14th April 2012 Dilemma!

GiLoCatur just received a HOT chess tournament details a couple of hours ago from "Sir" CM Collin Madhavan. (TQ Sir Collin!) It is a very good news to the Malaysian chess community. One more chess tournament! To the Malaysian chess players, show your gratitude by participating in these two chess tournaments!

Why GiLoCatur says it is a HOT tournament? Because it offers money prizes of more than FIVE THOUSANDS Malaysian Ringgit. BUT, seats are limited.

For adult chess players, it shouldn't be a dilemma on Saturday, 14th April, two weeks from now. But for chess parents like GiLoCatur, it will be a dilemma. Which following chess tournament to go?

what? when?

where?

lucrative money prizes!!!

Click here to download the entry form.

OR

what?

when? where?

Click here for further details.

What an APRIL treat for Malaysian chess! The month in which GiLoCatur was born.

The Final Results - UM's TSZ Team Event

Today 44 teams had participated in the Tan Sri Zahiruddin (TSZ) of University Malaya (UM) chess tournament. Below are the results as per emailed by Najib Wahab. The tournament is a bit unique because not many team chess tournaments organized in Malaysia. The format is rapid six Swiss rounds.

GiLoCatur's children did not participate in the event. Anis had a school program during the weekend. Fikri will have an exam next week and had last minute "balik wajib". They both participated in this event in 2008 which was held in March along with two other their SKBJ (Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Jelutong) chess friends, Nur Faqihah and Aminur Nirza. Their team was known as "SKBJ Marvellous Knights" and was among 21 teams participated. GiLoCatur wrote about this in the old version of SKBJ Chess Club blog at googlepages as per here.

The final ranking list.

The top three winners with team composition results

Do you notice who had the perfect 6 points score in the above picture? Two players actually - Justin Ong of Nameless on board 2 and IM Mas Hafizulhelmi of Seahorse on board 1. In fact, there is another player who had the perfect 6 wins. He is Faiezul Zainal of N9 Warriors who played on board 2. His team was fourth placed.

The cross table.

Andrew Ooi of Gilachess and Shamsuddin Sabri of fireyrook were also participated in the event. With two other blogger friends, they teamead as "Bloggers United" and was 17th placed with 13.5 points and 7 match points.