Full National Rating October 2010

9 October 2010, Kuala Lumpur – The full National Rating of Malaysian chess players (including foreign players who have played in Malaysia) for the month of October 2010 has been released by Mr. Lim Tse Pin, Malaysia’s Rating Officer.

Please visit these links to see the full list :

• Malaysia’s National Rating October 2010;
• Top 100 Juniors in Malaysia;
• Rating Changes July-September 2010.

For those who wish to see who are our top 100 juniors in Malaysia, please click here.

Please take note that 6 duplicate names have been removed and have their respective ratings adjusted accordingly that had appeared in the Rating Changes for the period July to Sept 2010 List that was uploaded earlier on fireyrook, chess-in-malaysia  and at Lim Tse Pin’s blog (malaysianchess.blogspot.com). A new copy of this list can be downloaded from here.

A friendly reminder from Mr.Lim Tse Pin to chess players and tournament directors:

For events (Oct to Dec 2010) that you would like to submit for rating
purposes, please use the naming convention in the list. Also, please
use MCF rating for any foreign players (who possess MCF rating) who
play in our locally rated tournament. This is for rating calculation
purposes and better seeding accuracy.  This is a norm practice in any
country who has their own rating system.

So continue to have fun playing chess! See you at your local chess tournaments!

October National Ratings 2010

4 October 2010, Kuala Lumpur – The October National Ratings is out! Malaysia’s Rating Officer, Mr. Lim Tse Pin has released the new list of top 20 most improved chess players for the October 2010 National Ratings.

Mr. Nikk Johari Low is the most improved player with 311 rating points and has improved from 1229 to 1540. Included in this top 20 includes  Vinton Wong, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa bt Azhar (pix below) and Iskandar Danial Adam (last July’s most improved player) and Ethan Wong.

Pix 1. Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa bt. Azhar.

Pix 2. Ethan Wong concentrating on his play.

Ethan Wong (pix above) is a regular player at the Excel Chess Academy and at DATCC. He has improved from 1377 to 1525 rating points. Well done to all top 20 most improved players. A list of the top 20 is shown below.

To read the full details of the top 20 players, please click here.

And to read the rating changes for active Malaysian chess players, please click here.

Top 20 Most Improved Players July 2010

8 July 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Last night the Malaysian Rating Officer, Mr. Lim Tse Pin has released the new National Ratings for the month of July 2010. He has also worked out who are the top 20 Most Improved Players for the July 2010 release date.

       

Saudara Iskandar Danial Adam (pix left) has suddenly improved to 1450 from 1179 ratings for the July 2010, an increase of 271 points up. Well done to Iskandar. Next on the list is Yeoh Li Tian from 1807 to 2031 points, up by 224 points. Goh Xin Yen is up from 1305 to 1425, up 120 points, while Abdul Haq Mohamed has increased his rating from 1829 to 1942 by 113 points. Surprise, surprise Pn Haslindah bt Ruslan (pix right), Vice President of MCF, also is listed. She improved her national ratings from 1409 to 1508, an increase of 99 points.

To access the above file, please click here.
To access the full national rating list, please click here.

Some notes from Mr. Lim Tse Pin on the national rating list as follows:

For the period between April and June 2010, a total of 10 events were
rated in time (Apr - June 2010 Nat Rtg Changes.xls) namely
1) 2010 CASClz;
2) 2010 CAS2Q;
3) 2010 DATCCLeague;
4) 2010 SelOpn;
5) 2010 NatClz;
6) 2010 Nat Ladies Clz;
7) 2010 KelClz;
8) 2010 KLOpn;
9) 2010 KLMstr;
10) 2010 AIZEKOpn (Trgganu);

The rating for the following event will be published in October 2010 list
(missing event file)
11) 2010 DATCC Sizzling Rapid

For any event that wish to be nationally-rated for the period July to 

Sept 2010, please send a notification to greglau64@gmail.com . The 

events that will be rated for the current period as below:
1. 5th MBSSKL Open (24 July)
2. Dungun Open 2010 (16-17 July)
3. Segamat Challenge (24 July)
4. DATCC Razzmatazz Rapid Chess Weekender (1 Aug)
5. IGB 7th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open (1 - 7 Sept)
6. Am Bank Chess Challenge (1 - 7 Sept)
7. 1st Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng International Seniors Open (1 - 7 Sept)
8. Merdeka Individual Rapid (28 Aug) - subject to confirmation from organiser
9. Merdeka Team Rapid Open Chess Tournament (29 to 31 Aug) – subject to confirmation from organiser
10. Merdeka National Open Rapid Age Group Chess Championship (5 Sept) - subject to confirmation from organiser.

(source: Mr Lim Tse Pin’s email)

April National Rating 2010 Updated!

The latest full updated April National Rating has just been updated by the Malaysian Chess Federation’s Rating Officer, Mr. Lim Tse Pin.

You may check out your rating by going to this address by clicking here.

Here are some updates that you can find on the spreadsheet which shows the top 40 National Players amongst the Junior and Senior ranks.

Other related posting on the same topic on this blog – click here.