Sunday, May 30, 2010

Mamak The Return Wins The Dream Team Weekend

31 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here’s the report from Najib Wahab on the recently concluded Dream Team Weekend held at the DATCC on the 29th May 2010.

The Dream became a nightmare when only 4 teams showed up for the event and the organizer had to change the tournament format and lower the prize money but all in all, it was a fun weekend for the 16 players who were there (me included).

The tournament format was changed from Swiss to Double Round Robin with 3 rounds being played in the morning, and another 3 rounds in the afternoon, and the winner is determined by the Match points and not by game points.

 In the end, the final ranking was as follows:

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At the end of the team event, 6 players stayed on for a double round robin of blitz, with RM10 entry fee and the winner to take all. Zaidan Zulkipli did well to win 9 points out of a possible 10 and together with it, the RM60 prize money.

Here are the following team compositions and the respective scores achieved by each team member.

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The organizer felt that the very poor response was because of lack of publicity, the MASUM event held during the same, the 1st GM Training program also held at the same time, and the long weekend where most players have probably gone back to the “kampong” to take advantage of the long weekend. But the show must go on and it was nice to see that the Chess players who were there, were able to accommodate the bizarre and sad turnout, and turn it into something fun and enjoyable.

Thanks to the 15 players that have come for the tournament – Najib Wahab was and shall remain very grateful for their understanding, support and cooperation for successfully completing the one-day event.

(report and results courtesy of Najib Wahab)

Thursday, May 27, 2010

National Closed Championship 2010, 16-20th June 2010

28 May 2010 - As published on the MCF’s blog about the upcoming National Closed Championship. The 2010 National Closed Championship will be held from 16th-20th June 2010. This year the event will be organised by University Kebangsaan Malaysia in collaboration with the Malaysian Chess Federation, at Dewan Canselor Tun Abdul Razak (DECTAR) Bangi, Selangor. It will be a nine-round Swiss chess tournament.

For further details, download the  entry form here.

(please click on images below to see an enlarged image)

 

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Think Big Is Champion Of 3rd KL Team Chess League 2010

27 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Think Big turned on the power on Gung Ho last night and comfortably won the match 3.5-0.5, sealing the winner’s rostrum for the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010 with 16 MP and 25.5 board points.

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Pix 1. GM Ziaur Rahman played for THINK BIG.

In second place is TEAM AU with 15 MP and 25.5 points. Team AU beat Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2.5-1.5. While in third place is Excel Chess Team with 14 MP and 25.5 points. Excel Chess Team overcomed Nusa Mahkota Chess Club with 2.5-1.5.

In fourth place is KAM MAH with 14 MP and 25 points, just half point behind Excel Chess Team.

Here are the simple round 9 results:-

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The board by board results for round 9 of the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010:-

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Final Ranking of chess league after completing nine full rounds of play.

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(source: Najib Wahab, joint arbiter for the event)

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

9th And Last Round DATCC TEAM LEAGUE

26 May 2010 - Ninth Round begins and Peter Long plays for Team AU on board two beside Ian Udani.

Monday, May 24, 2010

The Sun - High Altitude Chess

25 May 2010- In today's paper The Sun, there is a front page news on chess in Peru where Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia won the '2010 Machu Pichu Challenge'. The background of the picture shows the mountainous terrain, typical of Peru.

KL Grand Prix Rapids 2010 Finals postponed!

25 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – In today’s KL chess’s website, Peter Long reports that the grand finale of the Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix is now postponed till the end of the year, citing chess calendar congestion. The Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix is conducted over two days of the first weekend of every month with a 45 minute time control per round per player.

He has also listed out the 117 participants that took part in both the Open and Under-12 categories of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Grand Prix 2010 on his website. The picture below shows the top 25 players for the open category.

Top 25 players of KL GP Chess 2010

To see your standings, if you had participated in at last one of the four rounds for the past four months, please visit klchess.com or click here.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Berita Catur Di Utusan Online – 22 Mei 2010

22 May 2010 - Berita Utusan hari ini membawa sedikit cerita catur dibawah tajuk Rekreasi. Ia mengisahkan dua adik beradik yang bermain catur. Hint berita catur ini juga dibawa oleh hairulovchessmaniacs.blogspot.com.

Sila ke laman Utusan online hari ini untuk membaca cerita lanjut atau klik di sini.

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Gula Perlis Open Chess Challenge 2010, 12 June 2010

21 May 2010 – Here is a new chess tournament in Kangar, Perlis, to be held on the 12th June 2010. The flyer for the tournament from En. Syaifulzamani b Ismail, the tournament director, is as follows:-

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If you are in the north, then this is your tournament to join. If you like to travel up north for a change to see Kangar town, this is also your opportunity. If you are after the big bucks, then the open category looks very appealing indeed! If you simply like the challenge and like to travel a little bit, then this tournament is for you.

(source: Syaifulzamani b Ismail)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Think Big In The Driver’s Seat After Round 8, 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010

20 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Think Big continues the juggernaut steamrolling by beating Nusa Mahkota Chess Club 4-0 and leads the chess league with 14 match points and 22 board points. GM Ziaur Rahman played on first board.

In a close second is Team AU who also won their match against Sea Horse with 2.5-1.5 score and have accumulated 13 match points and 23 board points. IM Mas, Malaysia’s top chess player played on top board for Sea Horse.

In third place is Excel Chess Team who beat Tan&Tan Chess Team 3.5-0.5 and have 6 wins and 2 losses so far. Excel have 12 match points and 23 board points

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Ranking of Teams After Round 8.

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(results are courtesy of Najib Wahab, joint arbiter of the event)

Round 8 DATCC KL Chess Team League In Progress!

19 May 2010 - DATCC chess team all set to play round 8, KL Team Chess League 2010 against First Saturday chess team. The DATCC Chess Team managed a 2-2 score against the young turks of the league, First Saturday Chess Team. Way to go, guys!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Chess Association Of Selangor Closed 2010, 23 May 2010

17 May 2010, Subang Jaya - Here is the flyer for the CAS Closed 2010 on the 23rd May 2010 from the secretary of CAS, Mr. Lim Tse Pin. Those who are members of Chess Association of Selangor (CAS) can renew their membership before the tournament while those who are not members yet, can register their memberships on-the-spot with paid annual membership fees. All are cordially invited to join CAS and play the CAS Closed tournament.

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So book this date 23rd May 2010 into your diary and playing chess calendar for the year!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Early Bird Discount - Malaysian Chess Festival 2010

For those intending to participate in the Malaysian Chess Festival 2010 a little reminder from the organisers that there will be 10 % discount if entry fees are paid before June 2010.

For further details call Abd Hamid Majid Tel: (60) 3 40219576 Mobile: (60) 19 3158098 - Fax: (60) 3 40244337 Email: aham@pc.jaring.my & aham4you@gmail.com

The annual Malaysian Chess Festival will take place from 28th August 2010 to 08 September 2010 at the CitiTel MidValley Hotel, MidValley MegaMall, Kuala Lumpur.

You may visit anyone of the following sites to get some information of the chess festival:-

a. Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open or click here; or,

b. DATCChess blog or http://datcchess.blogspot.com; or,

c. fireyrook.blogspot.com or click here.

Ian Udani Wins Sizzling Rapid May'10

Ian Udani became the champion of the sizzling chess rapid for May 2010. Ian scored 7 out of 7 pts beating 31 other players.

Abdullah Is Champion Of The May Edition Of First Saturday

Here are the latest results of the First Saturday Classical Chess May 2010 held at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur on two days, 15-16 May 2010.

AbdullahCheHassan Abdullah Che Hassan (pix), the favorite, won the First Saturday Classical Chess May 2010 with 5.5 points. In second place was Nor Azman Ismail with 4.0 points and in third, Jax Tham with 3.5 points. While Nor Izzudin Nor Azman was fourth with 3.5 points. And in fifth place was Tinjun Hao with 3.0 points, too!

To see the final rankings table and round-by-round results please visit fireyrook’s blog or click here or excelchess’s blog or click here.(source: Jax Tham, ECA)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Abdullah Leads After Round 3, First Saturday Classical Chess May 2010

15 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the round 3 rankings and round 4 pairings of the First Saturday Classical Chess May 2010 that is being held at the Excel Chess Academy over the weekend 15-16 May 2010 in Overseas Union Garden, Kuala Lumpur. The FSCC is a six round chess tournament employing the classical chess time control of 90 minutes plus 30 sec increment.

Leading the pack is Abdullah Che Hassan with 3.0 points from three rounds. Second is Jax Tham with 2.0 pts and in third place is Nor Azman Ismail, also with 2.0 points.

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Pix 1. Nor Azman Ismail in third place.

Ranking after round 3 of FSCC5

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 3.0 4.0 4.00 6.0 0000 - 0

2. 2 JAX THAM 2.0 7.0 4.00 5.0 0000 - 0

3 NOR AZMAN ISMAIL 2.0 5.0 3.00 4.0 0000 - 0

6 TINJUN HAO 2.0 3.5 1.50 3.0 0000 - 0

7 MUKESH KUMAR 2.0 3.5 1.50 3.0 0000 - 0

6. 4 NOR IZZUDIN NOR AZMAN 1.0 5.0 0.00 3.0 0000 - 0

5 NOR AMIRRUDDIN HAFIZ 1.0 5.0 0.00 2.0 0000 - 0

10 WONG KAR WENG 1.0 4.0 1.25 1.0 0000 - 0

9. 11 KUNG KAH HENG 0.0 4.5 2.25 0.0 0000 - 0

12 KUNG SOON HENG 0.0 4.5 2.25 0.0 0000 - 0

8 WONG KAR KIN 0.0 4.0 0.00 0.0 0000 - 0

9 THAM CHEE LEONG 0.0 4.0 0.25 0.0 0000 – 0

Tomorrow, Sunday, 16 May 2010, the fourth round will be played with the following pairings:-

Pairing of round 4 of FSCC5

Table White - Black Results

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1 NOR AZMAN ISMAIL ( 2 ) - ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 3 ) 3- 1 .

2 MUKESH KUMAR ( 2 ) - TINJUN HAO ( 2 ) 7- 6 .

3 JAX THAM ( 2 ) - NOR IZZUDIN NOR AZMA( 1 ) 2- 4 .

4 NOR AMIRRUDDIN HAFIZ( 1 ) - WONG KAR WENG ( 1 ) 5- 10 .

5 KUNG KAH HENG ( 0 ) - WONG KAR KIN ( 0 ) 11- 8 .

6 THAM CHEE LEONG ( 0 ) - KUNG SOON HENG ( 0 ) 9- 12 .

(source: Jax Tham, ECA)

On top board, Nor Azman Ismail will meet the local favourite, Abdullah Che Hassan while on third board, Jax Tham will meet Nor Izzudin, Nor Azman’s son.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

THINK BIG New Leader At The League 2010

13 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the full results and the team standings after round 7 in the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010 played last night, 12 May 2010, beginning 7 pm.

 After Round 7

Think Big after winning against Tan&Tan takes back the leadership role in the chess league with 12 MP and 18 pts. In second place is Team AU with 11 MP and 20.5 pts after winning against Excel Chess Team. In third place is Excel Chess Team with 10 MP and 19.5 pts.

(source: Najib Wahab, joint arbiter for the event)

Latest Round 7 Results 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League

13 May 2010 – Here are the latest news from En. Abdul Hamid Majid’s email at 11.30 pm last night of the round 7 results then.

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Note : For match between Gung Ho vs 17 Chess Club, board 3, both players did not come; while for First Saturday Chess Team vs Ad-Hoc, board 1, both players did not come resulting in a null board game.

Round 7 In Progress!

Teams begin round 7 of the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Top Six Winners of Stonemaster Rapid Blitz 2010

Here are the winners of the Stonemaster Rapid Blitz 2010 held on Sunday, 9th May 2010 at the DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur over 10 rounds of 10 mins per player.

En. Mohd Fadli Zakaria, aka Stonemaster, did the honours of giving out the prizes during the closing ceremony held at 4.15 pm.

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Pix 1. M Syukor Arajah, juara.

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Pix 2. Syed Abdul Rahman, kedua.

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Pix 3. Joshua Selvam, ketiga.

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Pix 4. Nor Izzuddin Norazman, keempat.

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Pix 5. Tang Wei Chiat, kelima.

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Pix 6. Abdul Salam Ma’amor, keenam.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Selangor’s Finest A Long History In Chess Overboard

In Chess Overboard by Lim Chong published on the DATCC’s blog yesterday touched on the significance of the longest running chess tournament in the nation, the Selangor Chess Open. Despite its long tradition in chess, the event was incurring losses and might even be scrapped if no sponsors steps up to support the tournament next year.

Read more on its history from the eyes of the veteran Lim Chong at the DATCC’s blog or click here.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Still Even 5-5 After Game 10, World Chess Ch 2010

Anand, Topalov draw in game 10 for World Chess title
(AFP) – 4 hours ago

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SOFIA — India's defending champion Viswanathan Anand and his Bulgarian challenger Veselin Topalov drew in the tenth round of their 12-game match for the world chess title on Friday.
The draw was agreed on the 60th move, allowing the two to keep even with a total result of 5-5 points. The next game is scheduled for Sunday.
Anand, known as the "Tiger from Madras", and Topalov have two wins each, while six games have ended in a draw.
The first player to score 6.5 points or more after the 12 games will be declared the new world champion.
If the scores are level after 12 games, the two will play four tie-break games of rapid chess, where each player has a total of 25 minutes to make his moves.
If the scores are still even after that, the new world champion will be decided in five five-minute blitz chess matches of two games each, ultimately followed by one sudden-death game.
The 40-year-old Anand first became world champion in 2007 and successfully defended his title in 2008.
Topalov, 35, won the right to challenge him by beating Gata Kamsky of the United States in the semi-final in February 2009.
The new world chess champion will win a prize of 1.2 million euros (1.58 million dollars), while the loser will take home 800,000 euros.
Chess fans can follow all the games to run until May 13 online at www.anand-topalov.com.
Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews

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Two more games to go with each player having one white and one black opening.

Below is the summary of the dates, score and brief comments so far. The players will have a one day of rest today, 8th May 2010 and will resume game 11 on Sunday, 9th May 2010.

Game No. Date Anand Topalov Comments

1

24 April 2010 0 1 Topalov wins first game as white,  1-0

2

25 April 2010

1

0

Anand playing white, equalises, 1-1.

3

27 April 2010

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Topalov as white could not force a win, overall 1½ : 1½.

4

28 April 2010

1

0

Anand wins as white with 1.d4, in a Catalan Opening, Anand leads 2½ : 1½.

5

30 April 2010

1

0

Anand successfully defends as black and gets a draw. Anand leads 3:2

6

01 May 2010

½

½

Anand leads 3½:2½.

7

03 May 2010

½

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Anand leads 4:3.

8

04 May 2010

0

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Topalov won game 8. Overall score 4-4.

9

06 May 2010

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Topalov repeats three fold repetition to settle for draw. 4½:4½

10

07 May 2010

½

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Anand offers draw. Overall 5:5

11

09 May 2010

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11 May 2010

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Excel Chess Team Is New Leader At 3rd DATCC KL Chess Team League 2010

6 May 2010 - Here are the full official results from Najib Wahab for the round 6 of the 3rd DATCC KL Chess Team League 2010 held on the 5th May 2010 last night. Excel Chess Team has emerged to be the top team in the league with 10 Match Points and 18 board wins beating Think Big to second place who had 10 MP and 15 board wins only.

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KAM MAH was beaten by the young turks of the league Excel Chess Team 1.5-2.5 last night where the two top boards did not play as each opponent did not come. One forfeit board win for KAM MAH and another forfeit to Excel on board 2. Tan Ken Wei’s game against Nik Ahmad Farouqi decided the match.

Think Big narrowly beats Price Waterhouse Cooper 2.5 – 1.5. The top two boards of Think Big won the night. GM Z Rahman and Yeoh Li Tian brought the wins and the draw coming from Mohd Faisal Zakaria on fourth board.

Team AU outclassed Gung Ho last with a 4-0 win. So did the veteran’s team of Tan&Tan shocked the ladies team, CS Solutions with 4-0 drubbing. Meanwhile First Saturday Chess Team lost to Sea Horse with Malaysia’s No. 1 player, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi making an appearance for Sea Horse on first board. Amier Hamzah of First Saturday made the major win against Tun Seri Lanang Othman of Sea Horse. It was decidedly a close affair with Amier Hamzah pinning the black King in the corner square. Amier Hamzah was a piece ahead of black when I left.

Nusa Mahkota Chess Club overwhelmed Black Pearl 3.5-0.5. While DATCC Chess Team overcomed UKM due to absentions on UKM’s three other boards winning 3-1. And Ad-Hoc drew 2-2 against 17 Chess Club who were without two players on two boards.

Ranking of  teams after round 6 are as follows:-

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To read more, please visit DATCChess.blogspot.com or click here.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Stonemaster Anjur Rapid Blitz 9 Mei 2010

6 Mei 2010 – Stonemaster akan menganjurkan pertandingan catur rapid blitz untuk pemain tanpa rating atau kurang daripada rating 1700 pada hari Ahad, 9 Mei 2010 ini di DATCC, Wilayah Komplex, Kuala Lumpur.

Ini adalah kali pertama sejak tahun 2006, CM Fadli di bawah syarikat caturnya menganjurkan kejohanan catur cepat kilat ini. Apakah tujuan menganjurkan kejohanan seperti ini? Dahulu pada awal tahun 1990, CM Fadli memang kemaruk main catur kilat (selalunya main 3 atau 5 minit seorang). Boleh dikatakan setiap hari CM Fadli main catur kilat dengan kawan-kawan di ceruk-ceruk warung, rumah kawan dan sebagainya.

Antara salah satu sebab CM Fadli meningkat catur ialah kerana main catur kilat. Bagaimana kita hendak improve catur dengan bermain catur kilat? Anda boleh improve opening dan sekaligus tingkatkan skill time management. Sekiranya anda banyak hafal opening, bila anda main catur kilat, anda tidak akan buang masa baru nak ingat opening yang betul.

Lama-kelamaan, bila selalu main catur kilat, anda sudah jimat masa dalam peringkat opening dan boleh banyak tumpukan perhatian dalam peringkat middle game yang penuh dengan perangkap, strategi, taktik dan perancangan dan juga kombinasi. OK…Jumpa anda di DATCC pada 9 Mei nanti. Jom datang ramai-ramai dan ‘gegarkan’ Kuala Lumpur dengan kepantasan dan ketajaman minda kita!

 

SM Rapid Blitz

(sila klik pada imej untuk lihat imej yang lebih besar)

Latest FIDE Ratings for Malaysian Players – May 2010

Here is the list of the new May 2010 FIDE Ratings for the top 100 Malaysian chess players. (fide.com)

Malaysia  (Active players) 

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
 1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2419 0  
2 Mok, Tze-Meng m MAS 2415 0  
3 Chan, Nicholas f MAS 2373 18  
4 Ooi, Chern Ee f MAS 2346 0  
5 Long, Peter f MAS 2307 9 1961
6 Lim, Chuin Hoong Ronnie MAS 2302 8 1983
7 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy m MAS 2301 8 1958
8 Ng, Tze Han MAS 2282 0 1981
9 Lim, Yee-Weng m MAS 2248 0 1982
10 Chin, F MAS 2223 0  
11 Karim, Wahid MAS 2207 0 1970
12 Zakaria, Fairin MAS 2198 0  
13 Yeoh, Chin-Seng MAS 2177 0  
14 Leong, Mun Wan MAS 2165 0  
15 Loo, Swee Leong MAS 2162 0  
16 Lau, Gregory MAS 2159 0 1964
17 Ibrahim, Mohd Irman MAS 2155 0 1976
18 Lee, Kim Han Edward MAS 2148 0 1993
19 Sabri, Mohd Saprin MAS 2141 0 1972
20 Tan, Khai Boon MAS 2129 0  
21 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin MAS 2122 0 1972
22 Yeap, Eng Chiam MAS 2109 0 1995
23 Liong, Ing Kiat Anthony MAS 2107 0  
23 Pok, Wern Jian MAS 2107 0 1987
25 Yusof, Kamaluddin MAS 2104 0 1967
26 Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi MAS 2102 9 1982
27 Che Hassan, Abdullah MAS 2101 0 1984
27 Tan, Eu Hong MAS 2101 0  
29 Ooi, Chong Hean MAS 2094 0 1982
29 Soh, Han Loong Gerald MAS 2094 0 1985
31 Zullkafli, Zarul Shazwan MAS 2092 0 1989
32 Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair MAS 2088 0  
33 Abang, Mohd Reduan MAS 2087 0  
34 Shafruddin, Fariz MAS 2085 0 1987
35 Chin, David MAS 2082 0 1961
36 Mohamed, Abdul Haq MAS 2081 16  
36 Othman, Tun Seri Lanang MAS 2081 0 1975
38 Soon, Wai Cheong MAS 2078 0 1988
39 Tham, Tick Hong Jax MAS 2076 0 1960
40 Zakaria, Mohd Fadli c MAS 2070 0 1969
41 Subramaniam, Sumant MAS 2066 0 1993
42 Ong, Thian Loon MAS 2059 0  
43 Zullkafli, Zarul Shafiq MAS 2057 0 1987
44 Lim, Zhuo Ren MAS 2055 0 1992
45 Abdul Shukor, Abdul Aziz MAS 2050 0  
46 Husain, Hazril MAS 2046 0  
47 Ismail, Ahmad MAS 2044 8 1963
48 Ong, Way Justin MAS 2041 0 1992
48 Tukiran, Taulani MAS 2041 0 1965
50 Shaik Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin MAS 2040 0  
51 Siah, Jun Ren Ian MAS 2033 0  
52 Yap, Jinwei Abel MAS 2029 0 1989
53 Capel, Evan Timothy MAS 2026 7  
54 Erowan, Masrin MAS 2025 0  
55 Looi, Xin Hao MAS 2022 0  
56 Yeoh, Li Tian MAS 2018 9 1999
57 Chua, Aaron MAS 2016 0  
58 Amru, Muhd Tariq MAS 2015 0 1992
59 Zullkafli, Nur Shazwani wc MAS 2014 0 1989
60 Al-Ashaari, Mohd Musa MAS 2013 0  
61 Fong, Yit Ho MAS 2010 0 1993
62 Andin, Faizal MAS 2003 0  
63 Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli MAS 2001 0  
64 Kamal, Rizal Ahmad MAS 2000 0 1973
65 Zulkipli, Zaidan MAS 1998 0 1984
66 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil MAS 1997 8 1994
67 Giridau, Guadis MAS 1996 0  
68 Nayan, Ahmad Fadzil MAS 1995 0  
69 Thong, Yung Cheng MAS 1992 0  
70 Khandhar, Kaushal MAS 1990 0 1990
71 Cheah, Cheok Fung MAS 1988 0  
71 Kz, Abdullah Khairi MAS 1988 0 1989
73 Siew, Kit-Tze Mark MAS 1987 0  
73 Wong, Hao MAS 1987 0  
75 Yeoh, Phee Leong Marcus MAS 1986 5 1981
76 Chew, Yaw Chong MAS 1985 0 1963
77 Lim, Kian Hwa MAS 1975 0  
78 Ahmad, Morsin MAS 1970 0  
78 Othman, Ahmad Rizal MAS 1970 0  
78 Saifuddin, Muhd Izz MAS 1970 0 1993
81 Ramli, Abdul Kadir Jailani MAS 1965 0  
81 Sarifdin, Sahir MAS 1965 0 1973
81 Shah Atan, Noor Muhd Azlan MAS 1965 0  
84 Png, Ren Chi MAS 1960 0  
85 Tan, Ken Wei MAS 1957 0 1992
86 Marmono, Roslina MAS 1945 0  
87 Rosli, Ahmad Afiq Afyfy MAS 1944 8  
88 Lucas, Charles MAS 1936 0  
88 Ng, Bernard MAS 1936 0  
90 Khore, Bean Hwa MAS 1931 7 1953
91 Wahiduddin, Khairunnisa MAS 1927 0  
92 Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa MAS 1926 0 1994
93 Chan, Tze Chen MAS 1922 0 1989
94 Yusoff, Fairul MAS 1921 0  
95 Yaacob, Marzuki MAS 1916 0  
95 Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan MAS 1916 0  
97 Razali, Faeznor MAS 1915 0  
98 Wong, Jianwen MAS 1914 0 1995
99 See, Kai Loong MAS 1913 0  
100 Low, Jun Jian MAS 1907 0 1994

(source: fide.com)

Latest DATCC Chess League Results 6th Round

5 May 2010 – Latest News (9.30 pm): KAM MAH 1-2 Excel Chess (1 board playing), 17ChessClub 2-2 Ad-Hoc, DATCC 3-0 UKM (1 board playing), Gung Ho 0-2 Team AU (2 boards playing), Price Waterhouse Cooper – Think BIG (all 4 boards still playing), CS Solutions 0-3 Tan&Tan (1 board still playing), Black Pearl – Nusa Mahkota Chess Club (all 4 boards still playing), Sea Horse – 1st Saturday (all 4 boards still playing).

This week’s game have quite a few forfeit board wins due to non-attendance of players from certain teams. UKM – three players did not come, 17 Chess Club – 2 players did not come, Ad-Hoc – 1 player did not come, CS Solutions Ladies Team – 1 new player did not attend, KAM MAH – 1 IM did not attend, Excel Chess – 1 new player could not come. Some other teams, some players arrived late (before 1 hour) for their games.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Topalov Evens The Score 4-4

5 May 2010 – Last night in game 8 of the World Chess Championship 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Topalov manages to win with the Slav Defense against Anand, the reigning world champion in 56 moves. White had a bishop and five pawns against black’s bishop and four pawns.

GM Topalov of Bulgaria To read more, you may visit susanpolgar’s website or click here or go to fireyrook’s blog or click here.

Picture Gallery of Selangor Open 2010

Here are some random pictures of some participating players during the Selangor Open 2010 held from 29th April 2010 to 2nd May 2010 at the DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

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Pix 1. Yeoh Li Tian.

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Pix 2. Jax Tham

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Pix 3. Roslina Mormono.

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Pix 4. Yeop Mat Zaki (right,nearest)

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Pix 5. Syed Abdul Rahman.

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Pix 6. Ismail Ahmad.

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Pix 7. Abdullah Che Hassan.

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Pix 8. Amier Hamzah b Zuhri.

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Pix 9. Lower boards. 

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Pix 10. Jun Keat vs M Abd Haq(blue).

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Pix 11. Ian Udani on board two.

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Pix 12. Norazman Ismail.

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Pix 13. Cheah Cheok Fung.

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Pix 14. Jimmy, Lim, Mark Siew(right)