The 5th Edition of KUSESS Chess Open

Unlike last year edition, the 2017 Edition of the KUSESS Chess Championship will be held in March. As per in the championship flyer in its blog here, the Individual Rapid event is scheduled on Saturday, 11/3/2017. Meanwhile, the Team Rapid event will be held on Sunday, 12/3/2017. 

KUSESS Open

GiLoCatur believes this tournament can be a warm up tourney for the MSSD championships. Insya Allah, GiLoCatur's youngest child, Fahim, will take part in this tournament with several of his schoolmates.

the KUSESS School Principal, Tuan Haji Mohd Shahadan Abd Rahman in front of the full pack Prima Hall in last year KUSESS Chess Open

SKPP 16(2) Chess Tourney

There are more and more local chess tournaments nowadays for the Malayasian chess fraternity. The money prizes also become more lucrative. As an example, the money prize for Under 12 and Under 18 categories is now more than three hundreds. Few years back, it was merely one hundred only. 

One of the local chess tournaments to be held in April has lucrative money prizes in GiLoCatur's opinion. The tournament is SKPP 16(2) Chess Championship. It is a 25-minute-per player Rapid with 8 SWISS rounds. It will be held on 2nd April 2017. The venue is at Universiti Nilai Hall in Negeri Sembilan.

the tournament's partial flyer

The chess tournament is jointly organized by Sekolah Kebangsaan Putrajaya Presint 16(2) and Classical Chess. GiLoCatur believes this tournament will attract the Malaysian chess players because it is only for the Malaysians. 

For GiLoCatur, the fact that the tournament is held in April, the month in which GiLoCatur was born nearly 49 years ago, it will be in GiLoCatur's calendar. For those who want to beat GiLoCatur on the chess board, please register for the tournament online at http://classicalchess.ml/contact/contact/.

For more info and detail like the money prizes structure, go to http://classicalchess.blogspot.my/

Chess Blogger versus Chess Blogger in a Chess Tourney

Normally, the chess blogger seldom being photographed during a chess tournament unless there is another chess blogger in action. It is quite rare moment when a chess blogger had the chance to photograph two chess bloggers played against each other in a chess tourney. And I believe it will be very rare nowadays to see Andrew Ooi Boon Seng playing in a chess tourney.

Two Chess Bloggers in Action
[GiLoCatur's Nokia 2630 Photo Collection]

Attended The Wedding Reception of Cikgu Zull and Cikgu Sufiah's Daughter

Saturday, 28/1/2017

Few hours ago, GiLoCatur and the whole family attended a wedding reception at the Grand Bluewave Hotel. It is the wedding of Nur Shazwani, the 2007 Edition Malaysia's National Woman Master (NWM). She is the daughter of Cikgu Zullkafli and Cikgu Sufiah of the MSS Selangor chess.

Officially, GiLoCatur knew both of them during the MSSS chess championship in 2008 when GiLoCatur's eldest son took part in the tournament. Then in 2009, GiLoCatur's only daughter, Anis Fariha, made her maiden appearance in the MSSM chess championship representing the MSS Selangor team.

It is nearly four years already when GiLoCatur had attended the wedding reception of the couple's eldest child, Zarul Shafiq. How the time flies so quickly. Please click here to see the pictures. For sure, GiLoCatur's children have grown as well. Just see below photos.

GiLoCatur standing the most right with the bride's parent

The "Pengantin Raja Sehari" Dr Nur Shazwani and her husband, Ahmad Farhan Syarif

Anis Fariha (MSSS, 2009-2015 & her younger brother, Fahim Al-Faqeh (MSSS, 2013-2014)

Fikri (sitting right) (MSSS, 2010-2011) with his younger brother, Fahim

GiLoCatur would like to congratulate Tuan Haji Zullkafli and Puan Hajjah Sufiah for their first son-in-law. and their daughter's wedding reception held at the Grand Bluewave Hotel Shah Alam. SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU to Nur Shazwani Binti Zullkafli!

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2017!

Rasanya masuh belum terlambat untuk GiLoCatur mengucapkan SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2017.

fAmIlY TrIp Dec 2016
GUA TEMPURONG, PERAK

Tahun 2016 bakal meninggalkan kita. Tahun 2017 bakal mendatang. Di kala usiaku sekarang, pertukaran tahun bakal kusambut dengan cara yang berbeza tidak seperti di kala usiaku dua dekad yang lalu. Kenapa? Kerana dek usiaku semakin banyak, aku semaking matang dan dewasa. Apa yg aku tak faham dahulu, kini aku sudah mengerti. Apa yg aku tidak pasti dahulu, kini aku sudah yakin. Apa yg sering aku lupa dahulu, kini aku sering ingat.

Selamat tinggal 2016. Banyak kenangan yg kau berikan. Banyak pengalaman yg ku tempuh. Banyak peristiwa yg ku lalui. Banyak kejayaan sudah ku cipta. Banyak kegagalan juga dirasa. Banyak kisah yg telah berlaku.

Selamat datang 2017. Semoga banyak kenangan indah. Semoga banyak kejayaan tercipta. Semoga banyak peristiwa manis. Semoga bertambah kematangan. Semoga bertambah keimanan dan amal ibadah. Semoga lebih berbahagia. Semoga impian jadi kenyataan.

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2017 dariku SALEH sekeluarga kepada kaum keluarga, sanak saudara, rakan taulan dan kenalan alam maya.

21st GACC - Day 1

Hari Pertama kejohanan catur GACC kali ke 21 baru sahaja selesai semalam, Khamis 19/1/2017. Seramai seratus peserta menyertai kejohanan ini yang akan berlansung selama lima hari. Para peserta akan bertarung sebanyak 9 pusingan SWISS dengan kawalan masa 90 minit + tambahan 30 saat.

GACC 2017

Berdasarkan senarai pemain yang menyertai kejohanan Edisi 2017 ini, pemain-pemain catur dari universiti tempatan bakal bersaing dengan pemain-pemain catur dari universiti negara India yang mendominasi Senarai 10 Pilihan Teratas. 

Anak sulung GiLoCatur iaitu Fikri merupakan salah seorang peserta. Edisi 2017 merupakan kali ketiga penyertaan Fikri. Bagi GiLoCatur, GACC tahun ini lebih bermakna kerana seorang lagi anak turut serta mengambil bahagian. Anis Fariha, satu-satunya anak perempuan GiLoCatur terpaksa mengorbankan beberapa hari kuliah untuk membantu pasukan UiTM di kejohanan GACC ini. 

Anis membuat penampilan sulung di Kejohanan Catur GACC
Pusingan Kedua
Foto dari koleksi album FB SHIN AZWAN

GiLoCatur mengucapkan GOOD LUCK dan ALL THE BEST kepada semua peserta GACC terutamanya kepada pasukan catur UiTM yang diwakili oleh dua orang anak GiLoCatur.

Edisi GACC kali ini boleh diikuti secara live kerana AI CHESS yang diterajui oleh SHIN AZWAN ada membuat liputan. AI CHESS telah menyediakan sebanyak enam papan DGT.

(The 21st Edition GACC can be followed live because AI CHESS is broadcasting six DGT boards. Download AI Chess application from Google Play)

Enam Papan DGT untuk live broadcast

SHIN AZWAN dan AI CHESS, merupakan salah seorang pelopor LIVE Chess Broadcast di Malaysia

Pusingan Pertama GACC boleh ditonton di capaian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk-ylM6RMYg

Keputusan penuh kejohanan boleh diakses di capaian http://chess-results.com/tnr258895.aspx?lan=1

Foto 1
Dari Album FB Shin Azwan

Foto 2 
Dari Album FB Shin Azwan