11th CAS-Octagon First Quarter Allegro Championship 2009 - The Results

CAS first tournament for the year started with a bang with an commendable 100 participants. Leading the field was our country's top player IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (NR 2332).He is currently gunning for his GM title in the coming months which will augur well for Malaysian chess

The tournament hence attracted a strong field of players and this would benefit the up-and-coming youngsters to measure or improve their strength.




The results in pictures

The tournament was slightly delayed due to the unforeseen breakdown of the air-conditioning system. A minor dispute over a touch-move rule was satisfactorily resolved and no untoward incident ocurred during the tournament. Chief Arbiter was IA Lim Tse Pin (seen below with the computer)

Main Prize Winners

Champion - Ian Udani. Despite an earlier draw with Fariz Shafruddin and in the final round with Sumant Subraniam the six point lead was sufficient to earn him the top spot.












2nd - Sumant Subramaniam, a draw in the final round giving him 6 points earned him the second position















3rd - Fariz Shafruddin who topped the 5 1/2 pointers with six other winners. The draw with Zambri in the final round cost him the opportunity to grab the top position.













4th - FM Anas Nazreen Bakri


















5th - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi


















In 6th Position was Gerald Soh, followed by Muhd Nabil in 7th position, Mohd Zambri 8th, Norazman Ismail 9th and Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (Engineering student and golden boy of UIA) who managed to squeeze into the 10th spot with 5 points.

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..... and additional prizes for the players

Consolation Prize Winners


Committee Member Mat Zaki Yeop, took the Veteran title











... and the rest of the happy winners

Complete listings


The final ranking and cross-table

In Closing

The President and Hon Secretary called on the members to come forward to contribute towards the continued success of the Association. It is important to set an orderly succession plan, as well as to provide fresh ideas and efforts for the betterment of chess in the country

Chess has picked up momentum but needs an integrated approach and unity amongst the chess fraternity to progress and in seeking recognition from the public.



Some of the youngsters in the tournament

















Age is no barrier in chess

Kejohanan Ke-11 Catur Allegro Suku Tahun Pertama CAS-Octagon 2009

Peringatan

Jangan lupa membuat pra daftar untuk menyertai Kejohanan berprestij ini yang akan berlangsung pada 15hb Februari

Sila hantar nama dan nombor telefon anda ke alamat e-mail kami pada atau sebelum Khamis 12hb Februari 2009 bagi tujuan ini

Mengimbas kembali gambar-gambar 'candid' di Kejohanan siri ke 10 yang lepas




















Cubaan menggerunkan lawan

'Red-riding hood' dengan penuh keyakinan membuat taktik 'ending' kilat















Pemain cilik Nur Nabila Azman Hashim turut beraksi di kategori 'senior' di Kejohanan Terbuka Klang baru-baru ini dengan prestasi yang baik sekali memperolehi 6 dari 8 mata.


Perkembangan terkini Catur di Selangor

Sesungguh nya Catur secara 'rapid' sangat di minati oleh pemain-pemain di Malaysia. Persatuan Catur Selangor (atau 'Chess Association of Selangor') adalah satu-satunya pengasas berterusan catur 'rapid' ini yang kini akan memasuki tahun kesebelas penganjurannya.

Suasana sukan catur semakin rancak di Selangor dengan lebih ramai para penganjur tampil untuk memeriahkan lagi bidang sukan ini

Sabtu lepas penganjuran besar-besaran oleh Badan Kebajikan Kakitangan Pejabat Agama Islam Klang dan Majlis Guru Besar Daerah Klang di adakan di Klang. Lebih 400 peserta mengambil bahagian di Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Klang tersebut.













Pegawai-pegawai bersama tetamu kehormat Dato' Seri Abdul Ghani Pateh Akhir (berbaju batik biru). Kelihatan di sebelah kiri sekali En Azhar yang tidak asing lagi di kalangan peminat catur turut membantu menjayakan Kejohanan ini. Syabas atas kejayaan penganjuran sukan catur di Klang dan lebih penting lagi pengiktirafan sukan catur sebagai satu riadah yang sihat dan berfaedah.



















Sebahagian dari para tetamu yang hadir semasa perasmian penyampaian hadiah di Kejohanan tersebut. Memandangkan sambutan yang sungguh menggalakkan ada cadangan untuk mengadakan Kejohanan ini dalam skala yang lebih besar dan hadiah-hadiah yang lebih lumayan lagi tahun hadapan


Ong Thian Loong (berbaju merah) berdepan FM Anas Nazrin Bakri (berbaju belang) bermain dalam masa kecemasan pusingan terakhir. Walaupun tewas dan berkongsi mata dengan lawannya beliau tetap menjadi juara dengan kiraan 'tie-break' Solkoff.

Tidak ketinggalan AJK Persatuan Catur Selangor FM Mok Tze Meng dan Fariz Shafruddin turut tersenarai pemain-pemain terbaik Kejohanan ini dengan menduduki tempat Ketiga dan Keenam.

Di bawah kategori umur 18-tahun dan 12-tahun pula di menangi oleh Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham dan Muhd Aziz Farhan Akbar

11th CAS-Octagon First Quarter Allegro Championship 2009 - 15th February 2009

Attention: Postponement to 15th February 2009
We regret to advise that the above event cannot be held this Sunday as there will be refurbishment works by TNB on the Wilayah Complex power system scheduled on that day.
The new date shall instead be on 15th February 2009. All other details remain unchanged.

Please indicate your interest through email indicating your name and phone number by 12th Feb 2009 (Thursday)


We apologise for the inconvenience caused, and hope to see you all next month

Finally we would like to wish all our Chinese friends Happy Chinese New Year!

11th CAS-Octagon First Quarter Allegro Chess Championship 2009 - 15th February 2009

Reminder - change of date

The year's first allegro will kick-start next month 15th February 2009 instead of this weekend . Details is shown in the earlier posts. Please register your interest through e-mail by Thursday 12th February 2009














In the meantime, news from the deep south

Two of the top CAS Committe members drove down south to join a tournament organised by fellow affiliate Johore Chess Association. A number of CAS members were also present at the 35th Floor City Square, Johore Bahru tournament hall yesterday

Filipino IM JC Sadorra (in striped t-shirt) took the title the second time in the Frank Goon Cup 2009. Amongst the players who tried to stop him was Fariz Shafruddin (facing the IM) but fell through in the end-game. Seated beside Fariz was FM Mok Tze Meng who later faced the Filipino. The former was by then 1/2 point behind but Mok too faltered due to time-pressed ending. The two CAS Committee Members Mok and Fariz however did well to finally clinched the 2nd and 10th positions in the Cup.

Looking on in the picture above is another SelangorChess junior player Muhd Shakir Shazmeer Azhar (standing second from right) who played in the Under-16 section. He finished 6th overall.

Accompanying him were his three siblings who did especially well to dominate the top tables of the Under-12 section to an almost perfect finish of 1-2-4 , conceding the 3rd position to a Johorean boy.




Of small minds .....
Heard the concerns over CAS playing venue being held outside the State by certain chess players and organisers, and the many petty issues dogging Malaysian chess. "We would excuse the older and the less educated generation to be ignorant of concepts like policy deployment for instance but to hear from the younger set is pathetic. More so they must convey the message through an equally gullible third party who like these detractors have no inclination to develop Malaysian chess in a broad and structured manner, other than to serve their own narrow interests" Shafruddin

SelangorChess News - December 2008

CAS completed its chess calendar last November with the conclusion of the 10th CAS-Octagon 4th Quarter Allegro 2008. Most of the CAS officials are now either on holiday or busy with year-end work. But there were still a flurry of chess activities in the country in December. In addition to the just completed chess tournament in Bukit Jalil and the still on-going chess championship in Trengganu, our fellow affiliates north of the border namely Penang Chess Association ('PCA') and Perak International Chess Association ('PICA') had also successfully completed their chess programs this month
PCA recently held its annual 'Pertandingan Catur Terbuka 2008' in conjunction with the Pesta Pulau Pinang on 13th to 14th Dec 2008 at Dewan Sri Pinang. (Dewan Sri Pinang is strategically located near a beach as seen above). It was a team event attracting a number of players from the Klang Valley this time. GM Bong Villamayor were at the scene to add glamour to the event won eventually by 'Old Frees Association A' team . Full results are available at the PCA web site http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com



PICA is one other active affiliate having completed 5 tournaments this year. A major draw is that tournaments are held in various locations in the State. The Clearwater Sanctuary Chess Tournament is set in a beautiful country golf club outside Ipoh. For the record Sumant Subramaniam (in green shirt) won this year's tournament held last June.





Going further north to Taiping, PICA in collaboration with CRC held its 4th CRC Taiping Open Chess Tournament last Sunday. The Tournament again attracted a number of players from the Klang Valley, notably Selangor. It was a fine performance by Selangor although few in number made a strong presence in the competition. But it is more than mere competition, rather the bond seen amongst players of various States.











The organiser was gracious enough to print sufficient copies of the results for distribution to participants and observers


Finally we would like to wish our Christian friends 'Merry Christmas' and to all viewers ' Happy New Year'