Reminder: Selangor Players Registration for 6th National Junior Chess Championship

Please be reminded that the closing date for chess players from Selangor to register via the Association is on 6th November 2013 (Wednesday).

Please send your application to selangorchess@gmail.com by this date. Click here for more details.

Thank you.

RIP: Mrs. Jackie Wong (1943 -2013)

CAS would like to inform that our longest serving CAS Official, Mrs. Jackie Wong, has passed away yesterday. We are been informed by her daughter, Audrey Wong, that a wake will be held at Gui Yuan Crematorium (Besides SK Kampung Tunku) at Jalan 229 Petaling Jaya.

Anyone who wishes to pay your last respect, you may attend the wake tonight. As for the Cremation, it will be done tomorrow morning at the same place. For more information, please contact Audrey @ 012-3329611.

6th National Junior Chess Championship: Selangor Players Registration

Dear Under-20 Malaysians who born / residing / working / schooling in Selangor,

This year National Junior Chess Championship will be held at Level 35 Johor Bahru City Square Office Tower, 106 – 108, Jalan Wong Ah Fook, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor from 1st Dec (Round 1) to 5th Dec (Round 9). All participants must attend the Players meeting at 8.30am with Round 1 starts @ 9am. The Champion shall be awarded the title “National Junior Master”. 

 

Please take note that with effect from March 2013, players are advised to perform the registration for National-level chess tournament via respective State-level Chess Association to enjoy a special entrance fee. A direct application with the Tournament Organiser or MCF shall be charged a normal rate.

The rate as follows:-

(1) FOC for NJM, NM/NWM;

(2) Player with FIDE Standard Rating via State Association Affiliated to MCF              RM 60/=;

(3) Player without FIDE Standard Rating via State Association Affiliated to MCF        RM 100/=;

(4) Player with FIDE Standard Rating via Direct Submission to MCF/ PERSATUAN CATUR JOHOR               RM 80/=;

(5) Player without FIDE Standard Rating via Direct Submission to MCF/ PERSATUAN CATUR JOHOR               RM120/=.

 

Selangor players who wish to take part in this Championship MUST fill up 2 forms i.e.

(1) Page 3 of the 6th National Junior Chess Championship 2013 v3 Entry Form;

(2) Selangor Players Registration Form (for those who have not done so).

Both forms MUST BE SENT together with bank-in slip [Standard Chartered Account: 794-1-4102906-2 (Persatuan Catur Selangor)]

to selangorchess@gmail.com by 6TH NOVEMBER 2013 (Wednesday), i.e. four days earlier than the official cut-off date for CAS to facilitate the registration with the Organiser. Any registration there after shall be charged additional late penalty fee of RM 50. Lastly, all expenses on travelling to Johor Bahru and accommodation fees shall be paid by player.

The Recommended Hotel by the Organiser, Johor Chess Association, is JB Central Hotel (3-star hotel), which is situated beside CitiSquare. The special rates via Johor Chess Association are:

1. Room type: Standard King/Twin - RM 125.00 nett

2. Room type: Superior - RM 155.00 nett

All above rate is inclusive of complimentary b'fast.

Please contact Mr. Steven Cheong, Secretary of Johor Chess Association to arrange for accommodation arrangement. 

Alternatively, you can book Citrus Hotel (4-star hotel) which is also situated besides CitiSquare from Agoda.com at the following rate:-

1. Room type: Standard King / Twin with Breakfast - RM 180.00 nett

 

Malaysia Inter-State Team Chess Championship 2013: Selangor Captain Report

Selangor wins Interstate Event 2013

I have been honoured to be given the role as a team captain and a chance to represent Selangor in this prestigious interstate event which was held in Sabah. It has been almost 10 years plus since the last interstate event was held. The Selangor team was formed with a mixture of young talents and I being the oldest and most experience. The team members blended in well together and with such high fighting spirit, we targeted nothing lesser than being an outright champion.

During the technical meeting on the day of arrival, there was a sudden change in the number of rounds which was increased to 7 instead of 6, hereby to accommodate an extra Sabah team to make the team numbers even. There were 14 registered teams altogether in this event, 4 of which were from Sabah, 2 from Kelantan and respective representatives from other states excluding Penang, Kedah, Melaka, and Perlis. The event took place at Masterskill Global College in Likas which was about 20 minutes drive from the Imperial Boutec Hotel.

Selangor started off well with 3.5-0.5 wins against Negeri Sembilan and Sabah A consecutively during the first 2 rounds. In the 3rd round, we were paired against Johor and were only able to secure a 2-2 draw. I was 2 pawns up in a different colour bishop endgame with Queen and Rook on the board, however i made a wrong sequence of move which allowed my opponent’s Queen to enter and forced a 3 fold repetition. The final decisive game for that round was between Roshan and Taulani whereby the former missed a winning move in what seems to be an easily won one pawn up endgame. The experienced Taulani managed to seize the opportunity thus forcing a well known theoretical draw. The event was still open for all and the joint leaders after round 3 was KL, Selangor and Johor. KL was paired against Johor while Selangor was paired against Perak in round 4.

The next day we became a little more cautious in our approach against a well-balanced Perak team. We won 3.5-0.5 while KL beat Johor 2.5-1.5. The next match was the most crucial round of all as we were paired against KL. Being joint leaders while enjoying a better tiebreak, it would be wise if we could just hold KL to a 2-2 draw, although by seeding and strength we should be able to edge them. My advised for our team was to aim for a 2-2 draw at least and we would enter the penultimate round with a comfortable lead.

The game started off well with both sides not taking too much of risks. The first game ended with me drawing with IM Mas in an equal position of Maroczy Bind. Thereafter, the pressure started to mount on our young talent Yeoh Li Tian when Sumant was down a pawn against Camilia while Roshan has been outplayed by a fine tactical display by another young talent 9 years old Lye Lik Zang. Sumant managed to pull a draw making the score 2-1 in KL’s favour. The final game was between Yeoh Li Tian and Zaidan Zulkifli whereby a draw was not sufficient to draw level with KL. The game should have been drawn with a 3 fold repetition, however the former decided to take the risk and played for a win instead which was the correct decision. The final score was KL 3-1 Selangor. We were shocked and devastated after the loss, but we did not lose hope and continue to focus on our final 2 rounds. In the penultimate round we defeated Kelantan B 3.5-0.5, thus still maintaining a rather consistent performance.

The final round saw KL paired against Perak while we were paired against Kelantan A. The game was so intense between KL and Perak that I can hardly concentrate in our teams’ games. We were hoping for a miracle as we only needed 2.5 points to win and if in any case KL slipped against Perak, we know we will be crown the interstate champion. After defeating Nik Nazri of Kelantan A, the Selangor team was comfortable with a 2-1 lead with Li Tian’s game still ongoing with a pawn up knight endgame. To our surprised, Perak team defeated KL 2.5-1.5 without losing a single board with Fong Yit San wrapping up the only win in style. This defeat help propelled Selangor to overtake KL as the eventual overall champion on tiebreak to many disbeliefs.

The tournament is very well conducted and planned by Sabah Chess and i must admit that the hospitality here has been very warm and welcoming to all chess players participating. I would like to thank Selangor Chess Association for giving me my first opportunity to captain the Selangor Team to become eventual champion in such a prestigious national event. I would also like to thank my teammates, Yeoh Li Tian, Sumant Subramaniam and Roshan Singh for being part of a great team to make this happen. I must say we were very discipline and adhered to all the rules enforced by CAS protocol during the team event except for one which is to sleep 8 hours a day. Many thanks to NM Yeoh Chin Seng for arranging the transportation and schedule to ensure we have a smooth journey through. Lastly, I would like to represent the Selangor chess team to express our gratitude and appreciation to Encik Anizan Mahruf, our Sabah chess representative in-charge of Selangor team who has helped us unconditionally during our stay in Sabah.

Tilll we meet again.

Gens Una Sumus

 

Signing-off,

Nicholas Chan

 

Malaysia Inter-State Chess Championship: Selangor Team In Action

This event starts today at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and will be played over 7 rounds until Saturday. The Selangor Team is given the top billing in this Championship which attracted 10 States around the country taking part. Perak is seeded Second followed by WP Kuala Lumpur on Third. Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu and Sarawak send one team each. Meanwhile, Kelantan fields 2 teams and the host Sabah has sent 4 teams.

In Round 1, Selangor defeated Negeri Sembilan with 3.5 to 0.5 margin. Next, Selangor will face Sabah A in Round 2 which just started moment ago. Click here to view the live games between Selangor and Sabah A Team. 

14th CAS Third Quarter Allegro 2013 - Results

CAS had concluded the third series of the Allegro successfully this evening. A total of 123 players took part in today's event with players coming from Iran, Indonesia and Bangladesh.

The Category 1 saw an immense fight for the Championship till the last round where pre-tournament top seed Yeoh Li Tian finishes half point ahead of all his competitors which include two-time CAS Quarter Allegro 2013 Champion Wong Jianwen, Lim Zhuo Ren, Abdur Rauf of Bangladesh, Hermanu, Ilhamuddin, Masrin and of course his own dad, Chin Seng.

Click here to view the full results of Category 1.   


While Category 2 is always the most unpredictable with many players are playing at about the same playing strength. Example, the top seed Ngasiman Hj Sapuan has 1393 rating points where as the third seed Janet Chan has 1390 rating points. Even, the 15th seeded guy was just 70 points away. This must be a very lucky day for 14th seeded Koay Zi Hao who manages 5 wins in-a-row without playing against any top 10 pre-seeded players. In Round 6, he faces the only maximum pointer, 12th seeded Lim Qi Yang who just scored a hard fought upset win against 4th seeded Aminur. Koay won the battle of surprise leaders. In the last round, he was pitted against the tournament top seed where he just showed us his 6 wins in-a-row was no fluke by recording his 7th straight win.

Click here to view the full results of Category 2.

14th CAS Third Quarter Allegro on 8th Sept [A National-rated Event]: Update#4 (Pre-Registration Is Closed!)

CAS would like to take this opportunity to thanks all players who have pre-registered for the event. With here, we would like to announce that this event is closed for any further pre-registration because we can't accept anymore pre-registration due to space constraint.

Please be reminded that pre-registered players who yet to make payment, you MUST reach the tournament venue BEFORE 8.30AM on this Sunday for payment purposes. While for those who had paid-up, you may reach the venue @ 9AM.

CAS would appreciate player who has pre-registered a seat but unable to make it to send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com. 


The list of players in Category 1 as follows:-

No	Participant Names	Y.O.B.	Paid
1	Aaron Ch'ng Duan Xian
2	Ahmad Faisal Zuli
3	Ali Mofidian
4	Anas Nazreen Bakri
5	Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong	2001	30
6	Che Lah Buchin
7	Cheah Cheok Fung
8	Cheah Eason	2000	30
9	Chowdhury, Amdadul Kabir (elo)
10	Chowdhury, Rana (Rpd elo)
11	Darrel Yap Egin	1999
12	Dawson Tan Soon Wei	1999
13	Eldin Hakimi Mohd Kamal
14	Gohshalan Naidu Shanmugam Naidu	2000
15	Hasidin Abdul Rashid
16	Hermanu Latif Darinowijono (V)
17	Ibrahim, Parvej (elo)
18	Iskandar Rashid
19	Jax Tham Tick Hong (V)
20	Lim Kai Yuan
21	Lim Zhuo Ren
22	Looi Ka Loc	2004
23	Low Chee Pang	2000	30
24	Lum Zhun Hoong
25	Mahadi Sharif
26	Marlon Walakandou
27	Masrin Erowan
28	Md. Abdur Rauf (Rpd elo)
29	Melvin Pereira Dickson (J)
30	Mirnash Chandran (J)
31	Mohd Azim Mohd Ismail	2000	30
32	Mohd Diya Zulkarnain
33	Mohd Ezmi Mahmood
34	Mohd Faizal Roslan	1998
35	Mohd Firdaus Md Haris
36	Mohd Noor Azam Mohd Noor	1999
37	Mohd Shafiq Ngasiman
38	Mohd Sulkifly Ibrahim
39	Mohd Syahrizam Rosni @ Rosli
40	Mohd Za'aba Baharudin
41	Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin
42	Muhd Hisham Abdul Somad
43	Muhd Luqman Iskandar Zairudin	2003
44	Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham
45	Muruhan Subramaniyam
46	Mustaqim Ismail
47	Noel Sebastian Lim Jeng Ning
48	Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali
49	Nur Nabila Azman Hisham-G	1997
50	Nur Najiha Azman Hisham-G	1999
51	Ravin Kumar Vegasparan
52	Roshan Singh Ajeet Singh	1997
53	Saw Looi Beng
54	Shreyes Subramaniam	1998
55	Sofea Aliya Syahril-G	2003
56	Sotimin Muhalip
57	Syahril Abdul Jalil
58	Tan Keigen	1999	30
59	Tang Wai Lip
60	Teh Chin Wei
61	Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman
62	Wong Jianwen	1995
63	Wong Liang Choo		30
64	Wong Yong Ken
65	Wong Yong Sheng
66	Wong Zi Yue	2005
67	Yeoh Chin Seng
68	Yeoh Li Tian	1999
69	Zaid Na'amat

The list of players in Category 2 as follows:-

No	Participant Names	Y.O.B.	Paid
1	Adi Alfie Najat Mohd Fazli (U-9)
2	Alan Lai Swee Chin (V)
3	Amex Moo Jin Liang	2004
4	Aminur Nirza Azrin	1997
5	Asia Moo Xin Yue-G	2006
6	Benjamin Ooi Thien Wei	1999
7	Bustaman Harun (V)
8	Chuah Siong Rui	1995
9	Daneswaran Rajandran	1997
10	Deshan Ravi	1999
11	Erwan Nadzman Mohd Fauzy (J)		30
12	Gautham Balasubramaniam	2000
13	Ghuhan Naidu Shanmugam Naidu	2004
14	Hafiz Borhanudin	2004
15	Hari Haran ?	1999
16	Haziq Zikry Mokhtar	1999
17	Hazmi Salihudin	1997
18	Hendry Lim Wei Win		30
19	Ho Jia Da	2000
20	Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan	2004	30
21	Jamalludin Md Yatim
22	Janet Chan Chooi Po-G
23	Joanne Chin Zhi May-G	2002
24	Joel Pang Ze Minn	2002	30
25	Kenny Lee Chia Sern
26	Koay Zi Hao
27	Levinya Ramasamy	2005
28	Lim Ching Thing	1995
29	Lim Juan Teng	2000
30	Lim Kai Xian	2002	30
31	Lim Qi Yang	2000	30
32	Low Chee Fatt	2006
33	Mahindran Perumal
34	Miithran Guna Balan	2008
35	Mohd Palino Rindau (V)
36	Mohd Shazwan Abdullah	1997
37	Muhd Ikhmal Hisham Md Ismail
38	Muhd Izdihar Idris	1999
39	Muhd Luqman Alif Zairudin	2005
40	Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi	1999
41	Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo-G	1997
42	Nava Kathaperumal (U-12)
43	Navin Ramasamy	2004
44	Nelson Raj Nicholas	1999
45	Ngasiman Hj Sapuan (V)
46	Nur Afrin Najat Mohd Fazli-G	2004
47	Omieshver Pusphan Murugiah (J)
48	Pavita Shanmugam	2005
49	Praveen Mahindran	2002
50	Saaktiivel Selvam (U-9)
51	Sivanesan Varatharajan	2000
52	Subramaniya Jothi Ilangovan	2006
53	Suriavarman Soranam (U-15)		30
54	Suriyaahvel Selvam (U-9)
55	Tarani Jayaganesan (J)		30
56	Thirisha R. Ashockumar-G	2006
57	Thivieya Ilangovan-G	2004
58	Vasanthakumar Vasuthevan	2005
59	Vengadanathan Manogaran	1999
60	Vidhya Mahindran	2005
61	Viswaa R. Ashockumar	2004
62	Wildan Johan Wawan Wahyudin	2000	30
63	Wong Qi Hao	2004	30
64	Wong Soon Jie
65	Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah Mohd Noor-G	2002