About an hour ago, GiLoCatur and Fikri just arrived home from a chess sparring session and mini-tournament at Subang Utarid. This week the normal venue at MacDonalds has changed. The reason? Several 17ChessClub regulars - Syed, Yen Fisher, Sahir and Akmal, did not join for their own reason. Eight players participated in the mini-tournament. The format this time was not blitz, it's G/20 or 20 minute time-control. The number of rounds was 3. The mini tournament started at around 10.00pm. Between rounds there were sparring games - blitz 5 or 10 or rapid 20 minute.
The results after Round 3 as per above.
Jeff and Fauzi, wearing white shirts , sit side by side. They were focusing on their games. Focus is very essential in playing chess. In other words, chess helps and teaches us which include the school children to focus. This is one of the benefits of playing chess. The pictures are the proof of that.
[ Satu faedah bermain catur bagi pelajar sekolah. ]
Bermain catur melatih anak-anak kita untuk fokus. Seorang pelajar yang memiliki fokus yang baik yang digunakan ketika di kelas dengan fokus mendengar apa yang diajar guru, ketika mengulangkaji pelajaran dan ketika membuat kerja rumah, Insya Allah, akan lebih berjaya dalam pelajaran dan peperiksaan.
Max vs Jeff
Sulaiman aka Simon (yellow shirt) and Jeff. Tonight was their first encounter in a tournament environment. Previously, their encounters were not in a tournament like where there is no time pressure and pairings based on playing performance.
Basically, playing chess in tournament is different with playing chess just for fun and without time control. You need to handle the pressure. By having regular (say weekly) chess session in a tournament-like environment will surely improve your games. Hopefully, it will improve the chess quality among Malaysian players.
[ Bagi masyarakat kita di Malaysia, sebenarnya ramai yang berminat main catur. Mereka bermain di kedai-kedai kopi, di kalangan jiran-jiran, di bawah flat perumahan dan di simpang-simpang jalan. Bila diajak bermain dalam pertandingan catur mereka tidak berminat. Pelbagai alasan akan diberi. Tak mengapalah, kita harus menghormati pendirian mereka. Tetapi alangkah baik jika mereka dapat menyertai pertandingan-pertandingan catur. Apa kebaikannya? 1) Melatih supaya lebih kompetitif 2) Melatih mengawal tekanan (pressure handling and management) 3)Memecah tembok negatif seperti inferiority complex seperti "aku tak pandai mana", "guarenti kena belasah dengan pemain-pemain yang lebih pandai dan hebat dan "mana boleh menang" 4)Meningkatkan keyakinan dan kebolehan dan banyak lagi. GiLoCatur amat berharap kita semua pemain2 dan peminat2 catur agar dapat sama2 meyakinkan golongan ini agar sama2 membudayakan pertandingan catur. Ingatlah, masyarakat yang membudayakan aktiviti "berfikir" di samping rajin menambah ilmu dengan membaca dan berdiskusi, masyarakat itu akan berjaya dan maju. Lihatlah masyarakat Rusia yang telah berjaya sampai ke bulan dan memiliki teknologi dan peralatan canggih. Jadi, ayuh wahai masyarakatku yang terdiri dari pelbagai bangsa - Melayu, Cina, India dan lain2, mari kita menjadi satu masyarakat maju dan berdaya saing tinggi. ]
Azam was ready for his next move. He came a bit late. Had to settle his fatherly duty first. What a spirit to play chess.
{ Gian nak main catur, bro! Minggu lepas miss. Tak dapat join. Terima kasih kerana sudi untuk memeriahkan lagi sparring session, Zam! Nampak gaya mungkin banyak kezutan kelak dalam chess tourneys. Stonemaster Amateur is one of them! Tungguuuuuuuuuuuuuuu .... }
To all wives, do not worry! Your husbands are not involved in bad and immoral activities like gambling, taking drugs and clubbing. They are just playing chess. Sharpening their analytical and thinking skills. In fact, it is a positive and good activity. They learn and practice to be rational rather than emotional. GiLoCatur believes they have performed their husband and dad responsibilities.
Ng6 (wow! in red? and office attire?) had his final 3rd round against Fauzi. While Maxtal had his final round against Fikri. Their match is to decide the champion.
Syazrin was also coming but missed the mini tournament. Immediately, he had sparring sessions (blitz or speed games) with Ng6.
[ 1st entry at 2.27am, revised entry at 12.35pm - GiLoCatur ]
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