DUNGUN BLITZ : NORAZMI IS THE CHAMP

The Terengganu closed blitz championship is won by Norazmi Mohd Nor who scored 10 points from eleven games.Runner up is Fairul Yusoff  with 9 points and third place is Indera Shahrin Mohktar.Fourth place is Abdul Rahim Ramli and fifth place is Ruzenan Abu Bakar.The tournament was played at UITM Dungun.

Full list below

1.Norazmi Mohd Nor RM200

2.Fairul Yusoff RM100

3.Indera Shahrin RM70

4.Abdul Rahim Ramli RM50

5.Ruzenan Abu Bakar

6.Rozam Zam

7.Siti Khadijah Sabirin

8.Salleh Omar

9.Siti Aisyah Sabirin

10.Hamlee

DUNGUN BLITZ : I AM NOT PLAYING

Dungun Open start today but I am not be able to play as I had an urgent matter to attend.Beside me my former padawan Hashim Jusoh also not playing.Only 12 players took part.I will update result later.

WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS

World Youth Chess Championship starts today .Malaysia is represented by 15 junior players(list here) who will compete in various age groups.According to host country Greece, more then 1400 players from 80 nations will be taking part in this 11 rounds event.This would be a great exposure for our young players to play in a high level tournament like this.The winners of various categories will be awarded Fidemaster ,Intentional Master or Grandmaster.

Here are list of participants by each category :

1.Under 8 Open 121 players (3 Malaysian and 1 Malaysian playing under New Zealand banner.)

2.Under 8 Girls  79 players   ( 2 Malaysian players)

3.Under 10 Open 150 players ( 1Malaysian player)

4.Under 10 Girls 104 players  (2 Malaysian players)

5.Under 12 Open 150 players (2 Malaysian players)

6.Under 12 Girls 116 players  (2 Malaysian players)

7.Under 14 Open 127 players (1 Malaysian player)

8.Under 14 Girls  99 players   (1 Malaysian player)

9.Under 16 Open 137 players (1Malaysian player)

10.Under 16 Girls 97 players  (no Malaysian rep)

11.Under 18 Open 107 players ( no Malaysian rep)

12.Under 18 Girl  71 players ( (no Malaysian rep)