Wednesday, February 29, 2012

UPM OPEN 2012

29 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur - another rapid tournament which will be held in University PUTRA Malaysia Serdang this coming 11 Mac 2012. The flyer can be found on caturterengganu.blogspot.com and shown below:-

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Perak Grand Prix Chess–Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng, 2nd Leg

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29 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Perak, PICA has announced the 2nd leg of the Perak Grand Prix Chess Championship 2012. The 2nd Leg of the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng chess grand prix tournament will be held at the Chinese Recreation Club in Taiping on March 4, 2012, Sunday. It will be played over seven rapid rounds with a 25-minute time control.

There are 3 sections, namely:

  • open
  • under-16
  • under-12

The top 10 winners will be awarded cumulative Grand Prix points but only from the open section of each leg.

For details, call

  • Yunus (013-3908129),
  • Mrs Chow (05-8076882)

or check the Pica blog at perakchess.blogspot.com for updates.

(source: Andrew Ooi @ gilachess)

Monday, February 27, 2012

UM Tun Syed Zahiruddin Team Tournament Is Back!

27 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur - It's back! The tournament we all missed last year. Here is the announcement from the University Malaya organizers:-

Selamat datang dan Salam 1 Malaysia.
Kami ingin menjemput anda untuk menyertai Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Piala Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2011/2012.

Berikut merupakan maklumat pertandingan:

Tarikh : 14 APRIL 2012 (Sabtu)
Masa : 8 pagi - 6 petang
Tempat : Dewan Sri Tanjung, Kolej Kediaman Tun Syed Zahiruddin, Universiti Malaya.

Hadiah menarik menanti anda!

Tempat pertama : RM1000
Tempat kedua : RM700
Tempat ketiga : RM500

Sekolah Terbaik : RM200
Universiti Terbaik : RM200
Keluarga Terbaik : RM200

Yuran penyertaan:
Bawah 12 tahun : RM80
Terbuka : RM120

Penyertaan : 1 kumpulan (4 orang)

*Untuk sebarang pertanyaan, sila hubungi:

Yeeting : 016-996 8613
Jia Wen : 016-3901198
Farah : 014-5335662

* Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila lawati http://umopenchesstournament.blogspot.com/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/281276618608130/

Tarikh tutup penyertaan : 7 APRIL 2012

*Bayaran tambahan sbyk 50% dikenakan selepas tarikh tutup penyertaan.

TERHAD KEPADA 50 KUMPULAN TERAWAL SAHAJA.
Registration Form and conditions:
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UM Tun Syed Zahiruddin Team Chess Is Back!

27 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur - It's back! The tournament we all missed last year. Here is the announcement from the University Malaya organizers:-

Selamat datang dan Salam 1 Malaysia.
Kami ingin menjemput anda untuk menyertai Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Piala Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2011/2012.

Berikut merupakan maklumat pertandingan:

Tarikh : 14 APRIL 2012 (Sabtu)
Masa : 8 pagi - 6 petang
Tempat : Dewan Sri Tanjung, Kolej Kediaman Tun Syed Zahiruddin, Universiti Malaya.

Hadiah menarik menanti anda!

Tempat pertama : RM1000
Tempat kedua : RM700
Tempat ketiga : RM500

Sekolah Terbaik : RM200
Universiti Terbaik : RM200
Keluarga Terbaik : RM200

Yuran penyertaan:
Bawah 12 tahun : RM80
Terbuka : RM120

Penyertaan : 1 kumpulan (4 orang)

*Untuk sebarang pertanyaan, sila hubungi:

Yeeting : 016-996 8613
Jia Wen : 016-3901198
Farah : 014-5335662

* Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila lawati http://umopenchesstournament.blogspot.com/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/281276618608130/

Tarikh tutup penyertaan : 7 APRIL 2012

*Bayaran tambahan sbyk 50% dikenakan selepas tarikh tutup penyertaan.

TERHAD KEPADA 50 KUMPULAN TERAWAL SAHAJA.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Yeoh Li Tian Declared Seremban Parade Open Champion!

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27 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur - In Seremban, Yeoh Li Tian wins the 12 th Seremban Parade Open held on the 26th February 2012 with a score of 6.5/7. A total of 102 participants took part in this event.
For extensive pictures of the event, please visit Ng6 blog.

Pix 1. Yeoh Li Tian, The Open Seremban Parade Champ!


No Name Points BH
1 Yeoh Li Tian 6.5 32.0
2 Fong Yit San 6.0 33.0
3 Abel Yap 6.0 31.0
4 A. Jalal Md Shah 6.0 29.5
5 Yeoh Chin Seng 5.5 34.0
6 Taulani Tukiran 5.5 33.0
7 Amir Abu Bakar 5.5 30.5
8 Ilyas Ramdzan 5.5 28.5
9 Razali Hamzah (Ng6) 5.0 34.0
10 Suhaimi Mustafa 5.0 32.5
11 Tariq Ziad 5.0 32.0
12 Nithyalakshmi A/P Sivanesan 5.0 29.5
13 Izza Hasrina Ismail 5.0 28.0
14 Jonathan Augustine 5.0 28.0
15 Nor Zajasron 5.0 27.5
16 Khairul Azman Zainal Ariffin 5.0 26.5
17 Md Arshad 5.0 26.5
18 Guan Xin Ting 5.0 23.5
19 Raveen Pandan 5.0 23.0
20 Muhd Huzairi Husin 4.5 30.0

(source: DATCC blog/ courtesy of Andrew@gilachess)


Ahmad Fadzil Nayan Wins Insofar Combined Tournament Feb 2012

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Pix 1. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan receiving the winner’s cheque from Mat Zaki Yeop, organiser of Insofar Combined Tournament 2012. (Photo from stonemaster.info)

27 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Yesterday at DATCC was held the INSOFAR Combined Tournament 2012 for the month of February 2012. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan turned out to be the day’s champion with 6.5 points from seven rounds of rapid chess play.

It was reported that 120 players came to participate in this one-day chess event at DATCC. To read more, please visit stonemaster.info. To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

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FINAL Rankings (up to 29th position):

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Congratulations to all players, winners and chess organisers. Well done! Please keep the momentum up!

(source: All information and pictures are from stonemaster.info.)

My Brilliant Brain

26 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur –  Susan Polgar’s official website reported the interesting post that Susan featured on "My Brilliant Brain" in England on television!
Exploring the incredible inner workings of the human brain, this compelling three-part documentary series looks at a group of remarkable people and poses questions about the origins of genius. The first episode focuses on 38-year-old Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster, who's incredible story suggests that genius does not always have to be innate, but can be taught. Read More or Watch on YOUTUBE

Let’s watch a video of Susan Polgar.

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Watch a Video on Susan Polgar’s “My Brilliant Brain – Make Me a Genius!” or click here.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Germany’s Chess League – OSG Baden Baden Leads

25 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Germany, TWIC reported that the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga take place 25th and 26th of February 2012. Venues Wattenscheid, Hockenheim, Trier and Remagen.

In Wattenscheid the host awaits Dortmund, Muelheim and Katernberg for the four matches of the weekend. All teams are situated in the Ruhr area of Germany, so many spectators are expected to visit the games. While three of the teams are ranked in the midfield of the table Dortmund is fighting against relegation.

Germany’s Chess League Team Rankings After Round 9:-

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Bundesliga 2011-12 (Germany GER) 
Fri 14th Oct 2011 - Sun 15th Apr 2012 - Official Site- Results - Live

Bundesliga 2011-12 (15 Rds League Club TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

 
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Here is a game between Russian Efimenko Zahar of Werder Bremen chess team against Swedish, Berg Emanuel of SC Hansa Dortmund during the fourth round of Germany’s Chess League, Schachbundesliga 2011-12. Efimenko playing white won the game with two pawns and a rook against black’s lonely rook.
 

Some chess events around the globe:-

Bundesliga 2011-12 Germany GER 13:00 10
10th Nancy GMA 2012 Nancy FRA   6
TCh-SWE 2011-12 Malmo SWE   6
10th Nancy GMA 2012 Nancy FRA   7
10th Nancy GMA 2012 Nancy FRA   8
10th Nancy B 2012 Nancy FRA 13:00 8
ch-POL w 2012 Warsaw POL 14:00 8
ch-POL 2012 Warsaw POL 14:00 8
ch-POL 2012 Warsaw POL 14:00 8

Current events:
1. Polish Championship, Warszawa (Poland), 18 February - 26 February 2012, Web (7/9) [Wojtaszek]
2. Bundesliga 2011/2012 (German League), 14 October 2011 (next 25 February) - 15 April 2012, Web(9/15) [Svidler, Gashimov, Adams, Bacrot, Naiditsch, Almasi, Vallejo, Berkes, Fressinet, Wojtaszek, Movsesian, Efimenko]
3. Bundesliga-2, Ost, 2 October (next 26 February) - 15 April 2012, Web (6/9) [Navara]
4. 4NCL 2011/2012, Four Nations Chess League (GBR), 12 November 2011 (next 31 March) - 7 May 2012,Web (6/11) [Adams, Short, Vachier-Lagrave]
5. Israel Team Championship 2011/2012, 16 December 2011 (next 24 February) - 2 March 2012, Web(8/11) [Sutovsky]
6. Hungarian League 2011/2012, 25 September 2011 (next 11 March) - 20 May 2012 Web (6/11) [Berkes, Efimenko, Naiditsch]
7. Dutch League 2011/2012, 17 September 2011 (next 10 March) - 22 April 2012 Web (6/9) [Giri]
8. Czech League, Extraliga, 8 October (next 3 March) - 22 April 2012, Web (6/11) [Ponomariov, Vitiugov, Navara, Laznicka, Wojtaszek, Korobov]
9. Czech League-2, Zapad, 2 October (next 26 February) - 1 April 2012, Web (8/11) [Navara]

(source: This Week In Chess website and www.2700chess.com)

Friday, February 24, 2012

3RD GIANT TAMPOI JUNIORS CHESS TOURNAMENT

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24 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is another upcoming chess tournament downsouth in Johor Bahru organised by the JB Chess Association, Giant Tampoi Hypermarket and Johor Chess Academy.

Organisers    : JB Chess Association, Giant Tampoi Hypermarket  and Johor Chess
                      Academy.
Venue          :  Giant Tampoi Hypermarket, Tampoi. JB
Date & Time :  Sunday, 11 March 2012,  9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Time Control :  Swiss System of 7 rounds with 25 minutes per player to
                       complete the game.
Entry Fees   :  Under 17 : RM 15.00
                      Under 12 : RM13.00
Prizes          : Under 17:
                     RM200,RM100,RM80,RM60,RM50,RM40,RM40,RM30,Rm30,RM30,
                     Under 12:
                     RM100,RM80,RM60,RM50,RM40,RM40,RM30,RM30,RM30,RM30.
Closing Date : 8th March 2012
                      Late entries and entries without payment will not be accepted.
                      Entries Fees are not refundable.
For more information, kindly contact :
Mr. Narayanan Krishnan
Tournament Director.
H/P. N0 : 013 7717 525
email : jb_ chess_association@yahoo.com

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Ken Yew Liew Wins Chess Rating Tournament

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Pix 1. Ken Yew Liew, winner of Cheras Rating Chess Tournament 2012. (Photo courtesy of Collin Madhavan)

23 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Latest News: Ken Yew Liew won the recently held Cheras Rating Tournament 2012 held from 4-7 February 2012 at the Cheras Chess Academy run by Mr. Collin Madhavan.

Ken scored 7.5 points from a single-round robin of 9 rounds of play. Meanwhile Wan Lin Yap came in second, eventhough he scored 7.5 points but a lower tie-break point. Eddy Kwan was third with 6.5 points and Lim Kian Hwa, fourth, with 6 points.

 

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Pix 2. Playing Hall.

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Pix 3. Players and Officials.

(All Photos courtesy of Collin Madhavan)

Nana Dzagnidze Wins ACP Women Cup 2012

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Pix 1. Nana Dzagnidze Collects The Winner’s Cheque As Champion of the ACP Women Cup 2012. (Photo from Official Website)

23 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Tbilisi Georgia, Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia  won the ACP Women Cup 2012 with a score of 8.0 points after two blitz games of the tie-break match were drawn against Swedish Pia Cramling, thus the winner was to be decided in one final Armageddon game. Nana Dzagnidze managed to win the game and became the winner of the ACP Women Cup.

 

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To read more, please visit chessdom.com or chessbase.com or Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.

 

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Here is the round 11 game between Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia and Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia during the ACP Women Cup 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia.

 

Official website: http://www.e2e4.ge

Sunday, February 19, 2012

News Of ACP Women Cup 2012

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  Pix 1. Tournament Room.  

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  Pix 2. Anna Muzychuk vs Anna Zatonskih

(Photos by Anastasya Karlovich, Phillippe Dornbusch’s facebook)

19 Feb 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Chessdom.com reported that the two rounds were scheduled for the first day of the competition. All participants displayed their well-known fighting spirit and only one game out of 12, Kosintseva N. – Dzagnidze, finished in a draw. Nana Dzagnidze’s rook and knight couldn’t gain the victory against Kosintseva’s rook.

Anna Muzychuk, Katerina Lahno, Pia Cramling, and the legendary champion Maia Chiburdanidze succeeded in winning both games and now share the first place with maximum points.

Here is the round 2 game between Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia and Anna Zatonskih of USA during the ACP Women Cup 2012 finals in Tbilisi, Georgia.

To read more of chessdom.com report, please click here.

Official website: http://www.e2e4.ge/

Saturday, February 18, 2012

ACP Women Cup 2012, Rounds 1-2 Results

Anna Muzychuk, Slovenia

Pix 1. Anna Muzychuk, Slovenia. (Photo from Official Tournament Website)

18 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the results of rounds 1-2 of the ACP Women Cup 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Four players have a 2.0 score. Among the leaders are Anna Zatonskih, Kateryna Lahno, Maia Chiburdanidze and Anna Muzychuk.

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Anna Zatonskih, USAZeinab Mamedjarova, Azerbaijan

Pix 2. Zatonskih, USA.      Pix 3. Zeinab Mamedjarova, Azerbaijan. (Photos from Official Tournament Website)

Here is the round 2 rapid game between Anna Zatonskih of USA against Zeinab Mamedjarova of Azerbaijan of the ACP Women Cup 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ranking after Round 2:-

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Official website: http://www.e2e4.ge/

ACP Women Cup 2012, Lahno vs Kosteniuk

ACP Women Cup 2012, Tbilisi 2012

Kateryna Lahno. Ukraine Alexandria Kosteniuk, Russia

Pix. 1. Lahno, Ukraine.                      Pix 2. Kosteniuk, Russia. (Photos from official website of tournament)

18 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The ACP Women Cup 2012 is starting today in Tbilisi, Georgia consisting of 9 rapid rounds over four days of play. Here is round 1 and the live game between Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine and ex-Women World Champion, Alexandria Kosteniuk of Russia.

 

Official website: http://www.e2e4.ge/

Friday, February 17, 2012

Adele Won Six Grammy Awards

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Pix 1. Adele with her six Grammy awards. (Photo from Berita Harian.com)

17 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Let’s switch off to another hobby interest, music. Recently Adele won six Grammy Awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 12, 2012 for her popular album “21” with songs like “Rolling in the Deep”, “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire To The Rain”. Let’s enjoy by listening to her hit singles, Set Fire To The Rain (live at The Royal Albert Hall, London).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7-vnrJD3k&feature=colike

 

To read more in berita harian (Bahasa Malaysia), please click here.

New Nagas Standad Chess Tournament

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17 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a new chess tournament organised by a new promoter, Eddy Fong. It will be held on the 17-18th March 2012 at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur.

New Nagas Standard Chess Tournament,
17th & 18th March 2012
@ Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, 4th Flr Kompleks Wilayah, Jalan Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur
Eligibility: Malaysians with a FIDE rating below 2200 or Malaysians without a FIDE rating.

Format: 7 Rounds Swiss System (The Swiss Manager pairing program shall be used).

Accelerated pairings shall be used for the first 2 or 3 rounds.
Time Control: 20 min with increment of 30 seconds per move for only the first 30 moves, plus a further 25 minutes each to the finish.
Entry fees: RM50 per participant

Prizes: Champion: RM300 4th Place: RM150 7th Place: RM70
2nd Place: RM250 5th Place: RM100 8th Place: RM60
3rd Place: RM200 6th Place: RM80 9th Place: RM50
10th – 15th Places: RM40 each
Tie-break: 1) No. of wins 2) Buchholz 3) SB
Prize money is shared if players are still tied after applying the above tie-breaks.
Schedule: Saturday (17 March) Sunday (18 March)
Late Registration: 8.30 am to 8.50 am
Players’ Briefing: 9.10 am
Round 1: 9.15 am – 11.15 am Round 5: 8.45 am – 10.45 am
Round 2: 11.30 am – 1.30 pm Round 6: 11.00 am – 1.00 pm
Round 3: 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Round 7: 2.15 pm – 4.15 pm
Round 4: 4.45 pm – 6.45 pm Prize Giving: 4.30 pm
Ratings: 1) The results of this event shall be sent to MCF for National Rating; and
2) The results of this event shall be rated in a new Standard Chess Rating List that includes only results of events with time control of at least 60/G.

Game Scores: An event games database with up to the first 30 moves played at the first 10 boards of each round shall be provided (via email) free to each participant.

Registration: 1) Please pay the amount for entry fees to:
Maybank Account No: 108048265782 (Account Name: Fong Yit San),
and send details of your Full Name, Mykad/Mykid No., Email address, Handphone contact no. and an image of the bank pay-in slip to edfong20@yahoo.com by 14 March 2012 (closing date); OR
2) Submit the completed Registration Form and payment by hand to Eddy Fong, Fong Yit Ho or Fong Yit San who may be present at upcoming chess events.
The Organiser reserves the absolute right to reject or not to accept any entry.
Late registration (after 14 March 2012) shall be accepted at the absolute discretion of the Organiser subject to a penalty of RM10.
Enquiries: Please email edfong20@yahoo.com or call Eddy Fong at 016-6397535.
Website: chessxpose.blogspot.com

Rules:

* FIDE Laws of Chess shall apply except where stated otherwise.
* Any player who fails to appear for his game within 10 minutes of the start of the game shall forfeit the game.
* A player, who, without informing the Arbiter before the pairing list for a round is posted, fails to turn up for that round or who forfeits a game shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the event.
* It is compulsory for each player to record the first 30 moves of each game.
* The Arbiter’s decision on any dispute or application of tournament rules is final.


Registration Form:

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