IM Mas and FM Mok Leads Penang Heritage Open

Two of Malaysian Dresden Olympiad team members - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and FM Mok Tze-Meng are leading the ongoing Penang Heritage Open. With 4 and 1/2 points, they are playing againts Ismail Ahmad and Loo Swee Leong, both the only 4 pointers, on the first and second board respectively in the sixth round.

IM Mas big win in the fifth round againts the top seed, a GM from Germany has put him as one the favourites to be the champion of the tournament. Meanwhile FM Mok defeated NM Ronnie Lim.

Below is the game between the Germany GM and IM Mas.

MBSA Chess Tournament Top 3 Winners

Open category Top 3 winners - Abdullah Che Hassan (RM500), Ian Udani (RM400) and FM Mok Tze-Meng (RM300).

Under 15 Category Top 3 Winners - Muhd Syakir Shazmeer Azhar MS (RM300), Muhammad Zikri (RM150) and Nor Izzudin Afendi Norazman (RM200)

Under 12 category Top 3 winners - Roshan Ajeet Singh (RM250), Irfan Haqqim Azhar MS (RM200) and Fikri Bin Saleh (RM150). They were among the 2008 Top 6 Under 12 MSS Negeri Selangor winners.

About 160 players participated in the MBSA Chess Open held at a hall in Section 4, Shah Alam on last 27th December 2008. It is very good news for Shah Alam residents especially since Shah Alam used to have many chess tounaments organized in the past. Shah Alam is also used to be called "Bandar Catur" or The Chess City. Hopefully, MBSA will organize many more  such tournaments every year. The winners were presented their prizes by the Shah Alam Deputy mayor, Encik Mokhtar Hani, and MBSA Zone 5 council committee, Mr Soo Kim Ling.