UM-KPT 2016 Chess Championship

Today, Friday 16/12/2016, the 2nd Edition of UM-IPT or UM-KPT Chess Championship began its first three rounds. Unlike the first Edition where there were seven rounds, this year Edition there are nine rounds. 

UM-KPT Chess Championship 2016

Fikri is taking part for the second time in this tournament. Last year the tournament was held from 13th until 15th November where Fikri was celebrating his 19th birthday on the first day of the tournament. Meanwhile, this year the tournament is held in mid December from 16th until 18th.

Follow the results of this chess tournament at http://chess-results.com/tnr253610.aspx?lan=1

If you want to know the results for the first edition, go to http://www.chess-results.com/tnr194782.aspx?lan=1

GiLoCatur has yet been at the tournament venue. Therefore, no pictures to share in this blog for the moment. GiLoCatur would like to share several pictures during last year edition. All the pictures are from MUICC UiTM facebook. 

Photo 1 - wan azmie (left) vs ali chor (right)

Photo 2 - Fikri and Nur Nabila (Top Seed this year)

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Last year Chan Sheng Yip emerged Top scoring 6.5/7 points. In this year edition, he is not taking part. Who will emerge Top in the second edition this year? Let's wait and see. 

CIU - 2015 UM-IPT Chess Championship

Sunday, 15/11/2015

By 4.00 PM today, the UM-IPT chess championship had completed its final round. Seventy six young chess players including GiLoCatur's eldest child, Fikri, from several local higher learning institutions had taken part in the three-day chess tournament. The seven-round championship had been held at UM Arena.

venue of the tournament

In the championship, both Women and Men are playing in one category. But the winners are separate for Women and Men category respectively. 

So, who are the winners? 

Top 20 Final Ranking - Women

Top 20 Final Ranking - Men

In the Men's category, Chan Sheng Yip of Sunway University lives up to its numero uno seeding. He won all his games except the fifth round where he drew with Nur Nabila Azman Hisham of UiTM, the top seed of in the Women section. Meanwhile, Faeznor Razali (UIA) and Mohd Ali Chor (UiTM) won the First and Second Runner Up respectively. The former edged UiTM player, Wan Mohd Azmie Wan Abd Rahim in the final round while the latter could not win against Sheng Yip.

In the Women's category, both Alia Anin Azwa Bakri of UM and Nur Nabila Azman Hisham of UiTM had the same point ie 5.5/7. The former lost once to Sheng Yip while the latter lost once to university team mate, Mohd Ali Chor. Since Alia has better tie-break, she was placed First in the Women Final Ranking. Thus, Nabila was placed second. The third place went to Najihah Mohd Saufi from UiTM scoring 4.5/7 points from 4 wins and one draw.

Top 20 Final Ranking from chess-results.com

Photo Gallery

Below are several photos GiLoCatur took using lenovo handphone during the tournament.

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Congratulation to all the podium winners!

(note: GiLoCatur does not have the photos of the winners receiving prizes since missing the prize giving ceremony.)

CIU - UM-IPT 2015 FIDE-rated Chess Tournament

2015 KARISMA Chess Championship had just ended today. The champions and the winners had been crowned. GiLoCatur will update later about this.

GiLoCatur would like to share a chess tournament organized by a University and KPM for the students of Malaysian Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) which include both private and public universities, community colleges, polytechnics and other colleges.

The tournament is by invitation and will be held from 13th to 15th November 2015. Before writing further, GiLoCatur would like to seek a thousands of apologies from Dr Ng Siew Cheok of Universiti Malaya for forgetting to publish early about this tournament. 

Dr Siew Cheok had emailed GiLoCatur the details and entry form of the tournament 13 days ago. GiLoCatur praises and salutes this effort by UM Sports Center for organizing the tournament to provide a FIDE-rated standard time control tournament for chess players from local Institution of Higher Learning. 

Below are the details of the tournament:

Introduction & Eligibility

Eligibility continues

Date, Venue, Format, Time Control & Fees

The schedule from 13th to 15th Nov 2015

Info on Tie-Break

The Prizes

ENQUIRIES AND CONTACT:

For further enquiries, please send an email to Dr. Ng Siew Cheok (siewcng@um.edu.my) or contact Mrs. Nurfadhilah at 03-79676980 (diylladania@um.edu.my).

    
     IMPORTANT DATES:

     26/10/2015 (before)  - Entry Form Submission
   
     29/10/2015  - Invitation

      3/11/2015 (before)  - Accept Invitation

      6/11/2015  - Invitation to KIV List

     13 to 15/11/2015  - Tournament days


Legend : CIU = Chess In University