Siapa Ikon Catur Anda?

Pakcik GiLoCatur ingin bertanya kepada anak-anak catur Malaysia terutamanya yang perempuan, siapakah ikon pemain catur anda? Apa? Anak-anak semua yang pakcik GiLoCatur sayangi tiada ikon catur? Pakcik GiLoCatur tak suka tu. Sewajarnya ada ikon catur untuk memberi semangat agar berjaya dan cemerlang dalam bidang sukan yang amat diminati iaitu - CHESS.

OK, biar pakcik GiLoCatur perkenalkan seorang pemain catur wanita yang hebat dan handal untuk dijadikan ikon dan role model kepada anak-anak semua. Nak tahu siapakah beliau yang pakcik GiLoCatur pilih? Tidak lain dan tidak bukan, JUDIT POLGAR. Nak tahu dan kenal siapa dia? Jika ada yang sudah kenal dan tahu, bagus.

JUDIT POLGAR (FIDE 2682 - Mar 2010, ke 51 dunia)

Nama : JUDIT POLGAR

Tarikh Lahir : 23 Julai 1976 (boleh kira sendiri berapa umur dia kan?)

• Anak bongsu dari 3 orang adik beradik.
• Berumur 9 tahun ketika memenangi pertandingan catur peringkat antarabangsa.
• Menjadi juara WYCC age group ketika berumur 12 dan 14 tahun. Bukan kategori "Girls", tetapi kategori "Boys" / "Open".
• Sewaktu berumur 12 tahun, bersama kakak2nya dan seorang pemain lain, Judit memenangi pingat emas Olimpik wanita. Kejayaan tersebut diulangi sekali lagi pada tahun 1990.
• Pada tahun 1991, Judit telah berjaya menjadi seorang Grandmaster dan merupakan yang termuda ketika itu memecahkan rekod Bobby Fischer, seorang legenda chess Amerika.
• Beliau mewakili pasukan lelaki Hungary di chess Olypiad sebanyak 4 kali.
• Merupakan pemain catur Numero Uno (No 1) wanita dunia selama 20 tahun berturut2 dari tahun 1989.
• Pada tahun 2005, menduduki ranking ke 8 dunia (FIDE)
• Telah mengalahkan pemain-pemain catur ternama dunia seperti Spassky, Karpov dan Kasparov.
• 7 kali mendapat award "Chess Oscar"
• Telah dianugerah "Women Chess Player of the Century"

Berikut adalah dua permainan terbaik Judit untuk dipelajari anak2 catur Malaysia semua.

Polgar-GM Ferenc Berkes, Budapest 2003

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bd3 b6 11.Neg5 h6 12.Bh7+ Kh8 13.Be4 hxg5 14.g4 Rb8 15.h4 g6 16.hxg5+ Kg7 17.Qf4 Bb7 18.Rh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh2+ Kg8 20.Rh1 Bxg5+ 21.Nxg5 Qxg5+ 22.f4 Qxf4+ 23.Qxf4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 1-0

Polgar-Kasparov, Russia vs. The Rest of the World match, Moscow 2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.h3 Be7 12.Ne2 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bh7 16.g4 Be7 17.Kg2 h5 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Kf3 Bg6 20.Rd2 hxg4+ 21.hxg4 Rh3+ 22.Kg2 Rh7 23.Kg3 f6 24.Bf4 Bxf5 25.gxf5 fxe5 26.Re1 Bd6 27.Bxe5 Kd7 28. c4 c5 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Re6 Rah8 31.Rexd6+ Kc8 32.R2d5 Rh3+ 33.Kg2 Rh2+ 34.Kf3 R2h3+ 35.Ke4 b6 36.Rc6+ Kb8 37.Rd7 Rh2 38.Ke3 Rf8 39.Rcc7 Rxf5 40.Rb7+ Kc8 41.Rdc7+ Kd8 42.Rxg7 Kc8 1-0

Jadi, pakcik GiLoCatur nak la sangat-sangat anak-anak perempuan Malaysia semua berlatih bersungguh-sungguh dan berusaha memperbaiki permainan agar juga boleh berjaya seperti Judit Polgar. Jika tidak dapat contohi 100%, dapat 50% pun jadilah. Sekurang2nya dapat juga title WFM atau WIM. Kepada para ibubapa, didik, bentuk dan latihlah anak2 anda terutamanya yang perempuan agar menjadi seorang jaguh catur, jika tidak genius catur sekali pun. Jika Laszlo Polgar, ayah Judit boleh melahirkan seorang "genius" dengan perancangan dan penyelidikan rapi lagi terancang, apakah kita yang juga educated, terpelajar, dan berpendidikan tidak boleh lakukan perkara yang sama? TEPUK DADA TANYA DIRI KITA!

Sumber :

• http://www.polgarjudit.com/index_en.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polgár

Suarakan PILIHAN Anda!!

GiLoCatur telah create satu "POLL" atau undian berkenaan lokasi pilihan NAG tourney. Mari kita lihat di mana lokasi pilihan pemain-pemain catur dan ibubapa mereka. Ayuh, suarakan PILIHAN anda.

Undian atau POLL ini akan GiLoCatur buka sehingga hari SABTU 13 Mac 2010. SELAMAT MEMBUAT PILIHAN!!

The Results of Segamat Grand Prix

GiLoCatur received the following text message from Mr Guna Balan, the father of "peminat cilik" GiLoCatur, Jagathees regarding the results of Segamat Grand Prix, the first leg for Under 12 section.

Segamat grand prix U12 result: 1st-Maisarrah 2nd-Danish hamzah, 3rd-Muhd faris azizi 4th-Jagathees 5th-Tai Shang Yuan.

and a text message from GiLoCatur's chess buddy from Muar, Zullghafari, regarding on the winners for the Open section.

SEGAMAT GP 1st Leg, dari 18 peserta : 1st Abd Che Hassan 6point, 2nd Khalid Musa 5.5 point, 3rd Kai Loong 5 point, 4th Kamaluddin 5 point

So, now we know in what tourney did Abg Bro and Dollah played this weekend.

Congratulation or tahniah to all the winners including Jagathees (the above picture) for getting the fourth placed in the two-day tourney. See you next week in Penang.

The Results of KL Grand Prix Leg 2

U12 Section from chess-results.com

MSSM chess players of three different states - N9, Selangor and WP, had dominated the Under 12 section of the KL Chess Grand Prix - Leg 2 held at the Royal Selangor Club. They were among 24 players who participated in the two day tournament. The Sivanesan siblings had won back-to-back when the brother, Subramaniam scored 5.5/6 to be the champion. While the sister, Nuthyalakshmi, tied second with 4.5/6 points with 2009 MSSM U12P Team Gold medalist, Puteri Rifqah of Selangor and Amier Hamzah of Wilayah Persekutuan. Their positions are decided by tie breaks.

Open Section from chess-results.com

While the 2009 MSSM U15L Team Gold medalist, Nabil, was declared the champion for the Open section after scoring 5.5/6 points. He won his first five rounds and drew the last with Abdul Haq. The second place is Roshan Singh, also from the Selangor MSSM chess contingent, with 5/6 points. He won 4 and drew 2. For this year MSSM edition to be held in KL, both of them are predicted to make impact in the Under 18 since U15 and U18 will be merged into one. In the Open category, 20 chess players participated.

Once again, TAHNIAH and SYABAS to all the winners.

Perjumpaan Bloggers 1MALAYSIA

GiLoCatur ingin berkongsi info terutamanya dengan "chess bloggers" tentang satu perjumpaan bloggers "satu MALAYA" yang sedang diadakan di Commonwealth Forest Park & Resorts bermula jam 12.00 tengahari tadi sehingga jam 6.00 petang hari ini. Mengikut apa yang GiLoCatur maklum dari laman blog Mazidul dan laman blog Ondscene , semua dijemput hadir. Perjumpaan ini ditarget untuk masuk Malaysian Book of Records.

Pada pandangan GiLoCatur, "chess bloggers" dan "Malaysian chess community" perlu menyertai perjumpaan sebegini untuk "networking". Dengan cara ini, kita boleh outreach lebih ramai warga Malaysia to promote chess. Jika kita hanya "dengan dunia kita sendiri", memang tidak berapa nak kemana la sukan catur di negara ini.

Atau mungkin chess community including chess bloggers, players, enthusiasts and parents should organize an event like this. We need to create a "big and united community" for the Malaysian chess so that others will appreciate us. So, kepada sesiapa yang available dan free bolehlah menyertai perjumpaan atau gathering tersebut. GiLoCatur memang ingin sangat menyertai tetapi apakan daya ada kekangan yang menghalang.

( GiLoCatur : sekali sekala tidak apa rasanya GiLoCatur menulis dalam MelayuLish, bukan berniat untuk merosakkan bahasa. Sekadar mencuba satu kelainan. )

Diskusi Tentang Rated Tourney

GiLoCatur telah memulakan satu diskusi tentang "rated-tournaments" di facebook. Pebagai soalan yang berkaitan telah diutarakan untuk perbincangan secara positif dan "constructive". Demi untuk memajukan sukan catur di negara kita tercinta, perbincangan dan forum sihat perlu kerap diadakan. Idea-idea bernas secara kolektif boleh digunapakai dan diberi perhatian oleh pihak yang bertanggungjawab dan semua yang terlibat iaitu para pemain, ibubapa, guru-guru catur, jurulatih dan pegawai2 persatuan catur. Komuniti catur di negara ini perlukan satu paradigma dan lonjakan jika mahu catur berkembang dan mencapai kemajuan sehingga melahirkan ramai pemain2 catur yang memiliki gelaran atau"titled players".

KEPADA SEMUA PEMAIN2 DAN PEMINAT CATUR TANAHAIR, MARI SERTAI DISKUSI DAN PERBINCANGAN DI FACEBOOK GILOCATUR FAN CLUB.

Local Chess Tourneys This Weekend

There would be five chess tourneys held during this weekend (6 & 7 March):

1) KL Chess Rapid Grand Prix

The second leg of KL Chess Grand Prix will be held at the RSC, Royal Selangor Club, located at Dataran Merdeka. The tourney also has 6 rounds. The time control is 45 minute per side or simply G/45. Based on the first leg, the pairings will be shown using a LCD projector, an advanced method or approach.

2) The First Saturday Chess Classics

For players who prefer and like the standards chess, they can participate in this tourney organized by the Excel Chess Academy. GiLoCatur believes many NAG participants will choose this tourney for the warm up. The format is 6 rounds of G/60 + 30 seconds. Jax Tham will be the host at his chess center located in Overseas Union Garden (OUG).

GiLoCatur yakin abang Zainal Arif, seorang "gilocatur" dan peniaga di Segamat tidak akan melepaskan peluang menyertai Segamat Grand Prix di SMK Seri Kenangan. Pastikan rakan2 abang semua diajak menyertai sama, bang.

3) Putrajaya Chess Closed

This chess tourney is only for Putrajaya residents or those who work in Putrajaya. As advertised, the tourney's format is 6 rounds of G/20 format. Three categories would be contested - Open (16 years old and abobe), Under 15 and Under 12. The fees are very cheap. The champion for each category will receive cash prizes of RM 300, RM 300 and RM 250 respectively. The cash prizes for both Under 15 and Under 12 are the highest in any tourney as far as GiLoCatur remembers. Good for chess development among the juniors. Hopefully, more new chess talents will emerge. And also it would spark more interest in chess by Putrajaya residents. A question? Will Hairulov of http://hairulovchessmaniacs.blogspot.com/ defend his last year the Open category champion title in this edition?

Kamaluddin aka Abg Bro (right) vs Kok Wei Tze in the recent MMU International Invitational tournament. Again another chess tourney for Abg Bro, but which tourney? Anyone can guest?GiLoCatur hopes Abg Bro keeps track his participation in the local chess tournament. Boleh Abg Bro share dengan semua jumlah chess tourneys yang telah disertai? Boleh masuk Malaysian Book of Records (MBR) maybe? And GiLoCatur hopes Wei Tze will play in the Segamat Grand Prix. He is a talented young and fast rising chess player.

4) Segamat Chess Rapid Grand Prix

Another G/45 format tourney is the first leg of Segamat Chess Grand Prix. The tourney plays 7 rounds in two days. Segamat is about 2 and 1/2 hours drive south of Kuala Lumpur. It is actually located in the state of Johor. Yes, Johor is full of chess activities this year. Later this month, two chess tournaments will be held in JB in one weekend with nearly RM 15 K (grand) in cash prizes. Another chess tourney in Johor will be in Kota Tinggi. Johorean chess players should (or maybe MUST) take advantage of this scenario by participating in such tourneys. They should have the spirit and determination of the 8-year-old Jagathees Guna Balan who is rising in the Malaysian chess circle. And GiLoCatur also hopes chess players from Melaka and Negeri Sembilan like Kok Wei Tze, a player to watch at 2010 MSSM, will participate in the Segamat Grand Prix.

Where would Abdullah Che Hassan (left), one of the mostly-participated Malaysian strong chess players be during this weekend? KL Chess Grand Prix?, The FSCC? or Segamat Grand Prix?

5) Perak Chess Grand Prix

Like in PICA's official blog at perakchess.blogspot.com, the first leg will be held at Wisma Belia, Kompleks Belia dan Sukan which is situated in Ipoh. Three categories - Open, Under 16 and Under 12 with Best Girls for each age group sections, will be organized by both PICA and MCF. The tourney is sponsored by Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad. The format will be G/25 of 7 Swiss rounds played in one day.

GiLoCatur and the kids will not participated in any of the five chess tourneys. Fikri is not coming home from his hostel. Anis will be busy with her school program. GiLoCatur decides to attend the PTA meeting at SK Bukit Jelutong which GiLoCatur thinks more important. Hopefully, GiLoCatur will get the updates and results of all the chess tournaments to share with. GiLoCatur hopes to have a more relaxing and less hectic weekend before driving for a long journey to Penang in the following week for the NAG, National Age Group.

GOOD AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIVE TOURNEYS!!! THE IMPORTANT THING IS, ENJOY PLAYING CHESS! like GiLoCatur eventhough often being whacked and thrashed by strong players and masters. LOL (Laugh Out Loud or "gelak besor" kata Bahasa Melayu Peraknya!)

GiLoCatur can't wait to know what is the total number of Malaysian chess players in all the tourneys to gauge the popularity and increasing interest in chess.

Apa Itu Nokia PC Suite?

Nokia PC Suite boleh "dimuat turun" dari link ini.

(GiLoCatur : Kepada yang tidak biasa dengan terma "muat turun / pindah turun", ia adalah bermaksud download.)

Apa ke mende Nokia PC Suite yang GiLoCatur papar di atas? Adakah ia boleh diguna untuk catur? Boleh buat analisa permainan catur ke atau sebagainya? "Sudah terang lagi bersuluh" bak kata pepatah Melayu. Sudah jelas ada perkataan Nokia, sudah semestinya ia berkaitan dengan handphone atau handset Nokia, satu jenama yang menjadi pilihan kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia termasuk pemain-pemain catur kita. Nak tahu model Nokia apa GiLoCatur guna? GiLoCatur memiliki dan menggunakan Nokia 2630 hadiah harijadi beberapa tahun lalu. Selain penggunaan basic telefon, Nokia 2630 tersebut sangat berjasa kepada GiLoCatur dalam merakam aksi-aksi pemain-pemain catur dalam pertandingan-pertandingan dan sesi sparring catur. Banyak juga yang telah dipaparkan dalam laman blog ini. Sementara isteri GiLoCatur guna model Supernova 7620

Jadi di sini, GiLoCatur ingin berkongsi info tentang Nokia PC Suite yang sangat bagus kepada mereka yang memiliki handset Nokia dan selalu guna komputer (tidak kira samada PC desktop atau notebook). Semenjak guna Nokia PC Suite, GiLoCatur sangat mudah menaip dan menghantar sms. Jika guna handset, terkial-kial juga menaip sms apatah lagi untuk message yang panjang. Begitu juga untuk buat housekeeping iaitu untuk meng"delete" message lama dan yang tidak diperlukan. Mudah sikit nak scroll message yang berlambak seperti GiLoCatur yang ada lebih kurang 500 message dalam "inbox" dan "sent" folder. Dan banyak lagi kemudahan2 dan kesenangan bila guna Suite tersebut.

Rasanya, untuk jawab handset juga boleh dengan syarat komputer ada microphone. Tetapi GiLoCatur belum try lagi. Malas nak baca manual atau help. Jadi, cuba-cubalah Nokia PC Suite tersebut.

Chess Simul at Seremban Parade

The organizer of the Seremban Parade Chess Open had arranged and did a CHESS SIMUL for Under 12 players. Two rows of ten U12 players had played against the office bearers of PCNS, the acronym of Persatuan Catur Negeri Sembilan. What's the catch? A chess simul is normally done by a chess master playing against a number of opponents. It is used as a promotion to generate interest of chess among the non-playing. Any winner will be rewarded RM 10 while a draw will get RM 5. This sort of activity should be conducted periodically in order to attract people to chess. Kudos to the organizer of the tourney.

"Lain macam opening budak ni." "Mana belajar, dik?"

Seremban Parade Open Category Chess Tourney

Two "Abdul"s conquered the Seremban Parade Chess Open held today in Seremban. Fourty local chess players had participated in the six rapid rounds. Who are they? The top seed Abdullah Che Hassan was the champion without a defeat. He scored 5.5/6 points. The second place goes to Abdul Haq with 5/6 points. His wife, NWM Roslina, was placed fifth with 4.5/6 points.

Abdul Haq

To know the full results and see the pictures of the tournament, go to MyChessDiari blog here.