Round 5 pairing

Malaysia Men is playing against Italy B which consists of an all FM team members.
The ELO difference is quite small so we do have a chance of winning here.

Malaysia Women is again paired against a very strong France where we look hopelessly overclassed but anything can happen. A draw at any board is considered good I think.

Siti is not playing so Wan Khye Theng is bumped up to playing first board vs Almira.

IM Jimmy Liew does not sound happy with the women lineup:

I could not believe my eyes when I saw our womens line-up. Siti has been rested and our line-up is boards 2,3 and 4. This is seriously bad judgement.

read more at Jimmy Liew’s chess page

Malaysian Men 5th round pairing

70	Italy B	Rtg	83	Malaysia	Rtg
FM	Ronchetti Niccolo	2419	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2412
FM	Vocaturo Daniele	2402	FM	Mok Tze Meng	2361
FM	Cacco Christian	2322	FM	Lim Yee Weng	2330
FM	Genocchio Daniele	2340		Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan	2216

Malaysian Women 5th round pairing

15	France	Rtg	58	Malaysia	Rtg
IM	Skripchenko Almira	2423		Wan Khye Theng	1989
WGM	Leconte Maria	2345	WCM	Nur Shazwani	2108
WGM	Milliet Sophie	2330		Roslina Marmono	1976

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