Pusingan Kedua, Liga Catur Berpasukan Shah Alam 2009

Pada 26 Jun 2009 pusingan kedua Liga Catur Berpasukan Shah Alam 2009 telah berlangsung di Akademi Insofar Chess, Tkt 3, PKNS, Shah Alam.

Pasukan GiLoCatur Gambit telah bertemu dengan pasukan keempat yang diketuai oleh Wan Aizuddin Wan Ramli. Firey rook telah bertemu dengan Syed Remizan Syed Sobri pada papan ketiga. Firey rook bermain putih.

Hitam telah memilih bermain Sicilian Defence 1... c5. Namun pada langkah 9...Nxe4?? hitam telah memakan pawn di e4 dengan knightnya, ini merupakan satu kesilapan besar kerana pawn ini dikawal oleh knight di c3.

Kemudian pada langkah ke-14, hitam memilih menggerakkan Queen nya ke h4, 14...Qh4?? 15. Bg5! Dengan Bishop di g5, satu "double attack" ke atas Queen di h4 dan Rook di d8 oleh bishop telah berlaku. Hitam tidak ada pilihan untuk mengelak kehilangan Queen nya. Hitam kalah pada langkah 31.

Pasukan GiLoCatur telah menang 3-0 pada ketika itu, sementara papan ke-4 sedang bermain lagi kerana kekurangan jam catur.

Gambar 2. Posisi Catur pada 31. Qxb7, Hitam kehabisan masa.

(3) Firey rook (GiLoCatur Gambit) - Syed Remizan,Syed Sobri [B32]
Liga Catur Berpasukan Shah Alam Subang Jaya, 2nd Round, 26.06.2009

B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1–f3 Nb8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Qd8-b6 5.Nd4xc6 d7xc6 6.Nb1–c3 e7-e5 7.Bf1–c4 Ng8-f6 8.Bc4-b3

[8.0–0 Bf8-e7 9.a2-a4 a7-a5 10.Bc1–e3 Be7-c5 11.Be3xc5 Qb6xc5 12.Bc4-b3 Bc8-g4 13.Qd1–e1 Ra8-d8 14.Kg1–h1 0–0 15.f2-f3 Bg4-c8 16.Qe1–e2 Rd8-d4 17.Ra1–d1 Rf8-d8 18.Rd1xd4 e5xd4 19.Rf1–d1 Bc8-e6 20.Qe2-f2 Be6xb3 21.c2xb3 Qc5-b6 22.Nc3-e2 c6-c5 Leneveu,B-Sokolin,L (2410)/Meudon 1991/EXT 1997/0–1 (41);

8.h2-h3 Bf8-b4 9.Bc1–d2 Bc8-d7 10.Qd1–e2 0–0 11.0–0–0 Qb6-c7 12.g2-g4 b7-b5 13.Bc4-b3 a7-a5 14.a2-a3 Bb4-e7 15.g4-g5 Nf6-e8 16.Rd1–g1 Kg8-h8 17.h3-h4 a5-a4 18.Bb3-a2 b5-b4 19.Nc3-b1 b4xa3 20.Nb1xa3 Be7xa3 21.b2xa3 Qc7-d6 22.Bd2-b4 c6-c5 Antal,A (2046)-Mester,A (2092)/Hungary 2007/EXT 2009/0–1 (66)]

8...Nf6xe4N

[8...Bc8-g4 9.Qd1–d3 Bf8-b4 10.Bc1–e3 Qb6-c7 11.Be3-g5 Nf6-d7 12.Qd3-g3 Bg4-h5 13.0–0 Bh5-g6 14.f2-f4 f7-f6 15.f4-f5 Bb4xc3 16.b2xc3 Bg6-f7 17.Bg5-e3 Bf7xb3 18.c2xb3 Rh8-g8 19.Qg3-h4 0–0–0 20.Rf1–d1 h7-h6 21.a2-a4 a7-a6 22.Qh4-f2 g7-g5 23.b3-b4 Betz,H-Hauns,H/Karlsruhe 2003/EXT 2004/½–½;

8...Bf8-b4 9.Bc1–d2 Bc8-g4 10.f2-f3 Bg4-h5 11.Qd1–e2 0–0–0 12.0–0–0 Qb6-c7 13.Qe2-c4 Rd8-d4 14.Qc4-e2 Rh8-d8 15.Nc3-b1 Bb4xd2+ 16.Rd1xd2 b7-b5 17.Rh1–d1 Qc7-b6 18.h2-h4 Bh5-g6 19.g2-g4 h7-h5 20.g4-g5 Nf6-e8 21.c2-c3 Rd4xd2 22.Rd1xd2 Ne8-d6 23.Qe2-f2 Petrovic,N (1783)-Nikolic,S (2057)/Slovenia 2003/EXT 2005/½–½ (46)]

9.Nc3xe4 Qb6-b4+ 10.Ne4-c3 Bc8-g4 11.f2-f3

[11.Qd1–d3 might be the shorter path 11...Bf8-d6+-]

11...Bg4-h5 12.0–0 Bf8-c5+ 13.Kg1–h1 0–0 14.a2-a3 Qb4-h4 15.Nc3-e4 Bc5-b6 16.Qd1–e2 [¹16.Qd1–d7 and White can already relax 16...h7-h6 17.Bc1–d2+-] 16...Ra8-d8 17.Bc1–g5 Qh4-f4 18.Bg5xf4 e5xf4 19.Ra1–d1 Rd8-e8 20.Qe2-c4 Re8-e7 21.Qc4-b4 Re7-e5 22.Rd1–d7 a7-a5 23.Qb4-d6

[¹23.Qb4xb6 makes it even easier for White 23...a5-a4 24.Bb3-c4 h7-h6+-] 23...Re5-d5 24.Bb3xd5 c6xd5 25.Qd6xb6 [¹25.Ne4-d2 and White has reached his goal 25...Bh5-g6 26.Qd6xb6 h7-h6+-] 25...d5xe4 26.Rd7-d8 h7-h6 27.Rd8xf8+ Kg8-h7 28.g2-g4 Bh5xg4 29.f3xg4 f4-f3 30.Rf8xf7 a5-a4 31.Qb6xb7 [31.Qb6-d4 e4-e3 32.Qd4xg7#] 31...Kh7-g6 32.Rf7xg7+ Kg6-f6 33.Qb7-e7# 1–0

Diagram 1. White played 17. Bg5! Double

attack on Queen and Rook by white.

Testing The Waters

by Quah S S

Players in the Klang Valley are getting a taste of the long time control game format.

FOR the past nine weeks, chess enthusiasts in the Klang Valley have been using an old chess format that has not seen the light of day for quite a while. How does a once-a-week, long time control game grab you?

That’s what 70 chess players are in the midst of discovering.

Would they prefer a serious once-a-week game tournament, a tournament that’s played over four or five consecutive days, or a quick event that crams six or seven rounds over a weekend?
Right now on every Wednesday, a handful of them have been turning up at the Dato Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) at the Wilayah Complex in Kuala Lumpur to discover whether the first option is right for them. They come to play a single round of chess that could last up to three hours or longer.

















Lending support: Goldis Berhad CEO Tan Lei Cheng dropped in just in time to watch her father, Datuk Tan Chin Nam, play.


It was the brainchild of Datuk Tan Chin Nam to begin with, that the DATCC should engage chess players in long serious games so that they would have more time to mull over their next move and rediscover the beauty of the game.

At first, it was envisioned that there could be about 20 teams taking part but eventually last April, the DATCC chess league started off with 10 teams.

“Ten teams is not a setback for you,” I told organiser Hamid Majid. “It was probably as good as you could get for a first-time event.

“The format is new to people in Kuala Lumpur,” I continued. “They are probably a little apprehensive about committing one day in the middle of every week to play chess. There’ll be better response next year when this once-a-week tournament catches on and players see how they can readjust their time accordingly.”

I told Hamid that when the Penang Chess Association first organised their chess league along the same lines in 1991, the association had faced the same challenges.

There were only eight teams then, but at the height of its popularity a few years later, there were 30 teams. For a small place like Penang, it was an astounding response.

So with only 10 teams, it was decided that this first DATCC chess league would be played as a double round-robin event. It would be a win-win situation for all. The players get to play 18 rounds and the organisers get to fill their clubhouse for 18 weeks.

Last Wednesday, the half-way stage for the DATCC chess league was reached. It was a significant milestone which, unfortunately, passed unnoticed by everyone, including the organisers.

At the half-way stage of the event, SMS Gold was leading the pack with 32 points, a slim but clear margin of 1½ points over Goldis. For most of the first half of the league, it was a close tussle between these two teams for the lead.

SMS Gold was first off the block with a 4-0 win against current tail-ender MBS Kuala Lumpur in the first round but somehow, the team lost its focus and found themselves trailing Goldis in the standings.

By the fifth round, Goldis had opened up a two-point gap on SMS Gold.
In an important do-or-die match in the sixth round, SMS Gold beat Goldis 3-1, which meant that both teams were now equal on points.

After this round, SMS Gold simply rode on the momentum to win by 4-0 in their next three matches.

In contrast, some wind was taken out of Goldis’ sails as they couldn’t match the progress of SMS Gold. Hence by the end of the ninth round last week, a 1½-point gap had been opened by the league leaders.

As the teams entered the second phase of the chess league, they would again be meeting the same opponents as in the first half of the event but now with colours reversed.
The 10th round was played only two days ago but with SMS Gold playing the tail-ender, I do not see how Goldis would be able to narrow the gap.

So who are the players that have helped SMS Gold and Goldis put up such an impressive start to the DATCC chess league?

SMS Gold is led by Fide Masters Ooi Chern Ee and Mok Tze Meng playing on the top boards. There’s also former world police champion Ismail Ahmad in the team, and Malaysian Chess Federation secretary Gregory Lau, veteran player Chan Mun Fye, Soon Wai Cheong, former national champion Nicholas Chan, current national schoolboy champion Lim Zhuo Ren and Khor Shihong.

Goldis’ fire power includes international masters Mas Hafizulhelmi, Lim Yee Weng and Jimmy Liew playing side by side. The team also has Abdullah Che Hassan (who came so close to winning this year’s national closed championship), Nik Ahmad Farouki, Ian Udani, Gerald Soh, Abdul Haq, Tan Ken Wei and Faizal Andin.

Although these teams (including the other eight) had registered up to 10 players each, only four could play in each round.

If you want to watch the 11th and subsequent rounds, be at the Dato Arthur Tan Chess Centre, Wilayah Complex, in Kuala Lumpur from 7pm onwards every Wednesday until Aug 19.

De Laguna Park (Port Klang) Chess Open - 12 July 2009

De Laguna Park (Port Klang) Chess Open - 12/7/2009

http://seleranelayan.blogspot.com/
Organized by RESTORAN SELERA NELAYAN
Date : 12/7/2009 (Sunday)
System : Swiss System - 6/7 rounds ( Round 1 starts at 9.30am )
Time Control : 25 minutes per player
Tie Break : SOLKOFF, SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORE
Entry Fees : RM15.00 – Under 12 Category
: RM20.00 – Open Category




Every player will receive souvenir from the organiser
CASH PRIZES & SOUVENIRS WORTH MORE THAN RM 2,500.00
LUCKY DRAW SPECIAL DURING PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY
Additional prizes: ( RM30 each )
Best Pulau Indah (2)
Best IPT
Best Veteran
Best School Teacher
Best Lady
Best Under 18

Enquiries
AZHAR MOHD SAID 012 – 679 6193
ZAMRI SAJARI 016 - 277 5005
***** CLOSING DATE : 6th July 2009 *****

Bank-in your entrance fee to Maybank Acc. No: 5120 4443 7431 made payable to ABD MALEK SAYUTI before closing date, then write your name and category on the bank slip and fax it to 03 - 3165 7720 ( Do call us to confirm your entry )

Important : Please bring along the original bank slip on the tourney day. LATE ENTRY AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Log on to http://seleranelayan.blogspot.com/ for the map and venue details

Simple direction how to get there.
From Kesas - Go straights towards Pulau Indah ( After Shah Alam & Subang Jaya ), use the same road.
From Federal Highway - Go straight to Port Klang, then find way to Pulau Indah.
Find direction to Pelabuhan Barat ( Westports ). Crossing long bridge, just 4km from the bridge, there will be a traffic light and turn left.
Banners and signages will assist you too. Follow them!!

Kejohanan Catur Felda Lasah 2009

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Adalah dimaklumkan bahawa satu kejohanan catur akan diadakan pada ketetapan berikut:

tarikh : 12 Julai 2009 (ahad)
masa : 9.00 pg (pusingan 1)
tempat : sekolah agama rakyat felda lasah (17 km dari sg siput utara)
kategori : B12 (L & P) B15 (L&P) dan Terbuka
yuran : Sekolah rendah / menengah (RM 5), Ahli persatuan belia / PICA (RM 10) Kategori Terbuka (RM 15)
Hadiah : B12 & B15 (L&P) Johan hingga tempat ke-10
jumlah 10 hadiah X 4 kategori = 40 hadiah
Terbuka : Johan hingga tempat ke 10
Johan (RM 1000), N.Johan (RM 500), Ke-3 (RM 300), Ke-4 (RM 200),
Ke-5 (RM 100). Ke-6 hingga Ke-10 (RM 50)

Semua hadiah ditaja oleh Persatuan Belia Felda Lasah, semua peserta akan diberi Sijil Penyertaan, Cabutan bertuah akan diadakan sebelum majlis perasmian penutup oleh Pengerusi Persatuan Belia Felda Lasah.

Sesiapa yg berminat tolong sms nama pada 014 2510852 (cikgu abu) dan nyatakan kategori. penyertaan terhad kepada 150 org yg pertama. Untuk pendaftaran sekolah, sila faks kepada 05 5951371 (u.p cikgu abu bakar)
tarikh tutup : 10 Julai 2009 atau jika sudah mencapai sasaran 150 peserta.

Harap maklum, terima kasih.

Disediakan oleh Pengerusi J/K Teknikal
Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Felda Lasah 2009
(anjuran persatuan belia felda lasah dengan kerjasama PICA)

Sekitar Liga Catur Shah Alam 2009

Pemain-pemain catur bagi papan pertama dan kedua bagi Pasukan 17ChessClub (kiri) melawan Pasukan GiLoCatur Gambit (GG) (kanan) sedang tekun bermain pada 19 Jun 2009 lalu di Akademi Insofar Chess, Tkt. 3, PKNS, Shah Alam.











Analisa permainan di papan keempat diantara En. Fauzi (GG) dan Max (17ChessClub) sementara di perhatikan oleh Kapten pasukan GiLoCatur Gambit, En. Saleh Latif (berdiri baju biru muda).

Liga Catur Shah Alam 2009

Setakat 19 Jun 2009 lalu, hanya tiga pasukan yang telah berdaftar untuk bermain. Pasukan-pasukan itu ialah 17ChessClub, GiLoCatur Gambit dan Insofar.

2. Pada 19 Jun 2009, dua permainan telah dilangsungkan iaitu 17ChessClub melawan GiloCatur Gambit dan 17ChessClub melawan Insofar. Keputusannya dua kemenangan bagi 17ChessClub iaitu vs GiLoCatur Gambit, 2.5 : 1.5; dan vs Insofar, 4-0; Kedudukan ketiga-tiga pasukan adalah seperti di dalam Jadual dibawah:-

Nama Pasukan Mata Papan Menang Seri Kalah Jumlah Mata

1. 17ChessClub 6.5 2 0 0 2
2. GiLoCatur Gambit 1.5 0 0 1 0
3. Insofar 0 0 0 1 0

3. Semoga ada lagi pasukan catur yang dapat ditubuhkan dan menyertai liga catur Shah Alam ini kerana liga catur ini akan berlangsung selama 18 minggu.

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Selangor Chess News - A Weekend Of Happenings

Chess Association of Selangor (CAS) players are a very active lot and everywhere they go would certainly leave their mark in the chess scene.


In the recently concluded Penang Heritage City Open, CAS VP Mok
Tze Meng (Fide Master) swept the top prize with a convincing 7 wins and 2 draws in a 9-round standard time control to prove once againthat this veteran is still one of the top players in the country to be reckoned with. It is up to present crop of juniors to rise to the occasion and earn the top spot, and respect from this 'old' guard and the chess community. Otherwise chess will remain in the backwaters or a mere recreational activity to while away your weekend or serve as a fun trip for both the players and officials. We would also like to see the seniors contributing towards excellence in chess for the sports to gain a broadbased recognition





FM Mok Tze Meng

FM Anas Nazreen Bakri is not from Selangor but his chess prowess developed in Selangor or CAS to be precise. He soon represented CAS or Selangor in national chess tournaments on numerous occasions. Like many of our top chess players he also excelled in his studies. He left for the US last Saturday to pursue his studies in Chemical Engineering. He did express hope to continue to hone his chess skill in the Uncle Sam country. We would like to put on record 'Tahniah dan Selamat Maju Jaya' to FM Anas.





FM Anas Nazreen Bakri

The Azman Hisham girls, namely Nur Najiha and Nur Nabila brought honours to the country to win the Under 10 (G) title and runner-up in the Under-12 (G) respectively in the recent 10th ASEAN Age Group+ Championships in Vietnam. The newly crowned WFM Najiha in fact hauled






WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham



in another Gold in a Rapid Under-12 (G) event while WCM Nabila took Gold in the Blitz event







WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham



for her category over the weekend With this impetus the two juniors (and the others too), should move on and to at least be on par with the likes of the senior women players of recent times like WIM Siti Zulaikha and WCM Nur Shazwani. Malaysian juniors are no different from their counterparts in the region or the world but only at the lower age-group. More needs to be done, and doing it in a different way perhaps to progress further.




Abdul Haq (left) one of the winners of Ole-Ole Chess Blitz 2009.

Selangor State witnessed a flurry of chess activities too. The Ole Ole Shopping Centre in Section 18 Shah Alam had her maiden chess championship last Saturday. Helping out in the running of the tournament was our newly appointed Committee Member Puan Suffiah. MCF Deputy President Hj Ibrahim Bakar was present to give away the prizes. By the way he was also instrumental in bringing chess to this part of Shah Alam. In the picture is one of the winners Abdul Haq (in chequered shirt) receiving a hamper from the GM of Ole Ole Shopping Centre. The tournament was won by NM Zarul Shazwan.




WCM Nur Shazwani receiving her prize at Tanjung Karang Open 2009.

Finally last Sunday, the Tanjung Karang Open 2009 was held through the iniative of a group of chess enthusiasts in the district. WCM Nur Shazwani (in the pic receiving the prize from the main sponsor Hj Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri) held her own amongst the many male players to be among the top 10 finishers. Her brother NM Zarul Shazwan again swept the top prize
In short Selangor has a large pool of talents and it is time for us to unite and pull our resources together for Malaysian chess to move forward.

(as published by Chess Association of Selangor website - June 2009)

Kejohanan Catur Berpasukan Shah Alam

Penganjur : Akademi Insofar Chess
Tarikh : Setiap Jumaat pada 8.30 malam, bermula dari 19 Jun 2009 Jangkamasa : 18 minggu
Venue : INSOFAR Chess Academy, HBM Professional Training Centre, PKNS Kompleks, Shah Alam Selangor
Format : Acara Berpasukan (Team Event , Double Round Robin)
Time Control : 25 minit

Yuran bagi setiap pasukan : RM 200. Minimum 4 pemain, maximum 10 pemain, pemain tambahan RM50 (setiap pemain).TERHAD HANYA 10 PASUKAN. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis. Pendaftaran sebelum 18 Jun 2009.

Setiap pasukan wajib membawa 2 set catur dan jam sendiri. Jika tiada boleh disewa - set Jam (RM 10 semalam), set catur (RM 5 semalam). Perlukan notis 3 hari sebelum hari pertandingan.*** HANYA SEORANG PEMAIN FIDE RATING 1800 KE ATAS DIBENARKAN DALAM SETIAP PASUKAN! ***

HadiahJuara : RM 1000 + medal
2nd : RM 700 + medal
3rd : RM 650 + medal
4th : RM 600 + medal
5th : RM 550 + medal
6th : medals
7th : medals
8th : medals

Untuk maklumat lanjut sila hubungi : Mat Zaki Yeop (017.528.6927) atau Muhammad Ismail aka MAX (012.268.9156)

High Noon At National Closed Tourney 2009

by Quah Seng Sun

It was a very tense national closed chess championship.

THE air-conditioning was turned up full blast but neither the players nor the spectators noticed. Instead, everyone was feeling warm under the collar. Reason? For the first time in the 36-year history of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF), a four-player play-off had been forced in the national closed chess championship.

The afternoon’s drama was totally unexpected. For much of the national closed, Lim Zhuo Ren, holder of this year’s Majlis Sukan Sekolah-sekolah Malaysia under-18 chess title, looked like running away with the national champion’s title. He had taken the lead after the fifth round and was hanging tenaciously onto it.

Unfortunately, Lim’s game was completely torn to shreds by aggressive play from last year’s champion, Edward Lee.

In the meantime too, Lim’s nearest rival, Abel Yap, hit a brick wall, unable to take advantage of Lim’s self-inflicted difficulties. If he had won in the final round against Che Hassan Abdullah, the title could have been his instead.

So, with the win, Che Hassan drew level with Lim, Lee and Evan Timothy Capel at the top of the standings.

Capel scored an important win against an unheralded Che Aziz Mohamad Hezri.

Evan Timothy Capel

With four players tied at the top of the standings, a play-off for the national champion’s title became inevitable, and it had to be held immediately.

It was anybody’s game in this play-off.

Lee was first off the block. Aggressive play netted him a point against Lim. Capel also won in the first round against Che Hassan. In the second round, Lim broke his duck by beating Capel while Che Hassan and Lee drew their game. So after the second round, Lee held a very slim half-point lead. However, the lead was thrown away in the third round when he lost to Capel. Che Hassan scored his second consecutive draw, this time against Lim.

At the halfway stage of the play-off, Capel was in the lead with two points, followed by Lee and Lim with 1½ points each and Che Hassan with one point.

In the fourth round, Capel held onto his lead with a second win against Che Hassan, and Lee hung on behind by beating Lim again. The fifth round saw Capel taking revenge against a fading Lim while Lee pressed hard by beating Che Hassan.

Going into the sixth round, Capel was leading with four points and Lee was half-a-point behind. Che Hassan and Lim played out to an inconsequential draw, leaving Capel and Lee to slog it out in their final game. It was tense. At the end, Capel hung on and their game was drawn.

Tan Li Ting

This year’s national closed championship has been one of the most exciting to date.
By the way, 11-year-old Tan Li Ting won the national women’s closed championship. She played chess that was mature beyond her age and she overcame a lot of challenges from her rivals to pip them to the title.

Li Ting is by far the youngest national women’s champion. She is younger by four months than Siti Zulaikha when the latter won her first national women’s title in 1999, according to the MCF.

(as published in The Star - 12 June 2009)