MASUM 2016 - Part 1 (Top 10 Starting Rank)

Nampaknya sungguh banyak acara sukan yang berlansung dalam bulan Ogos ini. Kejohanan Catur MSSM baru sahaja selesai beberapa hari yang lalu. Kejohanan ini dalam radar GiLoCatur kerana ia merupakan peringkat tertinggi iaitu peringkat kebangsaan di mana anak-anak GiLoCatur, Alhamdulillah, sertai bermula dari tahun 2009.  Selain itu, Sukan Olimpik yang diadakan setiap empat tahun sekali sudah sampai ke penghujungnya dengan Malaysia mendapat pencapaian terbaik dengan empat (4) pingat Perak dan satu (1) pingat Gangsa. GiLoCatur agak terkilan kerana Malaysia masih belum berjaya mendapat pingat Emas sulung dalam Sukan Olimpik walaupun mendapat tiga peluang keemasan.

Esok pusingan Pertama Kejohanan Catur MASUM akan bermula di UnisZA. Acara sukan ini juga mendapat perhatian GiLoCatur kerana disertai oleh dua orang anak GiLoCatur iaitu Fikri dan Anis.

Senarai nama peserta Kejohanan Catur MASUM telah pun dipublish di chess-results.com.

LELAKI

Seperti yang pernah GiLoCatur tulis sebelum ini, Kejohanan MASUM adalah satu kejohanan di antara universiti-universiti ie institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) di Malaysia. Fasa kedua yang melibatkan lapan (8) jenis sukan termasuk catur dijadualkan dari 20 hingga 27 Ogos 2016 di Terengganu. 

Berikut adalah senarai Top 10 Starting Rank bagi acara Lelaki.

kategori Lelaki
klik di sini untuk senarai penuh

Dengan rating 1906, Nabil Azman yang mewakili pasukan UiTM merupakan pemain teratas dalam senarai Starting Rank bagi kategori Lelaki. Tiga orang rakan pasukannya juga berada dalam senarai 10 Teratas iaitu Ali Chor di tempat Kedua, Fikri di tempat Kelima dan Hazaffri di tempat Kelapan. Pemain-pemain pasukan UiTM ini bakal dicabar pemain-pemain seperti Jun Feng (Ketiga) dan Amin Mohd Noor (Keempat). Kedua-dua pemain ini mewakili pasukan UKM.

PEREMPUAN

Berikut adalah senarai Top 10 Starting Rank bagi acara Perempuan.

kategori Perempuan
klik di sini untuk senarai penuh

Nabila Azman dari Pasukan UiTM merupakan pemain di senarai Teratas dengan rating 1866. Nabila sudah tidak asing lagi di kalangan komuniti catur Malaysia kerana telah mendominasi kejohanan catur MSSM. Nabila bakal dicabar oleh rakan sepasukan catur Olimpiad Malaysia, Alia yang mewakili pasukan UM. Dengan rating 1849, Alia di tempat Kedua 10 Senarai Teratas bagi kategori Perempuan. 

Mengikut pengamatan GiLoCatur, jika pasukan UKM merupakan pencabar utama dalam kategori Lelaki, pasukan UiTM yang diketuai Nabila bakal mendapat tentangan sengit dari pasukan UPM yang diketuai oleh Ruby Kwan (tempat Ketiga) dan Pavitranayagi (tempat Kelima) selain pasukan UM dan pasukan UIA yang diketuai oleh Nurul Najmi (tempat Keempat).

Memang tidak dinafikan, sukan catur membabitkan penglibatan ahli keluarga. Dalam Kejohanan Catur MASUM edisi kali ini, di antara fakta-fakta menarik yang berkenaan adalah seperti berikut.

Pasangan adik beradik Azman iaitu Nabil dan Nabila dari Pasukan UiTM mengetuai Senarai Teratas. Selain mereka, pasukan UiTM juga diwakili satu lagi pasangan adik beradik iaitu pasangan adik beradik Saleh, Fikri dan Anis. Malah coach mereka, Nor Azmi disertai oleh anak lelakinya Mubin (tempat Ketujuh) yang mewakili pasukan Universiti Malaysia Perlis. Begitulah uniknya sukan catur yang merapatkan hubungan kekeluargaan dan juga persahabatan.

Semenjak GiLoCatur mengikuti secara dekat Kejohanan Catur MSSM dari 2009 hingga sekarang, pemain-pemain berikut telah dirakam dalam lensa GiLoCatur. Mereka yang sebelum ini telah mewarnai Kejohanan Catur MSSM sewaktu zaman persekolahan, bakal mewarnai pula Kejohanan Catur MASUM 2016 bersama lain-lain peserta.

ALL THE BEST kepada semua peserta Kejohanan Catur MASUM 2016. Semoga maju sukan catur terutamanya di peringkat universiti Malaysia.

Alia - MSSM 2011

Nabil- MSSM 2011

Nabila MSSM 2011

Fikri- MSSM 2012

Jun Feng- MSSM 2012

Fikri & Jun Feng - MSSM 2012

Pavitranayagi - MSSM 2012

Anis Fariha - MSSM 2015

MSSM 2016 - Part 3 (Pairings Pusingan Pertama Acara Berpasukan)

Berikut adalah pairings bagi Pusingan Pertama yang akan berlansung esok pagi untuk acara Berpasukan.

L12 Berpasukan

Lelaki Bawah 12 Tahun

L15 Berpasukan

Lelaki Bawah 15 Tahun

L18 Berpasukan

Lelaki Bawah 18 Tahun

P12 Berpasukan

Perempuan Bawah 12 Tahun

P15 Berpasukan

Perempuan Bawah 15 Tahun

P18 Berpasukan

Perempuan Bawah 18 Tahun

MSSM 2016 - Part 2 (Pairings Pusingan Pertama Kategori Individu)

Berikut adalah pairing bagi kategori Individu untuk Pusingan Pertama Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2016.

L12 Individu

Lelaki Bawah 12

L15 Individu

Lelaki Bawah 15

L18 Individu

Lelaki Bawah 18

P12 Individu

Perempuan Bawah 12

P15 Individu

Perempuan Bawah 15

P18 Individu

Perempuan Bawah 18

MSSM 2016 - Part 1

Salam sejahtera kepada semua pelawat Blog GiLoCatur.

Bahang Kejohanan Catur MSSM Edisi 2016 sudah mula terasa. GiLoCatur yakin semua pasukan telah pun berada di bumi Serambi Mekah iaitu Kelantan. GiLoCatur juga yakin edisi kali ini kualiti permainan semakin meningkat. Ini adalah kerana tahap dan mutu latihan semakin meningkat. Penglibatan jurulatih semakin banyak. Pemain-pemain catur semakin ramai yang memiliki jurulatih peribadi.

GiLoCatur yakin ramai ibubapa yang dahagakan info dan perkembangan terkini tentang Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2016 ini terutamanya kepada mereka yang tidak dapat turun ke Kelantan. GiLoCatur akan cuba memberikan update terkini bagi memenuhi hajat para ibu bapa tersebut.

Banner 1  MSSM 2016
photo credit to Hafiz AB Chess Putraja fb

Banner 2  MSSM 2016
photo credit to Hafiz AB Chess Putraja fb

Seperti info dalam banner di atas, secara rasminya kejohanan dijadualkan dari hari ini Sabtu, 13/8/2016 sehingga hari Rabu, 17/8/2016. Para pemain akan bertanding di Dewan Keusahawanan Universiti Malaysia Kelantan yang terletak di Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan.

Untuk info bagi ibubapa yang masih baru dengan Kejohanan Catur MSSM ini, sebanyak enam (6) kategori dipertandingkan iaitu Bawah 12 Tahun (B12), Bawah 15 Tahun (B15) dan Bawah 18 Tahun (B18), Lelaki dan Perempuan untuk setiap kategori peringkat umur. Terdapat dua kategori permainan iaitu Individu dan Berpasukan. Setiap pasukan negeri dibenarkan menghantar dua (2) orang pemain bagi setiap enam (6) kategori peringkat umur untuk kategori permainan Individu, manakala untuk kategori permainan Berpasukan pula, setiap pasukan negeri akan menghantar satu pasukan dengan dianggotai empat (4) pemain.  

Ini bermakna terdapat dua belas (12) pingat Emas yang menjadi rebutan. Melihat kepada statistik di kejohanan-kejohanan edisi lalu terutamanya sejak GiLoCatur terlibat iaitu bermula dengan edisi tahun 2009 di Selangor, pungutan pingat Emas ini menjadi saingan tiga buah negeri iaitu Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (WPKL), Selangor dan Pulau Pinang. 

Kenyataan ini bersandarkan statistik pingat seperti di bawah yang dimenangi oleh ketiga-tiga negeri yang dinyatakan di atas. Hanya lapan (8) pingat Emas yang mampu dimenangi oleh negeri-negeri selain WPKL, Pulau Pinang dan Selangor.

Statistik Kemenangan Pingat 3 Negeri
Edisi 2010 - 2015

Salah satu kategori yang menarik minat GiLoCatur adalah kategori Lelaki Bawah 18 Tahun (L18) Berpasukan. Sila klik entry ini untuk ketahui analisa GiLoCatur ke atas kategori ini. Pasukan L18 WPKL telah mendominasi kategori ini sejak edisi 2012 di Kuala Terengganu. Pasukan L18 Pulau Pinang dan Selangor telah memberi cabaran sengit. Mampukah Pasukan L18 WPKL meneruskan tradisi kemenangan mereka?   

Medal Tally L18 Berpasukan
Edisi 2010 - 2015

Seingat GiLoCatur, Negeri Selangor telah menggungguli Juara Keseluruhan (yang ditentukan dengan pungutan mata, bukan dengan pungutan pingat) selama enam tahun berturut-turut dari 2009 sehingga 2014. Pada edisi tahun lepas, Negeri Pulau Pinang telah memintas Negeri Selangor gelaran Juara Keseluruhan ini.

Berjayakan pasukan Pulau Pinang mempertahankan gelaran ini pada tahun ini? Atau mampukah pasukan Selangor merampas kembali gelaran tersebut? Atau mungkin pasukan-pasukan negeri lain seperti WPKL atau pasukan tuan rumah, Kelantan, yang akan dinobatkan sebagai Juara keseluruhan ini? 

Berikut adalah jadual pertandingan Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2016.

Jadual Kejohanan

SELAMAT BERTANDING kepada semua atlit-atlit sukan catur di Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2016!

BAKU Chess Olympiad 2016 Countdown

Tuesday, 9/8/2016

It is about 22 days and 19 hours before the Chess Olympiad 2016 will begin. It will be the 42nd edition. The most prestigious biannual chess tournament will be held in BAKU, the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 

Countdown

the Open Category

Let's take a look at the favourite country teams in the Open category. Russia whic is led by Vladimir Kramnik is on the Top spot with average ELO rating of 2760. Team USA is second with average ELO rating of 2740 which include Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. The host country, Azerbaijan, is at the fourth starting rank with average ELO rating of 2705. Among the players in the host country team are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Teimour Radjabov.

Is the reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, taking part in the Chess Olympiad 2016? The answer is Yes.

the Top 7 Starting Teams

Malaysia

Let's take a look at the Malaysian team as well as four other ASEAN countries namely Vietnam, The Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia.

Both Li Tian and Mas Hafizulhelmi are not in the list even though both are qualified through the Malaysian Masters selection. GiLoCatur believes Li Tian does not take part due to SPM examination. Both of them are replaced by Mok Tze-Meng and Mohd Kamal Abdullah. The Malaysian team which is captained by Greg Lau has the average ELO rating of 2200.

Malaysia

Vietnam

The Vietnamese team is led by its Top 2 chess players - Le Quang Liem abd Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. Having average ELO rating of 2545, Vietnam is the highest ASEAN country in the starting rank.

Vietnam

the Philippines

Julio Catalino Sadorra, the top player in the latest Philippines FIDE rating list, is leading the Filipino team. Asia's first Grandmaster, Eugenio Torre is also in the team's list as well as the young IM of Paulo Bersamina. The average ELO rating of this team is 2464, the second top ASEAN country in the starting rank.

Philippines

Singapore

With average ELO rating of 2417, Singapore is represented by one Grandmaster and three International Masters. 

Singapore

Indonesia

It is quite surprising to know that the Indonesian top chess player (active), Susanto Megaranto is not in the team list. Instead, Utut Adianto is leading the Indonesian team. Actually, Utut is still the top-rank Indonesian chess player, just that he is inactive in the FIDE rating list. The average ELO rating of the Indonesian team is just 70 above the Malaysian's which is 2270. The obvious reason is because its fifth player is rated 1759.

Indonesia

How these five ASEAN countries fared in the last Chess Olympiad?

Vietnam was at 27th place with 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Indonesia placed 43rd with 6 wins, one draw and 4 defeats. Meanwhile, The Philippines was 46th after scoring 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. At 57th place was Singapore recording similar results - 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats,   with The Philippines.  

With 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats, Malaysia was ranked 72nd out of 172 teams in the Open category.

.. to continue with the Women category ..

the Women Category

NEVER EVER GIVE UP!

To be a champion one must never give up. To be a winner one must never easily quit.

GiLoCatur is so touch with the NEVER GIVE UP spirit and SHEER DETERMINATION attitude of a Kenyan runner named Hyvon Ngetic during Austin Marathon 2015. 

Hopefully we, the Malaysian athletes especially the chess players can follow this example. 

Click here and here to watch her.

Kenyan Runner, Hyvon Ngetich

Thank you Saprin for sharing this inspiring story.

Chess Rating of GiLoCatur's Children

For a chess player, chess rating is quite important. For non-chess player, he or she may not know what it is. 

What is a chess rating?

A chess rating is a rating system used in chess to calculate an estimate of the strength of the player, based on his or her performance versus other players.

For a Malaysian chess player, there are two chess rating systems. First is FIDE rating. Second is the National (MCF) Rating. 

How to get the rating?

For FIDE rating, you need to participate in a FIDE-rated chess tournament. You will get your FIDE rating ID in your first FIDE-rated chess tournament. Will you straight away get the FIDE rating? The answer is not necessarily. You need to play against FIDE-rated opponents and score some minimum points. 

For National Rating, you will get one after you have participated in your first nationally-rated chess tournament. And it will be updated accordingly whenever you have taken part in nationally-rated events. The national rating will be calculated and updated every three months or quarterly.

How to check your Malaysian national rating?

One way is to check it at the Malaysian Chess Rating Page. Just make sure that the Page is regularly updated.

the URL - http://myrating.catur.org/index.php

Let's take a look at the national rating of GiLoCatur's children.

Fikri - GACC 2016

Fikri

In Jan2010, Fikri's national rating is 1405. He was 14 years old then. His latest rating is 1757. He broke into 1700-rating in Apr2011. But the rating was down into 1600 range in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Since Jan2015, Fikri's rating has jumped to mid 1700.

Fikri's national rating progress chart

Anis in NAG 2016

Anis Fariha

In Jan2010, Anis had national rating of 1301. She was in her final year of elementary school. In both 2011 and 2012, basically Anis was in the 1500-rating. But it dropped to 1400-rating in 2013 and 2014. Anis was sitting PMR exam in 2013. That is the main reason for this drop which GiLoCatur could think of. During the two years, Anis had played less chess tournaments especially the nationally-rated ones. Starting 2015, Anis' rating has jumped back into 1500. Hopefully, it will climb further to 1600 in the final two quarters of 2016.

Anis' national rating progress chart

Fahim in UiTM Chess Open 2016

Fahim Al-Faqeh

Fahim, GiLoCatur's youngest child, was eight years old in Jan2010. He was still unrated during that time. His first national rating was earned in Apr2011. His rating was 1117. Fahim broke into 1600 in Jul2014. Fahim has yet reach the 1700-rating. GiLoCatur hopes he will join his elder brother in the 1700-rating in the near future.

Fahim's national rating progress chart

How about GiLoCatur's national rating?

Chess Tournaments in the Month of August 2016 - Part 2

Besides the local chess tournaments that GiLoCatur has mentioned in this link, there is another chess tournament going to be held on Sunday, 28th August 2016. The tournament is called Merdeka Chess Open.

Below are some details on the chess tournament. 

Merdeka Chess Open 2016

The tournament which is a national-rated event is jointly organized by Yayasan Pendidikan Cheras (YPC), SMK Seri Bintang Utara and KLCA or Kuala Lumpur Chess Association.

The Basic Info of the Tournament

Below is the basic info on the tournament. The format of play is Rapid 20-minute per player. There are seven (7) Swiss System rounds.

Basic info of the tournament

The Fee

The fee is reasonably inexpensive, It is just TWENTY Malaysian Ringgits. Bank in the fee to the bank account as per below.

About Fee

The Tentative Program

The first round is scheduled to start at 9:45 am. The closing ceremony is scheduled at 5:30 pm.

the Tentative Program

Inquiry

Please contact or message the following mobile numbers or email to the following email addresses for further inquiry on the tournament.

Inquiry

Closing Date

The closing date is on 21st August 2016. The registration after the closing date will have to pay the penalty of FOURTY (40.00) Malaysian Ringgits.

The Prize

Among the prizes are ONE THOUSAND Malaysian Ringgits for the Best College, Best School (Open) and Best School (Sekolah Angkat YPC) each. 

HURRY UP! REGISTER NOW!

16 Young Malaysian Chess Players At EAYCC 2016

Friday, 5/8/2016

Many Malaysian chess community may not aware that there are several Malaysian young chess players take part in the East Asian Youth Chess Championship 2016 which GiLoCatur like to shortform as EAYCC.

EAYCC 2016

As to the championship's Invitation Letter, this tournament is open to all chess players who age below 20 years old from the countries that are geographically east of India, south of China, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. This championship is held in Seoul, Korea from 4th until 11th August 2016. The format of play is standard chess of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The participants have to play nine (9) rounds in a Swiss System.

Below is the list of the 16 Malaysian young chess players who take part in this chess tournament.

16 Malaysian chess players take part in EAYCC 2016

There are seven categories played in the championship as in the chess-results.com namely U8, G10, U10, U12,U14, U16 and U20. Obviously Malaysia is represented in all the seven categories.

Check out this link to follow the results of the championship.

Farah Liyana Salihin plays in U8 category
credit to Cikgu Salihin's fb

GiLoCatur would like to wish GOOD LUCK and ALL THE BEST to all the Malaysian chess players taking part in the championship.

Chess Tournaments In the Month of August 2016

We are in the month of August already. Seven months have gone by for the year of 2016. GiLoCatur has lost count on the number of local chess tournaments. 

Below are several local chess tournaments that will be held in this month.

UiTM Johor Chess Open

In less that two weeks, UiTM Johor will organize a one-day chess tournament at its campus in Segamat. For further detail, please contact Afiq or Iqa as per below flyer.

UiTM Chess Open flyer

Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2016

The MSSM Chess Championship for 2016 edition is a bit late compared to previous few years. In the past few years, it is held either in March or in June during school holidays.  But this year, the championship will be held from 13th to 17th August. Kelantan will host the event. 

MSSM Chess Championship

Takwim MSSM 2016

Kejohanan Catur MASUM 2016

MASUM Chess Championship for 2016 edition will also be held this month. Chess is one of eight sports events being part of MASUM Phase 1. For info, MASUM is an acronym for Malaysian Universities Sports Council or Majlis Sukan Universiti Malaysia, in Malay. UNISZA or Sultan Zainal Abidin University, which is located in Terengganu, hosts the event.

MASUM Phase 1 banner

MASUM Phase 1 Info

GiLoCatur is looking forward for the above chess events. Hopefully, all the above events will be published on chess-results.com. It is even better if they are broadcast live. GiLoCatur believes not all the Malaysian chess community especially the parents of the participating chess players can be at the tournament venues to follow closely the events. 

Hopefully, GiLoCatur can provide the updates and highlight these events in this blog. So, come visit this blog regularly.