NSW  Ayvazyan, Armen
  2236!    4  QLD  Humphrey, Jonathan [FM]
  2235!    7   SA  Obst, James
  2232!    5  QLD  Sarfati, Jonathan [FM]
  2223!!   9   WA  Boyd, Tristan
  2216!!  16  VIC  Rujevic, Mirko [IM]
  2212!!  10  NSW  Yu, Ronald
  2202!!  35  VIC  Wallis, Christopher
  2199!!  23  NSW  Wright, Neil S
  2196!!  15   WA  Horstmann, Michael
  2183!    0  NSW  O'Chee, Kevin
  2181!    0  NSW  Bouchaaya, Tony
  2179!!   8  NSW  Flatow, A (Fred) [FM]
  2176!   17  NSW  Dilla, Edsil
  2176!!  14  ACT  Ikeda, Junta
  2172!    5  VIC  Sorokina, Anastasia [WIM]
  2172!    1  NSW  Suttor, Vincent
  2166!    0  NSW  Vojvodic, Branislev
  2163!    7   SA  Nguyen, Giang
  2158!!   7  ACT  Oliver, Gareth
  2158!    0  NSW  Halpin, Patrick
  2157!    7  QLD  Caoili, Arianne B [WFM]
  2156!!   9  VIC  Levi, Eddy L [FM]
  2154!!  20  VIC  Hamilton, Douglas G [FM]
  2154!    0  NSW  Berezina - Feldman, Irina [IM]
  2152!!   9  NSW  Morris, Michael
  2147!!  13  VIC  Jager, Jesse
  2147!!   5  NSW  Bird, Andrew
  2144!   13   WA  Kurniawan, Stephanus
  2142!!  40  VIC  Stojic, Dusan
  2139!!  42  VIC  Dragicevic, Domagoj
  2128!    3  QLD  Mastilovic, Rajko
  2124!    0  NSW  Malik, Hani
  2122!!   0  NSW  Broekhuyse, Paul
  2122!    0   WA  Barber, Haydn J [FM]

Top Under 20:

Top Under 20
  2327!!  19  VIC  Chow, Samuel
  2280!   15  QLD  Ly, Moulthun
  2235!   16   SA  Obst, James
  2212!!  18  NSW  Yu, Ronald
  2202!!  16  VIC  Wallis, Christopher
  2183!   19  NSW  O'Chee, Kevin
  2176!!  15  ACT  Ikeda, Junta
  2172!   18  NSW  Suttor, Vincent
  2158!!  18  ACT  Oliver, Gareth
  2152!!  18  NSW  Morris, Michael
  2147!!  18  VIC  Jager, Jesse
  2142!!  17  VIC  Stojic, Dusan
  2118!!  19  NSW  Hu, Jason
  2106!   17  ACT  Wei, Michael
  2097!!  14  NSW  Illingworth, Max
  2095!!  13  VIC  Lin, Zhigen Wilson
  2088!!  12  VIC  Morris, James
  2077!   19  NSW  Xie, Ken
  2058!   16  QLD  Lazarus, Benjamin
  2013!!  16   WA  Donaldson, Thomas

The Russian men team were in the lead in the beginning of the match, but in the last three rounds China took over. China won in the end by a narrow margin 25.5-24.5. The Chinese women's team defeated the Russian women's team 27-23.

Games from the tournament can be downloaded at http://www.chessbase.com/news/2007/games/ruschn07.pgn.

I have changed the chess page considerably at http://www.geniusprophecy.com/chess/.

Currently the template is being annoying and some borders and lines are getting messed up (you can find the template at http://www.thetemplatestore.com/). It's so much easier with Blogger because everything is done for you.

Currently, I only plan to put the template on my frontpage (i.e. index.htm) and on my other pages, I plan to just put a logo on the top left and a link back home, e.g. http://www.geniusprophecy.com/main/recent-news.html.

I recently ordered four items from the ICC Store and I would like the applaud their speed in delivery. I received my items from the United States in a week, which is extraordinary because I normally receive things in 4 weeks.

On another note, I've found that the ICC Store and the jeremysilman.com shop are surprisingly similar. I'm not sure what's going on there. And somehow, http://www.classicalgames.com/ can reach both shops depending on which one you visited last.

Li Chao (2529) drew his last game against GM Ziaur Rahman (2522) to take out 1st place by ½ a point.

A crosstable of the tournament is available at http://gilachess.com/ext/datmo2007.html.

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.
1	6		Li Chao	2529	CHN	9	72
2	22		Wan, Yunguo	2386	CHN	8½	73
3	7	GM	Ziaur Rahman	2522	BAN	8	75
4	9	IM	Wang, Rui	2482	CHN	8	74
5	5	GM	Nguyen, Anh Dung	2537	VIE	8	71½
6	18	IM	Barlo A Nadera	2402	PHI	7½	72½
7	4	GM	Dao, Thien Hai	2537	VIE	7½	72½
8	25	IM	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	2372	MAS	7½	70
9	14	IM	Julio Catalinco C. Sadorra	2421	PHI	7½	64½
10	16	WGM	Li, Ruofan	2417	SIN	7	78
11	1	GM	Zhang, Zhong	2634	SIN	7	75
12	11	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2456	INA	7	72½
13	24	IM	Bancod, Ronald	2373	PHI	7	72
14	12	IM	Girinath, P.D.S.	2440	IND	7	70½
15	8	IM	Oliver Dimakiling	2500	PHI	7	69½
16	29		Wang, Li	2337	CHN	7	69½
17	21	IM	Ginting, Nasib	2393	INA	7	67½
18	2	GM	Adianto, Utut	2583	INA	7	65½
19	10		Zhou, Weiqi	2469	CHN	6½	76
20	23		Senador, Emmanuel	2380	PHI	6½	71½
21	30	FM	Lim, Yee-Weng	2336	MAS	6½	70½
22	3	GM	Chandler, Murray	2540	ENG	6½	68½
23	27	WGM	Zhang, Jilin	2338	CHN	6½	64
24	26	FM	Mok, Tze-Meng	2346	MAS	6½	63½
25	64		Crowdy, Stephen C	2030	ENG	6½	61½
26	13		Hamed G Nouri	2426	PHI	6	75
27	17	IM	Lane, Gary W.	2412	AUS	6	71
28	31		Khairul, Aman	2316	INA	6	68
29	20		Rolando, Nolte	2396	PHI	6	68
30	19	IM	Richard B Bitoon	2399	PHI	6	68
31	35	FM	Sebastian Simanjuntak	2271	INA	6	64
32	39	FM	Anas Nazreen Bakri	2230	MAS	6	63½
33	45		Kojima, Shinya	2156	JPN	6	61½
34	83		Junaid Pamungkas	0	INA	6	61
35	56		Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2080	IND	6	60
36	47		Tan, Khai Boon	2138	MAS	6	56½
37	36	FM	Tindall, Brett	2258	AUS	6	54
38	82		Hakiki, Kaiser Jenius	0	INA	5½	69½
39	32		Rhobel Legaspi	2316	PHI	5½	67½
40	33	IM	Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy	2309	MAS	5½	66½
41	37	FM	Ton That Nhu Tung	2247	VIE	5½	64
42	38		Wallis, Christopher	2238	AUS	5½	63½
43	15	IM	Tirto	2418	INA	5½	62½
44	40		Zakaria, Fairin	2225	MAS	5½	62
45	49		Illingworth, Max	2137	AUS	5½	62
46	28		Shen, Siyuan	2337	CHN	5½	58½
47	43		Haessler, Carl	2167	USA	5½	58
48	44		Nanjo, Ryosuke	2165	JPN	5½	57½
49	50		Abang, Mohd Reduan	2136	MAS	5½	56
50	55	FM	Jones, Brian	2084	AUS	5½	55½
51	54	WIM	Moylan, Laura	2100	AUS	5	66½
52	48		Yeap, Eng Cheam	2138	MAS	5	62½
53	57		Chong, Chor Yuen	2067	HKG	5	61½
54	34		Mehdi Hasan Parag	2280	BAN	5	61
55	42		Sherrie Joy Lomibao	2174	PHI	5	60½
56	87		Zhang Jing	0	CHN	5	58
57	46		Ismail, Ahmad	2149	MAS	5	57½
58	67		Viswanath, Sandilya B.	1967	IND	5	51
59	62	WFM	Milligan, Helen	2034	SCO	5	48½
60	70		Evan Timothy Capel	1871	MAS	4½	58
61	51		Bennett, Hilton	2132	NZL	4½	56
62	61		Spiller, Paul	2037	NZL	4½	54
63	68		Schon, Eugene	1963	AUS	4½	53
64	65		Mohan, Raj	1986	MAS	4½	53
65	60		Edward Lee Kim Han	2046	MAS	4½	52½
66	71		Lee, T H Bryan	1867	HKG	4½	52
67	66		Thong Yung Chen	1977	MAS	4½	51½
68	73		Roland Brockman	1793	AUS	4½	51½
69	59		Low, Jun Jian	2057	MAS	4½	51
70	75		Ahmad, Morsin	1742	MAS	4½	50½
71	58		Lim, Kian Hwa	2062	MAS	4½	47½
72	52		Dotsenko, Viacheslav	2132	RUS	4	57
73	63		Inoue, Sho	2031	JPN	4	55
74	72		Japeri, Reduan	1831	MAS	4	54
75	76		Fong Wei Chern, Gavin	1632	MAS	4	52
76	53		Ruston, Mark R	2116	ENG	4	50½
77	78		Abang Azman Draup	1436	MAS	4	47½
78	74		Taminsyah Aston	1743	INA	3½	47½
79	84		Justin Tan	0	AUS	3½	47
80	81		Chris Marshall	0	ENG	3½	43
81	79		Christopher Masters	1434	HKG	3½	42
82	41		Constance, James	2205	ENG	3	52
83	69		S., Balendran	1951	MAS	3	51½
84	77		Elgin Lee Kah Meng	1469	MAS	3	44½
85	85		Mark Law	0	HKG	2½	42½
86	80		Abang Draup	1213	MAS	2	46
87	86		Tan Kok Han	0	SIN	1	23

Chinese Li Chao (2529) is currently leading the tournament by a full point. Since this is the last round, a draw or a win guarantees 1st place.

Round 11 Pairings
Bo.	SNo.		Name	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name	SNo.
1	6		Li Chao	8½		7½	GM	Ziaur Rahman	7
2	11	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	7		7½		Wan, Yunguo	22
3	18	IM	Barlo A Nadera	7		7	GM	Dao, Thien Hai	4
4	5	GM	Nguyen, Anh Dung	7		7	WGM	Li, Ruofan	16
5	9	IM	Wang, Rui	7		6½	GM	Chandler, Murray	3
6	1	GM	Zhang, Zhong	6½		6½		Wang, Li	29
7	12	IM	Girinath, P.D.S.	6½		6½	GM	Adianto, Utut	2
8	10		Zhou, Weiqi	6½		6½	IM	Julio Catalinco C. Sadorra	14
9	25	IM	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	6½		6		Hamed G Nouri	13
10	20		Rolando, Nolte	6		6	IM	Oliver Dimakiling	8
11	21	IM	Ginting, Nasib	6		6	IM	Richard B Bitoon	19
12	15	IM	Tirto	5½		6	IM	Bancod, Ronald	24
13	17	IM	Lane, Gary W.	5½		5½	FM	Sebastian Simanjuntak	35
14	23		Senador, Emmanuel	5½		5½		Nanjo, Ryosuke	44
15	82		Hakiki, Kaiser Jenius	5½		5½	FM	Mok, Tze-Meng	26
16	40		Zakaria, Fairin	5½		5½	WGM	Zhang, Jilin	27
17	30	FM	Lim, Yee-Weng	5½		5½		Wallis, Christopher	38
18	83		Junaid Pamungkas	5½		5½		Khairul, Aman	31
19	33	IM	Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy	5½		5½		Crowdy, Stephen C	64
20	37	FM	Ton That Nhu Tung	5		5½		Tan, Khai Boon	47
21	49		Illingworth, Max	5		5		Rhobel Legaspi	32
22	34		Mehdi Hasan Parag	5		5		Kojima, Shinya	45
23	36	FM	Tindall, Brett	5		5		Yeap, Eng Cheam	48
24	39	FM	Anas Nazreen Bakri	5		5	WIM	Moylan, Laura	54
25	56		Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	5		5		Sherrie Joy Lomibao	42
26	59		Low, Jun Jian	4½		4½		Shen, Siyuan	28
27	43		Haessler, Carl	4½		4½		Lim, Kian Hwa	58
28	62	WFM	Milligan, Helen	4½		4½		Ismail, Ahmad	46
29	71		Lee, T H Bryan	4½		4½		Abang, Mohd Reduan	50
30	55	FM	Jones, Brian	4½		4½		Mohan, Raj	65
31	57		Chong, Chor Yuen	4½		4½		Zhang Jing	87
32	68		Schon, Eugene	4½		4		Viswanath, Sandilya B.	67
33	61		Spiller, Paul	4		4		Bennett, Hilton	51
34	66		Thong Yung Chen	4		4		Roland Brockman	73
35	60		Edward Lee Kim Han	4		3½		Dotsenko, Viacheslav	52
36	76		Fong Wei Chern, Gavin	3½		3½		Inoue, Sho	63
37	70		Evan Timothy Capel	3½		3½		Taminsyah Aston	74
38	78		Abang Azman Draup	3½		3½		Japeri, Reduan	72
39	77		Elgin Lee Kah Meng	3		3½		Ahmad, Morsin	75
40	84		Justin Tan	2½		3½		Chris Marshall	81
41	85		Mark Law	2		2½		S., Balendran	69
42	79		Christopher Masters	2½		2		Abang Draup	80

Round 10 Results
Bo.	SNo.		Name	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name	SNo.
1	6		Li Chao	7½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Zhang, Zhong	1
2	4	GM	Dao, Thien Hai	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Wang, Rui	9
3	7	GM	Ziaur Rahman	6½	1 - 0	6½	IM	Girinath, P.D.S.	12
4	22		Wan, Yunguo	6½	1 - 0	6½		Zhou, Weiqi	10
5	16	WGM	Li, Ruofan	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	11
6	13		Hamed G Nouri	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Nguyen, Anh Dung	5
7	24	IM	Bancod, Ronald	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Barlo A Nadera	18
8	2	GM	Adianto, Utut	5½	1 - 0	6	IM	Ginting, Nasib	21
9	31		Khairul, Aman	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Chandler, Murray	3
10	14	IM	Julio Catalinco C. Sadorra	5½	1 - 0	5½	FM	Lim, Yee-Weng	30
11	29		Wang, Li	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Tirto	15
12	64		Crowdy, Stephen C	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	25
13	8	IM	Oliver Dimakiling	5	1 - 0	5½		Hakiki, Kaiser Jenius	82
14	27	WGM	Zhang, Jilin	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Lane, Gary W.	17
15	19	IM	Richard B Bitoon	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Ton That Nhu Tung	37
16	20		Rolando, Nolte	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Anas Nazreen Bakri	39
17	38		Wallis, Christopher	5	½ - ½	5		Senador, Emmanuel	23
18	26	FM	Mok, Tze-Meng	5	½ - ½	5		Zakaria, Fairin	40
19	35	FM	Sebastian Simanjuntak	4½	1 - 0	5		Kojima, Shinya	45
20	32		Rhobel Legaspi	4½	½ - ½	4½		Yeap, Eng Cheam	48
21	50		Abang, Mohd Reduan	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy	33
22	54	WIM	Moylan, Laura	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Tindall, Brett	36
23	42		Sherrie Joy Lomibao	4½	½ - ½	4½		Illingworth, Max	49
24	44		Nanjo, Ryosuke	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Jones, Brian	55
25	47		Tan, Khai Boon	4½	1 - 0	4½		Chong, Chor Yuen	57
26	51		Bennett, Hilton	4	0 - 1	4½		Junaid Pamungkas	83
27	67		Viswanath, Sandilya B.	4	0 - 1	4		Mehdi Hasan Parag	34
28	87		Zhang Jing	4	½ - ½	4		Ismail, Ahmad	46
29	53		Ruston, Mark R	4	0 - 1	4		Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	56
30	28		Shen, Siyuan	3½	1 - 0	4		Thong Yung Chen	66
31	63		Inoue, Sho	3½	0 - 1	3½		Haessler, Carl	43
32	52		Dotsenko, Viacheslav	3½	0 - 1	3½		Schon, Eugene	68
33	58		Lim, Kian Hwa	3½	1 - 0	3½		Fong Wei Chern, Gavin	76
34	72		Japeri, Reduan	3½	0 - 1	3½		Low, Jun Jian	59
35	60		Edward Lee Kim Han	3½	½ - ½	3½		Spiller, Paul	61
36	81		Chris Marshall	3½	0 - 1	3½	WFM	Milligan, Helen	62
37	65		Mohan, Raj	3½	1 - 0	3½		Evan Timothy Capel	70
38	71		Lee, T H Bryan	3½	+ -	3		Constance, James	41
39	74		Taminsyah Aston	3	½ - ½	3		Abang Azman Draup	78
40	73		Roland Brockman	3	1 - 0	2½		S., Balendran	69
41	75		Ahmad, Morsin	2½	1 - 0	2		Mark Law	85
42	80		Abang Draup	2	0 - 1	2		Elgin Lee Kah Meng	77
43	84		Justin Tan	2	½ - ½	2		Christopher Masters	79

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