14th CAS First Quarter Allegro Chess Championship 2013 - The Results

Wong Jianwen emerged the victor in the above Championship with 6 1/2 points, only dropping 1/2 point to 3rd placed Winner Fariz Shafruddin in the final round.

Group photo of the Category1 (Open Category) Winners with CAS Officials

80 players took part under Category2  of the Championship defined as those players with National Rating of 1400 and below. Teoh Poh Jian performed to his rating level to emerged Champion, but only just so sharing the 6 points with two other players Asadullah Qamar and Sri Kabelen Srimuralitharan who were placed Second and Third respectively

Group photo of the Category2 Winners with CAS Officials




Congratulations to the Winners and thank you again to all participants  in making this Championship a success

CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th March 2013: Update#5

CAS would like to thanks all players who have pre-registered for this event. The campaigning on this event has been very successful and once again would like say A Big Thank You especially to Chess Coaches who have given their strong support to this event.  Hence, CAS would like to announce that the registration for this event has ended. In addition, more prizes will be added into CATEGORY 2 as a result of overwhelming response from school-going children, e.g. Best U-15 will have 3 CASH prizes, Best U-12 will have 5 CASH prizes and Best U-9 (New category).

For those of you who have pre-registered yourself, please reach the tournament venue for payment by 8.30AM tomorrow as Round 1 will start at 9AM.  


The final list of pre-registered players as follows:

CATEGORY 1

1	Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong (Pd)
2	Cheah Eason (Pd)
3	Sean Ooi Zhi Jian (Pd)
4	Ahmad Fadzil Nayan
5	Chandrahasan Subbaiyan
6	Fariz Shafruddin
7	Gohshalan Naidu Shanmugam Naidu
8	Ismail Ahmad
9	Janet Chan Chooi Po
10	Jaron Tan Xe Yung
11	Kamaluddin Yusof
12	Kughan Ravindran
13	Lim Kai Yuan
14	Lim Ming Kang
15	Lim Ming Xian
16	Low Jun Jian
17	Marlon Mario Walakandou
18	Mohd Amin Mohd Noor
19	Mohd Diya Zulkarnain
20	Mohd Ezmi Mahmood
21	Mohd Hanif Hasbe
22	Mohd Ikhbal Mohd Jawahar
23	Mohd Irwan Syah
24	Mohd Raffi Husin
25	Mohd Zaaba Baharudin
26	Mohd Zakwan Izzat Zainudin
27	Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin
28	Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
29	Muhd Nur Haffiz Zakaria
30	Muhd Shabir Abdul Kadir
31	Muhd Syazwan Azman
32	Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli
33	Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali
34	Ravinkumar Vegasparan
35	Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
36	Wong Jianwen
37	Wong Kiiug Lik

CATEGORY 2

1	Cheah Jason (Pd)
2	Chin Yi Hao (Pd)
3	Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan (Pd)
4	Joel Pang Ze Minn (Pd)
5	Choo Enru (Pd)
6	Jason Tan Wye-Ki (Pd)
7	Joanne Chin Zhi May (Pd)
8	Lim Kai Xian (Pd)
9	Lim Qi Yang (Pd)
10	Ng Jun Khai (Pd)
11	Ryan Tey He Yang (Pd)
12	Sia Wen Yee (Pd)
13	Ali Abdul Rahman Ali Hameedaldeen
14	Amierullah Iqram Ismail
15	Arsyadzandani
16	Asadullah Qamar
17	Balqis Batrisya Hairul
18	Benjamin Foh Chi Wei
19	Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
20	Bryan Chan Chi Hoe
21	Chai Jia Jun
22	Chan Kah Lok
23	Chang Wei Jin
24	Chew Wei Zhi
25	Chew Zhi Qi
26	Darrshen Balachanthiran
27	Edmund Low Cher Xian
28	Ellie Emira Syamimi Ahmad Nazari
29	Gan Jun Hoe
30	Giam Kee Wern
31	Hisyamiza Ismail
32	Iskandar Farhat Zulkippli
33	Iskandar Haikal Zulkippli
34	Iskandar Hakimi Zulkippli
35	Johnathan Ananda Leong Wai Loong
36	Kabilan Thanabalan
37	Kajendrra Ramais
38	Kartik Nair Sugumaran
39	Khairul Faizal Mohd
40	Kiven Henry
41	Law Wey Syhang
42	Lee Jun Yi
43	Lee Wei Pin
44	Lee Wen Jie
45	Lim Juan Teng
46	Looi Hoong Kurt
47	Looi Ka Loc
48	Maahendar Sivapragash
49	Muhd Hanif Saiful Nizam
50	Muhd Ihsan Syahiran
51	Muhd Ikhmal Hisham Md Ismail
52	Muhd Ilham Qayyum
53	Muhd Ilhan Mansiz Hairul
54	Muhd Luqman Alif Zairudin
55	Muhd Luqman Iskandar Zairudin
56	Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi
57	Muhsin Hassan
58	Muzakkir Ahmad Zamri
59	Ng Jia Wei
60	Ng Sai Hong
61	Ngew Wai Kin
62	Ngew Wai Kit
63	Ong Xue Huang
64	Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli
65	Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli
66	Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli
67	Raviindra Ramais
68	Sri Kabelen Srimuralitharan
69	Steven Wong Zhuliang
70	Sureen Dev Perumal
71	Tan Jun Hong
72	Tan Li Wei
73	Tan Poh Syuen
74	Tan Qian Hui
75	Tan Yong Hau
76	Teoh Poh Jian
77	Vengadanathan Manogaran
78	Vignesh Ramanan
79	Wildan Johan Wawan Wahyudin
80	Wong Qi Hao
81	Yasmin Irdina Zulkippli

CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th March 2013: Update#4

Missed the pre-registration deadline?

No worry! We have extended the pre-registration deadline to this Friday, 22nd March 2013.

For those who yet to register, you can send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com for pre-registration. Payment can be made on tournament day.

Background
This event has 2 categories i.e. Category 1 for players with National Rating 1400 and above; Category 2 for players with National Rating below 1400.

The Champion for each category will receives RM 300, followed by RM 200 for 1st Runner-up,  RM 120 for 2nd Runner-up, and cash prizes up to 10th placing. In addition, the Top 3 Female players shall receives RM 100, RM 70 and RM 50 respectively. Also, RM 50 each will be given to the Best U-12, U-15, U-18 and Veteran (> 50 y.o.).  All-in-all, a total Cash prize of RM 2,980/= will be given away to 34 prizewinners in both categories combined.  

On top of the lucrative prizes, this event is also Nationally-rated where you can earn your maiden national rating or improve your national rating. You may click here to get a copy of this entry form.

Venue @ DAT Chess Connections, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. 

Pre-registration list as at 20/3 (Wed):

Category 1

1. Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong (Pd)
2. Cheah Eason (Pd)
3. Sean Ooi Zhi Jian (Pd)
4. Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
5. Wong Kiiug Lik
6. MOHD ZULLGHAFARI SAPARMIN
7. Chandrahasan Subbaiyan
8. Mohd Raffi Husin
9. Mohd Diya Zulkarnain
10.Lim Ming Xian 
11.Lim Ming Kang
12.Lim Kai Yuan
13.Janet Chan Chooi Po
14.Marlon Mario Walakandou
15.Kamaluddin Yusof
16.Ravinkumar Vegasparan
17.Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
18.Ismail Ahmad
19.Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali
20.MUHD SYAZWAN ZULKIFLI
21.Wong Jianwen
22.Mohd Zakwan Izzat Zainudin
23.Mohd Hanif Hasbe
24.Gohshalan Naidu Shanmugam Naidu
25.Jaron Tan Xe Yung
26.Muhd Syazwan Azman
27.Muhd Nur Haffiz Zakaria
28.Kughan Ravindran
29.Fariz Shafruddin
30.Mohd Irwan Syah


Category 2

1. Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan (Pd)
2. Chin Yi Hao (Pd)
3. Joel Pang Ze Minn (Pd)
4. Cheah Jason (Pd)
5. Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi
6. Teoh Poh Jian
7. Maahendar Sivapragash
8. GIAM KEE WERN              
9. Muzakkir Ahmad Zamri
10. Johnathan Ananda Leong Wai Loong
11. Iskandar Farhat Zulkippli
12. Iskandar Hakimi Zulkippli
13. Yasmin Irdina Zulkippli
14. Iskandar Haikal Zulkippli
15. Lee Jun Yi
16. Muhsin Hassan
17. Lim Juan Teng
18. Kabilan Thanabalan
19. Ali Abdul Rahman Ali Hameedaldeen
20. Tan Li Wei
21. Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
22. Kartik Nair Sugumaran
23. Vignesh Ramanan
24. Lim Qi Yang (Pd)
25. Lim Kai Xian (Pd)
26. Chang Wei Jin
27. Chai Jia Jun
28. Khairul Faizal Mohd
29. Ryan Tey He Yang (Pd)
30. Looi Ka Loc
31. Sia Wen Yee
32. Joanne Chin Zhi May (Pd)
33. Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli
34. Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli
35. Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli
36. Muhd Hanif Saiful Nizam
37. Muhd Ikhmal Hisham Md Ismail
38. Sri Kabelen Srimuralitharan
39. Tan Yong Hau
40. Sureen Dev Perumal
41. Raviindra Ramais
42. Kajendrra Ramais
43. Jason Tan Wye-Ki (Pd)
44. Muhd Ilhan Mansiz Hairul
45. Balqis Batrisya Hairul
46. KIVEN HENRY
47. Muhd Ihsan Syahiran
48. Muhd Ilham Qayyum
49. Ellie Emira Syamimi
50. Muhd Luqman Iskandar Zairudin
51. Steven Wong Zhuliang
52. Choo Enru
53. Pua Juin Feng
54. Gan Jun Hoe
55. Lee Wen Jie
56. Ong Xue Huang
57. Chan Kah Lok
58. Ng Sai Hong
59. Ng Jia Wei
60. Edmund Low Cher Xian
61. Law Wey Syhang
62. Lee Wei Pin
63. Ng Jun Khai
64. Ngew Wai Kin
65. Ngew Wai Kit
66. Asadullah Qamar
67. Bryan Chan Chi Hoe

CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th March 2013: Update#3

This event has 2 categories i.e. Category 1 for players with National Rating 1400 and above; Category 2 for players with National Rating below 1400.

The Champion for each category will receives RM 300, followed by RM 200 for 1st Runner-up,  RM 120 for 2nd Runner-up, and cash prizes up to 10th placing. In addition, the Top 3 Female players shall receives RM 100, RM 70 and RM 50 respectively. Also, RM 50 each will be given to the Best U-12, U-15, U-18 and Veteran (> 50 y.o.).  All-in-all, a total Cash prize of RM 2,980/= will be given away to 34 prizewinners in both categories combined.  

On top of the lucrative prizes, this event is also Nationally-rated where you can earn your maiden national rating or improve your national rating. You may click here to get a copy of this entry form.

For those who yet to register, you can send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com for pre-registration. Pre-registration closing date is 20th March 2013. Payment can be made on tournament day.

Venue @ DAT Chess Connections, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. 

As of 18/3 (Monday), the list of players who have paid / pre-registered themselves as follows:

Category 1

1. Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong (Pd)
2. Cheah Eason (Pd)
3. Sean Ooi Zhi Jian (Pd)
4. Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
5. Wong Kiiug Lik
6. MOHD ZULLGHAFARI SAPARMIN
7. Chandrahasan Subbaiyan
8. Mohd Raffi Husin
9. Mohd Diya Zulkarnain
10.Lim Ming Xian 
11.Lim Ming Kang
12.Lim Kai Yuan
13.Janet Chan Chooi Po
14.Marlon Mario Walakandou
15.Kamaluddin Yusof
16.Ravinkumar Vegasparan
17.Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
18.Ismail Ahmad
19.Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali
20.MUHD SYAZWAN ZULKIFLI
21.Wong Jianwen
22.Mohd Zakwan Izzat Zainudin
23.Mohd Hanif Hasbe

Category 2

1. Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan (Pd)
2. Chin Yi Hao (Pd)
3. Joel Pang Ze Minn (Pd)
4. Cheah Jason (Pd)
5. Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi
6. Teoh Poh Jian
7. Maahendar Sivapragash
8. GIAM KEE WERN              
9. Muzakkir Ahmad Zamri
10. Johnathan Ananda Leong Wai Loong
11. Iskandar Farhat Zulkippli
12. Iskandar Hakimi Zulkippli
13. Yasmin Irdina Zulkippli
14. Iskandar Haikal Zulkippli
15. Lee Jun Yi
16. Muhsin Hassan
17. Lim Juan Teng
18. Kabilan Thanabalan
19. Ali Abdul Rahman Ali Hameedaldeen
20. Tan Li Wei
21. Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
22. Kartik Nair Sugumaran
23. Vignesh Ramanan
24. Lim Qi Yang (Pd)
25. Lim Kai Xian (Pd)
26. Chang Wei Jin
27. Chai Jia Jun
28. Khairul Faizal Mohd
29. Ryan Tey He Yang (Pd)
30. Looi Ka Loc
31. Sia Wen Yee
32. Joanne Chin Zhi May
33. Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli
34. Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli
35. Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli
36. Muhd Hanif Saiful Nizam
37. Muhd Ikhmal Hisham Md Ismail
38. Sri Kabelen Srimuralitharan
39. Tan Yong Hau

40th Selangor Open [FIDE-rated]: Prospectus

The venue for this event shall be @ DAT Chess Connections, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

Click here to get a softcopy of the prospectus.


In order to enjoy the RM 30 discount, payment must be made via bank-in to the Association Bank Account stated in the entry form by 18th April 2013.  


Snapshot of the prospectus

CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th March 2013: Update#2

This event has 2 categories i.e. Category 1 for players with National Rating 1400 and above; Category 2 for players with National Rating below 1400.

The Champion for each category will receives RM 300, followed by RM 200 for 1st Runner-up,  RM 120 for 2nd Runner-up, and cash prizes up to 10th placing. In addition, the Top 3 Female players shall receives RM 100, RM 70 and RM 50 respectively. Also, RM 50 each will be given to the Best U-12, U-15, U-18 and Veteran (> 50 y.o.).  All-in-all, a total Cash prize of RM 2,980/= will be given away to 34 prizewinners in both categories combined.  

On top of the lucrative prizes, this event is also Nationally-rated where you can earn your maiden national rating or improve your national rating. You may click here to get a copy of this entry form.

Venue @ DAT Chess Connections, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. 
As of yesterday, the list of players who have paid / pre-registered themselves as follows:

Category 1 (Players with at least National Rating 1400 and above)
1. Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong (Pd)
2. Cheah Eason (Pd)
3. Sean Ooi Zhi Jian (Pd)
4. Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
5. Wong Kiiug Lik
6. MOHD ZULLGHAFARI SAPARMIN
7. Chandrahasan Subbaiyan
8. Mohd Raffi Husin
9. Mohd Diya Zulkarnain
10.Lim Ming Xian 
11.Lim Ming Kang
12.Lim Kai Yuan
13.Janet Chan Chooi Po
14.Marlon Mario Walakandou
15.Kamaluddin Yusof
16.Ravinkumar Vegasparan (No NR)
17.Muhd Faqih Aminuddin
18.Ismail Ahmad


Category 2 (Players below National Rating 1400)
1. Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan (Pd)
2. Chin Yi Hao (Pd)
3. Joel Pang Ze Minn (Pd)
4. Cheah Jason (Pd)
5. Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi
6. Teoh Poh Jian
7. Maahendar Sivapragash
8. GIAM KEE WERN              
9. Muzakkir Ahmad Zamri
10. Johnathan Ananda Leong Wai Loong
11. Iskandar Farhat Zulkippli
12. Iskandar Hakimi Zulkippli
13. Yasmin Irdina Zulkippli
14. Iskandar Haikal Zulkippli
15. Lee Jun Yi
16. Muhsin Hassan
17. Lim Juan Teng
18. Kabilan Thanabalan
19. Ali Abdul Rahman Ali Hameedaldeen
20. Tan Li Wei
21. Benjamin Leong Tjen Ho
22. Kartik Nair Sugumaran


For those who yet to register, you can send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com for pre-registration. Pre-registration closing date is 20th March 2013. Payment can be made on tournament day.

40th Selangor Open [FIDE-rated] from 26th Apr to 1st May

CAS will be organizing her flagship event, Selangor Open, starting from 26th April (Friday) evening to 1st May 2013 (Wednesday). This 9-round FIDE-rated chess event will offers a total prize fund of RM 10,000/= (USD 3,200/= equivalent).

The Champion will receives RM 2,500/= (USD 800/=), followed by RM 1,500/= for 1st Runner-up, and RM 1,000 for 2nd Runner-Up. Cash Prizes shall be given until 20th Placing. Also, there will be 3 Special Prizes each for Best Selangor U-12, Best Selangor U-18, Best Selangor Ladies, Best Selangor Veteran, Best OKU and Best Schools/IPT Category. In total, 47 players will be among the prize winners.

The Prospectus for this event will be released once CAS gets the confirmation on Tournament Venue by this Sunday.

The Schedule and Prize Structure:

CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th March 2013: Update#1

This is a National-rated event. THE EVENT to join on 24th March 2013 if you want to earn your maiden national rating or to improve your national rating. Venue @ DAT Chess Connections, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. You may click here to get a copy of this entry form.

For those who yet to register, you can send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com for pre-registration. Pre-registration closing date is 20th March 2013.

As of yesterday, the list of players who have paid / pre-registered themselves as follows:

Category 1 (Players with at least National Rating 1400 and above)

1. Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong (Pd)
2. Cheah Eason (Pd)
3. Sean Ooi Zhi Jian (Pd)
4. Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
5. Wong Kiiug Lik
6. MOHD ZULLGHAFARI SAPARMIN

Category 2 (Players below National Rating 1400)

1. Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan (Pd)
2. Chin Yi Hao (Pd)
3. Joel Pang Ze Minn (Pd)
4. Cheah Jason (Pd)
5. Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi
6. Teoh Poh Jian
7. Maahendar Sivapragash
8. GIAM KEE WERN              
9. Muzakkir Ahmad Zamri

Malaysian Chess Federation

CAS Secretary IA Lim Tse Pin has been reelected as Committee Member in the MCF Council 2013/2015 today. At the helm as President for the second term is Tan Sri Dato'Sri DiRaja Ramli Ngah Talib with Dato' Sri Dr Edmund Santhara as Deputy President

Congratulations and we look forward to the continued support in our mutual efforts to achieve greater heights in chess with MCF

24th Selangor Juniors Open Chess Tournament 2013 - Results ( Under-8, Under 12 and Under-16 )

The Chess Association of Selangor once again successfully concluded the age-group competitions for the past two weekends which ended today.  The series is now running in its 24th year. We have now included the Under-8 category this year attracting an encouraging 20 participants. As usual these competitions are open to all, attracting players from other states including a Singaporean. For the records the Under-12 Champion was deservedly won by a Pahang player Meor Airil Rahimi who only dropped a 1/2 point in the last round  against a 5-pointer to assure his top placing. The Under-8 winner Wong Zi Yue too was a clear winner with a full 7-pointer, In the Under-16 category Dilwen Ding pipped WFM Nur Najihah whom he beat in Round 5. He however dropped 1/2 point through a draw in Round 6 with 3rd placed Negeri Sembilan player Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan 

The top three champions with CAS officials

Full results and group photos of the three categories:

Details of the Under-12 Results and the Winners

Prize winners of the Under-8 and full results

Prize winners of the Under-16 category and full results

Next Event: CAS First Quarter Allegro on 24th March 2013

After a tremendous support from parents of 105 children in today;s event, CAS is pleased to announce that our next event will take place on 24th March @ DAT Chess Connections, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL.

This event will be divided into two categories namely Category 1 for players with National Rating 1400 and above, while Category 2 for players below National Rating 1400. In the past few editions, the prize fund for this event was around RM 1,800 for two categories combined.

How is this edition different from previous edition?
1. CAS has decided to raise the prize fund to RM 2,980/= ( more than 50% increment).

2. In addition, CAS has decided to offer equal prize fund for both categories. Over the years, CAS receives strong support from players in Category 2, so we felt that it is time that we should be rewarding players in this group.

3. CAS is going to introduce more prizes for the Girls aka the Best Female Category.

4. CAS offers more cash prize for lower positions to encourage more participation

5. The event is going to be played over 7 rounds as opposed to 6 rounds previously.

We hope that with the improvise structure, we will get a stronger support platform from the chess community to drive our events to new heights.

The infosheet:

To get a copy of entry form, please click here. For those who are interested to sign-up for the championship, please send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com. Pre-registration closing date is 20th March 2013.