KLCA Chess League 2018

28 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - For those of you who like to play chess team events, this KLCA Chess League 2018 is for you. The team will comprise three players per team. It will be played over three Saturdays and over 6 rounds of play. Each Saturday, two rounds will be played. Venue will be at Institute of Chess Excellence (ICE) in Puchong, Selangor. Tournament will begin on 20th October, 27th October and 10th November 2018.

The flyers and useful links are shown below:-

Figure 1. KLCA Chess League 2018

To get more details, please visit this blog link:  http://klcachess.blogspot.com/  or this link :  http://klchessleague.blogspot.com/

To register your interest , please visit this link :    http://klcachess.blogspot.com/2018/09/2018-klca-chess-league-team-event_16.html

3rd NMA-SG Invitational U2000

28 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The SG Academy is organising a 3rd NMA-SG Invitational U2000 Chess Tournament, a FIDE-rated tournament. It will held from 17-20th November 2018 in SG Academy in Jalan Kasipillay off Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.

Figure 1. Flyer for the 3rd NMA-SG Invitational U2000

To register please click on the link below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegOmm6mTl0U9j_eY0Sqn48ir0PfPA-0iktkato8Dyv0ObHQA/viewform?usp=pp_url

1st KL Gateway Chess Championship 2018

28 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There will be a new chess tournament to be held on the 4th Nov 2018, Sunday. A day earlier, 3rd Nov 2018, a chess workshop will be conducted by well-known local International Master.

The following flyer and poster of the 1st KL Gateway Mall Chess Championship 2018 are self explanatory.

Fig 1. Flyer for 1st KL Gateway Mall Chess Championship 2018.

Photo 1. Poster of the 1st KL Gateway Chess Championship 2018 on 4th Nov 2018

CONTACT: WhatsApp - Hamid (019 3158098) / Jimmy (019 6571628) / Aham ( 019 3493512), WenYi (016 2892729)

Malaysia Chess Team Doing Well In Batumi

25 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian chess teams Open and Women are settling in well in Batumi as the Chess Olympiad 2018 unfolds. The organisers have housed them in a five star hotel The Paragraph which also houses five other nations chess teams namely, South Africa, Mexico, Malta, Brazil and Qatar.

The Open Team have scored 0.5 vs 3.5 points against a strong Belarus team in the first round. While the women breezed to a 4-0 win over Djibouti. 

The Open Malaysian Chess Team will meet Afghanistan while the women will meet Turkey in the second round today.

Photo 1. The Malaysian Chess Team during the Opening Ceremony of Chess Olympiad 2018 in Batumi, Georgia. (photos courtesy of Haslindah bt Ruslan)

Photo 2. The Paragraph Hotel, Batumi.

Photo 3. Hotel faces the Black Sea.

The team has been having early morning walks after breakfast. Temperatures in Batumi are a cool 18-20 degrees Centigrade. We wish them well in the coming rounds of the Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018.

To see more chess results of the Batumi Olympiad 2018 please visit this link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=MAS&flag=30

Sunway Inaugural Chess 2018

29 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There are 83 in the Open Category and 43 players registered for the Under - 12 category of the Sunway Inaugural Chess Championship 2018. The top seed is CM Ikramul Haq Siam of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh with a rating of 2209.

Table 1. Starting Rank for Open Category, Sunway Inaugural Chess 2018

To see more information, please visit the following link on chess-results.com:-
http://chess-results.com/tnr379308.aspx?lan=1

Hillcrest Chess Championship 2018 in photos

17 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are some photos of the Hillcrest Chess Championship 2018 held yesterday in Taman Seri Gombak, Selangor. The tournament has been held at the same school venue over the last three years in a row with great support from the school administration.

Photo 1. Under 9 playing venue for Hillcrest Chess Championship 2018

Photo 2. Close to 100 players for the Under-9 age category.

Photo 3. Stage with banner of the chess tournament as the backdrop. Top two tables for under - 9 play on the stage. FA Emran Mohd Tamil on stage.

Photo 4. Under 12 playing venue. Fully air conditioned.

Photo 5. About 80 players for Under-12 category.

RSC Standard 2018 Begins Today

15 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The Royal Selangor Club Standard 2018 for below 2200 rating started today with three rounds. Fifty players are participating. After three rounds, three players are in the lead with three points.

 

The three leaders are Looi Ka Loc, See Hooi Chin of Malaysia and Cahyadi of Indonesia.

Three more rounds tomorrow and two on Monday.

Table 1. Results of Round 3, Royal Selangor Club Invitational RSC Standard 2018 (Invitation below 2200)

Table 2. Interim Ranking After Round 3 - RSC Standard 2018 (Invitation below 2200)

To see more results, please visit the link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr377823.aspx?lan=1&art=14&fed=MAS&turdet=YES

Hillcrest Scholastic Chess Championship 2018

14 Sept 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There will be an age group chess tournament to be held at SMK Hillcrest, Gombak, Selangor this coming Sunday, 16 September 2018.

To download registration form please visit this link : https://goo.gl/forms/K51DBOolf6P5F4NT2

Figure 1. Flyer for Hillcrest Scholastic Chess Championship 2018, 16 Sept 2018.

For more information please contact:
0183757339 Maniyannan
0132780160 Justin

Mini Chess League 2 Technical 2018

12 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The Technical section is having an internal chess league amongst its members over lunch hour as a way to promote analytical thinking and having closer staff rapport by playing over a game of chess. 

Each player represents its own divisional engineering section representing Civils, Mechanical, Electrical, Architects and Quantity Surveyors (QS). Anuar Azlan will represent the Civils, Zuhairizan Yusof for Mechanicals, Nik Ahmad Faiz for Electrical, Faiz Fisal for Architects and Yatie Seman for QS.

Over the next month or so, players will be playing a rapid chess game with a time control of 15 minutes 10 seconds plus 10 second increment per move. The mini chess league will be played as a double round robin. This means each player will play twice but with different colour pieces.

Marzaidi will be conducting the tournament over lunch hours as arbiter.

Table 1. Pairings of Chess League 2 Technical 2018

Table 2. Starting rank crosstable of league players for Technical 2018

IM Jimmy Liew winner of Ng6 Chess Tournament 2018

8 September 2018, Kuala Lumpur - IM Jimmy Liew emerged as the overall champion of the Ng6 Chess Tournament 2018 held at the DAT Chess Center in Star Parc Point, Kuala Lumpur today. Jimmy Liew scored 6.5 points from 7 rounds of play.

Photo 1. IM Jimmy Liew (with trophy) with Organisers and Arbiters of Ng6 Chess Tournament 2018 (photo courtesy of NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah).

Figure 1. Winners of Ng6 Chess Tournament 2018

Results of FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Kuala Lumpur

5 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The results of the recently concluded FIDE Arbiters Seminar held in Kuala Lumpur from 20 to 24th August 2018 has been posted on fide.com.  15 participants attended and 14 participants sat for the exams.

Photo 1. Participants of FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Kuala Lumpur held on 20-24 August 2018 with IA Takis Nikolopoulos and IA Abdul Hamid Majid.

To read the results, please visit the link below:-


https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/15-chess-news/11136-fide-arbiters-seminar-in-kuala-lumpur-malaysia-results.html

Sunway Inaugural Chess Tournament 2018

4 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There will be an upcoming chess tournament called Sunway Inaugural Chess Tournament 2018 with category Open. It will be a 7 round Swiss Tournament with 20 minutes time.

Registration link Open/U12 Category : https://goo.gl/forms/LSdaTOT044OpdkXJ2

Figure 1. Sunway Inaugural Chess Tournament 2018

For further information, please contact Dharsshana 011-37961417 or Joanavene 018-2298030.

Address of Sunway University College : 5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor

1st Chess Warrior Team Rapid Open Championship 2018, 17 Sep 2018

3rd Sept 2018, Kuala Lumpur - A new team rapid will be taking place two weeks from today. It is the First Chess Warrior Team Rapid Open 2018. It will have two categories - Open and Under-17 years of age.

Figure 1. Flyer for 1st Chess Warrior Team Rapid Championship 2018 (Open/ U-17)

To get more information, please contact En Mohd Rizal, hp:017-7402071, En Syawal, hp: 012-2580250.

Haikal Zharif winner of ICE Serie 6 Chess Challenge 2018

2 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Haikal Zharif emerged as the new champion for the ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018. He collected 7.5 points from eight rounds and the winner's trophy.

His performance rating was 1846 for the tournament.

Table 1. Final Round 8 results - ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6.

Photo 1. Haikal Zharif Abdul Jamil, the champion

Photo 2. Top five winners of ICE Serie 6 2018 with IA Peter Long  and NA Shamsuddin Sabri

To see more photos of winners, please visit the facebook link of ICE Chess Challenge 2018 here.

Round 8 pairings ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

2 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the round 8 pairings for the ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018. Haikal Zharif Abdul Jamil is leading still with 6.5 points from 7 rounds.

Table 1. Round 8 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

Photo 1. Top board Manavalan Siddharth Krishnan vs Haikal Zharif, Round 8.

Haikal Zharif maintains lead going into Round 7, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6

2 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - After a late finish by the top board in round 6, the round 7 finally started at 2.05 pm. Haikal Zharif is clear leader with 5.5 points. He meets Iwan Schani on top board of round 7.

Table 1. Round 7 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.

Photo 1. Haikal Zharif vs Iwan Schani on top board of round 7.

Ng6 Chess Tournament 2018

2 Sept 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There will be a chess tournament held at DAT Chess Centre named Ng6 Chess Tournament 2018 on 8 Sept 2018. It will be an individual rapid chess over 7 rounds with a time control of 15 minutes plus 5 seconds increment.

Please contact Tournament director: Razali Hamzah (Ng6) 012-9720103
or Chief Arbiter: Abdul Hamid Majid 019-3158098

Round 6 pairings ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018, Haikal Zharif leads

2nd Sept 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the round 6 pairings of the ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018 held on the second day of the tournament. On top board is Haikal Zharif  and Hamid Mohd Syaaril. 

Table 1. Round 6 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.

Photo 1. Hamid Mohd Syaahil vs Haikal Zharif on top board round 6.

Round 5 Results, Haikal Zharif outright leader ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6

2 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here at ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018, Haikal Zharif Abdul Jamil has emerged outright leader. He has scored 4.5 points from 5 rounds of play. The two top boards drew their games. The fifth round finished late into 11.20 am as board 17 had an endgame battle. White hoping for a stalemate. In the end black pieces won the game.

Table 1. Round 5 results, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.

Photo 1. Razali@Ng6 (2nd from right) and Abdullah Che Hassan on left and right of  FA Emran MT (centre). NA Hafizul (on left) and yours truly on right.

Round 5 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

1 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the round 5 pairings that will start at 9.00 am, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018. 

 

Table 1. Round 5 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.

Four players in the lead after round 3, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

1 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the round 4 pairings of the ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.  Four players are unbeaten after round 3. Mohd Bakri, Iwan Schani, Suhaimi Asmuni and Haikal Zharif are playing on top two boards of round 4. It is a FIDE-rated tournament using a 30 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per player per move.

On top board, Mohd Bakri against Iwan Schani, and second board, Suhaimi meets Haikal Zharif.

Photo 1. Mohd Bakri (left) vs Iwani Schani on board One, round 4.

Photo 2. Haslindah bt Ruslan vs Edwin MauYew Jiun on board 13, round 4.

Table 1. Round 4 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

Table 2. Ranking After Round 3, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

Table 3. Round 3 results ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6

Nine Players With Two Full Points, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

1 Sept 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Nine players are in the top with two full points from two rounds of play at ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018 in Puchong. Top seed is Kamar Dani Abu Kassim (Photo 1) with a rating of 1553.

Photo 1. Kamar Dani (in striped shirt) vs Mohd Bakri, top board, Round 3.

Figure 1. Round 3 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.

Figure 2. Ranking after round 2, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018.

Video of Malaysian Chess Festival 2018

1 Sep 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are two videos of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2018 illustrating  some of the happenings during the chess festival from 16-27th August 2018 held at CitiTel MidValley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

-  Malaysia Chess Festival 2018 - Part One - click here.
-  Malaysia Chess Festival 2018 - Part Two - click here

Round 2 pairings ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

1 Sept 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Kamar Dani is the top seed. Haslindah Ruslan of Malaysian Chess Federation is in the tournament as well. About 40 players are playing in the ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 in today's tournament. 

The following is the round 2 pairings.

Table 1. Round 2 pairings, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6 2018

Figure 1. The players at start of round 1, ICE Chess Challenge Serie 6.

To view the games of the top four boards please visit this link here.