CAS Main Committee 2015/2016

Main Committee of The Chess Association of Selangor for the year 2015/2016 was elected today. We look forward to bringing chess to the next higher level for the current term in Selangor, with En Daniel Yong (Seated left) at the helm and En Ahmad Shafruddin Arshad  (seated right) assisting him as Vice President. En Lim Tse Pin remains as Hon Secretary, En Fariz Shafruddin as Treasurer and En Mat Zaki Yeop as Committee Member.

En Daniel Yong thanked the past Committee for contributing to the fine performance of CAS and was confident that the new line-up would continue to propel CAS to an even greater height in the current term and the years to come

42nd Selangor Open Chess Tournament 2015 - Prize Winners

Champion - IM Rolando Nolte

2nd Placing - FM Yeoh Li Tian

3rd Placing - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi

Group photo of all Prize Winners with Tournament Organisers

42nd Selangor Open: Final round

IM Rolando has take a full point lead into the final round when his nearest rival IM Mas lost to Efren of Philippines.

Now, Efren will try to stop IM Rolando. It is a very interesting finish if Efren can create another spectacular upset. Efren could be the new Champion based on 1st tie break direct encounter, that is provided FM Yeoh didnt win the final round against Johor Tan Kok Liang. Else, all three will have same points. Rolando has a slim edge of half point lead over Yeoh in 2nd tie break.

Tan vs Yeoh

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42nd Selangor Open: Last Day

After a gruelling 7 rounds battle, defending champion IM Nolte, Rolando has taken a half point lead over his nearest rival IM Mas. Bearing upset, Rolando may seal the title if he beats his compatriot Senador in this round. He had played IM Mas and FM Yeoh already.

Meanwhile, IM Jimmy from Selangor ( a 8-time winner who won his first back in 1980) has staged a remarkable comeback after dropping 1.5pts in his first 3 games and currently playing on Board 4 against the most impressive junior player in this edition. A win in this round may see him playing Rolando in the next and final round. If it happens, this mouth watering clash will be the highlight of the tournament. Only he can stop Rolando from winning the title for the 3rd time in 4 years.

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42nd Selangor Open: Mid way stage

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42nd Selangor Open Chess Tournament 2015 - picture grab with the event main sponsor, Kasparov Chess Foundation Asia Pacific on the Opening Day 30thApril 2015

CAS officials with IA Hamid Majid seated far left and Director of Kasparov Chess Foundation as well as President of ASEAN Chess Confederation IA Ignatius Leong seated far right

Ignatius Leong watching over the moves of our newly crowned FM, Ismail Ahmad

Earlier on CAS President Ahmad Shafruddin delivering his Opening Speech, with IA Ignatius Leong  (seated on his right) and IA Hamid Majid (standing far left) 

42nd Selangor Open: Round 3 pairing @ 3pm (1/5)

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In Round 2, there is a few upsets on top boards. IM Jimmy secures a draw against up-and-coming Muhd Aziz Farhan in a pawn down position. Efren too drop half a point against Yee Jian Yang. While, NM Yeoh Chin Seng lost his game against Amir Ghaazi.

Pictures from Round 3

Top boards in action

Ahmad Nazmi (on the right) vs Emir Rusyaidi (MSSS Selangor U15 Champion)

42nd Selangor Open: Round 2 @ 9am (1/5)

The pairing for Round 2, click here

42nd Selangor Open: Venue setup

The event will start in couple of hours from now.

Players meeting @ 2pm.

The venue:- Bilik Kuliah, 1st floor, Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan Paralimpik, Jalan Perwira, KL.

42nd Selangor Open: Namelist

 

 

With the long weekend ahead, this edition has attracted a huge crowd of school-going children. Of the total 92 participants, 58 of them are school children. This group of children will benefit tremendously from playing against GM, IMs and FMs. Slightly more than one-third of the participants are from Selangor.

Click here to read on the history of Selangor Open.

Below is the namelist which is sorted alphabetically:-

No.		Name	IRtg	NRtg	FED	Club
1		Abdul Jalil, Syahril	1564	1527	MAS	Selangor
2		Abdul Shukor, Abdul Aziz	1872	1660	MAS
3	NM	Abdullah, Mohd Kamal	2115	1925	MAS	Selangor
4		Ahmad Nazar, Ellie Emira Syamimi	0	1502	MAS	Selangor
5		Ahmad Nazari, Emir Rusyaidi	1793	1761	MAS	Selangor
6		Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa	1699	1658	MAS	Selangor
7		Bagamasbad, Efren	2124	1901	PHI
8		Chan, Kim Yew	1781	1698	MAS	Selangor
9		Chandran, Mirnash	0	1610	MAS	Selangor
10		Cheah, Kah Hoe	1491	1608	MAS	Selangor
11		Chembeti, Shreesh Amit	1518	1511	MAS
12		Chin, Shun Yi	0	1272	MAS	Selangor
13		Chong, Ning Christopher	0	1294	MAS	Selangor
14		Chua, Jia-Tien	1536	1737	MAS
15		Demudu, Subramaniam	1933	1508	MAS
16	GM	Fominyh, Alexander	2439	2373	RUS
17		Goh, Kai Ray Alden	0	1511	MAS
18		Goo, Wan Sin	0	1208	MAS
19		Gunalan, Tharuna Ruben Rao	0	1266	MAS
20		Hairul, Muhd Ilhan Mansiz	1460	1497	MAS	Selangor
21		Haji Ghanbari, Nader	1898	0	IRI
22		Hamid, Hairul Abdul	1751	1675	MAS	Selangor
23		Ho, Chen Ee	1478	1509	MAS
24		Ho, Wern Wei	0	1432	MAS
25	FM	Ismail, Ahmad	2055	1899	MAS
26		Jayakumar, Divyasree	0	1428	MAS	Selangor
27	WFM	Johari, Camilia	1864	1766	MAS
28		Kebbedies, Frank	1843	1851	GER
29		Khairil, Muhd Khairil Asyraf	1523	1480	MAS
30		Koh, Jing Yi	0	1508	MAS
31		Koh, Sian Kuan Bausch	1758	1602	MAS
32		Kong, Ren En	0	1491	MAS
33		Koo, Wei Wei Melanie	1577	1654	MAS
34		Koo, Wei Xin Rosamund	1716	1746	MAS
35		Lee, Ryan	1325	1435	MAS
36		Lee, Yean Herng	0	1214	MAS
37	IM	Liew, Chee-Meng Jimmy	2208	2051	MAS	Selangor
38		Liew, Ken Yew	1842	1787	MAS
39		Lim, Kian Hwa	1800	1715	MAS	Selangor
40		Lim, Zen Hong	0	1412	MAS
41		Low, Chee Pang	1597	1556	MAS
42		Lum, Sun Yuan	0	1438	MAS
43		Lye, Lik Zang	2009	1973	MAS
44	IM	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	2340	2145	MAS
45		Md Nizam, Ahmad Nazmi	1419	1427	MAS
46		Mohd Fazli, Adi Alfie Najat	0	1213	MAS	Selangor
47		Mohd Fazli, Nur Afrin Najat	0	1224	MAS	Selangor
48		Mohd Ikhranizam, Ahmad Hadif	0	1287	MAS	Selangor
49		Mohd Ikhranizam, Muhd Al-Waqeef	0	1375	MAS	Selangor
50		Mohd Nazroel, Mohd Nazri Aiman	0	1143	MAS
51		Mohd Nazroel, Mohd Nazri Aizad	0	0	MAS
52		Mohd Saprin, Amir Ghaazi	1788	1745	MAS	Selangor
53		Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yussaini	1420	1463	MAS
54	CM	Ng, Jen Sheng	1868	1817	MAS
55	IM	Nolte, Rolando	2400	2367	PHI
56		Noor Akbar, Muhd Aziz Farhan	1830	1688	MAS
57		Ooi, Zhi Ping	1285	1476	MAS
58		Qamar, Asadullah	1517	1455	MAS	Selangor
59		Raj, Harrscheen Devan	0	1189	MAS	Selangor
60		Rohizan, Nurul Aina Akmar	0	1454	MAS
61		Sabri, Mohd Saprin	2116	1988	MAS	Selangor
62		Saleh, Fahim Al-Faqeh	1595	1593	MAS	Selangor
63		Saleh, Fikri	1720	1765	MAS	Selangor
64		Saparmin, Mohd Zullghafari	1566	1416	MAS
65		Sathyanarayanan, Raamamurthy	0	1226	MAS
66		Saw, Lye Guan	1590	1477	MAS	Selangor
67	IM	Senador, Emmanuel	2340	2241	PHI
68		Seow, Chun Hong Ryan	0	1340	MAS
69		Shaik Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin	2006	1884	MAS
70		Sim, Jia Ru	1112	1509	MAS
71		Soh, Zee Wee	2012	1857	MAS
72		Sreenivasan, Brandon Tien	0	1384	MAS
73		Sreenivasan, Lucas Ren	0	1281	MAS
74		Subarmaniyam, Sarwhin	0	1189	MAS	Selangor
75		Subramaniam, Shreyes	1897	1938	MAS
76		Subramaniam, Sumant	2084	2053	MAS
77		Tan, Jiin Yih	0	0	MAS
78	CM	Tan, Jun Ying	1943	1933	MAS
79		Tan, Kok Liang	1844	1766	MAS
80		Tan, Soon Wei Dawson	1839	1796	MAS
81		Tan, Yong Zhao	1728	1703	MAS
82		Tee, An Qi	0	1245	MAS
83		Teo, Jun Sim	0	1318	MAS	Selangor
84		Tham, Tick Hong Jax	2005	1887	MAS	Selangor
85		Wong, Kah Hing	0	1176	MAS
86		Wong, Shu Rui	0	1442	MAS
87		Wong, Zi Yue	1615	1596	MAS	Selangor
88		Woo, Ka Wai	0	1365	MAS
89		Yee, Jian Yang	1805	1664	MAS	Selangor
90	NM	Yeoh, Chin Seng	2102	1758	MAS	Selangor
91	FM	Yeoh, Li Tian	2348	2235	MAS	Selangor
92		Yusoff, Fairul	1836	1704	MAS