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IM Vitalijs Samolins from Nanyang University wins GACC 2015.

GACC Tournament Director Yeo Suan Way (left) and
Chief GACC Director Lee Weng Yee (right)

Games in progress

Waiting for your opponent can be hard work.

Whisper, whisper

Chief Arbiter Collin Madhavan (left) and Tournament Director Yeo Suan Way

At the closing ceremony and dinner of the GACC.

GACC tournament team

Happy to work with GACC once again. Well done GACC.

Final ranking

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Club	Pts
1	1	IM	Samolins Vitalijs	2382	LAT	NAN	8½
2	4		Gahan M.G.	2294	IND	RVC	7
3	107		Wei Yuyang	0	CHN	NAN	7
4	16		De Silva Elath Mathanga	1936	SRI	UPA	7
5	3	FM	Dubessay Bastien	2340	FRA	EDM	6½
6	88		Ng Shi Hao	0	MAS	NAN	6½
7	6	CM	Teo Wei Xing	2193	SIN	NUS	6½
8	5		Antonio Viani D'cunha	2261	IND	RVC	6½
9	2	FM	Nuber Blasius	2355	GER	UOH	6½
10	7		Yashas D.	2119	IND	RVC	6½
11	8		Darr Thomas	2093	GER	TUM	6
12	12		Chan Sheng Yip	2013	MAS	SUN	6
13	19		Nagesh R.	1894	IND	RVC	6
14	11		Wee Zhen Chian	2034	MAS	NUS	6
15	10		Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan	2063	MAS	UM1	6
16	17		Anjana Krishna S	1899	IND	MIC	6
17	15		Herath Nishendra	1938	SRI	MRA	6
18	31		Muhammed Shuaau	1694	MDV	APU	6
19	25		Kalivanan Suniil	1759	MAS	TPA	6
20	24		Yap Wan Lin	1798	MAS	APU	6
21	9		Capel Evan Timothy	2090	MAS	SUN	5½
22	29		Saleh Fikri	1696	MAS	ITA	5½
23	103		Toh Yew Leong	0	MAS	TPA	5½
24	22		Lim Kim Siong	1841	MAS	UM1	5½
25	76		Mohd Hazami Mohd Hazzafri	0	MAS	ITA	5½
26	45		Azmi Ahmad Azfar	0	MAS	IUA	5½
27	28		Samarathunga S Chanaka Janitha	1699	SRI	MRA	5½
28	21	WFM	Lo Yin Ling Melissa	1864	SIN	NUS	5½
29	94		Roslee Muhd Shafiq	0	MAS	ITA	5½
30	27		Er Si Hui Vivian	1705	SIN	NUS	5½
31	36		Hippola H M S S	1566	SRI	UPB	5½
32	23		Vanessa D`souza	1840	IND	RVC	5½
33	99		Teh Hui Min	0	MAS	SUN	5½
34	18		Low Jun Jian	1894	MAS	SUN	5½
35	14	WFM	Bakri Alia Anin Azwa	1950	MAS	UM1	5
36	33		Wijesinghe G B	1662	SRI	UPB	5
37	13		Ong Way Justin	1966	MAS	APU	5
38	102		Tiang Chang Sheng	0	MAS	TPB	5
39	65		Law Tze Hong	0	MAS	UPM	5
40	96		Sivalingam Geeneish	0	MAS	TPA	5
41	66		Lee Kang Jing	0	MAS	TPA	5
42	83		Mokhtar Nurul Asry	0	MAS	IUB	5
43	30		Hettiarachchi C Y	1694	SRI	MRB	5
44	20		Goh Choon Keng Philip	1888	SIN	NUS	5
45	58		Haththotuwa S L G	0	SRI	MRB	5
46	105		Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Mohd Azmie	0	MAS	ITB	5
47	110		Yahya Muhd Nursyafiq	0	MAS	TPB	5
48	52		Dissanayake D M M S	0	SRI	MRB	5
49	90		Nordin Nurwahida Atira	0	MAS	IUA	5
50	38		Rajapaksha Lashika	1498	SRI	UPA	5
51	72		M Sapuan Abdul Rahman	0	MAS	ITA	5
52	97		Tan Zhi Quan	0	MAS	UM1	4½
53	62		Kek Woei Chyuen	0	MAS	UPM	4½
54	32		Randunu Chandimal	1679	SRI	MRB	4½
55	34		Pathum G Saranga	1615	SRI	MRA	4½
56	26		Galagamaarachchi A S	1744	SRI	UPA	4½
57	82		Mohd Zaki Sharif	0	MAS	UMP	4½
58	59		Jiang Zeliang	0	SIN	NUS	4½
59	54		Gamage C M	0	SRI	MRA	4½
60	109		Wong Chiong Ho Charlie	0	MAS	TPA	4½
61	55		Gunasekara Supuni	0	SRI	MRA	4½
62	111		Yeow Elizabeth	0	MAS	NAN	4½
63	91		Nur Salam Hafiz	0	MAS	IMA	4½
64	43		Anuar Muhd Noor Khairullah	0	MAS	UMP	4½
65	80		Mohd Shukri Wan Muhd Shafiq	0	MAS	IUB	4½
66	75		Mohd Abdul Nasir Muhd Nazran	0	MAS	IUA	4
67	71		Low Alistair	0	MAS	UPM	4
68	39		Vindhya H U	1481	SRI	UPA	4
69	41		Hewamalavi H A D Ayesha	1352	SRI	MRB	4
70	70		Loo Kiam Sing	0	MAS	UMP	4
71	85		Muhd Putri Nurfarrah Syahindah	0	MAS	ITB	4
72	51		Darawin Zaindra Mahazam Shah	0	MAS	UMP	4
73	84		Muhd Amin Nur Hidayah	0	MAS	ITA	4
74	56		Hameedaldeen Ali	0	YEM	APU	4
75	112		Zamziba Muhd Nur Farhan	0	MAS	IUB	4
76	79		Mohd Sham Mohd Syafiq Ashraff	0	MAS	IUA	4
77	63		Kok Tze Lin	0	MAS	TPB	3½
78	40		Premarathne H R S P	1409	SRI	UPA	3½
79	35		Aminuddin Nur Farihah	1576	MAS	ITB	3½
80	47		Bandara I B H	0	SRI	MRA	3½
81	60		Kamarulnizam Nurul Ain Najla	0	MAS	ITB	3½
82	67		Lee Kok How	0	MAS	IMA	3½
83	61		Kardi Muhd Marsaid	0	MAS	IMA	3½
84	86		Muhd Rusdi Nur Diyana Sakinah	0	MAS	ITA	3½
85	57		Hasnan Ummu Syafrawa	0	MAS	ITB	3½
86	93		Ratnesh Ruevan Jude	0	MAS	IMB	3½
87	98		Tarmizi Maziah Izzati	0	MAS	TPA	3½
88	89		Ng Yik Ru	0	MAS	UMP	3½
89	74		Md Zakaria Julyana	0	MAS	UMP	3½
90	68		Lenagala G N H	0	SRI	MRB	3½
91	48		Bedi Jashveerdeep Singh	0	MAS	IMB	3½
92	108		Wickramaarachchi W H C	0	MAS	UPB	3½
93	106		Wan Hassan Wan Nor Syahirah	0	MAS	IUB	3½
94	37		Priyadarshana Y P	1528	SRI	UPA	3
95	64		Kwan Penz Penz Pearl	0	MAS	UPM	3
96	50		Chieng Zhin Houng	0	MAS	TPB	3
97	53		Du Weichao	0	SIN	NAN	3
98	42		Akmeemana Uvindya	0	SRI	UPB	3
99	101		Theva Raj Nishant	0	MAS	IMB	3
100	78		Mohd Sahid Noor Ahmad Fazilah	0	MAS	IUA	2½
101	69		Leong Yee May	0	MAS	UM1	2½
102	87		Nair Sayshar Ram	0	MAS	TPB	2½
103	104		Vibhushana W G Chamara	0	SRI	UPB	2½
104	46		Azmi Nur Syafira	0	MAS	KKK	2½
105	92		Omar Baki Luqman Hakim	0	MAS	IUB	2½
106	44		Azman Muhd Azmi	0	MAS	IUB	2½
107	100		Thana Fathima Shanaz	0	MAS	APU	2
108	73		Mat Nasir Mohd Azani	0	MAS	KKK	2
109	81		Mohd Zaidi Norshahiratul Atiqah	0	MAS	IMA	2
110	77		Mohd Nazri Maizatul Farhana	0	MAS	TPB	2
111	95		Sarbjit Singh Ashneet Kaur	0	MAS	IMB	1½
112	49		Che Ismail Che Muhd Hafiz	0	MAS	IUA	1

Final Team ranking

#	Name of Team	Points
1	NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ( NAN )	26.5
2	RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (RVC)	25.5
3	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS)	23.5
4	SUNWAY University (SUN)	22.5
5	UNIVERSITY MALAYA (UM1)	21.0
6 - 8	UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA A (MRA)	20.5
6 - 8	UITM A (ITA)	20.5
6 - 8	UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA A (UPA)	20.5
9	UTP A (TPA)	20.0
10	UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA B (MRB)	19.5
11	ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (APU)	19.0
12	IIUM A (IUA)	18.5
13 -14	IIUM B (IUB)	17.0
13 -14	UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA B (UPB)	17.0
15 -16	UMP (UMP)	16.5
15 -16	UPM (UPM)	16.5
17	UITM B (ITB)	16.0
18	UTP B (TPB)	15.5
19	IMU A (IMA)	13.5
20	IMU B (IMB)	11.5

Top Female players

#	Name of Player	Points
1	Anjana Krishna S MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE	6.0
2	Lo Yin Ling Melissa NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE	5.5
3	Er Si Hui Vivian NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE	5.5
4	Vanessa D`souza RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING	5.5
5	Teh Hui Min SUNWAY University	5.5

Points

Points