Royal Selangor International Open Chess Tournament 2008 - The year before

The 2007 Royal Selangor International Open Chess Tournament (or the 34th Selangor International Open Chess) top title went to Ronnie Lim, seen here receiving the prize from our sponsor Datin Paduka Chen Mun Kuen, Director of Royal Selangor. Looking on were Chess Association of Selangor ('CAS') officials En Kamarul Zaman and IA Lim Tse Pin.

The tournament attracted a number of strong local players including IM MasHafizulhelmi, FM Lim Yee Weng, FM Anas Nazreen, Leong Mun Wan, Zarul Shazwan (who later went on to win his NM title in Penang) and his twin sister Nur Shazwani ( also secured her NWM title at the same time last year), Ismail Ahmad, Mohd Saprin and juniors Sumant Subramaniam and Yeap Eng Chiam, to name a few. 77 players participated in the tournament. Result

For this year's tournament ( scheduled for the period 30th April - 4th May 2008) The Chess Association of Selangor or CAS alongside our co- sponsor Royal Selangor will play host providing the playing venue at the company's HQ and Showroom in Setapak.

Royal Selangor International Open Chess Tournament 2008 - The Venue

CAS premier tournament, The 35th Selangor International Open Chess scheduled this 30th April to 4th May 2008 is set to be held at the Royal Selangor corporate HQ and Showroom in Setapak. This will be a great opportunity for chess players to get to know our major sponsor better. Royal Selangor is internationally renowned for the quality pewterwares,fine jewellery and other collectibles, including the beautifully crafted chess sets you can get to see at the showroom. Make a date to join this longest running and prestigious Malaysian chess tournament.

10th CAS First Quarter Chess Allegro 2008 (Category 1)

Ian Udani from The Philippines topped CAS's Allegro series with 6 1/2 points, stopping a strong run by Abdullah Che Hassan in the local chess circuit. The photo shows him receiving the first prize from CAS President, En Shafruddin. Another strong challenger Kamaluddin Yusof was also checked in the 4th round by the filipino and had to settle for a 9th placing, which is nonetheless a consistent top 10 placing by this veteran. Another CAS member Sumant S, fresh from his chess stint in India did well to settle for 2nd placing.

10th CAS First Quarter Chess Allegro 2008 (category 2) - Results

Khor Siang Choon scored a perfect 7 in this Allegro to be promoted into the Category 1 the next time round.

Pertandingan Catur untuk Orang Kurang Upaya ke-12

Pertandingan Catur OKU ke-12 ( 12th Annual "Chess Competition for the Disabled") telah diadakan di Berjaya Times Square pada 24hb Feb 2008. Persatuan Catur Selangor ('PCS') atau The Chess Association of Selangor turut menjayakan pertandingan tersebut bersama Lions Club of Kuala Lumpur Central, Ann Joo Resources Bhd dan Berjaya Times Square. Kelihatan dalam gambar AJK Persatuan Catur Selangor En Kamarul Zaman Khalid (berkopiah puteh) selaku Arbiter pertandingan tersebut.

Juga kelihatan IA En Latif Muhammad, Ketua Jurulatih Catur Pasukan Paralimpik Malaysia memerhati pemain catur kebangsaan Nur Ain Fatihah mengatur strategi menentang pemain tempatan Iskandar Rashid. Di sebelah kiri En Latif pula ialah Ahli PCS Puan Norhana Othman yang turut berada di Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat), Thailand bulan lepas sebagai Pegawai Teknikal Catur, 'The 4th Asean Para Games 2008'. Untuk makluman Pasukan Catur Paralimpik Malaysia cemerlang dengan membawa pulang dua pingat emas dan dua pingat perak di Asean Para Games tersebut.

Berbalik kepada Pertandingan sehari ini ianya dimenangi oleh Chua Heng Meng, diikuti Ho Hea King kedua-duanya memperolehi 5 1/2 mata, dan tempat ketiga Saharuddin Mappa.
Keputusan

22nd Royal Selangor Juniors' Open Chess Tournament 2008 (Under-10)

Ranking after round 7 of 22nd Royal Selangor Juniors 2008 (UNDER-10)

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

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1. 30 Muhd Aziz Farhan Noor Akb* 6.5 31.5 28.75 27.0 1150 1704 +4.26 CHAMPION

2. 1 Yeoh Li Tian 6.0 31.5 25.00 24.0 1527 1518 -0.09 2ND

3. 5 Subramanian Sivanesan 5.5 30.5 23.25 22.0 1313 1447 +1.09 3RD

4. 3 Mohd Faizal Roslan 5.0 31.5 19.00 24.0 1438 1394 -0.32 4TH

6 Shreyes Subramaniam 5.0 29.0 18.00 21.0 1301 1413 +1.08 5TH

8 Tan Yong Zhao 5.0 27.5 16.50 20.0 1177 1370 +1.85 6TH

22 Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri * 5.0 25.5 16.00 15.0 1150 1308 +1.50 7TH

8. 4 Ee Sun-Xin 4.5 30.0 15.75 20.5 1313 1262 -0.40 8TH

10 Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan 4.5 29.0 16.25 20.5 1160 1320 +1.56 9TH

24 Chew E-sheng * 4.5 22.5 13.25 15.0 1150 1211 +0.58 10TH

11. 2 Nur Najiha Azman Hisham 4.0 31.5 15.50 21.0 1445 1286 -1.39

9 Daryl Wong Cheng Lim 4.0 26.0 11.50 14.0 1161 1223 +0.64

29 Maisarrah Noor Akbar * 4.0 25.5 11.00 17.0 1150 1135 -0.13

27 Jessica Augustine * 4.0 25.0 10.50 15.0 1150 1100 -0.48

19 Chua Yee Ler 4.0 23.5 9.50 17.0 0918 1229 +2.16

33 Tay Kai Jun * 4.0 23.0 10.50 16.0 1150 1110 -0.34

17. 7 Cheong Yi Yao 3.5 28.5 10.75 16.0 1196 1161 -0.35

26 Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi * 3.5 27.5 11.75 17.0 1150 1161 +0.14

14 Edwin Tan Yin Rong 3.5 22.0 6.50 13.0 1028 1194 +1.54

32 Ng Jun Khai * 3.5 20.5 6.25 9.0 1150 987 -1.34

21. 21 Aina Farzana Che Mohd Aze* 3.0 26.5 9.00 15.0 1150 1159 +0.06

18 Ngu Yueh Long 3.0 25.0 5.75 12.0 0927 1068 +0.92

13 Nur Faqihah Aminuddin 3.0 23.0 6.00 10.0 1029 1068 +0.34

17 Muhd Najwan Azman Hisham 3.0 21.5 5.50 13.0 0993 1052 +0.44

15 Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Muhd N 3.0 20.5 5.50 12.0 1002 1107 +0.97

12 Kabir Singh 3.0 18.0 5.00 8.0 1064 1075 +0.06

27. 11 Sooi Ching Wei 2.5 23.5 6.75 10.0 1079 996 -0.79

35 Yeow Chien Huey * 2.5 17.0 3.50 9.0 1150 903 -1.98

29. 28 Lee Yi Sean * 2.0 24.0 5.50 12.0 1150 930 -2.13

23 Anis Fariha Saleh * 2.0 21.5 2.25 8.0 1150 852 -2.18

20 Ng Ju Han 2.0 20.0 2.75 7.0 0903 900 -0.02

25 Chin Shun Yi * 2.0 20.0 2.25 7.0 1150 763 -2.96

16 Shanna Ng Rui Shan 2.0 18.0 1.75 4.0 0997 851 -0.98

34. 31 Muhd Faqih Aminuddin * 1.5 18.0 1.50 7.0 1150 614 -3.58

35. 34 Thamesh Kumar * 1.0 19.5 6.25 5.0 0000 279 0

Ranking and Games after round 7 of 22nd Royal Selangor Juniors 2008 (UNDER-10)

No. PNo. Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Score

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1. 30 Muhd Aziz Farhan Noor Akb* 13b1 7w1 9b1 1w1 3b1 5w« 4b1 -1 6.5

2. 1 Yeoh Li Tian 18w1 14b1 6w1 30b0 8w1 2b1 3w1 1 6.0

3. 5 Subramanian Sivanesan 22w1 28b1 2w0 4b1 29w1 30b« 10w1 1 5.5

4. 3 Mohd Faizal Roslan 20w1 26b1 8w1 2b1 30w0 6b1 1b0 -1 5.0

5. 6 Shreyes Subramaniam 23b1 29w1 1b0 10w1 19b1 3w0 2w1 1 5.0

6. 8 Tan Yong Zhao 25b1 33w1 3b0 27w1 1b0 21w1 19b1 -1 5.0

7. 22 Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri * 5b0 9w0 32b1 15w1 11b1 27w1 7b1 -1 5.0

8. 4 Ee Sun-Xin 21b1 17w1 10b« 5w0 7b1 9w1 30w0 1 4.5

9. 10 Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan 27b1 35w1 4w« 6b0 24w1 26b1 5b0 -1 4.5

10. 24 Chew E-sheng * 7b0 11w« 16b1 13w1 10b0 33w1 26b1 -1 4.5

11. 2 Nur Najiha Azman Hisham 19b1 15w1 5b1 3w0 21b1 1w0 6b0 -1 4.0

12. 9 Daryl Wong ChenG Lim 26w0 22b1 30w0 23b1 28w1 4b0 21w1 1 4.0

13. 29 Maisarrah Noor Akbar * 12w1 6b0 17b1 11w1 5b0 19w0 18b1 -1 4.0

14. 27 Jessica Augustine * 10w0 20b1 14w1 8b0 18w1 22b0 15b1 -1 4.0

15. 19 Chua Yee Ler 2w0 34b1 31w1 28b1 6w0 29b1 8w0 1 4.0

16. 33 Tay Kai Jun * 16w1 8b0 18w1 21b0 14w1 24b0 17b1 -1 4.0

17. 7 Cheong Yi Yao 24w1 30b0 23w1 26b« 4w0 12b1 22w0 1 3.5

18. 26 Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi * 9b1 3w0 13b1 7w« 17b1 10w0 24w0 1 3.5

19. 14 Edwin Tan Yin Rong 31b1 1w0 27b0 25w1 33b0 32w« 11b1 -1 3.5

20. 32 Ng Jun Khai * 15b0 13w0 22w0 r1 25b1 14b« 20w1 0 3.5

21. 21 Aina Farzana Che Mohd Aze* 4w0 12b1 35b1 33w1 2w0 8b0 9b0 -1 3.0

22. 18 Ngu Yueh Long 1b0 25w1 33b0 r1 27b0 13w1 29w0 0 3.0

23. 13 Nur Faqihah Aminuddin 30w0 32b1 26w0 24b0 23w1 18b0 25w1 1 3.0

24. 17 Muhd Najwan Azman Hisham 34w1 4b0 29w0 31b1 26w0 28b1 33w0 1 3.0

25. 15 Muhd Ihsan Syahiran Muhd N 32w1 2b0 28w0 22b0 31w1 20b1 27w0 1 3.0

26. 12 Kabir Singh 29b0 21w0 11b0 16w1 35b1 7w0 23b1 -1 3.0

27. 11 Sooi Ching Wei 28w0 24b« 12w1 29b0 22w0 16b1 14w0 1 2.5

28. 35 Yeow Chien Huey * r1 10b0 21w0 20b0 12w0 31b« 28w1 0 2.5

29. 28 Lee Yi Sean * 11b1 5w0 15b1 19w0 9b0 17w0 35b0 -1 2.0

30. 23 Anis Fariha Saleh * 6w0 16b1 7b0 9w0 13b0 r1 12w0 0 2.0

31. 20 Ng Ju Han 3b0 27w0 25b0 35w1 r1 15w0 32b0 0 2.0

32. 25 Chin Shun Yi * 8w0 18b0 20w1 14b0 32w0 r1 13b0 0 2.0

33. 16 Shanna Ng Rui Shan 33b0 23w0 24w0 12b0 r1 11w0 31b1 0 2.0

34. 31 Muhd Faqih Aminuddin * 14w0 r1 19b0 17w0 15b0 35w« 16w0 2 1.5

35. 34 Thamesh Kumar * 17b0 19w0 r1 r0 r0 r0 r0 0 1.0

CHESS ASSOCIATION OF SELANGOR CHESS CALENDAR 2008

(Tentative Dates as of 31st Jan 2008)

NO	DATES [2008]	EVENT	CATEGORY	VENUE
1.	17 February	22nd Royal Selangor Juniors Open (Under-10 & Under-14 Category)	U-10 & U-14	Sunway University College
2.	24 February	10th CAS First Quarter Allegro	Anyone	Wilayah Complex
3.	02 March	22nd Royal Selangor Juniors Open (Under-12 & Under-16 Category)	U-12 & U-16	Sunway University College
4.	06 April	10th CAS Second Quarter Allegro	Anyone	Wilayah Complex
5.	30 April to 04 May	Royal Selangor Open (FIDE-rated)	Anyone	Royal Selangor HQ
6.	06 June to 08 June	13th Royal Selangor Juniors International Open	U-16	Royal Selangor HQ
7.	13 July	10th CAS Third Quarter Allegro	Anyone	Wilayah Complex
8.	August	Royal Selangor CTEP Junior Camp	RSJIO Qualifiers
9.	05 October	10th CAS Fourth Quarter Allegro	Anyone	Wilayah Complex

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22nd Royal Selangor Juniors' Open Chess Tournament 2008 ( Under-12 and Under-16 Category)

REMINDER : Preregister by this Friday 29th Feb 2008 at selangorchess@gmail.com

22nd Royal Selangor Juniors' Open Chess Tournament 2008 - Under 10 and Under 14

Welcome to the selangor chess news blog. Persatuan Catur Selangor or The Chess Association of Selangor ('CAS') had just completed the first tournament for 2008 last week (17th February 2008). We take this occasion to initiate dissemination of on-the-web news on chess happenings in Selangor and elsewhere involving our members and officials.

Seen in our post is Hon Secretary En Lim Tse Pin (IA) and Arbiter for the event. He seemed to be surrounded by the players eager to find out the final results of the tournament. "OK we won but we have to wait till 2nd March to get our prizes". The events that just ended were the Under-10 and Under-14 Category (Refer below for the results). The second part of the event under this Tournament (to be held on 2nd March 2008) would be the Under-12 and Under-16 Category, at the end of which the winners would receive their respective prizes and certificates.

To our main sponsor Royal Selangor we thank you once again for your continued support and to Sunway University College for allowing us to use your venue. Your unwavering support has enabled us to remain as one of the more active chess associations in the country and we shall strive to do it better going forward.

Under-10 Result
Under-14 Result