Have not login for many days but came to realised there is some minor 'commotion' here.
Firstly, let me congratulate all the top 8 players for playing well and achieving good results in the Nationals. Notably, XBD has once again demonstrated his strength as a GM (having lost one game to bounce back to win the rest and drew one). GM Ng also did well, though he fell back by half a point, one can also tell he is also a very strong player (S'pore's Tai Shan Bei Dou) from the games we saw. Short of saying, some of younger players like Liao also performed remarkably well.
On the posts, I saw some caustic remarks involving BLS, XBD, JiDu squabbling over performances, challenges and other comments. Let me say something. I think we should not let the spirit of the sport be dampened by comments made by individuals. Chess, like any other sports, is just a game to test and compete the strength of individual against others and oneself. Luck, skills, form, fate, strength play a part in the outcome of the end result, and so it doesn't matter how one fared against another. It is a learning and growing process, like one's xiu1 yang3, either it gets better as one progresses or it becomes rotten over time.
Moving on, S'pore is extremely a small community compared to giants like China or Vietnam. We are always facing resource constraints henceforth players here have to stay united and improve among ourselves in order to achieve better results. Please stop all the animousity and let's move on, enjoy the game and to get together more often for good games. Steady?
Last but not least, I will also like to congratulate those players who had participated in A & B group for the first time and doing relatively well. For those who never meet their desired target, dont give up, there are more good years to come.
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