1st SKBJ Junior Chess Championship 2015

23 Feb 2015, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a new tournament for the juniors in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam.

For the first time ever, SK Bukit Jelutong in Shah Alam will be organizing a Junior Chess Championship 2015 event to be held on the weekend of 7^th March and 8^th March 2015 at its school campus located in Jalan Serambi U8/21. The 1^st SKBJ Junior Chess Championship 2015 is an open event intended for junior players – both boys and girls, below the age of 12 years old and 9 years old.  In order to make the tournament even more attractive to the participants, the organizer has registered the Junior Chess Championship as a National Rated event and it is targeting to have up to 200 players playing in its inaugural edition. Whilst the majority of the players are expected to be those from around Shah Alam area and the surrounding Klang Valley districts, the school is also expecting a sizeable participant to come from neighboring states such as Perak, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan. The 2-day event will use a time control of 25 minutes to finish over 8 rounds of play – 6 rounds to be played on Saturday with the balance 2 rounds to be played on Sunday.

A total prize fund of more than RM 3,500 has been set aside for the eventual winners with special prizes to be given away to the top 3 school teams in each age category who have amassed the most points through out the tournament.  In order to be eligible for the best school team prizes, schools have to field 4 players to participate in the event and the 3 school that highest number of points accumulated by its players will be declared the winners.

For more information on the event, interested parties can contact Puan Syazerin Idayu Bt Mohd Sakri at +6013.356.7632 / +603.7845.9458 or if email is the preferred medium, write to kelabcaturskbj@gmail.com. Otherwise, you can download the registration form which contains details of the event and payment instruction at the following website http://www.chess-malaysia.com/SKBJOpen(Junior).pdf

Closing date for this event is 28^th February 2015 and only the first 200 players will be accepted for entry. Beyond the number that has been allocated, acceptance of registration will solely be at the discretion of the organizer – pending space and equipment availability.

Come and be a part of this exciting junior event in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam.

See you there!!!!

Najib Abdul Wahab

Tournament Director

1st SKBJ Junior Chess Championship 2015

National Age-Group Chess Championship 2015, 20-22 March 2015

17 Feb 2015, Kuala Lumpur - Here is the latest announcement from MCF on the National Age-Group Chess Championship 2015 to be held from 20-22 March 2015 at the Olympic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

 

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Zadano Kelantan Chess Open 2015

8 Feb 2015, Kuala Lumpur – Here is news of an upcoming chess tournament in Kelantan this coming February 2015.

The ZADANO KELANTAN OPEN is now back on the calendar with the new date now set for the upcoming Chinese New Year Holidays. Scheduled for 20th and 21st February 2015, the venue for the event including the prize fund, time control and game schedule remains unchanged. Those who have registered for the event previously (for the original date in December) ARE ADVISED TO REGISTER THEIR NAMES AGAIN as all registrations from the earlier dates have been cancelled and ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTED for the new dates. This is to make sure that there are no duplicated entries and space allocations are properly managed.

As mentioned in the previous circulation for the event, the Kelantan Open will adopt the rapid time control of 25 minutes each player per game to be played to the finish over 9 rounds of chess - 4 rounds to be played on Friday with another 5 to be played the following day. The tournament will also be tagged for FIDE rating - one of the few Rapid events in the country to do so. This will be a great opportunity for players to gain new rating points, and for new players to be recognised for the effort in accordance to the global ranking system.

A total prize fund of RM 5,700 has been set aside for this tournament with the eventual champion to be awarded RM2,000 for his/her effort. The second placed player is set to bag RM1,000 with another RM700 to be awarded to the third player. Special prizes have also been set aside for PCNK members and to the best lady player in the tournament.

FREE entry fees for titled players e.g. GM, WGM, IM, WIM including untitled players who has a FIDE rating of 2400 or higher. Entry fees for others are RM60 for those with a FIDE rating and those without FIDE rating, the entry fees shall be RM80. To encourage more PCNK members to participate, a 25% discount will be given to those who are registered PCNK members.

If you are interested to participate in the event, please contact PCNK Deputy President, Nik Ahmad Farouqi at +6019.999.6006 or write to him at farouqi.chess@gmail.com or you can also contact the Tournament Director, Najib Wahab at +6016.338.2542 (najib.wahab@hotmail.com). Alternatively, you can download the forms to register by clicking HERE and submit the form via email together with payment confirmation. You can also visit the PCNK official blogsite at www.caturkelate.blogspot.com or www.chess-malaysia.com for more information on the tournament.

Closing date to register is 15th February 2015 and entries received after this date, will only be accepted at the Organizer's discretion with additional fees to be added as penalty for late submission. Only 200 seats are reserved for the event so, book your places early and let us set our compass for Kota Bharu during the Chinese New Year  Holidays and spend it on good chess and good friends!

Najib Abdul Wahab

Tournament Director

ZADANO Kelantan Open 2015

NTU of Singapore wins Inter Varsity Chess 2015

3 Feb 2015, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the final team standings of the annual chess event – Inter Varsity GACC 2015 held in University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur recently.

Team Nanyang Technological University of Singapore won with a score of 26.5 points. Second was RV College of Engineering of India with 25.5 points and third, National University of Singapore (NUS) with 23.5 points. Team Sunway was fourth with 22.5 points.

19th GACC 2015

Final Team ranking

#	Name of Team	Points
1	NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NAN)	26.5
2	RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (RVC)	25.5
3	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS)	23.5
4	SUNWAY (SUN)	22.5
5	UNIVERSITY MALAYA (UM1)	21.0
6 - 8	UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA A (MRA)	20.5
6 - 8	UITM A (ITA)	20.5
6 - 8	UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA A (UPA)	20.5
9	UTP A (TPA)	20.0
10	UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA B (MRB)	19.5
11	ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (APU)	19.0
12	IIUM A (IUA)	18.5
13 -14	IIUM B (IUB)	17.0
13 -14	UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA B (UPB)	17.0
15 -16	UMP (UMP)	16.5
15 -16	UPM (UPM)	16.5
17	UITM B (ITB)	16.0
18	UTP B (TPB)	15.5
19	IMU A (IMA)	13.5
20	IMU B (IMB)	11.5

(Courtesy of Collin Madhavan)