At the recently concluded Singapore vs Malaysia annual chess match, the final scores ( Rd 1 and 2 are classical games, 3 and 4 rapid games) Round 1: Malaysia 23 - 13 Singapore Round 2: Malaysia 20 - 16 Singapore Round 3: Malaysia 21.5 - 14.5 Singapore Round 4: Malaysia 14 - 22 Singapore Overall : Malaysia 78.5 - 65.5 Singapore A close scrutiny of the rounds indicate that our girls were not playing in their own category, especially the U14 and U16 sections. These were filled by our U10 and U12 girls who were forced to play up for the first 2 rounds. The other sections were evenly matched. The Veteran's honour was defended by stalwarts IM Giam, IM Leslie Leow ( who agreed to play even though he was on holiday) and Lim Chye Lye. Giam even took a game off IM Jimmy Liew, which was a surprise to many. Leslie for all the years of chess inactivity managed to hold off Nicholas Chan in the rapid games....