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In Kosmo newspaper this morning, GiLoCatur just found out about a Malaysian bloggers community known as Gengblogger. GiLoCatur jumped in to join the community since many benefits will be gained especially in promoting chess in among the Malaysians. GiLoCatur also urges all the Malaysian chess bloggers to join. We can widen our horizon to all aspects and other genre of blogs.

A Chess Blindness

GiLoCatur found the above position while browsing one of foreign chess blogs - http://chess-aholic.blogspot.com/

Actually, the above position is from of the blogger's own games in a chess tourney. He missed a beautiful play of a smoothered check. A chess blindness uh! Sound familiar, right? GiLoCatur still remembers a comment made by a chess player. "Chess is a game of what you see". Something like that.

The black just made Rxe5 move. So, it's white to move. He captured the rook instead of checkmate in 3. CAN YOU SEE THE MOVES?

Cerdik Catur Chess Challenge - 8 AUG 2010

TO ALL SHAH ALAM FOLKS, ESPECIALLY SECTION 7 RESIDENTS, MARK YOUR CALENDAR - 8 AUGUST 2010. LOTS OF PRIZES TO BE WON!

Event : Cerdik Catur Chess Challenge

Date : 8 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time : 8.30 am - 6.00pm

Venue : Kompleks Belia dan Sukan Negeri Selangor, Section 7, SHAH ALAM (above pic)

Format : G/25 or G/30, 7 or 8 rounds SWISS System

Time Control : 25 or 30 minutes

Closing Date : 7 AUG 2010

The Fees : Shah Alam residents (RM 20 - above 18 years old , RM 15 - below 18 years old), NON Shah Alam residents (RM 25 - above 18 years old , RM 20 - below 18 years old)

Click here to download the form. For further details, email to seme_event@yahoo.com or sms 014.231.2370 (stonemaster).

For non Shah Alam residents, if you are not familiar where the venue is, check the following map.

Malaysian Chess Juniors In Beijing Asian Youth Invitational (8 - 15 July 2010)

Some of the Beijing Asian Youth bound Malaysian players

A number of Malaysian chess junior players are participating in the Asian Youth Invitational in Beijing from 8th to 15th July 2010. Now they are in the sixth round. Below are their results thus far.

Girls section

Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah Mohd Noor (G8) - 3/5 points

Puteri Munajjah AzZahraa Azhar (G10) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 11th out of 32 total participants, won R1, R3 & R5 all with white.

Camilia Johari (G12) - 3.5/5 points, currently ranked 7th out of 33 total participants, won R1 &R5 and drew the other three. No defeat thus far.

WFM Nur Najiha Azman (G12) - 3.5/5 points, currently ranked 8th out of 33 total participants, won R1, R4 & R5 and drew R2.

WCM Nur Nabila Azman (G14) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 10th out of 27 total participants, won R1, R3 & R4 games.

Latifah Kaiyisah Latib (G16) - 2.5/5 points, currently ranked 15th out of 24 total participants, won R12 & R5 and drew R3.

Nur Munirah Mat Rahim (G18) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 24th out of 27 total participants, won R2 and drew R4.

Puteri Nurfariza Ahmad Darji (G18) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 25th out of 27 total participants, won R2 and drew R4.

Boys section

Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri (U10) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 17th out of 43 total participants, won R1 & R4 and drew both R2 & R3.

Teh De Juan (U10) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 36th out of 43 total participants, won R3 and drew R1.

Ooi Zhi Yang (U12) - 2.5/5 points, currently ranked 19th out of 30 total participants, won R5 and drew three other rounds - R2, R3 & R4.

Tan Jun Feng (U14) - 2/5 points, currently ranked 26th out of 34 total participants, won R2 & R5.

Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar (U14) - 2/5 points, currently ranked 25th out of 34 total participants, won R3 and drew R4 & R5 games.

Muhd Nabil Azman (U16) - 3/5 points, currently ranked 9th out of 26 total participants, won R1 & R5 and drew R2 & R4.

Tan Ken Wei (U18) - 2/5 points, currently ranked 19th out of 28 total participants, won R2 and & R4, all with black pieces. Lost to higher-rated opponents in the other three rounds.

Muhd Izz Saifuddin (U18) - 1.5/5 points, currently ranked 24th out of 28 total participants, drew R2, R3 & R4. Lost to higher-rated opponents in the other two rounds.

Mohd Noor Azam Mohd Noor (Challengers 14) - 2.5/6 points, currently ranked 23rd out of 41 total participants, won R1 and drew R2, R3 & R6.

2010 World Cup Final - Oranje vs La Rocha (THE RESULT)

Sadly enough for the Oranje team, the third time unlucky. 1974, 1978 and 2010 the third one. Won all the games - the three group games and another three in the knock-out stage EXCEPT the final game.

Anyhow, congratulation to the new world cup champion - SPAIN. SPAIN had won the EURO. And now, the world cup. They are on the top of the world. The 2010 World Cup has ended. Until the next four years, in Brazil!

GiLoCatur signed off

5.15am

2010 World Cup Final - Oranje vs La Rocha

It is 1.20am now.

It is about an hour to for the 2010 World Cup Final between the Netherlands (Holland) and Spain in South Africa. GiLoCatur is still awake for the game. Hopefully, GiLoCatur can stay awake to watch the final game.

Which is your favourite team to be the new world cup champion? You can vote your choice.

HOT Holland?

OR

HOT SPAIN?

2010 FIFA World Cup is hosted by South Africa. GiLoCatur's top two favourite teams - Ivory Coast and England, had gone home. Today, the once-in-four-year biggest sport event will come to end. Surely, chess players follow the event too and have their own favourite teams.

At the end of the final game, which team will lift the above FIFA world cup trophy?

the Netherlands team

the Spain team

Arjen Robben

Arjen Robben (above pic), ex-Chelsea and a gifted player, is one of the main reasons why GiLoCatur favours HOLLAND.

GO HOLLAND GO!

12.07.2010

1.35am

Bukit Jelutong

Faces of Several Ole Ole Open Chess Participants

Mr Razali Idris

The above Mr Razali who operates a computer shop nearby the Ole Ole shopping complex was the first round of GiLoCatur's opponent. GiLoCatur hopes he will participate more in chess tournaments especially in Shah Alam area. For anyone who needs his computer-related services like repair, rental and sale please give him a call at 03-5542 2000 (Crescent Communications Sdn Bhd) or email razali@gmail.com.

A different style of focussing on the chess board ...

Mohd Khairuzzaman (left) versus Ahmed M Zaki

Bilal M Zeki

In the third round, GiLoCatur met the above chess opponent, a Jordanian. Not only the Filipinos and the Indonesian participated in a Malaysian local chess tournament, but Jordanians too. GiLoCatur was late and had about 10 minutes left to play. Bilal used his time efficiently and took the advantage to defeat GiLoCatur who dreamed to be among the winners in the tournament. Not a bad game for GiLoCatur actually.

Mohd Khairuzzaman Mohd Kasiran

GiLoCatur faced the above chess player in the fifth round. GiLoCatur fumbled a winning advantage for attacking aggressively even though had more time than him. Finally, our game ended draw. What a missed opportunity for GiLoCatur to earn the full point.

Azhar MS versus Hanafi Roslan

A Worth It Chess Tournament

http://www.cosway.com.my/

Wow! Do you believe that GiLoCatur and the two boys brought home all the above products that worth Malaysian Ringgit (RM) two hundreds. Cosway had sponsored vouchers for all the Ole Ole Chess Championship participants and the winners. It is really a very worth it chess tournament.

THANK YOU, COSWAY!

2nd Ole Ole Shah Alam Chess Championship - The Champions

Few hours ago, GiLoCatur was participating in the 2nd Ole Ole Chess Championship along with GiLoCatur's two boys - Fikri & Fahim Al-Faqeh. We arrived at the tournament venue (above pic) at around 9.00am. After paying the tournament fees, GiLoCatur rushed to the wet market at Section 6 to buy a supply of fish, chicken and vegetables. The tournament would start at 10.00am.

GiLoCatur hurried back to the Ole Ole shopping complex when completed the routine task. GiLoCatur reached the venue about 15 minutes past 10.00am. Luckily, the first round did not start yet. Who was GiLocatur's first round opponent? How many chess players were participating? Who were the champions? To know all the answers, go to the blog (http://malaysianchesspairings.blogspot.com/) where GiLoCatur dedicates for the pairings and results of a local chess tournament. The blog will be the database of the local chess tournaments especially the ones that GiLoCatur or/and the kids participate.

The Official Winners for Telok Gong Pro Am Chess Tournament

If you want to know the official winners list for the recently concluded Telok Gong Pro Am chess tournament, go to this link.