MSSD Petaling Perdana U12 Team Winners

6th Feb 2013, Shah Alam - The Petaling Perdana District chess competition for the primary school i.e. Under 12 had ended yesterday. Nearly 250 primary school pupils took part in the scholastic chess tournament being held at the hall of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Seksyen 9.  

Fahim, GiLoCatur's youngest child, also took part representing his school, SK Bukit Jelutong. Alhamdulillah, he was among the winners who received the medals from the Petaling Perdana education district officer. 

Below are the photos of the winners for the team category.

the Boys section

4th place - SK Seksyen 9 A

2nd Runner Up - Sri Kuala Lumpur A

1st Runner Up - SK Subang Jaya A

The champion - SK Bukit Jelutong A
(Fahim standing second from right)

the Girls section

4th place - SK Sri Serdang B

3rd place- SK Seksyen 9 A

2nd place - SK Sri Serdang A

The gold medal winner - SK Bukit Jelutong A

SK Bukit Jelutong had won the gold medal or emerged as champion in three out of four categories. It won both the team events - the Boys and the Girls. Its third gold medal was won in the Individual Boys category. The Individual Girls gold medal was won by SK Subang Jaya. 

GiLoCatur observed that the quality of the tournament has improved  drastically since more schools are serious about the championship. GiLoCatur noticed the presence of more chess coaches. If a couple years ago, an American guy could be seen among the parents and coaches, this time around GiLoCatur met an another American guy. The new American guy made his debut appearance and attendance accompanying his pupils of the Kingsley International school who took part in the MSSD chess championship for the first time.

Well done and tahniah to all the winners. Salute to all the accompanying teachers who take care and be patient with their energetic and active young chess players.  See you again in next year edition. 

MSSD Petaling Perdana (Primary School) Chess Championship

SHAH ALAM - MSSD chess competition for primary school (Under 12) category for Petaling Perdana district started yesterday on Monday. For many years SK Seksyen 9 has been the host. There are two sections as usual which are the Boys and the Girls. The number of players take part this year are 156 in the Boys section and 86 in the Girls section. GiLoCatur's youngest child, Fahim Al-Faqeh, represents his school, SK Bukit Jelutong, in the Boys section. The secondary school category, both Under 15 and Under 18, was held last week.

For information, there are ten (10) districts in Selangor MSS. Petaling Perdana district is one of the biggest in Selangor. Actually, Petaling Perdana was part of Petaling district, while Petaling Utama was the other one. The   MSSD chess championship is a bit early this year because the national-level MSSM will be held in March instead in June as usual. Several districts have carried out their championships while few others will conduct theirs soon. MSSD Kuala Selangor will start its championship today. For Kuala Selangor district, both primary and secondary school categories will be held concurrently. GiLoCatur's only daughter, Anis Fariha, will represent her school in the event.  

Four rounds had completed in the first day of the MSSD Petaling Perdana championship. Another four rounds will be held today.  Good luck to all the participants especially to Fahim and his school chess team. Below are several photos of the MSSD PP chess championship snapped using Nikon L14 digital camera.

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INSOFAR Elite Junior Tournament - The Results

Insofar Elite Junior Chess Open held last Sunday had attracted 18 participants. Daniel Iskandar who was the third seed emerged the champion after beating the top seed in the final fifth round. No one scored the perfect 5/5 score since the top three seeds were beating each other.

Below are the final results.

The results of Insofar Invitational Tourney - 1st Round

Below are the results of the first round Insofar Invitational Tournament held in PKNS, Shah Alam.

INSOFAR INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT 2010
Result-ROUND 1 Friday 15th Jan.2010

Table 1-KAMALUDDIN YUSOF(ELO 2166) - ZAFRAN NOR HASHIM 1 - 0

Table 2-MOHAMED ISMAIL - NIK AHMAD FARAOQI(ELO 2092) 0.5 - 0.5

Table 3-RAZALI HAMZAH(1675) - AFIQ MOHD JAMIL 1 - 0

Table 4-ARIF MOHD JAMIL - MAT ZAKI YEOP(ELO 1655) 0 - 1

Table 5-SYAZRIN ABD RAHMAN(ELO 1528) - MOHD FIRDAUS AHMAD JOHARI 0 - 1

Table 6- M.IHSAN SYAHIRAN NAJIB - YUNUS AB RASIB 0.5 - 0.5

Table 7-IZZANUDDIN IRMAN - M.IRFAN RENDRAWAN NAJIB 0.5 - 0.5

Table 8-SAHIR SARIFDIN - NUR FAQIHAH AMINUDDIN 1 - 0