DATCC Blitz & Hari Raya Open House

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The Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Center will be hosting the Hari Raya Open House
Blitz Tournament as follows:

Date: Saturday 3 Oct 2009
Time: 12:30 - 7 pm followed by dinner (buffet) on the house.

9 (or 11 depending on entries) rounds Swiss followed by last eight knock out
or 21 rounds straight.

Winner (Champion) RM 400
Second RM 200
Third & Fourth (RM 100)
5th - 8th (RM 50)

Entry Fee RM 20.00, Open to all, and you are to be at the venue before 12.

Time Control 5mins+2seconds increment

Those who wish to bring along their Hari Raya cakes are welcome !!!

Lets get together for Hari Raya !!!!!!!!

JOHOR CLOSED 2009

Venue: Bilik Seminar, Kolej Tun Hussein Onn, L 01,  UTM, Johor.

Date : 3 & 4 October (Saturday & Sunday)

Time: 2.00pm - 6.30pm Saturday, 9.00am - 6.30pm Sunday

Organizer : Johor Chess Association


Playing Schedule

3/10/2009

Round 1 : 2.00pm-4.00pm

Round 2 : 4.15pm-6.15pm


4/10/2009

Round 3 : 9.00am-11.00am

Round 4 : 11.15am-1.15am

Round 5 : 2.00pm-4.00pm

Round 6 : 4.15pm-6.15pm

    

Prizes                                

Open Category

1st : RM200

2nd : RM150

3rd : RM100

4th : RM80

5th : RM50

6th - 8th : RM40

Best Categories

• Best Veteran : RM50

• Best Lady : RM50

• Best Junior: RM50

Contact Person : Leong Mun Wan  016-7419960

Rule & Regulation

1. Base on Fide Law
2. Time control : 1 hour perside
3. Notation : compulsary (last 5 minutes no need for recording)
4. The winner will be select go to Sarawak team championship on December ( National closed 2010 may will be select base on this event also)
5. Non-Johorean can taking part but only can win the prize, no in representation.
6. limited to 60 players only. 

Jax Tham's Hari Raya Classical Chess Final Results

Ranking and Games after round 6 of HCC09

No.  PNo.  Name           R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6       Score

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1. 2  JAX THAM            6b1   5w1   1b1/2   7w1   8b1   3w1       5.5

2. 1  ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN15w1   8b1   2w1/2   4b1   5w1   6b1/2       5.0

3. 6  ROSHAN AJEET SINGH  2w0  10b1  14w1   3b1   4w1   1w1/2       4.5

4. 5  JOSHUA FOONG       17w1   2b0  11w1  13b1   1b0   7w1       4.0

5. 11 ANDREW SOONG        4w0  17b1   5b0  12w1  16w1  10b1       4.0

6. 13 TIN JUN HAO B-12   22b1   3w1   7b0   5w0   9b1   8w1       4.0

7. 4  CHONG KWAI KUN     11b1   7w1/2   9b1   1w0   6b0  20w1       3.5

8. 3  MARK SIEW          16w1  13b0  21b1   6w0  17w1   2b0       3.0

9. 7  CHONG YAN MENG B-1418w1   4b1/2  13w1   2b0  10w1/2   5b0       3.0

10.8  GABRIEL SOONG      19b1   1w0  12b1  21w1   2w0  13b0       3.0

11.9  KUNG KAH HENG      20w1/2  14b1   4w0  16b1/2  13w0  19b1       3.0

12.10 LEE ZHI WEI B-10   21b1/2   6w0  19b1  22w1   7b1/2  11w0       3.0

13.14 THAM CHEE LEONG    12b1   9w0   6b0  19w1  20b0  21w1       3.0

14.16 ETHAN WONG          3b0  22w1/2  15b1   9w1/2  11b0  18b1       3.0

15.17 KUNG SOON HENG      5b0  11w0  18b1  15w1   3b0  12w1       3.0

16.20 VINTON WONG         9b1/2  21w0  22b0  18w1  14w1   4b0       2.5

17.21 ENG MAY KEI        10w1/2  20b1   3w0   8b0  22w1  14b0       2.5

18.12 MAX WONG           14w0  18b1   8w0  11b0  19w1  17b0       2.0

19.22 ROSHEN SUBRAMANIAM 13w0  16b1/2  20w1  10b0  21b0  15w1/2       2.0

20.15 SEAN HSHI-LOONG     1b0  19w0  16w0  17b0  18w1  22b1/2       1.5

21.19 SOOI CHING WEI      8w0  15b1  10w0  14b0  12b0   9w0       1.0

22.18 LEE ZHI YAN         7b0  12w0  17w0  20b0  15b0  16w0       0.0

Ranking after round 6 of HCC09

No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We

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  1.    2  JAX THAM                    5.5  22.5  20.00  19.0  1755 1951 +0.94

  2.    1  ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN         5.0  22.0  17.00  18.5  1892 1756 -0.52

  3.    6  ROSHAN(T) AJEET SINGH       4.5  23.0  15.00  14.5  1492 1763 +2.16

  4.    5  JOSHUA FOONG                4.0  24.5  14.00  14.0  1543 1582 +0.28

       11  ANDREW(F) SOONG             4.0  18.5  11.00  11.0  1277 1470 +1.54

       13  TIN(T) JUN HAO              4.0  18.0  11.00  14.0  1273 1514 +1.60

  7.    4  CHONG KWAI KUN              3.5  22.0  11.00  13.5  1569 1446 -0.94

  8.    3  MARK(S) SIEW                3.0  22.5   8.50  12.0  1692 1309 -2.30

        7  CHONG(F) YAN MENG           3.0  20.0   7.25  13.5  1359 1431 +0.60

        8  GABRIEL(F) SOONG            3.0  20.0   5.50  13.0  1319 1376 +0.35

        9  KUNG(T) KAH HENG            3.0  17.0   6.75  10.5  1299 1220 -0.66

       10  LEE(X) ZHI WEI              3.0  17.0   5.75  11.0  1291 1205 -0.50

       14  THAM(S) CHEE LEONG          3.0  15.5   5.50  10.0  1220 1153 -0.45

       16  ETHAN(X) WONG               3.0  13.5   4.00   9.0  1203 1328 +0.85

       17  KUNG (F) SOON HENG          3.0  14.5   3.50   8.0  1184 1360 +1.38

 16.   20  VINTON(F) WONG              2.5  14.0   4.50   8.0  1014 1405 +1.90

       21  ENG(F) MAY KEI              2.5  16.5   6.00  10.0  0000 1158  1158

 18.   12  MAX(E) WONG                 2.0  14.0   1.00   7.0  1277 1074 -1.66

       22  ROSHEN(F) SUBRAMANIAM       2.0  16.5   4.75   7.0  0000 1128  1128

 20.   15  SEAN(X) HSHI-LOONG COMBEN   1.5  14.0   1.00   2.5  1219 1055 -1.00

 21.   19  SOOI(X) CHING WEI           1.0  15.5   1.50   5.0  1041  998 -0.26

 22.   18  LEE(E) ZHI YAN              0.0  15.0   0.00   0.0  1153  532 -2.52

    

Twenty two (22) chess players had participated in the just concluded Hari Raya Classical Chess tournament organized by Jax Tham. It is a very commendable effort by the organizer for such tournament since classical chess tournaments are very rare in Malaysia. The six rounds tournament just ended today and Jax Tham himself, ranked second to Abdullah Che Hassan won the tournament by winning 5 games and drew with Abdullah in the third round. The latter just managed to score 5 points because he drew his final round againts U12 Selangor state player, Roshan Singh.

Seeded sixth with national rating of 1492, Roshan, edged other higher rank players such as Perakian Mark Siew (1692) and Chong Kwai Kun (1569). Eventhough Roshan lost to the eventual champion in the first round, he defeated both of them in the fourth and fifth round respectively. What an achievement for the young and talented Roshan in this tournament.

With 4 points, both Joshua Foong and Andrew Soong, were placed fourth and fifth respectively. While the former lost to the top two seeds, the latter was defeated by the fourth and fifth seed.

       

SALAM HARI LEBARAN DARI GILOCATUR

(foto background dari http://jyn13th.blogspot.com)

BERSEMPENA DENGAN KEDATANGAN SYAWAL BEBERAPA HARI LAGI, GILOCATUR INGIN MENGUCAPKAN SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI LEBARAN ATAU EIDUL FITRI BAGI TAHUN 2009 INI KEPADA SEMUA MUSLIMIN DAN MUSLIMAT TERUTAMANYA PEMAIN-PEMAIN DAN PEMINAT-PEMINAT CATUR. SEMOGA BERBAHAGIA DAN BERGEMBIRA DALAM RAHMAT DAN REDHA ALLAH SWT.

PANDULAH DENGAN SELAMAT. INGAT ORANG TERSAYANG. INSYA ALLAH, KITA BERSUA DI PERTANDINGAN-PERTANDINGAN CATUR SELEPAS HARI RAYA.

GiLoCatur dan keluarga akan pulang ke kampung esok pagi selepas subuh. Sejam yang lalu, GiLoCatur telah selesai membereskan segala urusan dan keperluan kucing-kucing GiLoCatur sekeluarga. Begitulah kebiasaan GiLoCatur bila pulang ke kampung atau bermalam di luar kawasan.   Kami ada 12 ekor kucing Siam jenis soaked. Comel, siibu kucing, ada 8 ekor anak dari 3 generasi (batch). Brownie dan BB dari generasi kedua. Dua adik-beradik mereka telah mati. 3 ekor anak Comel dari generasi pertama semuanya mati sewaktu masih kecil. Comel, Brownie dan BB tidak dikurung di dalam kandang. Ini kerana kandang akan terlalu sesak. Tambahan pula Brownie dan BB tidak boleh berdekatan kerana mereka akan bergaduh. Mungkin disebabkan mereka telah menjadi kucing jantan dewasa. Tetapi GiLocatur sekeluarga tidak risau kerana mereka tahu untuk pulang ke rumah. Apa yang perlu GiLoCatur lakukan ialah dengan menyediakan makanan mereka di luar dan belakang rumah. 

Labu, Putih dan Manja dari generasi ketiga.  Labu dan Putih dikurung di dalam kandang bersama 3 ekor adik-adik mereka, Binky, Dinky dan Blackie atau GiLoCatur suka panggil Hitam sahaja. Manja, satu-satunya kucing betina selain ibunya, Comel, terpaksa ditinggalkan di dalam rumah. Ini dalah kerana Manja baharu sahaja beberapa hari yang lalu melahirkan 3 lagi anak kucing.  (GiLoCatur belum pasti apa jantina baby-baby kucing tersebut). 

Petang tadi, GiLoCatur sekeluarga berbuka di luar iaitu di BOB's Restoran di Seksyen 18. Kami terpaksa berbuka di luar kerana tidak sempat berbuka di rumah setelah mengambil Fikri dari asrama. Dalam bulan Ramadhan ini, GiLoCatur amat jarang berbuka di luar semenjak beberapa tahun yang lalu kerana lebih selesa berbuka di rumah. GiLoCatur hanya berbuka di luar sebanyak 3 kali sahaja termasuk petang tadi. Malam tadi GiLoCatur berbuka di sebuah hotel di Subang Jaya. Sebelum ini GiLoCatur  berbuka bersama keluarga juga di Seksyen 18 sewaktu mengambil Fikri dari asrama. Petang tadi pengalaman kami berbuka agak mengujakan kerana hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Kami terkena tempias hujan. 

Setelah berbuka kami bergegas ke kompleks PKNS. Setelah menunaikan solat maghrib di surau, kami berjalan-jalan dan window shopping. Nasib baik orang tidak terlalu ramai. Tidak banyak yang dibeli. GiLoCatur hanya beli kuih bahulu gulung dan sedikit dodol. 

*** That's all folks! GiLoCatur really needs to go to bed now since have to drive back to hometown very early tomorrow morning. ***.

Chess Lesson from the Chess Queen, Susan Polgar

Surfing the internet, looking for interesting info, GiLoCatur found some from Susan Polgar's famous chess blog http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/.

her advise on playing good chess to the children

"to first get the knights and bishops out to control the center of the board, to not move the same pieces twice in the beginning, and to put the king in a safety position."

Susan strongly believes that,

a) "Chess inspires logical thinking and decision-making"

b) "Every move is a change in circumstances like in real life. To have young people see changes is an important skill."

c) ... and if chess were used more in schools, society would be better educated.

Is 09.09.09 special to you?

The date today is

09.09.09

and it will be more unique at

09:09 am / pm

As of 09.09.09, this blog has passed 18,000 mark.

GiLoCatur just wanna capture and record the moment of the unique date!

KLCA Open 2009 - Final Day

Final Round 9 Results

Among the top four boards, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truon Son of Vietnam, GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia and GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan won their respective games. On the third board IM Richard Bitoon of Phillipines and IM Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan drew. Therefore, GM Nguyen Son is the champion of the KL Open Chess Championship for this year's edition. If you notice all the top five winners are GMs and have 2500+ rating. What GiLoCatur can conclude that there is a difference between strong (masters) chess players in a tournament with other average and normal chess players. Average chess players especially to young Malaysian chess players should learn and emulate strong and master players.

Tahniah or congratulation to GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 5 (R8 Results and R9 Pairing)

Round 8 Results

Indonesian FM, Syarif Mahmud could not manage to stop GM Nguyen Son to lead the pack with half point. On the other hand, the Uzbek champion, FM Pak, succeeded to earn half point by drawing with higher-rated GM Dao from Vietnam. Such result surely make GM Marat and GM Susanto happy when they managed to win their respective games on the third and fourth board. GM Marat defeated Singaporean FM Chan while GM Susanto beat his fellow countryman, IM Irwanto.

In the Malaysian camp, Edward Lee, Najib Abdul Wahab and Abdul Haq Mohamed had sterling performances againts their respective opponents. Edward won againts an IM with 2284 FIDE rating, nearly 200 higher than him. Najib managed to defeat a 1900-rated Biswajit Bharadwaj while Abdul Haq won againts rated countryman, Jianwen.

In a battle of puteri catur between Malaysian and Indonesia, NWM Tan Li Ting could not manage to win againts one of the Indonesian Dream Girls quartet, WFM Dewi AA Citra. Whereas Ismail Ahmad drew with MCF's vice president, Haslindah.

Round 9 Pairing

In the final round just began about half hour ago, it is back to the top four seeds. Leading the pack, GM Ngyuen Son plays white againts GM Marat Dzhumaev, the third seed on the first board. Having 6/8, both the second seed GM Dao Thien Hai (white) and the fourth seed GM Susanto Megaranto (black) will battle on the second board. GiLoCatur strongly believe the champion will be among these four GMs.

As for the Malaysians:

Edward Lee, the highest scorer with 4.5/8, will meet againts Ian Udani. An interesting battle also. This followed by two unrated players, Abdul Haq and Najib who have scored 4/8 points so far. Let's see whether they have much energy left to conquer 2000+ and 2100+ rated players. With 3/8 points, Jianwen should try to win his game againts 1900+ rated player to make sure he imroves his FIDE rating. The other three have 2.5/8 points. Ismail Ahmad will face one of the Indonesian Dream Girls, WCM Monica. Haslindah will play black againts Oentoro Djoni while Tan Li Ting will play againts a Chinese Taipeh chess player, Chen I-Chen.

GOOD LUCK to all!

GOOD LUCK for UPSR Exam

GiLoCatur would like to wish GOOD LUCK to all Year 6 pupils who will be sitting UPSR examination in less than 10 hours from now especially to the chess players that GiLoCatur know.

WCM NUR NABILA

MOHD IRFAN HAQQIM

FAIRUZ HAMIZAH

ROSHAN SINGH

ISKANDAR DANIAL

SKBJ CHESS PLAYERS;

AMINUR NIRZA

MOHD IRFAN RENDRAWAN

MOHD ISHRAF

AFFAN AMRISH

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 4 (R7 Results and R8 Pairing)

Round 7 Results

All the games on the top three boards drew. It means that the two leaders from Vietnam are just half point in front of six (6) players with 5/7 points. So, the tournament is still open whereby anyone of the eight players have the chance to be the champion.

As for the Malaysian players, their respective opponents are too strong for both Edward Lee and Jianwen. Edward was defeated by a pinoy IM, Richard Bitoon, while Jianwen had to bow to Singaporean CM Neubronner. The same goes to Li Ting where she had to accept her defeat to a Sri Lankan chess player.

But it was a sweet victory for Abdul Haq and Haslindah. The unrated Abdul Haq won againts 1947-rated opponent while Haslindah defeated her higher-rated lady opponent. Whereas the unrated Najib managed to win againts experienced countryman, Ismail Ahmad.

Round 8 Pairing

Tomorrow morning session will be interesting especially on the top four boards. Because the champion for this tournament will come from these boards. Can both FM Syarif Mahmud and FM Pak Yevgeniy stop the two leaders from Vietnam? Or would it be GM Marat and GM Susanto take the lead? Or perhaps IM Irwanto and FM Daniel Chan will be in the limelight? GiLoCatur is eager to know and can not wait the results of the tomorrow's morning session games.

As for most of the Malaysian players still can achieve something. Three unrated players - an arbiter (Najib), a NWM (Li Ting) and Abdul Haq, will get FIDE ratings. Li Ting have played 7 rated players so far and will meet another rated player tomorrow morning. She has scored 2 and 1/2 points with tournament rating of 1941. As what GiLoCatur understands, Li Ting would earn a FIDE rating in this tournament. Checking at FIDE website, she had 3 games so far with one win while playing the AmBank Challenge last year.

As for both Abdul Haq and Najib, they both have played againts six (6) rated players and scored 2 and 1/2 points. They might be not earning the FIDE rating yet in this tournament since not played nine (9) rated players. The most would be only eight because they meet each other in Round 6.

As for both Edward Lee and Jianwen, after Round 7, their rating performance in this tournament is higher that their respective current FIDE rating. They need to maintain such performance until the last round so that their FIDE rating can increase. It would be an achievement for these young lads in pursuing their chess ambition.

GOOD LUCK!