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.
2 September 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Last Tuesday, 31st Ogos 2010, on Malaysia’s Independence Day was held the closing and prize-giving ceremony for the ASTRO Merdeka Individual and Team events.
Here are some random pictures of the hour long ceremony with shouts of Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! and ASTRO!
1 September 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the detailed performance of each participating team during the recently concluded ASTRO Merdeka Team Rapid Open Chess Championship 2010 held from 29-31st August 2010 at the CitiTel MidValley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
31st August 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the final rankings of the 70 participating chess teams in the ASTRO Merdeka Team Rapid 2010 held over three days, 29-31st August 2010. Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib, President of MCF, Dirk Jordan from Germany, Ms Jolyn Gasper of ASTRO's Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and En. Abdul Hamid b Majid, Malaysian Chess Federation did the speeches and gave the prizes to the winners to the list of winners below.  Pix 1. The winning chess team: Chesskidz Men’s Team. 30th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Team Open Chess Championship 2010 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Gam. | + | = | - | MP | Pts. | |
| 1 | Chesskidz Men's Team | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27½ | |
| 2 | Bengal Tigers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 24½ | |
| 3 | Crusher | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 27 | |
| 4 | Marfori Fighters | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24½ | |
| 5 | Rusty Nails | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 24½ | |
| 6 | SMS Gold | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 23 | |
| 7 | Jakarta B (U16) | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | |
| 8 | International Rhapsody | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 25½ | |
| 9 | Jakarta A | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 24½ | |
| 10 | Magic | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 23½ | |
| 11 | Klang Valley Koalas | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22½ | |
| 12 | Klang Valley Kiwis | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22½ | |
| 13 | Uzbek Connection | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22 | |
| 14 | CLOBA-80 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 23½ | |
| 15 | ASTRO Arena | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22½ | |
| 16 | Perak State Team | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22½ | |
| 17 | Young & Danger ! (U16) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | |
| 18 | PFS Chess Club Senior | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | |
| 19 | Sabah | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21½ | |
| 20 | Rorschach | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | |
| 21 | Team Works (U16) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | |
| 22 | Petronas | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | |
| 23 | Penang | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 21 | |
| 24 | ASTRO Ladies | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20½ | |
| 25 | Mamak, The Sequel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 26 | Sarawak | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 27 | Sabah B | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19½ | |
| 28 | PCA Juniors U12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18½ | |
| 29 | Bangka Belitung | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | |
| 30 | Polgar Team (U16) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16½ | |
| 31 | Cili Padi (U12) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | |
| 32 | The Knights (U12) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |
| 33 | Penang Dinobot | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19½ | |
| 34 | Chesskidz U-10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |
| 35 | Chung Ling High School | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 36 | Knightstalker | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 37 | SMK St Paul A | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 38 | USM Reborn | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| 39 | PFS Chess Club A U16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| 40 | Young & Adult Union | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16½ | |
| 41 | Kids for Chess Independence (U16) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |
| 42 | MH Pintar NS Junior Trainers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |
| 43 | Chessteens Inviolable | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| 44 | LOHA 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| 45 | Chess Ninja | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17½ | |
| 46 | Ampang Gunner | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 47 | PFS Chess Club B U16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15½ | |
| 48 | Chess Warrior | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
| 49 | SJK (C) Kepong 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13½ | |
| 50 | Penang Juniors | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15½ | |
| 51 | Multimedia University | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15½ | |
| 52 | Banting Kids Team | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| 53 | LOHA 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| 54 | Kids for Chess Freedom (U16) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14½ | |
| 55 | SK Satria Jaya, Kuching (U16) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14½ | |
| 56 | Adults for Chess | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 57 | SMK St Paul B | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13½ | |
| 58 | Winx Club | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11½ | |
| 59 | Prison Team | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15½ | |
| 60 | Mini Pawn | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 61 | The Young Ones | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13½ | |
| 62 | SJKC Jalan Davidson (U12) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12½ | |
| 63 | SK SBS Satria | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12½ | |
| 64 | PCA Juniors U8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 65 | SK SBS Putra | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12½ | |
| 66 | MH Pintar Penang Sarawak Juniors | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10½ | |
| 67 | SK Sabak Kota Baru (U16) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 68 | SK SBS Wira | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8½ | |
| 69 | SK SBS Waja | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6½ | |
| 70 | SK SBS Saga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5½ | |
| OPEN CATEGORY | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| CHAMPION | CHALLENGE TROPHY + 5 MEDALS + RM5000 | CHESSKIDZ MEN'S TEAM |
| SECOND | 5 MEDALS + RM 4000 | BENGAL TIGERS |
| THIRD | 5 MEDALS + RM 3000 | CRUSHER |
| FOURTH | RM 2000 | MARFORI FIGHTERS |
| FIFTH | RM 1500 | RUSTY NAILS |
| SIXTH | RM 1000 | JAKARTA B (U16) |
| SEVENTH | RM 899 | INTERNATIONAL RHAPSODY |
| EIGHTH | RM 700 | JAKARTA A |
| NINTH | RM 500 | MAGIC |
| TENTH | RM 300 | KLANG VALLEY KOALAS |
| MALAYSIAN TEAM CATEGORY | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| BEST MALAYSIAN TEAM | RM 3000 | SMS GOLD |
| SECOND | RM 2000 | CLOBA-80 |
| THIRD | RM 1000 | PFS CHESS CLUB SENIOR |
| BEST STATE TEAM | RM 1000 + MEDALS | PERAK STATE TEAM |
| BEST GOVERNMENT TEAM | RM 500 | PRISON TEAM |
| BEST IPT TEAM | RM 500 | UPM KNIGHTSTALKER |
| BEST LADIES TEAM | RM 500 | ASTRO LADIES |
| BEST SCHOOL TEAM | RM 500 | CHUNG LING HIGH SCHOOL |
| BEST JUNIOR TEAM U 16 | 5 GOLD MEDALS + RM 500 | YOUNG AND DANGER! |
| BEST JUNIOR TEAM U 12 | 5 GOLD MEDALS + RM 500 | PCA JUNIORS U12 |
| BEST BOARD PRIZES | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| BOARD ONE | MEDAL | ARUN PRASAD (CRUSHER) |
| BOARD TWO | MEDAL | LAXMAN RR (BENGAL TIGERS) |
| BOARD THREE | MEDAL | LYE LIK ZANG (KIDS FOR CHESS FREEDOM) |
| BOARD FOUR | MEDAL | KHOO CHANG GEE (PENANG DINOBOT) |
| BOARD FIVE | MEDAL | SHAWN FOO (CHESSKIDZ U-10) |
| 31st August 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the final rankings of the 70 participating chess teams in the ASTRO Merdeka Team Rapid 2010 held over three days, 29-31st August 2010. 30th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Team Open Chess Championship 2010 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Gam. | + | = | - | MP | Pts. | |
| 1 | Chesskidz Men's Team | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27½ | |
| 2 | Bengal Tigers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 24½ | |
| 3 | Crusher | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 27 | |
| 4 | Marfori Fighters | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24½ | |
| 5 | Rusty Nails | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 24½ | |
| 6 | SMS Gold | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 23 | |
| 7 | Jakarta B (U16) | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 26 | |
| 8 | International Rhapsody | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 25½ | |
| 9 | Jakarta A | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 24½ | |
| 10 | Magic | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 23½ | |
| 11 | Klang Valley Koalas | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22½ | |
| 12 | Klang Valley Kiwis | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22½ | |
| 13 | Uzbek Connection | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22 | |
| 14 | CLOBA-80 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 23½ | |
| 15 | ASTRO Arena | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22½ | |
| 16 | Perak State Team | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22½ | |
| 17 | Young & Danger ! (U16) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | |
| 18 | PFS Chess Club Senior | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | |
| 19 | Sabah | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21½ | |
| 20 | Rorschach | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | |
| 21 | Team Works (U16) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | |
| 22 | Petronas | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | |
| 23 | Penang | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 21 | |
| 24 | ASTRO Ladies | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20½ | |
| 25 | Mamak, The Sequel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 26 | Sarawak | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | |
| 27 | Sabah B | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19½ | |
| 28 | PCA Juniors U12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18½ | |
| 29 | Bangka Belitung | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | |
| 30 | Polgar Team (U16) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16½ | |
| 31 | Cili Padi (U12) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | |
| 32 | The Knights (U12) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |
| 33 | Penang Dinobot | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19½ | |
| 34 | Chesskidz U-10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |
| 35 | Chung Ling High School | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 36 | Knightstalker | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 37 | SMK St Paul A | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18½ | |
| 38 | USM Reborn | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| 39 | PFS Chess Club A U16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
| 40 | Young & Adult Union | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16½ | |
| 41 | Kids for Chess Independence (U16) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |
| 42 | MH Pintar NS Junior Trainers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |
| 43 | Chessteens Inviolable | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| 44 | LOHA 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| 45 | Chess Ninja | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17½ | |
| 46 | Ampang Gunner | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 47 | PFS Chess Club B U16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15½ | |
| 48 | Chess Warrior | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
| 49 | SJK (C) Kepong 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13½ | |
| 50 | Penang Juniors | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15½ | |
| 51 | Multimedia University | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15½ | |
| 52 | Banting Kids Team | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| 53 | LOHA 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| 54 | Kids for Chess Freedom (U16) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14½ | |
| 55 | SK Satria Jaya, Kuching (U16) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14½ | |
| 56 | Adults for Chess | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 57 | SMK St Paul B | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13½ | |
| 58 | Winx Club | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11½ | |
| 59 | Prison Team | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15½ | |
| 60 | Mini Pawn | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 61 | The Young Ones | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13½ | |
| 62 | SJKC Jalan Davidson (U12) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12½ | |
| 63 | SK SBS Satria | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12½ | |
| 64 | PCA Juniors U8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 65 | SK SBS Putra | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12½ | |
| 66 | MH Pintar Penang Sarawak Juniors | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10½ | |
| 67 | SK Sabak Kota Baru (U16) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 68 | SK SBS Wira | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8½ | |
| 69 | SK SBS Waja | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6½ | |
| 70 | SK SBS Saga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5½ | |
PRIZE WINNERS FOR THE ASTRO MERDEKA TEAM RAPID 2010 are shown as in the table below.
| OPEN CATEGORY | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| CHAMPION | CHALLENGE TROPHY + 5 MEDALS + RM5000 | CHESSKIDZ MEN'S TEAM |
| SECOND | 5 MEDALS + RM 4000 | BENGAL TIGERS |
| THIRD | 5 MEDALS + RM 3000 | CRUSHER |
| FOURTH | RM 2000 | MARFORI FIGHTERS |
| FIFTH | RM 1500 | RUSTY NAILS |
| SIXTH | RM 1000 | JAKARTA B (U16) |
| SEVENTH | RM 899 | INTERNATIONAL RHAPSODY |
| EIGHTH | RM 700 | JAKARTA A |
| NINTH | RM 500 | MAGIC |
| TENTH | RM 300 | KLANG VALLEY KOALAS |
| MALAYSIAN TEAM CATEGORY | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| BEST MALAYSIAN TEAM | RM 3000 | SMS GOLD |
| SECOND | RM 2000 | CLOBA-80 |
| THIRD | RM 1000 | PFS CHESS CLUB SENIOR |
| BEST STATE TEAM | RM 1000 + MEDALS | PERAK STATE TEAM |
| BEST GOVERNMENT TEAM | RM 500 | PRISON TEAM |
| BEST IPT TEAM | RM 500 | UPM KNIGHTSTALKER |
| BEST LADIES TEAM | RM 500 | ASTRO LADIES |
| BEST SCHOOL TEAM | RM 500 | CHUNG LING HIGH SCHOOL |
| BEST JUNIOR TEAM U 16 | 5 GOLD MEDALS + RM 500 | YOUNG AND DANGER! |
| BEST JUNIOR TEAM U 12 | 5 GOLD MEDALS + RM 500 | PCA JUNIORS U12 |
| BEST BOARD PRIZES | PRIZES | WINNERS |
| BOARD ONE | MEDAL | ARUN PRASAD (CRUSHER) |
| BOARD TWO | MEDAL | LAXMAN RR (BENGAL TIGERS) |
| BOARD THREE | MEDAL | LYE LIK ZANG (KIDS FOR CHESS FREEDOM) |
| BOARD FOUR | MEDAL | KHOO CHANG GEE (PENANG DINOBOT) |
| BOARD FIVE | MEDAL | SHAWN FOO (CHESSKIDZ U-10) |
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