Ice Room Treat After DATCC Renegade

GiLoCatur played in the DATCC Renegade Rapid held last weekend. GiLoCatur just managed to win two games and drew one. But in overall, GiLoCatur is happy with the performance. It is not GiLoCatur who played badly, but the opponents played better ... LOL!

After the tournament, GiLoCatur and the kids went to the Ice Room to have a special treat. Do you want to know what did we have? Check out below pictures ...

first, GiLoCatur had "assam fish" with rice ...

then, mmmmmm yummie Durian flavoured ice cream as the dessert ... :)-

Fikri had the above "nasi lemak"

... whilst Anis had the above spaghetti with cream ... mmmmm looks delicious uh?

HOW ABOUT YOU? What kind of food will you have after playing in a chess tournament?

DATCC RENEGADE WAS OVER, DATCC MAVERICK IS ON!

DATCC Renegade Rapid Chess was over. It was held last month. GiLoCatur and the kids were among the more than 90 participants.

Another rapid chess tourney is next. Mr Najib named it DATCC Maverick Rapid Chess. It is scheduled on Sunday, 27th February 2011.

Do you know what the meaning of the above catchy titles?

Renegade is an outlaw or a rebel.

while maverick, as an adjective, means showing independence in thoughts or actions. as a noun it means one who does not abide by rules like a nonconformist and a rebel.

DARE to be a rebel on Sunday, 27th February 2011? Check out the details here and register for the rapid tournament. SEE U AT DATCC!

DATCC Renegade Chess Rapid - The Winners

The champion receiving RM300 prize from Mr Najib Abdul Wahab

Wong Jian Wen (the above picture) won the DATCC Renegade Chess Rapid being held yesterday. He won all his first six rounds and drew the final one with blogger Ilham. He scored 6.5/7 points and leading 1/2 point over four other 6/7 pointers.

Below are the other winners:

1st Runner Up : Lim Zhou Ren

2nd Runner Up : Kamalarifin Wahiduddin

4th Place : Mark Siew Kit-Tze

5th Place : Low Jun Jian

6th Place : Nor Ilhamuddin Shailh Ali

Best Under 1600 : Norizzudin Afendi Norazman

Best Under 1400 : Anis Fariha Bt Saleh

Best Under 12 : Ng Jen Shen

Best Lady/Girl : Nityalakshmi Sivanesan

SYABAS and TAHNIAH to all the winners!

To all the others including GiLoCatur, DO NOT GIVE UP to participate in chess tournaments if you don't win any. Keep on playing chess. Keep on competing. Keep improving. ENJOY THE GAME!

Go to Gilachess.com here to view the full interactive cross table result

Go to Ng6's blog here to view his photo gallery of the tournament.

DATCC Renegade Chess Rapid - The Final Ranking

GiLoCatur and the kids just came back home from participating in the DATCC Renegade Chess Rapid. Now we are get ready for a family dinner outing after everyone is tired after seven rounds of G/25 chess matches.

Do you want to know who is the champion? who are the winners? Click here for the final ranking. GiLoCatur will write further about the tournament and share some photos later.

National-Rated Chess Tourneys in January 2011

THREE national-rated chess tournaments in January 2011. WOW! What a treat for Malaysian chess players. What a start for Malaysian chess in the year 2011.

How do you want to measure and gauge your chess performance and improvement? Surely by participating and playing in rated chess events. What a feeling it will be when you can beat higher-rated opponent. GiLoCatur is a 1200-rated player. GiLoCatur would wonder, can he beats 1300-rated or 1400-rated opponents? GiLoCatur targets to achieve 1300 rating by the end of the year. Meanwhile, Fahim, GiLoCatur's youngets son, is currently rated 1172. The target for him is to achieve the 1300 mark also. How GiLoCatur and Fahim can do that if not participating in a rated tournament? Therefore, GiLoCatur and Fahim plan to participate in as many rated tournaments as possible in the year 2011.

The nationally-rated chess events:

1) 17ChessClub Open - Sunday, 9th January 2011 at DATCC, Wilayah Complex - click herefor its details

2) Kedah Chess Open - Saturday, 29th January 2011 in Sungai Petani - click here for its details

3) DATCC Renegade Rapid Chess Weekender - Sunday, 30th January 2011 at DATCC, Wilayah Complex - click here for its details

What are the above chess tourneys have in common?

• rapid chess of 25-minute time control (in USA it is known as G/25)
• is held only in one day (GiLoCatur : preferred duration for chess playing by most Malaysian chess players)
• has 7 SWISS rounds format

SO, SEE YOU AT THE ABOVE CHESS EVENTS! Like GiLoCatur's chess buddy, Fauzi Ahim, always says "IF YOU DARE!" (in Malay .. "Ada berani??")