Winners of the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

21 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the winners of the 3rd NMA - SG U2000 International Tournament 2018

Photo 1. Winners all of the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018

Photo 2. The Champion of the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018 - Mr Teh Beng Teik (right).

List of prize winners:

U8
Champion: Muthukumar Mukesh
2nd: Yee Hao Long
3rd: Vinesh Venkata

U10
Champion: Ernest Yek
2nd: Ferris Lim
3rd: Rafiq Al Hafiz

U12
Champion: Shubh Kapur
2nd: Kushaal Kumar
3rd: Kreeyan Kumar

U14
Champion: Hiu Jack Yuan
2nd: Chew Zhi Qi
3rd: Chee Wen Feng

U16
Champion: Chong Huan Yan
2nd: Nik Emil Hisham
3rd: Chew Zhi Xuan

Ladies:
Champion: Ellie Emmira Syamimi
2nd: Divyadarshini Loganathan
3rd: Allaida Siow

Seniors:
Champion: Che Lah Buchin
2nd: Lim Kian Hwa
3rd: Chan Soon Lim

Unrated:
Champion: Gan Win Shen
2nd: Hakim Hamzah
3rd: Naresh Kumar

U1200:
Champion: Kavin Mohan
2nd: Keshav Shyam Suneth
3rd: Edwin Chua Jin Rui

U1400:
Champion: Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan
2nd: Chai Chang Yik
3rd: Manresh Singh

U1600
Champion: Emir Rasyud Emran
2nd: Franklin Leonardo
3rd: Iwan Schani Ibnu

U1800:
Champion: See Hooi Chin
2nd: Joel Su
3rd: Razali Hamzah

Best Game Award:
Ahmad Justin Abd Rahim
Game played: Round 7
White against Joel Su

Main Prizes
Champion: Teh Beng Teik
2nd Ilhan Mansiz Hairul
3rd Eshwant Singh
4th Poh Yuan Tuan
5th Muhd Hafizudin Zulkifli
6th Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah
7th Tan Yong Hau
8th Cahyadi
9th Sathaseelan Dinish
10th Ahmad Justin Abd Rahim Yeo
11th Kausal Khandar
12th Syed Iskandar Shah Syed Hussin
13th Prem kumar Tharation
14th Lim Bin Leong
15th Keshav Palaniappan
16th Konh Yeong Keng Brendan
17th Shamsuddin Shahrizal
18th Ashraf Alimuddin Zah Akhramsyah
19th Norazman Kamaruzaman
20th Muhd Syukur Razali

 Youngest boy player: Mithun Pranav (5 years old)

Youngest girl Player:
Bunga Qisyratul Ain (6 years old)

Congratulations to all winners of the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018. 

Hope you have all enjoyed the tournament and see you again next year in another exciting chess tournament.

Grand Asia Chess Challenge 2019

20th Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The University of Malaya is organising the 23rd Grand Asia Chess Challenge (GACC) 2019 from 26 January - 2 Feb 2019 at Dewan Tunku Canselor, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur.

There is the Inter Varsity, Open and Team Chess categories, Age Group Chess and Blitz Chess during the week long event.

The flyer is shown below:-

Photo 1. Grand Asia Chess Challenge 2019

To download forms, please visit the following facebook page as shown below:-

https://www.facebook.com/GrandAsianChessChallenge/

Sunway - SMS Deen Malaysian Rapid and Blitz Open Chess Challenge 2018

20 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here is a FIDE Rated tournament for Rapid and Blitz chess lovers. It is called Sunway - SMS Deen Malaysian Rapid and Blitz Open Chess Challenge 2018. It will be held over two days, 29-30 December 2018.

Photo 1. Sunway - SMS Deen Malaysian Rapid and Blitz Open 2018

To register please use the form below:-

Form 1. Registration Form for Sunway - SMS Deen Rapid and Blitz Open 2018

To register online, please visit this link here -
https://goo.gl/forms/qocZsPhr8LZWJPie2


You may contact the following persons for information:-

Abdul Hamid Majid - 019-3158098 or Jimmy Liew - 019-6571628 or Joanavene - 018-2298030.

Interesting prizes for 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

20 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018 is going into its last day of tournament. Many prizes are up for grab at the end of the tournament. These include a prize for best game (brilliancy prize) and other categories shown below:-

Prize categories for tomorrow

Main:
Champ: RM1k
2nd: RM700
3rd: RM500
4th: RM400
5th: RM300
6th: RM200
7th-10th: RM100
11th-20th: RM50

U1800: 1st-3rd
U1600: 1st to 3rd
U1400: 1st to 3rd
U1200: 1st to 3rd
Unrated: 1st to 3rd
Seniors S50: 1st to 3rd
Ladies: 1st to 3rd
(RM200, RM100, RM50)

U16 / U14 / U12 / U10 / U8 (1st to 3rd each category)
RM50 , RM30, RM20

Youngest Boy Award
Youngest Girl Award

To see more results for the tournament, please visit chess-results.com or the link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr383338.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=7&turdet=YES

Photo 1. Celebrated IM Jimmy Liew's birthday before round 6 yesterday (19 Nov 2018).

Teh Beng Teik Takes Over Leadership, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018

19 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - After the round 6 has settled, Teh Beng Teik is now the new leader with 5.5 points with a win over Buchin Che Lah on top board.

A close second is youngster, Poh Yu Tian, aged 9 years old won on second board over Indonesian, Cahyadi.

Table 1. Results of Round 6, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

Pairings of round 7 for 20 Nov 2018, 9 am tomorrow is shown below:-

Table 2. Round 7 pairings.

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or the link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr383338.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=7&turdet=YES

Photo 1. Arbiters and GACC helpers of the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018.

Fifth round gets underway at SG Academy - Buchin Che Lah leads

19 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - The fifth round of the FIDE Rated 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018 gets underway this morning at 9.00 am.

Table 1. Round 4 results.

Table 2. Round Five pairings.

Early third round rankings, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

18 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the early third round rankings of players for the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018.

Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah, Justin Abdul Rahim, Chew Zhi Qi, Tan Yong Hau all have 4 points. Fifth is Che Lah Buchin with 3 points and a slightly inferior tiebreak points.

Table 1. Ranking after round 3, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

To see more tables, you may visit the following chess-results.com link - http://chess-results.com/tnr383338.aspx?lan=1&art=4&fed=MAS&turdet=YES

Che Lah Buchin Wins Round 3, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

18 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Che Lah Buchin wins his third round game against AIM Leonardo Franklin on second board of round three.

The following tables are the results of round three and pairings of round 4, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018.

Table 1. Round Three Results, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018.

Table 2. Round 4 pairings, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018

To watch live games of the top five boards of every round please visit this link here - https://live.followchess.com/#!3rd-nma-sg-u2000-2018

Photo 1. Snapshot of all top five boards of round 4, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018

3rd NMA-SG U2000 Tournament on Follow Chess App

18 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - To those interested in following live chess games of the top five boards of each round for the 3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament, you may visit the following link on FollowChess app as shown below:-

https://live.followchess.com/#!3rd-nma-sg-u2000-2018

Photo 1. Scene of Tournament Hall on Level 1.

Third Round Pairings, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018

17 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - 140 players played in the second round. Kaushal Khandhar won his round two game and will now meet, Hairul's son, Mohd Ilhan Mansiz. While on board two of round three, Che Lah Bunchin will meet Leonardo Franklin of Singapore.

The third round pairings and round two results are shown below:-

Table 1. Third Round Pairings, 3rd NMA-SG U2000 2018.

Table 2. Round Two Results, 3rd NMA - SG U2000 International Tournament 2018.

3rd NMA-SG U2000 International Tournament 2018

17 Nov 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There are about 142 players playing in the 3rd NMA - SG U2000 International Tournament 2018. It is being played at SG Academy along Jalan Kasipillai, Kuala Lumpur over a 4 days tournament.

Fig. 1 - Tournament hall on level 1 - 3rd NMA - SG U2000 Tournament 2018.

Here is the round 2 pairings to start at 3 pm today, 17 Nov 2018.

*KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA PIALA YDP MPSJ 2018 KALI KE-7*

*KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA PIALA YDP MPSJ 2018 KALI KE-7* pada 24 November 2018 (Sabtu).

Hadiah keseluruhan berjumlah *RM7,000.00* (wang tunai+trofi+medal+lain-lain hadiah).

3 kategori dipertandingkan iaitu
1) Terbuka
2) Bawah 17 Tahun
3) Bawah 12 Tahun.
Terhad kepada 240 peserta sahaja. Yuran penyertaan *MESRA RAKYAT*.

Pendaftaran *ONLINE* akan mula dibuka pada hari Selasa (23/10/18) di www.catur3c.blogspot.my

1st AmCorp Mall Open FIDE Rapid & Blitz 2018

1st AmCorp Mall Open FIDE Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2018

*Registration Forms link*
https://goo.gl/forms/fdTh5h8fYzOOwluj2

ALL REGISTRATION ONLY THROUGH GOOGLE FORMS PROVIDED. Thank you for  your cooperation.

For the first time AmCorp Mall with collaboration Schani Enterprises proudly present our very first Chess Championship with ideal Open Mall concept whereas the battle for Champions will destined inside The Magnificent Building AmCorp Mall Petaling Jaya!

Details are as follows:-

*Date : 1 & 2 December 2018 (Saturday & Sunday)*
*Time : 8.30am - 6.00pm*
*Venue : Main Concourse Floor,  Amcorp Mall Petaling Jaya*
*Time Control : RAPID : 15 min + 10sec increment 

BLITZ : 3 min + 2 sec increment

Fees : RM50 Open (Rapid)
            RM40 U12 (Rapid) 
            RM60 Non-FiDE Rated (Rapid)
Blitz : RM30

Rm20 Off!!  If Register for both events! 
Open : RM60 (Rapid & Blitz)
U12 : RM50 (Rapid & Blitz)

The Uniqueness of this championship is:
We open to all players from all federations.

*First PAID player from ALL other federations with rating will have free entry* (eg first player  registered from China, first confirmed player from India, first from Indonesia, any federations -we will refund the fee for first player from other federation on tournament day)

To be eligible for this free entry, one must complete the google form and submit paid slip first. And we do not entertain any request to check whether there is anybody from your federation has registered or not.

*Participants are limited to 120 players only!*

Please register early  *before 28th November 2018* for Fide rated, and *20th November for Non fide rated*. After the dateline,  any online or whatsapp registration will be STRICTLY reject. 

*NO WALK-IN IS ALLOWED* during the event.  Participatants are advised to register before the dateline. 

For more details please click at the link of registration or contact Mr. Schani www.wasap.my/+60175645183

May the force be with you! 

P/S: It is *Compulsory* for those who do not have FIDE ID to apply for your fide ID before submitting registration forms.Malaysian can register at the following link : 

http://malaysiachess.com/blog.php?p=176

Player from other federation without fide ID must apply through their own federation

USIM Open 2018 - won by Abdullah Che Hassan!

15 October 2018, Kuala Lumpur - There were 186 players registered in the USIM Open Chess 2018 held yesterday in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. Top seeds, Abdullah Che Hassan and Kamaluddin Yusof finished in one-two finish.

Photo 1. Players preparing for round 1 USIM Open 2018.

Photo 2. Players filtering into playing hall at Fakulti Sains and Teknologi, USIM.

Here are the Top fifty players of USIM Open 2018.

Table 1. Top 50 USIM Open 2018.

Here are the round 8 results of USIM Open Chess 2018 tournament:

Table 1. Round 8 results, USIM Open 2018

Photo 3. Arbiters of USIM Open 2018.  L to R: Sendy, Anis, Shamsuddin, Emran, Nurul Izani, Masha Naizli

Congratulations to all players and organising committee for a successful USIM Open Chess 2018 tournament!

To see more chess results please visit this link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr381808.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&turdet=YES&flag=30

Anuar Azlan juara liga catur serie 2 Teknikal 2018

4 Okt 2018, Kuala Lumpur - Liga catur serie 2 Teknikal 2018 telah berakhir dengan Anuar Azlan ditabal sebagai juara Liga Catur Serie 2 Teknikal 2018. Beliau telah mencapai 8 kemenangan dari dua pusingan liga catur. Kedua ialah Zuhairizan Yusof dengan 5.5 mata.

Tahniah kepada semua pemain catur yang telah mengambil bahagian liga catur ini semoga tuan-tuan terus bermain dan tingkatkan tahap permainan catur masing-masing.

Table 1. Final Cross-Table for Liga Catur Serie 2 Teknikal 2018

Untuk lihat semua keputusan permainan liga catur serie 2 Teknikal 2018, sila layari link berikut:-

  http://chess-results.com/tnr377378.aspx?lan=1&art=2&turdet=NO

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