Final Ranking - Individual Event (Under 18 / Secondary School Children)

Below is the final ranking for Under 18 Individual Event of the 1st KUSESS Chess Open held at Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor. (Note: please email GiLoCatur at sabdlati@gmail.com for its pdf format)

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Final Ranking - Individual Event (Under 12 / Primary School Children)

As promised earlier, GiLoCatur would like to publish the final ranking for the 1st KUSESS Chess Open concluded today (Sunday, 7th July 2013).

Below is the final ranking for the Under 12 Individual event. (Note: please email GiLoCatur at sabdlati@gmail.com if you want to have the final ranking in pdf format)

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The Details of The First KUSESS Chess Open

As promised earlier, please find below the details for the 1st KUSESS Chess Open. To those who need the softcopy of the registration form and details of the tournament, please sms or email your email address to hp:0196061948 or email:sabdlati@gmail.com

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BORANG,  PENDAFTARAN & PERTANYAAN

Sila hubungi Puan Norhayati bt. Yarib hp:0178787970 / En. Husni bin Ahmad Dahlan hp:0123758040
Tarikh tutup penyertaan : 1 JULAI 2013 (Isnin). Tiada pendaftaran diterima selepas  tarikh tutup.

1. Sila buat pembayaran melalui PIBG SEK. MEN. SAINS KUALA SELANGOR, No. Akaun : 012138501464 (Maybank)
2. Faks slip bank berserta Borang Penyertaan ke 03-32896631 (Nyatakan nama dan kategori) dan sahkan melalui telefon 03-32891868.  Sila bawa slip bank asal pada hari pertandingan.
3. Bayaran penyertaan tidak boleh dipindahkan atau dipulangkan.
4. Penggunaan telefon bimbit atau sebarang peralatan elektronik semasa pertandingan adalah tidak dibenarkan. Semua pegawai dan peserta mesti berpakaian kemas dan berkasut.
5. Penyertaan terhad. Penginapan & Makan – RM25.00 sehari. (Sila buat tempahan)
6. Keputusan penganjur adalah muktamad.  

In summary,

• The Team event which is only for both secondary (Under 18) and primary schools (Under 12) will be played on Saturday, 6th July 2013 while the Individual event for Open, secondary school and primary school categories will be played on  Sunday, 7th July 2013.
• Each team must be of the same school and may comprise of only boys or girls or mixed.
• Each team must has FOUR players.
• The fees : MYR 100 per team for secondary schools (U18), MYR 50 per team for primary schools (U12), Individual - MYR 30 (Open), MYR 25 (U18), MYR 20 (U12)
• The fees is non-returnable and non-transferable
• The total money prizes > MYR 4,890

U12 Customs 1Malaysia Chess Open on 23rd June 2013

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Lately the Residents Association of Kelana Jaya Customs Quarters has been active organizing chess tournaments especially for the Under 12 category. One of the key persons for this to happen is RIZAL A KAMAL, a chess player and a chess coach. 

Surely, the Malaysian chess community is happy for such effort. Therefore, the community especially the chess parents need to support the tournament by bringing their chess-playing children to take part in the tournaments. 

On May 19th, the association had organized the Under 12 Customs 1Malaysia Chess Open. Puteri Munajjah had emerged as the champion after five rounds of 30-minute-per-player rapid game. She had edged Yee Jian Yang after winning against him in the fourth round. 

On June 9th, Munajjah's eldest brother, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer, had been declared as the champion in the Customs' 1Malaysia Chess Open. He won all his six rounds to emerge on the top of nearly forty participants.

Another Under 12 Customs 1Malaysis Chess Open tournament will be held on this coming Sunday, 23rd June 2013. Please go to http://rizalschesstrading.blogspot.com/  or https://www.facebook.com/rizal.a.kamal to check the details on the tournament. Rizal A Kamal can be contacted or smsed at 019-339 1346. 

Chess Tournaments @School

In order for any sports in Malaysia including chess to excel is to have development programs and events being carried out at schools.

Therefore, GiLoCatur is very happy to know that the following schools will hold chess tournament in the coming weeks.

1. SMK St Thomas, Kuantan

Event : Secondary Schools Chess Team Rapid Open

When : Saturday, 22nd June 2013

Venue : SMK St Thomas, Kuantan

Organizer : SMK St Thomas, Pahang state education (JPN Pahang) & SMK Clifford, Kuala Lipis

For further details, please contact (sms better) Cikgu Khor 012-9213138, Cikgu Maimunah 016-9375854 or Cikgu Noreha 017-9099018. Warning! DO NOT CALL THEM DURING SCHOOL PERIOD.  Contact them after school.

(source : Khairun Nissa')

2. SM Sains Kuala Selangor / KUSESS

Event : 1st KUSESS Chess Open 2013

When : Saturday, July 6th 2013 (U12 and U18 Team event) & Sunday, July 7th 2013 (U12, U18 and Open Individual event)

Venue : SM Sains Kuala Selangor

Prizes : MYR 5,000 in total

Details will be published later.

3. KL Methodist Boys School / MBSSKL

Event : 8th MBSSKL Chess Open 2013

When : Saturday, July 6th 2013

Venue : SMK (L) Methodist, Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur

Organizer : Persatuan Catur SMK (L) Methodist KL

Format : 25-minute, 6 Rounds, National rated

Category : Under 14, Under 17, Under 23, Special Education

Fees : MYR 10 for MBSSKL, MYR 15 for non-MBSSKL, MYR 30 after June 24th 2013

Deadline : July 1st 2013

For further details, please contact (sms better) school office (03 2978 2293) /  Pn. Yong (016 4925 530)  / Mr. Sanusi  (012 - 6569182).

MSSM One-Stop-Center

Hey, GiLoCatur is back after had not updated this blog for about six weeks.

Where GiLoCatur had been all this while? Two weeks ago, a chess buddy "bbmed" GiLoCatur asking whether GiLoCatur was OK since he had noticed GiLoCatur was not seen in any local chess tournament. Actually, GiLoCatur has been fine all this while. Just has not been into any chess tournament since eight weeks ago. 

One of the reasons is GiLoCatur's youngest son, Fahim, has been busy with non-chess activities and programs. His elder brother and sister stop participating in any chess tournaments after MSSM chess championship in March because they concentrate with their study and preparation for their respective big exams.  

Enough with that. And talking about MSSM, no doubt it has its own prestige. Oh sorry, not all are familiar with MSSM right? MSSM is a Malay acronym for Malaysian Schools Sport Council. There are more than twenty sports being contested every year at MSSM level. It involves all the schools - both primary and secondary, all over the country. From school going to zone or district, then going to state and finally going to national or MSSM. Therefore, the MSSM championship has its prestige even though the prizes are only medals and trophies; NOT monetary. The MSSM championship gathers the best athletes from all over the country.

Getting updates and results of the MSSM championship is a frustration for GiLoCatur. There was no one stop center or website for it. Fortunately, GiLoCatur just found it several weeks ago. Obviously, the official MSSM website (note: it is OK running on blogspot) had been started since March 2011. 

Ok Ok Ok ... You want GiLoCatur to provide the link, right? The link is >>> http://mssmbs.blogspot.com or also http://www.bsmssm.com/

For those especially the Malaysian parents who like to know what MSSM is all about, its vision, mission and role, just click here.

If you want to check out the results and updates of a specific sport for this year MSSM championship, you have to click this link first. And for the Malaysian chess fraternity, the MSSM chess championship updates and results can be found at http://mssmmoecatur.blogspot.com/

No doubt MSSM's PTPS aka Pengerusi Teknik & Pembangunan Sukan in Malay or Sports Development & Technical Chairman in English has big roles and responsibilities in the Malaysian sports grass root. Their duties and responsibilities are spelled out clearly at http://mssmbs.blogspot.com/p/tugas-dan-tanggungjawab-ptps-mssm.html. Its item number 8 and 12 really attract GiLoCatur. Kudos and Bravo to all MSSM's PTPS who have performed their duties and responsibilities well and diligently. Salute to them! 

GiLoCatur believes that Malaysian sports can be more successful and advanced if all parties - like athletes, parents, coaches, MSSM, MSN, sports associations and Ministry of Sports play and carry out their respective roles, duties and responsibilities effectively and efficiently. What is happening with Malaysian football? Why our ranking is much much below Japan, Korea and Iran when Malaysia were once if not better, were at same level? When Malaysia will be playing in the World Cup? Why our badminton team were outplayed (humiliated maybe) by Taiwan and Germany in the recent Sudirman Cup at home turf? And most importantly, when Malaysia will have its first chess Grandmaster (GM)? 

Big hope on the new Youth and Sports Minister, YB Khairy Jamaluddin, to bring the Malaysian sports into new heights and excellence.

MSSM Chess Championship GOLD Medal Stats In The Past Decade

About four hours ago, Cikgu Suhairi published below in his fb. It is a Gold Medal statistics for MSSM Chess Championship won by MSSKL and its two main state competitors - MSS Selangor and MSS Pulau Pinang in the past ten years.

For MSSM Chess Championship, twelve (12) Gold medals are to be won by each participating state. Six (6) in the individual event and another six (6) in the team event. GiLoCatur had been at the championship since 2009 edition held in Klang, Selangor. Thus, in the past ten years GiLoCatur was at  five editions of the MSSM chess championship.     

Gold Medal Statistics (2004 - 2013)

From the above statistics provided by Cikgu Suhairi or better known as SVH (Suhairi Van Huizen) in the world of fb, the following facts can be derived:

1. MSSKL had won 37 or ~31% out of the total 120 Gold medals, while MSS Selangor had won 36 or 30% and MSS Pulau Pinang had won 19 or ~16%
2. In this year edition held last March in Taiping, Perak, the three states - KL, Selangor and Pulau Pinang won four (4) Gold medals each not giving other state to win the Gold medal.
3. In the past three years (2011-2013), the three states dominated the championship by winning a whopping 33/36 Gold medals.
4. The best record for MSSKL was in 2005 winning six (6) Gold medals, while the worst record was in 2010 winning only one Gold medal.
5. MSS Selangor had won at least three (3) Gold medals every year in the past ten years. It won the most Golds (five) in 2007 edition.

Cikgu Suhairi Hussin, MSSKL PTPS

Syabas and tahniah to Cikgu Suhairi for leading MSSKL to win the most Gold medals in the MSSM Chess Championship in the past ten years. The same goes to Cikgu Sufiah who has led MSS Selangor to win one gold less than MSSKL. 

GiLoCatur's Photo Gallery @ Zarul Shafiq's Wedding Reception

It is Saturday, 20th April 2013.

If not mistaken, today is the 27th anniversary for one of the Malaysian chess couple or parent, Cikgu Zullkafli and Cikgu Sufiah. Happy Anniversary! And today is also the wedding reception for their eldest child, Cikgu Zarul Shafiq who is also the elder brother of NM Zarul Shazwan and WCM & NWM Dr Nur Shazwani.

GiLoCatur, wife, Anis and Fahim attended the wedding ceremony held in Bukit Beruntong. Below are some photos taken during the wedding reception.

the hosts & GiLoCatur's family

some guests at the reception

"chess" guests

Big congratulation to Zarul Shafiq & his newly wedded wife

The bride's father, Cikgu Zull

simple-yet-elegant guest tents

Both GiLoCatur and Anis are very impressed with the theme especially the guest tents and tables. It has the chess elements. 

Cikgu Zull & GiLoCatur

Cikgu Zull & Cikgu Sufi's daughter-in-law

Amira Syahmina (ex-SEMASHUR) & Anis Fariha (KUSESS)

Cikgu Sufiah & GiLoCatur's wife

As GiLoCatur sees it, the year 2013 is a very meaningful year not only for GiLoCatur and wife but also for both Cikgu Zull and Cikgu Sufi. Besides this reception, InsyaAllah, both of them are being called to perform the Hajj pilgrimge to Makkah this year.

Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2013 (Part 5)

In the Under 15 Girls (P15) Teaml category, WPKL looks set to defend its Gold medal. As per GiLoCatur understanding, even Perak who will challenge WPKL in the final round wins by 4 - 0, WPKL will still be the champion  since its TB2 will still be higher. The Board 2 match up between Pulau Pinang and Selangor is crucial. It may determine both 1st and 2nd runner up in the category. Selangor led by Anis Fariha must win by 2 1/2 -1 1/2 at least to secure the second position.   

P15 - Team

 In the Individual event of Under 15 Girls (P15), Selangor may get its Gold medal through Nur Najiha who is currently the leader with full 5/5 points. A draw is enough for her to become the champion. Her opponent is her Selangor team mate, Puteri Rifqah. On Board 2, Nur Sabrina Aliya from Pahang will challenge Li Tomg  (should be Li Ting, typo error. thanks to the reader who just highlighted about it. corrected on 30/03/13, 1.10pm) from WPKL.

P15 - Individual

It is an interesting battle in the Under 15 Boys (L15) Team category. Pulau Pinang which is the current sole leader with nine (9) match points is paired against Selangor which shared match points with WPKL. WPKL is hoping Selangor to win over PP to give it the chance to become the champion. For sure, PP will defend its Gold medal and does not let Selangor spoil their victory. What the outcome will it be? Let's wait until the sixth round is over.

L15 - Team

In the Individual L15 category, Selangor is hoping its player, Li Tian, to provide a Gold medal. He is currently the sole leader with full 5/5 points. Subramanian of Negeri Sembilan will be Li Tian's final opponent in the 2013 MSSM chess competition. Meanwhile, Harleiff Haniff will be the best bet for WP Putrajaya to win the Top 3 medal. He plays black against Ahmad Zahir of Perlis.

L15 - Individual

GiLoCatur's medal prediction for Under 15 category >>>  SEL - 2, PP - 1 & WPKL - 1 Gold medals.

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Kejohanan Catur MSSM 2013 (Part 4)

The 2013 MSSM chess championship is going to end soon. The final sixth round will begin in about seven hours. So, how is the standing so far? Let's begin with the Under 12 category.

In the Individual L12, Amier Hamzah of WPKL is currently the sole lead. He is in the better position to contribute the Gold medal to his state team. He is paired against Hazid Ekquan of Pahang at the top board. While Yinn Long of Pulau Pinang will play white against Selangor player, Praghashkumar of Selangor at Board 2.

L12 - Individual 

 In the Team L12 event, Pulau Pinang has two match points advantage over WPKL. The former will play against Terengganu while WPKL will be challenged by the host team, Perak. A draw is enough for PP to grab the Gold medal in this category. 

L12 - Team

In the Individual P12 category, Pulau Pinang is leading through its player named Teh De Zen. She edged Selangor player, Puteri Munajjah, in the fifth round. In the final round, De Zen is paired against another Selangor player, Maisarah while Puteri Munajjah will be challenged by Amy Halida. 

P12 - Individual

P12 - Team

In the P12 Team event, it is the battle between WPKL and PP. Both teams have same match points. WPKL has the advantage since its TB2 (Tie Break 2) is 1.5 points more than PP. 

GiLoCatur's prediction for the Under 12 category, WPKL - 2 Golds, PP - 2 Golds!