Singapore vs Malaysia Chess Challenge 2007

Your prediction is based on Singapore not fielding its strongest lineup. You may also remember that in the past 3 to 4 years, Singapore had fielded players way above their age groups and these young players held their ground against the older and more experienced Malaysian players. Zhang Zhong and Li Roufan were not even part of the Singapore contingent. Singapore should continue to allow the younger players to player in the higher age categories. Even if that results in a defeat, there is no shame.
I find your comment based on hope rather than facts.

singapore will win, but i would be satisfied if malaysia can continue to narrow the mafgin. 75-65 win for Singapore if 140 boards

It would be nice if the number of boards could be increased by 25%. This will really test the depth of talent pool in both countries.
If Malaysia wishes to have a chance of winning, it must keep up the training and competition momentum for another 3 to 5 years. Is there enough stamina?

In the game of chess, I think we lag Singapore by a generation (30 years). Their organisation is the strong point that differentiates the playing strengths of the 2 countries. Singapores has NEVER been placed lower than Malaysia on FIDE’s rating list.

In my opinion, Singapore aren’t willing to play their top players as it would be open to people saying that Singapore won through foreign imports. Zhang Zhong, Li Ruofan and Wu Shaobin were not even Singaporeans to start with.

CF, looking at the fide list of top singaporean players, if we were to remove all these imported glory, I doubt it would be anywhere a gap of “a generation”.

I meant CF

I mean Malaysian. I can’t view the page properly in this browser.

If we were to strip out Singapore’s imports and focus on the future say those born in 1987 and after i.e. the Under 20s,

1. There are 26 players with FIDE ratings above 2010.
2. There are another 14 players with FIDE ratings between 1900 and 1999.
3. Average rating of the top 10 players is 2192.
4. Average rating of the top 20 players is 2131.
5. Average rating of the top 26 players is 2106.

It will be very interesting to develop such a list for Malaysia. However, I cannot data mine the FIDE list for the information.

Can someone assist?

Let us base our opinions on facts not emotions.

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I still predict a win for Singapore. If Singapore continues to play their better juniors in higher age categories, the margin of victory will be narrowed. It would be good if Malaysia also moves their stronger juniors to higher boards. It will then be a better gauge of relative strength.