MASUM 2015 Chess Thumb Ups

MASUM 2015 Sports Carnival had just ended several days ago. Chess is one of the sports being competed. GiLoCatur's eldest child, Fikri, had made his debut in MASUM representing Universiti Teknologi Malaysia aka UiTM. 

MASUM 2015 banner

Below are several thumb ups that GiLoCatur would like to share here on MASUM 2015 Chess.

No 1 - Key In Games Facility

Among the thumb ups that GiLoCatur would like to praise on MASUM 2015 Chess is the pgn which is available on the chess-results.com website. At first GiLoCatur thought that there are volunteers who key in the games. From the photos shared by the UTM's chess team coach, Dr Nasrul, GiLoCatur finally knew that the players themselves keyed in their games. This is very good. GiLoCatur hopes that this key in games facility to continue in future editions. GiLoCatur does not know whose idea is it, but KUDOS to whomever came up with the idea of the key in games facility.

Key In Move (Games) Facility

No 2 - Pairings and Results on chess-results.com website

The chess tournaments like MASUM 2015 should be published online ie chess-results.com. Having arbiters from Fadli's Cerdik Catur is a very good decision for MASUM 2015 host and organizer. The pairings and results are up to date. Chess enthusiasts like GiLoCatur are able to follow the event and have latest updates on the pairings and results.

Fadli (right) of Cerdik Catur with Dr Nasrul

No 3 - Very Conducive Playing Venue

From the photo shared by Dr Nasrul on the tournament venue, GiLoCatur is very impressive with the tournament hall. It is very conducive and comfortable. Kudos to the host, UTM, and organizer for providing a very nice venue for chess in the MASUM 2015.

The tournament hall

No 4 - Lots of Photos in the Facebook

By watching the photos for every round and the closing ceremony uploaded by Dr Nasrul in his facebook, GiLoCatur feels like at the tournament venue. This is a promotion to chess itself. Chess is not a favourite sport being published in the media both paper and electronic. 

MASUM Bulletin

UKM

GiLoCatur not sure which team

UMP

The host UTM team

UiTM - The Champion

Team from Terengganu

UM

The Team Coaches

Note : Credit for all the photos to Dr Nasrul.

MASUM 2015 CHESS Team Winners

MASUM 2015 Chess tournament had concluded yesterday. Universiti Teknologi Mara or its acronym UiTM dominated the event. The university emerged as the champion in all the four categories - Individual both Men and Women and Team both Men and Women.

Men's Team Category

In the Men's Team category, Mohd Hazzafri Mohd Hazani, Fikri Saleh, Muhammad Ali Chor and Abdul Rahman M Sapuan have accumulated 21.5 points to grab the Gold medal. Universiti Putra Malaysia  (UPM) and Universiti Malaya (UM) are declared the Silver and Bronze medalists respectively.

MASUM 2015 Men's Team Winners
photo credit to Nass Siro FB

Full list here

Women's Team Category

Meanwhile, in the Women's Team category, Nur Nabila Azman Hisham, Najiha Mohd Saufi, Nur Diyana Sakinah Muhd Rusdi and Nur Farihah Aminuddin have accumulated 20 points to grab the Gold medal. The Silver medal went to Universiti Malaya (UM) while the Bronze went to Universiti Malaysia Pahang  (UMP).

MASUM 2015 Women's Team Winners 
photo credit to Nass Siro FB

Full list here

Syabas & Tahniah to all the winners!

MASUM 2015 Chess - Team Ranking After Round 4

Friday, 31/7/2015

Four rounds have completed in the MASUM 2015 Chess Competition, three more rounds to go. The fifth round has just started. So, let's see the team ranking in both categories - Men and Women, after Round 4. To GiLoCatur's knowledge based on "Peraturan Permainan Sukan MASUM" for chess, there are two events - Individual and Team, for each category. For the team event, the points are accumulated from all the four players in the Individual event from the same team which is university. 

The Men Category

In the Men category, there are 15 teams taking part. All the teams except Universiti Malaysia Sabah send the maximum four players. University Teknologi Mara team or UiTM which includes Fikri, GiLoCatur's eldest child, is leading the pack having 13 points. Trailing with 2 points is Universiti Malaya (UM) team. In the third spot is Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) team which includes Hairul Abdul Hamid, a Malaysian chess blogger with 10 points. 

Top 5 Men's Team - full list here

The Women Category

In the Women category, there are 12 teams taking part. All the teams except both Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) send the maximum four players. GiLoCatur is surprised with this fact. Both universities which have three players only taking part are strong contenders in MASUM chess competition.

University Teknologi Mara team or UiTM which includes Nur Nabila Azman Hisham, a senior national women player, is leading the pack having 12 points. Nabila is leading her team with full 4/4 points. Trailing with 1 point is Universiti Malaya (UM) team which includes Alia Anin Azwa Bakri, a Women Fide Master and a senior national women player as well. In the third spot is Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) team with 10 points. 

Top 5 Women's Team - full list here

Can UiTM maintain its lead in both categories? We have to wait until all the last three rounds to complete.

Below are the photos of some of UiTM players. The photos are from Nass Siro FB. Thank you to Dr Nasrul for sharing the photos of the MASUM 2015 Chess in the Facebook.

WCM Nur Nabila

Fikri Saleh

Muhammad Ali Chor

Abdul Rahman

Najihah Mohd Saufi