The Champions of 2013 MSSWP Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship (Secondary Schools)

The MSS chess scholastic championship for the state of Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (WP KL) just concluded last Friday. It was held at the hall of SMK Aminuddin Baki. Who are the champions? 

The Team Event

Girls Under 18 -  SMK Aminuddin Baki

Boys Under 18 -  SMK (L) Methodist

In the Girls division, SMK Aminuddin Baki of Pudu Zone managed to pip SMK Convent Sentul of Sentul Zone in the final round to emerge as the team champion. While in the Boys division, SMK (L) Methodist of Bangsar Zone is crowned as the champion after securing 4 wins and a draw. Their four wins include 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 victory over both SMK Aminuddin Baki and SM Sains Alam Shah.

The Individual Event - Under 15

Girls Under 15 - Tan Li Ting
SMK Aminuddin Baki

Boys Under 15 - Mohd Faizal Roslan
SMK Seri Bintang Utara

The Individual Event - Under 18

Girls Under 18 - Latifah Kaiyisah Mohd Latib
SMK St John

Boys Under 18 - Liew Ken Yew
SMK Seri Bintang Selatan

2013 MSSMKL Chess Championship @SABKL (Part 4)

Today is Friday, 8th March 2013. It is the final and penultimate day for the MSSMKL chess championship of 2013 edition.

The final sixth round of the individual event is entering the final hour. So, what's the latest update? Who has the best chance to emerge champions in four categories - L15, L18, P15 and P18. Let's take a look.

Boys Under 15 (L15)

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Faizal Roslan and Dilwen are the only perfect scorers left. Their match up on the top board most probably will determine who is going to become the champion. Playing white Faizal from SMK Seri Bintang Utara won over his opponent Dilwen from Sekolah Methodist Wesley. Shreyes, who is the only player trailing halfpoint, was held draw by Lim Ming Xian of SAB. In the final round, Faizal will play black against Shreyes. Can the latter hold the former to a draw? Then the champion will be decided by tie break. 

Boys Under 18 (L18)

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The current leader in this category is Liew Ken Yew from SMK Seri Bintang Selatan. By Round 4, he won all his games. He was paired against Tan Wei Hao of SMK(L) Methodist in the fifth round. The former continues his winning streak. In the final round today, he is challenged by Albert Ang Keliang, the school mate of Wei Hao. While the top seed, Tan Jun Feng, is paired against his school mate, Chan Yan Meng. Both need to win to earn better placing. Fikri from SM Sains Alam Shah has to face Yap Wan Lin from Sekolah Sri Garden at table 5. Both have 3.5/5 points.

Girls Under 15 (P15)

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The host school, SMK Aminuddin Baki, is depending on Tan Li Ting to give them the Gold medal in P15 category. She is leading the section by one full point. Her final hurdle is long-time mssm team mate, Camilia Johari from Sekolah Seri Garden in the final round. A draw is enough for her but GiLoCatur believes that Camilia will go for a win. Li Ting's younger sister, Wei Ting, can be among the Top 3 winners if she wins in the final round against her opponent from Sekolah Methodist Wesley, Wong Zi Qi. Another SAB player, Kashmira, plays white at table 2 against Nutul Aina Akmar of SMK Seri Bintang Utara.What the results would be?    

Girls Under 18 (P18)

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Interesting result happened in P18 category. The top seed player had her first defeat to her CBN (Convent Bukit Nenas) opponent. Now the other hot favourite, Latifah Kaiyisah of SMK St John, will face Siti Nadia Qarmila from CBN school at the top board. Kaiyisah has the edge to win over her opponent and emerge the champion in this category. Can she win? Let's wait to find out.

It is less than 15 minutes before the 2013 MSSMKL chess championship is going to be over. And it may be the last time for GiLoCatur to be at the MSSMKL state chess championship since Fikri will leave school at the end of this year. Or Fahim may be schooling in KL? Wallahua'lam.

2013 MSSMKL Chess Championship @SABKL (Part 3)

Wednesday, 6th March 2013 - The individual event of the 2013 MSSMKL Chess Championship began today. There are four categories competed for the event - Boys Under 15, Boys Under 18, Girls Under 15 and Girls Under 18. Two rounds were scheduled for today. And three more will be scheduled tomorrow on Thursday, 7th March 2013. The format of play is 60-minute per player. 

Boys Under 15

Forty eight players are taking part in this category. Click here to view the first two rounds pairings and results. The top three seeded players are Faizal Roslan of SMK Seri Bintang Utara, Shreyes Subramaniam of SMK (L) Methodist and Tan Yong Zhao of SMK Kepong Baru. So far, the three of them do not have problem winning their first two rounds.

Boys Under 18

Only forty six participants are contesting in this category. You can view the pairings and results of both Round 1 and Round 2 here for this category. Two Tans are the top two ranking players in this category. The top seed is Jun Feng of the host school i.e. SMK Aminusddin Baki while the second rank player is Wei Hao of SMK (L) Methodist. The third rank player is Liew Ken Yew of SMK Seri Bintang Selatan. GiLoCatur's son, Fikri, is ranked fifth with national ratings of 1630. All the four of them have no trouble today in both the first and second rounds.

Girls Under 15

While her elder brother is the top seed in the Under 18 Boys, Tan Li Ting is the top seed in the Under 15 Girls. As her brother too, she represents the host school. In fact, her younger sister Tan Wei Ting is also playing in the same category. She is ranked sixth. Here is the pairings and results for this category. Is there any upset result? Check it out!

Girls Under 18

In this category, a player from SMK Convent Sentul is the top seed. Her name is Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey.  She is being challenged by Latifah Kaiyisah Mohd Latib and Yap Ern Yee respectively of SMK St John and  SM (P) Chong Hwa as the second and third seeded players. What are their first two rounds results? Find it out here.

2013 MSSMKL Chess Championship @SABKL (Part 2)

The team event of the MSSMKL chess championship had just completed today. Five rounds had been played - two yesterday and three today, 22 teams in the Boys section and 24 teams in the Girls category. So, the results had been known.  Which team had emerged as the champions? 

The Boys section

The hot favourite team, SMK (L) Methodist, emerged as the champion in the Boys section. It thrashed four teams including both SM Sains Alam Shah led by Fikri Saleh and SMK Aminuddin Baki led by Tan Jun Feng before it drew with its last opponent, SM (P) Chong Hwa. The first runner up was won by Sekolah Methodist Wesley with 8/10 match points. Three teams shared 7/10 match points. Therefore, their placings between third and fifth are determined by the game points tie break.

Boys section

The Girls section

The host team, SMK Aminuddin Baki, led by Tan Li Ting managed to stop SMK Convent Sentul led by Pavitranayagi, from being the champion in the Girls section. In the final round, the latter which had won all its previous four rounds was beaten by the former which had won three and drew one. SMK Convent Sentul was lucky enough to have higher game points so that it was declared the first runner up over two other teams with same 8/10 match points. SMK Seri Hartamas edged SMK Seri Bintang Utara to the second runner up position by just mere half game points.SMK Kepong Baru was fifth after scoring 7/10 match points from three wins and one draw.

Girls section

SM Sains Alam Shah was lucky enough to win its final round when playing against SMK Kepong Baru. After the first three boards completed their games, the results was 2 to 1. The last board was still paying. GiLoCatur thought it would be a draw where SMK Kepong Baru's 4th board player would win since he is a stronger player and has higher ratings. But when the game was over, the point was won by the SM Sains Alam Shah's player. What a sweet victory for SM Sains Alam Shah chess team. With the 3-1 win, the team had secured the fourth placing. "FIGHT TILL IT AINT OVER", right?  

... the final round of the team event ...

SM Sains Alam Shah 2013 chess team

SM Sains Alam Shah 2013 chess team ... free style ...

A Big Congratulation to all the winners!

2013 MSSMKL Chess Championship @SABKL (Part 1)

This week the state final for MSSMKL chess championship is being held. The secondary schools category is hosted by Sekolah Aminuddin Baki like last year. The first two days is scheduled for team event. While the individual event will be contested on the last three days. 

GiLoCatur's eldest son is participating in the championship. It will be his last in MSS chess championship since he is in Form 5 this year. He is leading his school chess team in the team event. The team has a big challenge to carry since SMS Alam Shah is the first runner up last year. Can Fikri and his team mates - Wan Muhammad Imran, Mohd Sazlee Hidayatullah and Hussein, repeat the feat to be among the top three winners this year? Let's wait until tomorrow after the event has completed.  

Not only due to SMS Alam Shah's first runner up position last year that it is being on the opponents team radar but its status as the champion in the Pudu zone chess championship fortnight ago that add the pressure.  Fikri and his team mates need to manage and handle the pressure well. It is part of the competition. And for sure, it is part of life.   

Which team is the hot favourite to be the champion in the Boys category? 

GiLoCatur picks SMK (L) Methodist as the hot favourite. The team is actually the defending champion. The team consists of Tan Wei Hao, Albert Ang Keliang, Yap Egin and Shreyes Subramaniam. 

In the first round, SM Sains Alam Shah faced SMK Sri Sentosa. It won with the score of 3 to 1. Its opponent in the second round is really the toughest one. It is the hot favourite team. Sure you can guess what the team is, right? Check out http://mssm2010.blogspot.com/ blog here if you want to know the the first two rounds pairings played today. 

Boys Team Section

Girls Team Section

SMSAS Team (wearing blazers) against top favourite SMK (L) Methodist