MSS Selangor State Chess Championship

GiLoCatur has very limited time at this moment due to some personal commitments and matters to take care of. Furthermore, MSS Selangor state chess championship is currently ongoing. Today will be the second day and very critical and important last three rounds. Two of GiLoCatur's children are participating. Fikri played well yesterday and scored 4/4 points. He needs to continue his winning momentum today. Anis, on the other hand, also played very well up to the third round. In her final round yesterday, she lost a crucial 1 point to her own team mate. Before Round 5 today, she has accumulated 3/4 points. Hopefully, both of them will have good results today. Surely, GiLoCatur is nervous while they are battling on the chess boards.

By the way, check out http://mssm2010.blogspot.com/ for the latest updates.

GiLoCatur Participated In UiTM Chess Open

Yesterday, Saturday 10 April, GiLoCatur participated in the UiTM Chess Open. UiTM is a local university which the main campus is located in Shah Alam. GiLoCatur is an alumnus of the university which during GiLoCatur days was just known as ITM, not a university yet. GiLoCatur was a student of KPP/ITM then TIEC, a consortium with Texas State Education, back in late 80's.

Eventually, GiLoCatur played against a nemesis opponent, Fauzi Ahim, one of the Friday night sparring players. Yet rated but Fauzi has the strength of 1400 to 1500 player which is about 200 to 300 higher that GiLoCatur. Before the game, we provoked each other and made our chess match a personal battle.

Fauzi 1, GiLoCatur 0

Each of us was concentrating and focussing on our game to outwit each other. We fought hard against each other to avoid the humiliation and torture after the defeat. What is the final outcome? GiLoCatur lacked a tempo to checkmate Fauzi. He outsmarted GiLoCatur with a trap using a Queen and a rook. For sure, our personal battle and chess encounter will not stop here. We will battle again in other chess tournament. Come to visit this blog regularly for our next encounter.

The champion of the tournament is Syakir Shazmeer who won 6 and drew one to accumulate 6.5/7 points. For the final standings, go this link. About 74 players participated which include adults and juniors. Several district chess players whom will participate in the Selangor MSS chess championship in Sabak Bernam next week also took the opportunity to have a warm up session by entering the tourney including two of GiLoCatur's beloved children.

Please come back later for the photos of the tournament.

What A Hectic Week for GiLoCatur

This week is a very hectic one for GiLoCatur. All three of GiLoCatur's children participate in the district scholastic chess tournament called MSSD. Luckily, all of them are in one district which is PETALING PERDANA. For information, Selangor has 10 districts based on PPD which is the District Education Office.

Especially yesterday which was also GiLoCatur's birthday, GiLoCatur had to juggle between work and family matters. Furthermore, few relatives from Sumatera including an aunty are coming to visit us in Malaysia. Therefore, the birthday celebration within the family is put on hold.

The eldest son had participated in the secondary school. Alhamdulillah, he managed to win the silver medal or second place in the Under 15 Boys category. He will represent the district in the state level championship next week in Sungai Besar in Sabak Bernam district the home town of both GiLoCatur and wife.

Today is the important day for the other GiLoCatur's two kids - Anis and Fahim. The former has accumulated 5 points in the Under 12 Girls category while his younger brother has 2.5 points. Surely, as a parent, GiLoCatur is very nervous and concern about them participating in the tournament.

To those who want to get the latest updates on MSSD Petaling Perdana, please go to http://mssm2010.blogspot.com/, a dedicated blog for MSSM Chess Championship.

(Scholastic) MSS Chess Tourneys

Tomorrow will be an important day for secondary school chess players of PPD Petaling Perdana including GiLoCatur's eldest son, Fikri. The two-day chess tournament will be held at Sekolah Menengah Seksyen 2 Shah Alam. GiLoCatur will try to write about the tournament and provide latest updates if possible. Please check at http://mssm2010.blogspot.com/.

In Kota Bharu, its MSSD chess tournament had ended today. The tournament was also held for two days. For the latest update, please visit and check Badbishop's chess blog.

KL Open - Some Statistics

Come this April 7, the Malaysian chess community has the opportunity to see several foreign Grandmasters battle on chess boards in our soil. About twenty (20) Malaysian chess players will get the chance to play among the titled players.

How many titled players will participate? As of 1st April, 62 titled players including 12 GMs, 4 WGMs, 20 IMs and 3 WIMs are among the players list. Malaysia has 5 titled players participating. Only three countries are represented by more than 20 players - India and Indonesia are the other two besides the host country, Malaysia.

IM Mok will lead the Malaysian players. He is the only one who are among the 2400s Elo ratings. FM Nicholas Chan is not far behind. Out of 20, only four is yet FIDE-rated. GiLoCatur hopes all the four will get the FIDE-ratings in this tournament. Among the list, there are Azman Hisham siblings and Lee brothers. Only two women, actually young ladies among the Malaysian group. GiLoCatur notices that it is about equal for both seniors and juniors.

GiLoCatur hopes all our players have made enough preparation both physically and mentally. Be confident, brave and strong especially to debutants and juniors in facing strong opponents. Surely, precious experience and exposure will be gained in the tournament.

BEST OF LUCK! SELAMAT BERJUANG & BERJAYA!

MCF-Sanctioned Events

Kepada semua pemain-pemain catur Malaysia.

Jika anda mengambil berat dan mengambil kira tentang chess tournaments yang bertaraf rated samada MCF national-sanctioned atau FIDE-rated, sila semak status setakat 30 Mac di link ini. Rating merupakan ukuran prestasi seorang pemain catur. Justeru itu, amat penting sekali ia diberi perhatian sewajarnya. Jika sebelum ini ramai yang kecewa kerana tournament yang disertai ingatkan rated, tetapi tidak rupanya. Diharap selepas ini, kekecewaan-kekecewaan sebegini dapat dihindarkan dengan menyemak status sesuatu kejohanan atau pertandingan catur dengan MCF.

Kepada yang masih samar-samar tentang apa itu rating dan bagaimana pengiraannya dilakukan, sila baca dan study link berikut - http://www.chesselo.com/

Dan jika anda ingin tahu agak-agak berapa rating anda sepatutnya, bolehlah mencuba di laman ini. Nak tahu berapa estimated rating GiLoCatur? Jawapannya adalah 1475.

Masih jauh lagi kembara catur GiLoCatur sebenarmya. MCF-rating terbaru GiLoCatur ada sedikit peningkatan sebanyak 61 point iaitu dari 1172 bagi Bulan Januari kepada 1233. Misi GiLoCatur bagi tahun ini ialah untuk mencecah rating 1300. Ini bermakna, GiLoCatur memerlukan 67 point lagi. Adakah GiLoCatur akan berjaya? Kita tunggu dan lihat di hujung tahun 2010 nanti.

Today is 1 APRIL

Today is 1st APRIL. Everyone knows that right? So, why GiLoCatur wants to talk about it? It is the first day of this month. For GiLoCatur, the month of April is very special. Because it is in this month that GiLoCatur was born 42 years ago. In a street called "Jalan Sultan", in a village called "Sungai Tengar", in a district named Sabak Bernam which is situated in the northern part of Selangor.

Besides that the date is also very famous as "The APRIL FOOL". GiLoCatur believes many know about it. Even some will do hoaxes and prank acts to their friends and family. Many events occurred on 1st April. Do you know that Google officially launched GMAIL to the public on this date six years ago? Check out this link if you want to know what else happened and occurred on 1st April.

By the way, GiLoCatur surely will be full in APRIL,

The kids will participate in the MSS chess tournament held in this month. Both Anis and her younger brother, Fahim, will be playing in the primary school section at SK Seksyen 9 on 7th and 8th. While their elder brother, Fikri, will begin his MSS quest on next Monday, the 5th day. He will battle on the chess board for two days. On Sunday before, his school will hold a sports event, if not mistaken, at the Matsushita Stadium.

Then, if they manage to represent Petaling Perdana in the state-level championship, they will be in Sabak Bernam between 13th and 15th. Last year both Fikri and Anis played in the MSS Negeri Selangor chess championship in Sepang.

What else? There will be back-to-back chess tournaments in Shah Alam. Next week on Saturday (10th), UiTM will organize a chess rapid tourney at its Melati College. Then, on the following Sunday (18th) a chess tournament will be held in Section 31. The tournament is known as "Pertandingan Piala Catur MPP Zon Selatan Shah Alam".

In this month also an international-standard chess tournament will be held in this country where few super GMs like Hou Yifan and Mchedlishvili Mikheil will participate. The 9-round tournament is known as The KL Open (3rd edition). The first round of the tournament will be played exactly on GiLoCatur's birthday.

Immediately after the tournament, another international-standard tourney might be held. The tournament will include only titled players of both sexes - GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. It would be another week of high quality chess.

SO, SELAMAT DATANG BULAN APRIL! or welcome the month of APRIL.

Segamat Chess Grand Prix - The 2nd Leg

Just to remind about the 2nd leg of Segamat Chess Grand Prix this weekend.

Check the list of players registered here.

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka UiTM - 10 APRIL, Sabtu

GiLoCatur just received an email about half hour ago about a chess tournament held by UiTM Shah Alam. Below are the details:

Event : UiTM Chess Open

Date : 10 April 2010, Saturday

Venue : Seminar Hall, MELATI College, UiTM Shah Alam

Time : 8.00am - 6.00pm

Format : G/25 SWISS 7 Rounds (25 minute time control per player)

Fees : RM 25.00 (Open category BELOW 1600 Elo rating), RM 15.00 (UiTM students & school children)

(GiLoCatur : So, as what GiLoCatur understands for other U students the fee shall be RM 25.00.)

Important :

• Limited to first 120 participants.
• For Open category - ELO rating must be below 1600 EXCEPTION for UiTM students, staffs and alumni as well school children
• Closing date for form submission before 9 APRIL 2010
• Lunch NOT provided

The Schedule:

The Prizes:

For further details and registration form :

• midahr657@salam.uitm.edu.my or bakar585@salam.uitm.edu.my
• 019.363.2177 (Pn Hamidah) or 019.374.7868 (Pn Suhada)
• Fax no. 03-5543 5625

A Message from En Hamid Regarding The Klang Parade Tourney

For further inquiry and details:

Klang Parade: Tel. 03-33437889, Fax. 03-33437313 ( Siti Nor Faiza )

Hamid 019 315 8098

Below is the email message from Encik Hamid regarding The Klang Parade Chess Championship, this weekend.

The Klang Parade Chess Championship starts as follows:

Prize Fund of RM 1,500 + trophies + hampers

Saturday, 3rd April 2010

The Age Group Events as follows:

The U-12 Chess Championship

The U-18 Chess Championship

Limited to only first 100 partcipants due to space constraints.

Sunday, 4th April 2010

The Klang Parade Open Chess Championship

All who which to participate need to be there before 9 am