This weekend ( 7 th to 8th November ) is the 5th series of Pencarian Jaguh Catur Terengganu before the grandfinal on 18th to 22nd Disember 2008 which is a Fide rated event and the the richest chess event in Malaysia after the Malaysia Open.The Grand final will offer RM18,000 in total prize money and that not included best Terengganu players.The grand final is open to Fide rated players only.In the grandprix point standing Terengganu top player Hashim Jusoh is leading the rest of others players with 320 points ,just 18 points ahead of Norazmi Mohd Nor who have 302.In the third position is Abdul Rahim Ramli who collected 251.This weekend will decide the top 30 players who will qualify to play in the grandfinal.Below is the current standing after 4 series.

• OPEN SECTION STANDING ( TOP 23 WILL QUALIFY )

1. Hashim Jusoh 320 points
2. Norazmi Mohd Nor 302 points
3. Abdul RAhim Ramli 251 points
4. Fairul Yusuff 236 points
5. Abdul Kadir Jailani Ramli 181 points
6. Heng Aik Kiat 177 points
7. Gani Kadir 168 points
8. Suhaidi Mustaffa 165 points
9. Ahmad Rizal Othman 146 points
10. Abdul Latif Abd Halim 141 points
11. Alias Mohd Amin 113 points
12. Hisamullah Harun 108 points
13. Muhammad Arshad 107 points ( I played 3 series only )
14. Izzuddin Abd Salam 76 points
15. Salleh Omar 75 points
16. Norazma Adilla Alias 73 points
17. Mohd Razif Abd Rahman 70 points
18. Zaharuddin Sulaiman 57 points
19. Muhd Asyraf Zakaria 56 points
20. Md Azrul Aminul Rashid 55 points
21. Ramli Setapa 52 points
22. Ruzenan Abu Bakar 51 points
23. Hamedi Zaidi Mamat Sidek 44 points
24. Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman 42 points
25. Peteer Jaber 37 points
26. Md Rosli Abd Rahid 31 points
27. Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 30 points
28. Rozamzam Ibrahim 27 points
29. Najwah Aziz 26 points
30. Abd Rahim Jusoh 25 points

MSSM 2009 IN SELANGOR

According to Puan Sufiah Chairperson of MSSM Selangor ( Chess ) when I met her during 2nd UPSI Open last week , she said the Pesta Catur MSSM will be held in Selangor during Mac 2009 school break.Normally the event organised midterm school break.However we all have to wait confirmation from the Education Department.

KUALA KRAI OPEN

The first Kuala Krai Open (Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Petra 2 ) just ended on Saturday at SMK Yahya Petra 2 in Kuala Krai Kelantan.More then 100 players took part in this tournament which is won by Kelantan Maksak player Baharuddin Hamzah.Second place won Gahazali Che Kob Bank Pertanian Malaysia retire.Third place secured by Syed Azizi syed Abd Rahman.All 3 winners shared indentical score of 5.5 but Baharuddin was declare the winner and first prize of RM300.

• PRIZE WINNERS OPEN SECTION

1. Baharuddin Hamzah ( 5 points )
2. Ghazali Che Kob ( 5 points )
3. Syed Azizi Syed Abd Rahman ( 5 points )
4. Wan Ali WAn Manan ( 5 points )
5. Nik Ahmad FAruqi (5 points )
6. Wan Ismail Wan Yusuff ( 4.5 points )
7. Zulhasmie ( 4 points )
8. Wan Abd Fatah ( 4 points )
9. Mohd Amin ( 4 points )
10. Sahadi Ismail ( 4 points )

• UNDER 18 PRIZES WINNER

1. Chiew S Hau ( 5 points )
2. Md Azmanizam ( 5 points )
3. Md Ilham ( 4.5 points )
4. Ahmad Hafiza ( 4.5 points )
5. Pang S Chin ( 4.5 points )
6. Vnesh (4 points )
7. Tang S Soon ( 4 points )
8. Jamidah Dzurie ( 4 points )
9. Nuraihan ( 4 points )
10. M.K. Hafizi ( 4 points )

• UNDER 15 PRIZE WINNERS

1. A Zulhilmi ( 6 points )
2. Md Syazwan ( 5 points )
3. Wan Md Azmi ( 5 points )
4. Fadhil Aiman ( 5 points )
5. Kamalanathan ( 5 points )
6. Wan Md Imran ( 4.5 points )
7. Wan Md Ridzuan ( 4.5 points )
8. S Norashikin ( 4.5 points )
9. Md Anas ( 4.5 points )
10. Nik Zulhafiz ( 4 points )

• UNDER 12 PRIZE WINNERS

1. Alif Omar Saufi ( 5.5 points )
2. Laila Husna ( 5.5 points )
3. Noor Hisham ( 5 points )
4. Fatih N Sahariah ( 5 points )
5. Siti Nur Afiqah ( 5 points )
6. Hafiz Nuzlan ( 4.5 )
7. Najihah ( 4 points )
8. Nur Salsabila ( 4 points )
9. M Nursyahir ( 4 points )
10. Muhammad Afham Haikal ( 4 points )