18 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – For those who have participated in this tournament, it is crunch time. The QuarterFinal is set for the 26th March 2011 at DATCC, 2-6 pm.
For more information, please contact Mat Zaki Yeop, 017-2032051.
18 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – For those who have participated in this tournament, it is crunch time. The QuarterFinal is set for the 26th March 2011 at DATCC, 2-6 pm.
For more information, please contact Mat Zaki Yeop, 017-2032051.
2 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the flyer for the 2nd Insofar ELITE Open Tournament 2011, Preliminary 3 to be held on the 6th March 2011 (Sunday) at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Center, Kuala Lumpur.
Prize money is among the highest so far – RM2,000 for the Champion.
Please contact Mat Zaki Yeop, 017-2032051.
13 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the official final results of the Preliminary round of the 2nd INSOFAR Elite Chess Open 2011 held today at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur.
Kamaluddin Yusof (top left pix) edged out Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (top right pix) for first place in the preliminary round of the 2nd Insofar ELITE Chess Open 2011 with 5 points from six rounds. Second was Ahmad Fadzil Nayan, while third place went to the now familiar Taulani Tukiran with 4 points. Fourth place was Mohd Fadli Zakaria scoring equal 4 points and fifth ranked went to Mohammad Ariez Azman.
Meanwhile early favourite, NM Kamalariffin Wahiddudin suffered two losses during the tournament and ended in seventh position and 3.5 points to show.
This is a four stage tournament consisting of the preliminaries, quarter-final, semi-final and final stages. To see future dates of the tournament, please look out for Insofar Chess Calendar on this blog/fireyrook blog or click here.
(source: Abdul Hamid b Majid, arbiter of the event, Mat Zaki Yeop of Insofar Chess Academy)
24 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – If I had this figure right, INSOFAR is organising a new INSOFAR ELITE OPEN Tournament 2011 at Preliminary Stage and at the same time, the FINALs of the first ELITE OPEN 2010 is happening on the same day, 13th February 2011, Sunday, DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.
(pls click on images to see them larger)
(source: Mat Zaki Yeop, 017-2032051)