Welcome Home Malaysian Chess Contingent From 12th Tarakan Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship

Selamat Pulang or welcome home to all the Malaysian chess contingent of 30 players and 15 accompanying  adults from Tarakan Island, Indonesia after participating in the recently concluded 12th Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship. Malaysia won 4 Golds, 6 Silvers and 4 Bronzes.

Puteri Munajjah - 4 Golds

Puteri Munajjah or popularly known as Eja (above photo), one of the U10 dream team members, had won four gold medals - two in Individual and another two in Team. She is the champion for both Girls 10 Blitz and Rapid. Beside Eja, Nur Nabila is another winner in the blitz competition. She won the silver medal in the Girls U14. Teh De Juan, Teh De Zen and Tan Li Ting make Malaysia proud in the standard format. All of them are the silver medalists. To GiLoCatur's knowledge, De Juan will be awarded CM or Candidate Master while both De Zen and Li Ting will be awarded  WCM or Women Candidate Master for being the first runner ups.

SYABAS and TAHNIAH to Eja and all the medalists among the Malaysian chess contingent. Keep learning and practicing to become chess masters and champions. See you in Vietnam next year.

Chess Trivia

Bisa kamu namakan pemain catur di atas?

( Can you name the above chess player? :)- )

Tarakan Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship Update 5

Six rounds of the standard competition had completed. The Malaysian players scored 9 wins and 6 draws. Not a good results since only half of them managed to score points. Whatever it is the championship is not over yet. The standard tourney is entering the critical final stage. Our juniors need to stay fighting until the end. 

Our best hope is in Under 10 section. In the boys category, even though De Juan lose his sixth round, he is still on top sharing 5/6 points with two Indonesian players - Ivan Maxmillian Putra and Catur Adi Sagita (what a name). Hope he wins tomorrow morning to cruise through the final round and emerge champion. 

Top 5 Boys U10

Playing in the Girls U10 category, De Zen (above picture) is the best performer among the Malaysian contingent so far. She won her two games today. With 5.5/6 points she is the current leader followed behind half point by a Mongolian player and compatriot, Puteri Munajjah by one point in the third place. From GiLoCatur's calculation based on the chess-results.com, Malaysia has a very good chance to claim gold for the team medal in this category. The Malaysian G10 team is leading Vietnam by one full point.

Top 20 Girls U10

Best of Luck to all the Malaysian players. DO NOT STOP FIGHTING!

Tarakan Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship Update 4

Blitz tournament was held on the third day afternoon. GiLoCatur is not so sure about the format. Nine rounds were played yesterday afternoon. Based on the schedule, there would be semi finals and finals rounds this morning. In this entry, GiLoCatur will highlight about the nine-round blitz tourney. 

All the thirty Malaysian players took part. GiLoCatur noticed that several participants did not take part like few Korean players. Maybe they do not want to spoil their standard games. So, how were the performance of the Malaysian players? Which country emerged top rank in each category? 

Both Puteri Munajjah AzZahraa or simply known as Eja and Nur Nabila became the saviors for the Malaysian chess contingent in the blitz tournament. 10-year-old Eja (below picture) won her first six rounds before she drew with a Vietnamese player in the 7th round. Then she won against a Mongolian opponent in the 8th round playing black.  Even though she was defeated in the last round, she emerged top with 7.5/9 points, one point clear than the first runner up.

Eja is also at the driving seat in the standard category. After the fourth round, she is leading with 3.5/4 points.  With good performance until the end from both De Zen and Nur Islamurni who are currently second and third respectively, Eja may get gold medal in both individual and team categories.  

Eja

Eja's all rounds details in the Blitz tourney

Nabila played in the Girls 14 category in the blitz tournament instead of the Girls 20 she participates for the standard tournament. She was ranked first before the start of the blitz tournament. The 14-year-old student of SMK Saujana secured 6 wins, one draw in the final round and 2 defeats. With 6.5/9 points, Nabila was placed second behind Mira Mirano of Philippines whom she defeated  in the 8th round.  

Nabila

Nabila's all rounds details in the Blitz tourney

SYABAS and TAHNIAH to both Eja and Nabila. Keep up the winning momentum in both the standard and rapid tournaments. To the other Malaysian players including GiLoCatur's daughter, Anis Fariha, do not stop fighting. Play your best games! Do not afraid to play your opponents.

Tarakan Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship Update 3

GiLoCatur was very anxious to know the results of the third round especially of Anis. The text message from her has not been received. GiLoCatur's text message also not replied. Most probably, her mobile battery is out and can not be recharged. At around 9 o'clock, GiLoCatur texted Nabila's mother. She replied her daughter, Nabila, lose. GiLoCatur became more anxious. GiLoCatur keeps refreshing the chess-results.com. Finally, at around 9.30pm the results were updated. Quickly, the results of G14 category was checked. What a relief. Anis won. 

So, what are the latest results? After three rounds had completed, only two Malaysian players left with the perfect 3/3 points. Who they are?

   

In the Open 10 category, De Juan (left picture) from Penang who won bronze in L12 Individual in the recent MSSM will play white against the top seed, Rajalyan Kuvelkar from India. Meanwhile, Faizal Roslan (right picture) has the toughest opponent to beat in the fourth round tomorrow morning. His opponent is the second seed, Vietnamese CM Le Huu Thai whose ratings is about 200 higher. GiLoCatur hopes Faizal will play his best game to defeat his opponent.

[ Congratulation to both De Juan and Faizal. De Juan won while Faizal managed to draw. What a feat. Now, the former is the only Malaysian player with the perfect 4/4 score while the latter is placed third with 3.5/4 points. updated - 16/06/2011, 3:15am ]

In B08 category, only one player won. The other three players lose whom two of them had 2/3 points. In B12 category, two drew while the other two were defeated by their respective opponents. In B14 category, two Malaysian players won including Faizal while their other two countrymen could not win. In B20 category, Malaysian sole representative LZR won his first point. 

In G08 category, just half point could be scored out of two points from one draw. All the four Malaysian players in G10 category drew their third round matches including an all Malaysian match up between Puteri Munajjah and De Zen. Malaysia has five players in G12 category. Three of them drew, one won while the other lose. A win and two draws is scored in the G14 category. Both Malaysian players in G16 and G20 categories lose to their respective opponents. 

So what's the statistics of the Malaysian players in the third round? 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats for the Malaysian boys. Just 2 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats for the Malaysian girls. Three rounds or one third of the standard competition has completed. 

GiLoCatur advice to all the 30 Malaysian players, JANGAN TAKUT LAWAN!    

Tarakan Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship Update 2

It is now past 3 o'clock of Tuesday, 14th June 2011.

The third round of the 12th Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship will start in less than one hour. So, what is the update? Let's check it out.

For the Malaysian team in boys sections, Under 8 and Under 14 have a good start. Two players have perfect 2 points score. The Malaysian boys teams score 5/6 and 4.5/6 points respectively for 3-player team medals. The Malaysian sole representative in Boys U10 also have a good start after winning both his rounds. Unfortunately, he will not get the team medal because need two team mates to make a team.

In the girls division, Under 10 and Under 14 categories have promising start when Malaysia have two players 

among the leading pack. Unfortunately, in both categories they have to face each other. The Malaysian third player needs to win the third rounds this afternoon to help Malaysia win the team medals. 

Statistically, the Malaysian boys have scored 9 wins, 4 defeats and 1 draw. While the girls have scored 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Nine players thus far win the first two rounds. Keep it up. To the four players who have yet win a game, DO NOT GIVE UP! PUT YOUR BEST FIGHTS UNTIL THE LAST ROUND. YOU CAN WIN FOR SURE! GiLoCatur hopes the Malaysian contingent will have the most wins in the third round. YAKIN BOLEH, BISA MENANG! SELAMAT BERJUANG KEPADA SEMUA PEMAIN-PEMAIN CATUR MALAYSIA!

14th June 2011, 3.05 pm

Tarakan Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship Update 1

The first round of the Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship currently being held in Tarakan Island, Indonesia had completed yesterday (Monday, 13/06/2011) morning. The second round supposed to be played in the afternoon at 4 o'clock is postponed to the second day. So, how's the results?

For the Malaysian boys, the results is 6 wins, 7 defeats and 1 draw. While it is 9 wins, 5 defeats and 2 draws for the Malaysian girl players. So, statistically half of the team won in the first round. Hopefully, there would be more wins in the second round. At least two thirds. MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Click here to view the full results of all the Malaysian players. 

Nabila Will Meet Medina In The First Round

Medina (left) versus Nur Nabila (right)

photo from : http://achoox.wordpress.com

[ The result is a draw. A commendable result in GiLoCatur's opinion. So, who is Nabila's next opponent? An Indonesian player named Chkartina Gerhana who has FIDE ratings of 2082. A tough opponent for Nabila GiLoCatur believes because Chkartina won the Highest Placed Female and Best FIDE Performance U2200 in last year Hastings Masters. She also earned her WIM norm in the tournament. 

Below are her two games in the tournament.

[Event "Hastings Masters 2010-11"]

[Site "Hastings ENG"]

[Date "2010.12.29"]

[Round "2.20"]

[White "Chkartina, Gerhana"]

[Black "Prosviriakov, Vladimir"]

[Result "0-1"]

[BlackTitle "IM"]

[WhiteElo "2014"]

[BlackElo "2280"]

[ECO "A40"]

[Opening "Queen's pawn"]

[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]

[WhiteFideId "7101511"]

[BlackFideId "2004860"]

[EventDate "2010.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 d6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Be8 15. Nd2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. f3 Rac8 18. Nb3 Kh8 19. Na5 d5 20. Qb3 d4 21. exd4 exd4 22. Bd3 b6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rhe1 Ne5 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. f4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxa7 Rc2 30. Qe7 Qc6 31. Qb4 Rc4 32. Qd2 Qa4 33. Qd3 Qb5 34.Re5 Qc6 35. Rxf5 b5 36. Re5 b4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Re2 Rc4 39. Ree1 Qa6 40.Rd2 Ra8 41. Qa3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2010-11"]

[Site "Hastings ENG"]

[Date "2010.12.30"]

[Round "3.27"]

[White "Spence, David J"]

[Black "Chkartina, Gerhana"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2237"]

[BlackElo "2014"]

[ECO "B07"]

[Opening "Pirc"]

[Variation "Byrne variation"]

[WhiteFideId "407429"]

[BlackFideId "7101511"]

[EventDate "2010.12.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O 

c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. e5 Ng4 14. e6 f5 15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Bg3 Qxe6 19. Nf4 Qc6 20. Be2 e5 21. Bf3 e4 22.Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qd2 g5 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Rfe1 Bf5 27. h3 gxh3 28.gxh3 Bxh3 29. Bh2 Rae8 30. Ng3 e3 31. fxe3 dxe3 32. Rf1 Rf2 33. Rxf2 exf2+ 34. Qxf2 Bd4 0-1

updated at midnite, 13/06/2011 ]

The rivalry between Nabila and Medina from Indonesia who both play in the Girls U20 category will start immediately in the first round in the 12th Asean+ Age Group Chess Championship. Two years ago in Vietnam, Medina emerged champion in the 10th edition. During then they played in the Girls U12 category. Medina defeated Nabila in the sixth round playing white.  Last year in Subic Philipppines, Nabila did not take part while Medina began to play in the Girls U20 division. 

Below is their game two years ago. Surely, their games mature and improve further. GiLoCatur hopes both of them will become the chess icons in future and the proud chess players of their respective countries and the South East Asia region.

[Event "GIRLS 12"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2009.06.10"]

[Round "6.1"]

[White "Medina, Warda Aulia"]

[Black "Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B22"]

[PlyCount "105"]

[EventDate "2009.06.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. h3 Qd8 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. Nbxd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bf3 O-O 19. b3 Rac8 20.c4 b5 21. Bb7 Rc7 22. Bxa6 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne4 24. O-O Nd6 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. a4 Rcd7 27.Bxd6 Bxd6 28. g3 Bb4 29. Be2 Rd2 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Kf8 33.Kf3 Ke7 34. Ke4 Kd6 35. f4 f5+ 36. Kd4 g6 37. Ke3 Ba5 38. g4 Bb4 39. Bc2 Ba5 40. Bd1 Bb4 41. g5 Ba5 42. h4 Kc5 43. h5 Kb4 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bh5 Kxb3 46.Bxg6 Kc4 47. Bf7 Kd5 48. Kd3 Bd8 49. g6 Bf6 50. a5 Kc5 51. Bxe6 Kb5 52.Bxf5 Kxa5 53. Ke4 1-0

So, who will win? Let's wait for their match to complete. Their battle just began. 

Go to https://aneeseterritory.blogspot.com/ if you want to know on the Girls U14 category.

First Round Girls U14 - https://aneeseterritory.blogspot.com/2011/06/pairing-pusingan-pertama-kategori-g14.html

Second Round Girls U14 - https://aneeseterritory.blogspot.com/2011/06/pairing-pusingan-kedua-kategori-g14.html

Malaysian Chess Contingent Took Off To Tarakan This Morning

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

The Malaysian chess contingent of 30 players including GiLoCatur's daughter, Anis Fariha, and 14 accompanying adults had took off to Tarakan Island, Indonesia this morning. The players will take part in 11 different categories and three types of tournament - standard, rapid and blitz. NM Lim Zhou Ren or simply LZR, the reigning national men champion, is leading the Malaysian players. He will participate in the Open Under 20 category. Meanwhile, the reigning national women champion, WNM Nur Nabila who emerged P15 (Under 15 Girls) Individual champion in the recently concluded MSSM Chess Competition will lead the Malaysian girls. She will play in the Girls Under 20 category.     

All the best to every Malaysian player! Make Malaysia and your parents proud! At the writing time, the Malaysian delegation had just landed in Balik Papan before embarking the flight to Tarakan at around 8.00pm.