Final Ranking PACU Chess Open 2012

1 Jan 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the final rankings in full for the PACU Chess Open 2012 held in Sg Petani, Kedah on the 29th December 2012. It was jointly won by Evan Timothy Capel and Fong Yit San with a score of 6 points and exactly identical tie-break points. A total of 74 players participated.

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka PACU 2012
Final Ranking
Rank	Name		Pts.	BH.	BH.	SB	Fide
1	Evan Timothy Capel		6	33½	30½	30.75	26½
	Fong Yit San		6	33½	30½	30.75	26½
3	Lim Chuin Kai-18		5½	34½	30	28.25	24½
4	Amri Ibni Hajar		5½	33½	30½	27.75	24½
5	Lim Kian Hwa-Vet		5½	31	28	25.75	21
6	Wong Yinn Long-12		5½	31	27½	25.25	23½
7	Lim Wei Sheng		5½	29	27	23.75	23
8	Azudin Abdullah		5	34½	30	25.50	22½
9	Ang Zhen Yuan-15		5	30½	27	22.00	21
10	Abdul Muizz Bakhir		5	30	27	22.25	19
11	Amiruddin Zakaria		5	30	26½	22.25	20
12	Muhammad Hafiz Mohd Nasarudin-IPT		5	26	24	19.50	16
13	Eddy Fong Choong Ee		5	25	22½	18.00	19
14	Muhd Zahier Sabdin		5	24	22½	16.50	19
15	Fong Mi Yen		4½	30½	26	19.25	20
16	Mohd Darwis Mohd Sabri-18		4½	26	22	15.25	19
17	Ahmad Fitri B. Ahmad-15		4½	25½	23	16.50	14½
18	Mohd Zin Bisri		4½	24½	22	14.50	16½
19	Mohd Zakwan Ahmad Zalizan-18		4½	23	21	16.25	16½
20	Norsyafawati Ishak-G		4	31	27½	17.00	20
21	Nazlan Abd Rahim		4	31	26½	17.50	17
22	Mohd Ali Chor		4	29½	25½	16.50	19
23	Nasaruppin Abizar		4	28½	24½	15.00	16
24	Mohd Rosly Yaacob		4	28	24½	15.00	18
25	Ahmad Zahir Ahmad Zalizan-15		4	28	23½	15.50	18
26	Syed Iskandar Shah		4	26	23½	13.25	19
27	Anas Aziz-18		4	26	21½	14.00	18
28	Mahadzir Zainal Abidin-Vet		4	25½	22½	13.00	16
29	Zaharin Che Man		4	23½	22	11.75	18
30	Yew Chor Hian		4	23½	20½	13.50	17
31	Fong Mi Lyn-G-15		4	23½	20½	11.50	12
32	Meor Ammar Meor Nadzri-18		4	20	18½	11.00	12
33	Hasfarizal Farizad-IPT		3½	27½	22½	13.00	19
34	Mohd Asyraf Ibrahim-IPT		3½	26½	22½	13.25	17
35	Syafiq Azizi Muhamad Farid-18		3½	26½	22½	13.00	14½
36	Akmal Hafifi Ayub-15		3½	24½	22	9.75	14
37	Kelly Lim Pei Ying-G-15		3½	24	21½	12.50	17
38	Muhd Ali Asghar Amirullah-15		3½	24	21½	10.25	15
39	Mohd Taufiq Osman		3½	23	19½	11.50	14
40	Mazlan Majid		3½	22½	20	9.50	15½
41	Suhaimi Abd Hamid		3½	19	17	10.25	10½
42	Muhd Usamah Azham-18		3½	17½	16½	8.00	11½
43	Ang Zhen Wei-12		3	27½	21½	11.75	13½
44	Muhd Asyraf Akmal Abdul Aziz-IPT		3	27	22½	11.00	16
45	Salehuddin Shamsudin		3	26	21	11.50	14½
46	Musfirah Ghafarullahhiddin-G-IPT		3	23½	20½	10.00	13
47	Ahmad Hidayat Zahran-KK Kulim		3	23	19½	9.00	12
48	Mohd Rashidi Abd Jalil		3	21½	17	8.50	10
49	Khairul Amal Khalid-15		3	21	18	9.00	10
50	Ahmad Hassan		3	20	17½	4.50	9
51	Muhd Samih Azham-15		3	20	17	9.25	10½
52	Dineish Murugaiah-18		3	19½	17	7.50	10
53	Norjayadi Jamil		3	19½	16	5.50	9
54	Theevya A/P Jaya Singam-G-12		3	19	17	4.50	9
55	Azizan Saad		2½	26½	21	9.50	11
56	Muhd Ellyazar Jamil-18		2½	24½	20	8.50	11½
57	Wong Yi Chee-G-12		2½	22½	18	6.25	10
58	Mohd Rafiq Rosli-15		2½	22	19	6.25	9
59	Muhd Amirul Yaakub-15		2½	21	18½	7.50	10½
60	Muhd Fadzil Mat Isa-18		2½	19½	17	5.50	9½
61	Rosli Shaari		2½	18½	16	5.00	8
62	Nur Manarina Majdah-G-15		2½	18	16	5.00	8½
63	Mohd Izhar Ali		2	23½	19	6.50	9
64	Nithiyanatham Govindasamy-18		2	23	18	5.50	8
65	Kanes Govindasamy		2	21½	17	3.50	6
66	Muhammad Abu Bakar-12		2	21	18½	4.50	7
67	Afifah Ammar-G		2	18½	15½	3.00	5
68	Megat Muhammad Awatif-12		2	15½	12½	3.00	4
69	Syahindah Mohamad Shafi-G		1	22	16½	3.00	6
70	Ikhwan Abdul Harith		1	21	15½	2.00	4
71	Kevin Peter  a/l  Rathnasamy-KK Arau		1	19	16	0.50	1
72	Nuraswanisya-G		1	17½	14	1.00	6
73	Charlene Ang Yan Xi-G-12		1	14½	11	1.00	2
74	Mohd Huzairi Husin		0	17½	12½	0.00	0
	Muhd Ilyas Ilias		0	17½	12½	0.00	0
	Ahmad B. Hassan		0	17½	12½	0.00	0
	Muhammad Abu Bakar-12		0	17½	12½	0.00	0
	Ruubben A/L Meappan		0	17½	12½	0.00	0

Capel, Yit San Jointly Wins PACU Chess Open 2012

30 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The PACU Chess Open 2012 held in Sg Petani, Kedah was jointly won by Even Timothy Capel of Penang and Fong Yit San of Perak when they both scored 6 points and identical tie-break points. The tournament was held at the Community College, Sg Petani just by the Sg Petani Selatan Toll Plaza yesterday, 29 December 2012.

Third, Lim Chuin Kai, fourth, Amri Ibni Hajar, fifth, Lim Kian Hwa, sixth Wong Yinn Long and seventh, Lim Wei Sheng. All winners from 3rd-7th, all scored 5.5 poinths but separated by tie-break points.

 

(Results and pictures from Syed Iskandar, PACU)

IM Mas Defends Title in Kuantan Grand Finale 2012

27 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – News of the 2nd Kuantan Grand Finale Rapid Chess Championship 2012 from the organisers of the tournament.

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (Kelantan) emerged as the champion in the 2nd Kuantan Grand Finale. IM Mas successfully defended the title he won last year with 6.5 points. IM Mas had overcomed all his rivals except for Kamaluddin Yusof (Abang Bro) who managed to hold him to a draw. Second place went to our very own Pahang player – brother, Mohd Khair Wahidduddin with 5.5 points while third place goes to Kamaluddin Yusof (Abang Bro) from Johor with 5 points. Fourth place goes to Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli (Terengganu) with 5 points and Fifth rank went to Noor Ahmad Fadzillah (Kedah) with 5 points.

Without suffering any losses IM Mas Hafizul’s bounty of RM100 for each round has been brought forward to the next year’s Finale.

For full results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

For more pictures, please visit http://setiachess.blogspot.com

Reminder - PACU Chess Open 2012

27 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The organisers of the upcoming PACU Chess Open 2012 in Sungai Petani, Kedah are recommending to players that have registered for the now postponed Kelantan Open 2012 to now opt or consider to join the Kedah’s PACU Chess Open 2012. It is a one-day tournament with 7 rapid rounds of play.

Reminders to all those interested or considering to enter PACU Chess Open 2012, the Closing date is today, 27 Disember 2012. The chess tournament will be held on the 29 December 2012 in Sungai Petani, Kedah.

For details, please click to the following link below:-

http://fireyrook.blogspot.com/2012/12/pacu-chess-open-2012.html

or please contact Syed Iskandar, hp:019-464 1001.

Two Chess Events On 2700chess.com

25 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – For chess enthusiasts looking for some chess events over the internet this Christmas Holidays, please visit the two events listed below from www.2700chess.com.

Current Events:

1. AAI Grandmasters Cup 2012, Web (4/10)
21 - 30 Dec 2012, New Dehli (India)
Wojtaszek, Korobov

The AICF AAI CUP takes place 21st to 30th December 2012. Round 4: Korobov 1-0 Wojtaszek, Gupta draw Negi, Sasikiran draw Alekseev. Korobov leads on 3/4 and the event continues on Christmas Day. http://www.indianchessfed.com/ also has a live video feed. Round 4 starts at 08:30 GMT Monday.

Standings After Round 5:

 

2. World Cities Team Championship, Web (3/7)
22 - 28 Dec 2012, Al Ain (UAE)
Tomashevsky, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Moiseenko, Fressinet

World Cities Championship day 3. Leading players: Tomashevsky, Giri, Vachier, Moiseenko, Fressinet, Wang Yue, Short, Edouard, Kryvoruchko, Ivan Sokolov, Tiviakov etc.

Two Events On 2700chess.com

25 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – For chess enthusiasts looking for some chess events over the internet this Christmas Holidays, please visit the two events listed below from www.2700chess.com.

Current Events:

1.
AAI Grandmasters Cup 2012, Web (4/10)
21 - 30 Dec 2012, New Dehli (India)
Wojtaszek, Korobov

2.
World Cities Team Championship, Web (3/7)
22 - 28 Dec 2012, Al Ain (UAE)
Tomashevsky, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Moiseenko, Fressinet

Final Ranking 3C Complex Chess Open 2012

24 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the official final rankings of the 3C Complex Chess Open 2012 held at Komplex 3C MPSJ, Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya on the 22 December 2012. The tournament went the full 8 rounds of rapid Swiss-System with 160 players participating.

Mohd Amin Mohd Noor won with 7.5 points and declared the champion.

Final Round 8 Results:

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

Our prayers and doa of Al-Fathihah to the family of Mohd Sabirin Sulaiman, wife and two daughters, Siti Khadijah and Siti Aisyah, who perished in a car accident in the early hours of 23 Dec 2012 travelling to Dungun, Terengganu from Kuala Lumpur after the 3C Complex Chess competition on the 22 Dec 2012. News of their mishap appeared in newspapers and the TV Media as their car burnt upon collision with a bus. To read more, please click here.

RSC Open Junior Chess Tournament 2013

21 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is another new chess tournament in the new year of 2013. The tournament is called the RSC Open Junior Chess Tournament 2013. It will be held at the Royal Selangor Club, Bukit Kiara Sports Annex, Jalan Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur on the 20th January 2013, Sunday. Four age-categories involved comprising of U-9, U-11, U-13 and U-15. The organiser has assured that separate prizes are available for Group A and B. Please get clarifications if you are not sure from Jax Tham or awkarim@gmail.com.

Closing Date: 18th January 2013. For further details and clarifications, please contact Jax Tham, hp: 013-3232280, emel: jaxtham023@hotmail.com . Or further infomation email: awkarim@gmail.com.

Teen Rapid Chess 2013 Ipoh Perak

20 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a new upcoming chess tournament in Ipoh, Perak. It will be held on the 13th January 2013 (Sunday) at the Rapat Setia National Secondary School Hall, Jalan Tenaga, 31350 Ipoh, Perak. GPS coordinates are given in the flyer below. It will be a seven round Swiss tournament with 5 age-groups comprising of U-8, U-10, U-12, U-15 and U-18.

Registration Form:

For further details, please contact Classical Chess 012-9944135, email: classicalchess2012@yahoo.com.

Mark Siew Takes Lead, National Juniors 2012

19 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the National Juniors Chess Championship 2012, Mark Siew Kit-Tze has won all four rounds and is alone on 4 points.

On 3.5 points are three players comprising of Fong Yit San, Tan Jun Feng and CM Amier Hamzah b Mohd Zuhri.

Round 4 Results (Boys):

Rank After Round 4 (Boys):

In the girls section, three players are jointly in the lead with 3.5 points comprising of the WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan and Tan Li Ting. The top seed, WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham suffered defeat against WNM Tan Li Ting in the fourth round.

Round 4 Results (Girls):

Rank After Round 4 (Girls):

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

National Juniors 2012 Commenced Today

18 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Today at the National Junior Chess Tournament 2012, two rounds of classical play completed and the favourites won their early rounds. Fong Yit San, Mark Siew Kit-Tze, Aron Teh Eu Wen all won their first two rounds easily. A total of 56 players are participating in this year’s boys section of the National Junior 2012 held at Arthur Tan Chess Center, 4th Floor Car Park, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur.

Round 2 Results (Boys):

Ranking After Two Rounds:

Meanwhile in the National Junior 2012 (Girls), a smaller group of 19 girls are participating. The top seed, WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham and second seed, WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham are playing to form by winning their first two rounds. Third seed, Tan Li Ting and fourth seed, Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan also both their early rounds today.

Ranking After Round 2 (Girls):

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

Nguyen Duc Hoa wins Penang Open 2012

15 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Georgetown, Penang, the 23 year old, IM Nguyen Duc Hoa (pix above) of Vietnam won the Penang Heritage City International Open 2012 with a score of 7.5 points and a superior tie-break.

Second, IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam, third, Ma Zhonghan of China, fourth FM Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong of Malaysia and fourth, youngster, Yeoh Li Tian of Malaysia.

Nik Ahmad Farouqi and IM Mas Hafizulhelmi finished in 29 and 30th spots with 5.5 and 5.0 points respectively.

Round 9 Results:

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

DATCC FIDE Rated Classical in January 2013

15 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is an annoucement of an upcoming FIDE-Rated chess tournament in January 2013.

Under its new management as of 1st January 2013, DATCC will organize its first DATCC FIDE Rated Classical event for 2013 from 24th January until 28th January 2013.

Dubbed the DATCC GOLDEN SPECIAL, the event will cover the long holiday weekend during Thaipusam and Prophet Muhammad's birthday starting on Thursday, 24th January and concluding on Monday, 28th January. Rounds are schedule either during the public holidays days, or after office hours on regular days as per the following schedule:

 

The FIDE Rated Classical event will use a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per player and will be played over 9 rounds using Swiss Pairing System (Swiss Manager).

This will be the first event in DATCC long list of activities planned for 2013. The GOLDEN SPECIAL offers a total prize fund of RM 2,000 with special prizes allocated for the best juniors (U12/U17), best female, best Veteran and best Unrated – subject to minimum 3 players playing in each category.
Entry fees is set at RM30 for players with a FIDE Rating of above 2200, RM50 for players between FIDE Rating 2000 and 2200, RM100 for players with a FIDE Rating of below 2000 and RM150 for players without any FIDE Rating.

The event will also provide a platform for players to gain FIDE Rating points, or for those who do not have any rating points, to start getting one for themselves.

On the same note, DATCC is also planning to conduct its loyalty program starting from 1st January 2013 allowing DATCC members to win additional prizes set for its members on top of the usual prizes offered that they may have won. More news on the Loyalty program will be published in the website as 2013 draws closer. For those who sign up as DATCC member, the entry fees will provide a discount between RM10 and RM30 for each entry received.

Closing date for this event is 20th Jan 2013 and entries are limited to the first 100 paying players only. Entries received after closing date WILL incur a RM50 penalty provided seats are still available. And again, for those who sign up as DATCC Loyalty Member, no late fees will be added.

TO register or learn more about this event, please download the entry form HERE. Alternatively, you can call Najib Wahab at +6016.338.2542 or write to him at najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

PACU Chess Open 2012, 29 Dec

14 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur –Latest News: the Pusat Akademi Catur Utara(PACU) is organising the PACU OPEN CHESS EVENT 2012 on 29/Dec/2012(Saturday). The tournament will be held at the Banquet Hall, Community College, Sg. Petani, Kedah.

 

Please contact Syed Iskandar, 019-4641001 for further details.

PACU’s website for registration and entry form can be downloaded from this link here - http://syedchess.blogspot.com/2012/12/kejohanan-catur-terbuka-pacu-2012_5.html

17th GACC, 26-31 Jan 2013, University Malaya KL

12 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur - One big chess tournament coming up in January 2013 is the Grand Asian Chess Challenge (GACC) to be organised by University of Malaya and Rakan Muda GACC. The chess tournament will be held from 26 January 2013 to 31 January 2013 at University of Malaya.

It will be an International FIDE Rated chess tournament. To know further details, please download this brochure at chess-malaysia.com/GACCSchedule.pdf

To find out more details, please contact Lau Kah Ling, Delegation Director, h/p:013-784 2988, or, Beh Ming Jian, Director, h/p:012-490 4817, Khor Sik Wey, Treasurer, h/p: 017-470 9349, or email: gacc17.delegation@gmail.com. Registration deadline: 30 Dec 2012.

Round 2 Results, Penang Heritage Open 2012

11 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Penang, the 4th Penang Heritage City International Open 2012 got underway. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is playing, NM Tan Khai Boon is also playing. In round 2, NM Tan Khai Boon sprang a surprise win over GM Richard Bitoon of the Philippines as the round 2 results show below:

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

Rankings After Round 2:

Eighteen players have scored the perfect two points. Among them are IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam, IM Mas, NM Tan Khai Boon, Ian Udani, Yeoh Li Tian and Bagamasbad Efren. Recently crowned 2012 National Master Roshan Ajeet Singh is in 23rd position with 1.5 points from two rounds.

Round 2 Results, Penang Heritage Open 2012

11 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Penang, the 4th Penang Heritage City International Open 2012 got underway. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is playing, NM Tan Khai Boon is also playing. In round 2, NM Tan Khai Boon sprang a surprise win over GM Richard Bitoon of the Philippines as the round 2 results show below:

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