5th NJCC - R1 Photo Gallery

The fifth edition of Malaysian NJCC or National Junior Chess Championship is being held at DAT Chess Center. Today is Day 2 of the tournament which format is nine SWISS rounds of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. Two rounds completed yesterday on its Day 1. 

The tournament is divided into two sections - Boys and Girls. All the three children of GiLoCatur are taking part. Both Fikri and his younger brother, Fahim, are playing in the boys section. Fikri is seeded 18th out of total 56 participating boys with 1679 Elo rating. While Fahim is ranked 43rd with national ratings of 1370. Click here to see all the participants. 

GiLoCatur's only daughter, Anis Fariha, is one of nineteen (19) Malaysian juniors who take part in the girls category. With Elo ratings of 1573, Anis is the 8th seed. Go to this link to find out who is the top seed in the girls section.

Below are several photos of the 5th NJCC which GiLoCatur captured during the first round yesterday morning using BlackBerry. 

Best of Luck to all contestants especially GiLoCatur's children. Hopefully, they have better results than last year. For the record, Fikri was 12th, Anis was fourth and Fahim was 40th.

DARE To Blitz at DATCC on the 2nd Day of 2012?

A couple of days ago, GiLoCatur was wondering if there would be any chess tournament in Klang Valley during this weekend especially on the New Year's eve. GiLoCatur was hoping Najib would organize a rapid or a blitz tournament in DATCC to celebrate the coming of 2012. Indeed he does. GiLoCatur just received his email as per below about an hour ago. Unfortunately, Najib chooses the day for the event on the second day of the new year which is on Monday. 

GiLoCatur needs to send Anis back to her hostel on that day. Even though Fikri and Fahim are available on the tournament's day, it is quite troublesome to drive around between Kuala Selangor and KL. Furthermore, both of them need to be around when Anis goes back to her school.

But GiLoCatur believes many Malaysian chess enthusiasts especially blitz players and fans are able to participate in the event. GiLoCatur hopes and urges Najib to register the event at FIDE to make it a FIDE-rated event. If Najib does so, it will become the first Malaysian FIDE-rated blitz chess tournament.

GiLoCatur is not sure whether all the Malaysian chess organizers are aware about "Rapid and blitz rating list" announced by FIDE in its website. If not, read below copy and paste from FIDE website.

"The Executive Board meeting in Krakow approved the launch of "Rapid" and "Blitz" rating lists in 2012. We hope that all federations will take note of the regulations regarding these lists, and that they will ensure that tournament organisers in their nations are informed, as well as encouraging them to register their rapid and blitz events for FIDE rating."

Click here to read the full article.

How about the first Malaysian FIDE-rated Rapid chess tournament? Candidate Master Mohd Fadli aka stonemaster has promised that his 2nd Cerdik Catur Semi Pro tournament to be held on 15th January 2012 will be FIDE-rated. GiLoCatur can't wait to play in the event.

Najib's email:

Folks

What better way to usher the New Year than playing blitz! After all the partying and happening that you may experience on New Year midnight, and nursing the hangover, the tiring and "painful" experience of celebrating the coming of 2012, perhaps it is best to relax and enjoy some chess - on the 2nd day of the New Year - Blitz Chess DATCC style!

A total prize fund of RM500 has been set aside with the winner set to take home RM200 for his (or her!) effort. It will be a 15 rounds of pure fun chess with entry fees set at RM20 each player - regardless of age and title. J

Registration starts at 10:00am with Round 1 schedule at 10:30am. The first 8 rounds shall be played before lunch (until 12:30pm) and Round 9 will restart at 2:00pm with the last Round 15 expected to start at 3:30pm. The prize giving ceremony is tentatively set at 4:00pm.

Entry forms can be downloaded via www.chess-malaysia.com/Blitz2012.pdf

Have a Great NEW YEAR blast and wishing that all your dreams for 2011 had become a reality, and plenty more inspiring moments for 2012!!

Najib Abdul Wahab

The National Scholastic Age Group Chess Championships

ATTENTION, Malaysian chess parents!

WHAT? WHEN?

Part 1

Part 2

WHERE?

The respective Age-Group category Champions shall be Malaysia’s Official representative at the Asian Schools Chess Championships to be held 16 - 23 December 2011 in New Delhi, India.

source : Mr Greg Lau, MCF Hon Secretary

2011 Malaysian National Closed Chess Championship - Part 2 (The Schedule)

Below is the schedule of the Malaysian 2011 NCCC as per emailed by Mr Najib Wahab, the DATCC Program Coordinator. It will be NINE G/90 + 30 seconds format rounds played for five days starting on Wednesday, 16th March 2011. Two rounds on each day except only one on the final day.

HAVE YOU REGISTERED? Hurry up, you get 20% discount if paid before 20th Feb. Moreover, ONLY the first 120 players (combine Open and Women categories) will be accepted for the tournament. GiLoCatur had registered both Fikri and Anis today for the tourney.

Parents like GiLoCatur will be busy driving the kids who are participating to and from the DAT Chess Center, the venue of the tournament.

SEE YOU, insyaallah, IN THE NC 2011 TOURNEY!

17ChessClub Open Report

Yesterday 9-year-old Fahim and his dad, GiLoCatur, had participated in the nationally-rated 17ChessClub Open organized by Pengurusan Catur Ar Rahman. The 7 Swiss rounds of G/25 tournament was held in the DAT Chess Center. The tournament had attracted about 50 local chess players including Malaysian-based pinoy, Ian Udani.

In order to fulfill the mission of Improving Chess Ratings, GiLoCatur brought Fahim to the first rated chess tournament for the year 2011. His elder brother, Fikri, and sister, Anis Fariha, could not come along because they are at their boarding school and the school is just started. So, how was the performance?

Fahim just managed to win a game and draw another. In the first two rounds his opponents were rated-17ChessClub gang - Syed and Max. Long way to go for him still. GiLoCatur had to face five rated and 2 unrated opponents. GiLoCatur managed to win against both the unrated opponents and one of the five rated ones. GiloCatur's scores higher Tournament Performance Rating than the actual one i.e. 1233. A good start for GiLoCatur eh! :)-

Fireyrook (right) vs Odyssey (left) in Round 1

Ng6 (right in blue shirt)

One interesting fact about the tournament is that the 17ChessClub tournament had attracted several Malaysian chess bloggers. They are Razali Hamzah aka Ng6, Shamsuddin Sabri aka fireyrook, Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali of ChessOdyssey, Rizal Ahmad Kamal who is the blog owner of Rizal's Chess Trading and GiLoCatur.

Neatly-dressed Max

(GiLoCatur : Chess players should emulate him for the dress code while participating in a chess tournament.)

Fauzi Ahim (left in above picture) had taken up the challenge to play in a rated tournament. As far as GiLoCatur can recall, he had not played in any rated tournament previously. Therefore he has yet have a national or MCF rating.

Blogger Rizal (right)

GiLoCatur notices several new faces in the tournament. Some are really totally new in chess tournaments while others just make a comeback like Foo Chee Kin, GiLoCatur Round 1 opponent. According to him, he is just making a comeback after five years. His last national rating is around 1700. In fact, Chee Kin was placed second during the recent Sarawak Open. Click here for the tournament's final ranking in chess-results.com.

Foo Chee Kin

Abdullah Che Hassan, the champion

So what are the results? Who became the champion? Who were the winnners?

Abdullah Che Hassan had been declared as the champion after having better tie breaks than Ian Udani and Ahmad Fadzil Nayan. All three of them scored 6/7 points. Fadzil could not manage to win or draw in the final round against Ian to become the champion. The recent Malay champion Saprin who beat Ian in the 5th round, could not continue his winning streak after being defeated by Abdullah and Fadzil in the last two rounds.

Click here for the all rounds pairings.

Click here for the final ranking crosstable.

Click here for the official winners.

Click here to view the photos of the tournament.

Local Chess Events Summary

The Malaysian chess community are very lucky to have chess tournaments almost every weekend in the month of October. Check out below summary of the line up tournaments. Book the dates and do participate whenever you, the local chess players, or your chess-playing children can.

1. DATCC Super Supreme Chess Weekender

Date : 26th September 2010 (Sunday)

Venue : DAT Chess Center, Level 4, Wilayah Complex KL

Format : 7 G/25 (25 minute time control) SWISS rounds [National-Rated]

Fees : RM 30 (adults = 13 years old and above), RM 15 (Under 12 years old)

Click here for further details.

2. Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Ampang Aidilfitri

Date : 2nd October 2010 (Saturday)

Venue : Galeri Tingkat 4, Menara MPAJ, Jln Pandan Utama, Pandan Indah KL

Format : 7 G/25 (25 minute time control) SWISS rounds

Fees : RM 25 (adults = 18 years old and above), RM 10 (school children)

Click here for further details.

3. No Frills Chess Tournament

Date : 3rd October 2010 (Sunday)

Venue : DAT Chess Center, Level 4, Wilayah Complex KL

Format : 5 G/20 + 30 secs (20 minute time control) SWISS rounds

Fees : RM 10

Click here for more info.

4. 1st UTP National Rapid Chess Championship

Date : 9th & 10th October 2010 (Saturday & Sunday)

Venue : UTP Multi-purpose Hall, Tronoh, Perak

Format : 8 G/25 + 10 secs (25 minute time control) SWISS rounds

Fees : RM 35 (Open/adults = 18 years old and above), RM 30 (U16 = 13 to 16 years old), RM 25 (Under 12 years old)

Check out this blog for further info on the tournament.

5. Insofar Elite Junior Tournament (Preliminary 2)

Date : 10th October 2010 (Sunday)

Venue : DAT Chess Center, Level 4, Wilayah Complex KL

Format : G/20 (20 minute time control) SWISS rounds

Fees : RM 50

Click here for further details.

6. Kejohanan Catur Terbuka UPSI

Date : 23rd & 24th October 2010 (Saturday & Sunday)

Venue : Dewan SITC, UPSI, Tanjung Malim, Perak

Format : 7 G/60 (60 minute time control) SWISS rounds

Fees : RM 30 (Open/adults = 18 years old and above), RM 15 (secondary school), RM 12 (primary school), RM 10 (UPSI)

Click here for further details.

7. 16th Kepong Juniors Open Chess Tournament

Date : 31st October 2010 (Sunday)

Venue : SJK (C) Kepong 2, KL

Format : 6 G/30 (30 minute time control) SWISS rounds [National-rated]

Fees : RM 20 (non-SJK (C) Kepong 2), RM 10 (SJK (C) Kepong 2 pupils)

To download the form, go to this site.

Hope GiLoCatur does not miss any chess tournament. If there is, please alert GiLoCatur at sabdlati@gmail.com.

SO, ENJOY AND HAVE FUN PLAYING CHESS IN THE ABOVE CHESS TOURNEYS!

INSOFAR Elite Open Tournament

Don't think that there are no chess tournaments during the month of the fasting month RAMADHAN. In fact, this weekend on Sunday 15th August which is the fifth day of fasting to all the muslims, the first stage of the INSOFAR ELITE OPEN Tournament will be held at the DAT Chess Center. Check out below details!

The tournament will be carried out in four stages like below details. The fee is only RM50 for each stage. Meaning that you just need RM200 in total for all the four stages. It is just about 10% of the champion prize money or 20% of the first runner up prize money. A good ROI or Return of Investment, isn't it? Even if you place last in the final fourth stage, you will still earn extra RM50 and surely four days of chess playing excitement and fun.

The prize money for both the champion, TWO THOUSAND RINGGITS, and the first runner up, ONE THOUSAND RINGGIT, after the end of the fourth (round robin) stage is quite impressive especially to GiLoCatur.

GiLoCatur thinks that the champion can be crowned and awarded the Malaysian Rapid Chess King title that requires consistent and solid performance from the first stage until the last stage.

So, book your place in the tournament and show how good you are in chess. DARE TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE TO BE THE MALAYSIAN RAPID CHESS KING?

DATCC's Razzmataz Weekend Tournament Official Report

The above is the winners list of the Razzmataz Weekender Tournament held in DAT Chess Center on last weekend. Both Best U12 Boys and Girls, received chess sets donated by stonemaster Fadli.

Below is the official report by the arbiter, Najib Abdul Wahab ...

The DATCC organizes its Razzmatazz Weekend Rapid on 1st of August and the event was well attended by a lot of chess players and enthusiasts. GM Ziaur Rahman headed the list of 52 players who took part in the event which also included CM Fadli Zakaria, Kamaluddin Yusof, Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham and sisters, Nur Najiha and Nur Nabila, and MCF VP Haslindah Ruslan. Despite missing some of the more regular rapid players like Ian Udani and Abdullah Che Hassan, the tournament did not lack the nail biting and intriguing match ups and duels between some of the top ranked players. It was also one of GM Ziaur more challenging outing having to face tough oppositions from the young Puteri Munajjah in the first round of the game, Nur Nabila in the 4th round and Kamaluddin Yusof at the last round. According to Ziaur, this was one of his tougher events in recent outings and he was impressed with the strong showing by some of the junior players notably Tan Jun Feng, Puteri Munajjah, Low Jun Jian, and siblings Nur Nabila and Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham.

After the smoke cleared, GM Ziaur prevailed and came out on top with Low Jin Jian tight at his tail at a close second, followed by Muhd Nabil, Kamaluddin Yusof and Tan Jun Feng rounding up the top 5. CM Fadli Zakaria donated 2 chess sets which were presented to Puteri Munajjah as the best U-12 girls and Amier Hamzah Muhd Zuhri as her counterpart for the boys section.

UPNM (University Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia) showed up in strong support for the event with 12 aspiring players, half of the team whom has never played in a rated event before. At their request, in response to their support, a special prize was allocated for the best UPNM player which went to Mohd Izwan Idris.

Other notable winners were Nur Nabila Azman Hisham as the Best Lady player, Haslindah Ruslan for the best player with a rating below 1600, and Vinton Wong Hsien Loong for the best player below a rating of 1400. Mohd Raimi Rahim bagged the best unrated player.

The event was well managed as it started and ended as per the tournament schedule with the first round at 10:00am and prize giving ceremony started exactly at 6:00pm. DATC will be organizing another Rapid Weekend sometime after Hari Raya i.e. late September, and another one sometime in December with a Rookie Tornado event scheduled in between the two rapid events.

Those who would like to learn more about events and happening at DATCC, including the upcoming Malaysia Chess Festival 2010 scheduled to start on 28 August until 8 September, do contact Najib Wahab at +6016 338 2542, or write to najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com.

GiLoCatur : A good showing and effort by several MSS Selangor chess players. Keep on participating and improving.

Poor Turn Out In The DATCC Dream Team Chess Weekend

From several chess blogs, GiLoCatur found out that the DATCC Dream Team Chess tournament held during last weekend - 29th & 30th May 2010, had a poor turn out. Only four teams came to play meaning only 16 chess players were participating including the arbiter.

Lack of publicity is said to be one of the main reasons for the poor turn out. If this is true, it shows that the local chess blogs have very big responsibility and role in the Malaysian chess. One of the main reasons GiLoCatur believes is that it is the examination week. Most of the schooling chess players are busy studying and preparing for the exams. Furthermore, many of them are attending MSS state centralized training held during the weekend including Selangor state team that is being held about 150 kilometers or more than two-hour drive from KL. For the core IPT chess players they are participating in the MASUM tournament. (GiLoCatur will write further about MASUM Chess later.) Several other Malaysian juniors were attending the First GM chess training at Excel Chess Academy.

But for GiLoCatur, keep up the momentum by having continuous chess tourneys. Four teams is good enough. GiLoCatur is very happy because 17ChessClub keeps active to participate in the local chess tournaments.

Not yet read about the DATCC Dream Team Chess Tourney report? Click here or here to know which team is the champion.

DATCC Sizzling Rapid Open - Sunday, 16 May 2010

(picture from Gilachess)

Got an email from Najib Wahab (above picture) about two hours ago regarding a National-rated Rapid tournament that will be held at DATCC on Sunday, 16 May 2010.

Dear Chess Friends….

Following up from the previous DATCC Razzle Dazzle Rapid Chess Weekend, DATCC is coming up with its second rapid event, the DATCC Sizzling Rapid Chess Weekend which will be held at our center on 16th May 2010 starting with Player’s registration at 9:00am. This will be a nationally rated event and players will be seeded according to their National Rating points.

With more prize categories offered for the Sizzling edition, the organizer is confident that the series will attract a bigger crowd compared to the previous DATCC Razzle Dazzle Rapid that attracted 52 players from around the country. Aside from the top 5 winners for the open category, and the normal category prizes for Under 12, Best Ladies, Top Pair for those rated below 1600 and 1400, the Sizzling Rapid is adding 2 more category prizes for Veteran Above-45 and Unrated, to attract those who are first timer to the local chess scene.

The total prize fund that has been aside for this event is RM900 with the eventual winner to take home RM300.All in all, 13 prizes are up for grabs with 5 main prizes in the open section, 1 prize each for the Under-12, Ladies, Veteran and Unrated, and 2 prizes each for players with National Rating of below 1600 and 1400 respectively.

The entry fee for the DATCC Sizzling Rapid Chess Weekend is set at RM30 for adults and RM15 for children below 12 years of age. The event shall be played over 7 rounds (using Swiss Pairing System) starting with player’s registration at 9:00am, round 1 at 10:00am and is expected to conclude by 6:00pm on the same day. Time control is 25 minutes per player per game played to the finish

Should you require any further information or clarification, please feel free to contact Hamid Majid at aham@pc.jaring.my or +6019 315 8098, or Najib Wahab at najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com at +6016 338 2542. The attached entry form is for your perusals and references, and for registration purposes.

See you there folks!

Najib Abdul Wahab

So, for all Malaysian chess players who want to improve their national ratings, join the tourney! Let's have fun playing rapid chess during that weekend. On Saturday in that same weekend, another rapid tourney at De Laguna Park organized jointly by Restoran Selera Nelayan and Cerdik Catur.

37th Selangor Open - In the Local Chess Blogs

Chess enthusiasts and fans especially the local Malaysians may get the updates and news about the 37th Selangor Open that just ended yesterday. Check out the following chess blogs:

1. http://selangorchess.blogspot.com/ - The official blog of the Chess Association of Selangor or simply known as CAS. It has the the picture of the winners.
2. http://www.gilachess.com/ and http://blog.gilachess.com/ by the "otai" Malaysian chess blogger, Andrew Ooi, who at the end could not participate in the tournament where he had pre-registered. As far as GiLoCatur acknowledges, Andrew of Gilachess has been chess blogging for many years.
3. http://hairulovchessmaniacs.blogspot.com/ by the other "otai" Malaysian chess blogger, Mr Hairul, that provides some game analyses
4. http://caturterengganu.blogspot.com/ by Muhammad Arshad and http://badbishops.blogspot.com/ by Badbishop that covers about Terengganu and Kelantan chess players respectively.
5. http://stonemaster.info/ by Fadli aka Stonemaster who just got the Candidate Master recently.
6. http://fireyrook.blogspot.com/ by a very passionate chess enthusiast, Shamsuddin Sabri aka fireyrook.
7. http://mamakchess.blogspot.com/ by a Malaysian chess lover who just like to be known as a mamak, LOL.
8. http://yatzchess.blogspot.com/ by a very passionate and enthusiastic young Malaysian chess player.
9. http://datcchess.blogspot.com/ - the official blog for the DAT Chess Center, the venue of the tournament.
10. http://2010chessodyssey.blogspot.com/ - interesting insights and perspective by Ilham, one of the tournament participants who is loyal to his home state, Terengganu it is. GiLoCatur's son, Fikri who played against him in the sixth round, is still long way to go to match his chess skills, tactics and strategy.

note : sorry if GiLoCatur misses out any other blog.

In terms of covering a chess event in Malaysia, many local chess blogs have taken the responsibility and challenge to promote and spark more interest among the society. Eventhough most of them have to juggle between work, study and family commitments to blog about chess in this country. Surely, still need much further improvement especially in the consistency of updating and report writing, they gives their best in doing so.

GiLoCatur suggests that all the bloggers been given journalism seminar or workshop to improve their writing, reporting and blogging skills. GiLoCatur urges the local newspapers to do their social obligation to teach and train these bloggers so that sports coverage and writing can be done more professionally and better. Chess associations should take this matter seriously to help them in promoting chess in the country and improve chess development. Maybe they can collaborate with any local newspaper to make such seminar or workshop "a dream comes true".

TO ALL DEAR FELLOW CHESS BLOGGERS, KEEP BLOGGING ABOUT CHESS THAT REALLY YOU LOVE!!

TO ALL BLOG VISITORS AND READERS, PLEASE HELP US THE BLOGGERS WITH CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACKS, COMMENTS, SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION!! WE BLOGGERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FROM OUR DEEPEST HEARTS FOR VISITING OUR BLOGS AND SUPPORTING US!!

GiLoCatur also found that the 37th Selangor Open being covered by overseas media :

http://www.kabar-terbaru.com/info-berita/Chess+in+Malaysia+Selangor+Open+2010+Round+5.html

http://commentportal.com/search/selangor-open-3rd-round-pairings-dat-chess-centre

37th Selangor Open - The Final Standings

Below is the final standings of the four-day Selangor Open, the 37th edition that just ended today. The top seed, FM Nocholas Chan, won the championship and bagged 2,200 Malaysian Ringgits after collecting 7.5/9 points.

Rk	SNo.	Name	Rtg	Pts	BH.	Position
1	1	Chan, Nicholas	2398	7½	53	CHAMPION
2	2	Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy (V)	2315	7	51½	2ND
3	5	Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin	2122	7	49½	3RD
4	21	Yeoh, Li Tian (12)	1971	6½	49	4TH
5	4	Loo, Swee Leong	2162	6½	47	5TH
6	25	Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan	1916	6½	46	6TH
7	23	Tan, Ken Wei	1957	6½	46	7TH
8	3	Udani, Ian	2286	6	53	8TH
9	10	Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair	2088	6	52	9TH
10	15	Ismail, Ahmad	2033	6	50½	10TH
11	17	Ahmad Fadzil Nayan	1995	6	48½
12	18	Cheah, Cheok Fung	1988	6	46
13	28	Fong, Yit San	1856	6	45½
14	16	Fong, Choong Ee	2013	5½	48
15	26	Low, Jun Jian	1907	5½	47½
16	12	Mohamed, Abdul Haq	2057	5½	47
17	7	Yusof, Kamaluddin	2104	5½	47
18	27	Azhar, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer	1859	5½	44½
19	6	Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi	2108	5	51
20	13	Lim, Zhuo Ren	2055	5	50½
21	20	Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil	1981	5	50
22	9	Soh, Han Loong Gerald	2094	5	48
23	30	Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham (F)	1829	5	44½	CAS FEMALE-1ST
24	37	Azhar, Muhd Irfan Haqqim	1658	5	44½	BEST UNRATED
25	14	Shaikh Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin	2040	5	43
26	48	Quake, Zhun Zian Shaun	1493	5	42½
27	38	Syed Mohd, Syed Abdul Rahman	1652	5	41
28	11	Tham, Tick Hong Jax (V)	2076	5	41	CAS VETERAN-1ST
29	36	Ramli , Abdul Rahim	1678	5	39
30	8	Che Hassan, Abdullah	2101	5	35½
31	19	Siew, Kit-Tze Mark	1987	4½	45
32	31	Ismail, Norazman	1816	4½	41½
33	34	Yeop, Mat Zaki (V)	1666	4½	40½	CAS VETERAN-2ND
34	24	Marmono, Roslina (F)	1945	4½	40½	CAS FEMALE-2ND
35	29	Low, Jun Keat	1841	4½	39
36	67	Adam, Iskandar Danial	1179	4½	38
37	35	Nur, Najiha Hisham (12F)	1699	4½	38	CAS U12-1ST
38	41	Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada (12F)	1600	4½	36	CAS U12-2ND
39	54	Mohd Hisham, Muhd Fareed	1372	4½	35½
40	51	Tang, Wei Kit (12)	1424	4½	28½	CAS U12-3RD
41	40	William, Lee Kah Howe (12)	1609	4	43½
42	42	Saleh, Fikri	1572	4	40½
43	50	Lim, Chong (V)	1437	4	39	CAS VETERAN-3RD
44	22	Sarifdin, Sahir	1965	4	37½
45	33	Haslindah, Ruslan (F)	1698	4	37	CAS FEMALE-3RD
46	43	Heng, Fook Liang	1547	4	37
47	32	Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri (12)	1723	4	33½
48	49	Poon, Guo Liong Derek	1454	4	31
49	56	Sim, Chung Seng	1366	4	29½
50	46	Poon, Jit Wai	1530	3½	39½
51	45	Tang, Kar Khei (F)	1544	3½	39½
52	39	Mappa, Saharuddin (OKU)	1644	3½	39½	OKU-1ST
53	53	Ee, Sun-Xin (12F)	1407	3½	37
54	68	Ramzani, Abdul Hadi	1066	3½	37
55	47	Wong, Yinn Long (12)	1503	3½	36
56	64	Kalivanan, Suniil	1233	3½	35½
57	63	Mohd Hisham, Muhd Hafiz	1243	3½	35
58	52	Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (12F)	1417	3½	33
59	58	Sathish, Hemant (12)	1361	3½	31
60	65	Ramzani, Amir Abdul Hakim	1233	3	36
61	62	Choong, Ee Jin Eric	1262	3	32½
62	69	Besari, Saiful Azrin	0	3	29½
63	61	Goh, Xin Yen (F)	1305	2½	33½
64	66	Viajantheran, Viknesh (12)	1205	2½	31½
65	55	Saleh, Anis Fariha (12F)	1369	2½	31½
66	57	Sundra Rajoo, Natasha Kavina (F)	1362	2½	31
67	59	Ahmad Nazari, Emir Rusyaidi (12)	1359	2	33
68	70	Hj Buang, Mohd Hisham (OKU)	0	2	32
69	44	Zaini, Mohd Razief Hakiem	1545	1	40
70	71	Jaliluddin, Ahmad Helmi	0	1	35½
71	60	Hassan, Mohd Azham	1357	1	33½

Click here to check the cross table results.

Click here to check the complete round results.

Nicholas Chan Won the 37th Selangor Open

The 37th Selangor Open chess tournament just ended. GiLoCatur and family left the tournament venue early since feeling not very well. We just arrived home after having an early dinner cum birthday celebration for Anis who will turn 12th next Wednesday. Furthermore, tonight will be a big game for all the Chelsea fans including GiLoCatur.

Didier Drogba, one of the reasons why GiLoCatur is a Chelsea fan

(picture from www.footballpictures.net)

Since GiLoCatur had a program this morning, GiLoCatur arrived at DATCC at around 3.00pm, after about half-hour the last round i.e. ninth began. In the morning, GiLoCatur just dropped both Fikri and Anis at DATCC at around 9.00am, an hour before the eighth round starts. Thus, GiLoCatur could not take the photos of the tournament's final day. GiLoCatur also missed to snap the eighth round pairings.

By the way, who is the champion? The answer is Nicholas Chan who drew the last round against Muhd Syazwan. If GiLoCatur is not mistaken, Nicholas won six and drew three games which accumulates to 7.5/9 points. GiLoCatur is waiting for the final standing. Once received, it will be posted in this blog. So, come again to check it out!

37th Selangor Open - Day 4 (Round 8 Pairings)

Below is the pairings of Round 8 that will be played tomorrow morning.

Round 8 on 2010/05/02 at 10:00

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 3 Udani, Ian 5½ 6½ Chan, Nicholas 1

2 2 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy (V) 5½ 5½ Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin 5

3 27 Azhar, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer 5 5 Loo, Swee Leong 4

4 25 Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan 5 5 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil 20

5 21 Yeoh, Li Tian (12) 5 5 Low, Jun Jian 26

6 14 Shaikh Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin 4½ 5 Fong, Yit San 28

7 15 Ismail, Ahmad 4½ 4½ Soh, Han Loong Gerald 9

8 10 Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair 4½ 4½ Lim, Zhuo Ren 13

9 12 Mohamed, Abdul Haq 4½ 4½ Ahmad Fadzil Nayan 17

10 23 Tan, Ken Wei 4½ 4 Tham, Tick Hong Jax (V) 11

11 6 Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi 4 4 Ramli , Abdul Rahim 36

12 31 Ismail, Norazman 4 4 Fong, Choong Ee 16

13 48 Quake, Zhun Zian Shaun 4 4 Cheah, Cheok Fung 18

14 19 Siew, Kit-Tze Mark 4 4 Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham (F) 30

15 37 Azhar, Muhd Irfan Haqqim 4 3½ Marmono, Roslina (F) 24

16 39 Mappa, Saharuddin (OKU) 3½ 3½ Yusof, Kamaluddin 7

17 8 Che Hassan, Abdullah 3½ 3½ Adam, Iskandar Danial 67

18 42 Saleh, Fikri 3½ 3½ Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri (12) 32

19 54 Mohd Hisham, Muhd Fareed 3½ 3½ Yeop, Mat Zaki (V) 34

20 35 Nur, Najiha Hisham (12F) 3½ 3½ Syed Mohd, Syed Abdul Rahman 38

21 47 Wong, Yinn Long (12) 3 3 Sarifdin, Sahir 22

22 50 Lim, Chong (V) 3 3 Low, Jun Keat 29

23 33 Haslindah, Ruslan (F) 3 3 Tang, Wei Kit (12) 51

24 40 William, Lee Kah Howe (12) 3 3 Mohd Hisham, Muhd Hafiz 63

25 53 Ee, Sun-Xin (12F) 3 3 Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada (12F) 41

26 43 Heng, Fook Liang 3 3 Ramzani, Amir Abdul Hakim 65

27 64 Kalivanan, Suniil 3 3 Tang, Kar Khei (F) 45

28 46 Poon, Jit Wai 2½ 2½ Choong, Ee Jin Eric 62

29 52 Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (12F) 2½ 2½ Poon, Guo Liong Derek 49

30 70 Hj Buang, Mohd Hisham (OKU) 2 2 Sim, Chung Seng 56

31 68 Ramzani, Abdul Hadi 2 2 Besari, Saiful Azrin 69

32 55 Saleh, Anis Fariha (12F) 1½ 2 Sathish, Hemant (12) 58

33 61 Goh, Xin Yen (F) 2 1 Sundra Rajoo, Natasha Kavina (F) 57

34 66 Viajantheran, Viknesh (12) 2 1 Ahmad Nazari, Emir Rusyaidi(12) 59

The defending champion, Nicholas Chan, is leading by one point. Three others with 5.5/7 - Ian Udani, Jimmy Liew and Kamalarifin, follow closely. Nicholas will play black against Ian on the top board. If the latter won, it will be open. The result of the second board is also important when this happen. Seven other players score 5/7 points.

Tomorrow is the critical day. Two more rounds will be played. Energy endurance is very important now for the players to go through to the final stage of the tournament.

BEST OF LUCK!

37th Selangor Open - Day 3 (The Pairings of R5 R6 R7)

Round 7 pairings - 7.15pm

Round 6 pairings - 2.30pm

Round 5 pairings - 9.00am

37th Selangor Open - Day 3 (Round 5 Pairings)

Below is the Round 5 pairings to be one of the three rounds played tomorrow. What a tough day for all the participants of the 37th Selangor Open. To all local chess enthusiasts out there, come to DAT Chess Center to celebrate the Labour Day holiday tomorrow.

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.
1 1 Chan, Nicholas 3½ 3½ Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy (V) 2
2 3 Udani, Ian 3 3½ Lim, Zhuo Ren 13
3 5 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin 3 3 Siew, Kit-Tze Mark 19
4 18 Cheah, Cheok Fung 3 3 Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi 6
5 7 Yusof, Kamaluddin 3 3 Yeoh, Li Tian (12) 21
6 20 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil 3 3 Soh, Han Loong Gerald 9
7 28 Fong, Yit San 3 3 Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair 10
8 29 Low, Jun Keat 3 3 Mohamed, Abdul Haq 12
9 26 Low, Jun Jian 3 3 Ismail, Ahmad 15
10 30 Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham (F) 3 3 Ahmad Fadzil Nayan 17
11 34 Yeop, Mat Zaki (V) 2½ 2½ Loo, Swee Leong 4
12 25 Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan 2½ 2½ Shaikh Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin 14
13 16 Fong, Choong Ee 2½ 2½ Tan, Ken Wei 23
14 22 Sarifdin, Sahir 2 2½ Azhar, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer 27
15 45 Tang, Kar Khei (F) 2 2 Che Hassan, Abdullah 8
16 11 Tham, Tick Hong Jax (V) 2 2 Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada (12F) 41
17 24 Marmono, Roslina (F) 2 2 Heng, Fook Liang 43
18 31 Ismail, Norazman 2 2 Quake, Zhun Zian Shaun 48
19 35 Nur, Najiha Hisham (12F) 2 2 Lim, Chong (V) 50
20 36 Ramli , Abdul Rahim 2 2 Ee, Sun-Xin (12F) 53
21 37 Azhar, Muhd Irfan Haqqim 2 2 Kalivanan, Suniil 64
22 67 Adam, Iskandar Danial 2 2 Syed Mohd, Syed Abdul Rahman 38
23 39 Mappa, Saharuddin (OKU) 2 2 Hj Buang, Mohd Hisham (OKU) 70
24 46 Poon, Jit Wai 2 1½ William, Lee Kah Howe (12) 40
25 33 Haslindah, Ruslan (F) 1½ 1½ Saleh, Fikri 42
26 47 Wong, Yinn Long (12) 1½ 1 Mohd Hisham, Muhd Fareed 54
27 32 Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri (12) 1 1 Mohd Hisham, Muhd Hafiz 63
28 49 Poon, Guo Liong Derek 1 1 Ramzani, Amir Abdul Hakim 65
29 51 Tang, Wei Kit (12) 1 1 Ramzani, Abdul Hadi 68
30 66 Viajantheran, Viknesh (12) 1 1 Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (12F) 52
31 61 Goh, Xin Yen (F) 1 1 Sathish, Hemant (12) 58
32 60 Hassan, Mohd Azham 1 1 Besari, Saiful Azrin 69
33 71 Jaliluddin, Ahmad Helmi 1 ½ Choong, Ee Jin Eric 62
34 55 Saleh, Anis Fariha (12F) ½ 0 Sim, Chung Seng 56
35 59 Ahmad Nazari, Emir Rusyaidi (12) 0 0 Sundra Rajoo, Natasha Kavina (F) 57

The top board tomorrow is the battle between our veteran and young top player. Between an IM and a FM. Between the defending champion and his very experienced opponent or challenger. In GiLoCatur opinion, the match may be the turning point or decider of the tournament.

GiLoCatur will also be busy tomorrow at the tournament, LOL. Busy waiting both Fikri and Anis playing. So, can not sleep late tonight too. Need to wake up early since the first of the three rounds tomorrow will be at 9.00 am. Even though no zero waiting rule in effect, for a very tough tournament like Selangor Open all players must be on time to avoid time pressure problem.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!

37th Selangor Open - 4 (Day 2 - The Round 3 Pairings)

The Round 4 pairings

played at 2.30pm after Friday prayer

updated on 30/4/2010, 11:50pm

The Round 3 pairing, better view right?

Most Round 3 games shall complete by now at 12.40pm. GiLoCatur is not at the tournament venue. So, GiLoCatur does not know what's going on there.

Just got a phone call from Fikri. Both he and Anis have finished their games. Both drew with their opponents.

37th Selangor Open - 3 (Day 2 - The Pairings)

37th Selangor Open Chess Tournament

Round 3 on 2010/04/30 at 09:00

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.
1 1 Chan, Nicholas 2 2 Ismail, Ahmad 15
2 18 Cheah, Cheok Fung 2 2 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy (V) 2
3 20 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil 2 2 Loo, Swee Leong 4
4 9 Soh, Han Loong Gerald 2 2 Ahmad Fadzil Nayan 17
5 13 Lim, Zhuo Ren 2 2 Siew, Kit-Tze Mark 19
6 30 Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham (F) 2 1½ Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi 6
7 3 Udani, Ian 1½ 1½ Azhar, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer 27
8 5 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin 1½ 1½ Tan, Ken Wei 23
9 7 Yusof, Kamaluddin 1½ 1½ William, Lee Kah Howe (12) 40
10 25 Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan 1½ 1½ Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair 10
11 26 Low, Jun Jian 1½ 1½ Mohamed, Abdul Haq 12
12 28 Fong, Yit San 1½ 1 Che Hassan, Abdullah 8
13 11 Tham, Tick Hong Jax (V) 1 1 Syed Mohd, Syed Abdul Rahman 38
14 39 Mappa, Saharuddin (OKU) 1 1 Shaikh Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin 14
15 16 Fong, Choong Ee 1 1 Saleh, Fikri 42
16 41 Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada (12F) 1 1 Yeoh, Li Tian (12) 21
17 22 Sarifdin, Sahir 1 1 Poon, Jit Wai 46
18 24 Marmono, Roslina (F) 1 1 Quake, Zhun Zian Shaun 48
19 43 Heng, Fook Liang 1 1 Low, Jun Keat 29
20 45 Tang, Kar Khei (F) 1 1 Ismail, Norazman 31
21 32 Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri (12) 1 1 Lim, Chong (V) 50
22 47 Wong, Yinn Long (12) 1 1 Haslindah, Ruslan (F) 33
23 34 Yeop, Mat Zaki (V) 1 1 Kalivanan, Suniil 64
24 66 Viajantheran, Viknesh (12) 1 1 Nur, Najiha Hisham (12F) 35
25 36 Ramli , Abdul Rahim 1 1 Hj Buang, Mohd Hisham (OKU) 70
26 37 Azhar, Muhd Irfan Haqqim 1 1 Jaliluddin, Ahmad Helmi 71
27 67 Adam, Iskandar Danial ½ ½ Ramzani, Abdul Hadi 68
28 49 Poon, Guo Liong Derek 0 0 Sathish, Hemant (12) 58
29 51 Tang, Wei Kit (12) 0 0 Ahmad Nazari, Emir Rusyaidi (12) 59
30 61 Goh, Xin Yen (F) 0 0 Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa (12F) 52
31 53 Ee, Sun-Xin (12F) 0 0 Hassan, Mohd Azham 60
32 63 Mohd Hisham, Muhd Hafiz 0 0 Mohd Hisham, Muhd Fareed 54
33 55 Saleh, Anis Fariha (12F) 0 0 Choong, Ee Jin Eric 62
34 65 Ramzani, Amir Abdul Hakim 0 0 Sim, Chung Seng 56
69 Besari, Saiful Azrin 0 Bye

source : Encik Hamid

37th Selangor Open - 2 (Day 1 - The Pairings)

Round 1 pairings

Please take note the following for the first round pairing.

"For Rd 1, Mohd Hisham Hj Buang in table 35 did not receive a bye. He was paired against Ahmad Helmi Jaliluddin but lost. The Rd 1 pairing in the photo was not updated.

Rd 2, he got a bye."

- friday, April 30

Round 2 pairings

Few interesting results eh? Check it out yourself! :)-

Too small eh, can't really see? Double click at the picture for larger view.

updated from DATCC

37th Selangor Open - 1 (Day 1 - The Beginning)

The 37th Selangor Open organized by the Chess Association of Selangor also known as CAS started today with the first round played at around 3.00 o'clock. The tournament is held at DAT Chess Center. About seventy, mostly local, chess players are participating in the four-day event. Two rounds will be played in the first day. Check out below pictures to have the glimpse of who are the participants.

updated from DATCC