The Official Winners of the Sabak Chess Open

 Below are the official winners of the Sabak Chess Open held last Sunday at Seri Bernam Hall, Sungai Besar Selangor.

Open category winners

Open category champion

Both the Open and the Under 18 categories were merged into one playing section. More than one hundred participants were playing in this one-merged section including GiLoCatur, Fikri and Anis Fariha. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (above pix) was declared as the Open category champion after collecting 6.5/7 points. He won the one thousand Malaysian Ringgit money prize. Fikri who scored 6/7 points became the first runner up edging four other 6 pointers. Two Malaysian chess bloggers - Muhammad Arshad and Razali Hamzah aka Ng6 were among the Top 10 Open category winners.

Local (Sabak Bernam) Category

Sabak category winners

GiLoCatur's chess buddy and the vice chairman of Sabak Bernam chess association, Roslan Sulaiman, won the first prize in the Sabak Bernam category. Surprisingly, with 5 wins and 2 defeats GiLoCatur won the seventh spot in the Sabak Bernam category. A commendable feat for GiLoCatur in a chess tournament in own hometown.

Under 18 Category

Under 18 winners

IPT

Special Prizes

Girls are dominating the Top 3 in the Under 18 category. Laila Husna Sahadi of Kelantan who won against GiLoCatur was declared as the champion. Local boy and MSS Sabak Bernam District L18 player, Mohd Amiruddin Buang emerged as the first runner up. GiLoCatur's daughter, Anis, won the second runner up.  

Under 12 Category

Under 12

Under 12 category champion

In the Under 12 section, about 80 participants took part including GiLoCatur's youngest son, 10-year-old Fahim Al-Faqeh. He scored 6.5/7 points. He became the champion in this category and was 300 Malaysian Ringgit richer. Fahim who was so happy with his winning drew with his school mate, Raja Bazil Bot, in Round 6. Raja Bazil who also scored the same point with Fahim won the second place.

Shah Alam, 26th May 2012.

Tomorrow in Sungai Besar which is located in the Sabak Bernam district, there will be a chess tournament being held. The tournament which offers lucrative money prizes is organized by Persatuan Catur Daerah Sabak Bernam or simply PCDSA (in English - Sabak Bernam District Chess Association). 

GiLoCatur hopes the participants and chess parents are not confused between Sabak Bernam and Sungai Besar. Firstly, the tournament hall which is Dewan Seri Bernam (below picture) is NOT located in Sabak Bernam town. Instead, it is located in Sungai Besar town. Sabak Bernam is one of the nine districts in Selangor. It is located in the northern part of Selangor bordering to the Perak state. Its size is about 100,000 hectares. Secondly, Sabak Bernam and Sungai Besar are two towns in the Sabak Bernam district. Actually, the distance between both Kuala Lumpur and Kelang and Sungai Besar town are about 120 and 100 kilometers.

GiLoCatur and the kids will drive from Shah Alam to the tournament hall early tomorrow morning. It will take about two hours drive. We will leave home after the Subuh prayer. All the three GiLoCatur's children are quite familiar with the tournament hall. They were playing in the hall in the 2011 edition of the MSSSelangor chess championship.

the tournament venue 

Seri Bernam Hall, the venue of MSS Selangor chess competition in 2011

inside of Seri Bernam Hall

Selangor districts

GiLoCatur hopes below map gives the idea how to get to Sungai Besar to those who are not familiar with Sabak Bernam and Sungai Besar.

Map to Sungai Besar from KL

See you at Sabak Bernam Chess Open at Seri Bernam Hall, Sungai Besar!