UPSI Chess Open - FLASHBACK!

GiLoCatur in front of UPSI main entrance

Insya Allah, this weekend GiLoCatur and family will drive to Tanjung Malim in where UPSI, a teacher university is located. During this weekend, UPSI Chess Club would be organizing its third chess open tournament. The format would be G/60 (60 minute time control) 7-round Swiss System during two days - Saturday and Sunday.

Last year, GiLoCatur with Fikri, eldest son, and Anis Fariha, the only daughter, also participated in the UPSI chess open held on 25th and 26th October 2008. Both GiLoCatur's children were playing in the Under 12 school category while GiLoCatur was playing in the Open section. But this year, GiLoCatur most probably will not participate because want to focus on the children and doing coverage for the event. Fikri will enter the secondary school (U18) category while his younger sister, Anis Fariha, will play in the primary (U12) school category. Their youngest brother, Fahim Al-Faqeh (7 years old), may join Anis.

UPSI's BITARASISWA, the venue of the tournament.

Some of the chess players participated in the 2nd UPSI Chess Open last year.

Would Ian Udani defend his title this year? GiLoCatur is pretty sure Ian would defend it. But GiLoCatur believes his contenders and opponents would be much tougher this year. The prize money is the same as last year, RM 1,000. Would IM Mas play? FM Mok? FM Nicholas Chan? Let's see!

Players and Parents during the closing and prize-giving ceremony.

SYEDCHESS (redshirt) of http://syedchess.blogspot.com/, also came down all the way from Kedah and participated in the tournament last year. How about this year? Would he come down and play?

Nice trophies last year.

Hampers for lucky draw. This year there would be 10 lucky draws.

The entries of last year's UPSI Chess Open.

First Entry

Second Entry

So, see you all at UPSI Chess Open this weekend folks!

UPSI Chess Open - 24 & 25 October 2009

UPSI (UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS) CHESS OPEN 2009

Date : 24 (SATURDAY) & 25 (SUNDAY) OCTOBER 2009

Time : 8.00am - 6.00pm

Venue : BITARA SISWA, UPSI

Organizer : UPSI Chess Club with MoHE (Ministry of Higher Education)

Format : G/60 (60 minute time control), 7-round Swiss System

Main Categories : Open, Secondary School (Under 18), Primary School (Under 12)

Fees : Open (RM25), School children (RM15), UPSI (RM10)

Game Schedule

Prizes

The registration deadline (closing date) >>> 20/10/2009 <<<.

Extra Prizes :

RM50 + Medal for each of the following

• Best Teacher
• Best Lady
• Best Veteran (> 45 years old)
• Best Rating Under 1700 (1601 - 1700)
• Best Rating Under 1600 (1501 - 1600)
• Best Rating Under 1500
• Best UPSI staff
• Best UPSI Alumni

More prizes

• Best 3 IPTA/IPTS (1. RM150 + medal, 2. RM100 + medal, 3. RM50 + medal)
• Best 10 UPSI
• Best 5 UPSI Lady
• Best 3 UPSI Chess Club

The total money prize >>> RM 6,000 <<<.

1. SEMUA PESERTA AKAN DIBERI SIJIL PENYERTAAN
2. 10 CABUTAN BERTUAH UNTUK DIMENANGI!!
3. PENYERTAAN TERHAD KEPADA 200 PESERTA SAHAJA. PENYERTAAN SELEPAS TARIKH TUTUP AKAN DIKENAKAN DENDA RM 5

Tournament entry fees must be paid on registration days.

For further details call:

• SHARIL IZAM BIN MUARA 013-4608173
• email : tk_sixteen88@yahoo.com
• ERNA 013-4608169
• Fax 05-4585137

Accomodation at Tanjung Malim

Hotel Sahara Inn

1B, 1st Floor, Jln Bahtera 1A, 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak

05-459 5999

Twin Star Hotel

74A, Jln Intan Setia, 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak

05-459 8889

Hotel Bunga Raya

No. 77, Jln Durian 1, 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak

05-459 4388

Hotel Anggerik Desa Sdn Bhd

No. 4, 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak

05-459 9118

Hotel Cahaya

No. 5, Jln Cahaya, 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak

05-458 4331

The Final Results for This Weekend Chess Tournaments

Deepavali Rapid Chess 

Muhd Nabil Azman has dashed 2008 MSSM U18 Individual champion, Lim Zhou Ren, hope to win the Deepavali Rapid Chess. Nabil, the U15 Selangor state player, scored 8 and 1/2 points out of 10 rounds. He was ahead of the the first runner up by half point. In the third place is Muhd Syakir Shazmeer, Nabil's U15 teammate, with 7 and 1/2 points. Stonemaster and Jax Tham, both tied with 7 points, are fourth and fifth placings respectively. Congratulation! to all the winners.

More stories and pictures of Deepavali Rapid Chess can be viewed at  http://fireyrook.blogspot.com/.

UiTM Dungun Open 

In the Masters category, Mohd Khair won 5 games and drew the other 2 to win the UiTM Dungun Open. He is ahead by one point to the first and second runner up, Ruzenan Abu Bakar and Suhaidi Mustafa, respectively. Below is the final cross table.

Below is the final crosstable for the Open category. It is encouraging to see that three Under 12 players are among the top 5. Muhd D'zafrul Haziq, a high schooler won his first six rounds and drew the last one to be on the top of the table.Terengganu state U12 player, Siti Khadijah Sabirin, showed her prowess by being second. Her only defeat was to the leader in the sixth round. Below is the top 20 final crosstable. Tahniah! to all the winners.

Chess Tournaments This Weekend

There are two chess tournaments held this weekend. One is Deepavali Rapid Chess Tournament organized by Jax Tham and another is UiTM Dungun Open. GiLoCatur and children are not participating in either of the tournaments.

1) Deepavali Rapid Chess

Format : G/20 (20 minute time control)

System : 10 Rounds Swiss

Venue : OUG Excel Chess Academy

About 48 chess players are participating in the two-day Deepavali Rapid Chess. After Day 1 and 6 rounds completed, Lim Zhou Ren led the pack with the perfect 6 wins. He is followed by Perakian youngster, Mark Siew, who had 5 wins. Can Lim Zhou Ren win all his rounds to be the champion??

2) UiTM Dungun Chess Open
Format : G/45 (45 minute time control)
System : 7 Rounds Swiss
Category : Masters, Open
Venue : Block 8, UiTM Dungun Terengganu

78 chess players of all different ages are participating in the UiTM Dungun Open - 18 of them in Masters category and the other 60 players in Open category. After Round 4 in Day 1 of the tournament, Mohd Khair Wahiddudin (who onced beat GiLoCatur in UPSI Open), led the tournament with 3 wins and a draw. He shared the lead with Ab Khalid Musa. In the fourth round, Khair defeated Ruzenan Abu Bakar who was the only player scored the perfect 3 wins. Whereas Ab Khalid won againts Muhammad Arshad. Can Khair continue his fine performance to win the Masters category of the UiTM Dungun Open. Check out for the latest update.

Do You Know?

GiLoCatur found an interesting statistic from "Kosmo", one of Malaysian daily newspapers today. It's about the number of school children and teachers.


Do we Malaysians know how many schools there are in Malaysia? 


The answer is 9,844 which consist of 7,655 primary schools and 2,189 secondary schools.


How about the number of pupils? 


As of 31st January 2009, there are 3,111,948 elementary pupils and 2,304,976. In total, 5,416,924. Quite a number eh! 


The big question is, can't we have even one chess GrandMaster (GM) or Woman GrandMaster (WGM) out of such number?  


Every year about 300 (24 x 14 states) of them are participating in MSSM chess competition. Hundreds and thounsands are participating in both state and district levels. Do they just participate and play chess just to get certification for their curriculum?


As many may agree, teachers have very important role in nurturing their students to excel in any sports including chess. Do you know how many teachers do we have in this country?


The number of teachers in primary schools :


67,947 (male) + 151,819 (female) = 219,766

The number of teachers in secondary schools :

53,825 (male) + 112,440 (female) = 166,265

So, in total 121,772 (male) + 264,259 (female) = 386,031 teachers.

Is the excellence in sports lacking due to the fact that more female teachers than male? 

Or is it due to more focus and priority to academic results? 

      

How to make chess be part of our children's life? Most agree that chess is very good and benefitial to them.     


Let's think about it! Let's contribute to the "betterment" of chess among our Malaysian school children.

UiTM Dungun G/45 Chess Tournament

UiTM Dungun, Terengganu

(from http://terengganu.uitm.edu.my)

Good news for east coast chess players.


There would be a chess tournament held at UiTM Dungun on 17th and 18th October. There are two categories - Masters category for the invited players only and Open category. The prize is not bad, RM 500 and RM 200 for the champion each category. 


The format would be 7-round swiss system and 45-minute time control or simply G/45. 


Below are the details.

double click at the above picture for larger view.

2009 Johore Closed - The Results

Below is the results for the Johore Chess Closed held during last weekend.


                                                            State   Score   Prize
Champion        Mike Palma Angelo       Phi     6       RM200
Runner-up        Herman Rahman           Joh     4.5     RM150
Thrid                N. Renita                      Joh     4.5     RM100
Fourth              Mohd Awuas                Joh     4       RM80
Fifth                 Marzuki Yaccob           Joh     4       RM50
Sixth                Shamri bin Sewan         Joh     3.5     RM40
Seventh           Mohd Zullghafari           Joh     3.5     RM40
Eighth              Shahreza Amini             Joh     3.5     RM40

Best Lady        Seri Aisyah                   Joh     3       RM50

Best Junior      Ng Hong Yuan              Joh     3.5     RM50

the 2nd IIUM Chess Open POSTPONED!

On behalf of the organizer, GiLoCatur would like to announce that the 2nd IIUM Chess Open scheduled on 17th and 18th October will be postponed to 1st November 2009 (Sunday).

 The registration closing date is 29th October 2009. 

The details of the tournament can be viewed here.

First Friday Classical Chess - October

The above are the final results and cross table for the First Friday Classical Chess for the month of October held this weekend. Thirteen players had participated where eight of them are Under 12. Congratulation for the winners and also to the organizer for the quality tournament. 

MR Latiff SIFU.mycatur is Being Warded For Mild Stroke

GiLoCatur received a SMS this morning from Mr Latif aka SIFU.mycatur of http://sifumycatur.blogspot.com/  telling that the International Arbiter (IA) is being warded at GHKL (KL General Hospital) - Room 15 Ward 21 after having mild stroke. He is recovering now according to his message.

GiLoCatur is wishing Mr SIFU to get well and have a good rest. We surely will miss him in the chess circle.