GAMBAR GAMBAR DIKEJOHANAN CATUR MSST

Gambar gambar berikut diambil oleh Cikgu Aizat daerah Marang.

KEPUTUSAN KEJOHANAN CATUR MSST

Kategori Bawah 18 tahun lelaki.

1.Mohd Amirul Zahanuddin Dungun
2.Ahmad Faiz Azmi Besut
3.Mohd Dzafrul Haziq Dungun
4.Mohd Khairul Nazrin K.Terengganu Selatan
5.Mohd Zulkifli Abd Rahman K.Terengganu selatan
6.Mohd Aqil Azli Hulu Terengganu

Kategori Bawah 18 perempuan

1.Wan Noor Fatin Kemaman
2.Rhiannon Homer Dungun
3.Wan Nor Atiqah KTU
4.Wan Nor Atiqah Jusoh Besut
5.Nur Atiqah Md KTU
6.Nur Hafizah Besut

Katgeori Bawah 15 Lelaki (Pusingan ke 5 )

1.Md Aiman Zakwan Kuala Terengganu Selatan
2.Wan Mohd Aqli Besut
3.Mohd Hadi Ghazali Hulu Terengganu
4.Md Muhaimin Ghazali KTU
5.Md Nuradli Abd Latif Setiu
6.Md Aiman Azani KTU

Kategori Bawah 15 perempuan

1.Wan Nur Atasha KTU
2.Nur Hazirah Kemaman
3.Siti Nur Wahidah KTS
4.Nor Hidayah Setiu
5.Adlin Farwiza Abdul Aziz Besut
6.Nurin Izyani Besut

Kategori Bawah 12 Lelaki

1.Aziz Abidin Dungun
2.ArifFarae Marang
3.Mubin Norazmi Dungun
4.Wan Md Asyraf KTS
5.Mohd Afnan Dungun
6.Ahmad Fateh Kemaman

Katgeori Bawah 12 perempuan

1.Siti Aisyah Dungun
2.Siti Khadijah Dungun
3.Nur Syahirah Zulkifli Dungun
4.Wan Norain setiu
5.Nurul Izza Setiu
6.Siti Fatimah Besut

Keputusan lengkap esok.

KEJOHANAN MSST DI BESUT

Petang esok akan bermula kejohanan catur Majlis Sukan Sekolah Sekolah Terengganu di Sek.Men. Tengku Mahmud. Kesemua lapan daerah akan mengambil bahagian yang akan melibatkan 8 daerah dengan jumlah penyertaan seramai 192 peserta yang akan bertanding dalam 6 kategori penyertaan.Seramai 24 orang peserta akan terpilih bagi mewakili Terengganu di kejohanan peringkat MSSM yang akan diadakan di Perlis awal bulan Jun nanti.Beberapa kejutan telah berlaku di daerah Kuala Terengganu selatan ( KTS )Selasa lepas antaranya Muhammad Huzaimi Abdul Jalal yang bertanding dalam kategori bawah 15 tahun gagal terpilih bagi mewakili Kuala terengganu Selatan.Dalam kategori bawah 12 tahun Muhammad Zarif Aiman dari Sekolah Sultan Sulaiman 2 yang berusia 7 tahun layak mewakili KTS.Ini merupakan satu rekod kejohanan.Walaubagaimana pun perlu dingatkan kualiti sebahagian besar pemain bawah 12 tahun di Terengganu belum berada ditahap yang memuaskan.Kepada semua peserta kejohanan ini saya mengucapkan selamat berjuang semuga mendapat kejyaan.Untuk makluman keputusan terkini akan dimuat naik di chess-results.com.

GAMBAR GAMBAR DIKEJOHANAN CATUR KT.SELATAN

SELANGOR OPEN : WELL DONE SYAZWAN

Terengganu's Mohd Syazwan Zulkifli has done the state proud when he scored 6.5 points out of 9 games to finish among top ten winner in the 37th Selangor Open today.Nor Ilhamuddin played below par with 5 points and Abdul Rahim Ramli achieved his target to listed in FIDE rating after played with 5 rated opponents.

Let take a brief look at Terengganu Players opponents round by round.

Round 1 .Syazwan and Ilham beat rather easy opponent and Abdul Rahim lost to Nicholas Chan the eventual Champion.

Round 2. Syazwan drew with Nik Ahmad Farouqi a very experienced player,and Ilham lose to talented Nur Nabila.Rahim scored his first point.

Round 3. Syazwan lose to Mohd Khair younger brother of NM Kamalariffin and Ilham easily beat his opponent and Rahim easily beat his opponent also

Round 4. Syazwan beat his young opponent and Ilham had to share point with Mat Zaki Yeop and Rahim lose to Ismail Ahmad

Round 5. Syazwan and Ilham played with each other Syazwan wins and Rahim easily beat his opponent

Round 6. Syazwan drew with experinced and high rated Kamaludin Yusof and Ilham just managed to beat Fikri Saleh and Rahim lose to Mark Siew.

Round 7. Syazwan beat Foong Choong Ee ,Ilham beat Roslina Marmono wife of Abdul Haq Mohamad and Rahim beat his oponent.

Round 8. Syazwan beat Mohd Nabil,Ilham lose to Foong Yit San and Rahim shared point with Nik Ahmad Farouqi

Round 9. Syazwan settle for a draw with Nicholas to finish with 6.5 points to win RM200 for his effort.Ilham and Rahim played with each other and the game ended with
a draw.Congratulation to all of Terengganu players.Click here for complete table at chess-results.com

TERENGGANU PLAYERS AT SELANGOR OPEN

The 37th Selangor Open is currently in progress.Terengganu players who is taking part are Nur Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali,Mohd Syazwan Zulkifli and Abdul Rahim Ramli.Ramli needed to play 2 more rated games which is he already achieved after playing with Nicholas Chan and Ismail Ahmad.I wish all of them good luck.You can follow all the latest result here

SEKITAR KEPUTUSAN KEJOHANAN CATUR MSST PERINGKAT DAERAH

Berikut ialah keputusan kejohanan catur MSST peringkat daerah yang telah diada minggu ini dan minggu lepas.Di Kuala Terengganu Utara bertempat di Sek.Men.Tengku Mizan Seramai 169 orang peserta telah meengambil bahagian dalam kejohanan tersebut.Sambutan yang diberi pada tahun ini adalah sederhana sahaja.Berikut ialah senarai pemenang semua kategori bagi Kuala Terengganu Utara dan daerah Dungun

KATEGORI BAWAH 12 LELAKI ( 17 PESERTA )

1.Amin Fahimuddin Mohd SKST 4.5
2.Muhammad Burhanuddin SKTK 4.5
3.Kamal Arysad SKMP 4
4.Aqis Naquimuddin SKGB 4


KATEGORI BAWAH 12 PEREMPUAN (16 PESERTA )

1.Aisyah Nur Anis SKPB 4
2.Ainul Fatihah SKKGB4
3.Rozarin SKKMT3.5
4.Sharifah Nur SKKGB3.5

KATEGORI BAWAH 15 LELAKI (36 PESERTA)

1.Muhammad Aiman SESMA 5
2.Nur Suriana Md Nuriz SMKATj 4
3.Nor Atiqah Md SBPI 4
4.Fatimah Hannah SMKATJ 4


KATEGORI BAWAH 15 PEREMPUAN( 30 PESERTA )

1.Wan Nur Atasha Ghazali MRSM 5
2.Nur Amirah Che Akim MRSM 4
3.Madihah Awang SMKB 4
4.Che Engku Siti Mariam SBPI 4

KATEGORI BAWAH 18 LELAKI ( 42 PESERTA )

1.Muhammad Afiq SBPI 5
2.Mohammad Firdaus SIF 4.5
3.Muhammad Muqri SMTT 4.5
4.Amir Aiman SBPI 4

KATEGORI BAWAH 18 PEREMPUAN ( 28 PESERTA )


1.Wan Nur Atiqah MRSM 5
2.Nur Suriana SMKATJ 4
3.Nor Atiqah SBPI 4
4.Fatimah Hannah SMKATJ 4


Untuk keputusan yang lengkap bagi daerah Dungun anda boleh klik disini

JADUAL PERTANDINGAN CATUR MSST PERINGKAT DAERAH

Kejohanan catur sekolah sekolah Malaysia peringkat daerah sedang berjalan di Terengganu sekarang dan daerah Dungun dan Besut telah selesai mennganjurkan kejohanan pada 24hb lalu.Berikut tarikh untuk semua daerah kecuali Hulu Terengganu dan Kemaman.Kejohanan catur peringkat negeri akan diadakan pada 5-6-7hb Mei di Besut.


1.Kuala Terengganu Selatan 3hb hingga 4hb Mei di SMK Padang Negara
2.Daerah Setiu di SMK Bintang 3hb Mei
3.Marang di SMK Pengkalan Berangan 27hb hingga 28hb April
4.Kuala Terengganu Utara 26-27-28hb April di SMK Tengku Mizan.

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NIK MOHD NAZRI WINS SMACH OPEN

Local chess player Nik Mohd Nazri wins the annual SMACH OPEN at Sekolah Menengah Sains Machang yesterday.Last years the event was won by IM Mas HafizulHilmi.All results here and here and here

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA SMACH 2010

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA SMACH 2010
PIALA ZAAIM REDHA
SEMPENA MAJLIS KONVOKESYEN
SEK. MEN. SAINS MACHANG KE-17



Kejohanan catur terbuka bagi merebut Piala Zaaim Redha akan dilansungkan pada 17hb April (Sabtu) ini bertempat di Dewan SMK Machang.Semua peserta adalah diminta untuk mendaftar sebelum 16hb April bagi mengelakan kelewatan.Berikut ialah senarai peserta yang telah mendaftar :-


1.Kategori bawah 18 tahun terbuka
2.Kategori bawah 12 tahun terbuka

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA SMACH

Sekolah Sains Machang akan menganjurkan kejohanan catur terbuka bagi merebut Piala Zaaim Redha 2010.Yuran masuk ialah Rm15.00 untuk pemain Kelantan dan peserta luar Kelantan RM20.00.Kejohanan akan diadakan pada 17hb April (Sabtu) di Dewan Sek Men.Sains Machang.Hadiah adalah sebagaimana berikut :-
 
 

KATEGORI	TERBUKA	B18L	B18P	B15L	B15P	B12L	B12P
Johan	RM 300	RM 70	RM 70	RM 70	RM 70	RM 50	RM 50
N. Johan	RM 200	RM 50	RM 50	RM 50	RM 50	RM 40	RM 40
Ke-3	RM 100	RM 40	RM 40	RM 40	RM 40	RM 30	RM 30
Ke-4	RM 90	RM 30	RM 30	RM 30	RM 30	RM 20	RM 20
Ke-5	RM 80
Ke-6	RM 70
Ke-7	RM 60
Ke-8	RM 50
Ke-9	RM 50
Ke-10	RM 50

 
 To register please call En. Wan Rozuhan: 013-9389819 selewat-lewatnya 16.4.2010 (Jumaat)

SMTIZ OPEN

I am in Dungun with my son and students,there are playing in the SMTIZ open which starts today.190 participants are taking part in this junior events.Participants coming from Kuala Kelantan and also from Kuantan.The winner goes to Muhd Khairul Hilmi Rosseli of Sek.Men Abdul Rahman Talib and second place winner is Amirul Zahanuddin of Sek Men Tengku Intan Zaharah.To view full result click here

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA PRIMIER TIZ TOP DUNGUN

Sekolah Menengah Intan Zaharah Dungun akan menganjurkan kejohanan catur terbuka (NATIONAL RATED EVENT)pada 9hb April 2010 bertempat di Dewan Sekolah tersebut.Kategori penyertaan sebagaimana berikut :

1.Bawah 18 tahun perempuan
2.Bawah 18 tahun lelaki
3.Bawah 15 tahun lelaki
4.Bawah 15 tahun perempuan
5.Bawah 12 tahun lelaki
6.Bawah 12 tahun perempuan

Sebanyak 31 hadiah disediakan kepada pemenang setiap kategori.Yuran masuk RM5 untuk pelajar Dungun dan RM8 untuk lain lain pelajar.Tarikh akhir pendaftaran 7hb april.

Untuk pendaftaran sila hubungi Cikgu Sabirin Sulaiman 013 9333393.

37th SELANGOR OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

The annual Selangor Open will start 29th April to 2nd May at DAT Chess Center at 4th Floor Wilayah Complex in Kuala Lumpur.The tournament will be Fide rated as well as National Rated Event.

Tournament Detail as follow :

Registration (29/4) Thursday from 12.30 to 01.30 pm

Round 1- 2.30 - 6.30 pm
Round 2- 7.45 - 11.45pm

(30/4)
Round 3- 9.00 - 1.00 pm
Round 4- 2.30 - 6.30 pm

(1/5)
Round 5- 9.00 - 1.00 pm
Round 6- 2.30 - 6.30 pm
Round 7- 7.45 - 11.45pm

(2/5)
Round 8- 9.00 - 1.00pm
Round 9- 2.00 - 6.00pm

Closing ceremony at 6.30 pm

Prizes Money

1.Champion RM2,200
2.Second RM1,200
3.Third RM800.00
4.Fourth RM500.00
5.5th RM300.00
6.6 to 10 RM200.00

Enterance fee

1.CAS member ( with Fide rating ) RM80
2.CAS member (without Fide rating)RM90
3.Other with Fide rating RM90
4.Other without Fide rating RM100

Late charges RM20

Pre registration date is on 25/4/2010.Please send email stating your namen and handphone to selangorchess@gamil.com.For enquiries contact Mr Mat Zaki tel no 017 2032051 or Mr Lim Tse Pin 298 4922.

MY OLD FILE OF PGN

Just found out that I have good collection of PGN file that I kept in my diskette.Among collection of games that I have are Asian Junior Championship in Shah Alam 1995.That the first time I met with Zhu Chen and Al Mohdiaki also Angela Khegai,Zonal in Genting and Malay Master 2000 at Bangi.In Bangi PGN I found game between Roslina Marmono and Abdul Haq Mohamad.Hope to publish it later.

NATIONAL AGE GROUP IN PENANG RESULTS

Penang Chess Association just uploaded all the results of National Age Group Chess Championship here..Thanks to Penang Chess Association for upload all the results

NATIONAL AGE GROUP IN PENANG RESULTS

Just came back from Penang with my family.My seven years old son played in under 8 category and completed his age group category with 3.5 points.He scored 2 wins one draw and a bye to finish 15th place from 19 participants.Overall I am quite happy with my son perfomance in this championship.His next tournament will be school district tournament next month.

All results of NAG 2010 here.

MSSM 2010 : IT'S PERLIS

It is official now that Perlis will host this year chess in MSSM.My conversation with Perlis officials and MSSM level told me that the event will be on 6th to 12 June 2010.The good new is that each state contingents will send 36 players.Thanks to goverment for reinstated back chess and other sport in it annual calender.

JOHOR BAHRU CHESS MASTER CHALLENGE

The Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru has announced the Johor Bahru chess master challenge on 27th to 28th Mac.The tournament will be held in Stadium Tertutup Johor Bahru.According to Mr Azli of MBJB they are expecting 500 participants in the two day events.Please go to MBJB website to find more information here

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

I wish all my chinese friends Happy Chinese Year.Among my chess friend who are celebrating are ,Lim Sin Leong ,Heng Aik Kiat (invited me tomorrow afternoon to eat nasi dagang at his house).We have many talented chinese chess players in mid nineties but most of them stop playing due to work commitment.All of them came from Sekolah Menengah Chung Hwa Wei Sin my former school.

But nowadays my former school sadly stopped producing talented chess players anymore.For the record the most succesfull chinese player in Terengganu is Lim Beng Huat now a Canadian, he was among the top juniors players in the country in mid seventies.I played with him once during state selection and lose to him quit easily.I should mention here another chinese Ding Kwang Teh who finished among top ten in MSSM also a talented player.I did hear from them for so so many years.

KONG XI FATT CHAI...

UPTOWN SHAH ALAM CHESS TOURNAMENT

Uptown Shah Alam Chess Tournament 2010

 

ORGANISED BY    KL CHESS & UPTOWN SHAH ALAM

DATE OF EVENT 20 FEBRUARY 2010 ( Saturday )

VENUE Uptown Shah Alam, Seksyen 24

FORMAT Open Categories of mixed Boys & Girls (Below 1800 Nat. Rating)
6 or 7 rounds SWISS (Depend on the participants)

TIME CONTROL 15 minutes each to the finish.

ALL PRIZES MONEY WORTH RM1000 + 18 HAMPERS
CATEGORY PRIZES OPEN Additional PRIZES
Champion RM300 + hamper Best U12B
2nd RM150 + hamper Best U12G
3rd RM100 + hamper Best U18
4th RM90 + hamper Best U 1200
5th RM80 + hamper Best U 1400
6th RM70 + hamper Best U 1600
7th RM60 + hamper Best Lady- must be above 12 years old.
8th – 10th RM50 + hamper Best Veteran - above 40 years old
*U17 participants will received Certificates of Participation. The winner of this categories win a hamper.

DATE TIME PROGRAMME VENUE



20 February 2010
(SATURDAY NIGHT) 0800 pm – 0900 pm Registration

Uptown Shah Alam
Seksyen 24

0900 pm - 0930 pm Round 1
0935 pm – 1005 pm Round 2
1010pm - 1040 pm Round 3
1045 pm – 1115 pm Round 4
1120 pm – 1150 pm Round 5
1155 pm – 1225 am Round 6
1230 am - 1300 am Round 7
1310 am Prize Giving
U-17 Date of Birth On or after 1993


*Participants for U17 are requested to bring along their I/C at all time for verification.

TIE-BREAKS 1) Solkoff (W.P.)
2) Sonnerborne Berger (S.B.)
3) Progressive Score (P.S.)

ENTRY FEES ) Under 17 - RM 15.00 OPEN - RM 20.00

CLOSING DATE is 18 February 2010 Registration after closing date Not Acceptable
For further enquiries, pls contact :
En Azwan Bin Abdul Rahman: 019 – 2788471 (wan_8963@yahoo.com)
En Suhairi Hussin: 012 – 3631591 (suhairihussin@yahoo.com), Saleh Latif- 0196061948 salehlatif@yahoo.com)

UPDATE: CHESS BACK IN MSSM 2010

Following the announcement by government to reinstate back chess and other sports in MSSM calendar and the question is where and when the event will held ?

My source said that most probably the championship will be held in Kuala Lumpur in May,since the process of selecting players to represent schools ,district and state will take a few weeks.Looks like May school holiday is a reasonable time for everybody to make preparation.

My source said that only 16 players will be selected to represent their state instead of usual 36 per state contingent.That meant we have only 4 category will be contested :-
under 12 boy ( 4 players ),under 12 girl (4 players),under 18 boy ( 4 players ) and under 18 girl ( 4 player ).

On the hand,the selection tournament will be critical to select candidates in some states as the competition are stiff.

CHESS IS BACK IN MSSM 2010

Good news for all, chess is back on MSSM calendar.I heard it news on radio and I immediately call source close to MSSM.He said there will be a meeting at Ministry level to discuss way to implement it.He said chess is back but the championship will have to accommodate budget according from Government allocation.He said states contingent will sending about 16 players.That meant 4 players per category.We should be able to have more details in the next few week.

2nd DATCC WEEKENDER

The 2nd DATCC or Dato Tan Chess Center tournament just ended last Sunday.I was in Kuala Lumpur but I don't have time to go there since my son playing at Jalan Cochrane.Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukur was the winner.Kuala Lumpur base Terengganu player Nur Ilhamuddin finished in 6th placing with 5.5 points.

From 9 games he loses to Sahir Sarifdin ,Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukur and Soon Wai Cheong and drew with Nik Farouqi.I hope to published some of his game later.

Ilhamuddin as we all call him is the highest rated player among Terengganu players and very active playing in Kuala Lumpur.After graduate from Universiti Utara Malaysia he secured job at Eon Bank where he is now.

During my conversation with him on Saturday, he said that he prepare his opening thoroughly for this event and among Ilham victims are Abdullah Che Hassan a very experienced player.From my points of view about Ilham is that he only play opening that he understand and after making throughly study it,of course with help of Rybka.

He has won few tournament but never big event like Selangor Open or Malaysia Closed and I hope someday he will prove it to other Terengganu players.

HOW MUCH YOU SPEND FOR YOUR CHILDREN FOR CHESS

The question is how much you willing to spend for your children to progress in chess?
Let me answer it for your as a parent living in Kuala Terengganu.If I dicided to send my child to Kuala Lumpur to take part in chess tournament the first thing came to my mind is budget.Without it you will not going any where.Let see the breakdown.

1.Bus round trip to Kuala Lumpur ( 2 person )RM140.00
(If you lucky you pay same amount for Airasia ticket)
2.Cheap hotel at chow Kit RM75.00 per night
3.Internal transport RM50

Add up another RM50 for makan and entry fee and total is RM315.That is for 1 day event which what will I spend in Kuala Lumpur.Cost of coaching for my son is on me.

Let see what parent in Kuala Lumpur spend:

1.Petrol and tol RM60.00
2.Entry fee RM20
3.Makan RM50
4.Coaching fee for 1 session RM150.

And the total is RM280.00 roughly about the same amount I spend since I coaching my own son.

That the average total cost parents have to pay for their children involvement in chess and it cost money and time not to mention others factor.Will you consider other sports?

2nd KL JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

All photos from Asman Amin of Pahang



Just came back from Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning with my 7 years old son who took part in under 10 category.Initially I was reluctant to bring my son to take part but for the sake of exposure and atmosphere playing in Kuala Lumpur my son needed this trip.This is his third tournament and his rating is 1176.I don't expected him to do well in this tournament and he could only finished with 1.5 points from 6 games.For the past many years I used to bring other people children to Kuala Lumpur and various part of Malaysia to take part in chess tournament and this is my time to take care of my only child and him for tournament in Malaysia.He is still long way to go in chess and by the time he grow up I hope he achieved something significant in Malaysia chess arena.

You may download all the result here

JERAM KUALA SELANGOR OPEN RESULTS

Ian Udani

Mohd Syazwan Zulkifli

I was thinking seriously to play at Jeram Selangor Open this week, but then the 2nd KL Juniors Chess championship will starts next week so I made up my mind not playing considering the time and budget.So next week I should be in Kuala Lumpur with my son who will play in the championship

Back to the results of the Jeram Open once again and so many times Ian Udani simply too good for other when he easily win this tournament to bag RM500 with his scores of 6.5 points.From the list there are two Terengganu players ,Mohd Shazwan Zulkifli and Abdul Rahim Ramli.Syazwan finished in 7th place and Rahim could only finished with 4.5 points.

Here are list of winners for the open section.

1.Ian Udani 6.5
2.Ong Thian Loon 5.5
3.Lim Zhuo Ren 5.5
4.Jax Tham 5.5
5.IsmailAhmad 5.5
6.Cheah cheok Fung 5
7.Mohd Syazwan Zulkifli 5
8.Ahmad Fadzil Nayan 5
9.Mohd Ariez azman 5
10.Mohd Nabil Azman Hisham 5

JERAM KUALA SELANGOR OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

After Sungai Petani chesslovers can now looks forward to play in Jeram Selangor this Sunday.This tournament is organize by Azhar Mohd Said ( tel no : 012 679 6193).So far
I did not decide my participantion in this tournament maybe I may decided end of this week.Here are the details of the event:

Tournament date :24th January 2010
Venue : Restoren Ikan Bakar Pantai Jeram Selangor
Time Control : 25 minutes
Tie Break : Solkoff ,Sb and progressife score.
Entry Fee : RM15.00 Under 12, RM15 Category ,RM25 Open

For open category there are 15 cash prizes amounting RM1750.First prize winner will
received RM400.00 ,second place RM300.00,third place RM200.00.

For under 18 the winner will received cash RM150.00,second place RM120,third RM100.(cash prizes amouting RM900).

Lastly for under 12 category the winner will received RM100,second place RM80 and third RM70.There are also best local players ,(5 cash prizes only amount RM550 ,in fact there are also prizes for best IPT, veteran , teachers.I dont think you want to miss this tournament.

To register please call Azhar Mohd Said and bank in your payment to this account holder :CIMB BANK - FARIDAH HUSSAIN account no: 1222-0018775-52-5 ,please bring desopist receipt on the day of registration.

SULTAN KEDAH OPEN : FULL RESULT

Tan Khai Boon- Champion


National Master Capel-Second place


My generous host Amri Ibni Hajar

I was not really eager to play in Kedah because I am quite busy with my job and family.Anyhow as a die hard player I decided to play even though I may not become the tournament winner.But to me the most important things is be able to meet my friends from all over Malaysia it does not matter whether you win or not.

I reached Sungai Petani at 4.30 Saturday morning and my old friend Amri Ibni Hajar pick me and and took to his house ,later he send me to the hotelfor check in.Without Amri I will be lost.

This event is sponsor by Jaffolea Chess Club and during the lunch break Kedah chess Association held their meeting to select the new committee members.

Tan Khai Boon results in local chess scene is quite good he played smart chess without taking big risks especially in short time control.He beats Ian Udani in the 6 round although the game could ended in a draw.


Here are the list of Open and under 12 winners - enjoy it.

1.Open section
2.Under 12.

SULTAN KEDAH OPEN : TAN KHAI BOON CHAMP

Penang players Tan Khai Boon win the Sultan Kedah Open with 6.5 points to take home RM1000.Second is NM Evan Timothy Capel with 6 points.Third is Lim Zhuo Ren.Ian Udani only finished 5th place after losing to eventual winner in the 6 round.


List of winners.

1.Tan Khai Boon
2.Evan Timothy Capel
3.Lim Zhuo Ren
4.Abdullah Che Hassan
5.Ian Udani
6.Muhammad arshad
7.Ismail Ahmad
8.Loo Swee Leong
9.Nik ahmaf Farouqi
10.Mohd Nabil Azman Hisham

SULTAN KEDAH OPEN 2009

More then 100 players are playing in the Kedah Open.In the open section speedking Ian Udani is seeded no 1 followed by Tan Khai Boon.Nm Evan Capel also playing and Nur Nabila Azman Hisham.Currently 12 players with 3 points including your truly.Ian Udani will be playing with Anthony Liong.

Meanwhile Nur Najiha Azman Hisham is leading under 12 category with 3 points and she is expected to win this event.For current standing click below.


1.Open section
2.Under 12 section

SULTAN KEDAH OPEN: PARTICIPANT LIST

Here is list of registed players for for the event.

ISMAIL AHMAD KEDAH SIMUL WITH 22 PARTICIPANT

Former World Police Championship Ismail Ahmad today played against Kedah senior and junior players at D Vista Hotel in Sungai Petani Kedah.Twenty two players are involved and Ismail Ahmad scored 15.5 against 6.5.

I AM BACK : BLOGGING IN KEDAH

Hi all, quite sometime since I updated this blog.A lot of thing happened since new year I was busy readjusting my schedule since my son started schooling at primary school.Too sad that this year will no chess competition at school level and definitely effecting chess " progress and development " in this country.

I also have to keep up with the coming tournament,the Jeram Open organised by Azhar Mohd Said and the UTP open.For sure I will post it here later on.Last minute I decided to lay off my family and work commitment for a while and buy myself bus ticket to Sungai Petani to play the Kedah open.This is my second trip here ,last December trip sort of family trip.

Luckily when I arrived here at 4.30am this morning and Kedah top player Amri Ibni Hajar agreed to pick me up.With him I will be lost.I have known Amri in the early 90 when he study at UITM Dungun and he regularly took part in our chess event.For the last 10 years Amri remain as Kedah top player.

Lastly I hope to be able update Kedah Open and continue post Jeram Open and UTP open later on.

MALAYSIA INTERSTATES TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Sarawak initiative to revive the interstates team championship is very much applauded. The ever productive Sarawak chess association president Lim Kian Hwa to organize and to give free board and logding seem unheard off.I don't remember when was the last time Malaysia Chess Federation came with that.To host such an event is small thing but the worked to find sponsors is a nightmare and I congragulate Sarawak chess for their big effort.

From the list of the participating team they are ten team confirmed their entry for the championship.All states are represented except for Terengganu , Pahang ,Perak ,Melaka and Perlis.For Terengganu the reason for not going there because most of our players are not available.Although I make commitment to fly there with a young player but the other players still cannot make it on that date.

Looking through at the list of players and I know instantly that three teams looks strong to win the title.Penang ,Kelantan and Selangor are the favorite and I consider Sarawak have an outside chances to win.Dont forget team Kuala Lumpur captained by experienced Ismail Ahmad who is leading the youthful team.

Let take a closer looks at each of participating teams.

 

1. Negeri Sembilan. This team is a youth team and will not posed strong threat to any other teams.

 

2. Labuan.Is rather unknown players that may posed little threat to other teams

 

3. Sabah.To be careful with this team because any mistake will cause top team valuable points.

 

4. Johor.Surely Renitha is their weak points here when facing with top team but other team members should be able to hold.

 

5. Kedah.A rather balances team but favorite team should be able to handle them.

 

6. Kelantan.This is a surprise, a very longtime I don't see Kelantan players form a team.Azizul and Nasrul playing as team with Haq and Nik Farouqi.I guess they may pose serious threat to other team and their placing in the final ranking will depend on Azizul and Nasrul Humaimi performance.

 

7. Sarawak.I have a lot of experience with this team as Terengganu always play with them in MAKSAK event and I know how their play. Should be able to beat the weaker team but always high In fighting spirit.

 

8.Kuala Lumpur.Ismail Ahmad with this team and his resourceful young teammates, but I don't know Prabha maybe their weak points.

 

9. Selangor.Kamaluddin, Fairin, Abdullah Che Hassan and Tun Seri Lanang ( playing against home state?!).Who don't know them? They are the most likely candidate to win this event and should have not much difficultlity when playing with most of other team.

 

10.Penang.I always admire them for tradition of strong players and they always producing good results in team event.In the eighties and nineties Penang always be Terengganu very strong rival in team championship.They are there to win and only Selangor ,Kuala Lumpur,Sarawak and Kelantan are able to stop them.

 

My analysis base on my experienced as player and team manager for Terengganu where we managed to win best team in Merdeka chess champion few time and the 1991 state team championship in Sabah.(well that quite long time eh)Good luck to all of the players.

 

 

 

TERENGGANU NOT GOING TO SARAWAK

Terengganu pull out of team championship in Sarawak next week for not able to form a strong team.Most of Terengganu top players cannot make it on that week because of work commitment although the dates has been well anounced by the Sarawak chess association.

Your truly who committed to play with Mohd Khairul Nazrin have to cancelled our participant in the championship.Terengganu should be a very strong team if we are able to play.Host Sarawak provided board and lodging for participant team and pay their own airline tickets only which is very generous offer.

I wish all the teams good luck and thank you to Sarawak Chess Association president Mr Lim Kian Hwa.

RAHIM SECURED 4TH KUALA TERENGGANU CHESS LEAGUE

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Prof Abdul Rahim Ramli of UITM Dungun showed impressive play to win 4th round of Kuala Terengganu chess league which ended at KT Beach Resort in Kuala Terengganu yesterday.He scored 9.5 points from 10 games to finish 1 points clear from second place winner Fairul Yusuff.Rahim conceded a draw with Ahmad Rizal Othman and beat the rest of the field.Third place goes to Hisamullah Harun with 7.5 points.Here are top five winners.

1.Abdul Rahim Ramli
2.Fairul Yusuff
3.Hisamullah Harun
4.Ahmad Rizal Othman
5.Mohd Hafez Hilmi Harun
6.Muhammad Arshad
7.Mohd Shahdan Ibrahim
8.Saleh Omar
9.Rozamzam Ibrahim
10.Che Muhd Rizal Ibrahim
11.Muslim Abdullah

Full list here.

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERTUTUP PETRONAS GAS BERHAD

Ruzenan Abu Bakar in his elements


Ruzenan Abu Bakar easily won Petronas Gas Malaysia Berhad Closed which ended yesterday at Kompleks Penapisan Gas at Paka Terengganu.He easily outsmart all his five opponents with easily.This selection tournament is part of their preparation for next year Petronas Sport Carnival next year.Here all the result.

WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP : MALAYSIA DREAM DASHED

Amier Hamzah during Selangor Open 2009


Malaysia hopes of winning any medal at world age group championship ended yesterday when two of its brightest candidate succumbed to more experience opponents.Amier Hamzah lost his 11th round game to Tanuj from America.Amier Hamzah who played french defence lost in 33 moves.He will creates history for Malaysia chess if he beat his opponent and finished among top 3 winners.

Nur Nabila also played well through out the championship but losing two straight games to more experienced opponents who has better opening preparation.


Generally I think our juniors can make it at this stage as Amier and Nabila proved during this championship.I think what they need is the consistance exposure as their peers.Look at Iran who are now able to win world age group championship consistancely and that we need, and up to the MCF to chart the next course.

WATCHING WORLD YOUTH AT PLAYCHESS.COM

I think it's a rare opportunity to watch live game specially involving Malaysia player at world stage.At the world youth championship the organiser provided live games for top board only at official website.Chess enthusiasts everwhere glued to their computer including me.But I have better option I watched live through playchess.com which provided better coverage,I can add analysis engine to game that being play or watching several board simultaneously.This previlages given to all chessbase products buyer like fritz 12.

WORLD YOUTH CHESS : NUR NABILA LEADING THE CHARGE

Promising junior player Nur Nabila Azman Hisham is leading the Malaysia juniors players in world youth championship for under 12 girls in Turkey with 6.5 points.She need to win last two rounds in order to finish top honour in the 11 round game.

Today Nur Nabila will play American Sarah Chiang with the black pieces.Whatever the outcome of her last two round result she has performed well beyond, considering the chess scenario in Malaysia.Kudos to her parent Azman Hisham and Zaza.The other Malaysia representative in this category is Camillia Johari who now have 4 points.


PAIRING ROUND 10 TODAY 9 PM MALAYSIA TIME

WORLD YOUTH UPDATE : MALAYSIAN PLAYERS

Now that world Youth Chess Championship entered 10th round and with one more round to go Malaysia juniors hopes of winning any medal look promising.Nur Nabila is doing very well now .But they have shown that they have the capacity to progress in chess provided that are given more chances, in that sense more exposure in tournament overseas maybe.By playing 25 minutes chess that we are use to have over the weekend is not going to help them progress further.Nowaday you can stay at home and play some good chess.

I know that their parents sacrifices a lot for them but individual initiative will not enough , what we need is combine efford by MCF in order for our juniors players to progress.I believed most of top achievers in this championship will progress further and I convinced they will reached the ultimate goal.As for me I will push my six years old son to reach the far limit in chess.

WORLD YOUTH UPDATE: MALAYSIA PLAYERS

Malaysian youngsters continue fine perfomance in World Youth Championship in Turkey.Nur Nabila Azman Hisham fine permances so far excited all Malaysian chess community.So far she scored 5 points from 6 round to stay on 3rd place out of 100 players in her group.

And in the next few rounds surely will test her ability and her fighting spirit.I hope that she and the rest of the team will not mentally tired for duration of this championship.


Here are the rest of Malaysia players standing in the championship.

1.Under 8 (boys)

Amier Hamzah 4.5 points currently at 15th place from 129 players

Teh De Juan 3 points currently at 66 place from 129 players.

2.Under 8 girls

Teh De Zen 3 points currently at 47 place from 85 players.

3.Under 10 girl

Nur Najiha Azman Hisham 3 points currently at 51 place from 83 players

4. Under 12 boys

Mohd Irfan Haqim Azhar 2.5 points currently at 103 place from 142 players

5. Under 14 girls

Hoh Tjin Li

6. Under 14 boys

Wong Jian Wen 2.5 points currently at 89 place from 138 players

Elgin Lee 3 points currently at 79 place from 138 players

7. Under 16

Sumant Subramaniam 2.5 points from 78 place from 119 player

WORD YOUTH ROUND ONE RESULTS : MALAYSIAN PLAYERS

1.Sumant(2084)(80) lost to Udeshi Aditya (2330)(21)ndia

2.Hoh Tjin Li(85) lost to Sasmazel Burcu (1891)(36) Turkey

3.Wong Jianwen(1905)(79)lost to Doros Radu-Marian (2260)(10)Romania

4.Lee Kah Meng Elgin(1861)(85)lost to Sahoo Utkal Ranjan(2219)(16)India

5.Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (14)win Biryukova Anna (68)Russia

6.Camilia Bt Johari (71) lost to Mahalakshmi Muganda Kumar(1828)(17)India

7.Mohd Irfan Haqim Azhar Huber Martin Christian(1935)(56)Austria (NA)

8.Nur Najiha Hisham (57) win Ulusoy Nİsan (1612) Turkey

9.Teh De Zen (73)win Golubeva Marija (31) Latvia

10.Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri (20)drew with Oboladzer Luka Georgea

11.Teh De Juan (112)lost to Erenberg Ariel (48)Israel

WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN TURKEY

Another edition of world youth championship starts today until 22nd November 2009 in Antalya Turkey, talented Malaysian junior players are now taking part in this 11 round event along with nearly 2000 players from more then 70 countries.Malaysia representatives as per list below.

Beside names below there are also Malaysian playing under New Zealand banner,Nurul Farhana and Nurul Izzah daughter of UITM lecturer Halim Suhaimi Yeop Johari who is doing doctorate there.Catur Terengganu wish all Malaysia representative good luck and success.

Under 8 boys
1.Amir Hamzah Mohd Zuhri
2.Teh De Juan

Under 8 girls
1.Teh De Zen

Under 10 girls
1.Nur Najiha Azman Hisham

Under 12 boys
1.Mohd Irfan Haqim Azhar

Under 12 girls
1.Camilia Johari
2.Nor Nabila Azman Hisham

Under 14 boys
1.Wong Jiawen
2.Elgin Lee

Under 16
1.Hoh Tjin Li

Under 16 boys
1.Sumant Subramaniam

BOBBY FISHER STILL IN THE NEWS

Although Bobby Fisher passed last year he is still in the news because of his fortune which awarded to his wife Miyako Watai ( she once played in zonal tournament in Genting Highland some years ago).But there is new claim of his estate from "live in partner".You can read it all here.

ON SALE : CHESS SET AND CHESS CLOCK

For your infomation all the items are for sale.Prices not included delivery charges to your destination.Discount given for purchase above 5 set.Please contact me.


1.Tournament solid chess set and chessboard(vinyl) RM35.00
2.BHB Chess clock RM230
3.DGT Digital chess clock RM280

TAL MEMORIAL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009

The Tal Memorial Chess Tournament is named after Mikhail Tal the 8th world chess champion.He died at the age of 55 years old in Moscow June 1992.He also known as The Magician From Riga.His is famous for sacrificed material in search for the initiative.

The tournament which started in 2006 now continue with 2009 edition.I had the opportunity to follow the category 21 event last night live.Ten of world class granmasters took part and for those with access with live games sure will enjoy the live broadcast.Round starts at 8.00 pm Malaysia time.

Round 1 however all five boards ended with a draw.Will the defending champion Ivanchuk able to defence the title ?May be we have to wait until the event finished on 14th November.You can go to playchess com to download and also chessdom com to watch live games.

LAGRAVE AND SOUMYA ARE THE WORLD JUNIORS CHAMPION

France Granmaster Lagrave has won the world junior title after completed the 13 round tournament with 10.5points.He won 8 games and drew 5 games including drew with Belarussian Zhigalko in the 6th round.Zhigalko had to be satisfied with the second place due to his lower tie break score.Third place was won by Polish Grandmaster Michal Olszewski with 9 points.


In the girls category India Soumya Swaminathan with 9.5 points was declared as a champion after beating two other girls on tiebreak.Turkish players Yildiz Betul who was leading until 12 round drew againt her opponent from India.






Final standing for boys click here

Final standing for girls click here

SOURCE FROM : ARGENTINA CHESS DEDERATION AND SWISS MANAGER HOMEPAGE AND CHESSBASE

WORLD JUNIOR UNDER 20 UPDATE

GM MAXIME LAGRAVE VACHIER


WIM YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE

World Junior Chess Championship for under 20 in Argentina continues and the final round will be play tomorrow.Grandmaster Zhigalko of Belarus with 10 points is leading with halfpoint over France GM Lagrave.Zhigalko never lost any games in this event and in the final round he is due to play with Ivan Popov of Russia.

In the girls section WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre of Turkey is leading with 9 points and will be playing with India Monisha Mohanty who has 7.5 points.If the Turkish player get a draw she will be install the new world champion and surely will boost morale Turkish chess players in her native country that will host the world youth championship next week.

Click here for boy crosstable
Click here for girl crosstable




SOURCES FROM :SWISS MANAGER HOMEPAGE/CHESSDOM/CHESSBASE

KUALA KRAI OPEN : CLOSING CEREMONY VIDEO

Result for under 12 category click here






My 6 years old son won 1st prize for under 9 category

UIA OPEN RESULT

Below are picture of result UIA open which ended yesterday that I received from Mohd Syazwan Zulkifli.

UIA OPEN: LIM YEE WENG IS THE CHAMP

The Universiti Islam Antarabangsa open rapid event one of the strongest rapid event yet for this year.From the list that I received from Mohd Shazwan Zulkifli the 9th place winner I can see almost country top players were there.From Lim Yee Weng to Nicholas Chan and Ian Udani.Lim Yee Weng emerged a clear winner with 6.5 points from seven games.Sharing second place to fifth place are Nicholas Chan,Sumant Subramaniam,Edward Lee and Jax Tham.Terengganu Nor Ilhamuddin 5 points finished 15th place.

MY FRITZ 12

My frit 12 just arrived and now exploring the function and to get my self familiar with all the function.If you interested to buy the programme please contact me.Original copy at RM300 including delivery charges.

NOVEMBER FIDE RATING LIST

FIDE rating list for November just came out.As expected Topalov of Bulgaria maintained the no 1 spot with 2810.Second on the list is chess prodigy Magnus Calsen who reached 2801 after briliant performence in Nanjing Pearl spring Tournament few weeeks ago.Who knows what this kid will achieved for the next 5 years, will he win the world championship ?

On the Malaysia front Mas Hafizul with 2419 is the number one in Malaysia and Nicholas Chan reached 2402 and IM Mok 2389 still short 11 points from the magic 2400.

And lastly our very own Nor Ilhamuddin is now 2044 and maintained his status as Terengganu number one player.Ilahmuddin played 18 games during the rating period.None other Terengganu players played rated event during that period.Also a few other Terengganu players like Ruzenan Abu Bakar,Abdul Rahim Ramli,Hisamullah Harun and Siti Nuraihan need to play between two or four games in order to be rated.

For Malaysia top players list base on rating click here

For world top 100 players click here

NORAZMI CRUISE TO VICTORY

Season chess player Norazmi Mohd Nor from Dungun Terengganu cruised to win the Kuala Krai Open (Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Petra 2)yesterday with perfect score 7/7.One hundred players majority from Kelantan took part in this tournament.Kelantan former top player Muhd Bakri Jusoh score 6 points losing a game to eventual champion to finish second.Izuddin Ahayat also from Kelantan finished 3rd place also 6 points with lower tie break.Former UPSI palyer Nik Mohd Nazri finished 4th place.

Complete table click here.

WORLD JUNIOR UNDER 20 UPDATE

The world junior for under 20 continues and last night round 7 was played.On board 1 they were encounter between GM Lagrave and Li Chao which ended in a drew from petroff opening.This game may attaract Petroff lovers especially my good friend USM open champion Ruzenan Abu Bakar.

After 7 round of play Belarussian GM Zhigalko is the current leader with 6 points ,crosstable click here

CHESS TOURNAMENTS THIS WEEKEND

This weekend there will be 2 chess tournaments one in Kelantan and the other one at the Universiti Islam Malaysia Gombak Selangor.

Below are the particular :-




To register and information please call these number.Participant please confirm your entry in order to avoid any inconvenient.

Norsharmila Zabani (03-6196 5393)
Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (013-9531278)
Nurul Azlina Bakrin (017-4625224)


and for players in East Coast please register with me asap as I will be at Kuala Krai as an arbiter .Temerloh Open Champion Norazmi Mohd Nor alrady confirm his entry to this tounament and my fellow blogger Badbishop will be playing also.I will update the event regularly through chess-result.com if I can access the internet.

WORLD JUNIOR UNDER 20 ROUND 6 UPDATE

The world under 20 chess championship in Argentina continues and French super grandmaster (GM) Vacier lagrave is just ahead of (GM)Zhigalko of Belarus although each have 5 points.Both of them drew when they played in the six round.

Lagrave will be playing with Li Chao of China and the latter will be playing with Rodshtein of Israel.After a few round I noticed that Philipine Wesley So didnt played in this championship.My earlier reports base on info from swiss manager crosstable.

In the girl section Padmini Rout is the sole leader with 5 points and follow closely by Turkish player Betul and Chinese Zhang Xiaowen both have an equal 4.5 points from 6 games.

You may follow live game here which start at 17.00 Argentina time and I believe 5 am Malaysia time.For crosstable click here