Kamaluddin Proclaimed Winner At Kulai!

31st October 2010, Kulai – Latest news of Giant Kulai Hypermarket Chess Open 2010. The winners are as follows:-
1. Kamaluddin Yusof (pix left);
2. Muhd Syakir Shazmeer b Azhar;
3. Herman Rahman;
4. Dr. Nasrul Humaimi;
5. T. Mandar;
6. Leong Mun Wan;
7. Dr. Haizal;
8. Mohd Hasnul;
9. Yusof Yasnain;
10. Ng Say Long.
Congratulations to all winners!
(courtesy of Mohd Zullghafari)

Malaysia Finish With 10 Draws, 2 Wins, WYCC 2010

31 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – In the last eleventh round of play of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Malaysia finish with 10 draw and 2 wins. The wins coming from Aron Teh Eu Wen and WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham. Despite not winning any medals in all age groups, Malaysia finished creditably in most age-groups. Chess is not viewed as an important sport in Malaysia and our ranking reflects this perspective.

Malaysia’s best performer was Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10) with 7.5 points out of 11 in 11th position, the best and highest among the participating Malayisan chess contingent in this year’s World Youth Chess Championship 2010.

Second-best performer was Wong Yinn Long with 7.0 points, finishing in 19th spot in the Open U08. Third best performer belongs to Aron Teh Eu Wen with 7.0 points, finishing in 31st spot in the Open U12 category.

The other three girls comprising of WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham, WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham and Camilia bt Johari came in with 38th, 38th and 40th positions in the U14 and U12 respectively.

The next bracket of girls comprising of Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor (Girls U08) and Nur Islamurni bt Yahaya (Girls U08) ended with 5.0 and 5.5 points, finished in 48th and 43rd posiitons.

The tables below summarises the 11 rounds of play for each individual Malaysian chess player’s performance and the final 11th round result.

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:
http://wycc2010.chessdom.com

Malaysian Contingent On Fire In Round 10, WYCC 2010

30 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – The Malaysian contingent powers to an incredible 7 wins and 4 draws, the best round score so far! Whatever it is, the players were all fired up to show that they can deliver!

WFM Nur Najiha, CM Amier Hamzah, Jagathees Guna Balan, Muhd Faqih bin Aminuddin, Aron Teh Eu Wen, Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor, Nur Islamurni bt Yahya stamp their superiority with fantastic wins in round 10 of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Porto Carras, Greece. They showed the country that they are there because they can win games!

Results of Round 10, WYCC 2010 for Malaysian Contingent!

Team pacesetters Puteri Rifqah Fahada and Wong Yinn Long continued to maintain their respective roles by drawing against their respective opponents in the Girls U10 and Open U08 categories.

Play your best games and be proud being Malaysians! 1Malaysia!

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:
http://wycc2010.chessdom.com

Azman Hisham Siblings All Win, WYCC 2010

28 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – During the 8th round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, all three Azman Hisham siblings comprising of brother Mohd Nabil (Open U16), sisters WCM Nur Nabila (Girls U14) and WFM Nur Najiha (Girls U12) won their respective games.

Meanwhile pacesetter, Puteri Rifqah Fahada, (Girls U10) scored a draw against a Georgian lass in the 8th round. She remains in the top20 of her category with 5.5 points from 8 rounds. The WYCC 2010 has 11 rounds in all. Three rounds remain. The last round will be played at 10 am on Saturday, 30 October 2010.

Malaysia scored 5 wins and 3 draws in round 8. The winner’s roll of honours this time around were William Lee Kah Howe (Open U12), Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Open U16), WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (Girls U14), WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (Girls U12) and Camilia Johari (Girls U12).

Here are the round 8 results of the Malaysian contingent at the World Youth Chess Championship 2010.

Individual Performances of the Malaysians Up To Round 8. Both Puteri Rifqah and Wong Yinn Long are steady with ranks 17 and 26 in their respective categories. WFM Nur Najiha is now making steady progress with 4.5 points, winning the last three games. She is now ranked 47th in her category. Her elder sister, WCM Nur Nabila is also progressing steadily with two consecutive wins so far with 4.5 points, too! Camilia bt Johari is fairly steady, scoring a similar 4.5 points with a ranked 41st in her category.

CM Amier Hamzah (pix left) scored 3.5 points so far is currently ranked 95th in his category Open U10.

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:
http://wycc2010.chessdom.com

World Youth Chess In 2011 and 2012

27 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – Latest news: The next two world youth chess events has been decided as follows:

The World Youth Chess Championship 2011 will take place in Rio’m, Brazil. While the 2012 World Youth Chess will be hosted by Maribor, Slovenia.

(source : http://kdfb-schach.blogspot.com/)

Puteri Rifqah Pushes Ahead!

27 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – During the seventh round, two significant wins by two Malaysian players pushes the limelight to these two players.

One is Puteri Rifqah Fahada (Girls, U10) as her third consecutive win in the seventh round catapults her ranking to the 14th from 24th. Second is Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08) as he strikes another win in the seventh round by scalping a young Russian opponent, ranked higher than him. Wong moves from 38th to 26th position in his category. Well done!

Malaysia scored six wins and one draw during the 7th round. Malaysia’s winners in this round include Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08), Muhd Faqih b Aminuddin (Boys U08), Aron Teh Eu Wan (Boys U12), Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10), WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham (Girls U14) and WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham (Girls U12).

Results of Round 7, WYCC 2010 of the Malaysian chess players shown below:-

Individual Performances of the Malaysian Players after round 7 shown in the table below.

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:

http://wycc2010.chessdom.com

Carlsen Dominates, Bacrot Stirs A Win!

26 October 2010, Nanjing – At the Nanjing Pearl Spring Masters Chess Tournament 2010, Carlsen storms ahead with another demolition win over Veselin Topalov during fifth round of the prestigious Level 26 chess tournament.

Meanwhile Bacrot creates a stir by winning against Vishy Anand, the current World Champion in the fifth round.

Latest Round 6 results shown in table below:-

Two draws and a win for Vishy Anand over Wang Yue during the 6th round play in the Nanjing Pearl Spring Masters chess tournament.

Official website :

 http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/

Picture Gallery 2, UPSI Open 2010

26 October 2010, Tanjung Malim – Here are a few more pictures courtesy of the organisers of the UPSI Chess Open 2010 held over the weekend, 23-24 October 2010.

Pix 1. Muhd Syakir Shazmeer b Azhar, the Overall Open Champion, receives the UPSI Chess Trophy 2010. Congratulations to Syakir!

 

Pix 2. Schools chess section.        3. The main playing hall.

 

Pix 4. The top board.               Pix 5. Board 2 – Sumant vs Kamaluddin

Pix 6. Tan Jun Feng, winner of Secondary School Chess Open 2010. Congratulations to Tan Jun Feng!

Pix 7. Puteri Munajjah Az-zahraa bt Azhar, winner of Primary School Open 2010. Congratulations to Puteri Munajjah!

 

(pictures courtesy of M Huzairi Husin, UPSI)

Picture Gallery UPSI Open 2010

26 October 2010, Tanjung Malim – Here are a few pictures of the chess happening during the recently concluded UPSI Open Chess Tournament 2010 held over two days 23-24th October 2010.

 
Pix 1. The prestigious playing hall. Pix 2. Filipino guests at UPSI Open.
 
Pix 3. Prize presentation.             Pix 4. UPSI organising group.

Pix 5. The Program Director, Mohd Huzairi Husin, and Deputy Program, Izza Hasrina, of the UPSI Chess Open 2010 holding the grand prize – The Chess Trophy.
 
Pix 6. Participants playing.       Pix 7. Thinking hard for the best move!
 
Pix 8. Kamaluddin Yusof (bald).      Pix 9. The arbiters!
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(pictures courtesy of M Huzairi Husin, UPSI)

Video Reports of World Youth Chess Championship 2010

25 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – Here are some video reports of round 6 played on 24 October 2010 and the Opening Ceremony and round 1 on the 20th October 2010 courtesy of chessdom.com.

Round 6 Video, WYCC 2010.

Opening Ceremony and Round 1, WYCC 2010.


(videos courtesy of chessdom.com)

Rifqah Storms Ahead In World Youth Chess Championship 2010

25 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (picture left) storms ahead for Malaysia by winning both her fifth and sixth round games at the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Greece. She is currently in the top 30 of her category (Girls Under-10) and she has garnered four points, thus far.

The Malaysian contingent managed five wins and four draws in the sixth round of play.

Malaysia’s winners for the sixth round include Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Boys U16), Muhd Faqih b Aminuddin (Boys U08), Aron Teh Eu Wan (Boys U12), Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10), and WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (Girls U12) (picture below playing against her South African opponent in the sixth round, WYCC 2010).

The draws are coming from CM Amier Hamzah Zuhri (Boys U10), Lee Kah Meng Elgin (Boys U14), Zainoor Ikmal b Mohd Noor (Girls U08) and Nur Islamurni bt Yahaya (Girls U08).

Here are the sixth round results and seventh round pairings for the Malaysian contingent in the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Greece.

Individual Performances of Malaysian contingent at WYCC 2010. After the sixth round, Puteri Rifqah Fahada has become our heroine for leading the contingent with a 24th placing in her Girls U10 category for Malaysia. She won back-to-back games in rounds 5 and 6 yesterday!

Camilia Johari is still in the top 40 of her category despite suffering a loss in the sixth round against a 1800 rating Georgian lass. Wong Yinn Long dropped to 38th placing after a lacklustre performance in the sixth round after a loss to a local Grecian player.

Let’s hope our team of chess warriors will do better in the coming rounds. Today, Monday, 25th October 2010 is a rest day for the chess players at Porta Corras, Greece but they will be back for more rounds of play on Tuesday.

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(photos courtesy of  wycc2010.chessdom.com)

Tan Jun Feng, Munajjah Juara UPSI 2010

25 Oktober 2010, Tanjung Malim – Kejohanan Catur Kategori Sekolah Menengah telah dimenangi oleh adik Tan Jun Feng dengan 7 mata penuh dan Kategori Sekolah Rendah dimenangi oleh adik Puteri Munajjah Az-zahraa bt Azhar (pix below) dengan 6.5 mata.

Keputusan catur kategori Sekolah Menengah UPSI 2010 seperti di gambar bawah:-

Keputusan Catur Kategori Sekolah Rendah UPSI 2010 seperti dibawah:-

Tahniah kepada para pemenang dan penganjur kejohanan catur UPSI 2010 yang telah berlangsung selama dua hari 23-24 Oktober 2010 di Bitara Siswa, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, Perak.
(sumber: Mohd Huzairi b Husin, UPSI)

Keputusan Penuh UPSI 2010 Kategori Terbuka

25 Oktober 2010, Tanjung Malim – Pertandingan catur Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) Terbuka telah diadakan selama dua hari, 23-24 Oktober 2010 yang lalu dan telah dimenangi oleh saudara Mohd Syakir Shazmeer (gambar di bawah)dengan 6.5 mata. Masa kawalan adalah satu jam setiap pemain.

Kedua jatuh kepada Mohd Saprin Sabri dengan 6 mata dan ketiga Sumant Subramaniam. Keempat diduduki oleh Mohd Faisal Zakaria (adik/abang Stonemaster) dan kelima dimenangi oleh Ahmad Fadzil Nayan dengan 5.5 mata. Saudara Kamaluddin Yusof telah memenangi kedudukan ke-6. Ke-7 dimenangi oleh saudara CM Mohd Fadli Zakaria atau lebih kenali sebagai Stonemaster. Kelapan dimenangi oleh saudari Kimberly Jane Cunanies dari Filipina. Ke-9 oleh Wong Jian Wen dan ke-10 Wan Mohd Fazli Wan Nawawi.

Bapa kepada Shazmeer, En. Azhar b Mohd Said, menduduki tempat ke-11 dengan 5 mata.

Tahniah kepada pihak penganjur pertandingan catur kerana berjaya menganjurkan pertandingan catur ini.

(sumber: Mohd Huzairi b Husin, UPSI)

Syakir Wins The UPSI Chess Open 2010

25 October 2010, Tanjung Malim – UPSI Open winners were 1. Syakir Shazmeer Azhar, 2. Saprin Sabri, 3. Sumant Subramaniam. 14. Khairul Azam Mastuki – 4.5 pts.
(source: sms Mohd Zullghafari)

Economist-SGSEU-1 Is Winner Of ECC 2010

24 October 2010, Plovdiv – Economist-SGSEU-1 was proclaimed the champions of the 26th European Club Cup 2010 which ended in a draw against rivals, Yugra of Russia. The seventh round produce draws on the top two tables. Both Economist and SOCAR drew against their respective opponents on tables 1 and 2 in the seventh round of the European Chess Club Cup 2010 in Bulgaria.

Meanwhile Baden-Baden OSG of Germany played to form by beating Mika Yerevan 3.5-2.5 on the third table. Board 4 played by GM Naiditsch Arkaidij of Baden-Baden was decisive. Naiditsch beat Pashikian 1-0.

Board pairing results of round 7, ECC 2010 is shown below.

Final Rankings of European Club Cup 2010 Open Category.

To see more results, please visit the following link :-  

http://chess-results.com/tnr38140.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000  (Open)

http://chess-results.com/tnr38885.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000 (women)

 

(photo by Boyko Hristov www.nlg.bg)

Boys Brought Three Wins In Round 4 Results, World Youth Chess Championship 2010

24 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – At the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, the Malaysians continue their fair performances. There were only three wins from the contingent in this round. All came from the boys. They came from William Lee Kah Howe (Boys U-12), Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Boys U-16) and Jagathees Guna Balan (Boys U-8).

The draws coming from WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham (Girls U-12), Camilia Johari (Girls U-12) and Lee Kah Meng Elgin (Boys U-14)

Individual Performances and Current Rank of each Individual Malaysian Player In The WYCC 2010 is shown below:-

In terms of ranking, Wong Yinn Long is the best at rank 13 in his group, Boys U-8. Nobody is in the twenties (20-29).

In the thirties rank include Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor (Girls U-8) and Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U-10) and Camilia bt. Johari (Girls U-12).

In the forties rank bracket (40-49) stands WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham alone.

Please view table above for rankings of other Malaysian players. To see more results, please click here.

To see similar past posts on WYCC 2010 at fireyrook’s blog, please click here.

(photos courtesy of chessdom.com)