The Special CINCO de MAYO 2010 Day

YES, TODAY IS CINCO DE MAYO (in Spanish) OR THE FIFTH MAY. IT IS THE 125TH (OR 126TH) DAY OF THE GREGORIAN YEAR. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL TODAY?

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WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT? THE ANSWER IS NON OTHER THAN GILOCATUR'S LOVELY DAUGHTER, ANIS FARIHA OR SIMPLY KNOWN AS "KAKAK" IN THE FAMILY.

TODAY, ANIS WILL BE EXACTLY 12TH YEAS OLD. GILOCATUR WILL BRING ANIS TO THE JPN OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON TO REGISTER FOR AN IDENTITY CARD OR "IC" AS POPULARLY KNOWN AMONG THE MALAYSIANS.

HOW THE TIME FLIES! IT SEEMS JUST YESTERDAY THAT SHE IS THE CUTE AND SWEET GILOCATUR'S BABY (AS BELOW PICTURE). TODAY SHE HAS BECOME A YOUNG LADY ALREADY.

AYAH, IBU AND YOUR BROTHERS - "ABANG" FIKRI AND "ADIK" FAHIM, WOULD LIKE TO WISH OUR "KAKAK" ANIS FARIHA A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

"SEMOGA PANJANG UMUR, MURAH REZEKI DAN SENTIASA DIRAHMATI ALLAH!"

WISH HER BEST OF LUCK IN THE COMING UPSR AND WHATEVER SHE DOES INCLUDING IN CHESS.

"chess is all about seeing things ..."

GiLoCatur remembers that an American junior chess player once said that "chess is all about seeing things that no one else sees". While looking back at the games of GiLoCatur's daughter, Anis Fariha, GiLoCatur was amazed how she could not see the checkmate move. She moved 43. .. Qg2+ and the game finally was over after 15 more steps. During then, Anis had National ratings of 905 while her opponent had 1065.

That is the beauty of CHESS! Isn't CHESS amazing?

Malaysian Aspiring and Promising Future!

The above pictures show some of the aspiring and promising Malaysian youngsters who can excel in chess. They are currently participating in the KLCA Chess Open in Challengers category held in Commonwealth Hall, Bukit Jalil. The category is for all chess players with FIDE ratings below 2000. All of them are 10 years old or below.  They love chess and are enthusiastic to win honors in chess tournaments. They are supported by their dedicated parents who provide the necessity and requirements to excel in chess like coaching, chess materials, motivation and tournaments fees.

Besides the parents, these intelligent youngsters also require support from other parties to improve further and achieve honors like getting title and winning chess tournaments both local and international.

• The government via relevant agencies or ministries to provide basic facilities, funds and chess-related programs.

• The local chess authority to plan, manage and facilitate local chess activities and programs.

• The media both electronic and newspapers to provide coverage to all chess-related activities like tournaments and workshops or having chess columns or segments. 

• The society to be involved and participate in chess-related events and to have active chess clubs.

• The schools and teachers to support and activate chess clubs, organize in-house chess tournaments and training.

Malaysia surely can produce chess geniuses and have chess Grandmasters, the highest chess title, when all parties play their important roles. If Malaysia can allocate a sum of money in space program, surely it can allocate also for chess program to produce chess GM and win world class  tournaments. MALAYSIA BOLEH!