Closing Ceremony - UM Team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

Some pictures of team captains receiving the certificates of participation during the Closing Ceremony of the University of Malaya Tun Syed Zaharuddin Chess Team Open 2010 at the Tun Syed Zaharuddin College (Ninth College), University of Malaya on the 28th February 2010.

   

  Pix 1. Ismail, SMS Gold.          Pix 2. Lim Zhou Ren-Nameless. 

   

Pix 3. Fadhil Nayan, N9 Warriors.       Pix 4. 

   

    Pix 5.                                      Pix 6. 

 

 

Pix 7. Andrew-Capt of Bloggers Utd.    Pix 8. 4th Steps.

 Pix 9.

Apologies to those I do not know or recognise. I have left them as pictures of the Closing Ceremony event on the 28th February 2010.

Picture Gallery 2, UM Team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

Some more pictures of the University Malaya Chess Team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin held at the Ninth College, UM, Kuala Lumpur on the 28th February 2010.

  

Pix 1. Nameless – Runners-up.    Pix 2. Seahorse – Third placing.

 

Pix 3. Abdul Hamid Majid.         Pix 4. SMS Gold – Champion.

      

Pix 5. UPM team (Hall 2).          Pix 6. Project Director, Itasha.

 

Pix 7. Bloggers Utd.                Pix 8. Rorschach vs UM’siaTeam1.(Hall2)

  

Pix 9. UM committee members.  Pix 10. Skylift-Best School Team.

Picture Gallery, University Malaya Team Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

Random pictures of the Team Chess Open at University of Malaya, Ninth College, Kuala Lumpur on the 28th February 2010.
 
Pix 1. Jax Tham, Team AU.      Pix 2. IM Mok vs Kamaluddin Yusof.
 
Pix 3. SMS Gold vs PrepareToLose. Pix 4. Andrew, busy blogging.
 
Pix 5. Hall 1. PrepareToLose.     Pix 6. TeamAU vs Nameless.
 
Pix 7. Seahorse Vs Skylift.       Pix 8. Bloggers Utd vs MPKlang.(Hall3)

Top Four Teams At UM Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

Here is a closer look at the performance of players in the top four teams that participated in the recently concluded University of Malaya Chess Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010.

SMS Gold team has players who all have ratings above 2000.

Nameless team has players with two below 2000 ratings and two above 2000 ratings.

Seahorse which has IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi Agus B A Rahman, also has a mixed bag of players. Two above 2000 ratings and two below 2000 ratings.

N9 Warriors team had only one player above 2000, and three below 2000 ratings.

In terms of 100% wins, out of the four teams, three teams have one each. Nameless is Justin Ong Way, Seahorse is IM Mas and N9 Warriors has Faiezul Zainal.

For the full list of team compositions and the players’ performance, please visit gilachess.com’s blog or click here.

Food for thought.

Full Results of UM Team Chess Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

The full results of the recently concluded University of Malaya Team Chess Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin held at the Ninth College, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur on the 28th February 2010.

In all forty-four teams participated in this year’s edition of the team event. Making a total of 176 players in all attending this event.

This is the round-by-round results of each team.

(source: Najib Wahab)

SMS Gold Wins The UM Team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

   Pix 1. Team SMS Gold, winner of the 2010 UM Team Chess Tun Syed Zaharuddin.

Today, 28th February 2010, Team SMS Gold (comprising of IM Mok, Ismail, Yeap Eng Chiam and Ian Udani) won the six round Swiss University of Malaya team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin in this year’s annual event. This year’s chess team event were held for the first time in three separate rooms located on the first floor of the Ninth College, University of Malaya.

Here are the final results in brief:

First: SMS Gold

Second: Nameless

Third: Seahorse

Best University Team : University Malaysia Team 1

Best School Team: Skylift

En. Abdul Hamid Majid representing Malaysian Chess Federation gave a warm thank you to the participating players and the new batch of organising committee members at University of Malaya, headed by Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai. En Abdul Hamid mentioned that the UM’s Chess Team Open Event has been an annual event for the last ten to eleven years since its inception. However, since the batch of organising committee members keep changing every year, the historical beginnings of the chess tournament has been lost. As always the case, at this morning’s briefing, En. Abdul Hamid pointed out that out of twenty assistants and helpers at the tournament venue, only three of them know how to play chess. Nevertheless, he appreciated their assistance.

En. Abdul Hamid mentioned the emergency phase about three days before the event, the organising committee discovered to their horror that their tournament hall has been booked by another party and made alternative arrangements for today’s tournament at three separate rooms, two of which are fully air-conditioned. Kudos to the Tournament Director, Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai and her team of helpers for persevering and overcoming extreme conditions to make this tournament another successfully run chess tournament! He also thanked the participating players for fully cooperating with the arbiters and the organising committee with some strict rules but for the increased pleasure of better playing conditions.

 

Pix 2. Abdul Hamid Majid.           Pix 3. Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai.

By the way, should you bump into Sharifah Itasha, you would be surprised to see her with blue sparkling eyes!

Well done to all concerned, be it UM organising committee, MCF arbiters, and participating players!!!!

Chess is the winner!!

Latest Results of Bloggers Utd

Performance of Bloggers Utd at the Chess Team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin, 28th February 2010 is as follows:-
1. Silent Killer, won 2.5 - 1.5;
2. UPM, draw 2 - 2;
3. 17 Chess Club, lost 1 - 3;
4. Majlis Perbandaran Klang, won 4 - 0;
5. Fourth Step, lost 1 - 3;
6. UIA A, won 3 - 1.

Total team points = 13.5 pts.

Sharifah Itasha, Project Director of UM Chess Open Event

The Tournament Director, Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai, preparing to give her welcoming speech at the team briefing UM despite various obstacles that the organising committee had faced recently.

Team briefing, University of Malaya Chess Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

A view of the playing hall two, air-conditioned room, packed with all the teams present. A roll call was made by Najib Wahab to check team attendance during the briefing session at the start of the tournament. Briefing was held at 8.30 am in the morning.

En. Abdul Hamid Majid and Najib Wahab giving the teams a short briefing about the rules and regulations for running the chess team tournament proper for the start of the University of Malaya Chess Team Open Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010. There were an estimated 43 teams taking part in this year's edition.

Surat Terbuka Mengenai Penganjuran Pertandingan Catur Berpasukan Terbuka Tun Syed Zaharuddin 2010

Sebagai pengurus salah satu pasukan catur yang akan bertanding, pihak penganjur Universiti Malaya telah mengirim satu emel menjelaskan kedudukan pihak UM sendiri dan masalah kecil dan cara menangani masalah yang telah wujud untuk maklum para peminat catur tanah air.

Di bawah dipamerkan maklumat emel yang telah diedarkan untuk makluman para peserta Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Tun Syed Zaharuddin di Kolej Ke-9, Universiti Malaya pada 28 Februari 2010 ini.

ASSALAMUALAIKUM DAN SALAM SEJAHTERA,

Kami di pihak penganjur terlebih dahulu meminta maaf atas segala kesulitan yang mungkin dihadapi oleh peserta sepanjang 3 bulan ini.

Segala perancangan berjalan lancar cuma secara jujurnya, kami menghadapi masalah tempat pertandingan. Hal ini terjadi apabila pihak kolej kami secara tidak sengaja menyewa dewan kepada orang lain untuk mengadakan kenduri kahwin.

Pada mulanya kami telah diarahkan oleh penasihat agar menganjakkan tarikh pertandingan atau terpaksa membatalkan pertandingan.

Setelah mendapati sesetengah peserta menghadapi kesukaran, kami bersepakat untuk meneruskan juga pertandingan walaupun tidak dipersetujui oleh penasihat kami.

Tempat yang kami sediakan masih di kolej sembilan Universiti Malaya, Kolej Kediaman Tun Syed Zahiruddin.

Cuma, tempat yang kami sediakan tidak besar tetapi mempunyai penghawa dingin.

Dan, mungkin akan menggangu para peserta dengan bunyi dari orang kahwin di tingkat bawah :(

Jadi, personally, saya ingin bertanya.

Adakah menjadi masalah kepada para peserta dengan masalah2 di atas (bunyi bising) ?

Sila sertakan feedback anda kerana kami inginkan yang terbaik untuk keselesaan peserta kami :)

Maaf atas segala kesulitan, but,

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!

Berikut merupakan aturcara pada hari pertandingan.

ATURCARA PROGRAM

7.45 am -8.30 am : Pengesahan Pendaftaran peserta

8.30am-9.00 am           : Taklimat pertandingan oleh En. Hamid, wakil dari Malaysia Chess Federation.

9.00 am-10.00 am         : Pusingan 1

10.00 am-11.00 am       : Pusingan 2

11.00 am-12.00 pm       : Pusingan 3

12.00 pm-1.30 pm         : Makan tengah hari/Rehat

1.30 pm-2.30 pm          : Pusingan 4

2.30 pm- 3.30 pm         : Pusingan 5

3.30 pm- 4.30 pm         : Pusingan 6

4.30 pm- 5.00 pm         : Rehat

5.00 pm                    : Semua peserta berkumpul di dewan

5.00 pm- 5.10pm      : Ucapan Pengarah (SAYA, wink wink)

5.10 pm- 5.30 pm    : Ucapan Penasihat/Penyelia, Dr Chandran Somasundram.

5.30 pm- 6.30 pm        : Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah kepada para pemenang.

6.30 pm                   : Majlis bersurai.

Selain daripada itu, pihak penganjur meminta agar peserta membawa resit asal pembayaran semasa pengesahan pendaftaran. Harap Maklum.

Ohh ya, kami ada 3 bilik untuk pemain. Dan ketiga-tiga bilik ada air-cond.

So, kepada yang tidak tahan sejuk, bolehlah membawa sweater bersama ;)

Sekian, terima kasih.

Jumpa anda AHAD ini (28 FEBRUARI 2010)

Segala update akan saya postkan di http://pctptsz.blogspot.com/

Yang benar,

Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai binti Syed Nushadil

Pengarah,

Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2009/2010,

Kolej Kediaman Tun Syed Zahiruddin,

Universiti Malaya.

pctptsz@yahoo.com

013-7686940

(source: emel dari Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai)

UM Team Tournament Back To Original Date, 28th Feb 2010!

Latest News: The University of Malaya Team Tournament is back on track to be held on 28th February 2010 as originally planned but the playing hall has been moved to a smaller premise. The place is the Ninth College, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur or you may visit the original post which has a location map to the Ninth College, University of Malaya or click here.

So get your players ready for the 28th February 2010 as the chess teams and chess gods of Malaysia will meet to decide the winner!

UM Team Tournament Tun Syed Zaharuddin Postponed!

Latest News: Fireyrook has just received a phonecall from officials of the UM Chess Organising Committee informing me that the University of Malaya Chess Team Tournament Tun Syed Zaharuddin has been postponed to Saturday, 13th March 2010 due to unknown technical reasons.

UpComing Weekend Chess Activities, 26-28 Feb 2010

This week is a short week as the Maulidur Rasul is a public holiday in Malaysia which falls on 26th February 2010, Friday. For chess lovers and enthusiasts, it will be a busy weekend. Here is what we have for chess activities :-

First off is the Excel Chess Academy’s Chinese New Year Rapids to be held on two-days from 26-27th February 2010 with a 10 rounds Swiss chess rapids. Each player will have 20 minutes plus 30 second increment for each round.

Second, Insofar Invitational FIDE Rated Chess Tournament which has been on-going since 15th January 2010 and the fourth round will be held on Friday night at the 3rd Floor, PKNS Building, Shah Alam, starts at 7.45 pm. Time control is 90 minutes plus 30 second increment (Classical Chess).

Third, MCF is organising the 1st Malaysian Women Masters 2010 to be held at the DATCC from 26th February – 2nd March 2010. 16 players have been confirmed with one reserve player on stand-by.

Fourth, DATCC is organising the DATCC Rookie Tornado Chess Tournament this Saturday, 27th February 2010 at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur. This is for those players with ratings of below 1400 only.

Fifth, University of Malaya is organising the Tun Syed Zahiruddin Team Chess Open 2010 on Sunday, 28th February 2010 at the Ninth College, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. This is an annual event organised by the University of Malaya.

Sixth, Seremban Parade is hosting the Seremban Parade Chess Championship 2010 on the 27-28th February 2010, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Have a wonderful weekend and have fun playing chess!