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2015 King's Cup Commentary: Round 9

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Round 9 Auto-Commentary

Nigel Richards (NZL) remains in the lead for the 7th consecutive round, 8-1 +924. Odette Carmina Rio (PHL) is +711, on a 7-game winning streak, remaining steady at #2. Manop Phiphatboonserm (THA) is +488, steady at #3. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) is 1 game behind at 7-2 +584, #4 up from #5. Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) is +536, on a 5-game winning streak, #5 up from #7. Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA) is +282, #6 rising from #10. Alex Tan (MYS) is 2 games behind the leader at 6-3 +787, on a 3-game winning streak, #7 up from #11. Ferdinand Lucas (PHL) is +598, #8 falling from #4. Puttapong Moonsarn (THA) is +379, on a 5-game winning streak, #9 soaring from #19. Chris Lipe (USA) is +373, #10 sliding from #6.

In Class @S: Sue Tremblay (CAN) is the lead, 5.5-3.5 -25. Howard Warner (NZL) is 0.5 games behind at 5-4 +323, #20 rising from #26. Jin Chor Tan (MYS) is +5, #28 rising from #37. Karen Richards (AUS) is -378, #33 jumping up from #41. Tony Sim (SGP) is 1.5 games behind the leader at 4-5 +265, #34 climbing from #43.

In Class B: Manop Phiphatboonserm (THA) is the lead, 8-1 +488. Wanchana Jirapitikul (THA) is 2 games behind at 6-3 +232, #14 improving from #16. Vannitha Balasingam (MYS) is +184, #15 tumbling from #9. Russell Honeybun (AUS) is 3 games behind the leader at 5-4 +380, on a 3-game winning streak, #19 leaping up from #25. Goutham Jayaraman (SGP) is +282, #22 plummeting from #12. Marlon Prudencio (SGP) is +224, #23 climbing from #27. Winter Zxqkj (USA) is +212, #24 leaping up from #31. Tawan Paepolsiri (THA) is +126, #26 tumbling from #20.

In Class C: Alex Tan (MYS) is the lead, 6-3 +787, on a 3-game winning streak. Ferdinand Lucas (PHL) is +598, #8 dropping from #4. Puttapong Moonsarn (THA) is +379, on a 5-game winning streak, #9 zooming up from #19. Martin Teo (MYS) is +288, #13 up from #17. Zhi Yuan Wong (SGP) is 1 game behind at 5-4 +104, #27 collapsing from #13.

In Class D: Lisa Brown (USA) is the lead, 5-4 -4. Visarut Ariyakajorn (THA) is 1 game behind at 4-5 -92, #41 up from #48. Marites Carreon (THA) is -296, on a 4-game losing streak, #45 dropping from #38. Bundit Chomkularb (THA) is -380, on a 3-game winning streak, #46 climbing from #53.

High Win: Alex Tan (MYS) 577-289 vs. Sinatarn Pattanasuwa (THA). Low Win: Shahrul Kamal (SGP) 369-250 vs. Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN). High Loss: Taewan Sutthasin (THA) 471-476 vs. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA). Low Loss: Kunihiko Kuroda (JPN) 250-369 vs. Shahrul Kamal (SGP).

Round 9 will start at 10:00 A.M. local time on Friday. Please note that the mall won't be open yet at that time, so you'll need to go through the loading dock on the east side of the mall.

Also, we are moving Round 16 from Friday to Saturday, to ensure a punctual start of the Friday evening reception.

Most players were present on time for the start of the day, with this round beginning in relative peace and quiet, in the abundant natural light of the mall atrium, before the doors opened to the public, and on went the air conditioning, sound systems and artificial lighting.

Weera Saengsit (THA) joins the tournament this round: we will have 65 players in the event for the rest of the day, necessitating a bye. This round's bye was initially assigned to Isao Takemura (JPN), which would have given him his first win, albeit unearned. When it turned out however that there was a late player missing from the bottom board, I asked Isao to play his opponent instead, which ended up giving him his first-ever game win in internationally rated play.