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

MSSWP 2012 Secondary School Individual Day 2 Update

KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday 10th May 2012.

The 2012 MSSWP Chess Championship for the secondary school is entering its final stage. Today, three more rounds held making it total six rounds completed. The final seventh round will be played on the third day of the Individual event. 

So, who are the leaders after Round 6? Can they continue to win their final round to become the champions? 

In the L15 category, Faizal Roslan is the sole leader with 5.5/6 points. In the final round, his win over Tan Soon Wei at the top board will ensure him as the champion. The results of the top five boards will decide who are going to be on the podium. 

L15

In the L18 category, Yeap Eng Chiam is the sole leader also with 5.5/6 points like Faizal. Eng Chiam will surely emerge as the champion if he wins over his opponent, Tan Jun Feng. Wong Jianwen who is ranked second with 5/6 points is paired with Albert Ang Keliang  who is ranked third and the highest 4.5 pointer at table no 2. Fikri Saleh is playing white at table no 3 against Shawn Edgar Miranda. Both are also 4.5 pointers. Other two 4.5 pointers are Chong Yan Meng and Gabriel Soong Mun Hey. They face each other at table no 4. What would be their match up results? Stay tune to find out.

L18

Camelia Johari is the sole leader in the P15 section. She has 5.5/6 points. Four others are trailing half point. She will be declared as the champion provided that she wins over her opponent, Chua Yee Ler. At table no 2, Tan Li Ting is challenged by Natasha Kavina. Another 5/6 pointer, Siti Nadia Qarmila will play white against her opponent at table no 3. Can Yee Ler deny Camelia to be the champion? The answer will be known after the final round completes.

P15

It is quite interesting in the P18 category. GiLoCatur was wrong in the prediction that Pavitranayagi would have full points.She shares 5.5/6 points with Eunice Quah Yoo Li but has better tie break. Both of them will face each other at the top board in the final round to decide who will become the champion. It will be a 5-pointer battle at table no 2 between Low Pei Zhen and Zulaikha Noor Azam. Meanwhile, table no 3 and no 4 will be match ups between 4.5/6 pointers.

P18

MSSWP Chess Championship for secondary school 2012 edition will end tomorrow on Friday, 11th May. Some players including Fikri have camped at Sekolah Aminuddin Baki for the whole week. Some others were only playing in the team event while some others have participated only in the individual event for three days. It is a new experience for GiLoCatur following very closely and being part of the championship. GiLoCatur salutes MSSWP for the fast update on the pairings, results and interim rankings on the net. 

GiLoCatur is very proud being the parent of Fikri because he has led and helped his school chess team making a history in MSSWP Chess. GiLoCatur prays to the mighty Allah for Fikri to be among the winners in the individual event.

See you guys at the closing ceremony expected to begin at 11.00 am.

MSSWP 2012 Secondary School Individual Day 1 Update

KUALA LUMPUR, 9th May 2012.

Today is the first day of the Secondary School Individual Event for the MSSWP Chess Championship held at Sekolah Aminuddin Baki, Kampung Pandan. 232 KL school pupils from five zones are taking part in the championship in four different categories - L18, L15, P18 and P15. L stands for Boys while P stands for Girls. Both L18 and P18 are Form 4 and Form 5 players while both L15 and P15 are players who are in Form 1, Form 2 and Form 3. In short, the former is for higher secondary while the latter is for lower secondary.

GiLoCatur is very impressed with MSSWP for quickly publishing the Interim Ranking and pairings in its blog. Not only players but also parents can check the pairing for tomorrow from their home or hostel. It is good that MSSWP uses the internet and latest IT technology for its activities. Kudos to MSSPK (Perak) also for publishing its chess championship results at the chess-results.com website as per here. GiLoCatur wishes that all the MSS states in Malaysia do the same thing.

Back to MSSWP Chess Championship ...

Fikri, GiLoCatur's eldest son, who is this year in Form 4 is playing in the L18 category. He is joined by four of his school mates in this chess championship. Alhamdulillah, so far so good for him. Having national rating of 1600 Fikri is ranked seventh in his category. He won all his rounds today. He is among six players with full 3/3 points. Surprisingly to GiLoCatur, Fikri is ranked second after Round 3 after Eng Chiam among the full pointers due to better tie break.

Top 10 Rank after Round 3 for L18 category

Tomorrow, the "Big Boys" battle will begin. In Round 4, Fikri is paired against the top seed and one of the favourites to become the champion in L18 category, Jianwen at the top board. Fikri will play white while Jianwen will play black. At Board 2, Eng Chiam is challenged by Andrew Soong of SMK Wangsa Melawati. At the third table, it will be a repeat match between Soon Heng and Ken Yew in the Pudu Zone last month. Who will emerge victorious? Or will they draw again?

L15 Category

There are five players with full 3/3 points in this category including the top seed. Faizal Roslan. He will be challenged by Ting Yan of SMK Victoria who had won over Aziz Farhan in the third round at the top board. Can Faizal cruise through the next round with perfect score? At Table #2. Dilwen will play white against Yap Egin. Both of them are from Methodist school but different one.

P18 Category

In P18 category, GiLoCatur believes Pavitranayagi will cruise through to the next round with perfect score. Her opponent tomorrow morning will be Avitra Dhivia from SMK Seri Bintang Selatan. Another perfect scorer match up is between Zulaikha and Eunice at Table #2. Another five players are trailing half point. 

P15 Category

In the P15 category, both Li Ting and Camelia are still on course winning their respective rounds. Both of them are leading another five full pointers. GiLoCatur predicts that both of them will meet each other in the sixth round. Or will there be any upset?

Good Luck! to all the players in the MSSWP Chess Championship (Secondary School) tomorrow especially to Fikri and his other four ASiS gang.

The Girls section

The Boys section