A Promo Chess Tourney at Jax Tham's Chess Center

You don't know what to do this weekend especially on Sunday?

And you love playing chess?

Here is a proposal for you - JAX THAM invites you to his chess center to have few rounds of chess. It is free of charge. Check out his message below and the map if you never been to his chess center yet.

THERE WILL BE A PROMOTIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT HELD IN EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY ON 25th OF JULY 2010 (SUNDAY). OVER FIVE ROUNDS OF 20 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECONDS INCREMENTAL TIME. PLEASE REGISTER LATEST BY SATURDAY THROUGH SMS OR EMAIL. ALL PLAYERS WHO REGISTER MUST ARRIVE BY 9.30AM. NO FEES WILL BE COLLECTED. HOWEVER, LATE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE CHARGE RM 10.00. SO BE PUNCTUAL.

HAJI RAPID (G/20) CHESS ( 10.20.30.) 2009

The ever productive Jax Tham is organizing another chess tournament during the Hari Raya Haji weekend. Every month he also organizes the FFCC tournament which stands for First Friday Classical (Standard) Chess. GiLoCatur strongly believes that his effort will help improve chess in Malaysia. Keep on going, Jax!

VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG JALAN KELANG LAMA. POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR.

DATES:

ROUND 1 : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 ( 9.30 am to 11.00 pm )

ROUND 2 : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 ( 11.15am to 12.45 am )

ROUND 3 : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 ( 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm )

ROUND 4 : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 ( 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm )

ROUND 5 : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 ( 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm )

ROUND 6 : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 ( 9.30 am to 11.00 am )

ROUND 7 : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 ( 11.15am to 12.45 am )

ROUND 8 : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 ( 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm )

ROUND 9 : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 ( 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm )

ROUND 10: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 ( 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm )

FORMAT : 10 ROUNDS OF 20 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT EACH MOVE

ENTRY FEE : RM 35.00 ( DISCOUNT GIVEN FOR MORE THAN ONE PLAYER. )

MAIN PRIZES :

1st PRIZE : RM 180.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

2nd PRIZE : RM 120.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

3rd PRIZE : RM 80.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

4th PRIZE : RM 60.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

5th PRIZE : RM 40.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

6th to 8th PRIZE : CRYSTAL TROPHY

SPECIAL PRIZES : ( MINIMUM 3 PLAYERS IN AGE-GROUP )

BEST UNDER- 16 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 14 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 12 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 10 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 8 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

REGISTRATION by HP SMS 013.323.2280 ( JAX ) OR EMAIL : jaxtham@hotmail.com

CLOSING DATE 27 NOVEMBER 2009 (FRIDAY )

ENTRY FORM :

NAME: __________________________________

TEL: _________________

D.O.B./ I.C.NO __________________

SCHOOL : ____________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS : ____________________________

(N.B.THIS EVENT WILL BE NATIONAL RATED. LODGING CAN BE ARRANGED)

Celebrating New Year's Eve by Playing Blitz

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

What chess ardents will do to celeberate a new year? They play chess blitz. 15 chess lovers were participating in a chess blitz (5 minute time control) tournament held at Jax Tham's chess center in OUG during 2009 new year's eve. GiLoCatur was there to see the blitz tournament which was played in round robin format. The 15 participants were Shamsudin Sabri, Faizal Andin, Kamaluddin Yusof, Nik Ahmad Farouqi, Tan Ken Wei, Lim Zhou Ren, Syazrin Abdul Rahman, Mohamed aka Max, Abdullah Che Hassan, Abd Shukor, Gregory Lau, FM Mok Tze-Meng, Ian Udani, Fikri Saleh (GiLoCatur's son) and Jax Tham himself.

The tournament started at around 9.15 pm and finished at around 12.15 am. Only Top 5 would receive the prizes. The winners were : 1st - Ian Udani, 2nd - Kamaluddin Yusof, 3rd - Mok Tze-Meng, 4th - Lim Zhou Ren, 5th - Abdullah Che Hassan. The players were having fun themselves by having jokes and laughters.

Jax Tham has promised that lots of chess tournaments will be held at his center in the future especially during the public holidays. It is a very good news for chess lovers to have a place where they can meet and play chess. There are lots of chess materials especially books in the center.