All Quiet at the Malaysian Chess scene

(The man that made the Malaysian Chess Festival possible, past CAS President (1975) Dato' Tan Chin Nam seated at the centre, together with incumbent president En Shafruddin (seated right) and his grandson (left) a UK university economics undergraduate back for a short break at the GM Yasser Seirawan Simul recently)

It is all quiet for now in this holy month of Ramadhan and we wish the Muslims "Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan Al Mubarak". To the SelangorChess teams we once again wish you well done for the fine performance in the recent Malaysian Chess Festival 2008 and look forward to the continued excellence in chess in the coming years.

CAS hopes to hold at least two more events for the remaining part of this year, namely the Royal Selangor Junior Open some time in November and the final CAS-Octagon 4th Quarter Allegro in December. We will keep you posted on these events in due course.

(SelangorChess senior team was featured in Mr Quah Seng Sun's the Star column today. The team did well to fight to the finish to emerge as one of the well respected teams in recent years. In the article was a short note on the exploit of our Main Committee Member cum Hon Treasurer En Fariz Shafruddin's impressive end-game win in a simul with GM Seirawan. Congratulations!)

(It is in everyone's mind whether or not the Malaysian Chess Festival will live on. The present MCF Council Members will definitely put on their thinking cap to keep the fire on, with clear objectives and mission to further uplift Malaysian chess to the next higher level)

Malaysian Chess Festival - SelangorChess Team

The Chess Association of Selangor proposes to send only three teams to represent Selangor this year. This is not due to lack of talents in the State, on the contrary Selangor probably has the largest number of strong players in the country, but Selangor's past large contingent and competitive stance could have intimidated our counterparts. Additionally CAS also attracted many players especially Juniors from other states who would otherwise not have a decent team or worse still not have a team at all. CAS has always provided opportunity to fully harness and recognise these players as they are indeed the products of CAS efforts but rules have changed and we shall dance to the tune.

This year's Senior Team will include our CAS Committee Member Fariz Shafruddin. He is a regular member of the Selangor Team, a graduate of CAS's CTEP starting off as a Junior player and has in recent years been representing the State Senior team. He will not however sit on the top boards, thus signifying a strategically strong team to be assembled this year.

Li Tian will be one of the team members spearheading the Selangor State Junior. He may well be considered 'underaged' given the Under-16 threshold for the Junior category, but he has definitely showed his prowess in the local chess scene.





This year will also see the brother and sister - Nabil and Nabila, in action in the Selangor Junior Team. Both will dig upon their experience in the full tradition of a winning team that is Selangor.













These are just a sampling of what the Selangor Team will comprise of. They will be joined by equally talented individuals with the added strong temperament as team players, whom we shall not reveal at this point in time. Through CAS's past experiences the winning edge lies not just on the individuals but the qualitative team efforts and spirit as key to success of the Selangor team.
It is an honour to represent the State and especially so to to be selected in the Winning Team, under the stewardship of CAS.

The road to Malaysian Chess Festival 2008 - SelangorChess Team

The SelangorChess teams have always strike fear amongst the local chess players. But it is more than just about winning but the strong bond and team cohesiveness that has brought out the best in each individual.

It is vital that each player think not for himself alone to achieve team success

Assembling the best but without calculated strategies may not yield the best possible results.

Proud to don the winning SelangorChess colours



Rummaging through our printed newsletter way back in 2002 SelangorChess teams had always been in the forefront as medal winners. Can we continue with this fine run this year?

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Received a faxed newspaper clippings from En Michael Kimin, President of Sabah Chess Association today on the recent Malaysian Chess Federation AGM 2008. En Michael Kimin earlier indicated Sabah Chess proposes to organize a major chess tournament in the state.

On Negeri Sembilan chess, under the new committee headed by Tuan Hj Shaharuddin Sidek and his officials Kamar Dani and the rest, chess is now up and running south of the border. A number of tournaments were completed including the above Seremban Parade Open 2008 held last weekend, and a few more in the pipeline.

The Negeri Sembilan Allegro Open 2008 held earlier on in Rembau last March received overwhelming response from schools in the area as well as attracting players from other states including Selangor. Participants were also treated with F&B in conjunction with the General Election rally held in the vicinity.

The Malaysian Chess Federation hosted the visit from Ashtar Club for Chess from Babylon, Iraq in February this year. A friendly match was arranged with our local players. The friendly Malaysians triumphed but with a slim margin.









The last game of the evening when the Iraqi outwitted our player into an interesting end game draw.







Selangor chess officials were on hand as Technical Delegates to assist in the smooth running of the Chess tournament in the 4th Asean Para Games held in Khorat Thailand last January. Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam took part in the Tournament. The Malaysian chess contingent had a successful outing with 2 gold and 2 silver medals and was placed Second in the gold medal tally after Philippines who won 3 golds.

Persekutuan Catur Malaysia - Peralihan Kepimpinan

Organisasi yang dinamik sentiasa menerima baik perubahan untuk terus maju. Setelah agak lama mencari pengganti yang berwibawa Presiden Kehormat SeUmur Hidup Dato' Tan Chin Nam akhirnya berjaya mempelawa Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib personaliti yang tidak asing lagi di tanah air ini untuk menerajui Persekutuan Catur Malaysia. Tan Sri seterusnya mendapat undian sebulat suara memegang jawatan Presiden oleh para perwakilan di Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan pagi ini.









(Dato' Tan and TanSri Ramli bersantai di ruanglegar Cititel MidValley dan TanSri memberi ucapan ulung pada Mesyuarat berkenaan)


Sementara itu demi kesinambungan ahli-ahli perwakilan turut memilih pasukan yang agak sama menganggotai Ahli JawatanKuasa (AJK) baru bagi membantu Presiden. Persatuan Catur Selangor ('PCS') di wakili oleh Presiden En Shafruddin dan Setiausaha Kehormat IA Lim Tse Pin dalam AJK tersebut.
Turut hadir sebagai wakil PCS ke Mesyuarat ini ialah Naib Presiden En. Kamarul Zaman Khalid, Naib Presiden FM Mok Tze Meng dan Bendahari Kehormat En. Fariz Shafruddin. Adalah menjadi harapan PCS agar badan induk ini akan terus-menerus lebih telus dan memberi faedah nilaitambah dengan penghantaran yang kemas kepada ahli gabungan khasnya dan perkembangan catur di Malaysia amnya.