10th CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th Feb [Wilayah Complex]

Not so long ago where there exists very few tournaments in Klang Valley due to economic turmoil which had resulted in drastic cut in sponsored-tournaments. CAS has championed the chess movement in Klang Valley by introducing a series of 1-day self-funded Allegro concept where tournament is to be held on quarterly basis to keep the chess movement in Klang Valley active and alive.

More importantly, people in chess community can meet-up with each other on a regular basis via tournaments. For the record, CAS incurred losses for this event in the earlier years. Well, it was a sacrifice and commitment that CAS made for the chess community in Klang Valley.

Without realising, CAS will be organising the Allegro for ten consecutive years. So, what is the different between now and then? Now, there are so many weekend tournaments organise by various chess organisations. Organisers with corporate or government sponsorships have started to compete in the prize fund offered for one-day tournament to lure more chess players into their tournaments. This move is good for players and Malaysian Chess but at the expense of lesser prize fund tournaments that will eventually no longer in favour.

CAS will maintain the continuation of this self-funded tournament as long as there are still a decent number of chess players who support the event. For the matter, CAS has increased the total prize fund to RM 1,800 for the two categories to be contested. Category 1 is open to chess players with NATIONAL RATING 1400 AND ABOVE ONLY. While, Category 2 is open to chess players with NATIONAL RATING BELOW 1400. As for non-rated participants, adult and Under-18 have to join Category 1 and Category 2 respectively. It may comes a day where CAS will retire this event when the objective of conducting this event is no longer in existent.

In 2008, CAS will be introducing an exclusive offer to parents with children. Now, any parent who sign-up as CAS member will also see your children (non CAS member) to be entitled to the benefit of lower entrance fee, as though he / she is a CAS Member too.

For those who wish to support the ojectives of the existent of this event, please email your name and category to selangorchess@gmail.com before 22nd Feb 2008 for pre-registration for this event.

Back to My Daily Routine

After reaching back to Malaysia, I've received numerous calls from chess friends who would like to know more details and personal experience in my trip. Well, generally this trip is good. I met a lot of Turkish who are warm-hearted, kind-hearted and many of them are extending great hospitality to foreigner like me especially during our sightseeing trip.

I'll blog more on my nice experience in Turkey at the later of the month when I will be taking-off from my work to enjoy the year-end holiday. As of now, I'm busy covering classes until I find no time to make my way to the just concluded Masterskill ASEAN+ Youth Chess Championship.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Masterskill for sponsoring the event and ACC together with MSSM for running the event successfully. Malaysian Chess can and will do better with sponsorship of this nature coming from more corporates.

Also, I would like to congratulate trainees of Malaysian Chess Academy for their success in helping MSS Malaysia, MSS Selangor, and MSS KL squad in getting excellent result.

CAS Fourth Quarter Allegro (9th Dec 2007)

"This is a nationally-rated event"

Venue: The Chess Network, 2nd Floor, Wilayah Complex

Name: CAS Fourth Quarter Allegro Chess Championship

Category: Category 1 (Nat rating 1400 & above), Category 2 (National
Rating less than 1400)

No. of Rounds: 7

Time control: 25 minutes per player

Prizes: Total prize fund worth RM 1,600 with Cat 1 1st prize = RM 300.

External Sponsorship: No

Reg fee for Cat 1: CAS Member>> RM 15, Others>> RM 25;
Reg fee for Cat 2: CAS Member>> RM 10, Others>> RM 20;

Registration with payment: Before 9.00 AM, Round 1 at 9.30 am.

Pre-Registration via email after deadline (7th DEC 2007) will
incured a late admin. fee of extra RM 5. For pre-registration, please
email your name and category to selangorchess@gmail.com by 7th DEC.

We Have Arrived at Changi International Airport

The 1st batch of Malaysian has arrived safely at Changi International Airport, Singapore. We departed from Istanbul at 11.55pm (29th Nov) which is approx. 90 minutes before a plane enroute from Istanbul to Isparta had crashed at 1.36am local time (30th Nov).

We are currently having our dinner at the Airport, all of us missed the local food very much. Zhuo Ren and Edward Lee are enjoying their meals with two different serving. After meal, some of us are playing cards while waiting until 6.45pm before we take a cab to Harbour Front to board the bus back to KL. We are expected to arrived in KL past midnight.

The 2nd batch of Malaysian will depart from Antalya at 10.30am local time (1st Dec) and expected to arrive at KLIA at 7.50am Malaysian time (2nd Dec). Upon arrival, they will rush to Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam for the Masterskill Asean+ Youth Team Chess Championship.

Round 11 Result (Day 12)

The result for the last round as below:
01) Yeoh, Li Tian [U-08 Boy's] (White) ==> Won against SHEREMET Anton of Belarus. He finishes 4th among 123 players in the event. He is now the best Malaysian performance at World Youth Chess Championship where he elipsed the record of Malaysian great juniors like FM Ooi Chern Ee, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and Yeap Eng Chiam.

02) Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada [U-08 Girl's] (White) ==> Won against SIALENCHYK Anastasiya of Belarus. She finishes at 30th placing among 73 players.

03) Tan, Wei Hao [U-10 Boy's] (Black) ==> Drew with FM CHIARI Arthur Gontijo of Brazil. He finishes at 72nd placing among 156 players.

04) Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila [U-10 Girl's] (Black) ==> Lost to AISHWARYA Gorthy of India. She finishes at 46th placing among 105 players.

05) Yeap, Eng Chiam [U-12 Boy's] (White) ==> Won against KAFETZIS Georgios of Greece. He finishes at 39th placing among 161 players.

06) Zullkafli, Amira Syahmina [U-12 Girl's] (White) ==> Drew with BAGHERI Taleghani Nadia of Iran. She finishes at 46th placing among 125 players.

07) Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer [U-14 Boy's] (White) ==> Drew with SILVA Denison of Brazil. He finishes at 127th placing among 154 players.

08) Lim, Zhuo Ren [U-16 Boy's] (White) ==> Drew with AYDOGDU Erkmen of Turkey. He finishes at 89th placing among 126 players.

09) Ong, Way Justin [U-16 Boy's] (White) ==> Lost to BLACKMAN Justin of Barbados. He finishes at 113th placing among 126 players.

10) Lee, Kim Han Edward [U-18 Boy's] (White) ==> Lost to ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel of Mexico. He finishes at 94th placing among 114 players.

Round 10 Result & Round 11 Pairing

I'm unable to get internet connectivity during the daytime for the last 2 days. That's the reason why there isn't any update for the last 2 rounds.

01) Yeoh, Li Tian [U-08 Boy's] (Black) ==> Lost to SAVENKOV Konstantin of Russia on Board 1
02) Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada [U-08 Girl's] (Black) ==> Lost to MARCZUK Anna of Poland on Board 13
03) Tan, Wei Hao [U-10 Boy's] (White) ==> Lost to AL MOHAMAD Wisam of Syria on Board 29
04) Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila [U-10 Girl's] (White) ==> Drew with BLUHM Sonja Maria of Germany on Board 22
05) Yeap, Eng Chiam [U-12 Boy's] (Black) ==> Lost to GRANDADAM Patrick of Switzerland on Board 17
06) Zullkafli, Amira Syahmina [U-12 Girl's] (Black) ==> Lost to SAHAJASRI Ch of India on Board 14
07) Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer [U-14 Boy's] (Black) ==> Lost to KOMUT Burak of Turkey on Board 58
08) Lim, Zhuo Ren [U-16 Boy's] (Black) ==> Won against BLACKMAN Justin of Barbados on Board 49
09) Ong, Way Justin [U-16 Boy's] (Black) ==> Lost to KAFETZOPOULOS Anastasios of Greece on Board 48
10) Lee, Kim Han Edward [U-18 Boy's] (Black) ==> Drew with RAVDANLKHUMBU Amgalanbaatar of Mongolia on Board 44

The pairing for the last round as below:
01) Yeoh, Li Tian [U-08 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against SHEREMET Anton of Belarus
02) Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada [U-08 Girl's] (White) ==> Play against SIALENCHYK Anastasiya of Belarus
03) Tan, Wei Hao [U-10 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against FM CHIARI Arthur Gontijo of Brazil
04) Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila [U-10 Girl's] (Black) ==> Play against AISHWARYA Gorthy of India
05) Yeap, Eng Chiam [U-12 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against KAFETZIS Georgios of Greece
06) Zullkafli, Amira Syahmina [U-12 Girl's] (White) ==> Play against BAGHERI Taleghani Nadia of Iran
07) Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer [U-14 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against SILVA Denison of Brazil
08) Lim, Zhuo Ren [U-16 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against AYDOGDU Erkmen of Turkey
09) Ong, Way Justin [U-16 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against BLACKMAN Justin of Barbados
10) Lee, Kim Han Edward [U-18 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel of Mexico

Round 10 Pairing (Day 11)

The pairing for the Round 10 as follow:
01) Yeoh, Li Tian [U-08 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against SAVENKOV Konstantin of Russia on Board 1
02) Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada [U-08 Girl's] (Black) ==> Play against MARCZUK Anna of Poland on Board 13
03) Tan, Wei Hao [U-10 Boy's] (White) ==> Play against AL MOHAMAD Wisam of Syria on Board 29
04) Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila [U-10 Girl's] (White) ==> Play against BLUHM Sonja Maria of Germany on Board 22
05) Yeap, Eng Chiam [U-12 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against GRANDADAM Patrick of Switzerland on Board 17
06) Zullkafli, Amira Syahmina [U-12 Girl's] (Black) ==> Play against SAHAJASRI Ch of India on Board 14
07) Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer [U-14 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against KOMUT Burak of Turkey on Board 58
08) Lim, Zhuo Ren [U-16 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against BLACKMAN Justin of Barbados on Board 49
09) Ong, Way Justin [U-16 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against KAFETZOPOULOS Anastasios of Greece on Board 48
10) Lee, Kim Han Edward [U-18 Boy's] (Black) ==> Play against RAVDANLKHUMBU Amgalanbaatar of Mongolia on Board 44