Chess Championship Zone 3.3

KEDUDUKAN 10 TERATAS

TAHNIAH! kepada IM Mas yang berjaya menempatkan diri dalam 10 kelompok pemain terbaik bagi Zon 3.3. IM Mas, yang disenaraikan sebagai pilihan ke 18 di awal pertandingan, berjaya mengungguli tempat ke 6. Beliau merupakan International Master (IM) yang mendapat kedudukan terbaik dalam pertandingan yang memilih pemain untuk Kejohanan Dunia 2010.

Dari carta keputusan di atas, tidak dapat disangkal lagi Filipina dan Vietnam merupakan negara yang hebat dalam sukan catur di rantau ASEAN. 3 pemain Filipina dan 4 pemain tuan rumah, Vietnam, mengungguli kedudukan 10 terbaik. Filipina berjaya membolot dua tempat teratas yang bakal mewakili Zon 3.3 ke World Chess Championship 2010. GM Darwin Laylo dan GM Wesley So, seorang "chess prodigy" yang merupakan pemain catur ke 7 termuda mendapat gelaran GM, masing-masing adalah juara dan naib juara Kejohanan Catur Kelayakan Zon 3.3 yang berlansung di Bandaraya Ho Chi Minh. Sudah pasti semua rakyat Filipina akan meraikan kejayaan ini.

Agak malang bagi pemain harapan tuan rumah, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son yang merupakan pemain ke 14 termuda mendapat gelaran GM, tidak dapat bersama Wesley So ke Kejohanan Catur dunia tahun hadapan.

Malaysia bersama-sama Indonesia dan Singapura boleh berbangga dengan pemain-pemain masing yang berjaya mendapat tempat ke 10 terbaik. GM Zhang Zhong (Singapura) terpaksa berpuashati di tempat ke 8 dari seeded ke 2. Sementara GM Susanto Megaranto berjaya naik setingkat di tempat ke 5 dari seeded ke 6. Justeru itu, IM Mas yang merupakan seeded ke 18 bermain cemerlang dan berjaya mendapat tempat ke 6. Syabas, IM Mas sebenarnya setaraf dan setanding dengan para GM terutamanya dari rantau Asean.

sumber : chess-results.com

Apakan IM Mas berjaya mendapat norma GM yang dicari-carinya? GiLoCatur tidak pasti. Harap-harap beliau berjaya. Malaysia amat mendambakan kejayaan beliau bagi membuka laluan dan memberi motivasi kepada pemain-pemain Malaysia lain untuk mengejar cita-cita itu.

Dalam kejohanan ini, IM Mas berjaya menang 3 dan seri 6 permainan. IM Mas berjaya menewaskan seoarang GM dan seorang IM pemain tuan rumah. Dan beliau juga berjaya seri dengan dua orang GM, seorang veteran dan seorang remaja.

GiLoCatur mengharapkan pemain-pemain muda negara akan menjadikan usaha dan kesungguhan IM Mas untuk mendapatkan gelaran GrandMaster sebagai satu azimat dan motivasi.

HOPE MALAYSIA WILL GET ITS FIRST GM SOON!

Update on Zone 3.3 World Chess Championship Qualifiers

Gambar di atas merupakan statistik prestasi dan keputusan permainan-permainan IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, satu-satunya wakil negara di Kejohanan Catur Dunia Pusingan Kelayakan Zon 3.3 yang sedang berlansung di Bandaraya Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam selepas pusingan ketujuh.

Satu keputusan yang boleh dianggap cemerlang kerana setakat ini IM Mas masih belum tewas. Beliau menang 2 dan seri 5 kali. Dia menang ke atas GM Vietnam, Bui Vinh, yang juga merupakan pilihan ketujuh dengan FIDE rating 2517 di pusingan ketujuh.

Di pusingan kedua dan kelima IM Mas telah seri dengan GM kebanggaan Vietnam, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (pilihan ketiga), dan GM veteran Filipina Eugene Torre (pilihan keempat). Beliau akan menentang pemain tuan rumah CM Nguyen Hoang Nam di papan ketujuh dengan bermain buah hitam. Diharap IM Mas menang pusingan kelapan esok jam 2.00 petang waktu Vietnam.

Setakat pusingan ketujuh, rating performance IM Mas adalah 2466 dan menduduki ranking ke 9. Di awal kejohanan, IM Mas menduduki ranking ke 18.

This Weekend Chess Tournaments Results

In conjuction of Convo Fair at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Perak, a chess open tournament was held in its Chancellor Hall last Saturday. Nearly 70 players particpated in the Open section. Sumant Subramaniam won the tournament with a single defeat. Among the oppononets he beat were Kamaluddin Yusof and the current NM Evan Timothy Capel from Penang. Congratulation to Sumant!

While at OUG Pearl Shopping Complex, there was KL Young Talent championship organized by KLCA. In Under 11 age-group, the top two seeded made to the Top 3. Aziz Farhan who was ranked second before the game came top with 6 and 1/2 points. He won all his games except a draw with NWM Tan Li Ting in th efourth round. While the current National Woman Master, Tan Li Ting was second with 6 points. He drew with the champion and the fourth placed, Subramaniam Sivanesan, in the fifth round. Subramaniam, the third seed, just managed the fourth place with 5 points. He was edged by Dilwen Ding Tze How by half point. About 40 players played in this age-group category.

In the Under 9 age-group category, Teh De Juan was the champion scoring 6 points. He just lose once to the top seed, Tan Yong Zhao who came third with 5 and 1/2 points. He shared 6 points with the second place, Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri, but he won againts Amier in the third round. Danish Hamzah, the second seed, and his sister Maisarrah, the third seed, just managed the fifth and ninth spot respectively.

Congratulation to all the winners!

MISS UNIVERSE CHESS Poll

GiLoCatur dapat satu emel berkenaan satu undian yang diberi nama MISS UNIVERSE CHESS. Sila ke URL http://miss-universe-in-chess.blogspot.com/ untuk membuat undian. Kalau GiLoCatur berlawan catur dengan mereka ini rasa-rasanya pasti akan kalah. Bukan setakat terpesona dengan kejelitaan dan kecantikan mereka, tetapi terpesona dengan kepandaian mereka bermain catur. Siapalah GiLoCatur yang tiada FIDE rating dan national rating yang rendah untuk berlawan catur dengan mereka yang memiliki FIDE rating 2500+, 2400+, 2300+ dan 2200+. Alahai ... Selamat mengundi ...

World Chess Qualifiers Zone 3.3 Update

sumber : chessgames.com

IM Mas telah berjaya menewaskan lawannya dalam pusingan pertama iaitu seorang pemain tuan rumah. Di pusingan kedua beliau bermain buah hitam menentang pemain catur tuan rumah yang hebat iaitu GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (FIDE 2592). Permainan mereka berlansung pada jam 4.30 petang tadi dan seharusnya sudah tamat. Tetapi keputusan bagi kategori lelaki masih belum dipaparkan di chess-results.com.

(11.00pm - IM Mas telah seri dengan GM Son. Satu keputusan yang masih dianggap sangat baik. Di pusingan ketiga, IM Mas akan bermain buah putih melawan IM Vietnam dan pilihan ke 15, Duong The Anh (FIDE 2440) di papan kelapan. Mari kita semua rakyat Malaysia mendoakan semoga beliau menang permainan tersebut yang berlansung esok pada jam 2.00 petang. Setakat dua pusingan dengan 1 kemenangan dan 1 seri, IM Mas telah mengumpul 1.5 mata sama dengan pilihan utama GM Wesley So.)

Berikut adalah salah satu game GM Son yang ditewaskan pemain Indonesia, Irwanto Sadikin, di kejohanan Asian Championship pada bulan Mei yang lepas.

Nguyen Ngoc,Truong Son (2588) - Sadikin,Irwanto (2447) [E05]

Subic, Asian Championship (2.15), 14.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Qd3 b4 12.Nb1 Be4 13.Qd1 c5 14.Nbd2 Bd5 15.dxc5 Nbd7 16.Nb3 Nxc5 17.Nbd4 Rc8 18.a5 Qc7 19.Bd2 Qb7 20.Qe1 Nce4 21.Ra4 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Rfd8 23.Qf4 h6 24.Bh3 Bxf3 25.Nxf3 Qb5 26.Raa1 g5 27.Qe3 g4 28.Nd4 Qd5 29.Nxe6 Qxe6 30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.Bg2 Rc5 32.Rfc1 Rdc8 33.Rd1 R8c7 34.e3 Rf5 35.Bf1 Rcc5 36.Bxa6 Rxa5 37.Bc4 Kf7 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Kg2 Rf5 40.Rb1 Rc5 41.b3 Ne4 42.Rb2 Bf6 43.Rc2 Bc3 44.Be2 Nd2 45.Ra2 Nxb3 46.Ra7+ Kf6 47.Bxg4 h5 48.Bd1 Na5 49.Rh7 b3 50.Rh6+ Ke7 51.Rxh5 b2 52.Rxc5 b1=Q 53.Bg4 Qb2 54.Rc7+ Kd6 0–1

sumber : http://potretcatur.blogspot.com

Pilihan pertama, GM Wesley So, seri dengan seorang FM tuan rumah di papan utama. Seorang lagi pemain Filipina, IM Richard Bitoon (FIDE 2495) , pilihan ke 9 juga telah seri dengan pemain tuan rumah yang memiliki FIDE 2196.

Dalam kategori wanita pula, salah satu keputusan yang menarik minat GiLoCatur ialah kemenangan "puteri catur" Indonesia, WCM Medina Warda Aulia (FIDE 1945) ke atas pemain Filipina, WFM Cua Shercila, yang memiliki FIDE 2167. Tetapi sayangnya Medina gagal meneruskan kemenangannya di pusingan kedua. (Sila ke laman http://potretcatur.blogspot.com/2009/07/susanto-dan-irene-menang-medina-bikin.html untuk berita dan gambar Medina.)

Selain itu satu upset telah berlaku ke atas WGM Indonesia, Irene Kharisma Sukandar (FIDE 2311), pemain pilihan keempat di pusingan kedua. Beliau ditewaskan oleh pemain WFM Vietnam, Pham Bich Ngoc (FIDE 2105), pilihan ke 15. Irene telah menang di pusingan pertama ke atas seorang pemain Filipina.

GiLoCatur di ASAT 2009

Pada hujung minggu ini, GiLoCatur akan berkampung di Hotel Maluri, Kuala Lumpur. Ini adalah kerana Fikri, anak sulung GiLocatur, akan mewakili negeri Selangor dalam acara catur Sekolah Menengah Lelaki pada Karnival Anugerah Seri Asrama terbilang (ASAT) 2009 yang dijadualkan dari 24hb (Jumaat) hingga 28hb (Selasa). Pertandingan akan diadakan pada hari sabtu dan Ahad. Format untuk acara catur ialah 5 pusingan dengan kawalan masa selama 90 minit seorang. Kepada yang berminat untuk mengikuti berita-berita dan info tentang Karnival ASAT tersebut, GiLoCatur telah memulakan satu projek "coverage" di laman blog http://asat2009.blogspot.com/. Sudi-sudikan melawat laman blog ini.

Maka dengan itu, anak-anak GiLoCatur tidak dapat menyertai KL Young Talent di OUG Shopping complex pada hujung minggu ini. Sementara Anis dan adiknya Fahim pula akan terlibat dengan Pertandingan Catur Tertutup SKBJ pada hari Sabtu. Apatah pula mem GiLoCatur ada aktiviti di sekolah pada hari Sabtu tersebut.

GiLoCatur amat berharap juga jika anak-anak dapat menyertai KL Young Talent tersebut kerana tawaran-tawaran yang amat menarik terutamanya "12 weekend training session throughout the year". Tapi tak mengapa, mungkin anak-anak GiLoCatur boleh sertai di pertandingan-pertandingan akan datang. Bagi GiLoCatur, tawaran seumpama ini sangat penting dan menarik jika inginkan anak-anak lebih maju dan serius dalam catur. Apatah lagi jika ada cita-cita untuk mendapatkan gelaran tertinggi iaitu GM atau Grandmaster.

Sebagai contoh, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, "chess prodigy" Vietnam telah dihantar belajar dan training selama beberapa tahun di sebuah sekolah catur di Hungary. Sebuah syarikat tempatan Vietnam telah memberi dana dan menaja perbelanjaan GM Son yang merupakan di antara yang termuda mendapat gelaran tersebut. Klik di sini untuk cerita lanjut.

Justeru itu, GiLoCatur berpendapat jika Malaysia ingin melahirkan GM dan WGM, kita juga perlu menghantar "chess prodigy" berlatih di luar negara. Apakah tidak mungkin syarikat-syarikat tempatan seperti TNB, Telekom, dan sebagainya boleh dan mampu menaja mereka. Kita tidak kekurangan "chess prodigy". Sebagai contoh - Yeoh Li Tian yang pernah mendapat tempat keempat Bawah 8 Tahun di Turki, Amier Hamzah dan Subramaniam Sivanesan bagi lelaki dan WFM Najiha, WCM Nabila, NM Tan Li Ting, dan Nithyalaksmi bagi perempuan. (sekadar memberi contoh beberapa nama)

Jika Malaysia mampu untuk menghantar atlit-atlit dari beberapa acara sukan yang lain, sudah pasti Malaysia juga pasti BOLEH menghantar pemain-pemain catur berbakat dan berpotensi untuk berlatih di luar negara seperti di Rusia dan Hungary yang terkenal dengan sekolah caturnya. Justeru itu, kepada semua yang terlibat dalam industri catur harus bersatu dan menggembeling tenaga ke arah usaha tersebut.

Meminjam kata sahabat GiLoCatur Ng6, "MARI KITA CARI GM!"

World Chess Championship Qualifiers Zone 3.3

Pusingan kelayakan Kejohanan Catur Dunia bagi Zon 3.3 akan bermula esok dengan pusingan pertama dijadualkan pada jam 10.00 pagi. Ia akan berlansung di Bandaraya Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Seramai 54 pemain catur dari 8 negara - Malaysia, Vietnam, Phillipine, Indonesia, Singapura, Thailand, Jepun dan Mongolia akan menyertai kategori lelaki sementara 31 pemain catur pula akan bertanding dalam kategori wanita.

Malaysia hanya diwakili seorang peserta iaitu IM Mas Hafizulhelmi yang diletakkan pada ranking ke 18. Sementara Indonesia menghantar seorang pemain bagi kategori lelaki iaitu GM Susanto Megaranto dan 4 pemain wanita. WGM Irine Kharisma Sukandar mengetuai pemain-pemain wanita. Apa yang menarik perhatian GiLoCatur ialah penyertaan WCM Warda Aulia Medina di dalam kejohanan ini di mana beliau sebaya dan dalam age-group yang sama dengan WCM Nabila.

Kategori lelaki diketuai oleh "chess prodigy" dari Phillipine, GM Wesley So, yang pada mulanya tidak bercadang untuk menyertai kelayakan Zon 3.3 ini. "Chess prodigy" Vietnam pula, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, berada pada ranking ketiga. Bagi kategori wanita pula, WGM dari Monggolia merupakan seeded yang pertama diikuti WGM dari negara tuan rumah, Vietnam.

Pada pusingan pertama nanti, IM Mas akan bermain buah putih pada papan ke-18 menentang pemain tuan rumah, Nguyen Hung Cuon. Mari kita semua rakyat Malaysia mendoakan kejayaan pemain tunggal negara kita dalam kejohanan ini. Selamat berjuang IM Mas!

What are Tie-Breaks?

A visitor asked what are WP, SB and PS as can be seen in the chess results as the above. Surely for someone new to a chess tournament needs to learn a lot like understanding the pairing and the results. GiLoCatur also experienced the same thing before. It is good for chess newbies especially the parents to learn and understand chess terms. Don't be ashamed to ask as a Malay idiom (betul ke?) says "Malu Bertanya Sesat Jalan".

GiLoCatur is not an expert in chess terms but will try to explain them based on what known. So, if my explaination or fact is not right please someone correct me.

SNo. in the above chart is the seeding or starting rank number. Normally, the rank is based on the chess rating. For local chess tournaments, it is often based on the national ratings. The latest national ratings is based on July edition. Click here if you want to check one's national ratings. National ratings can be earned when partipating in a nationally-rated tournament. Beside national rating, there is FIDE-rating which only can be earned when participating FIDE-rated chess tournaments which are not many organized in Malaysia. For players who do not have ratings, they will be ranked (sorted) based on alphabetical order.

SB refers to Sonneborn-Berger. It is a tiebreak system. In simple words, if you win againts a player his or her score will be added, if you draw half of your opponent's score will be added. Therefore, you will get more points in SB if the opponent that you defeats wins more.

PS refers to Progressive Score. It will calculate your points based on a progress table. For example, if your results are - win, loss, win, draw then your progressive scores are 1, 1, 2, 2.5. Thus your PS will be 6.5, the sum of the progressive scores.

rat refers to your ratings (national or FIDE) and TPR refers to Tournament Performance Ratings which is your earned ratings in that particular tournament. So, if you win againts higher rated you will earn higher TPR, but if you lose to lower-rated or unrated it will decrease it.

Hopefully, the above explaination helps and provides better understanding for parents or new players in a chess tournament. You can check this link to learn further.

The Results of Dun Sri Andalas Open

The champion - Ian Udani.

It's really Ian's lucky day. Beside winning the Open, he also was one of the chess clock lucky draw winners. He was RM700 richer. The other chess clock is won by Nithyalaksmi. Congratulation!

An interesting game between NM Yeoh Chin Seng (right) and Al Farabi Arasid in the first round. Finally, the experienced National Master won the game.

Jason Lim (right) challenged the champion on the top board.

In Round 3, Razali aka Ng6 (right) had an intense game againts a strong chess player, Mohd Hussein Jamil. Finally, the game ended draw.

Under 18 Category

The champion - WCM Nur Nabila Azman with 5.5 points (5 wins, 1 draw)

The winners

Chong Yan Meng

Amira Syahmina Zullkafli

Ashman Raziuddin

Chek Kin Leong

Nurul Adlina Mohd Sulkifly (1st Best U15)

Muhd Faris Aminuddin (2nd Best U15)

Fikri Bin Saleh (3rd Best U15)

Chan Sheng Yip

Farah Amirah Farizal

Muhd Nabil Danial

Tiang Chang Sheng

Nur Farihah Aminuddin

Round 4 : On the top board, the champion played black againts the 6th seeded, Chong Yan Meng, the eventual first runner up.

Round 4: 2nd board - Fikri (white) vs Chek Kin Leong (the 3rd seed), 3rd board - Lee Qing Feng (white) vs Tiang Chang Sheng, 4th board - Chan Seng Yip (white) vs Amira Shahmina, 2009 U15 MSS Selangor player.

38 players both boys and girls in Under 18 section where more than half (23) are Under 15 years old.

Under 12 Category

The champion - WFM Nur Najiha Azman with 5 wins and 1 draw (5.5 points)

The winners

Subramaniam Sivanesan (N 9)

Siti Aishah Sabirin (Terengganu)

Muhd Fikri Farizal

Anis Fariha Saleh

Muhd Irfan Haqqim

Mohd Faizal Roslan

Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (1st Best U9)

Nurulhana Syuhada Mohd Sulkifly

Leong Zhi Chen

Siti Khadijah Sabirin (Terenganu) (2nd Best U9)

Muhd Fahmi Farizal

Puteri Rifqah Fahada (3rd Best U9)

Under 12 section was entered by 43 players. Sivanesan sibblings - Subramaniam and younger sister Nithyalaksmi, came down from Seremban and Sabirin girls - Aishah and Khadijah, came all the way from Terengganu. GiLoCatur pays tribute and salute to their dedicated parents - Mr and Mrs Sivanesan and Cikgu Sabirin and his wife. Keep it up! Hope their efforts and dedication can produce world class chess players like the Malaysian squash queen, Nicol Ann David. To those who do not her, check her website at http://www.nicoldavidonline.com/.

WFM Najiha vs Muhd Irfan Haqqim in round 4 on the top board after each with perfect 3 wins.

Under 12 players were waiting for the next round to start.

Chess players and parents during the prize giving ceremony by YB Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar, ADUN Sri Andalas.

Temerloh Open

The 3rd Temerloh Open this year will be held on 1st and 2nd August. GiLoCatur plans to participate in the tournament.

GiLoCatur and kids - Fikri and Anis Fariha, participated in last year's 2nd edition Temerloh Open. The time control is 45-minute per player. It was held at Bangunan Umno Temerloh, Mentakab, Pahang near a bus station (above picture). It will be at the same venue for this year.

NM Zarul Shazwan was the champion. He came with his other sibblings (except his twin) and parents. Will he defend the tittle this year? In the final round he played againts his brother Zarul Shazwan. Just 60 plus players both local and outside participated in the tournament. Merdeka team tournament was also held during the same weekend. Hopefully, this year more players around the country would come and join the tournament.

The above diagram (white to move) is GiLoCatur's last round game againts a local player. GiLoCatur played white and it was the 38th move. GiLoCatur should had won the game because it would mate in 4 or at least 5, but GiLoCatur fumbled and made very big blunder and then resigned. During that time GiLoCatur used to make silly and big blunders. LOL!

Can you identify the checkmate moves? (mate in 4 / mate in 5)

Try solve the puzzle!

The playing venue is on the first level of the building. (Above picture) Fikri played white againts Shreyes Subramaniam who came down with his elder brother, Sumant, and sister, Sarika. Subramaniam family is one of familiar faces in local chess tournaments. The sibblings also are Pahang MSS chess players.

Prize giving time.

On Monday after the weekend tournament, GiLoCatur and family went to Lanchang Deerland Park and the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary.

The Deerland Park is privately owned. Click here for more details. GiLoCatur's children were happily feeding and playing with the tame deers. They got the chance to touch the deers where you won't get that opportunity in zoo.

There are also bears in the park. GiLoCatur's kids managed to conquer their fear to touch one of the bears. Yes kids! There are bears in Malaysia but the size are not as big as their counterparts overseas.

GiLoCatur and family could watch the elephants taken shower in the river while visiting the sanctuary. Anis Fariha and Fahim managed to ride an an elephant too.

It was an exciting moment and intriguing experience for GiLoCatur and kids visiting them. If foreigners could appreciate and took time to visit these two natural tourist spots, why couldn't us the Malaysians?

SO, LET'S PLAY IN TEMERLOH OPEN!!

2nd KUANTAN MASTER RAPID OPEN/JUNIOR 2009 - 8/8/2009

2nd KUANTAN MASTER RAPID OPEN/JUNIOR 2009

Date : 8 august 2009

Venue : Dewan, SMK Sungai Soi

Schedule :

Reconfirm registration - 7.45am - 8.30am

Round 1 will start at 8.45am

there will be 7 rounds swiss system

Time control : 25 mins

The tournament is divided into 2 groups - One is OPEN and the other is U-12. But as our motto is always for the sake of chess improvement, there will also be prizes for the juniors taking part in the Open section, as well as new prizes introduced for the best veterans, best ladies OPEN and consolation prize for the youngest participant!

Here are the list of Prizes :

OPEN Category -

• Champ Open - Medal + Cert + Hamper + Cash RM300
• Second Open - Medal + Cert + Hamper + Cash RM 100
• Third Open - Medal + Cert + Hamper + Cash RM 50
• Fourth - Fifth Open - Medal + Cert + Cash RM 30
• Sixth - Tenth - Medal + Cert
• U-20 Boys / Girls - Medal + Cert (top 3)
• U-15 Boys / Girls - Medal + Cert (top 3)
• Best Ladies Open - Hamper + Cert
• Best U-12 Open - Medal + Cert
• Best U-9 Open - Medal + Cert
• Best Veteran (age 50 and above) - Hamper + Cert
• Kuantan Master Junior Champ 2009 - Challenge Trophy + Medal + Cert

U-12 Category -

• U-12 Boys / Girls - Medal + Cert (top 3)
• U-9 Boys / Girls - Medal + Cert (top 3)
• Consolation Prize Youngest Participant - Hamper + Cert

All participants will be given a certificate to honour their participation in the event. The certificates will be given in round 6 or 7 of the event, to ensure players completed their rounds.

Tournament fee :

• Member Kelab Catur Kuantan - RM 10
• Non member Kelab Catur Kuantan - RM 15

Any queries :

• Cik Khairunnisa' - 019- 969 9879
• Pn Nurul - 016-933 4088
• En Nordin - 012-901 7143
• En Kamal - 019-928 2787

**closing date is on 6th August 2009 (Thursday) at 5 pm. Late entries after the closing date will be surcharged RM5. However we will closed the registration up to 180 players only**

**Starting list of players will be based on National Rating list, Kindly inform us of your ratings, if failed to do so, any complaints later on will not be entertained**

UTP Chess Open - 25/7/2009

Another chess tournament in Perak at UTP - Universiti Teknologi Petronas, in conjunction of its Pesta Convo Fair. Click here for further details.

20th TEBRAU OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

Organiser : Johore Chess Academy. JB Chess Association & Rukun Tetangga Taman Sri Tebrau

Venue : Plaza Pelangi, JB

Date & Time : Sunday, 9th August 2009

Time Control : Swiss System of 7 Rounds with 25 minutes per player to complete the game.

Entry Fee : RM30.00 for Open

RM12.00 for Under 16

RM 10.00 for Under 12

Closing Date : Shall not be later than 7th August 2009

Prizes :

Open Category (1st to 10th placing)

• RM400, RM200, RM100, RM80, RM70, RM60, RM50, RM50, RM50, RM50

Under 16

• RM200, RM100, RM80, RM60, RM50, RM40, RM30, RM30, RM30, RM30

Under 12

• RM100, RM80, RM60, RM50, RM40, RM30, RM30, RM20, RM20,RM20

Late entries and entries without payment will not be accepted. Entry fees are not refundable.

Those interested in participating in this event, kindly email your names to me at jb_chess_association@yahoo.com

For further information, kindly contact :

Narayanan Krishnan

Tournament Director

Johore Chess Academy

H/P N0 : 013.771.7525

Dun Sri Andalas Chess Open - 18/7/2009

Date : 18th July 2009 ( Saturday )

Time : 7.30 am – 6.00 pm

Venue : DEWAN HAMZAH, KLANG, SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN

System : SWISS SYSTEM – 6 or 7 ROUNDS ( ROUND 1 STARTS AT 09:00AM )

Time Control : 25 minutes per player

Tie Break : SOLKOFF, SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORE

Entry Fees :

• RM20.00 – Under 12 Category
• RM20.00 – Under 18 Category
• RM25.00 – Open Category

Extra Prizes For Open Category :

( RM50.00 + Trophy + Certificate ) each

• Best IPT
• Best Lady
• Best Teacher
• Best Veteran
• Best Nationatal Rating Below 1600

TOTAL CASH PRIZES : RM4,110.00 + 36 TROPHIES TO BE WON !!!

46 PLAYERS WILL WIN PRIZES !!!

LUCKY DRAW SPECIAL : 2 CHESS CLOCKS & MANY MORE

HI -TEA PROVIDED

PRE – REGISTRATION & ENQUIRIES

• EN. ADNAN ISMAIL 017 - 383 9730
• AZHAR MOHD SAID 012 – 679 6193
• ZAMRI SAJARI 016 - 277 5005

CLOSING DATE : 13th July 2009

(GiLoCatur : The closing date is extended to 16th July 2009, 5.00pm but depend

on availability. Limited to only 200 participants based on

First Come First Serve basis. So, HURRY UP!)

Bank-in your entrance fee to Maybank Acc. No: 1143 0114 9165 made payable to HANAFIAH BIN HUSIN before closing date, then write your name and category on the bank slip and fax it to 03-3373 4595 ( Do call us to confirm your entry )

Important : Please bring along the original bank slip on the tourney day. LATE ENTRY AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Laguna Park Open Winners

Encik Abd Malek Sayuti of Selera Nelayan giving his short speech before the tournament began.

Puan Junaidah officially closed the event before the prize giving.

The champion for Open category - NM Zarul Shazwan.

NM Zarul won 6 games and drew one. Among the opponents that he beat were Zali Ng6, Norazman Ismail, StoneMaster, Yeoh Li Tian and Ian Udani. He drew with the first runner up, Kamaluddin Yusof. Congratulation! He was also the back-to-back champion of Shah Alam Ole Ole Chess Open and Tanjong Karang Open.

The Top 15 winners (Open Category)

1. NM Zarul Shazwan

2. Kamaluddin Yusof

3. Mohd Fadli Zakaria

4. Zarul Shafiq Zulkafli

5. Muhd Nabil AH

6. Lim Zhou Ren

7. Ian Udani

8. Norizzudin Afendi

9. Yeoh Li Tian

10. Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli

11. Norazman Ismail

12. WCM Nur Shazwani

13. Azman Hisham Che Doi

14. Mohd Hussein Mohd Jamil

15. Hashim Jusoh

The champion for Under 12 category - NWM Wendy Tan Li Ting

NWM Tan Li Ting of MSSKL showed her prowess in Under 12 category where almost half of the participants are state chess players and few others are district chess players. She did not lost a game, in fact, she won 4 and drew 2. Among the opponents that she defeated are Noor Azam, WFM Nur Najiha and Roshan Singh - all of them are 2009 Selangor U12 players. Only Muhd Hakimi of MSS Melaka and Yeoh Li Yuan of MSS Selangor managed to draw with her. Congratulation! Hopefully, she will continue to achieve the highest level in chess.

The Top 15 winners (U12 Category)

1. NWM Wendy Tan Li Ting

2. Roshan Ajeet Singh

3. Muhd Irfan Haqqim

4. Yeoh Li Yuan

5. Muhd Hakimi Mazlan

6. WFM Nur Najiha Azman

7. Puteri Rifqah Fahada*

U9B Amier Hamzah* A.Zuhri

8. Muhd Fikri Farizal

9. Muhd Najwan* AH

10. Mohd Noor Azam

U9G Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa*

11. Anis Fariha Saleh

12. Mindy Tan Wei Ting

13. Muhd Fahmi Farizal

14. Nur Faqihah* Aminuddin

15. Mohd Nor Adib Masudi

De Laguna Park (Port Klang) Chess Open - 12/7/2009

Organized by

http://seleranelayan.blogspot.com

Date : 12/7/2009 (Sunday)

System : Swiss System - 6/7 rounds ( Round 1 starts at 9.30am )

Time Control : 25 minutes per player

Tie Break : SOLKOFF, SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORE

Entry Fees : RM15.00 – Under 12 Category

: RM20.00 – Open Category

Every player will receive souvenir from the organiser

• CASH PRIZES & SOUVENIRS WORTH MORE THAN RM3000.00
• AT LEAST 10 LUCKY DRAWS DURING PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY
• BREAKFAST PROVIDED FREE FOR PARTICIPANTS

Additional prizes, RM 360 in total: ( RM30 each + certificate )

for Open category

• Best Pulau Indah (2)
• Best IPT (1)
• Best Veteran (1)
• Best School Teacher (1)
• Best Lady (1)
• Best Under 18 Boys (1)
• Best Ubder 18 Girls (2)
• Best National Rating Below 1600 (1)

for Under 12 category

• Best Under 9 Boy (1)
• Best Under 9 Girl (1)

Enquiries

• AZHAR MOHD SAID 012 – 679 6193
• ZAMRI SAJARI 016 - 277 5005

***** CLOSING DATE : 8th July 2009 *****

Bank-in your entrance fee to Maybank Acc. No: 5120 4443 7431 made payable to ABD MALEK SAYUTI before closing date, then write your name and category on the bank slip and fax it to 03 - 3165 7720 ( Do call us to confirm your entry )

Important : Please bring along the original bank slip on the tourney day. LATE ENTRY AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Special 'We Serve We Care' for public transportation user : Free Returns Port Klang - Laguna Park – Port Klang transports.

Departure from Port Klang Komuter Station & Bus Station at 8.20am. Do call Abd Malek Sayuti 012 – 370 2872 for reservation.

Simple direction how to get there.

• From Kesas - Go straights towards Pulau Indah / Pelabuhan Barat / Westports.

• From Federal Highway - Go straight to Port Klang, then find way to Pulau Indah / Pelabuhan Barat / Westports

• Find direction to Pelabuhan Barat ( Westports ). Crossing long bridge, just 6.5km from the bridge, there will be a traffic light and turn left.

Banners and signages will assist you too. Follow them!!

Liga Catur Berpasukan Shah Alam - 10/7/2009

GiLoCatur bermain untuk papan ketiga bagi pasukan GiLoCatur Gambit bagi minggu ini. Ini kerana Shamsuddin aka Firey_Rook tidak bermain minggu ini. Lawan kami adalah pasukan Nazif yang dikuatkan dengan Abdullah Che Hassan di papan pertama. GiLoCatur bermain di papan ketiga menentang Taufik yang telah menewaskan Shamsuddin minggu lepas. Keputusannya, hanya Fikri, anak sulung GiLoCatur, yang menang ke atas Firdaus di papan kedua dan Wak Fauzi seri dengan Nazif di papan keempat. Azam telah tewas di papan pertama. Jadi pasukan GiLoGambit 1.5, pasukan Nazif 2.5. Keputusan yang lebih baik kerana minggu lepas kena 4 - 0.

Berikut adalah game GiLoCatur.

1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 h6 5.Bf4 g5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nfd2 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.a3 a5 10.h4 g4 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Qxg4 Kf8 14.f4 Bc8 15.Qf3 Ne7 16.f5 f6 17.Bf4 c6 18.g4 Qe8 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rxh1+ 21.Qxh1 Ng8 22.0-0-0 fxe5 23.Re1 e4 24.Bd6+ 1-0

Dare To Do Flying Fox?

Dare to do an adventurous activity like flying fox? Both GiLoCatur's sons - Fikri and Fahim (above pictures), tried it once while participating in a chess tournament at SMK Taman Bunga Raya (1), Bukit Beruntung last week. GiLoCatur was happy when Fahim, a Year 1 pupil of SK Bukit Jelutong, had the guts to try it. Eventhough he was shaking and afraid at first, but after seeing how it was done by his elder brother he finally made it.

What a flying fox actually? Click here to what flying fox is all about. Do you know that there is a flying fox park in KL? Actually, there is. Go to this link to know further.

GiLoCatur was at a dilemma at first whether to allow Fahim to do the risky activity. But later "tawakkaltu a'lallah" and let him do the flying fox activity. Let him experience and test his bravery and guts. Shouldn't we as parents to encourage our children to have fighting spirits and warriors hearts? Furthermore, let our kids experience new things and explore the world. If not most our ancestors, including GiLocatur's, had braveness and guts, we including GiLocatur and children would not be here in beautiful Malaysia. So, we should be proud of our heritage - have the fighting spirit and guts.