38th Selangor Open Infosheet

38th Selangor Open 2011

This FIDE-rated event (also a nationally rated event) will be organised from 28th Apr to 2nd May 2011 at DATCC, 4th floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. The total prize fund for this event is RM 7,500 with the 38th Selangor Open Champion to receive RM 2,500 in cash.

Confirmation of Participation (28th Apr) >> 4 PM to 5.30PM;
28th Apr >> Round 1: 6.30 PM to 10.30 PM;
29th Apr >> Round 2: 9 AM to 1 PM;
29th Apr >> Round 3: 3 PM to 7 PM;
30th Apr >> Round 4: 9 AM to 1 PM;
30th Apr >> Round 5: 3 PM to 7 PM;
01st May >> Round 6:  9 AM to 1 PM;
01st May >> Round 7: 3 PM to 7 PM;
02nd May >> Round 8: 8.30 AM to 12.30 PM;
02nd May >> Round 9: 2 PM to 6 PM;
Closing Ceremony >> 6.30 PM.

Registration fee:
1. CAS Members with FIDE rating >> RM 70;
2. CAS Members without FIDE rating >> RM 80;
3. Others with FIDE rating >> RM 90;
4. Others without FIDE rating >> RM 100;
5. Schools/Institutions of Higher Learning that send at least 4 players will receive 20% discount.

Lim Chong Memorial Chess Championship 2011 - Sunday 27th March 2011

Press Release:

Tournament in honour of journalist-chess columnist
Kuala Lumpur: In recognition of his vast contributions to Malaysian chess, the Lim Chong Memorial Chess
Championship 2011 will be held next month on Sunday, 27 March. An avid chess player, the late Lim Chong
was a noted columnist with his weekly Chessmate articles in The Malay Mail for more than a decade beginning
1983 and more recently with his online Chess Overboard writings for the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre
(DATCC) Blog. He was also a Council Member of the Selangor Chess Association.
“Lim Chong shared his passion for the game with so many of us by diligently writing about goings-on in the
chess fraternity. His was one of the local chess columns that gave enthusiasts regular updates on the home
scene,” said Abd Hamid Majid, organising chairman of the tournament to be held at the DATCC in Wilayah
Kompleks here.
“Even when he was promoted to senior general manager of IT publications of the New Straits Times Group, he
made it a point to attend or play in tournaments and to lend his support to various chess organisations,”
added Abd Hamid, who is also a member of the Malaysian Chess Federation.
Lim, 56, who joined the Bernama economic news service as a sub-editor in 2004 after opting for early
retirement from IT Publications, succumbed to a heart attack on November 26 on a flight back to Malaysia
from London where he had been sent on assignment.
The holding of a tournament to honour Lim was mooted by Dato’ Tan Chin Nam, Honorary Life President of
the Malaysian Chess Federation who noted that Lim steadfastly managed to write about chess at a time when
“space in newspapers was so precious”.
“The late (Tan Sri) Dr Noordin Sopiee, then the group editor of the NST, once even told me when I approached
him for a chess announcement, that even if one-square inch of space was given, the politicians – 168 members
of Parliament then – would start clamouring for (the whole chess board of) 64-square inches of publicity.”
In view of Lim’s invaluable contributions to the chess fraternity, Dato’ Tan has offered to donate and match
‘ringgit for ringgit’ by friends and members of the public towards the organisation of the tournament. “No
amount is too big or too little in support of this tribute to a respected journalist,” he added.
Lim’s wife Jan Tan Hong See, who is also assisting in organising the tournament, said his family members were
touched by the efforts of the chess fraternity as well as others in honouring her husband. Lim incidentally was
aware that he was to receive the Darjah Kebesaran Ahli Mahkota Selangor (AMS) in conjunction with Sultan
Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s 65th birthday on Dec 11. The posthumous award was accepted on Lim’s behalf by his
son, Yue Seng, 22.
More than 100 participants are expected at the Lim Chong Memorial Chess Championship 2011 to be held in
conjunction with Lim’s birthday on March 27 at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre in Wilayah Kompleks, Jalan
Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur.
Entry forms and further details can be obtained by contacting the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre – Abd Hamid
(Tel: 019 3158098 or email:aham@pc.jaring.my) or Najib Wahab (Tel: 016 3382542). Entry Forms can also be
downloaded from http://datcchess.blogspot.com/

Condolence

CAS Council Member En Lim Chong passed away early last Friday. We wish to convey our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to his family.

12th CAS - OCTAGON Second Quarter Allegro on 13th June 2010 (Sunday)

(Winners of the Tournament together with the recently elected CAS officials namely CAS President En Shafruddin (seated at centre ), VP En Mok Tze Meng (to his right), IA Lim Tse Pin (far right), and two  newly elected VP En Yeoh Chin Seng ( to his left ) and Council member En Lim Chong (far left))





GM Ziaur Rahman made a grand debut in the above CAS-Octagon  Second Quarter Allegro 2010 scoring full points this evening. In 2nd place was Cheah Cheok Fung with 5 1/2 points on better tie-break over two other players namely Chan Sheng Yip and Fariz Shafruddin. Regular campaigner Ian Udani had to settle for 5th position when he lost the final round to the GM.




Complete Tournament cross Table as follows:

12th CAS-OCTAGON Second Quarter: Pre-registered Names (Updated)

The final list of the pre-registered names as follow:

1 Andrew Ooi Boon Seng 1514
2 Andrew Soong Loc Yang (U15) 1460
3 Andrew Yap 1390
4 Ashman Raziuddin
5 Bausch Koh Sian Kuan (U12) 1233
6 Chan Sheng Yip 1362
7 Che Muhd Hafiz Che Ismail 1527
8 Cheah Cheok Fung 1832
9 Chek Kin Keuw 1543
10 Chong Kwai Kun 1536
11 Chong Yan Meng (U15) 1516
12 Crivoi Alexandru 2127
13 Derek Poon Guo Liong (U15) 1454
14 Dominic Lee Kuang Wei (U15) 1222
15 Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari (U12) 1359
16 Fariz Shafruddin 1902
17 Gabriel Soong Mun Hey (U15) 1408
18 Hasidin Abdul Rashid 1459
19 Hisyamiza Ismail (U12) 1200
20 Ian Udani 2130
21 Iskandar Danial Adam (U15) 1179
22 Ismail Ahmad 1884
23 Izuddin Ahayat 1545
24 Keegan Lim Ming Ze (U15) 1123
25 Kiernan Lim Ming Jun (U15) 1177
26 Kong Dak Nam (U12) 1207
27 Kughan Ravindran 1191
28 Lee Zhi Wei (U12) 1276
29 Lee Zhi Yan (U12) 1175
30 Lim Chong 1437
31 Lim Ming Kang (U12) 1426
32 Lokman Hakim Abdullah 1455
33 Lum Zhun Hoong 1393
34 Mohan Raj Balasupramaniam 1492
35 Mohd Fadli Zakaria 1784
36 Mohd Irwan Syah 1347
37 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 1433
38 Mok Khye Zen (U12) 1079
39 Mok Shu Zing (U12G) 1318
40 Muhd Asyraaf Said Muhd Khalil
41 Ng Jen Sheng (U12) 1426
42 Nguyen, Tien Thanh
43 Peter Wirija 1603
44 Poon Jit Wai 1530
45 Rahman, Ziaur 2467
46 Shamsuddin Sabri 1397
47 Shum Rui Yuan (U12) 1360
48 Sim Chung Seng 1366
49 Suhaimi Mustafa Albakri 1661
50 Syazrin Abd Rahman 1512
51 Tan Ken Wei 1782
52 Tang Wei Chiat 1581
53 Tasmin, Sultana
54 Teh Wee Zhun 1455
55 Tharoun Sharma Ravindran (U15) 1242
56 Victoar Imanueol Simon 1411
57 Wan Mohd Fazli Wan Nawawi 1652
58 Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman 1588
59 William Choo 1505
60 Zaidan Zulkipli 1776
61 Ziaur, Thaksin


Please report yourself to the tournament venue by 9AM. CAS hopes to see all the names listed above will turn up for the event and enjoy the tournament ........

12th CAS-OCTAGON Second Quarter: Pre-registered Names

The pre-registration process has received 34 names so far with 4 days to go before the event date. A very slow start leading to the event that offers up to 25 prizes and it's a nationally rated event for the period April to June 2010.

The list as follow:
1. Sim Chung Seng
2. Mohd Irwan Syah
3. Andrew Yap
4. VICTOAR IMANUEOL A/L SIMON
5. Kughan Ravindran
6. Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari
7. Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
8. syazrin abd rahman
9. Hasidin Abdul Rashid
10. Ashman Raziuddin
11. Iskandar Danial Adam
12. Wan Mohd Fazli Wan Nawawi
13. NGUYEN TIEN THANH
14. Peter Wirija
15. Lum Zhun Hoong
16. Shum Rui Yuan (U12)
17. Shamsuddin Sabri
18. Mohan Raj
19. Crivoi Alexandru
20. Ismail ahmad
22. Hisyamiza Ismail (U12)
23. Bausch Koh Sian Kuan (U12) pd50
24. Teh Wee Zhun
25. Dominic Lee (U15)
26. Lee zhi Yan (U12)
27. Lee Zhi Wei (U12)
28. Izuddin Ahayat
29. William Choo
30. GM Ziaur Rahman
31. Sultana Tashmin
32. Taksin Ziaur
33. Poon Jit Wai _pd20
34. Tan Ken Wei

For those who wish to take part in this event, please send your name to selangorchess@gmail.com by 11th June (FRIDAY). Thank you.