A Family Day at Hulu Yam

On Sunday 28th December, five chess families went to Hulu Yam for a family day. One of the objectives is to give the kids a break from chess tournaments. Moreover, it is a school holiday. It is also to give the kids the opportunity to have fun together since they have to battle each other during chess tournaments. Below pictures show how happy and joyful were the kids as well as their parents.

Super MOMs at work. These very dedicated, hardworking  and  supportive mothers to their chess players children must be appreaciated and thankful. Hopefully, their children will achieve more honors and success in chess as well as their academic. "Terima kasih", moms!

The big boys also capable to setup a tent besides setup chess pieces.

The DADs were showing new skill to their boys.

Who say that DADs can not cook. 

GiLoCatur is enjoying his food in the nature. Wow! Lots of delicious dishes to eat.

Come in queue boys and girls. The "poison box" is planned for y'all.

Chess parents were watching their children's antics.

Future Malaysian Woman Grandmaster (WGM) was doing a robot walk while others cheering.

Future Malaysian GM showed his antic while still being wet coming out of the river.

The children were laughing with joy forgetting their chess activities for a while.

The family day was fun and thrilling. Hopefully, similar event can be organized and held in the future where more chess families can join and participate. Maybe this time can stay overnight. Till next time. Kudos to everyone who make the event possible.

Reading Kosmo newspaper today I was attracted to Ragam Global! on page 50. I want to share it here.

1) Mini tank known as mini King Tiger. Watch out guys who love to play remote-control helicopter, car or aeroplane. I think I have yet seen it in Malaysia. A company in Britain has created a remote-control mini "kereta kebal" as per the above picture. But mind you the cost is 10,000 pound sterling. :)- More details about it, please check this link. 

2) If you found a quite huge sum of money, would you return it? A lady named Debra Rogoff in USA is so honest that she returns a US10,000 money she found while buying a box of crackers from a grocery store. The money actually belongs to an elderly lady who does not believe to keep her money in  a bank. Sound familiar eh? In Malaysia, GiLoCatur believes still many people especially the old generation who keep their money at home - under pillow, in the closet etc. Many lessons from this story. BE HONEST! HONEST PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. EVEN IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE DOUBTS OF THE MODERN STYLE OF LIVING LIKE THE SECURITY OF THE BANK.

3) In London, the firemen from Bukinghamshire used baby oxygen mask to help six cats from dying of breathing smoke in a house fire. What a treat for those cats in Britain. Here in Malaysia, many cats are treated badly and being abused. Hopefully, such bad attitude towards animals like cats will change.

MBSA Chess Open Photos

GiLoCatur played white against Kamal Azmi Wahiduddin, the older brother of NM Kamal Arifin in Round 3. GiLoCatur is yet the same class / level with him since he has 1617 national rating . GiLoCatur was punished for not giving attention to his white Bishop threat.

Another GiLoCatur's chess buddie, Mohd Faizul, in action playing white againts NM Zarul Shazwan.

Roslan Sulaiman from Sungai Besar played white againts NM Zarul Shazwan Zullkafli (1903). GiLoCatur was being told by Roslan that the meeting point for Sungai Besar and Sabak Bernam area chess players is at a hawker center near Dataran Sungai Besar. Surely, GiLoCatur will go there whenever going back hometown during public holidays and have chess games with my hometown folks. By checking the latest national ratings (based on October 2008), Roslan is quite a strong player. He is a 1600+ rating player.

Muhd Bukhari Sulkifly aka Boey (Nat. ratings 1546) was playing againts NM Kamal Arifin Wahiduddin (1832). GiLoCatur had a very tight game with him in earlier round. He was mistakenly enrolled in the Open category. But GiLoCatur believes by participating in this category he can have very good experience by playing againts top local chess players as he plan to make an impact in the next year MSSM. 

NM Kamal Abdullah (1952) aka Empire Strikes Back vs Norazman Ismail (1682).

Mohd Hanizam of Tanjong Karang (blue shirt) is also one of GiLoCatur's chess friends.

WCM Nur Shazwani Zullkafli (1808) vs veteran player, Cikgu Mat Zaki Yeop (1568). At the back, Faizal Andin (1749) vs Abdullah Che Hassan (1821), the champion.

World Police Champion Ismail Ahmad (1910) was concentrating on his game. Beside him is Mohd Fauzi Bin Ahim (blue shirt) whose hometown is also Sabak Bernam like GiLoCatur. In fact, several GiLoCatur elementary school mates were also his secondary school mates.

One of GiLoCatur's chess buddies, Razali Hamzah aka Ng6 (1566) wearing black shirt was very focus on the chessboard. GiLoCatur had a couple of games with him in between rounds. 

MBSA Chess Tournament Top 3 Winners

Open category Top 3 winners - Abdullah Che Hassan (RM500), Ian Udani (RM400) and FM Mok Tze-Meng (RM300).

Under 15 Category Top 3 Winners - Muhd Syakir Shazmeer Azhar MS (RM300), Muhammad Zikri (RM150) and Nor Izzudin Afendi Norazman (RM200)

Under 12 category Top 3 winners - Roshan Ajeet Singh (RM250), Irfan Haqqim Azhar MS (RM200) and Fikri Bin Saleh (RM150). They were among the 2008 Top 6 Under 12 MSS Negeri Selangor winners.

About 160 players participated in the MBSA Chess Open held at a hall in Section 4, Shah Alam on last 27th December 2008. It is very good news for Shah Alam residents especially since Shah Alam used to have many chess tounaments organized in the past. Shah Alam is also used to be called "Bandar Catur" or The Chess City. Hopefully, MBSA will organize many more  such tournaments every year. The winners were presented their prizes by the Shah Alam Deputy mayor, Encik Mokhtar Hani, and MBSA Zone 5 council committee, Mr Soo Kim Ling.  

Power Principles of Chess

Understand and follow the principles of chess as per advised by GM Susan Polgar if you as a chess player want to be successful.

Susan Polgar Power Principles of Chess

1. Control the Center!

The center of the board includes the squares e4, d4, e5, and d5. When you start a game, place your pawns in the center to occupy and control as many of these squares as you can. Location, location, location!

2. Develop Your Pieces as Soon as Possible!

Get your Knights and Bishops out right away. This should be done before you try to checkmate your opponent, some time in the first 6 or 7 moves if possible.

3. Castle as Soon as Possible!

Castle at the very first chance you have in order to keep your king safe. Remember, you can’t win if your king isn’t safe and you get checkmated first. So don’t forget to castle! Then after you castle, connect your rooks by developing your queen.

4. Keep Your Pieces Protected!

Don't leave your pieces hanging without protection. Each and every piece you have is very valuable, so don't forget to protect them. Protecting means if your opponent can take your piece, then you can take your opponent's piece.

5. Have Fun and Win with Grace, Lose with Dignity!

This is my motto in chess. First and foremost, chess should be fun. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, it’s all part of the game. When you win, be a good sport and don’t trash talk or make fun of your opponent. When you lose, be an even better sport and not a sore loser. Shake hands and congratulate your opponent. This will go a long way toward making good friends.

Source : http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/11/sp-power-principles-of-chess.html

Young Chess Grandmasters!!

As I surf the net looking and reading chess-related news and info, I found the following article. It is about a 15 year-old UAE boy named Salem A.R. Saleh, (mind you my name is in it he he he), who is the youngest Arabian GM. He was rewarded a DH 100,000 for that feat. Wow!! I hope that our young Malaysian chess talents like Yeoh Li Tian, Nur Nabila, Nur Najiha, Irfan Haqqim, Puteri Rifqah, Puteri Munajjah, Ee Sun-Xin, Nur Faqihah, Amier Hamzah and Mohd Faqih can follow such feat. MALAYSIA BOLEH!

UAE’s Salem Youngest Arab Grand Master
Correspondent 26 December 2008

SHARJAH - Salem A.R. Saleh rewrote history by becoming the youngest grand master in Arabia.

The 15-year-old Salem completed his third grand master norm and has gained sufficient elo points to gain the prestigious Arab Chess Championship title. Dr Suliaman Al Fahim, president of UAE Chess Federation, awarded Dh100,000 to Salem for winning the title and said, “We are hoping to achieve greater heights and today it is a grand success for the UAE.”

Read its full article at http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/

Gambar Menarik ... dari www.bharian.com.my

MASYAALLAH! SUNGGUH INDAH CIPTAAN ALLAH YANG MAHA BERKUASA.

Tanam minat main catur - Raja Nazrin

I found below article regarding the recent KLCA Chess Open at Utusan archive.

KUALA LUMPUR 21 Dis. - Raja Muda Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah hari ini berangkat menyempurnakan majlis penutup Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kuala Lumpur 2008.
Baginda turut menyampaikan Piala Cabaran Raja Nazrin Shah kepada peserta dari Uzbekistan yang menjuarai kategori terbuka iaitu Filippov Anton.

Anton membawa pulang Trofi Cabaran Raja Nazrin Shah dan wang tunai RM10,000.
Kejohanan berkenaan yang berlangsung dari 15 Disember hingga hari ini menawarkan hadiah wang tunai berjumlah RM45,000.

Raja Nazrin bertitah, catur merupakan permainan yang menguji kemahiran taktik dan strategi selain mampu mencerdaskan pembangunan mental seseorang individu.

"Kehadiran ramai pemain Grandmasters di Malaysia bagi kejohanan ini merupakan satu perkara yang menggembirakan dan diharapkan lebih ramai rakyat Malaysia berminat untuk mempelajari permainan hebat ini," titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah demikian dalam kenyataan media yang dikeluarkan sempena berakhirnya kejohanan tersebut hari ini.

Hadir sama Canselor Kolej Universiti Sains Kesihatan Masterskill, Raja Datuk Seri Azureen Sultan Azlan; Presiden Persekutuan Catur Malaysia, Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib dan Presiden Persekutuan Catur Persatuan Negara-Negara Asia Tenggara (ASEAN), Ignatius Leong.
Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kuala Lumpur 2008 disertai oleh 140 pemain dari 11 negara termasuk Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Filipina, Vietnam, India, China dan Myanmar.

Sementara itu, Presiden Persatuan Catur Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Edmund Santhara berkata, persatuan berkenaan komited untuk meningkatkan minat terhadap permainan catur di kalangan belia di negara ini.

"Kejohanan catur yang akan berlangsung pada tahun depan bakal menyaksikan penganjuran yang lebih besar.

"Pembangunan kemahiran catur akan diadakan di kalangan golongan muda melalui kelas dan seminar," katanya.

Source : Arkib Utusan Malaysia

Some Results on CRC Taiping Chess Open

I got text message from En Azhar MS regarding the results of the 4th CRC Taiping Chess Open held yesterday. 

Open Category 

1. Fariz Sarifudin
2. Mohd Fadhil Nayan
3. Anthony Leong

Under 18 category - the champion is the son of Encik Mat Zaki Yeop

Under 12 category - the champion is Puteri Rifqah Azhar MS

As for his other children, Syakir won the 10th place in Open. Irfan was 11th place in Under 18 and Puteri Munajjah also 11th in Under 12 category.

KLCA Chess Tournament Champions

Champion - Open Category

Champion - Challengers Category

The KLCA Chess Open had just ended yesterday. 9 rounds had been played from Monday, 15th December 2008 until Saturday, 21st December 2008. Around 140 players not only from Malaysia but also from several other countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Pakistan and Uzbekistan participated  in the tournament. There are two categories - Open for players with FIDE ratings 2000 or above and Challengers for the opposite.

The champion for the Open section is GM Filippov Anton from Uzbekistan. He who seeded 1st accumulated 7 points out of 9 rounds. Wheareas the talented local girl, Nur Nabila Azman, won the Challengers category with 7 1/2 points. Other Malaysian chess prodigy, Yeoh Li Tian, won the 2nd runner up. These two Malaysian youngsters have very bright future. BRAVO to their dedicated parents for supporting and coaching them to be future Malaysian chess stars. Hopefully, their efforts will continue and in future put Malaysia in the world chess map. 

castlingqueenside.blogspot.com

While I was searching for castlingqueenside info and past games through google I came to a chess-related blog that really impress me. The blog uses the word as its name. The blogger is a 54-year-old american where its contents are news, info and photos of chess events in USA. 

The blog is worth reading where it provides me the insight of chess events in USA especially through the pictures. So especially to the Malaysians please go the blog to see how alive and and spectacular chess in 'Uncle SAM' country.

Round 5 - Terengganu Grand Finale

Source : hairulovchessmaniacs

2nd seeded FM Mok Tze-Meng play black againts 4th seeded Pinoy Ian Udani on Board 1 with perfect 4 points each. While the 1st seeded IM Mas face Zarul Shazwan on Board 2. 

Besides the KLCA Chess Open that will end today and the prize giving ceremony tomorrow, the Pencarian Jaguh Negeri Terengganu is still on going until 22nd December 2008. It started on 18th December 2008.

SHAH ALAM OPEN 2008

GiLocatur is very happy because there is going to be a chess tournament in Shah Alam by MBSA in the near future. The details of the tournament is as per below.

Date : 27 December 2008

Day : Saturday

Venue : Dewan Bola Tampar MBSA, Section 4 Shah Alam

Time  : 9:00am - 5:00pm

5 Round, Time control is 20 minute, Swiss System.

Registration at 8:00 am. 

Limited to the first 200 participants. The closing date is 24 December 2008. 

Three categories :

• Under 12 (born in 1996 or below)                   fee - RM 3.00
• Under 15 (born between 1993 to 1995)         fee - RM 5.00
• Above 16 / Adults (born in 1992 or after)     fee - RM 7.00

Prizes :

• Under 12 (1st-250, 2nd-200, 3rd-150, 4th-100, 5th-75, 6th to 10th-50)
• Under 15 (1st-300, 2nd-200, 3rd-150, 4th-100, 5th-75, 6th to 10th-50)
  
• Above 16 (1st-500, 2nd-400, 3rd-300, 4th-200, 5th-100, 6th to 10th-50)
  

To register please call 03 5510 5133 ext 385/391/435 or Fax to 03 5513 8513.

Bahagian Sukan, Jabatan Korperat, Tingkat G, Wisma MBSA, 40000 Shah Alam.

The Unofficial KLCA Open Blog

Four Malaysian bloggers have united in providing news, info and photos of the on-going KLCA Open held in Commonwealth Hall, Bukit Jalil from 15th to 21st December 2008. They are Marcus Yeoh, Andrew Ooi, Hairul and myself. The unofficial blog can be accessed at http://klopen.blogspot.com/.

The effort has been noticed and given positive feedback from a Philliphine blogger in his blog. Such nice feedback surely will encourage and motivate us to continue the effort to promote chess in Malaysia particularly and in the ASEAN region as well.

Malaysian Aspiring and Promising Future!

The above pictures show some of the aspiring and promising Malaysian youngsters who can excel in chess. They are currently participating in the KLCA Chess Open in Challengers category held in Commonwealth Hall, Bukit Jalil. The category is for all chess players with FIDE ratings below 2000. All of them are 10 years old or below.  They love chess and are enthusiastic to win honors in chess tournaments. They are supported by their dedicated parents who provide the necessity and requirements to excel in chess like coaching, chess materials, motivation and tournaments fees.

Besides the parents, these intelligent youngsters also require support from other parties to improve further and achieve honors like getting title and winning chess tournaments both local and international.

• The government via relevant agencies or ministries to provide basic facilities, funds and chess-related programs.

• The local chess authority to plan, manage and facilitate local chess activities and programs.

• The media both electronic and newspapers to provide coverage to all chess-related activities like tournaments and workshops or having chess columns or segments. 

• The society to be involved and participate in chess-related events and to have active chess clubs.

• The schools and teachers to support and activate chess clubs, organize in-house chess tournaments and training.

Malaysia surely can produce chess geniuses and have chess Grandmasters, the highest chess title, when all parties play their important roles. If Malaysia can allocate a sum of money in space program, surely it can allocate also for chess program to produce chess GM and win world class  tournaments. MALAYSIA BOLEH!

KLCA Chess Open Results

One of my chess buddies, Cikgu Jamaluddin, playing black in the first round againts one of Indonesia's promising young talent, Medina Wardina Aulia. He lost to the 11 years old girl. Jamaluddin just played in the recent GACC tournament.

Open Category

Round 1 on 2008/12/15 at 1600

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 1 GM Filippov Anton 0 1 - 0 0 Bao Khoa 34

2 35 Tan Khai Boon 0 0 - 1 0 GM Megaranto Susanto 2

3 3 GM Paragua Mark 0 1 - 0 0 Soh Han Loong Gerald 36

4 37 Zhang Jing 0 0 - 1 0 GM Dao Thien Hai 4

5 5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 0 1 - 0 0 Neubronner Shannon Scott 38

6 39 Setiawan Iwan 0 0 - 1 0 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 6

7 7 GM Villamayor Buenaventura 0 1 - 0 0 Yeap Eng Chiam 40

8 41 Lee Kim Han Edward 0 0 - 1 0 GM Zaw Win Lay 8

9 9 IM Irwanto Sadikin 0 1 - 0 0 FM Kapriaga Rian 42

10 43 Soon Wai Cheong 0 0 - 1 0 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 10

11 11 Yang Kaiqi 0 1 - 0 0 Eng Andre-Jerome 44

12 45 Ong Way Justin 0 0 - 1 0 CM Nguyen Van Huy 12

13 13 IM Wang Rui 0 1 - 0 0 Tan Weiliang 46

14 47 Foo Benjamin 0 0 - 1 0 IM Tirto 14

15 15 IM Sitanggang Salor 0 1 - 0 0 Subramaniam Sumant 48

16 49 Capel Evan Timothy 0 0 - 1 0 IM Chiong Luis 16

17 17 FM Anam Khairul 0 1 - 0 0 Wee Chu En Kelvin 50

18 51 Tan Ken Wei 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Khamparia Akshat 18

19 19 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 0 1 - 0 0 Low Jun Jian 52

20 53 Mohd Noor Ahmad Eizran Ezra 0 0 - 1 0 Anasrullah 20

21 21 Siregar Novian 0 ½ - ½ 0 S. Balendran 54

22 55 Lim Zhuo Ren 0 0 - 1 0 Yu Ruiyuan 22

23 23 Sutarno 0 1 - 0 0 Law Mark 56

24 57 Masters Christopher 0 0 - 1 0 FM Simanjuntak Sebastian 24

25 25 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 0 1 - 0 0 WCM Ivana Maria Furtado 58

26 59 Lee Kah Meng Elgin 0 0 - 1 0 Howard Fernandez Daniel 26

27 27 WIM Panneer Ramachandran Priya 0 1 - 0 0 Wong Jianwen 70

28 67 Ow Jun Wai, Ryan 0 0 - 1 0 Zakaria Fairin 28

29 29 Jenius Kaiser 0 1 - 0 0 Ho Thi Minh Hien 62

30 63 Jia Hui Rujok, Najwa 0 0 - 1 0 CM Neubronner Jarred 30

31 31 Suyud Hartoyo 0 1 - 0 0 Khairul Nazmi Zainol Ariffin 64

32 65 Lee Kai Jie Edward 0 ½ - ½ 0 WIM Meera Sai 32

33 33 Koh Jonathan 0 ½ - ½ 0 Ong Jun Xue 66

34 71 Siew Mark 0 1 - 0 0 Tay Kiat Boon 69

35 68 Sooi Ching Wei 0 - - - 0 Syed Hussin Syed Iskandar Shah 60

61 Chan Michael 0 ½ - - Bye

Round 2 on 2008/12/16 at 0900

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 16 IM Chiong Luis 1 0 - 1 1 GM Filippov Anton 1

2 2 GM Megaranto Susanto 1 1 - 0 1 FM Anam Khairul 17

3 19 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 1 1 - 0 1 GM Paragua Mark 3

4 4 GM Dao Thien Hai 1 1 - 0 1 Sutarno 23

5 20 Anasrullah 1 0 - 1 1 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 5

6 6 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 1 1 - 0 1 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 25

7 22 Yu Ruiyuan 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Villamayor Buenaventura 7

8 8 GM Zaw Win Lay 1 1 - 0 1 WIM Panneer Ramachandran Priya 27

9 24 FM Simanjuntak Sebastian 1 0 - 1 1 IM Irwanto Sadikin 9

10 10 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino 1 1 - 0 1 Jenius Kaiser 29

11 26 Howard Fernandez Daniel 1 0 - 1 1 Yang Kaiqi 11

12 12 CM Nguyen Van Huy 1 1 - 0 1 Suyud Hartoyo 31

13 28 Zakaria Fairin 1 0 - 1 1 IM Wang Rui 13

14 14 IM Tirto 1 1 - 0 1 Siew Mark 71

15 30 CM Neubronner Jarred 1 ½ - ½ 1 IM Sitanggang Salor 15

16 18 FM Khamparia Akshat ½ 1 - 0 ½ Lee Kai Jie Edward 65

17 66 Ong Jun Xue ½ ½ - ½ ½ Siregar Novian 21

18 32 WIM Meera Sai ½ ½ - ½ ½ Tan Ken Wei 51

19 54 S. Balendran ½ 0 - 1 ½ Koh Jonathan 33

20 34 Bao Khoa 0 1 - 0 0 Capel Evan Timothy 49

21 50 Wee Chu En Kelvin 0 0 - 1 0 Tan Khai Boon 35

22 36 Soh Han Loong Gerald 0 1 - 0 0 Low Jun Jian 52

23 56 Law Mark 0 ½ - ½ 0 Zhang Jing 37

24 38 Neubronner Shannon Scott 0 1 - 0 0 Mohd Noor Ahmad Eizran Ezra 53

25 58 WCM Ivana Maria Furtado 0 ½ - ½ 0 Setiawan Iwan 39

26 40 Yeap Eng Chiam 0 ½ - ½ 0 Lim Zhuo Ren 55

27 62 Ho Thi Minh Hien 0 0 - 1 0 Lee Kim Han Edward 41

28 42 FM Kapriaga Rian 0 1 - 0 0 Masters Christopher 57

29 64 Khairul Nazmi Zainol Ariffin 0 ½ - ½ 0 Soon Wai Cheong 43

30 44 Eng Andre-Jerome 0 ½ - ½ 0 Lee Kah Meng Elgin 59

31 69 Tay Kiat Boon 0 1 - 0 0 Ong Way Justin 45

32 46 Tan Weiliang 0 ½ - ½ 0 Jia Hui Rujok, Najwa 63

33 70 Wong Jianwen 0 1 - 0 0 Foo Benjamin 47

34 48 Subramaniam Sumant 0 0 - 1 0 Ow Jun Wai, Ryan 67

35 60 Syed Hussin Syed Iskandar Shah 0 - - 0 -

36 61 Chan Michael ½ ½ - - 0 -

37 68 Sooi Ching Wei 0 - - 0 -

Challengers Category

Round 1 on 2008/12/15 at 1600

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 1 Lam Edwin 0 1 - 0 0 Lee Kah Howe, William 35

2 36 Lee Kah Teng, Benjamin 0 0 - 1 0 Yeoh Li Tian 2

3 3 Chan Cheng-Hoong Joel 0 1 - 0 0 Lee Tze Jiet 37

4 38 Low Jun Keat 0 0 - 1 0 Yeop Mat Zaki 4

5 40 Mappa Saharuddin 0 0 - 1 0 Agustinus 5

6 6 Ahmad Johari Mohd Firdaus 0 0 - 1 0 Miranda Shawn Edgar 42

7 43 Mohd Jalani Affan Amrish 0 0 - 1 0 Ajeet Singh Roshan 7

8 8 Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri 0 1 - 0 0 Khaw Yew Onn 29

9 44 Ng Jen Sheng 0 0 - 1 0 Aminuddin Muhd Faris 9

10 10 Arminuddin Nur Farihah 0 0 - 1 0 Paragua Christine 45

11 46 Purnamasari 0 0 - 1 0 Asman Hisyam Mohd Nabil 11

12 12 Aulia Medina Warda 0 1 - 0 0 Rashid Bin Jamaluddin 47

13 48 Rusdi Tahir 0 ½ - ½ 0 Azman Hisyam Nur Nabila 13

14 14 Azman Hisyam Nur Najiha 0 1 - 0 0 Ruslan Haslindah 49

15 50 Saleh Anis Fariha 0 0 - 1 0 Boey Jin Huey 15

16 16 Boey Jin Wern 0 0 - 1 0 Saleh Fikri 51

17 52 Salleh Akmal 0 ½ - ½ 0 Demudu Subramaniam 17

18 18 Ee Sun-Xin 0 0 - 1 0 See Kai Loong 53

19 54 Shamsudin Amir 0 - - + 0 Foong Wai Lund, Shawn 19

20 20 Farrukh Aziz 0 1 - 0 0 Shieta Nyimas 55

21 57 Sooi Ching Wei 0 0 - 1 0 Halil Nur Fique 21

22 22 Howard Fernandez Michael 0 0 - 1 0 Sonya Nyimas 56

23 58 Subramaniam Sarika 0 1 - 0 0 Jeng Kuen Yong 23

24 24 Johari Camilia 0 0 - 1 0 Subramaniam Shreyes 59

25 60 Syed Baharom Syed Rahmad 0 - - - 0 Johari Nikk 25

26 26 Joni 0 1 - 0 0 Syed Sobri Syed Remizan 61

27 62 Taibon Awaluddin 0 0 - 1 0 Junaidi 27

28 28 Khaw Yew Meng 0 0 - 1 0 Tan Kien Wei 63

29 64 Wahyuza Andre 0 1 - 0 0 Khaw Yew Tong 30

30 31 Kok Cher Zheng, David 0 0 - 1 0 Yap Qian Zhang, Jonathan 65

31 66 Yat Guo Jie 0 ½ - ½ 0 Lam Wai Hong 32

32 33 Latifah Kaiyisah Bt Mohd Lati 0 ½ - ½ 0 Yeap Khuan Yee 67

33 68 Yew Chor Kuan 0 1 - 0 0 Latifah Syamimi Mohd Latib 34

34 41 Mat Idris Saman 0 0 - 1 0 Manoharan Dinesh S. 39

69 Zakaria Mohd Faizal 0 ½ - - Bye

Round 2 on 2008/12/16 at 0900

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 21 Halil Nur Fique 1 0 - 1 1 Lam Edwin 1

2 2 Yeoh Li Tian 1 ½ - ½ 1 Joni 26

3 27 Junaidi 1 1 - 0 1 Chan Cheng-Hoong Joel 3

4 4 Yeop Mat Zaki 1 1 - 0 1 Manoharan Dinesh S. 39

5 5 Agustinus 1 1 - 0 1 Miranda Shawn Edgar 42

6 7 Ajeet Singh Roshan 1 0 - 1 1 Paragua Christine 45

7 51 Saleh Fikri 1 1 - 0 1 Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri 8

8 9 Aminuddin Muhd Faris 1 ½ - ½ 1 Subramaniam Sarika 58

9 11 Asman Hisyam Mohd Nabil 1 1 - 0 1 Wahyuza Andre 64

10 53 See Kai Loong 1 ½ - ½ 1 Aulia Medina Warda 12

11 56 Sonya Nyimas 1 0 - 1 1 Azman Hisyam Nur Najiha 14

12 15 Boey Jin Huey 1 1 - 0 1 Yew Chor Kuan 68

13 59 Subramaniam Shreyes 1 1 - 0 1 Foong Wai Lund, Shawn 19

14 63 Tan Kien Wei 1 1 - 0 1 Farrukh Aziz 20

15 65 Yap Qian Zhang, Jonathan 1 1 - 0 ½ Latifah Kaiyisah Bt Mohd Lati 33

16 13 Azman Hisyam Nur Nabila ½ 1 - 0 ½ Salleh Akmal 52

17 17 Demudu Subramaniam ½ 1 - 0 ½ Yat Guo Jie 66

18 32 Lam Wai Hong ½ 1 - 0 ½ Zakaria Mohd Faizal 69

19 67 Yeap Khuan Yee ½ + - - ½ Rusdi Tahir 48

20 37 Lee Tze Jiet 0 0 - 1 0 Ahmad Johari Mohd Firdaus 6

21 38 Low Jun Keat 0 1 - 0 0 Arminuddin Nur Farihah 10

22 40 Mappa Saharuddin 0 1 - 0 0 Boey Jin Wern 16

23 41 Mat Idris Saman 0 1 - 0 0 Ee Sun-Xin 18

24 43 Mohd Jalani Affan Amrish 0 0 - 1 0 Howard Fernandez Michael 22

25 23 Jeng Kuen Yong 0 1 - 0 0 Ng Jen Sheng 44

26 47 Rashid Bin Jamaluddin 0 1 - 0 0 Johari Camilia 24

27 49 Ruslan Haslindah 0 1 - 0 0 Khaw Yew Meng 28

28 29 Khaw Yew Onn 0 0 - 1 0 Purnamasari 46

29 30 Khaw Yew Tong 0 0 - 1 0 Saleh Anis Fariha 50

30 55 Shieta Nyimas 0 1 - 0 0 Kok Cher Zheng, David 31

31 34 Latifah Syamimi Mohd Latib 0 1 - 0 0 Sooi Ching Wei 57

32 35 Lee Kah Howe, William 0 1 - 0 0 Taibon Awaluddin 62

33 61 Syed Sobri Syed Remizan 0 0 - 1 0 Lee Kah Teng, Benjamin 36

Kids, do you know what is this??

Just want to check the knowledge of nowadays children especially the city kids, do you know what is the above picture called? What is it for? The older generation shall know what it is especially the village folks.

Bloggers United!

Standing from left : Stonemaster, G!LaChess, and GiLoCatur. Hairulov sitting in front.

It is a unique photo session of few Malaysian bloggers at the National Juniors Chess Championship today. GiLoCatur and G!laChess are basically at the tournament scene most of the time. Today, two other active local chess bloggers i.e. Hairulov and Stonemaster came to the tournament venue. It is quite unfortunate when today Marcus Yeoh, one of the arbiters, is not around due to class comittment. 

For me, it is really an honor to be in a photo with active and dedicated chess bloggers. They are like  my mentors. Furthermore, they are also strong chess players. Their tireless efforts hopefully help promoting and enhancing chess in Malaysia. Keep up your blogs, fellas! 

Takziah IM Mas!

Pagi tadi GiLoCatur mendapat berita tentang kepulangan ayah Mas Hafizul yang sedang berjuang mendapat title GM untuk negara ke rahmatullah dari Marcus di Pearl Point. Sekalung takziah diucapkan kepada Mas dan keluarga beliau. Hati anak mana yang tidak sedih jika kehilangan seorang ayah. Apatah pula yang sangat dedikasi dan tinggi pengorbanan dalam membentuk anak menjadi seorang pencatur hebat di negara ini dan insya Allah juga di peringkat antarabangsa.  

Semoga Mas tabah dan lebih bersemangat untuk mendapat gelaran Grandmaster pertama negara sebagai hadiah buat ayah beliau tersayang. Marilah sama-sama kita berdoa semoga allahyarham ditempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang soleh dan mendapat rahmat dariNYA. ALFATIHAH!! 

THE RESULTS FOR OUG ( CKK ) CHESS COMBO 2008

THE FINAL STANDING FOR OUG ( CKK ) CHESS COMBO 2008.

   OPEN SECTION

1. IAN UDANI

2. MUHD SYAKIR SHAMEER

3. ABDUL SHUKOR ARAJAH

4. MOHD NABIL AZMAN

5. TAN KEN WEI

6. LIM ZHUO REN

7. FAIZAL ANDIN

8. CHEAH CHEOK FUNG

9. MOHD FADLI ZAKARIA

10. WOO BENG KEONG

BEST UNDER-15

1. ASHWIN SHANKAR

2. KUNG SOON HENG

3. MUHD FARIS AMINUDDIN

4. SHAWN EDGAR MIRANDA

5. NUR FARIHAH AMINUDDIN

UNDER-12

1. MUHD IFRAN AZHAR

2. ROSHAN AJEET SINGH

3. NUR NABILA AZMAN

4. MUHD FIKRI FARIZAL

5. NITHYALAKSHMI SIVANESAN

6. SUBRAMANIAN SIVANESAN

7. AMIER HAMZAH

8. KUNG KAH HENG

9. KHAW YEW ONN

10. WONG ZI QI

BEST UNDER-10

1. NUR NAJIHA AZMAN

2. PUTERI RIFQAH

3. PUTERI MUNAJJAH AZHAR

4 NURUL AQIELLA HAIRUDIN

5. WONG ZI QI

Having Dinner @ Sawit Corner

After the prize giving at the Gerak Khas Chess Tournament, I treated my family especially both Fikri and Anis for winning the Under 12 category at SAWIT CORNER. I noticed about the place while my family and I  were on the way to the hotel on Saturday. There were so many cars park along the road near the place. Surely, I want to try eating at the unique eatery. My children ordered Nasi Goreng Pattaya while me and my wife ordered nasi putih with Gulai Kawah Ikan Tenggiri and Asam Pedas Ikan Kembung. The taste is OK. Maybe next time I will try Pecal that looks delicious.

Me feeling tired after the chess tournament. 

Oh yeah, what was my score? I won three games. I abandoned one game because I need to pick up my wife and youngest son and check out from Bidara Puteri Resort which is located about 10 km (20 km in total, going and back)  from the tournament venue. I made silly blunders during the first two rounds.  

After the early dinner we drove to the Klebang Beach Hotel which I booked few days ago. I missed it since it was already dark then. Finally, I went to sleep after checked in and had a shower. I was really tired. he he he ...

Final Results GerakKhas Chess Tournament

The organizer has put the acknowledgement of the chess tournament at a big billboard. A very nice effort.

The "Dewan Borhan" where the tournament is held. A very conducive and nice place for a chess tournament. I think it is much better than the venue for WYCC2008 in Vietnam.

The champion, NM Kamal Abdullah, and the first runner up, Kamaludin Yusof, facing each other in the top board. Only both of them who do not lose any game in the tournament. With 6 wins and 1 draw, both scored 6 and 1/2 points. Only the tie breaks have separated them.

Ismail Ahmad and FM Anas fought for the third place where finally the latter won.  

Fikri won the Under 12 category with 6 and 1/2 points.

Anis Fariha is the first runner up with 6 and 1/2 points.

The Open category participants are eager waiting to start one of their rounds.

The final results :

OPEN category

1. NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah 6.5

2. Kamaludin Yusof 6.5

3. FM Anas Nazreen 5.5

4. Ismail Ahmad 5

5. Wan Ali 5

6. Ruzenan Abu Bakar 5

7. Hashim Jusoh 5

8. Fairul Yusuf 4.5

9. Ahmad Faisal Zuli 4.5

10. Khairul Azam Matsuki 4

Tentera category

1. Mohd Khairudin

2. Supain gane

3. Zainal Abidin Mat Noor

4. Zubir Ahmad

5. Abd Azuan Ahmad

Under 12 category

1. Fikri Saleh

2. Anis Fariha Saleh

3. Qurratu'ain

4. Nik Muhd Haziq

5. Nurnajmina

 

Pemain terbaik wanita : Alia Anin Azwa

The prizes to all winners was presented by Kapten Hanafi.

TQ and BRAVO to the organizer especially Ustaz Zainal Abidin Mat Noor, an avid and a  strong chess player himself, for holding the chess tournament in a very nice venue. And also in helping the participants in whatever way. Hopefully, such event will continue next year. Hoping more and more participants shall join. 

For me, just being in the camp is a very unique experience. I have heard so many times about the camp. And finally I was there. Surely, for security reason the camp is not easily entered just like that.