ASEAN Men 2011

 

27 Dec 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The 2nd ASEAN Men is currently being held as part of the Singapore Chess Festival 2011 from 26 – 31st Dec 2011 in Singapore. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (top right pix) and IM Lim Yee Weng, both of Malaysia are participating in this single round robin tournament with GM Bitoon Richard of Philippines, GM Cao Sang of Vietnam and GM Megaranto Susanto of Indonesia participating in this 10 man tournament.

So far IM Mas has gained two draws from two rounds while IM Lim Yee Weng has no points to show yet.

Meanwhile WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham (top left pix) has entered in the 2nd ASEAN Women tournament. She is the sole representative from Malaysia. So far no points yet on her scoresheet to show from three rounds.

Results for rounds 1-3:

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

8th Singapore Open 2011

 

27 Dec 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The 8th Singapore Open is now ongoing in Singapore from 26th – 31st Dec 2011. Two Malaysians are participating namely, Lim Zhuo Ren and Lim Kian Hwa from Sarawak.

After two rounds, both Lims are at 1 point. Lim Zhuo Ren (top left pix) got them through two draws and Lim Kian Hwa (top right pix) with a win against Ong Wah Peng John in the second round. Meanwhile FM Susilodinata Andrean of Indonesia is leading with 2 full points. Another 8 players are also with 2 points including GM Gasano Eldar (2458) of Ukraine. Meanwhile top seed GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil (2636) of Georgia forfeited his second round game against Foo Benjamin of Singapore, the Sarawak Open 2011 winner.

Rank after round 2:-

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

Singapore Chess Festival 2011 – 25 Dec 2011

29 September 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Singapore is organising their year-end chess festival 2011 from 25th – 31st December 2011 at Jurong East Sports Hall, 21 Jurong East Street 21 Singapore 609517. The chess festival is in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Singapore Chess Federation.  Here is the news from fide.com.

“In the frameworks of the 8th Singapore International Chess Festival 2011 the following events are going to be organized:
1. The 2nd ASEAN Chess Championships 2011 - Campomanes Cup
2. The 2nd Singapore International Youth Championships 2011 - Under-8, Under-11, Under-14, Under-17 (Open and Girls)
3. Singapore Open 2011
4. FIDE Arbiters' Seminar
5. FIDE Trainers' Seminar
Download the Regulations and Registration form of the 2nd ASEAN Chess Championships 2011 - Campomanes Cup
Download the Regulations and Registration form of the 2nd Singapore International Youth Championships 2011
Download the Regulations and Registration form of Singapore Open 2011
Download the information and Registration form of the FIDE Arbiters' Seminar
Download the information and Registartion form of the FIDE Trainers' Seminar”