Kamal Arifin Wins SCC GP Serie A 2012, Kuantan

 

4 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kuantan, the SCC GP Serie A 2012 took place today with a six round rapid chess tournament organised by Khairun nissa ended with brother, NM Kamal Arifin Wahiduddin (pix above) winning with 5.5 points. Kamal Arifin beat the top seed, Kamaluddin Yusof in the final sixth round.

In second place is  catur terengganu blogger, Muhammad Arshad, also with 5.5 points. Third, Mohd Khair Wahiduddin with 5 points and fourth, Syazrin Abdul Rahman, blogger Pengurusan Majalah Catur, also with 5 points.

Final Ranking (Top 25):-

Round 6 Results:

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

Cmilyte Defending Champion Near The Top

Pix 1. GM Cmilyte Viktorija (right) vs WGM Zawadzka Jolanta, 2nd round, Euro Womens Individual 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey. (Photo from official tournament website)

4 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Gaziantep, Turkey, the top seed, Anna Muzychuk, is in 31st position with 1.5 points but there are twelve other players with 2 full points. Defending European Womens 2011 champion, GM Cmilyte Viktorija has 2 points from two rounds so far.

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Here is the second round game between GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania against WGM Jolanta Zawadzka of the European Womens Individual 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey. White won the game despite black having two queens on the board.

 

Official website: http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr

Upcoming UTM Open 2012 in JB – 1 April 2012

3 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Another important chess tournament but this time down south in Johor Bahru organised by the University Technology Malaysia (UTM) and KECAS (Staff Chess Club of UTM) on 1 April 2012, Sunday. Looks like the 1st April 2012 is a favorite date for chess organisers amongst the universities. Two other tournaments are also scheduled for the 1st April 2012 – UIAM and UPM.

The UTM chess tournament is open to three categories, namely, Open, U-17 and U-12 age categories.

 

FEES and Prizes:

To get further details, please visit KECAS-UTM website :

http://www.utm.my/kecas or better, http://naserobbc.blogspot.com/

Please contact the following persons for more details :

En. Azri Hohad (Chairman of KECAS UTM - 012-7953806 azri @utm.my)

En. Mohd Haizal Jamaluddin (Secretary of KECAS UTM - 0137089036 haizal@fke.utm.my)

En. Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood (Committee Member of KECAS UTM - 019-7013268 nasrul @fke.utm.my)

(source: email from Dr Nasrul Humaimi and blog - http://naserobbc.blogspot.com/)

Muzychuk Draws On Top Board

  Pix 1. Anastasia Savina – Anna Muzychuk on board 1, Round 1, European Womens Individual Chess Championship 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey. (Photo from Tournament Website)

3 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, the round 1 of the European Womens Individual Chess Championship 2012 took place and some surprises awaited for the early favourites.

Here the top seed, Anna Muzychuk had a tough time with her board one opponent, Anastasia Savina. Anna played black and ended in a nail-biting draw.

 

 

 

 

(All Photos From Official Tournament Website – http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr)

Some round 1 results (top 25 boards):-

 

Official Tournament Website: - http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr/

4th UIAM Invitational Chess 2012, 30 March-1 April

3 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - UIAM is organizing the next UIAM Rapid Chess Tournament 2012, 30 March - 1 April 2012. Time control is 45 minutes per player per round. The tournament will be National-Rated.

Message from International Islamic University Malaysia (UIAM) follows:- Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa, Pusat Sukan dan Rekreasi Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) dan Persekutuan Catur Malaysia (MCF) akan menganjurkan Kejohanan Catur Jemputan UIAM Kali Ke-4, 2012. Kejohanan ini terbahagi kepada tiga kategori iaitu Kategori Terbuka, Kategori Bawah-21 tahun dan Kategori Bawah-12 tahun.

Sehubungan dengan ini, pihak kami berasa amat berbesar hati untuk menjemput pasukan tuan/puan untuk menyertai kejohanan seperti maklumat yang berikut;
Tarikh : 30 Mac hingga 1 April 2012
Tempat : Dewan Besar Mohd Kamal Hassan,
Kuliah Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi,
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
Masa : 8.00 pagi hingga 7.00 petang

Tarikh tutup penyertaan ialah 28 Mac 2012

Bersama-sama ini disertakan brosur kejohanan dan borang penyertaan untuk makluman dan tindakan pihak tuan/puan selanjutnya. Yuran penyertaan boleh dibayar sebelum atau pada hari pendaftaran.

Sebarang pertanyaan sila hubungi Pn. Norsharmila Zabani (012 9771017) atau En. Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Abdul Rahman (019 3644840).

Segala perhatian dan kerjasama yang diberikan didahului dengan ucapan terima kasih.

Sekian

Note: Forms can be downloaded from this link here.

SS Quah Writes Last Article For STAR Chess Column Today!

2 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – SS Quah has finally called it quits after today’s last chess column article for the Star. It is called Checkmate!

He writes about the Johor Chess Association in his last hurrah!

To read more, please visit the Star Online or click here.

Melaka Chess Festival 2012 - Forms

2 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - latest news on Melaka international chess festival from the organizers.

Fellow Chess Friends, Players, Supporters and Media

The attachments are referred.

Please find the attached information about the Melaka Chess Festival for you to share with your fellow chess players, general readers, medias, blogs, supporters and fans. It would be great if you can extend the invitation to other chess players that you know or putting up the news on your blog sites, radio/TV stations, newspapers, magazines, and the likes to get more people to participate in this exciting event

As per the earlier teaser on the event, the 750 Years Melaka International Chess Festival offers 3 major events – the Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship, the Historical Melaka International Chess Championship and the Historical Melaka Challenger Chess Championship. The Campomanes Memorial offers a total prize fund of USD20,000, the Melaka International RM40,000 and the Melaka Challenger RM10,000

The festival is scheduled from 20th April 2012 with the Campomanes Memorial to be held on 21st and 22nd, and the Melaka International and Melaka Challenger to be held from 23rd April to 1st May 2012. The Rapid will be played over 11 rounds using a time control of 25 minutes to finish whilst the Melaka International and Melaka Challenger will be played over 9 rounds using classical time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1.

Entry fees differ from events to events and titled players i.e. GM, IM, WGM, WIM, and players with FIDE rating higher than 2500 will be entitled for free entries. Please check the entry forms for the different rates that we have for each event offered as it will be based on each player’s FIDE rating points

Once the forms have been filled up and completed, please return it to Mr Khairi Jansar at kj_melaka@yahoo.com (with copies to me at najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com and Mr Gregory Lau at msianchess2010@gmail.com) together with a scanned copy of the bank transfer/transaction slip paid to the Festival bank account. All payments for entry fees, accommodation (if any) and airport transfer fees/tour packages (if any) MUST be banked into the same bank account - bank details including addresses are included in the entry form for your references.

Should you need additional information, please feel free to revert and we will provide you with the necessary assistance as much as we can.
Your assistance and support are greatly appreciated!

All the best and Thank you
Najib Abdul Wahab
Organizer, Arbiter, Trainer
Tel: +6016 338 2542
Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com
Web: http://www.chess-malaysia.com
Blog: http://datcchess.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chess-Malaysia/168231673260531

Rapid Form:

 

International Form:

Challenger Form:

To get links of the documents above:

a. International Form – click here;

b. Challenger Form – Click here;

c. Campomanes Rapid Form – click here;

d. Prospectus – Click here.