13 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Arthur Tan Chess Festival 2012 is coming up soon from 19 August – 26 August 2012. The flyers for each tournament is enclosed here with the tentative program for the chess festival 2012 shown below:-
IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Rapid Open Chess Championship 2012:
Seniors:
AmBank Rapid Chess Challenge:
ASTRO Rapid Open Team Chess Championship 2012:
Swensen Open Rapid Age-Group :
For more details, please contact IA Abdul Hamid Majid, 019-3158098, email: aham@pc.jaring.my.
Pix 1. Chesskidz Team won First Prize for the best ASTRO Merdeka Team Open 2011. (Photo by Andrew Ooi@ Gilachess blogger)
Pix 2. Best family team won by the Aminuddin Family. (Photo by Khairun Nisaa’@ Kelab Catur Setia Kuantan blogger)
29 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Team Chesskidz of Singapore won the ASTRO Merdeka Team Open Rapid 2011 with 26.5 points. Second place went to PNOY Expats with 26 points. Third place was won by Chesskidz Shock Troopers with 25.5 points.
Final Ranking for Top 33 Teams:-
Winners Of 31st ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championship 2011:-
(results courtesy of Kelab Catur Setia Kuantan’s blog)
With the completion of the 31st ASTRO Merdeka Team Rapid Open 2011, the Malaysian Chess Festival 2011 comes to a close.
Next up is the Raja Nazrin Shah Masters and International Open 2011 (originally Kuala Lumpur Open) to be held 4-10 September 2011 at Swiss Garden Hotel & Residence, Kuala Lumpur.
27 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Roslina Marmono and Tan Li Ting representing Astro Ladies chess team in the Merdeka Team Rapid Open 2011 during the third round. The top five board teams play in a separate more exclusive and comfortable room.
Pix 1. Roslina Marmono and Tan Li Ting.
Camilia Johari and Latifah round up the third and fourth boards of ASTRO Ladies chess team.
Pix 2. Camilia Johari and Latifah.
Roslina was facing off against IM Barbosa Oliver (pix 3) of the Philippines, hence Roslina’s serious concentration and respect for her opponent during the third round.
Pix 3. IM Barbosa Oliver, PHI vs Roslina Marmono, MAS.
27 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The infamous Mamak Chess Team in action this morning during the third round of the Merdeka Team Rapid Open 2011.
From left to right facing the camera are Fairul, Sapirin and Zaidan (yellow t-shirt).
The stand at CitiTel Hotel lobby informing the events of the Malaysian Chess Festival 2011.
27 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Petronas Team playing St.Paul’s KL during the third round of the Merdeka Team Rapid 2011 earlier this morning.
26 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In today’s The Star Online, SS Quah discusses about the highlights of the ongoing Malaysia Chess Festival 2011 at the CitiTel MidValley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
It had begun from the 17th August 2011 and will run until the 28th August 2011. Four chess events had just ended yesterday with the crowning of the winners late afternoon. The Blitz, 8th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2011, 6th AmBank Malaysia Chess Challenge 2011 and 2nd KLK Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Seniors Open 2011 all came to an end yesterday afternoon.
He also discusses about the one day Swensen Age-Group Chess held last Sunday, 21 August 2011 which had a group of Iranian students as part of their package tour of Malaysia. The one day rapid is ongoing today and the Merdeka Team Rapid over Saturday and Sunday.
The numbers are already swelling beyond the capacity of the existing hall. Come join in the fun and the finale over this weekend! See you all there!
To read more, please visit this link here.
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20 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the 8th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2011, GM Li Shilong (pix above) is outright leader with 5 points after both Olivers stumble. Li beat Barbosa on top board while Dimakiling drew with Wan Yunguo on board two.
In round 6, Li will match-up with Dimakiling on top board. Round 6 will be played on Monday, 22 August 2011, 15:00 hrs. Tomorrow is Swensen’s one-day rapid Age Group Tournament. Malaysian Open participants will get a rest day on Sunday, 21 August 2011.
Rank after round 5, 8th DAT Malaysian Open 2011.
6th Round Pairings, 8th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2011.
Meanwhile Malaysia’s best player is IM Lim Yee Weng with 3 points, followed by Cheah Cheok Fung (pix above) with 2.5 points, Justin Ong and WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham both scored 2.5 points each. In fifth place is NM Lim Zhuo Ren with 2.0 points to show after five rounds of play. At 2.0 points include Ismail Ahmad, Roshan Singh, Tan Li Ting, Renitha Narayanan, Elgin Lee Kah Meng and Mark Siew.
20 August 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the DAT Malaysian Open 2011, Dimakiling Oliver, Philippines and Barbosa Oliver, Philippines, both won their round 4 games. Meanwhile GM Li Shilong of China, won his game against GM Wang Rui on second board of the round 4 this morning.
All three players, Dimakiling, Barbosa and GM Li Shilong have scored four points and all three jointly leads in the 8th DAT Malaysia Open 2011.
Ranking Crosstable After Round 4, 8th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2011.
(source: chess-results.com)
20 August 2011 Kuala Lumpur – Here are two games from round 2 of the Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2011 involving the defending champion, GM Cao Sang of Vietnam and a regular woman participant , WIM, Muminova Nafisa of Uzbekistan.
[Event "DAT Malaysian Open 2011"] [Site "MidValley, Kuala Lumpur"] [Date "2011.08.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Ikeda, Junta"] [Black "Cao, Sang"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2349"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator ",user"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2011.08.20"] [SourceDate "2011.08.20"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 b5 12. b3 b4 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. c4 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Ba6 16. a3 Rc8 17. Rec1 O-O 18. Bh3 Re8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Kh2 Rd7 21. g4 c4 22. Rg1 d4 23. Ne4 c3 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Bc1 Qb8 26. Ng3 Bg5 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Kh1 Nxd3 31. Bf1 f6 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Bc1 Bc2 0-1
[Event "DAT Malaysian Open 2011"] [Site "MidValley Kuala Lumpur"] [Date "2011.08.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Muminova, Nafisa"] [Black "Li, Shilong"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2319"] [BlackElo "2520"] [Annotator ",user"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2011.08.20"] [SourceDate "2011.08.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 c4 8. Bc2 Ne5 9. h3 g5 10. Na3 b5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. b3 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Qb6+ 15. Kh2 Qf2 16. Rh1 Be6 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 O-O-O 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bd1 Bh6 21. Be2 Bf4+ 22. Kg1 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Nxc4 Rxe2 25. Nb6+ Kb7 26. Rxe2 Kxb6 27. Rb1+ Kc6 28. Reb2 Nd7 29. Kf2 Nc5 30. Rd1 h5 31. Ke3 h4 32. Rh1 a5 33. Rhb1 Bc4 34. a3 h3 35. g3 Na4 36. Rh2 Rd8 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Be6 39. g4 Kc5 40. Kd3 Nb6 41. Rh1 Nc4 42. Rxh3 Nxa3 43. Rh5 Nc4 44. g5 Kd6 45. Rh6 Nb6 46. g6 fxg6 47. Rxg6 a4 48. Kc2 a3 49. Rh6 a2 50. Rh1 Kc5 51. Kb2 Na4+ 52. Kc2 Kc4 53. Rc1 Nxc3 54. Kb2 Kd4 55. Rh1 Na4+ 56. Ka3 Nc5 57. Kb2 Ke3 58. Rh7 Nd3+ 59. Ka1 Nb4 60. Rh2 Kd3 61. Kb2 Nc2 0-1
(games courtesy of DAT Malaysian Open 2011 website)
7 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The organisers and DATCC has a proper announcement and update on the upcoming Malaysian Chess Festival 2011 this August 2011 at CitiTel MidValley, Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysia Chess Festival is ON!
After much speculation, the 8th edition of the Malaysia Chess Festival is back on the calendar. Albeit missing the generous sponsorship from Dato Tan Chin Nam, the traditional sponsors such as ASTRO, CitiTel and IGN including last year's first time sponsor Swensen and KLK Berhad have come to the fore to make the annual event a reality. According to organizer Hamid Majid, it is important to have the momentum going to make sure that the event stays in the calendar. The Malaysia Chess Festival is a unique chess event that offers a variety of event format ranging from classical time control to rapid and blitz events, and for various playing level and ages from the young and the young at heart.
This year's event will feature the usual anchor event, the Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open with the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng International Seniors Open as the side event for the senior players and the Malaysia Open Chess Challenge for the amateurs. These are FIDE rated events with 90 minutes playing time plus 30 seconds increment per move played over 9 rounds. With more than RM70,000 in total prize money for these three events, it remains as the most lucrative event for the local chess calendar. These events are scheduled to start on 17th August with players registration and Round 1 to start on 18th August. The final Round 9 is scheduled on 25th August followed by the closing ceremony and the Malaysia Open Blitz event. There will be 2 rest days in between the scheduled 9 rounds - after Round 5 on Sunday, 21st August and before Round 9 on Wednesday, 24th August.
During the first rest day on Sunday, the organizer will be holding the Age Group Chess Championship and for the second rest day on Wednesday, exhibition and simul matches will be conducted by various grandmasters against our aspiring juniors. Both events are open to junior players of all ages and playing strength.
This year's event exhibit a slight change from the norm with the classical event being conducted prior to the rapid whereas in the previous editions, the organizers would run the rapid events first including the team event before settling on the more serious tournaments. The individual rapid and team events are conducted after the major events to take advantage of the school break which starts on the 25th and 26th of August thereby allowing some time for outstation team to take part before their Hari Raya going home exodus. After all, with most holiday goers filling up the major highways over the weekend, it is only sensible to take part in this year’s festival and delay the travelling dates to a more less stressful journey - on Sunday after the event concludes.
The individual rapid event shall be conducted on the 26th August over 7 rounds starting at 8:00am with registration and Round 1 to start at 9:00am. A total prize fund of RM2,500 has been set aside for the event with the eventual winner to bag RM700 for his/her effort. The traditional ASTRO Merdeka Team event will start the following day to be played over 9 rounds with Round 1 to Round 6 to scheduled on Saturday and the remaining 3 rounds on Sunday. The event is scheduled to complete by 2:00pm to allow players to return home and reach their destination just before break fasting time with a one day rest on Monday before the Hari Raya celebration on Tuesday.
Those interested to find out more about the event can contact Hamid Majid at +60193158098 or email aham@pc.jaring.my.
Otherwise, click on the following link to download the registration forms for the various event held during the Chess Festival.
1. 8th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship
2. Malaysia Open Chess Challenge
3. Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng International Seniors Open Chess Championship
4. ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Team Open Championship
5. Merdeka Rapid Individual Open Championship
6. SWENSEN'S Open Rapid Age Group Championship
(source: DATCC’s blog@ Najib Wahab)
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Merdeka rapid events
14 August 2010, Kuala Lumpur - Here is a reminder to all local chess players that the Merdeka individual rapid open tournament will be played on Aug 28, the Merdeka team rapid open tournament from Aug 29-31, and the Merdeka individual national age-group rapid open tournament on Sept 5. Venue for all three events is the Cititel hotel ballroom at MidValley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur.
Details from Hamid Majid (019-3158098, fax 03-40244337,aham@pc.jaring.my or aham4you@gmail.com.my). Or you may visit Malaysian Open blog or click here.
(click on picture to enlarge it)
As a guide to participating teams, the above table outlines the schedule for the 9 Swiss rounds from 29th to 31st August 2009.
To all players, please have fun participating in the team event in this year's Malaysian Chess Festival 2009 in Kuala Lumpur. Happy hunting and best of luck.
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