38th Selangor Open: Round 4 Pairing [29th Apr 09:00]

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38th Selangor Open - Who are the Pre-Tournament Favourites?

Source: CAS blogsite

As at this evening, the event has attracted 98 players who have completed the pre-registration process. Payment shall be made on the tournament day, 28th April before 5.30pm at the venue, DATCC, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. For those who yet to register, you may do so by sending an email to selangorchess@gmail.com by today midnight without incurring any penalty.

The pre-tournament favourites are:

1. 31st, 36th and 37th edition Selangor Open Champion FM Nicholas Chan with elo 2375;

2. IM Srinath Narayanan from INDIA with elo 2310;

3. 8 times Selangor Open Champion IM Jimmy Liew with elo 2302;

4. Ian Udani from Phillipines with elo 2288.

38th Selangor Open Namelist [updated 25th Apr]

Source: CAS Blogsite

Please send your name to selangorchess@gmail.com if you would like to take part in this event. The pre-registration deadline (without penalty) is extended to today, 25th April 2011.


The names as follow:

01. Muhd Faqih Aminuddin

02. Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli

03. Afiq Mohd Jamil

04. Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Mohd Najib

05. Mark Siew

06. Mat Zaki Yeop

07. Liew Ashton

08. Sotimin Muhalip

09. Alan Lai

10. Abang Mohd Reduan

11. Hasidin Abdul Rashid

12. Haslindah Ruslan

13. Bustaman Harun

14. Kughan Ravindran

15. Arif Mohd Jamil

16. Sim Chung Seng

17. Abdul Rahim Ramli

18. Ismail Ahmad

19. IM Jimmy Liew

20. Anis Nabilah Ahmad Zuhdi

21. Izzanuddin Irman Aminuddin

22. Ruzenan Abu Bakar

23. Jax Tham Tick Hong

24. Suniil Kalivanan

25. Noor Hafiz Mohd Nor

26. Dawson Tan Soon Wei

27. Dilwen Ding

28. Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri

29. Goh Xin Yen

30. Ng Wei Kiang

31. IM Srinath Narayanan

32. Sean Ooi - Paid

33. Viknesh Viajantheran - Paid

34. Ian Udani

35. Daryl Wong Cheng Lim - Paid

36. Poon Jit Wai - Paid

37. Derek Poon Guo Liong - Paid

38. Jaron Tan Xe Yung - Paid

39. Shahrizal Shamsuddin

40. Tariq Ziad Abdul Razak

41. FM Nicholas Chan

42. Vinton Wong

43. Ethan Wong

44. Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli

45. Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo

46. Tan Yong Zhao - Paid

47. Ho Chen Ee - Paid

48. Chew Zhi Jing - Paid

49. Chew Zhi Qi - Paid

50. Muhd Amzar Danish Chairil

51. Wong Yinn Long

52. Lee Zhi Wei - Paid

53. Kamaluddin Yusof

54. Ng Shi Yang

55. Ahmad Eizran Ezra

56. Bausch Koh Sian Kuan - Paid

57. Mohd Irfan Haqqim Azhar

58. Mohd Syakir Shazmeer Azhar

59. Puteri Munajjah Azhar

60. Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar

61. Tan Ri Hong - Paid

62. Lucas Matthew Dutton

63. Fong Choong Ee

64. Fong Yit Ho

65. Fong Yit San

66. Jeffrey Tan Soon Keat

67. Hemant Sathish

68. Aina Farzana Che Mohd

69. Gabriel Soong

70. Lim Ming Kang

71. Lim Ming Xian

72. Suhaidi Mustafa

73. Mohan Raj Balasupramaniam

74. Max Wong Zi Quan

75. Wong Zi Qi

76. Chin Shun Yi - Paid

77. Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari - Paid

78. Ellie Emira Syamimi Ahmad Nazari - Paid

79. Sumanth Subramaniam

80. Shreyes Subramaniam

81. Sarika Subramaniam

82. Michellejeet Kaur

83. Nur Nabila Azman Hisham

84. Nur Najiha Azman Hisham

85. Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham

86. Muhd Najwan Azman Hisham

87. Kamalarifin Wahiduddin

88. Syazrin Abdul Rahman

89. Chew Yaw Chong

90. Ee Sun-Xin

91. Low Zhen Yu Cyrus

92. Muhd Danish Hisyam

93. Tan Li Ting

94. Tan Jun Feng

95. Lim Zhuo Ren

96. Fairul Yusoff

97. Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli

98. Leong Hao Wee

99. ?

MSSD Petaling Utama Chess 2011 Champions

As of press time (10.30am), the Champion for respective category:

Under-12 Boys >> Yee Jian Yang;

Under-12 Girls >> Teo Boon Kee;

Under-15 Boys >> Roshan Singh;

Under-15 Girls >> Goh Xin Yen.

38th Selangor Open Namelist [updated 20th Apr]

Source: CAS blogsite

The names as follow:

01. Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
02. Nur Faqihah Aminuddin
03. Afiq Mohd Jamil
04. Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Mohd Najib
05. Mark Siew
06. Mat Zaki Yeop
07. Liew Ashton
08. Sotimin Muhalip
09. Alan Lai
10. Abang Mohd Reduan
11. Hasidin Abdul Rashid
12. Haslindah Ruslan
13. Bustaman Harun
14. Kughan Ravindran
15. Arif Mohd Jamil
16. Sim Chung Seng
17. Abdul Rahim Ramli
18. Ismail Ahmad
19. IM Jimmy Liew
20. Anis Nabilah Ahmad Zuhdi
21. Izzanuddin Irman Aminuddin
22. Ruzenan Abu Bakar
23. Abdul Rahim Ramli
24. Suniil Kalivanan
25. Noor Hafiz Mohd Nor
26. Dawson Tan Soon Wei
27. Dilwen Ding
28. Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri
29. Goh Xin Yen
30. Ng Wei Kiang
31. IM Srinath Narayanan
32. Sean Ooi - Paid
33. Viknesh Viajantheran - Paid
34. Ian Udani
35. Daryl Wong Cheng Lim
36. Poon Jit Wai - Paid
37. Derek Poon Guo Liong
38. Jaron Tan Xe Yung
39. Shahrizal Shamsuddin
40. Tariq Ziad Abdul Razak
41. FM Nicholas Chan
42. Vinton Wong
43. Ethan Wong
44. Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli
45. Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo
46. Tan Yong Zhao
47. Ho Chen Ee
48. Chew Zhi Jing
49. Chew Zhi Qi
50. Muhd Amzar Danish Chairil
51. Wong Yinn Long
52. Lee Zhi Wei - Paid
53. Kamaluddin Yusof
54. Ng Shi Yang
55. Ahmad Eizran Ezra
56. Bausch Koh
57. Mohd Irfan Haqqim Azhar
58. Mohd Syakir Shazmeer Azhar
59. Puteri Munajjah Azhar
60. Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar
61. Tan Ri Hong
62. Lucas Matthew Dutton
63. Fong Choong Ee
64. Fong Yit Ho
65. Fong Yit San
66. ?



Please send your name to selangorchess@gmail.com if you would like to take part in this event.

MSSD Petaling Perdana Chess 2011 [Secondary Schools]

With the conclusion of the Primary Schools last Friday,the MSSDPP Organiser continues with the Secondary Schools which started from yesterday. To my knowledge from the feedback I received from some teachers, the Boys category will be played over 8 rounds while the Girls category will be played over 7 rounds. Three rounds were completed as of yesterday and the remaining rounds will be played until 2 pm today.

The pre-tournament favourites in each category as listed below:
Under-15 Boys >> Fikri Saleh (Nat. Rating 1727), Low Jun Keat (Nat. Rating 1580), Suniil Kalivanan (Nat. Rating 1546). As of this morning after 5 rounds, Jun Keat and Suniil collected all wins but Fikri has dropped point.

Under-15 Girls >> Vickie Hong Wee Ki (Nat. Rating 1514);

Under-18 Boys >> Low Jun Jian (Nat. Rating 1840);

Under-18 Girls >> Winnie Hong Wee Ni (Nat. Rating 1477);

MSSD Petaling Utama Chess 2011 Begins

The MSSD Petaling Utama which comprises area like PJ Old Town, Petaling Jaya, Damansara Jaya, Damansara Utama, Tropicana, Bandar Utama and some part of Bandar Sri Damansara.

Both the Primary and Secondary schools' categories are conducted simultaneously at SMK(P) Sri Aman from today until 21 April 2011. All 6 categories will be played over 6 rounds.

The pre-tournament favourites in some category as listed below:
Under-12 Boys >> Yee Jian Yang with Nat. Rating 1531;

Under-12 Girls >> Teo Boon Kee (Nat. Rating 1238);

Under-15 Boys >> Vinton Wong (Nat. Rating 1568) and younger brother Ethan Wong (Nat. Rating 1557). [updated 21 Apr] The actual clear favourite is Roshan Singh, 2011 Nat. U-14 Champion, with Nat. Rating 1753 {I didn't notice that he is playing in the same event too};

Under-15 Girls >> Goh Xin Yen (Nat. Rating 1479) and Ee Sun-Xin (Nat. Rating 1459);

Under-18 Boys >> Poon Jit Wai (Nat. Rating 1529).

MSSWP Chess Final 2011 (Lower Secondary Schools)

The 3 days individual event was concluded on last Friday. The full result yet to be posted on the MSSMKL blogsite, so here is a snap shot of the top winners list:

Under-15 Boys
Champion >> Mohd Faizal Roslan
Second >> Tan Jun Feng
Third >> Tan Wei Hao
Fourth >> Albert Ang

These 4 students are the strongest same category quartet in the KL team. It is nice to see them finished inside top 4. Less headache for the Selection Committee of MSSWP to finalise the 6 boys for this category. To achieve this result, both Faizal and Jun Feng have to dispose off their respective "lesser in experience" opponent in Round 7 which they actually did it, while Wei Hao and Albert played to a draw. It is anybody guessing on the remaining two names for this category.

Under-15 Girls
Champion >> Wendy Tan Li Ting
Second >> Camilia Johari
Third >> Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo
Fourth >> Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey

I heard from sources (I yet to verify it with MSSWP Organiser) that All except the third placing girl have gain automatic qualification spots into the KL team, while the third who came in third has to go through playoff with 7 other girls for the remaining 3 spots.

National Rating List April 2011 Release

Please be informed that the National Rating List is released. Please click here to access the document.

Sri KL emerges as the New Champion in Individual and Team for the U-12 Boys Category of MSSD Petaling Perdana

After a gruelling neck-to-neck race with SK Bukit Jelutong "A" team from Round 1 until the finishing line, Sri KL has emerged as the New Champion for the Petaling Perdana Zone. Sri KL is the third champion school since the reinstatement of chess into MSSM backed in 2004, after SJK(C) Lick Hung won them from 2005 to 2008, followed by SK Bukit Jelutong in 2009 and 2010.

At the end of Round 7, Sri KL "A" team was leading SK Bukit Jelutong "A" team by half point from the total scores of 4 players. Then, a disaster struck Sri KL on Round 8 where their students could only manage to add 2 points from a maximum 4 points, while SK Bukit Jelutong "A" team contributed 2.5 points to bring both schools level in points into final round. The Sri KL boys did well to collect 3 points in the last round to be crowned as the New Champion.

As for the Individual Championship, Daryl Wong of Sri KL was the sole leader of the tournament after 6 rounds with all wins. However, he suffered an unexpected lost at the hand of Lee Zhi Wei from SJK(C) Ladang Hacroft who was trailing just half point behind. So, Lee was the new leader after 7 rounds. Then, the same thing happen to Lee when he lost unexpectedly to Muhd Faqih of SK Bukit Jelutong on 6 points. This has throwned the race wide open into the last round with 4 students with 7 points.

The tournament witness a mouth watering clashed between the top two seeded players with Identical Nat. Rating of 1363 in the final round. While, two other boys from Bukit Jelutong "A" team played each other since both of them had lost to Daryl in earlier encounters, Faqih won the game and claimed the Silver medal. As for the game of the event, Daryl won it and won the Championship title since Daryl had defeated Faqih in today earlier round. Meanwhile, Lee took the Bronze with 7.5 points by defeating Lim Rong of Sri KL. Fahim Saleh of Bukit Jelutong "B" team took the last qualifying spot by obtaining 7 points with superior tie-break among a bunch of students on same points.

MSS Selangor Zone Chess Event Begins

The MSSD Petaling Perdana begins the campaign to find 4 boys and 4 girls in U-12 Category.

The U-12 Boys Category has a total of 162 players taking part in a two-day event starting today. The top seed for the event is Cheong Yi Yao of SJK(C) Lick Hung with a Nat. Rtg. 1363 as the top seed, followed by Daryl Wong of Sri KL with an identical (how coincident it can be) National Rating. Wong was one of the last yr qualifier from this zone, while Cheong did not play in last yr edition due to illness. The boys will compete in a 9 rounds event.

The U-12 Girls Category has 97 players taking part. The top seed is Nurulhana Syuhada of SK Sri Serdang with a National Rating 1372, followed by Nur Faqihah Aminuddin from SK Bukit Jelutong. The girls will compete in a 8 rounds event.

Reminder: CTEP Camp June 2011

The Chess Training Excellence Programme Camp is to be held on 6th & 7th June 2011 (during the mid-term school holiday break). Three levels will be conducted namely (i) Elementary Level for those with some basic on how chess pieces move, (ii) Intermediate Level 1 for those who already know basic chess openings, tactics and endgame techniques, and (iii) Intermediate Level 2 is specifically build for those with a National Rating between 1200 to 1300.

For more information on this programme, please click here.

For enquiries, please call Coach Lim @ 012 - 298 4922.

38th Selangor Open Namelist [updated 11th Apr]

Source: CAS blogsite

The names as follow:

01. Muhammad Faqih Aminuddin
02. Nur Faqiahah Aminuddin
03. Afiq Mohd Jamil
04. Muhammad Ihsan Syahiran Mohd Najib
05. Mark Siew
06. Lim Kian Hwa
07. Liew Ashton
08. Sotimin Muhalip
09. Alan Lai
10. Abang Mohd Reduan
11. Hasidin Abdul Rashid
12. Haslindah Ruslan
13. Bustaman Harun
14. Kughan Ravindran
15. ARIF Bin MOHD JAMIL
16. Sim Chung Seng
17. Abdul Rahim Ramli
18. Ismail Ahmad
19. IM Jimmy Liew
20. Anis Nabila Ahmad Zuhdi
21. Izzanuddin Irman Aminuddin
22. Ruzenan Abu Bakar
23. Abdul Rahim Ramli
24. Suniil Kalivanan
25. Noor Hafiz Mohd Nor
26. ?


Please send your name to selangorchess@gmail.com if you would like to take part in this event.

MSSWP Chess Final 2011 for Secondary Schools Begin....

This year the MSSWP organiser has reintroduced the team category for boys and girls. There are 24 schools each coming from 4 zones in Kuala Lumpur competing in the team category.

The pre-tournament favourites for the Girls category are SMK Kepong Baru and SMK(P) Convent Sentul. The former is parading three national players, while the latter has two national players. Two other schools have one national player in the team.

The pre-tournament favourites for the Boys category are SMK Kepong Baru, SMK(L) Methodist, SMK Aminuddin Baki (hosting school) and Sek Wesley Methodist. All the schools in this list have the service of national players as well as MSSM players. One of these schools did not even field their two national players in the team (who will be competing in Individual only starting from tomorrow as one of the favourites to qualify representing KL in MSSM this year) to allow other students from the same school to compete. Many other schools "would have die" for the service of national players.

MSSWP 2011 Primary School Champions

The 4-day tournament just concluded at 11am today. The Champions for the 6 categories as listed below:

Primary School Boys' Team Champion >> SJK(C) Kepong 2;

Primary School Girls' Team Champion >> SK Bukit Jalil;

U-10 Boy's Champion >> Kong Dak Nam;

U-10 Girl's Champion >> Mok Shu Zing;

U-12 Boy's Champion >> Tan Yong Zhao;

U-12 Girl's Champion >> Nurul Aina Akmar.

38th Selangor Open Namelist [updated 6th Apr]

Source: CAS blogsite


The names as follow:
01. Muhammad Faqih Aminuddin
02. Nur Faqiahah Aminuddin
03. Afiq Mohd Jamil
04. Muhammad Ihsan Syahiran Mohd Najib
05. Mark Siew
06. Lim Kian Hwa
07. Liew Ashton
08. Sotimin Muhalip
09. Alan Lai
10. Abang Mohd Reduan
11. Hasidin Abdul Rashid
12. Haslindah Ruslan
13. Bustaman Harun
14. Kughan Ravindran
15. Arif Mohd Jamil
16. Sim Chung Seng
17. Abdul Rahim Ramli
18. Ismail Ahmad
19. IM Jimmy Liew
20. ?

Please send your name to selangorchess@gmail.com if you would like to take part in this event