KL Chess Rapid Festival

For those junior chess players in the Klang Valley, during the one week school break starting this weekend just participate in the below chess tourney and activity to kill your free time.

KL CHESS RAPID FESTIVAL

Date : 13 (Sat) & 14 (Sun) March 2010

Venue : Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan Cochrane, KL

A chess simul by CM Collin Madhavan on Saturday, 13 March 2010

For further details and info, contact the following:

En Suhairi Hussin: 012 – 3631591 (suhairihussin@yahoo.com)

En Azwan Bin Abdul Rahman: 019 – 2788471 (wan_8963@yahoo.com)

OR

go to below links to download the form.

http://mssmkl.blogspot.com/2010/02/msswp-kl-chess-festival.html

The Simul Match - http://www.kids4chess.com/KL Chess Festival Rapid 2010.doc

The Chess Rapid Tourney - http://www.kids4chess.com/KL Chess Festival Rapid 2010.doc

FRIDAY NIGHT CHESS SPARRING

THIS WEEK FRIDAY NIGHT CHESS SPARRING WILL BE HELD AT MCDONALDS SECTION 13, SHAH ALAM NEAR SHAH ALAM STADIUM STARTING AT 9.00PM. SO, FOR ALL "GILOCATUR"s COME JOIN THE SESSION ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE STONEMASTER AMATEUR NEXT WEEK AS A WARM UP AND TRAINING SESSION.

Zullghafari (hp: 017 715 4055)

AND A CHESS SPARRING AT MELAKA WILL BE HELD ON THIS SATURDAY, 13TH MARCH. ACCORDING TO ZULL (above picture), THE SPARRING WILL START FROM 10.00 AM UNTIL 3.00PM. THE VENUE WILL BE AT MCDONALDS MELAKA MALL, LOCATED IN FRONT OF OLD AEON JUSCO. SO, ALL MALLACAN CHESS FOLKS AND THE NEARBY AREAS, ARE INVITED TO COME AND JOIN.

World University Chess Championship

5 - 11 SEP 2010

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

90 minutes (40 moves) + 30 secs

Satu pertandingan catur yang diberi nama Kejohanan Catur Universiti Sedunia akan berlansung di Zurich pada 5 - 11 September 2010. Jika dah namanya Universiti, hanya peserta-peserta yang bergelar mahasiswa dan mahasiswi yang layak menyertai pertandingan tersebut. GiLoCatur berpendapat sudah sewajarnya mahasiswa mahasiswi negara kita mengambil peluang untuk menyertai pertandingan 9 pusingan ini. Banyak faedah-faedah yang boleh didapati dengan menyertai kejohanan tersebut. Malaysia boleh menghantar peserta-peserta berdasarkan keputusan catur MASUM yang lalu. Sebenarnya, GiLoCatur tidak tahu samada Malaysia akan menghantar wakil ke pertandingan tersebut. Jika ada baguslah, jika tiada sewajarnya komuniti catur di negara ini memikirkan tentang development catur di kalangan intelektual-intelektual generasi muda kita.

Untuk maklumat lanjut dan borang penyertaan, sila ke laman ini atau facebook.

the Scholastic NAG - Part 2 (2009 Top 3 Winners)

Below are the results of the Top 3 Winners for NAG 2009 held at OUG Shopping Complex for last year edition.

U8B (37 participants)

Champion - Wong Yinn Long (6/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri (6/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Teh De Juan (6/7 points)

U8G (18 participants)

Champion - Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar (6/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Teh De Zen (6/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Teh Ming Min (5.5/7 points)

U10B (75 participants)

Champion - Yeoh Li Tian (7/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Muhd Sirajuddin Munawwir (6/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Mohd Aziz Farhan Noor Akbar (6/7 points)

U10G (27 participants)

Champion - WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (6/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Puteri Rifqah Fahada (5.5/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan (5/7 points)

U12B (90 participants)

Champion - Tan Wei Hao (6.5/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Lim Winsen (6/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Derek Poon Guo Liong (6/7 points)

U12G (36 participants)

Champion - WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (6/7 points)

1st Runner Up - NWM Tan Li Ting (5.5/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Camilia Johari (5.5/7 points)

U14B (79 participants)

Champion - Yeap Eng Chiam (7/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Wong Jianwen (5.5/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Tan Jun Feng (5.5/7 points)

U14G (35 participants)

Champion - Amira Syahmina Zullkafli (6/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Hoh Tjin Li (6/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Laila Husna Sahadi (5/7 points)

U16B (54 participants)

Champion - NM Evan Timothy Capel (6/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Sumant Subramaniam (6/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Muhd Izz Saifuddin (6/7 points)

U16G (15 participants)

Champion - NWM Alia Anin Azwa (7/7 points)

1st Runner Up - Latifah Kaiyisah Latib (5/7 points)

2nd Runner Up - Teh Kai Wen (4.5/7 points)

the Scholastic NAG 2010 - Part 1

Come to next weekend 13 & 14 March, Malaysian junior chess players will be in the battle among their respective age group peers in "Pulau Pinang" or Penang. The name of the tournament is the National Age Group or simply NAG 2010. Unlike the previous two editions, for this year edition one of the national-level scholastics chess tournament will be held outside the Klang Valley. NAG 2008 was held at the OCM Indoor Sports Arena while NAG 2009 was held at a shopping complex named OUG Pearl Point. GiLoCatur started to know and be involved in the NAG of the two editions.

Since the six age groups tournament is about in a week to kick off, GiLoCatur will try to write about it as much as possible. Even SUKMA 2010, a national-level sports event, to be held in Melaka does not get much publicity and attention from the media in this country what to expect for the event where CHESS IS NOT A "TERAS" AND POPULAR SPORT in this country. Many even do not agree that chess is actually a sport discipline like football, hockey and badminton. Thus, GiLoCatur as a chess parent and enthusiast will try as best possible to promote this event.

For this entry, GiLoCatur would like to share with all about the participant list as registered online via Tan Eu Hong website as of today.

Under 8

Boys

1. JAGATHEES A/L GUNA BALAN
2. muhammad zarif aiman bin muhammad
3. MUHAMMAD FAQIH BIN AMINUDDIN
4. FAHIM AL-FAQEH BIN SALEH
5. Bryan Lee Ewe Chuen
6. Deaberniswarar Sharmaa a/l Ravindran
7. AHMAD AIMAN BIN SAHADI
8. LIM RUI YI
9. Tin Shan Wen
10. Wong Yinn Long
11. Muhammad Ilham Qayyum bin Muhammad Najib
12. yeoh ern
13. Teh De Yong
14. Tan Jun Ying
15. Ng Shi Yang
16. Prashanth Ramasamy
17. Lim Zee Ern

Girls

1. ZAINOOR IKMAL MAISARAH BINTI MOHAMAD NOOR
2. NUR FAIQAH BINTI AMINUDDIN
3. NUR ISLAMURNI BINTI HJ YAHAYA
4. NADIA SYAFIQAH MOHAMED HISHAM
5. KHAW KER SHEAN
6. Chua Jia-Tien
7. Goh Jie Yi
8. Tan Jia Xuan
9. Tan Jia Jin
10. Dhanya Ravindran

Under 10

Boys

1. Loo Hsien Rong Evan
2. ANAND LOW HONG REN
3. Kabir Singh
4. MEOR AIRIL RAHIMI BIN AYIB ROSDI
5. Ang Zhen Wei
6. Teoh Ern Sheng
7. Chong Ming Ee
8. JOSHUA CHONG ZHI XIN
9. Chuah Hao Min
10. Muhammad Najwan Azman Hisham
11. HAFIZ BIN MAZNAN
12. Teh De Juan
13. Benjamin Lee Kah Teng
14. Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari
15. Kyle Lim Kai Wu
16. Ian Teh Eu Shien
17. Nicholas Tan Yi Quan
18. Lai Wei Xun
19. Yee Jian Yang
20. Chong Shao Zheng
21. Teh Qing Hong
22. Chee Yi Hun
23. Tan Yong Zhao
24. Ng Jen Sheng
25. Chin Kang Fu
26. Ryan Teoh Quan Sheng
27. AFIQ BIN MOHD. JAMIL
28. Amier Hamzah bin Mohd Zuhri
29. Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi
30. Aldric Goh Ze Kai

Girls

1. NUR FAQIHAH BINTI AMINUDDIN
2. PUTERI MUNAJJAH AZ-ZAHRAA BINTI AZHAR
3. PUTERI RIFQAH FAHADA BINTI AZHAR
4. Lee Wen Lynn
5. NITHYALAKSHMI Sivanesan
6. Cheah Wen Hui
7. Wong Yi Chee
8. NUR SABRINA MOHAMED HISHAM
9. KHAW KER LEE
10. Yeoh Wen
11. Teh De Zen
12. Chen Pei Han
13. Maisarrah Binti Noor Akbar

Under 12

Boys

1. MUHAMMAD NOOR AZAM BIN MOHAMAD NOOR
2. Shum Rui Yuan
3. Ooi Zhi Yang
4. MUHAMMAD NURIHSAN BIN HJ YAHAYA
5. MUHD HAFIDZUDDIN BIN JUNAIDI
6. Ahmad Zahir Bin Ahmad Zalizan
7. Ong Wei Bin
8. SUBRAMANIAM Sivanesan
9. MOHD. HARIES ABD.RAHMAN
10. LIM BING YI
11. LIM JUN YI
12. Lye Yi Hui
13. MEOR ADIB RUSYAIDI BIN AYIB ROSDI
14. Ang Zhen Yuan
15. Mohd.Syauqi Abd.Rahman
16. Viknesh Viajantheran
17. Chuah Hao Feng
18. MUHAMMAD HAFIZ MOHAMED HISHAM
19. KHAW CHOO KEAN
20. Muhammad Ihsan Syahiran bin Muhammad Najib
21. Ethan Wong Hsien Aun
22. Mohd. Faizal Roslan
23. FARIS BIN MAZNAN
24. Muhammad Sirajuddin Munawwir bin Ahmad Fuad
25. William Lee Kah Howe
26. Kevin Lim Kai Wen
27. Aron Teh Eu Wen
28. Tang Wei Kit
29. ARIF FARAE BIN MOHD SALIM
30. Dilwen Ding Tze How
31. Lee Zhi Wei
32. Ooi Yen Hoe
33. Lee Wei Zhe
34. Andre Cheong Kai Bin
35. Ivan Lim Wei Jiet
36. lorenz yong jun jie
37. Christopher Lim Chun Kit
38. IZZANUDDIN IRMAN BIN AMINUDDIN
39. Fong Wei Siang William
40. Chuah Wen Zhe Penang
41. Mong Juin Hwaye Penang
42. Kughan Ravindran
43. ARIF BIN MOHD. JAMIL
44. Mohamad Dinie Ajwad Bin Mohd Sabri
45. Loke Teik Leng
46. Tan Soon Wei
47. Muhammad Aziz Farhan
48. Mong Juin Hwaye Penang

Girls

1. Tan Jia Yun
2. ANIS FARIHA BT SALEH
3. KELLY LIM PEI YING
4. Ee Sun-xin
5. AINA NAJIHAH BINTI ABD MALIK
6. Chuah Yi Ning
7. NURULHANA SYUHADA BT MOHD SULKIFLY
8. Nur Najiha Azman Hisham
9. HISYAMIZA BT ISMAIL
10. Wong Zi Qi
11. NUR SABRINA ALIYA BT. ASMAN
12. Oo Zhi Ling
13. Camilia Johari
14. Puah Ee Liz

Under 14

Boys

1. Ooi Boon Hao
2. MUHAMMAD NURIMAN BIN HJ YAHAYA
3. FIKRI BIN SALEH
4. MUHD IRFAN HAQQIM BIN AZHAR
5. Lim Chuin Khai
6. CHUNG QI HUAN
7. Lim Winsen
8. Tharoun Sharma a/l Ravindran
9. Roshan Singh
10. Liew-Ashton
11. Jonathan Ho Wei En
12. Martin Lim Yen Khai
13. Lankesmetrra Ravindran
14. Teoh Ern Tek
15. Leow Yong Jie
16. AHMAD ADIB BIN GHAZALI
17. AHMAD ADIB BIN ABD MALIK
18. Li Zhi Yung
19. Derek Poon Guo Liong
20. Muhammad Irfan Rendrawan bin Muhammad Najib
21. Iskandar Danial Adam
22. Low Jun Keat
23. Vinton Wong Hsien Loong
24. NG YAO HAN
25. Elgin Lee Kah Meng
26. Lai Wei Herng
27. Chong Shao Hong
28. Wong Zi Hau
29. Chew Li Quan
30. Tan Lu Quan
31. Lim Xiang Jian
32. Gan Leong Sitt
33. Muhd Firdaus Afiq b. Asman
34. Chee Yik Han
35. Jason Teh Chee Ying
36. Tan Ri Hong
37. Chin Tian Fu
38. Mohamad Dashrul Azrai Bin Mohd Sabri
39. Daniel Iskandar Arif
40. Foong Yeong Jui

Girls

1. NURUL FARHANUM BT MD RAIS
2. NABILATUL NADIA BINTI JUNAIDI
3. LAILA HUSNA BT SAHADI
4. Nur Nabila Azman Hisham
5. Lai Wei Herng
6. Goh Xin Yen
7. Natasha Kavina Sundra Rajoo
8. Fairuz Hamizah binti Ahmad Fuad
9. Hoh Tjin Hui
10. Angel Lim Ann Jie
11. Tang Kar Khei
12. Siti Nurafiqah Bt Mohd Haslam
13. Lim Yen Xin
14. Lim Yu Ning
15. Chen Pei Xi

Under 16

Boys

1. Cheah Wen Chong
2. Keok Kai En
3. MUHAMMAD FARIS BIN AMINUDDIN
4. MUHAMMAD NURISLAM BIN HJ YAHAYA
5. Wong Hao
6. MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER BIN AZHAR
7. Jaggehn a/l Sivabalan
8. Mohd Zakwan Bin Ahmad Zalizan
9. Cheah Wen Jie
10. Cheah Wen Hou
11. Muhammad Zikri Mat Zaki
12. NIcholas Chong Ing Hooi
13. Yoon Wei Ho
14. MUHAMMAD FAREED BIN MOHAMED HISHAM
15. Wong Jianwen
16. Muhammad Nabil Azman Hisham
17. Low Jun Jian
18. NM Evan Timothy Capel
19. Teng Xiau Jeong
20. Joel Phan Choong Sheng
21. Lim Zee Han
22. Fong Yit San
23. Chen Pei Xian
24. Png Ren Chi
25. Mohamad Lukman Aidid bin Mohd Yusoff
26. Mohamad Darwis Bin Mohd Sabri

Girls

1. NUR FARIHAH BINTI AMINUDDIN
2. Winnie Hong Wee Ni
3. Vickie Hong Wee Ki
4. ADELE LAU CHUEY THENG
5. Hoh Tjin Li
6. ALIA ANIN AZWA BAKRI
7. Meera Kunathasan Chelliah
8. Teh Kai Wen
9. DIVEENA MALAIRAJA A/P KARUPPANAN
10. Izzati Aisyah Saifuddin
11. Lim Yu Chia
12. Oo Zhi Xin
13. Chean Sze Kher
14. Chin Oay Mun

Under 18

Boys

1. Tan Ken Wei
2. MUHD ARIFFUDDIN BIN JUNAIDI
3. AHMAD ZULHILMI BIN SAHADI
4. Mark Siew Kit-Tze
5. Ahmad Afiq Afyfy Bin Rosli
6. Lim Zhuo-Ren
7. Teh Wee Zhun
8. Tan Yik Shen
9. Andrian Lau Chee Onn
10. Fong Yit Ho
11. Fong Yip Siang
12. Muhammad Izz Saifuddin
13. Gavin Fong Wei Chern
14. Mohammad Izzat bin Abdul Rahim

Girls

1. Tan Huey Yean
2. Tan Huey Chie
3. Lau Hui Ting
4. Ong Choon Yong
5. Gayithri Kunathasan Chelliah
6. Leong Pui Yee
7. Lee Yan Xin
8. Su Wen Xin
9. Law Xin Ying
10. Lim Shuang Ying

Note : The above list only those registered online as of 6 March 2010 via the website. So, it may not include registration via fax.

MENJADI HARAPAN GILOCATUR AGAR PEMAIN2 CATUR DI SEKITAR PULAU PINANG, KEDAH DAN PERLIS AKAN BERAMAI-RAMAI TURUN MEMERIAHKAN NAG 2010. KEPADA PEMAIN2 CATUR MRSM MERBOK, MARI BERSAMA-SAMA TUNJUKKAN KEHEBATAN ANDA DI DEWAN SRI PINANG, GELANGGANG PERTANDINGAN CATUR SCHOLASTIC PERINGKAT KEBANGSAAN. APAKAH ANDA SEMUA TIDAK BERANI MENYAHUT CABARAN?

U8B - 16, U8G - 7

U10B - 21, U10G - 11

U12B - 36, U12G - 10

U14B - 32, U14G - 13

U16B - 20, U16G - 8

U18B - 9, U18G - 5

[GiLoCatur : Updated on 8 March, 12:33am ]

U8B - 17, U8G - 10

U10B - 30, U10G - 13

U12B - 48, U12G - 14

U14B - 40, U14G - 15

U16B - 26, U16G - 14

U18B - 14, U18G - 10

Total = 251

[GiLoCatur : Updated on 11 March, 12:33am ]

GiLoCatur understands the amount of money needs to spend to participate in the NAG tournament is not small especially for the participants come from outside Penang. GiLocatur has allocated and estimated about RM 1,000 for the expenditure for the trip. Therefore, only those parents who understand the ROI (Return of Investment) for letting, allowing and supporting their children to be involved in chess especially the scholastic that do not have cash prizes. It is simply, only gilocatur parents will do that.

GiLoCatur Is HAPPY Today

Why GiLoCatur is HAPPY today? Below are the reasons.

First

A weekly chess sparring kicked off today in Putrajaya. Eventhough, just few people came GiLoCatur strongly believes more and more chess players will join in the future. The important thing is just keep the weekly activity get going. To find out more details about the sparring, go to Hairulov's chess blog here.

Second

MCF has opened up by having "Meet the Parents Forum" that is scheduled to take place during the NAG in Penang this coming weekend. The forum is in conjunction with the national-level tourney for the Malaysian chess junior players. The forum is very important and crucial to the Malaysian chess community in order to progress and move forward. Among the topics and issues to be discussed are

• National ratings
• MCF Selection guideline
• Chess training and development for the youth
• Tournament rules
• Funding and sponsorship
• National selection

GiLoCatur is hoping many chess parents will take part actively in the forum and the findings and the feedbacks discussed and highlighted must be implemented and further action being taken. Go to the MCF's official chess blog here for more details.

Third

Reading the chess blog of Rizal Ahmad Kamal, lots could be learnt especially for the novice and beginner chess players. Quality blog postings like that are critical and needed to help our local chess development. Not many can write annotated chess games like that. Only few of them are capable of doing it. For GiLoCatur, the other best thing about Rizal's postings is some history and flashbacks of the Malaysian yesteryears chess. GiLoCatur even never heard some of the names of the chess players who left the chess scene as per mentioned by Rizal. GiLoCatur hopes Rizal will keep writing and posting quality entries like that along with other bloggers like IM Jimmy. And lastly, GiLoCatur would like to congratulate him for winning the Putrajaya Closed tourney.

Keputusan Poll Lokasi Pilhan NAG - as of today 9 Mac

Seperti yang tertera di atas, sehingga setakat ini seramai 30 orang telah menyertai poll tentang lokasi atau venue pilihan untuk Kejohanan Catur NAG. Kuala Lumpur mendahului senarai lokasi pilihan dengan mendapat 9 undian. Kemudian diikuti oleh Selangor dan surprisingly Johor di tempat ketiga dengan 5 undian.

Satu response yang agak bagus pada pandangan GiLoCatur. Ini menunjukkan bahawa pemain2, peminat2 dan ibubapa catur di negara ini perihatin. Mungkin sebahagian Malaysian chess community beranggapan bahawa poll ini tidak tepat dan sia-sia. Atau tidak menggambarkan "sampling" yang menyeluruh dan mencukupi.

Tetapi bagi GiLoCatur yang ada sedikit pengalaman dan knowledge tentang "survey", sekurang2nya ini merupakan satu permulaan to gauge on some critical and vital info on the Malaysian chess issues / pendapat among the "SMALL" Malaysian chess community. Info dan maklumat ini boleh membantu pihak yang bertanggungjawab membuat halatuju (direction) chess di bumi kita tercinta. GiLoCatur amat berharap fakta dan statistik menjadi landasan utama bagi sebarang keputusan penting yang melibatkan catur di negara ini.

Ada juga GiLoCatur mendengar komen dan feedback bahawa tidak guna bersuara atau memberi pandangan tentang permasalahan catur di Malaysia. Kerana ia umpama "mencurah air di daun keladi" atau "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri". Memang GiLoCatur masih "setahun jagung" dalam sukan catur berbanding mereka yang sudah berpuluh2 tahun dan telah berhadapan pelbagai "onak dan duri" samada sebagai pemain atau ibubapa yang ingin memajukan anak2 mereka ke peringkat tertinggi. Sehingga dikatakan ada sebahagian dari mereka yang mengundur diri dari dunia chess.

GiLoCatur akan cuba membuat observation dan research tentang hal-hal sebegini. Atau mungkin akan berhadapan nanti dengan apa yang mereka telah lalui dan hadapi. GiLoCatur akan cuba memberi pandangan dan pendapat "2 cent" berkaitan dunia catur terutamanya di Malaysia kerana ada hak berbuat demikian sebagai seorang warga masyarakat yang ingin memberi sumbangan kepada agama, negara dan bangsa.

DOAkan agar GiLoCatur mampu memberi buah fikiran dan sumbangan dalam memajukan SUKAN CATUR di negara ini, Kepada semua penggiat dan ahli komuniti catur, mari bersama2 GiLoCatur membawa chess Malaysia ke peringkat tertinggi sehingga kita mampu melahirkan Grandmaster dan mampu membawa MALAYSIA ke top ten.

GiLoCatur amat gembira dengan semangat "yakin boleh" Ng6 yang akan menyertai KL Open bersama-sama Grandmaster2 nanti. Semangat sebegini perlu dipupuk di kalangan semua pemain catur junior kita.

"Jika kau fikirkan kau boleh

Kau hampir boleh melakukan

Jika kau fikir ragu-ragu

usahamu tidak menentu

Engkau la apa engkau fikirkan

Terkandung dalam pemikiran

Jika kau fikir kau boleh

Kau boleh!!!"

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

CATUR MSSM 2010

GILOCATUR PASTI RAMAI YANG INGIN TAHU DI MANA EVENT CATUR BAGI MSSM TAHUN INI AKAN BERLANSUNG. NEGERI MANA YANG AKAN MENJADI TUAN RUMAH. DAN BILA IA AKAN DIADAKAN.

UNTUK MENDAPAT JAWAPANNYA, SILA KE LAMAN BLOG MSSM 2010.

Reviews On 11th Weekend MALAYSIAN Chess Tournaments

Malaysian chess community is blessed with five chess tourneys during the last 11th weekend. Unfortunately, one of them was cancelled due to lack of participants. But still the other four tourneys that include three grand prix managed to attract 482 chess players to participate. The one-day Perak grand prix or GP held on Sunday had the highest number of participants with 187 that required more than 90 chess boards. Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman showed his prowess by winning all his seven games to clinch the champion for the Open category. Go to this link if you want to know more details about the tournament.

The second top most number of participants is the Putrajaya Closed with 161 players in total for three categories. A strong chess player, Rizal Ahmad Kamal of Malaysian Royal Customs Department, won the Open section bagging the RM 500 cash reward. For more reports and details of result, please go to Hairulov's blog here and Sifu's blog here.

The Segamat GP that was held in a secondary school in Segamat, Johor had provided the chance and opportunity to many Johorean school children to participate in a chess tournament. 90 players entered the tournament in three categories. The highest number is Under 18 section with 47 participants. GiLoCatur believes with more aggressive promotion like approach the PPDs and schools in Segamat and Muar areas, more and more school children will participate. As posted in this blog here, Abdullah Che Hassan is the champion of the Open category edging other favourite and top players like Abg Bro or Kamaluddin Yusof.

Lastly, KL Grand Prix had 44 participants. Event though, it had the smallest number of participants, it also had quality players. Mohd Nabil Azman won the Open section after scoring 5.5/6 points in the absence of the first leg winner and a Malaysian chess prodigy, Yeoh Li Tian . Go to fireyrook's chess blog here to view further details and pictures of the tourney.

In short, having several chess tournaments at the same time do not necessarily affect the number of participants. The important thing is the tourney is at the right time and the right venue with proper, well-planned and aggressive promotion as well as impressive prizes. GiLoCatur believes with some little adjustments and attractive package, foreign and overseas chess players especially from the neighbouring ASEAN countries will participate in our chess tournaments.

KEEP IT GOING!

Click here to check on GiLoCatur's posting on all the chess tourneys that took place during the last 11th weekend.

Segamat GP Final Results

GiLoCatur received below email on the results of Segamat GP being held for two days during the recent weekend. The total number of participants for the event of three categories - U12 (27), U18 (47) and Open (16) is 90. Not bad for a tournament held in outside Klang Valley. Hopefully, more players will participate in the second leg. It is NOT impossible. Need to outreach and approach more schools and PPDs. Contact radio and news paper to promote the event. Maybe needs some investment in bunting or flyers at public places.

Assalamualaikum Dan Salam Sejahtera En. Saleh Latif

Bersama ini saya sertakan keputusan penuh Segamat Grand Prix 2010 Seri Kenangan untuk di muatkan kedalam Blog tuan. Saya ucapkan ribuan terima kasih atas segala usaha dan bantuan yg tuan berikan kepada pihak saya. Kerjasama yg tuan berikan amatlah saya hargai.

Sekian Terima Kasih.

Dzul

KEPUTUSAN PENUH "SEGAMAT GRAND PRIX CATUR 2010"

Kategori - U 12

1. Maisarrah Bt NA

2. Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi

3. Muhd Faris Azizi Mohd Fadil

4. Jagathees A/L Guna Balan

5. Tai Shang Yuan

6. Pua Xun

7. Mohd Zikri Hakim Kamarozaman

8.Zulkarnain Safri

9. Tay Ying Cheng

10. Nur Syahira Bt Aman

11. Nur Irdina Amirah Bt Dewa Indra

12. Mohammad Thaqif Bin Mohd Arif

13. Mohd Aniq Bin Azmi

14. Ummu Hani BT Safri

15. Siti Nurfatihah Bt Jasmari

16. Nur Arissa Najihah Bt Sophian

17. Muhamad Shafie Bin Suboh

18. Muhammad Alif Firdaus Bin Zaidi

19. Muhd Adib Azhzr

20. Mohammad Shukri Bin Kamaruddin

21. Nurul Ain Afiqah Binti Nasri

22. Muhammad Khairul Niezam Bin Mudzai

23. Muhammad Aflah Bin Muhd Hanip

24. Mohd Khairul Faizi Bin Abd Rashid

25. Nur Aishaturradizh Bt Muhd Hanip

26. Insyirah Iwana Bt Mohd Arif

27. muhd Firdaus Bin Azrin Shah

Kategori - U 18

1. Muhammad Aziz Farhan

2. Daniel Iskandar Arif

3. See Kai Jun

4. Tan Ying Sheng

5. Tee Han Kang

6. Nur Sabrina Aliya Bt Asman

7. Mohammad Hatta Bin Abd Jalil

8. Mohd Haziq Fakri Bin Jurimi

9. Pua Kai

10. Mohd Firdaus Afiq Bin Asman

11. Lukman Hakimi Zamran

12. Lim Jia Qi

13. Adriana Hazwani Selasa

14. Tee Han Bin

15.Tengku Nabila Suraya Bt Hasbullah

16. Han Fei Ting

17. Ahmad Shafiq Jamian

18. Muhammad Ilham Shairin

19. Muhammad Zulkhairee Zabani

20. Shahira Ramle

21. Low Wei Mei

22. Azri Izzat Mohd Azami

23. Amirul Safian Zamri

24. Faris Farhan Bin Md Nor

25. Khadijah Othman

26. Muhammad Arif Asyraf Kamaruddin

27. Mohamad Lokman bin Mohamad @ Abd Karim

28. Alimulazim Bin Osman

29. Muhammad Fudhail Rahmat

30. Ahmad Faruki Omar

31. Muhammad Arif Azlan

32. Muhammad Fakrul Bin Mohammad Tajul Arus

33. Muhd Adib Aiman Bin Azmi

34. Amirul Azhar Bin Ahmad Nor Azri

35 Mohamad Zakwanul Hakim Bin Mohd Othman\

36. Gan Xiou Jie

37. Muhammad Asyaf Ishak

38 Alif Imran Bin Kamaruddin

39. Nur Izzat Rafiq Bin Mohd Zahid

40. Muhammad Izzudin Rosli

41. Abdul Muhaimin Bin Zulkiple

42. Nur Sabreena Bt Marhami

43. Mohd Nor Hazri Bin Hazeman

44. Muhammad Aniq'Izzuddin Muhd Nazri

45. Khairun Nisa Bt Azli

46. Mohammad Fariq Bin Mohamad Gazali

47.Haidarul Arif

Kategori - OPEN

1. Abdullah Che Hassan

2. Abdul Khalid Bin Musa

3. See Kai Loong

4. Kamaluddin Yusof

5. Muhammad Rabbani Che Hassan

6. Mohd Hasnol Mohamad

7. Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin

8 Muhammad Zaki Muhammad Yusof

9. Abdul Halim Bin Hussain

10. Asman Amin

11. Lai Kok Wee

12. Zainal Arif Zainuddin

13. Nur Syawaludin Bin Muhammad Khairul Anuar

14. Farid Faizal Bin Mohamad Supamin

15. Mohd Idhayathudin Bin Mohd Farid

16. Muhammed Amilin Bin Othman