25th Selangor Juniors Open on 30th March 2014: Update#4 [Official List for Under-8]

There will be 16 Individual Prizes (Top 15 and Best Girl) and 1 Team Prize (Best School) to be won in this category. Hence, as many as 20 children will bring back a prize at the end of the day.

No more pre-payment shall be accepted. For those who not yet make payment, you must arrive at the venue between 7.45am and 8.30am.

While those who already made payment, you just need to be at the venue at 8.45AM.

The Official List (As at 28th March, 7pm):-

No	Name	Status
1	Ahmad Solehuddin Shah Shahrulizam	Paid
2	Bharathi Mahindran-G	Paid
3	Choi Ken Tao	Paid
4	Gavy Poon Khay Jie	Paid
5	Khoo Teng Liang	Paid
6	Kuhaneshwary Arumugam-G	Paid
7	Kuhen Ravendran	Paid
8	Lee Yean Herng	Paid
9	Low Chee Fatt	Paid
10	Low Hong Hao	Paid
11	Lucas Ren Sreenivasan	Paid
12	Lucas Yip Zhen Yu	Paid
13	Mikaeel Zhuang Davan	Paid
14	Nicholas Khow Jin Kai	Paid
15	Nirupam Mathu	Paid
16	Olivier Printemps Tan Zhy Ley	Paid
17	Praveer Kashyap	Paid
18	Raam Ramesh	Paid
19	Roshni Kolusu-G	Paid
20	Saad Shamsuddin	Paid
21	Shavitashree Thirugana Kumeren-G	Paid
22	Somessh Kumaresan	Paid
23	Thiru Chelvan	Paid
24	Wong Qi Zhi	Paid
25	Yaush Paul Nambiar	Paid
26	Adi Alfie Najat Mohd Fazli
27	Ahmad Hadif Mohd Ikhranizam
28	Amir Faiz Amirul
29	Angus Yew Jin Heng
30	Aqil Fahmi Rizal
31	Arif Danish Khamarul Ariffin
32	Arif Hilmi Saidi
33	Asia Moo Xin Yue-G
34	Giam Kee Hung
35	Irbah Fhaisol
36	Iskandar Haikal Zulkippli
37	Loshaputraa Kulothunkhan
38	Megat Imran Megat Mohd Khushairi
39	Megat Zaid Megat Mohd Khushairi
40	Muhd Aisy Hakimi Md Sofi
41	Natalie Phang Hui Fang-G
42	Ng Wen Hui
43	Ng Wen Juin
44	Nikita Asha Kaur Randhawa
45	Nurul Farzana Halim Shuhaimi-G
46	Puteri Rabiatul Adawiyah Mat Zaki-G
47	Yap Heng Yi

25th Selangor Juniors Open on 30th March 2014: Update#3 [Players in Reserve List and More Prizes]

As a reminder to parents / teachers / coaches, please take note of the following:

Parents who have pre-registered their children but somehow their children are unable to make it to the event, please send a notification to selangorchess@gmail.com by Saturday, 29^th March 2014 (1pm).

Also, CAS has to rent chess equipments, tables and chairs to cater for the size of event which incurred a huge fixed cost on top of extra manpowers that are needed for the event. Failing to do so, CAS will blacklist your children from future pre-registration process.


CAS has expanded the Under-12 Prizes until 20th placing. On top of that, there will be a Prize for the Best Girl in each category. Also, Silver and Bronze Medals are added to the Best Schools for Under-12 and Under-16 Category. All-in-all, CAS has added prizes for another 24 players.  This means up to 81 players will receive  Prizes and Certificate of Achievements from the Event.

As of 28th March, all children from the list below have been included into the Official List. 

Children in the Reserve List as follows:-
1. Cheah Eason [2000]
2. Loh Zu Hao [2001]
3. Arjuna Tharmalingam [2001]
4. Muhd Syukur Razali [2003] 
5. Krethaloshanan Vinnan Rao Gunalan [1999]
6. Shanthur Sharan Rao Gunalan [2001]
7. Tharuna Ruben Rao Gunalan [2003]
8. Muhd Norusydi Mohd Razid [1999]
9. Naufal Syakir [1998]
10. Ahmad Farhan Nasrezam [2002]
11. Samuel Phang Han Wen [2003]
12. Natalie Phang Hui Fang [2005]
13. Vinnosh Rau [2004]
14. Akmal Khuzaifi Khairuddin [1999]
15. Adli Hakimi Khairuddin [2002]

16. Haidan Safiy [2002]
17. Johnathan Leong Wai Loong
18. Dinesh [2004]
19. R. Sobana [2001]
20. Aida Shazwina Shahrulizam-G [2001] *L
21. Amirul Shahmie bin Shahrulizam [2002] *L
22. Ahmad Solehuddin Shah bin Shahrulizam [2006] *L
23. Heng Wei Yang [1998] *L
24. Muhd Syafiq Mohd Rozi [1999] *L
25. Pavithra Thanabalan [2001] *L
26. Kabilan Thanabalan [2003] *L
27. Prashanth Ramasamy [2002] *L
28. Puteri Rabiatul Adawiyah Mat Zaki-G [2007] *L
29. Nurul Farzana Halim Shuhaimi-G [2006] *L
30. Muhd Haziman Aiman Halim Shuhaimi [2004] *L


The Official List now contains 266 players in total. Refer here (U8), here (U12), here (U16).

No more registration. Thank you.

25th Selangor Juniors Open on 30th March 2014: Update#2 [Pre-registration Process Is Closed]

CAS wishes to thank all parents / teachers/ coaches who have registered children for this event. The number of entries have exceeded CAS target and venue capacity. This edition will be creating a new record of entries for the Selangor Juniors, perhaps it may even surpass CAS all time record of 187 pax  1-day BPM Allegro event that took placed at MidValley in early 2000's.

We will announce the list of participants on this Sunday. Children must report to the venue BEFORE 8.30AM on 30th March for payment purpose. The payment counter will be open from 7.45AM on that day. If you have difficulty in arriving on time, please send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com before 25th March for other mode of payment. Player will not be paired for Round 1 if payment is not received by 8.30AM on 30th March.

As a reminder to parents / teachers / coaches, please take note of the following:

Parents who have pre-registered their children but somehow their children are unable to make it to the event, please send a notification to selangorchess@gmail.com by Thursday, 27^th March 2014. This will give a chance to other players in the Reserve List to play in the last National-rated event before new rating release for the use in National Age-Group in April 2014. Failing to do so, CAS will blacklist your children from future pre-registration process.

Meanwhile, any name that send in from now onwards shall be placed into the Reserve list. The players in the Reserve shall be notified on the availability of seats latest by 28th March (Fri).

For children who yet to secure a place in this event, you may want to consider joining Klang Parade Age-Group on 5th Apr 2014 (Saturday) - A national-rated Event. This event is limited to 100 seats. The details of this event will be published in the next post.

 

R.I.P Mr Laurence How, former Hon. Secretary of CAS

Mr. Laurence How (23rd Oct 1947 - 15th Mar 2014) was one of the founders of Chess Association of Selangor backed in 1974. He held the position as Hon. Secretary from day 1 of the Association until 1984 when he passed the baton to the late Mrs. Jackie Wong. Then, he moves on to become the Hon. Secretary of MCF before he quits chess to set up MUFC in 1992.

Without his 10 years of contributions in CAS and able to identify Mrs. Jackie Wong as his successor to replace him in the Hon. Secretary post who in turn have contributed 16 years of her life to the post. In 1996, Mrs. Wong too had identified Mr. Lim Tse Pin as her successor and passed over the baton to him in 2000. Mr. Lim too has served at the post for 14 years since then. Without the dedication from three of them, CAS may not have lasted until today.

Today, Mr. Lim on behalf of CAS and MCF, had attended his funeral that took placed at Nirwana Shah Alam. Mr. Lim alongside with Mr. Peter Long (life member of CAS) and Mr. Hamid Majid (former Hon. Secretary of MCF who happened to be the successor to Laurence in MCF when he quits chess) had met up at Laurence's House at 9.15am this morning to pay their last respect to him. His coffin departed from his house in Taman Megah, PJ at 10.15am. Both Mr. Lim and Peter had joined the group of Lawrence's relatives and MUFC members to the cremation site @ Nirwana Shah Alam.

Below are the photos at the cremation site:-

The final ritual

 

Relatives paying their last respect before cremation

 

Goodbye, Laurence.

 

 

Last but not least, we @ CAS expresses our sincere gratitude for your contribution to CAS and Malaysian Chess Community at large. 

25th Selangor Juniors Open on 30th March 2014: Update#1

CAS wishes to thank parents for all the support given in enrolling your children for the upcoming 25^th Selangor Juniors Open. In just 2 weeks, we have received an overwhelming response to the event where the number of pre-registration names have reached very close to the threshold level of the venue maximum capacity.

 

We will accept another 10 more names into the Official List. Thereafter, all names shall be listed in the Reserve list despite you may send your name to the CAS email before pre-registration deadline on 20^th March.

 

Please take note:

Parents who have pre-registered their children but somehow their children are unable to make it to the event, please send a notification to selangorchess@gmail.com by Thursday, 27^th March 2014. This will give a chance to other players in the Reserve List to play in the last National-rated event before new rating release for the use in National Age-Group in April 2014. Failing to do so, CAS will blacklist your children from future pre-registration process.

25th Selangor Juniors Open on 30th March 2014

CAS will kick-start the year with the 25th edition of Selangor Juniors on 30th March. This is the last National-rated event before next rating release to be used at NAG 2014. This event is very important to players (I) who would like to go to ASEAN+ Chess Championship but yet to fulfil minimum rating ceiling set by MCF; (II) who don't have a chance to play in any national rated event to have their rating changes in order to reflect their current chess playing skill for a better seeding @ NAG; (III) who don't even have a National Rating.

The event will be divided into 3 categories  i.e. Under-08, Under-12 and Under-16. The venue for the event: 2nd Floor, Wilayah Complex, KL. It is a make-shift venue that will be refurbished for the upcoming National Closed Chess Championship from 12th to 16th March.

There will be 15 prizes to be won by players in EACH CATEGORY. In addition, 4 players from the same school contesting in a same category can vie for Best Schools prize as well. All-in-all, there may be up to 57 prize winners in this event.

Due to limitation in venue space, CAS hopes players can pre-register early to avoid disappointment.

A snapshot of the entry form:-

Click here to download a copy of the entry form.

National Closed 2014 - Selection Result for Selangor Official Representatives + Merit Players

As at 3rd March (1pm), CAS has received Four applications for Men Category and One application for Women Category for Official Representation Slots.

The Men List as listed below:
1. Razali Hamzah (NR1650)
2. Low Jun Jian (NR1721)
3. Sumant Subramaniam (NR 2051)
4. Jax Tham (NR1783)

So, Selangor Men Official representatives are: Sumant and Jax. CAS will pay for their entry fees. While, Razali Hamzah and Jun Jian will be Selangor Extra Players. An email was sent to these players for further instruction on registration process. Please check email.

The Women List as listed below:-
1. Nur Faiqah Aminuddin (NR 1429)
Hence, Faiqah will be Selangor Official Representative. An email was sent to her for further instruction on registration process. Please check email.


In addition, As at 2nd March12.30am, CAS has received Two applications for Women Category under Merit Players Option
1. Puteri Munajjah Azhar (NR1807)
2. Puteri Rifqah Azhar (NR1820) 

The entry fees for their participation shall be paid by CASA. n email was sent to these players for further instruction on registration process. Please check email.

All-in-all, Selangor has 6 Men + 3 Women in this year NC 2014.