Malaysian Chess

MSSWP Keramat Zone (Primary Schools) Starts on Next Monday, 20th Feb

2012-02-18T00:30:00.003+08:00

Within Wilayah Persekutuan (Peninsula), there exist 5 zones namely Bangsar, Keramat, Pudu, Sentul and lastly Putrajaya.

Its time for SJK(C) Lee Rubber leads by Ng Jen Sheng (WP No.1 U12 player in National Rating List) to showcase their chess skills again. Will it be a nightmare for other schools in this zone? OR Other schools able to put up a trick or two to stop SJK(C)Lee Rubber from winning both the Boys and Girls team title?

MSSWP Bangsar Zone (Primary Schools) Individual Result

2012-02-18T00:20:00.007+08:00

Once again we get to view the result as and when the event concluded (courtesy from MSSWP Bangsar Zone Super Efficient Teachers).

For better viewing, you can click on the respective image followed by right-click on the image to save it as a picture file. Then, use any image viewer software on your pc to view the enlarged version.

The Under-12 Boys result:-

The Under-10 Boys result:-

The Under-12 Girls result:-

The Under-10 Girls result:-

Who's the King and Queen for Bangsar Zone?

2012-02-17T09:20:00.002+08:00

Bangsar zone has been searching for a dominant King and Queen for a very long time. In Sentul Zone, we have SJK(C) Kepong 2 who dominates the scene for many years. In Keramat Zone, we have SJK(C) Lee Rubber. Who do we have for Bangsar Zone?

The answer >>> SK Bukit Damansara as the new Queen, SK(L) Methodist KL as the new King. In this year edition, both schools have stamped their prowesses in the game(refer to the Individual Interim Ranking in my earlier posting).

SK Bukit Damansara students are leading in both U-10 and U-12 Girls categories. While, SK(L) Methodist KL has 6 players in the top 7 bracket of the U-12 Boys category. [Latest update @ 9.15am: Sean Ooi of SK(L) Methodist KL has captured the U-12 title.]

MSSWP Bangsar Zone Interim Ranking before Last Round

2012-02-17T09:03:00.009+08:00

Once again, MSSWP is very efficient with the web updates on their current result of the ongoing Bangsar Zone Individual event that ends today.

Courtesy from MSSWP, we get to see the Interim Ranking for all 4 categories contested. For better viewing, you can click on the respective image followed by right-click on the image to save it as a picture file. Then, use any image viewer software on your pc to view the enlarged version.

The U-12 Boys Individual Interim Ranking after 6 rounds of play as below:

The U-10 Boys Individual Interim Ranking after 5 rounds of play as below:

The U-12 Girls Individual Interim Ranking after 5 rounds of play as below:

The U-10 Girls Individual Interim Ranking after 4 rounds of play as below:

SK(L) Methodist KL ruthless win in MSSWP Bangsar Zone

2012-02-14T14:37:00.005+08:00

The MSSWP calendar begins with the Inter-school Team for Bangsar Zone. After 2 days of competition, SK(L) Methodist swepts away all her 5 round competitors easily by scoring a thumping 18 wins and 2 draws. I believe this result is enough to go down in KL history as the Highest Scorer for the School Team Category of MSSWP.

Congrats to MBS parents, teachers and guru besar who put in the effort to support the Chess Training Excellence Programme aka CTEP run by Coach L all these years.

NAG Chess Championship 2012 @ OCM, KL [11th to 13th March 2012]

2012-02-10T01:53:00.003+08:00

Click here to download the form.

Announcement: MCF Rating List (Jan 2012 Release)

2012-01-16T03:38:00.003+08:00

A total of 11,070 chess players are listed in MCF National Rating List. In the list, there are 6,500 children, 3,730 adults and 840 foreigners.

Click here for the complete listing.

Announcement: Top 100 Juniors in National Rating List (Jan 2012 release)

2012-01-16T00:14:00.002+08:00

Are you one of them? Click here to check it out.

Announcement: 1049 Players Took Part in National-rated Event (Q4 '2011)

2012-01-15T23:34:00.002+08:00

Click here to see their rating changes in 16 National-rated Events.

The list of events as below:
1. 1st Kelantan FIDE RR Chess Championship
2. Mind Chess Final Championship
3. 2nd KL Scholastic Chess Championship
4. 17th Kepong Juniors Chess Championship
5. National Rapid Open Chess Championship
6. Sarawak Open FIDE Chess Championship
7. Penang Open FIDE Chess Championship
8. Penang Challenger FIDE Chess Championship
9. 2nd Asian Amateur FIDE Chess Championship
10. National Juniors FIDE Chess Championship
11. DATCC Seniors FIDE RR Chess Championship
12. OLE-OLE Chess Championship
13. National Scholastic Chess Championship
14. SCC Grand Finale Chess Championship
15. Skn Kewangan Chess Championship
16. DATCC Team Event FIDE Chess Championship

Announcement: 20 Most Improved Players for Q4 2011

2012-01-15T23:29:00.003+08:00

Click here to see whether your name is listed among the 20 most improved players.

INSOFAR COMBINED TOURNAMENT 2012 (NATONAL-RATED)

2012-01-05T22:21:00.002+08:00

Information from: En. Mat Zaki Yeop

CATEGORY (RAPID OPEN, JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP & OPEN SCHOLARSHIP COMBINED)

-RAPID OPEN (fees RM20)
-JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP & OPEN (ADULT) SCHOLARSHIP (fees RM50)

Prizes Qualification
Fees RM20 - Qualified for Rapid Open prizes only
Fees RM50 – Qualified for both prizes (Rapid Open & Scholarship prizes)

DATE: SUNDAY 29th Jan 2012
PLACE :DATCC, Wilayah Complex, KL
TIME: 9.00am – 6.00pm

All players will play in the same one tournament
Time Control:25 minutes Swiss 7 Rounds
SMS Full name & Age to 017-2032051 (LIMITED TO 64 PLAYERS ONLY)

RAPID OPEN PRIZE (Open to all players)

1st – RM 250 + RM 250 Voucher (50 x 5) = RM 500
2nd – RM 150 + RM 200 Voucher (50 x 4) = RM 350
3rd – RM 100 + RM 150 Voucher (50 x 3) = RM 250
4th – RM 80 + RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2) = RM 180
5th – RM 70 + RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2) = RM 170
6th – RM 60 + RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2) = RM 160
7th – RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2)
8th – RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2)
9th – RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2)
10th– RM 100 Voucher (50 x 2)

EXTRA Prizes (Open to all players)
Best Rating <1700 – RM 50 Voucher
Best Rating <1600 – RM 50 Voucher
Best Rating <1500 – RM 50 Voucher
Best Rating <1400 – RM 50 Voucher
Best Unrated – RM 50 Voucher
Best Veteran 45 – RM 50 Voucher
Best Lady – RM 50 Voucher
Best Govt Servant – RM 50 Voucher
Best IPT – RM 50 Voucher
Best Teacher – RM 50 Voucher
3X Best Secondary School Student – RM 50 Voucher each
3X Best Primary School Student – RM 50 Voucher each

Voucher Definition:
Each RM50 Voucher - eligible to attend One Scholarship Tournament

For more details on additional SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES (for player with RM50 fees only), please call 017-2032051

SUPPORTING COMPANIES :
1. INSOFAR CHESS ACADEMY
2. HARRIS GROUP OF COMPANIES (SHAH ALAM)
3. AMPAC (AZ ZAHRAH MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE ACADEMY) BANGI

Announcement: MCF Rating List (Jan 2012)

2012-01-05T14:38:00.003+08:00

Dear all,

The rating list will be released on 15 Jan 2012 in line with the MCF rating guideline where new rating list will be released on the 15th Day of every new quarter.

For organisers who yet to submit your tun files (Oct to Dec 2011 events) for rating purposes, please do so by 7th JAN 2012. Your event will not be incorporated into January 2012 rating list if you fail to do so by the deadline.

Thank you.

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open: Under-16 Result

2011-11-27T22:44:00.004+08:00

Giant Killer Wo Chang Xi created a series of upset to win the U16 title unexpectedly. He started his campaign by defeating top ranked Tan Yong Zhao, followed by 5th ranked Liew Ashton and 3rd ranked Bausch Koh in next two rounds. He has a great escape in his Rd 4 encounter with Lee Kang Jing where he has a lost game but his opponent did him a great favour by touching the King to allow him a pawn promotion for a draw. In Round 5, his fine run came to a halt when Vinton defeated him. The title seems to be out of reach despite if he scores a win in last round because two other higher boards must end with Vinton losing to lower ranked player and Soon Heng cannot win Yong Zhao. What are the probability for it to happen? As the clocks tick away, Vinton lost, then Soon Heng drew, and now all he needs is to defeat his opponent.

The result as below:-

Congratulation to all winners!!!!

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open: Under-14 Result

2011-11-27T22:28:00.003+08:00

Ethan Wong wins 5 games in a row include defeated pre-tournament favourite, Tin Jun Hao, in Round 5. He wrap up the event with a draw in last round to emerge as Under-14 Champion.

The final ranking as below:-

The cross-table as below:-

Congratulation to all winners!!!!

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open: Under-12 Result

2011-11-27T22:12:00.004+08:00

Jaron Tan wins his first external chess event. His best effort in previous tournament was 2nd placing in KL Scholastic. In this event, he conceeded a draw against MSSM Selangor player, Lee Zhi Wei, in Round 3. Thereafter, he goes on to beat 3 strong players from Selangor to capture his maiden title.

The final ranking as below:-

The cross-table as below:-

Congratulation to all winners!!!!

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open: Under-10 Result

2011-11-27T22:06:00.004+08:00

Newly crowned National U9 Champion continues his fine form by winning the U10 title with 5 wins in a row before conceding a draw against his fellow friend from Penang.

The final ranking as below:-

The cross-table as below:-

Congratulation to all winners!!!!

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#7

2011-11-26T13:07:00.006+08:00

A lot people are asking whereabout the exact location will the tournament be conducted as we all know Berjaya Times Square is very huge with more than 10 floors.

The venue: IT Centre, 1ST FLOOR. Here is the image file that was captured some time ago. The picture below was captured from the Centre Court on 2nd floor. First, you must locate Auntie Anne's stall. As you stand in front of the stall, you can see Nature Republic shop locates behind the Auntie Anne's stall at far right-corner. Take Note: Nature Republic is just situated directly below Nichii, 2ND floor as you can see in the photo.

For parking, please park @ Basement 2 and 4 only for direct access to 1st floor by LIFT.

The entrance to the IT Centre area is just situated next to Nature Republic shop.

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#6

2011-11-26T12:51:00.005+08:00

Below is a list of participants who have pre-registered for the event but the Organiser yet to receive payment from them. Please be at the Venue: IT Centre, 1ST FLOOR, Berjaya Times Square BEFORE 10am tomorrow.

If your names appear here but you have made payment, please bring along your bank-in Slip. Thank you.

Under-10 Category
1. Allaida Siow-G
2. Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G
3. Muhd Ilham Qayyum Muhd Najib
4. Peong Wei Jun

Under-12 Category
1. Adli Hakimi Khairuddin
2. Heng Wei Yang
3. Kevin Venkath Menon
4. Khor ?uk Sin
5. Lim Lui Lung
6. Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Muhd Najib
7. Stephanie Chuah Pik Shen-G
8. Sum Jing Yu

Under-14 Category
1. Benjamin Ho Kar Ming
2. Damian Chuah Tjun Kit
3. Ee Sun-Xin-G
4. Harleiff Haniff
5. Kung Kah Heng
6. Liew Zu Yan
7. Maria Fatanah Mohd Ibrahim Nash-G
8. Muhd Adib Abdul Rahman
9. Muhd Irfan Rendrawan Muhd Najib
10. Peong Wei Jie
11. Sanjeevan Mohan
12. Tan Yi Hern

Under-16 Category
1. Lee Kang Jing
2. Kung Soon Heng
3. Mohd Hakeem Mohd Ibrahim Nash
4. Muhd Anas Hussaini Khairuddin
5. Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo-G
6. Wo Chang Xi
7. Yeong Weng Kit

For others, please check-in yourself at the Registration Counter, IT Centre, 1ST Floor, Berjaya Times Square BEFORE 10.30AM tomorrow. Thank you.

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#5

2011-11-23T23:20:00.003+08:00

The organiser had received another 8 names i.e.

138 Muhd Aminullah Kashfullah
139 Shamalan Rajesvaran
140 Sanjeevan Mohan
141 Harleiff Haniff
142 Yeong Weng Kit
143 Kung Soon Heng
144 Kung Kah Heng
145 Heng Wei Yang

With this new inclusion, the final tally as at 23rd Morning is 145 pax. A total of 58 players have registered for the U-10 category, 40 players for U-12, 33 players for U-14, 13 players for U-16 category, and remaining 1 player did not list down the category.

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#4

2011-11-22T23:42:00.002+08:00

Announcement: Thank you to all who have registered for this event. The namelist is compiled as at 11.50pm, 22nd Nov 2011.

If you have posted your entry form to MVP Merketing Sdn. Bhd. but your name did not appear here, please send an email to tsepin@gmail.com a.s.a.p. Thank you.

The registration with Entry Fee of RM 10 is closed. With effect from this posting, the registration fee is RM 20 each player. If you would like to take part in this event but yet to register yourself, please call Mr. Lim @ 012-2984922 to check whether any seat still available.

The names that have registered so far as of today (22nd Nov 2011):-

1 Aaren Tan Whei Lun
2 Abdullah Alif Ali Mohd Ali
3 Akmal Arsyad Mainang
4 Allaida Siow-G
5 Amierullah Iqram Ismail
6 Bausch Koh Sian Kuan
7 Beh Jin Ping
8 Beh Jin Shan
9 Beh Jin Xuan
10 Benjamin Ho Kar Ming
11 Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
12 Bhavani Ponnurangam-G
13 Bryan Lai Jun Jay
14 Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong
15 Cecelia Tan Xiyie-G
16 Chan Kit Wai
17 Cheah Eason
18 Cheah Kah Hoe
19 Cheah Kah Yann-G
20 Cheng Hui Wen-G
21 Cheng Zai Chern
22 Chew Zhi Jing-G
23 Chew Zhi Qi
24 Chew Zhi Xuan
25 Christine Lee Mei Yen-G
26 Chuah Hao Min
27 Davendran Balasubramaniam
28 Derek Poon Guo Liong
29 Dexter Yap Ewin
30 Ee Sun-Xin-G
31 Eric Choong Ee Jin
32 Ernesto Chong Wei Loong
33 Ethan Wong Hsien Aun
34 Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G
35 Foo Jia Qi
36 Heeirun Jayakumar
37 Ho Chen Ee-G
38 Hor Jan Xian
39 Ian Lee Mun Hin
40 Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan
41 Jaron Tan Xe Yung
42 Jason Chan Jun Wing
43 Jeevvanraj Nagaraj
44 Joel Prassanth Abraham
45 Johnathan Ananda Leong Wai Loong
46 Kabilan Thanabalan
47 Kabir Singh
48 Kevin Venkath Menon
49 Khor uk Sin
50 Kishore Jay Kumar
51 Krishyaal Dinesh
52 Lee Hock Hann
53 Lee Kang Jing
54 Lee Zheng Xuan
55 Lee Zhi Wei
56 Lee Zhi Yan
57 Lew Chun Yik
58 Liew Ashton
59 Liew Xun Heng
60 Liew Zu Yan
61 Lim Jun Hong
62 Lim Jun Shen
63 Lim Kai Xian
64 Lim Lui Lung
65 Lim Qi Yang
66 Lim Ye Feng
67 Lim Yern Fay
68 Lim Yern Sern
69 Lim Zheng Hua
70 Lim Zi Jian
71 Looi Ka Loc
72 Low Chee Pang
73 Luo Lian Yi
74 Mabel Woo Lee Wen-G
75 Malcom Woo
76 Marcus Leong Tjen Wye
77 Marcus Woo Ming Leang
78 Maria Fatanah Mohd Ibrahim Nash-G
79 Meor Adib Rusyaidi Ayib Rosdi
80 Meor Airil Rahimi Ayib Rosdi
81 Mohd Arif Mazlan
82 Mohd Hakeem Mohd Ibrahim Nash
83 Muhd A'aqeel Mohd A'ameer
84 Muhd Adib Abdul Rahman
85 Muhd Aiman Haziq Muhd Nazri
86 Muhd Aqil Nabil Muhd Nazri
87 Muhd Asyraf Razman
88 Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
89 Muhd Hazid Ekquan Haruddin
90 Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Muhd Najib
91 Muhd Ilham Qayyum Muhd Najib
92 Muhd Irfan Rendrawan Muhd Najib
93 Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo-G
94 Ng Jin Jin
95 Nur Faiqah Aminuddin-G
96 Nur Faqihah Aminuddin-G
97 Nur Farihah Aminuddin-G
98 Pavithra Thanabalan-G
99 Peong Wei Jie
100 Peong Wei Jun
101 Phuah Jia Meng
102 Phuan Hong Won
103 Prashanth Ramasamy
104 Rishi Deepak Gharpuray
105 Rooshillen Jayakumar
106 Ryan Tey He Yang
107 San Yong-Li
108 Sean Ho See Jian
109 Sean Lee Mun Kit
110 Sean Ooi Zhi Jian
111 Shivendran Gandhi
112 Siti Aisyah Sabirin-G
113 Siti Khadijah Sabirin-G
114 Steven Wong Zhuliang
115 Sum Jing Yu
116 Tan Cheng Giap
117 Tan Jun Hong
118 Tan Jun Ying
119 Tan Qian Hui-G
120 Tan Yi Hern
121 Tan Yong Zhao
122 Teng Jian Wei
123 Teo Yi Yang
124 Tew Kae Shyuan
125 Thong Wei Xuan
126 Tin Jun Hao
127 Turesh Manimaran
128 Vignesh Ponnurangam
129 Viknesh Viajantheran
130 Vinton Wong Hsien Loong
131 Vydhourie R.T. Thiyageswaran-G
132 Wha Yong Qi
133 Wo Chang Xi
134 Wong Zhu Hock
135 Yap Chun Peng
136 Yarshun Jayakumar
137 Yeow Sze Ching-G

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#3

2011-11-20T23:06:00.002+08:00

The names that have registered so far as of today (20th Nov 2011):-
1 Abdullah Alif Ali Mohd Ali
2 Allaida Siow-G
3 Amierullah Iqram Ismail
4 Bausch Koh Sian Kuan
5 Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
6 Bryan Lai Jun Jay
7 Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong
8 Chan Kit Wai
9 Cheah Eason
10 Cheah Kah Hoe
11 Cheah Kah Yann-G
12 Cheng Hui Wen-G
13 Cheng Zai Chern
14 Chew Zhi Jing-G
15 Chew Zhi Qi
16 Chew Zhi Xuan
17 Christine Lee Mei Yen-G
18 Chuah Hao Min
19 Davendran Balasubramaniam
20 Derek Poon Guo Liong
21 Ee Sun-Xin-G
22 Eric Choong Ee Jin
23 Ernesto Chong Wei Loong
24 Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G
25 Foo Jia Qi
26 Heeirun Jayakumar
27 Ho Chen Ee-G
28 Hor Jan Xian
29 Ian Lee Mun Hin
30 Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan
31 Jaron Tan Xe Yung
32 Jason Chan Jun Wing
33 Jeevvanraj Nagaraj
34 Joel Prassanth Abraham
35 Johnathan Ananda Leong Wai Loong
36 Kabilan Thanabalan
37 Kabir Singh
38 Kevin Venkath Menon
39 Khor uk Sin
40 Kishore Jay Kumar
41 Krishyaal Dinesh
42 Lee Hock Hann
43 Lee Zheng Xuan
44 Lee Zhi Wei
45 Lee Zhi Yan
46 Lew Chun Yik
47 Liew Ashton
48 Liew Xun Heng
49 Lim Jun Hong
50 Lim Jun Shen
51 Lim Kai Xian
52 Lim Qi Yang
53 Lim Yern Fay
54 Lim Yern Sern
55 Low Chee Pang
56 Mabel Woo Lee Wen-G
57 Malcom Woo
58 Marcus Leong Tjen Wye
59 Marcus Woo Ming Leang
60 Meor Adib Rusyaidi Ayib Rosdi
61 Meor Airil Rahimi Ayib Rosdi
62 Muhd A'aqeel Mohd A'ameer
63 Muhd Aiman Haziq Muhd Nazri
64 Muhd Aqil Nabil Muhd Nazri
65 Muhd Asyraf Razman
66 Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
67 Muhd Hazid Ekquan Haruddin
68 Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Muhd Najib
69 Muhd Ilham Qayyum Muhd Najib
70 Muhd Irfan Rendrawan Muhd Najib
71 Ng Jin Jin
72 Nur Faiqah Aminuddin-G
73 Nur Faqihah Aminuddin-G
74 Nur Farihah Aminuddin-G
75 Pavithra Thanabalan-G
76 Phuah Jia Meng
77 Prashanth Ramasamy
78 Rishi Deepak Gharpuray
79 Rooshillen Jayakumar
80 Ryan Tey He Yang
81 Sean Ho See Jian
82 Sean Lee Mun Kit
83 Sean Ooi Zhi Jian
84 Steven Wong Zhuliang
85 Tan Cheng Giap
86 Tan Jun Hong
87 Tan Jun Ying
88 Tan Qian Hui-G
89 Tan Yong Zhao
90 Teng Jian Wei
91 Teo Yi Yang
92 Tew Kae Shyuan
93 Thong Wei Xuan
94 Turesh Manimaran
95 Viknesh Viajantheran
96 Wha Yong Qi
97 Wong Zhu Hock
98 Yap Chun Peng
99 Yarshun Jayakumar
100 Yeow Sze Ching-G

If you have posted your entry form but your name did not appear here, please send an email to tsepin@gmail.com a.s.a.p. Thank you.

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#2

2011-11-17T00:51:00.003+08:00

Announcement: We do not accept any more registration for UNDER-10 Category.

For those who born after 2001, can still sign-up for higher age-group category namely UNDER-12.

Entries for Under-12 (born in or after 1999), Under-14 (born in or after 1997) and Under-16 (born in or after 1995) are still open for registration.

Participant who register BEFORE 22nd Nov (Tuesday) shall pay RM 10 only as entry fee. While, those who register AFTER 22nd Nov must pay RM 20 to take part in the event.

This one-day event will begins from 10am (Confirmation of Registration) until 6pm (Closing Ceremony). Round 1 starts from 10.50am, while the Round 6 (last round) ends at 5.40pm. Time control is 25 minutes to the finish per player.

For those who are interested to take part in this event, you can register your children in 3 easy steps i.e.

1. Print the Entry form (right-click on the image, followed by clicking on Open Link in New Window, then Click on the image that appears on the New Window for an enlarged version for printing)

2. Fill up the Entry form,

3. Personally pass the written entry form with payment enclosed back to me during National Scholastic Age-Group (Secondary School), 20 Nov (Sunday between 10am to 11am) OR Bank-in RM 10 into Maybank A/C. 112223-186563 (Lim Tse Pin), scan the entry form and bank-in slip, then email to tsepin@gmail.com

ACT Fast before all seats fill-up!!!

Event Infosheet

Entry Form

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011: Update#1

2011-11-14T02:39:00.003+08:00

With just 5 days of advertising, this event has attracted close to 50 school children. For those who want to join in this event, please ACT FAST before all seats fill up.

National Scholastic Rating Statistics: UNDER-11 Girls

2011-11-14T02:25:00.004+08:00

National Scholastic Rating Statistics: UNDER-11 Boys

2011-11-14T02:25:00.002+08:00

National Scholastic Rating Statistics: UNDER-09 Girls

2011-11-14T02:24:00.002+08:00

National Scholastic Rating Statistics: UNDER-09 Boys

2011-11-14T02:23:00.002+08:00

National Scholastic Rating Statistics: UNDER-07 Girls

2011-11-14T02:22:00.001+08:00

National Scholastic Rating Statistics: UNDER-07 Boys

2011-11-14T02:13:00.002+08:00

1st Berjaya Times Square IT Centre Juniors Open on 27th NOV 2011

2011-11-08T21:20:00.007+08:00

An event with prize fund totalling RM 2,000/= in cash is created specially for Juniors in this coming year-end school holiday.

This event is divided into four categories namely Under-10 (born in or after 2001), Under-12 (born in or after 1999), Under-14 (born in or after 1997) and Under-16 (born in or after 1995) to be held at IT Centre, Berjaya Times Squares, KL.

Participant who register BEFORE 22nd Nov (Tuesday) shall pay RM 10 only as entry fee. While, those who register AFTER 22nd Nov must pay RM 20 to take part in the event.

This one-day event will begins from 10am (Confirmation of Registration) until 6pm (Closing Ceremony). Round 1 starts from 10.50am, while the Round 6 (last round) ends at 5.40pm. Time control is 25 minutes to the finish per player.

For those who are interested to take part in this event, you can register your children in 3 easy steps i.e.

1. Print the Entry form (right-click on the image, followed by clicking on Open Link in New Window, then Click on the image that appears on the New Window for an enlarged version for printing)

2. Fill up the Entry form,

3. Personally pass the written entry form with payment enclosed back to me during National Scholastic Age-Group, 13 Nov (Sunday between 10am to 11am) OR Bank-in RM 10 into Maybank A/C. 112223-186563 (Lim Tse Pin), scan the entry form and bank-in slip, then email to tsepin@gmail.com

ACT Fast before all seats fill-up!!!

Event Infosheet

Entry Form

17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-16 Result

2011-10-31T23:43:00.002+08:00

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-12 Result

2011-10-31T23:42:00.003+08:00

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-10 Result

2011-10-31T23:38:00.003+08:00

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament: UNDER-08 Result

2011-10-31T23:36:00.002+08:00

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17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament Snapshot

2011-10-30T20:45:00.005+08:00

As indicated in my earlier post, the Under-8 title goes to top seed Muhd Faqih Aminuddin with a clean win for 7 rounds in-a-row.

While, top seed Ng Jen Sheng too emulates Faqih's achivement with 7 wins in-a-row to win the Under-10 title.

Next, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan who is also the No. 1 seed in the Under-12 category won the event by winning 5 games in-a-row followed by 2 consecutive draws to clinch the title.

Lastly, the Under-16 category which is also dubbed as the "Group of Death" category is captured by Tan Wei Hao after a neck to neck battle with his childhood nemesis Tan Ri Hong. Both players studied together in the same school i.e. SJK(C) Kepong 2 during the primary years.

The detailed result will be posted in a day or two .........

Hot Favourites in 17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament

2011-10-29T23:16:00.003+08:00

The hot favourite to clinch the Under-8 title is Muhd Faqih Aminuddin from Selangor.

The join favourites for the Under-10 title are Ng Jen Sheng, Bausch Koh, Sean Ooi, Evan Loo and Yee Jian Yang. All players are from KL except Yee from Selangor.

The join favourites for the Under-10 title are Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan from N.Sembilan and Tan Yong Zhao from KL.

The join favourites for the Under-16 title are Subramanian Sivanesan from N.Sembilan, Shreyes Subramaniam and Sarika Subramaniam from Pahang, Lim Ming Xian, Dilwen Ding and Tan Wei Hao from KL.

17th Kepong Juniors Chess Tournament Marketing Problem?

2011-10-29T22:51:00.003+08:00

This year edition is one of the toughest ever contested in recent years for categories like Under-10 and Under-16. The school has stopped receiving any new entries as of 25th Oct (Tuesday) when the entries stopped at 256 pax.

Over the last 4 days, many people (no less than 15 calls with an average of 2 children) are still enquiring about the event and try to get their children into the tournament but were rejected. The most common reason cited was they get to know about this event only early this week.

First and foremost, the marketing for this event via online started 3 months ago. Secondly, the organiser of this event has been marketing aggresively in many major tournaments within Klang Valley namely MBSSKL Open, Swensen Age-Group Rapid, KL Scholastics, etc. Thirdly, reminder via various websites e.g. gilachess.com, fireyrook.blogspot.com and malaysianchess.blogspot.com on this event was done about a month ago.

It is a real wonder on why the same reason "Get to know abt this event only in the last few days" was given every year. It makes one wonder whether 3 months marketing on event is insufficient in term of timeframe? OR Target audience are not spread wide enough? OR 3 months marketing on event is too long until it loses its urgency to register? OR Is it a Malaysian way on doing things? OR I also don't know why I can miss the event in the first place despite the fact it is always organised annually after UPSR / PMR exam?

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 16)

2011-10-29T16:59:00.002+08:00

This category has attracted 50 players despite the fact that many secondary school boys and girls will be having their final semester school exam begins from 31st Oct. This category has 48 rated players with the strongest player having N.R. 1712, while only 2 players without a national rating.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Aida Suriana Abdul Razak-G
2 Alexander Lee Hao Ming
3 Andrew Soong Loc Yang
4 Arif Mohd Jamil
5 Bhavani Ponnurangam-G
6 Cheong Jie Yao
7 Chong Yan Meng
8 Davendran Balasubramaniam
9 Derek Poon Guo Liong
10 Dilwen Ding Tze How
11 Dominic Lee Kuang Wei
12 Ee Sun-Xin-G
13 Eric Choong Ee Jin
14 Ethan Wong Hsien Aun
15 Hendry Lim Wei Win
16 Ho Yan Bing
17 Joyce Tan Sue Lee-G
18 Lee Jie Hong
19 Lee Jun Yi
20 Lee Ting Yan
21 Liew Ashton
22 Lim Ming Xian
23 Low Hong Ben
24 Low Teck Sing
25 Mah Siew Zheng
26 Marcus Leong Tjen Wye
27 Marcus Woo Ming Leang
28 Muhd Firdaus Afiq Asman
29 Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo-G
30 Ng Jun Khai
31 Ng Shyue Jer
32 Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli
33 Sakinah Muryadi-G
34 Sarika Subramaniam-G
35 Sean Tan Yu Hau
36 Shreyes Subramaniam
37 Sia Wen Yee
38 Subramanian Sivanesan
39 Sumedha Anne Sethupathy-G
40 Tan Ri Hong
41 Tan Wei Hao
42 Teo Chong Guan
43 Terrence Tan Jiun Hau
44 Tharoun Sharma Ravindran
45 Viknesh Viajantheran
46 Vinton Wong Hsien Loong
47 Wong Zhen Yau
48 Wong Zi Qi-G
49 Yap Ern Yee
50 Zureen Qisty Maisarah-G

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 12)

2011-10-29T16:55:00.002+08:00

This category has attracted 78 players. This category has 58 rated players with the strongest player having N.R. 1631, while 20 others will be experiencing their National rated chess event for the first time.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Adrian Joseph Poh
2 Afiq Mohd Jamil
3 Aiman Syazwan Abdul Razak
4 Alexander Chen Cho Jien
5 Aneel Arora Singh
6 Austen Lee Zwohann
7 Brian Kok Eu Mun
8 Chan Tian Yeong
9 Cheah Eason
10 Cheong Keat Zhen-G
11 Chew Zhi Jing-G
12 Chin Rong Siang
13 Choo Jing Liang
14 Christine Lee Mei Yen-G
15 Daniel Ng Kah Hee
16 Daryl Wong Cheng Lim
17 Dawson Tan Soon Wei
18 Dixon Tee Teng Hui
19 Edwin Tan Yin Rong
20 Ellie Emira Syamimi Ahmad Nazari-G
21 Fong Xhine Jiynie-G
22 Hadi Haikal Noorazman
23 Ivan Tan Tee Yan
24 Jamie Goh Li Yian-G
25 Jaron Tan Xe Yung
26 Kabinesh Ravichander
27 Kam Lih Ren
28 Koh Kai Xin
29 Lavin Kishen Adnani
30 Liew Kang Tze
31 Lim Juan Teng
32 Lim Jun Hong
33 Lim Jun Yi
34 Lim Ming Kang
35 Lim Qi Yang
36 Lim Rong
37 Loong Yee Chong
38 Low Chee Pang
39 Mah Siew Hang
40 Melanie Oon Ying Hui-G
41 Meor Adib Rusyaidi Ayib Rosdi
42 Michael Gabriel Smith
43 Ng Jun Cheng
44 Ngew Wai Kin
45 Ngew Wai Kit
46 Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan-G
47 Nivethan Kumar
48 Nur Faqihah Aminuddin-G
49 Nur Farah Izzati Mustafa-G
50 Nur Najiha Hisham-G
51 Nur Sabrina Aliya Asman-G
52 Nurfatihah Moh Baset-G
53 Phuan Hong Won
54 Ram Nivashan Ramachanthiran
55 Rishi Deepak Gharpuray
56 Sanjay Mogan
57 Sarivin Ponnusamy
58 Sean Ho See Jian
59 Sean Hshi Loong Comben
60 Shamalan Rajesvaran
61 Shanker Kathir Velu
62 Soh Jen Yang
63 Sriram Odaiyappan
64 Steven Wong Zhuliang
65 Tan Jun Hong
66 Tan Keigen
67 Tan Kok Xian
68 Tan Xin Le-G
69 Tan Yong Zhao
70 Tay Pui Ying-G
71 Teo Boon Kee-G
72 Tew Kae Shyuan
73 Tharshini Badmanathan-G
74 Thien Zhong Harn
75 Vignesh Ponnurangam
76 Wha Yong Qi
77 Wong Jun Hou
78 Zetty Humairah Mohd Zambri-G

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 10)

2011-10-29T16:52:00.002+08:00

This is the most popular category with a total of 82 players competing. This category has 63 rated players with the strongest player having N.R. 1681, while 19 others will be earning their National Rating for the first time.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Abdullah Alif Ali Mohd Ali
2 Adly Syahromy Abdul Razak
3 Afsana Jehan Mohd Nahu-G
4 Amierullah Iqram Ismail
5 Anxon Tee Teng Sheng
6 Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah
7 Bausch Koh Sian Kuan
8 Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
9 Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong
10 Chan Hao Xian
11 Chan Kit Wai
12 Cheah Kah Yann-G
13 Cheng Kai Rong
14 Chew Zhi Xuan
15 Dayanand Kerbanathan
16 Dayini Mohd Noor Helimi-G
17 Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari
18 Eric Khoo Wei Rong
19 Evan Loo Hsien Rong
20 Foo Jia Qi
21 Ho Chen Ee-G
22 Hoh Lap Hang
23 Jason Tan Wye-Ki
24 Jayitaa Ann Sethupathy-G
25 Jessica Tan Sue Ann-G
26 Joel Prassanth Abraham
27 Jovel Andreal Lee Arnesto
28 Kam Lih Ming
29 Kishore Jay Kumar
30 Kong Dak Nam
31 Kuhan Kovalan
32 Larxumanan Silvam
33 Lau Tze Wei
34 Leanne Oon Hui Yee-G
35 Lee Hock Hann
36 Lee Zheng Xuan
37 Lee Zhi Yan
38 Leong Jing Xiang
39 Lew Chun Yik
40 Liew Sze Min-G
41 Liew Xun Heng
42 Lim Kai Xian
43 Lim Yern Fay
44 Loh Zu Hao
45 Low Wen Jun-G
46 Luke Anand Soosay
47 Luo Lian Yi
48 Max Wong Zi Quan
49 Meor Airil Rahimi Ayib Rosdi
50 Mohd Haziq Ekhwan
51 Mukthie Jivan Nantha Kumaran
52 Ng Choong Jien
53 Ng Jen Sheng
54 Ng Jin Jin
55 Nur Nazirah Hisham-G
56 Praghashkumar Thanasegeren
57 Prashanth Ramasamy
58 R Deabernishwaran Sharma Ravindran
59 Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli
60 Ram Nivetha Ramachanthiran-G
61 Raz Edryanna Razali-G
62 Ryan Lee Zwoyang
63 Ryan Tey He Yang
64 Samuel Fang Wei Liang
65 Sangetavathy Thanasegeren-G
66 Sean Ooi Zhi Jian
67 Tan Cheok Kee
68 Tan Hong
69 Tan Hou Yuan
70 Tan Qian Hui-G
71 Tan Xuar Yan-G
72 Tan Xue Ren
73 Teh Qing Hong
74 Teh Xintian-G
75 Teo Yi Yang
76 Thesa Archanaa Arularasu-G
77 Thien Zhen Vei
78 Wong Chun Yung
79 Wong Zhu Hock
80 Yaadhavan
81 Yee Jian Yang
82 Yuven Pillaii Badmanathan

Namelist for 17th Kepong Juniors (UNDER - 8)

2011-10-29T16:46:00.002+08:00

A total of 46 players will compete in this category with the youngest player just over 5 years old. 14 players are playing in their first nationally-rated chess event, while 32 others do have a national rating with the strongest player @ N.R. 1500.

Their names are listed in alphabetical order as below:
1 Allaida Siow-G
2 Andrew Poh Yang Jun
3 Chan Tian Shin
4 Cheah Kah Hoe
5 Chew Zhi Qi
6 Chong Zhi Chee-G
7 Chong Zhi Ning-G
8 Chow Rui Rong
9 Dinessh Kumar Thanasegeren
10 Esther Tang En Xin-G
11 Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G
12 Herish Kovalan
13 Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan
14 Joelle Tan Sue Ai-G
15 Joo Jet Yen
16 Joo Jia Qi-G
17 Kirthigan Kerbanathan
18 Kong Dak Seng
19 Lee Jie Hang
20 Lim Jun Shen
21 Lim Rui Yi
22 Lim Yern Sern
23 Low Hao Jie
24 Muhd Afsar Mohd Nahu
25 Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
26 Nur Faiqah Aminuddin-G
27 Ong Ming Jie
28 Phung Yung Ren
29 Phung Yung Xiang
30 Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli-G
31 Ryan Hsien Loong Gray
32 Tan Hou An
33 Tan Hou Ping
34 Tan Hou Sheng
35 Tan Kok Kian
36 Tan Poh Syuen-G
37 Tan Yong Hau
38 Tarani Jayaganesan-G
39 Teh Xinai-G
40 Teng Jian Wei
41 Teo Jun Sim
42 Thien Zhong Syuen
43 Valerie Wong Tsai Ling-G
44 Wan Adalia Rasya Ayib Rosdi-G
45 Yap Chun Peng
46 Yap Rou Xin-G

Reminder: 17th Kepong Juniors (30 Oct - Sunday) @ SJK(C) Kepong 2, Jln Kepong

2011-10-29T10:20:00.002+08:00

On behalf of the school, I would like to remind all parents who have registered your children for the event to arrive at the school BEFORE 8:30am. This school is located behind Kepong Police Station HQ.

Reminder: 17th Kepong Juniors Open on 30th Oct (Sunday)

2011-10-12T13:53:00.005+08:00

Fancy a chance to play against the best players in KL? Or to be one of the 30 winners in lucky draw? Or To be one of the 44 prize winners by strength? Or To make your school pround as a Champion School in the category you take part? Or To increase your National Rating further [since it is THE ONE and ONLY Event to be nationally-rated among all events on 30 Oct], it does help your qualification chances into MSSM / get selected to represent the country at International tournaments.

All players will be given free lunch, drinks, snacks on the event day plus souvenirs to bring home. Act fast!!!, closing date: 17th OCTOBER 2011. Please refer to the posting below for more information.

17th Kepong Juniors Open Chess Tournament

2011-09-17T20:00:00.007+08:00

On behalf of the school management, I would like to announce that the school will be organising the Juniors Open (a National-rated event)on 30 OCTOBER 2011 at the school premise.

This year the event will be held at the newly built canteen that has a seating capacity of more than 700 pax. The build-up space is twice larger than the old venue used in the last 16 editions.

The number of rounds in this edition shall be increased to 7 rounds after the school took into consideration on parents feedback on increasing the number of participants in each category so that their children are not force to compete in higher category after certain quota is reached. Also, four categories will be contested namely Under-08, Under-10, Under-12 and Under-16 in this year edition.

The Infosheet: (Click on the image for an enlarged version)

The Additional Rules and Regulations Besides Adopting FIDE Laws of Chess:

The Entry form:

For those who have difficulty in posting the entry form to the school address with a cheque enclosed, please contact me @ 012-298 4922.

MBSSKL Open 2011 Update#6

2011-07-23T17:53:00.004+08:00

The U14 Girl's category is captured by Melanie Koo who has a clean sweep with perfect 6 wins. She has shown great maturity in her game and continue her rising momentum since a breakthrough in her game during MSSM 2011.

The U14 Boy's category is won by 11 y.o. Tan Yong Zhao who pipped tournament pre-favourite, MBSSKL top U14 player - Tan Wei Hao, on tie break. Both players have scored 5 wins and a draw. They drew each other in Round 5. An interesting fact is that Yong Zhao finished on 2nd placing last year. His achievement in this competition so far is quite impressive. Will he attempts the U17 Boy's category next year?

MBSSKL Open 2011 Update#5

2011-07-23T17:32:00.005+08:00

The last round just over an hour ago.

The U23 Boy's category is won by Sumant Subramaniam with 5 wins and 1 draw. No one actually is playing in his league, the closest threat came from his own 13 y.o. brother, Shreyes, who is also the second seed in the category whom he drew in the last round.

The U23 Girl's category is won by Sumant's sister, Sarika, who won all her 6 games. Among her wins include scalping top seed Olivia Madhavan. After her win over the latter, it is a pretty smooth sailing for her to clinch the championship.

The U17 Boy's category is captured by MBSSKL top player, Yeap Eng Chiam, with a perfect six rounds win. His 4 nearest rivals are 1.5 points behind him. Among the four, three players have identical scores on first 2 tie-breaks, however, the third tie-break get to separate them. After tiebreak, Lim Jing Hong came in ahead of Liew Ken Yew and Kung Soon Heng. The 5th placing goes to Liew Ashton.

The U17 Girl's category is won by Goh Xin Yen despite losing her last round. She has 2 points advantage over her nearest rival before the start of the last round.

MBSSKL Open 2011 Update#4

2011-07-23T15:25:00.005+08:00

A moment ago, Round 6 just started.

The Under 14 Boys category is fought very intensely with 4 players now having 4.5 points from 5 games. Derek vs Wei Hao, Yong Zhao vs Kah Heng. Wei Hao is leading on tie-break by 1.5 points over Yong Zhao.

The Under-17 Boys category belongs to Yeap Eng Chiam, while Under-23 Boys category goes to Sumant Subramaniam.

The Under-14 Girls category is likely to be won by Melanie Koo, while Goh Xin Yen has captured the Under-17 Girls category. Meanwhile, Sarika is likely to be crowned as Under-23 Girls Champion.

The Special Education category who played a round robin had concluded all the fixtures. Muhd Shafiq Yahya and Muhd Syarifuddin Mohd Razib win 6 games from 7 rounds. The former is crowned as the Champion by having a better tie-break.

MBSSKL Open 2011 Update#3 Result

2011-07-23T14:36:00.003+08:00

Some selected mouth watering clash between strong juniors in Round 5, e.g.

Under-14 Boys
1. Tan Wei Hao vs Tan Yong Zhao [0.5-0.5]
2. "Giant killer" Kung Kah Heng vs "Giant killer" Marcus Woo Ming Leang [0.5-0.5]
3. Lim Ming Xian vs Derek Poon Guo Liong [0-1]

Under-17 Boys
1. Yeap Eng Chiam vs Lim Jing Hong [1-0]
2. Liew Ken Yew vs "Evergreen" Tharoun Sharma Ravindran [1-0]
3. Lucas Matthew Dutton vs Vinton Wong Hsien Loong [0-1]

Under-23 Boys
1. Gabriel Soong Mun Hey vs 13 y.o. Shreyes Subramaniam [0-1]

Under-14 Girls
1. Cheong Keat Zhen vs Melanie Koo Wei Wei [0-1]
2. Joyce Tan Sue Lee vs Chew Zhi Jing [1-0]

MBSSKL Open 2011 Update#3

2011-07-23T14:18:00.003+08:00

Some selected mouth watering clash between strong juniors in Round 5, e.g.

Under-14 Boys
1. Tan Wei Hao vs Tan Yong Zhao
2. "Giant killer" Kung Kah Heng vs "Giant killer" Marcus Woo Ming Leang
3. Lim Ming Xian vs Derek Poon Guo Liong

Under-17 Boys
1. Yeap Eng Chiam vs Lim Jing Hong
2. Liew Ken Yew vs "Evergreen" Tharoun Sharma Ravindran
3. Lucas Matthew Dutton vs Vinton Wong Hsien Loong

Under-23 Boys
1. Gabriel Soong Mun Hey vs 13 y.o. Shreyes Subramaniam

Under-14 Girls
1. Cheong Keat Zhen vs Melanie Koo Wei Wei
2. Joyce Tan Sue Lee vs Chew Zhi Jing

MBSSKL Open 2011 Trivial Facts

2011-07-23T13:34:00.004+08:00

The strongest category for the Boy's section is Under 17 Boys with an average National Rating of 1558 among the top 10 players. This average rating is generally higher than an ordinalry adult who play casual chess. While, the Girl's section is Under 23 Girls with an average of 1292 among the top 6 players.

All categories except U14B and U17B shall have 6 prizes awaiting the top finishers. Additional 9 and 4 prizes are allocated for U14B and U17B respectively.

While, the Special Education Category has its own prize structure.

MBSSKL Open 2011 Update#2

2011-07-23T13:10:00.009+08:00

This nationally rated event has moved into the crucial stage with Round 5 just started moment ago.

At the end of 4 rounds, the leaders for each category begin to break away from the large group.

The U14 Boys >>> Tan Wei Hao, Tan Yong Zhao and Kung Kah Heng with full points. Ethan Wong Hsien Aun was stopped by Marcus Woo in Rd 4.

The U17 Boys >>> Yeap Eng Chiam and Lim Jing Hong with maximum points. Liew Ken Yew and Lucas Matthew Dutton lost their respective Rd 4 encounter against both leaders.

The U23 Boys >>> Sumant Subramaniam is the sole leader with 4 points.

The U14 Girls >>> Melanie Koo is the sole leader with 4 points after doing a major upset by dumping top rank Joyce Tan in Rd 4.

The U17 Girls >>> Goh Xin Yen is the sole leader with 4 points.

The U23 Girls >>> Sarika Subramaniam is the sole leader with 4 points after creating an upset by defeating top rank Olivia in Rd 4.

MBSSKL Open 2011 Updates

2011-07-23T12:24:00.003+08:00

After 2 rounds of competition, there is hardly any upset in the categories contested.

For the U14 Boys >>> Tan Wei Hao, Tan Yong Zhao, Ethan Wong Hsien Aun along 14 others have scored 2 points each.

For the U17 Boys >>> Yeap Eng Chiam, Liew Ken Yew, Lucas Matthew Dutton along 6 others have scored 2 points each.

For the U23 Boys >>> Sumant Subramaniam, Boey Jin Huey, Albert Ang Keliang along 2 others have scored 2 points each.

For the U14 Girls >>> Melanie Koo and Teo Boon Kee have maximum points so far.

For the U17 Girls >>> Goh Xin Yen, Lee Jia Jia and Avitra Dhivia had scored both points.

For the U23 Girls >>> Olivia Madhavan, Sarika Subramaniam, Cheng Sheun Fang and Zahra Bahrami have 2 points each.

MBSSKL Open Chess Tournament 2011

2011-07-23T11:00:00.003+08:00

Today, a total of 179 players from all over Klang Valley come together to compete in the 6th edition of the event. Also, parents of 3 students drive from Cameron Highlands to KL for this event this morning.

The school has upgraded the U20 categories (Boys and Girls) to U23 in order to make way for some students from IPTA and IPTS to take part. Also, the school has created a new category called Special Education into this year programme. This new category has 8 SE students competing for the first time.

The U14 Boys has attracted with the most numbers of entries i.e. 66 students, followed by U17 Boys with 37 students and U23 Boys with 23 students. While, the Girls U23 category has 18 players, followed by U14 Girls with 15 students, and U17 Girls with 12 students.

The top ranked students for each category as below:
U14 Boys >>> Tan Wei Hao (many times National Age-Group Champion)
U17 Boys >>> Yeap Eng Chiam (many times National Age-Group Champion and Nat. Junior Champion)
U23 Boys >>> Sumant Subramaniam (SEA GAMES 2011-bound player)

U14 Girls >>> Joyce Tan (MSSM Player)
U17 Girls >>> Goh Xin Yen (MSSM Player)
U23 Girls >>> Olivia Madhavan (National Junior Player)

MSSM 2011 (Chess Team) Trivia Facts

2011-06-04T18:24:00.002+08:00

I have compiled some statistical data based solely on National Rating for general consumption. As you may not aware that the initial seeding of chess players for team category in this edition of MSSM are not line up according to their respective National Rating (i.e. did not use National Rating , instead use last year MSSM result).

So I would like to retabulate the final ranking on the scenario What if all players are seeded according to the National Rating and how they fare at the end of the competition.

The analysis for Podium finishing (based on National Rating) as below:
Cat. >> Champion, Second, Third
U12B >> top rank, 2nd highest, 3rd highest
U15B >> top rank, 2nd highest, 7th highest
U18B >> top rank, 2nd highest, 3rd highest
U12G >> top rank, 3rd highest, 2nd highest
U15G >> top rank, 3rd highest, 2nd highest
U18G >> top rank, 3rd highest, 2nd highest

Findings:
1. You hv 100% chance [sure] to finish as Champion if your team have the highest National Rating accumulated from 4 players in your Team category. WOW!!!

2. You hv 0% chance to finish as Champion if your team ARE NOT with highest National Rating accumulated from 4 players in your Team category. JUST TOO BAD???

3. You hv 100% chance [sure] to finish on podium if your team have highest National Rating accumulated from 4 players in your Team category. WOW!!!

4. You hv 100% chance [sure] to finish on podium if your team are among the 2 teams with highest National Rating accumulated from 4 players in your Team category. WOW!!!

5. You hv 94% chance to finish on podium if your team are among the 3 teams with highest National Rating accumulated from 4 players in your Team category. GREAT!!

6. You hv 6% chance to finish on podium if your team ARE NOT among the 3 teams with highest National Rating accumulated from 4 players in your Team category. WORK HARDER NEXT TIME?

Conclusion:

1. Isn't this number look very sad for teams outside the "Big 3" chess powerhouse in Malaysia?

2. It is so bleak and very discouraging for those states to compete in the team event.

3. Looks like our National Rating is a superb benchmark indeed for Team event.

MSSM 2011 (Chess Individual) Trivia Facts

2011-06-04T17:40:00.005+08:00

I have compiled some statistical data based solely on National Rating for general consumption. As you may not aware that the initial seeding of chess players for this edition of MSSM are not line up according to their respective National Rating (i.e. not 100%), so I would like to retabulate the final ranking on the scenario What if all players are seeded according to the National Rating and how they fare at the end of the competition.

The analysis for Podium finishing (based on National Rating) as below:
Cat. >> Champion, Second, Third
U12B >> 4th highest, top rank, 2nd highest
U15B >> top rank, 2nd highest, 6th highest
U18B >> 2nd highest, 3rd highest, top rank
U12G >> top rank, 3rd highest, 4th highest
U15G >> top rank, 2nd highest, 13th highest
U18G >> top rank, 2nd highest, 3rd highest

Findings:
1. You hv 67% chance to finish as Champion if you have the highest National Rating in your Individual category. LOOKS GOOD!

2. You hv 83% chance to finish as Champion if you are among 3 players with highest National Rating in your Individual category.

3. You hv 17% chance to finish as Champion if you ARE NOT among 3 players with highest National Rating in your Individual category.

4. You hv 0% chance to finish as Champion if you ARE NOT among 4 players with highest National Rating in your Individual category. JUST TOO BAD???

5. You hv 100% chance [sure] to finish on podium if you have the highest National Rating in your Individual category. WOW!!!

6. You hv 78% chance to finish on podium if you are among 3 players with highest National Rating in your Individual category.

7. You hv 22% chance to finish on podium if you ARE NOT among 3 players with highest National Rating in your Individual category.

8. You hv 11% chance to finish on podium if you ARE NOT among 4 players with highest National Rating in your Individual category. WORK HARDER NEXT TIME?

Conclusion:

1. Isn't this number look bleak and very discouraging for those who are not among the highest 4 players on National Rating?

2. Our National Rating is a good benchmark to be used (100%) in MSSM Individual event.

CTEP Camp Begins on 6th June (Monday)

2011-06-04T16:22:00.007+08:00

On behalf of Creative Chess Enterprise, I would like to express my gratitude to all chess bloggers namely Andrew Ooi and Shamsuddin Sabri for featuring the CTEP Camp on your blogsites.

Also, I would like to thank Seng Sun, Chess Columnist for The Star, for putting up information about the CTEP camp for several consecutive weeks. Without the support from these friends, the Inaugural CTEP Camp will not be this successful.

For those who have registered for the Camp, please arrive early at the Venue: Sekolah Sri Bestari, Persiaran Margosa, Bandar Sri Damansara 52200 Kuala Lumpur [GPS Coordinates: 3°11'34"N 101°36'37"E] say by 8.30AM. In order to drive into the school compound, please mention your Child Name to the Security Guard for verification purposes.

Also, parents of the camp participants are invited to attend the Q & A session on 7th June (Day 2) begins from 2:15PM. I hope all parents are able to attend this 45 minutes session where I will explain on the road map relates to the topic on "What It Takes to become a National Player".

See you guys at the CTEP Camp.

MSSM 2011 Final Result

2011-06-04T14:25:00.010+08:00

What an interesting grand finale by Selangor. The team has staged a remarkable comeback on the last day of competition by putting up the best possible finishing after a disasterous Friday round and hope to improve as much as they could in the team categories standing.

After completing 5 rounds of team categories, Selangor is just in the running for 2 Silver and a Bronze but they end up winning 2 Silver and 3 Bronze which will contribute significantly to the points system. Also, WP improve from 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals before today to 4 Gold and 2 Silver medals. While, Penang grab 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals as compare to 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze position a day earlier.

The real stunning performance for Selangor come from the individual categories where they improve from 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medal positions on Friday to 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in the end of competition. The individual players from WP have mixed result in the final round where none of their Individual player finishes on podium. This does not augur well for them to collect sufficient points to capture the Overall title. As of press time, no news on whether which State emerge as the Overall Champion for Chess, MSSM 2011.

The breakdown on medal winners at the end of competition as below:- (Gold, Silver, Bronze)

U-12 Boys Individual >> Kedah, Selangor, Penang.
U-12 Girls Individual >> Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang.
U-15 Boys Individual >> Penang, Selangor, Kedah.
U-15 Girls Individual >> Selangor, Kedah, Sarawak.
U-18 Boys Individual >> Selangor, Perak, Selangor.
U-18 Girls Individual >> Malacca, Selangor, Pahang.

U-12 Boys Team >> WP, Penang, Johor.
U-12 Girls Team >> Penang, WP, Selangor.
U-15 Boys Team >> WP, Selangor, Johor.
U-15 Girls Team >> WP, Selangor, Penang.
U-18 Boys Team >> Penang, WP, Selangor.
U-18 Girls Team >> WP, Penang, Selangor.

Medal tally after 6 rounds competition:-
WP >> 4 (Gold), 2 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Selangor >> 3 (Gold), 5 (Silver), 4 (Bronze);
Penang >> 3 (Gold), 2 (Silver), 3 (Bronze);

Kedah >> 1 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Malacca >> 1 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Negeri Sembilan >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Perak >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Johor >> 0 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 2 (Bronze);
Pahang >> 0 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Sarawak >> 0 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);

If the calculation of points are based on the standard Merit-based system use in other sports at National-level/ Regional-level event i.e. Gold = 5 points, Silver = 3 points, Bronze = 1 point, then

Champion >> Selangor with 34 points;
2nd >> WP with 26 points;
3rd >> Penang with 24 points.

OR

If calculation is based on Olympic System (which favour Best of the Best aka Gold), then
Champion >> WP with 4 Gold medals;
2nd >> Selangor with 3 Gold medals plus 5 Silver medals;
3rd >> Penang with 3 Gold medals plus 2 Silver medals.

However, Chess in MSSM does not adopt any of these systems. Well, Chess in MSSM has its own way of calculation where points are awarded even to the last placing finisher in any given category. As from my understanding, this unique system (which is not based on merit way of calculation) is designed to encourage minor state in chess to send teams to take part in the annual event. So, every state can go back home with some points eventhough no medal is won by the contingent and able to explain to the respective Education Dept that they are not doing too badly and can improve their peformance in future editions.

MSSM 2011 After 5 Rounds

2011-06-03T20:03:00.006+08:00

In this post, KL shall be renamed to WP (Wilayah Persekutuan i.e. KL plus Putrajaya but exclude Labuan) although all reps are from KL.

All categories except (U15 Boys Ind and Team) have completed 5 rounds with 1 more round to play.

The breakdown of medal contenders into the last round as below(Gold, Silver, Bronze):
U-12 Boys Individual >> Kedah, WP, Penang.
U-12 Girls Individual >> Selangor, Selangor, Sarawak.
U-15 Boys Individual >> Penang, Selangor, Kedah [6 rounds completed].
U-15 Girls Individual >> Kedah, Selangor, Perak.
U-18 Boys Individual >> Selangor, Perak, Selangor.
U-18 Girls Individual >> Malacca, Pahang, Selangor.

U-12 Boys Team >> WP, Johor, Penang.
U-12 Girls Team >> Penang, WP, Johor.
U-15 Boys Team >> WP, Selangor, Johor [6 rounds completed].
U-15 Girls Team >> WP, Selangor, Penang.
U-18 Boys Team >> Penang, Johor, WP.
U-18 Girls Team >> WP, Penang, Selangor.

Medal contenders as at 3rd June 2011, 8pm:-
WP >> 4 (Gold), 2 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Penang >> 3 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 3 (Bronze);
Selangor >> 2 (Gold), 5 (Silver), 3 (Bronze);
Kedah >> 2 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Malacca >> 1 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Johor >> 0 (Gold), 2 (Silver), 2 (Bronze);
Perak >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Pahang >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Sarawak >> 0 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);

This WP team have take the Driver seat for the Overall Title based on the superb performance in Round 5 from the 6 categories (Team) with 4 Gold medals (U15 Boys is confirmed, U12 Boys and U15 Girls and U18 Girls are 99% secure). Both Selangor and Penang have failed in Round 5 and thus the Overall Champion title are now within the grip of WP.

WP would have crowned as the Overall Champion if the results are based on the Gold-Silver-Bronze medal tally since WP will take home a minimum number of 4 Gold medals. However, MSSM way of calculation is based on points system e.g. Champion = 10 points, Second = 8 points and continue down to the last placing in the category = 1 point. As I have mentioned earlier in my previous post, WP needs to improve the Individual result eventhough their players are not in contention for top three placing.

What a fantastic performance from WP in previous round!? How come both Selangor and Penang collapsed - Can either team stage a remarkable recovery in tomorrow last round? Or WP captures the Overall Champion title and Chess supreme stay within Klang Valley for the 8 consecutive years after reinstated back into MSSM Programme in 2004.

MSSM 2011 Medal Contenders

2011-06-03T14:34:00.007+08:00

Most of the categories have conducted 4 rounds with 2 very important rounds to go.

The breakdown of medal contenders as below(Gold, Silver, Bronze):
U-12 Boys Individual >> Malacca, Kedah, KL.
U-12 Girls Individual >> Selangor, Selangor, Penang.
U-15 Boys Individual >> Penang, Selangor, Kedah. [After 5 rounds]
U-15 Girls Individual >> Kedah, Penang, Selangor.
U-18 Boys Individual >> Selangor, Perak, Selangor. [After 5 rounds]
U-18 Girls Individual >> Malacca, Selangor, Pahang.

U-12 Boys Team >> KL, Penang, Johor.
U-12 Girls Team >> Penang, KL, Selangor.
U-15 Boys Team >> Selangor, KL, Perak.
U-15 Girls Team >> KL, Kelantan, Penang.
U-18 Boys Team >> Penang, Johor, KL. [After 5 rounds]
U-18 Girls Team >> Penang, KL, Perak.

Medal contenders as at 3rd June 2011, 2pm:-
Penang >> 4 (Gold), 2 (Silver), 2 (Bronze);
Selangor >> 3 (Gold), 3 (Silver), 3 (Bronze);
KL >> 2 (Gold), 3 (Silver), 2 (Bronze);
Malacca >> 2 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Kedah >> 1 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Perak >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 2 (Bronze);
Johor >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 1 (Bronze);
Kelantan >> 0 (Gold), 1 (Silver), 0 (Bronze);
Pahang >> 0 (Gold), 0 (Silver), 1 (Bronze).

Looks like Penang is on course to dump Defending Champion Selangor to win the Overall title. Will KL do Selangor a big favour in Round 5 battle since KL is paired against Penang in several categories. While, KL has an outside chance in the Overall title race but their representatives in some Individual categories who are not performing up to expectation must win the remaining 2 rounds.

The medal analysis listed above is based solely on the current position after completing this morning round. It should not be misconstrued as my personal analysis or opinion on the medal standing in the ongoing MSSM 2011. May the best performing state collectively be the Overall Champion!

Last Call !!! Chess Training Excellence Program During Mid-Year School Holiday

2011-05-22T13:59:00.010+08:00

The Chess Training Excellence Programme Camp is to be held on 6th & 7th June 2011 (during the mid-term school holiday break). The deadline for Registration has been extended to 30th May 2011 (Monday).

There is 6 more places left (update 28/5: 4 more seats left) for the Elementary level, 5 more places left (update 28/5: 2 more seats left) for the Intermediate Level 1, and 7 more places left (update 28/5: 3 more seats) for Intermediate Level 2. Please ACT FAST to enrol yourself in this one of its kind holiday chess programme.

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.

Chess Training Excellence Program During Mid-Year School Holiday

2011-05-08T19:17:00.003+08:00

The Chess Training Excellence Programme Camp is to be held on 6th & 7th June 2011 (during the mid-term school holiday break). The Early Bird enrolment fee will ends on 15th May. Please ACT FAST to enrol yourself in this CTEP Camp.

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: National Rating Changes

2011-05-03T18:48:00.004+08:00

I've worked out the rating changes for the 81 players in this event. These rating changes will be compiled and added into the next Rating List (July 2011 Release).

Click on the image to enlarge.

38th Selangor Open: Round 9 Result and Final Ranking

2011-05-03T18:38:00.003+08:00

Please click on the image to enlarge.

Round 9 Result:

The Final Ranking:

38th Selangor Open: Ranking After Rd 8 and Pairing for Round 9

2011-05-02T13:08:00.007+08:00

IM Jimmy Liew had taken a half point lead into the final round of the tournament. Can he defeats Ian to claim the title for the NINE times in 38 years?

OR

FM Nicholas Chan to become the third player in Selangor Open history by winning it 3 years in a row after IM Dr. Max Wotulo (1975 - 1977) and IM Jimmy Liew (1985 - 1988)?

OR

IM Srinath from India ends up as the Champion by defeating NM Lim Zhuo Ren and wait for other top boards result?

Ranking After Round 8:

Round 9 Pairing:

38th Selangor Open: Round 6 to 8 Results

2011-05-02T13:02:00.003+08:00

Round 6 Result:

Round 7 Result:

Round 8 Result:

38th Selangor Open: Round 5 Result and Round 6 Pairing

2011-05-01T10:16:00.003+08:00

The Round 5 Result:

The Round 6 Pairing:

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

2011-04-29T22:56:00.003+08:00

There is a problem uploading to the Chess-results.com

Here is the Round 4 pairing list. Please click on the image to enlarge it.

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

2011-04-25T12:01:00.003+08:00

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]

2011-04-23T00:05:00.005+08:00

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

2011-04-21T12:15:00.002+08:00

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]

2011-04-19T15:26:00.001+08:00

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]

2011-04-19T14:58:00.007+08:00

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

2011-04-19T14:47:00.006+08:00

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)

2011-04-18T11:31:00.008+08:00

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

2011-04-17T23:39:00.001+08:00

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

2011-04-14T21:14:00.003+08:00

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

2011-04-13T16:39:00.005+08:00

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

2011-04-12T20:39:00.003+08:00

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]

2011-04-12T14:22:00.000+08:00

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....

2011-04-12T13:40:00.003+08:00

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

2011-04-08T14:11:00.003+08:00

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]

2011-04-06T15:56:00.000+08:00

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

CTEP Camp June 2011

2011-03-30T13:43:00.010+08:00

For the first time in my 8 years as a full time Coach, I will be collaborating with my sifu in chess, Coach Seto, and Creative Chess Enterprise, Coach Balen. It is a unique experience to team up with my sifu together with my comrade in chess organisation. With our proven track record in grooming dozens of young children till represent the country, we are putting together a powerful chess training excellence programme camp on 6th & 7th June 2011 for children who inspire to represent Malaysia one day.

In Malaysia, many chess companies / academies / private enterprises have conducted chess camps actively in the past 5 years especially during the school holiday. From the research done, many chess camps just belong to "having some fun" camp category. So, I didn't want to associate with such a camp and would I say will not collaborate with parties in doing such camps. Therefore, I conduct CTEP camp for my own students only, no outsider is allowed.

Why am I collaborating with Others for the first time? It all began from a casual chit chat I had with Coach Balen in one of coffeeshops in town. He was telling me " this and that" on the camps he helped out others. Basically, those are the same reasons (in not many words) why I didn't collaborate with others. So I popped a question, why not you run one yourself? The rest is history. Here, we present to you a chess camp that we called Chess Training Excellence Programme camp.

How is this CTEP camp different from those "having some fun" camp?

1. The camp material will be customised manually based on the students chess understanding / level.

2. The camp material is extracted from a customisable self-develop methodology which is proven to produce more than 3 dozens of children (not just one individual, or 2, may be 3, 5, or 10 individuals) from the rudimental level like just knowing how pieces move until an expert level of representing the country.

3. The coaches share the same kind of believe on what are the best chess ingredients and what it takes for children of rudimental chess knowledge to grow.

4. Feel free to give me a call @ 012 - 298 4922 if you want to know more.

The infosheet:

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The Enrolment Form:

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NAG 2011 Champions

2011-03-25T00:12:00.004+08:00

This is an old piece of information but I would like to post it just to have a closure to my earlier article entitled "NAG 2011 Title Contenders" that was posted before the start of the Championship. Sorry to say that I'm unable to post this article earlier as I'm out of the country in the last 2 weeks.

The Champions are listed below:
The Under-18 Boys >> Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham (NR 1893) from Selangor;
The Under-18 Girls >> Latifah Kaiyisah (NR 1548) from KL;
The Under-16 Boys >> Wong Jianwen (NR 1819) from KL;
The Under-16 Girls >> Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey (NR 1560) from KL;
The Under-14 Boys >> Roshan Ajeet (NR 1681) from Selangor;
The Under-14 Girls >> NWM Wendy Tan Li Ting (NR 1688) from KL;
The Under-12 Boys >> Ooi Zhi Yang (NR 1593) from Penang;
The Under-12 Girls >> WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (NR 1748) from Selangor;
The Under-10 Boys >> Teh De Juan (NR 1518) from Penang;
The Under-10 Girls >> Teh De Zen (NR 1376) from Penang;

I'm surprise that I'm able to make a perfect prediction as all names appeared in my list of NAG 2011 Title Contenders. One of the bloggers wrote something in his blog in response to my earlier article before the Age-Group started. I choose not to comment on his article at that time as this may upset some players preparation toward the championship. As for now, I also choose not to comment but all I can say my evaluation did cover a very wide scope (not only technical in chess). You want to know the scope - "Trade secret!".

For the record, I did not make any prediction for both categories in Under-8. The champions as follow:-
The Under-8 Boys >> Tan Jun Ying from Penang;
The Under-8 Girls >> Goh Jie Yi from Penang.

From the stats, Penang won 5 national titles followed by KL with 4 titles and Selangor with 3 titles. So, Penang is the Overall Champion in the Best of the Best Category.

38th Selangor Open Infosheet

2011-03-24T23:57:00.002+08:00

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38th Selangor Open 2011

2011-03-23T14:43:00.003+08:00

Source: CAS blogsite

This FIDE-rated event (also a nationally rated event) will be organised from 28th Apr to 2nd May 2011 at DATCC, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. The total prize fund for this event is RM 7,500 with the 38th Selangor Open Champion to receive RM 2,500 in cash.

Confirmation of Participation (28th Apr) >> 4 PM to 5.30PM;
28th Apr >> Round 1: 6.30 PM to 10.30 PM;
29th Apr >> Round 2: 9 AM to 1 PM;
29th Apr >> Round 3: 3 PM to 7 PM;
30th Apr >> Round 4: 9 AM to 1 PM;
30th Apr >> Round 5: 3 PM to 7 PM;
01st May >> Round 6: 9 AM to 1 PM;
01st May >> Round 7: 3 PM to 7 PM;
02nd May >> Round 8: 8.30 AM to 12.30 PM;
02nd May >> Round 9: 2 PM to 6 PM;
Closing Ceremony >> 6.30 PM.

Registration fee:
1. CAS Members with FIDE rating >> RM 70;
2. CAS Members without FIDE rating >> RM 80;
3. Others with FIDE rating >> RM 90;
4. Others without FIDE rating >> RM 100;
5. Schools/Institutions of Higher Learning that send at least 4 players will receive 20% discount.

NAG 2011 Title Contenders

2011-03-09T10:50:00.011+08:00

This yr NAG will be held at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Perak. It is going to be 2 yrs in a row the NAG to be held outside Klang Valley. The number of entries so far stands at 332 pax [revised to 378 pax after submission from late entries taking into account] still a far cry from 450 to 500 pax (if to be held in Klang Valley) but far better numbers representation if we compared with last year edition around 250 pax. The larger number is attributed by a significant increase in children from Klang Valley taking part in this year edition.

The Under-18 Boys Championship title will be a four-corner fight between NM Evan Timothy (NR 2019) from Penang, Sumant Subramaniam (NR 1980) from Pahang, Muhd Nabil (NR 1893) from Selangor, and Fong Yit San from Perak (NR 1760). {Last update 10/3 - Syakir is not in the namelist}

The Under-18 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between Latifah Kaiyisah (NR 1548) from KL and Winnie Hong (NR 1531) from Selangor after Amira Syamina was slotted wrongly in this category.

The Under-16 Boys Championship title will be a three-corner fight between NJM Yeap Eng Chiam (NR 1995) and Wong Jianwen (NR 1819) from KL, and Elgin Lee (NR 1790) from Penang.

The Under-16 Girls Championship title will be a five-corner fight between Sarika Subramaniam (NR 1584) from Pahang, Goh Xin Yen (NR 1559) and Amira Syamina (NR 1512) from Selangor, Hoh Tjin Li (NR 1558) from Penang, and Pavitranayagi Jayamurthey (NR 1560) from KL.

The Under-14 Boys Championship title will be a four-corner fight between Muhd Irfan (NR 1731) and Roshan Ajeet (NR 1681) from Selangor, Tan Wei Hao (NR 1659) from KL, and Aron Teh [resides in Shanghai] from Perak (NR 1593).

The Under-14 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between WCM Nur Nabila (NR 1792) from Selangor and WNM Wendy Tan from KL (NR 1688) from KL.

The Under-12 Boys Championship title will be a four-corner fight between Ooi Zhi Yang (NR 1593) and Tang Wei Kit (NR 1538) from Penang, Mohd Noor Azam (NR 1528) from Selangor, and Tan Yong Zhao from KL (NR 1450). {Last update 10/3 - Li Tian is not in the namelist}

The Under-12 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between WFM Nur Najiha (NR 1748) and Puteri Rifqah (NR 1525) from Selangor.

The Under-10 Boys Championship title will be a five-corner fight between CM Amier Hamzah (NR 1623), Teh De Juan (NR 1518) and Wong Yinn Long (NR 1512) from Penang, Yee Jian Yang (NR 1587) and Emir Rusyaidi (NR 1478) from Selangor.

The Under-12 Girls Championship title will be a straight fight between Puteri Munajjah (NR 1611) from Selangor and Teh De Zen (NR 1376) from Penang.

The Under-08 Boys and Under-08 Girls Championship title will be anybody guessing.

All names mentioned here have been quantified and analyzed based on their chess skills from the namelist published by Marcus Yeoh in his blogsite. Any player whose name does not appear here but have a higher rating than the "weakest" contenders in the category is deemed to have some missing basic chess fundamentals to support his/her quest to win the National Age-Group title.

It's worth mentioning that Gilocatur's blogsite has some evaluation on title contenders too.

Finally, I wish all title contenders to have a pleasant outing and able to scalp new heights in skill towards attaining mastery level in future.

MSSMKL Sentul Zone Primary Schools

2011-03-05T00:19:00.007+08:00

SJK(C) Kepong 2 conquered the Sentul Zone with 5 GOLD, 2 SILVER, 1 BRONZE from 6 categories played over 4 days. With this result, SJK(C) Kepong 2 is the most dominant school so far (after 3 zones had completed with 1 zone remaining to contest) in this year zone level chess event.

Also, a big thank you to the Organiser of this zone (Cikgu Azwan and the team) for uploading the full result so fast. The result is uploaded on the same day as the event finished. This is the type of efficiency we are talking.

Boys and Girls Team Results as follow:

Boys and Girls Individual Results as follow:

MSSMKL 2011 Keramat Zone (Girls Result for Primary Schools)

2011-03-02T03:10:00.005+08:00

The individual results (courtesy from MSSMKL blogsite) for the U-10 and U-12 category in Girls section as below:

In the U-12 category, SK CBN 1 has 3 contestants qualify into the Final, followed by SJK(C) Nan Kai and SJK(C) Lai Meng with 2 contestants each, while one each from 5 different schools.

After a tough 5 rounds battle, SK Danau Kota leads the way into the Final with 3 contestants, followed by SJK(C) Lee Rubber and SK CBN1 with 2 contestants each, while one each from 5 different schools.

MSSMKL 2011 Keramat Zone (Boys Result for Primary Schools)

2011-03-02T02:57:00.005+08:00

The individual results (courtesy from MSSMKL blogsite) for the U-10 and U-12 category in Boys section as below:

In the U-12 category, SJK(C) Lee Rubber has 3 representatives qualify into the Final followed by SJK(C) Lai Meng with 2 representatives and one representative each from 7 different schools.

In the U-10 category, SJK(C) Lee Rubber again lead the way with 5 representatives followed by SJK(C) Lai Meng with 3 representatives and one representative each from 4 different schools.

I'm pleased to announce that Coach L trainees (Only 2 persons in this zone) have emerged as Champion in both categories contested.

MSSMKL 2011 Keramat Zone (Team Result for Primary Schools)

2011-03-02T02:39:00.009+08:00

I did not attend this event as I did not have any school playing in this zone. Here is the result for this zone (Courtesy from MSSMKL blogsite):

Boys section

This could be the most populated zone with 16 schools took part. The stars for this zone are heavyweight SJK(C) Lee Rubber under Coach KK and "surprise, surprise" SJK(C) Lai Meng under Coach JT. Both schools Board 1 player are anchored by Coach L trainees. Coincidently, they are the only two students Coach L has in this zone. How they fare in Individual? check out in the next posting.

Girls section

With the departure of NWM Wendy Tan from SJK(C) Lee Rubber, the vacumm is immediately felt by the school and CBN1 under Coach G took full advantage of the situation to pip the former to the title by half a point.

MSSMKL 2011 Sentul Zone (Team Result for Primary Schools)

2011-03-02T01:22:00.009+08:00

The dates on primary schools chess event for this zone is changed from 22nd March to 1st March unexpectedly. Some schools were not informed on the changes as well as no notice/circular informing schools in this zone with regards to the technical meeting on the change of dates. One of the affected schools is SJK(C) Kepong 2.

It was quick fortunate that Coach L who is coaching the school found out this piece of information just in time before the closing date set by the organising committee lapsed. So, SJK(C) Kepong 2 manages to register their students for the competition at the 11th hour without a chance to attend the already organised meeting for all schools in Sentul. This is the 2nd yr in a row that Kepong 2 did not receive notification on the meeting.

To cut the long story short, the school just received a copy of registration form without any details attached upon making a request to the hosting school. The school was told to go on 1st March. There is no indication whatsoever by the hosting school that 1st March is for team event or individual event. Nevertheless, Kepong 2 sent a team of boys and girls (on Coach L information) to compete without having any details on tournaments regulations like Rd 1 starting time, number of rounds to be contested, duration per player, and etc.

Upon arriving at the hosting school, SK Kiaramas @ Persiaran Dutamas, there were schools sending load of students who suppose to compete in Individual event. After seeing so many students actually came for Individual event, some parents of Kepong 2 are confused and doubt whether Coach L had gave a wrong information by asking another 14 Kepong 2 students who are slated to play in Individual event only not to be there on 1st March. After much confusion among the participating schools, it was made clear by the Organiser that 1st of March event is for Team only. Phew!!!!

The round began with 7 schools competing in the Girls category where the hosting school put up a "B team" to even out the number. A very good move indeed and an acceptable norm! While, the Boys category has 7 schools competing with one of the schools has requested for slating a "B team" since their Individual players already there but was denied by the organiser. Later, the accompanying teacher from that school found out a "B team" was allowed. In this case, the "B team" was not from the hosting school. The school teacher was literally jumping mad after learning it from the pairing. Why the bias? The organiser owes an explanation to that school teacher.

The way the tournament progress was quite anti-climax with the top 2 schools played each other in Round 2 for both sections. In the Boys section, SJK(C) Kepong 2 came out with a 4 nil result. The title was decided. As for the Girls section, both top schools tied 2-2. From then onwards, it was left to see which school actually drop points to other schools in a race to the finish. One of the them had put up 4 nil result in the remaining 3 rounds.

Now comes to the final result of the team event. I'm pleased to annouce that SJK(C) Kepong 2 had won both sections with 18 points from 20 games played.

MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone (Boys' Result for Primary Schools)

2011-02-18T23:59:00.000+08:00

Courtesy from MSSMKL website, the full result of zone qualifiers as below:

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MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone (Girls' Result for Primary Schools)

2011-02-18T23:56:00.002+08:00

Courtesy from MSSMKL website, the full result of zone qualifiers as below:

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MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone (Under-12 Team Result)

2011-02-18T23:54:00.002+08:00

Courtesy from MSSMKL website, the full result as below:

MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone (Under-15 Result)

2011-02-18T17:52:00.002+08:00

Last night during my weekly session with one of the 5-pointer player in this zone. A question was asked? What do I think on the outcome from the top of the table clash today? My answer is simple - It will be a draw since Wei Hao is expected to take Black.

With my predicted outcome, the Champion for the group will be anyone guessing but I think Wei Hao has a slight advantage, why? Wei Hao played 3 title contenders while Albert played 2 title contenders.

Both frontrunners have 5.5 points followed by 5 to 7 players with 5 points. True enough the frontrunners drew their game and 3 other 5-pointer won their respective encounter including the guy who asked me. All of them have 6 points from 7 games played.

After the tie-break calculation, Wei Hao is declared as Champion, followed by Albert on 2nd placing and Derek on 3rd placing. When comes to important tournament, a national-class player always produce the needed result.

Will update you guys when I have the complete result.

MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone Boys Individual (Under-15)

2011-02-17T23:37:00.005+08:00

If any chess player wants to test their skill in chess, join this category in Bangsar zone which parades at least 5 National players namely Low Hong Ben with Nat. Rating 1358, Albert Ang (NR 1586) - a one-time National Age-Group Champion under Coach L guidance, Derek Poon (NR 1392) under Coach L guidance, Hew Zhen Jing (NR 1347) and Tan Wei Hao (NR 1659) - three-time National Age-Group Champion under Coach L guidance. All these players come from the same school i.e. SMK(L) Methodist.

There are many other strong players e.g. Gabriel Soong (NR 1553), Lim Jing Hong (NR 1430), Viknesh (NR 1286), and Tharoun (NR 1412). All except Tharoun hails from SMK(L) Methodist too.

There will be a mouth watering top of the table clash in tomorrow final round where Albert is pitted against Wei Hao. Both players have 5 wins and a draw from 6 games played so far. In the 6th round, Albert drew with Derek, while Wei Hao defeated Jing Hong but drew Zhen Jing in earlier rounds.

MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone Boys Individual (Primary)

2011-02-17T14:54:00.005+08:00

The individual event is conducted over 3 days with 45 minutes allocated to each player. This is a better format to get a stronger crop of players to represent the Bangsar zone for the MSSMKL Final which is scheduled in April 2011.

The pre-tournament favourite for the U-12 Category is Darrel Yap from SJK(C) Davidson with a Nat. Rating 1417. As of press time, he already wins 5 games in a row. The Round 6 is on going. He is paired against Ang Tsu Jien of SK Bukit Damansara who got 4 wins and a draw. Will his experience prevails or his opponent 80 sessions stint rules?

At top of the table clash, Jaron Tan of SK Methodist has stopped Muhd Alif of SK Bukit Damansara 5 consecutive games win. Among the 4 pointers from 5 games, Steven Wong of SK Methodist has defeated another boy from SK Bukit Damansara successfully.

In the Under-10 category, tournament pre-favourite is Jagathees Guna Balan who hails from Johor with Nat. Rating 1404. The whole family moved up to KL for the sake of developing his chess interest late last year. With the help of En. Suhairi, the boy is registered as SK Bukit Damansara student and get to enjoy the daily chess training facility provided by the school. As of press time, he already wins 4 games in a row. The Round 5 is on going. He is paired against Evan Loo of SJK(C) Kuen Cheng 2 who has 3 wins and a draw.

At top of the table clash, second highest rank Dominic Long of Alice Smith international Schhol with Nat. Rating 1373 has stopped Wong Zhu Hock of SK Methodist 4 consecutive games win. If Jagathees can get past Evan, then he will set-up the match of the day against Dominic Long in tomorrow final round.

MSSMKL 2011 Bangsar Zone Boys Team (Primary)

2011-02-17T14:48:00.006+08:00

Time flies so fast where the Inter-school competition has just kick-off with the Bangsar zone. Once again, KL beats Selangor to an early preparation for the team. Kudos to MSSMKL committee spearheaded by En. Suhairi.

This year the MSSMKL has reintroduced the Team event with 20 minutes time control per player. Also, there is a change in participation eligibility where only Malaysians can partake in this year competition. With this new ruling, Global Indians International School, the powerhouse for this zone has loses its shine before the event even started. Most of the last year prizewinners from this school are represented by non-Malaysians.

Without Global Indian International School in the team event, 11 schools competing in the team competition has the chance to be crowned as champion. In reality, 5 schools with regular coaching should easily finish in the top 5 of the standing.

After contesting for 5 rounds, these schools finish in top 5 with Sri Chempaka trained under Coach M on 5th place with 11 pts from 20 games, SK Seri Hartamas (Coach G) on 4th place with 12 pts, SJK(C) Jalan Davidson (Coach C) on 3rd place with 14.5 pts, and SK Methodist (Coach L) on 2nd place with 14.5 pts. All these schools basically have at least once a week training session throughout the school academic year.

Now who is the Champion? Why is this school so special? From reliable source, the school has engaged a permanent foreign coach (lets call him, Coach J) for the school to do DAILY chess training since November 2010. This literally translate to 80 coaching sessions or more between Nov 2010 and Feb 2011. The training paid off with the school securing 16 pts from 20 games played. The school is SK Bukit Damansara. Prior to this achievement, the school only has 1 MSSM player i.e. Natasha Kavina (under Coach L private guidance) who had graduated last year from the school. This school is able to engage foreign coach to be based in the school in order to conduct daily chess lesson due to their status as High Performance School accorded by the gov't. The gov't is allocating RM 1,000,000 each year to the school based on information published in the local newspaper.

MCF Chess Rating Jan 2011 Release

2011-01-17T01:46:00.001+08:00

Please click here for a copy of the rating list.