Chess Workshop by Josephine Berago, Tuesdays

3 Feb 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a new series of chess classes for beginners by Polgar Chess Asia. The venue will be Tropicana Club every Tuesdays for February till April 2013. Coached by Josephine Berago of the Philippines.

Please contact Louisa Yip, h/p: 019-258 6355 for further details.

Congratulatory Message From Polgar Chess Asia

30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are some news from Polgar Chess Asia on the performance of their students and some upcoming chess lessons and activities.

Dear Friends,
The months of April to June will be abuzz with various activities, most importantly the MSSM tournaments that will be played out throughout the Malaysian national schools.  The final round will be held in Trengganu coming June 2012.

1. CONGRATULATIONS to our high achievers in the recently completed National Age Group 2012:-
    ROSHAN AJEET SINGH - Champion (Under 16 Category)
    LUCAS MATTHEW DUTTON - 11th (Under 16 Category)
    CHEONG JIE YAO - 2nd (Under 14 Category)
    DILWEN DING - 4th (Under 14 Category)
    WONG ZI YUE - 6th (Under 8 Category)
    CHEAH KAH HOE - 7th (Under 8 Category)

and those who went in with their fighting spirit...
    NEO XUE WEI
    NAVHIN KUMARASEN
    HO EU SHENG
    SHIVENDRAN GANDHI
    NEO XUE WEN
    NEO XUE ERN
    WONG GOON SHEK
    WILFRED ANG
    AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL
    HO LI-ENN
    AMIRA FARHANA AMIRUL

and those who competed in MSSMKL Sentul Zone:-
    Kong Dak Nam (3rd, U12)
    Nhavin Kumaresan (5th, U12)
    Shobhanah Ramesh (2nd, U12 Girls)
    Khirrtini Muraleetharan (5th, U12 Girls)
    Zetty Humairah Mohd Zambry (6th, U12 Girls)
    Nur Fatin Farhana Khairullah (8th, U12 Girls)
    Anis Sofiya Hajaludin (9th, U12 Girls)
    Trina Kaur (10th, U12 Girls)
    Nur Najiha Hisham (12th, U12 Girls)
    Renukha Devi (13th, U12 Girls)
    Sushmita Shyla Kaur (14th, U12 Girls)
    Irdina Izman (3rd, U10 Girls)
    Nur Sabrina Abd. Ghafur (5th, U10 Girls)
    Jessica Tan (6th, U10 Girls)
    Roshini Devi (7th, U10 Girls)
    NurAdriana Sofea (9th, U10 Girls)
    Thisha Archana (11th, U10 Girls)
    Nur Nazirah Hisham (14th, U10 Girls)
    Joelle Tan (15th, U10 Girls)

2.    NEW CLASSES -
Beginners (Level 1) for absolute beginners:-
        Start Date:   7 April 2012 (every Saturday)
        Time:            10-11am
Level 2 Beginners
        Time:          10 - 11.30am (every Saturday)
                            2 - 3.30pm (every Saturday)
                            4 - 5.30pm (every Saturday)
                            10 - 11.30am (every Sunday)
Level 3 Beginners
        Time:        2 - 3.30pm (every Saturday)

3.    NEW PARTNER @ Taman Menjalara, Kepong
        We will be sending our coach to Lexian Playhouse, a child enrichment centre based in Taman Menjalara to reach out to the community at Bukit Maluri, Desa Park City,   Kepong, Menjalara & Bandar Sri Damansara.  Please email me if you are looking to send your child to the centre.
        Start Date:  4 May 2012 (Friday)
        Time:  5.30-6.30pm

4.    ACTIVITY -  May Day Chess Challenge 2012
        Date:  29 April 2012 (Sunday)
        Time:  1pm - 5pm
        Closing Date for registration:  20 April 2012
        Enclosed is the registration form.

All the best to those who are currently playing or will be playing soon in the district level MSSM tournaments!

Kind regards,
Louisa Yip
Polgar Chess Asia
22-1  Jalan 27/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +60 3-2300 1680   Fax: +60 3-2300 1689
www.polgarchessasia.com

May Day Chess Challenge

17 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The Polgar Chess Asia is organising an age-group chess tournament over 5 Swiss-System rounds of rapid chess with a time control of 20 minutes on the 30th April 2011, Saturday.

The venue of the tournament will be held at Polgar Chess Asia, Desa Sri Hartamas. Please contact Louisa Yip at 03-2300 1680 for details.

Registration Form:

(source: Louisa Yip, Polgar Chess Asia, Effective Commerce Sdn. Bhd. Tel: +60 3-2300 1680,   Fax: +60 3-2300 1689, www.polgarchessasia.com )

Holiday Chess Program

26 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The Polgar Chess Asia is organising a Holiday Chess Program this coming March 2011 as shown in the flyer below:-

Please contact Louisa Yip of Polgar Chess Asia (Mobile: +60 19-258 6355) or Tel: +60 3-2300 1680  Fax: +60 3-2300 1689 for more details.

Polgar Chess Training This Coming Holiday!

6 November 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a gentle reminder to parents and interested chess enthusiasts about chess camps, chess training sessions and chess workshops to help the young talented chess player to be up to scratch with the latest chess techniques and strategies during the months of November and December 2010. So read on the promotional email from Louisa Yip of Polgar Chess Asia.

Dear Friends,

As the year-end school break is fast approaching, we have put together our past experiences in teaching chess into comprehensive programmes like Immersion Camps, Building up Young Talent and Strategy of Attack Workshop to address the weaknesses of children not having enough practical chess time.

School break is always the best time to catch-up especially those who would be playing under different categories next year or aspiring young players entering competitive scene for the first time.

Please find below the time schedule (please refer to attachment for full details) please click here :-

Young Talent Immersion Camp

1.  18-20 Nov, 25-27 Nov and 2-4 Dec (9-day Intensive Program for competitive players)

2.  13-16 Dec (4-day Intensive Program for competitive players)

Building up Young Talent

22-24 Nov (3 day Program for aspiring & competitive players)

Strategy of Attack Workshop

29 Nov - 3 Dec (5-day Intensive Program for aspiring & competitive players)

 

 

 

 

Level 1 (2-day Program for Beginners)

22-23 Nov;

24-25 Nov

29-30 Nov

6-7 Dec

13-14 Dec

20-21 Dec

 

 

Level 2 (2-day Program for Beginners introducing Endgames)

22-23 Nov

1-2 Dec

15-16 Dec

Level 2 (6-day Program for Beginners focusing on Endgames)

22-27 Nov

1-2 Dec & 6-9 Dec

Level 3 (2-day Program for Beginners introducing Openings)

8-9 Dec

22-23 Dec

Level 3 (6-day Program for Beginners focusing on Openings)

8-9 Dec & 13-16 Dec

Please let me know if you need any clarification.

Kind regards,

Louisa Yip

POLGAR Chess Asia

Effective Commerce Sdn. Bhd.

Tel: +60 3-2300 1680  Fax: +60 3-2300 1689

Mobile: +60 19-258 6355

To see an earlier similar post, please click here.

Polgar Chess Asia Year-End Activities

27 September 2010, Kuala Lumpur – The Polgar Chess Asia is organising some chess activities for the young, interested chess enthusiasts. And parents wanting to keep their children occupied during the year-end school holidays will have the opportunity to let their children play chess for fun or more seriously by participating in tournaments either locally or overseas. Just read on and look at all the possibilities for your children.

Here is an open email invitation from Polgar Chess Asia to parents of young chess enthusiasts for the many varied chess activities that is available at your door step:-

Dear Friends,
Holidays come and go so quickly, and its time to start planning for year-end school holidays again.

This year, our programs start early in October as most who will be playing in MSSM-Masterskill National Scholastic Chess Championship (8-12 November 2010, under the auspices of MoE) would like to have some form of preparation before the tournament.Pls click here for entry form.  The program is Building Up Young Talent, 8 sessions of 3 hours daily, 2.30-5.30pm, 25-28 Oct, 1-4 Nov 2010.  For those who are planning to vie for a place in the school/state team next year, this will be a good warm-up lap as all 14 states will be sending their team.  Besides, this is also a rated tournament.  As the MoE has written a letter to the each State Education Dept., students are allowed to take leave from school during this period. To see the flyer and related forms, please click here.

For those who are keen to play at international stage, please check out Asian Schools Chess Championship, Sri Lanka, 16-23 December.  In preparation for this tournament and the 2011 MSSM, we have the Young Talent Immersion Camp (22 November - 8 December, depending on skills level) which begins immediately after the last school term ends and also Private Sessions Package (4 sessions of 1.5 hour each, between 1-5 Dec @ RM500).  The Camp will also be co-conducted by a visiting Grandmaster. To see the flyer and related forms, please click here.

Training Support Fee during the Asian Schools tournament is available but has to be confirmed by 1 November.  Please book as soon as possible.

Those wishing to go for Penang Open (8-12 Dec) or National Junior Championships (15-19 Dec) should consider private session package for preparation.

As for Beginners, please refer to many dates of Level 1, 2 and 3 and Strategy Workshop.

Please find attached the Tournament entries to MSSM-Masterskills National Scholastic Chess Championship and our Children's Day celebration. To see the flyer and related forms, please click here or here for tournament form for MSSM-Masterskill or day chess challenge at POLGAR CHESS ASIA.

New Classes:-
Level 1 Beginners -
Saturday, 5-6pm, starting 9 October
Thursday, 4.30-5.30pm, starting 14 October
Sunday, 2-3pm, starting 17 October
Level 2
Saturday, 3.30-5pm, starting 25 September
Wednesday, 4.30-6pm, starting 13 October
Saturday, 10-11.30am, starting 30 October
Level 3
Saturday, 10-11.30am, starting 2 October
Saturday, 2-3.30pm, starting 2 October

Saturday, 3.30-5pm, starting 2 October
Sunday, 10-11.30am, starting 3 October
Competitive Chess
Saturday, 11.30am-1pm, starting 2 October
Sunday, 11.30am-1pm, starting 3 October
Please let me know if you have any question. 
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Louisa Yip
POLGAR Chess Asia
Tel: +60 3-2300 1680

Mobile: +60 19-258 6355

(source: email from Louisa Yip)

Holiday Chess Workshops 14-17 June 2010

10 June 2010, Kuala Lumpur – POLGAR Chess Asia is organising several chess workshops for beginners and intermediate levels during the current school holidays.

We are already one week into our national school holidays with one more precious week to make full use of!

Next week’s schedule at POLGAR Chess Asia, looks like this if you would like to take 2 days to fill-up your kid's time and to start them with something which will be of good use for years to come! 

Holiday Chess Workshops

Mon & Tues (14 & 15 June) - Beginners Level 1 Workshop (for absolute beginners) - RM280 + 40 (for food, optional)

Wed & Thur (16 & 17 June) - Beginners Level 2 Workshop (Basic endgames and openings) - RM280 + 40 (for food, optional)

Wed & Thur (16 & 17 June) - Strategy of Attack (for those who have started playing competitively) * Due to popular demand! - RM300 + 40 (for food, optional)

New Regular Class
Beginners Level 1 - Every Saturday, 3.30-4.30pm, starting 12 June 2010
Fee:  RM180 per month
Coming Tournament!
Date:  31st July 2010 (Saturday)
Time:  1-5pm
Time Control:  20 mins., 5 Rounds

Entry Fee:  RM15 (Students of PCA); RM30 (non-students)

The entry form as below.
 

For more information and entry form to upcoming chess tournament, you may contact Ms Louisa Yip of POLGAR Chess Asia

22-1  Jalan 27/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +60 3-2300 1680, Mobile: +60 19-258 6355

Polgar Chess University And Chess Education In Malaysia!

Peter Long in his blog has declared that they are now the official trainer and service provider for Polgar Chess Asia. The institute provides chess education and training programs for the young chess player. This is his third resolution for the year 2010 that has been fulfilled as planned.

Please read more from his blog from this link.