Gambar-gambar Sekitar SCC Serie C

NWM Nurul Huda vs Wan Ali Wan Manan
IM Mas on the right vs Ayu Annur, kibitz me agains NM Zarul.
what a terrible opening blunder made by me, against what a reply from NM Zarul.. hahaha.. well he deserved the win and punished me...
The scenery of the SCC Serie C
The talented Asyraf Razman vs Kamal Azmi
NM Zarul vs Muhd Qhaider
in the pic, Husaini vs Adib

Nordin Othman (local otai of Tanah Putih league) vs Asyraf's dad -Razman
while everyone else seems to be at ease in the first round，i find myself stumble to win against Anis Nadzar。
Another scenery of SCC Serie C
And this was taken in the early rounds
It was awesome moment for Muhd Hazid to have met IM Mas in the first round. Really appreciate the IM Mas showing him a thing or two.

while Zulkarnain had the opportunity to play against NM Zarul
and whatever tournament he participate, it is a good thing to see for yourself how serious he is in every rounds and whoever his opponent is. And kids, if you are watching IM Mas playing, he make notations too ok! and that shows how important it is!

SCC Serie C - the result!

Results of SCC Grand Prix Serie C is uploaded to the chess-results.com.

For full result, click here

SCC Grand Prix Serie C - 18/6/2011 (Saturday)

Maka berakhir sudah SCC Serie C sebentar tadi. Diam tak diam, dah pun masuk serie C, selepas ini perancangan untuk Serie D dan E akan bermula.

Pihak SCC mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih atas kesudian pemain nombor satu negara IM Mas Hafizul mengambil bahagian tanda sokongan kejohanan SCC Grand Prix kami (sampai juga ye ke Kuantan ni!) Ternyata kehadiran IM Mas Hafizul telah menyuntik semangat pemain-pemain remaja tatkala berpeluang bertemu pemain tersohor negara ini.

Kami juga amat menghargai sokongan pemain-pemain catur (terima kasih juga buat NM Zarul Shazwan) yang lain yang memeriahkan kejohanan. Sambutan amat menggalakkan kali ini. Walaupun beberapa pemain yang telah mendaftar gagal menghadirkan diri antaranya termasuklah Fadzil Nayan, Syazwan Zulkifli, Sulaiman Johari, Effendy Zakaria dan Ali Akbar namun kami masih dapat memenuhi kuota yang maksimum dan minimum sasaran kami iaitu antara 40 - 44 peserta setiap kali Serie-Serie berlangsung. Ini kerana ada beberapa pemain yang telah disenarai dalam "waiting list" bersedia untuk beraksi sebaik ramai yang menarik diri.

Berikut ialah sekitar keputusan ringkas kejohanan :

Johan - IM Mas Hafizulhilmi (6/6)
Kedua - NM Zarul Shazwan (5/6)
Ketiga - NWM Nurul Huda （5/6）
Keempat -Kamal Azmi（5/6）
Kelima- Muhd Asyraf Razman （4.5/6）

Terbaik Bawah 12- Meor Airil Rahimi（3/6）
Terbaik Bawah 16- Muhd Ameersyah Adhwa （4/6）
Terbaik Wanita -NWM Khairunnisa‘（4/6）

Tahniah kepada pemenang-pemenang! Terutama kepada Adik Asyraf yang telah berjaya menempatkan diri dalam kelompok yang menerima jemputan eksklusif untuk bertarung di Grand Finale nanti.

(And as for me, well.. it seems that i have to play in another serie.. huhuhu..)

Senarai pemain yang menerima jemputan untuk beraksi di Grand Finale dan tidak dibenarkan mengambil bahagian dalam mana-mana serie GP selepas ini :
1. NM Kamal Arifin
2. Kamaludin Yusof
3. Umar Mukhtar
4. Asman Aminullah
5. Sharif Mohd Zaki
6. Khalid Musa
7. Mohd Khair
8. Hamidi Taib
9. Abd Rahim Ramli
10. Suhaidi Mustafa
11. IM Mas Hafizul
12. NM Zarul Shazwan
13. NWM Nurul Huda
14. Kamal Azmi
15. Muhd Asyraf Razman

Kami masih lagi mencari 10 orang dari top 5 serie D dan E selepas ini, dan 5 pemain remaja + wanita untuk beraksi di FINALE. Jika sekiranya yang tersenarai diatas bertukar alamat dan nombor telefon sila maklumkan kepada pengurusan SCC di talian 019-9699879

SCC Serie C - 18/6/2011 List of Players

Here are the list of registered players in the coming SCC Serie C - 18/6/2011 (Saturday) :

1. IM Mas Hafizulhilmi - 2271
2. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan - 1941
3. NM Zarul Shazwan Zullkafli - 1833
4. Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli - 1817
5. Mohd Solehuddin Ismail - 1648
6. Sulaiman Johari - 1600
7. NWM Khairunnisa' Wahidduddin (L) - 1597
8.Ayu Annur Fetrah (L) - 1597
9. Ali Akhbar Kuning - 1585
10. Wan Ali Wan Manan - 1565
11. Muhd Husaini Hasnul - 1551
12. Effendy Zakaria - 1519
13. NWM Nurul Huda Wahiduddin (L) - 1511
14. Razman Mohd Maulot - 1494
15. Ummu Syafiqah (L) - 1469
16. Muhd Qhaider Zulkafli - 1468
17. Mohd Yusof Abdullah - 1451
18. Nur Farhana Atiqah (L)- 1406
19. Mohd Asyraf Razman (12)- 1338
20. Meor Airil Rahimi (12)- 1325
21. Muhd Firdaus Afiq (16)- 1288
22. Kuhan Ganesan (16) - 1282
23. Mohd Ameersyah Adhwa (16) - 1273
24. Ng Zheng Ann - 1260
25. Muhd Hazid Ekquan (12) - 1247
26. Ummu Hani Safri (12/L) - 1245
27. Meor Adib Rusyaidi (12) - 1226
28. Zulkarnain Safri (12) - 1071
29. Mohd Yusuff Ismail (16)
30. Adam Julian (12)
31. Amirul Fahmi (12)
32. Mardhiatul Atiqah (12/L)
33. Nur Fatin Farzana (12/L)
34. Nur Ameera Hidayah (12/L)
35. Aleeya Natasha (12/L)
36. Farah Ezati (12/L)
37. Mohd Ammar Hidayat (12/L)
38. Mohd Amirul Hafizi (12/L)
39. Mohd Faris Firdaus (12/L)
40. Mohd Iqbal Hamidi (12/L)
41. Nordin Othman
42. Kuganeshwaran Krishnan (12)
43. Yuganeshwaran Krishnan (16)
44. Anis B Nadzar (16)
45. Muhd Harith Farhan (12)

**However, our Malaysia's No 1 has not yet confirmed his participation in the event, if he is not playing then the players shall be in even number. And if he does play, then there is one player who is in the waiting list to play in case of odd number.**

SCC Grand Prix Serie C - 18/6/2011 (Saturday)

Pihak SCC ingin memaklumkan bahawa pendaftaran SCC Serie C telah pun di TUTUP. Setakat hari ini penyertaan telah mencapai 45 peserta (melebihi had 40 peserta). Pendaftaran selepas ini akan kami bawa ke SCC Serie D pula, dimana sebelum Serie D bermula, kami akan mengumumkan tarikh Grand Finale dan hadiah-hadiah Grand Finale nanti.

Kepada peserta SCC Serie C, sila berada di SCC sebelum pusingan pertama bermula jam 9 pagi. Kami akan memulakan pusingan 1 mengikut jadual. Sebagai peringatan dan makluman, hanya 6 pusingan swiss akan dimainkan dengan kawalan masa 20 minit + 10 saat sahaja.

Senarai nama-nama peserta akan disiarkan di blog ini pada khamis nanti.

All the best!

SCC LOCATION

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SCC is near to LA Hotel (the hotel with the green colour building), and above Alex Car Aksesori (the big orange signboard). And SCC is at the opposite of Stadium Darulmakmur.

SCC Serie C - 18/6/2011 (Saturday)

As the place is limited to 40 paid registration, we only have 20 space left! So, what are you waiting for? Register now!

Date : 18/6/2011
Day : Saturday
Venue : Setia Chess Centre, B90 Level 1, Jalan Lim Hoe Lek, Kuantan (opposite of Stadium Darul Makmur, near to LA Hotel, and next to Akojaya and Alex Car Aksesori)
Round : 6
Time control : 20 min + 10 sec increment

Top 5 will received prizes as well as a place to join others top 5 in the Grand Finale schedule to be held in December 2011!

In the grand finale, we are going to select 5 best juniors and ladies (with good performance in at least 3 grand prix) to compete with the seniors! (what a good exposure and experience kids!),

So, join now!

**Top 5 from any series are not allow to compete in the remaining series. However, they are invited exclusively to participate in the Grand Finale. The names are : Kamal Arifin, Kamaludin Yusof, Umar Mukhtar, Asman Amin, Sharif Zaki, Khalid Musa, Mohd Khair, Hamidi Taib, Suhaidi Mustafa and Rahim Ramli**

Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Pahang (Catur) 2011

Here is the result sms to me by en Asman :

U-18G
1. Sarika - Cameron Highlands 6.5/7
2. Effah Fazira - Kuantan 6/7
3. Grace - Temerloh 6/7
4. Khirranya - Kuantan 5.5/7
5. Nor Amalina - Rompin 5/7
6. Norsyahirah - Maran 5/7

U-18B
1. M. Yusuf - Kuantan 6/7
2. Soon Yan Wen - Lipis 5.5/7
3. Chua Teong Zhe - Lipis 5.5/7
4. Tay Shan Wei - Lipis 5.5/7
5. Nurhakim - Rompin 5/7
6. M.Hafiz - Temerloh 5/7

U-15G
1. Nur Aina Syamimi - Kuantan 6/7
2. Ho Yin Ro - Lipis 6/7
3. Umairah Natasya - Kuantan 5.5/7
4. Nur Ain - Rompin 5/7
5. Faikha Aqila - Jerantut 5/7
6. Hanum Hamizah - Temerloh 5/7

U-15B
1. Shreyes - Cameron Highlands 7/7
2. M.Nasrullah - Bentong 5.5/7
3. Amin Syarmi - Kuantan 5/7
4. Noor Hisyam - Pekan 5/7
5. Muhd Azzwan - Lipis 5/7
6. Alif Hidayatullah - Kuantan 5/7

U-12G
1. Nur Sabrina - Kuantan 7/7
2. Ummu Hani - Rompin 6/7
3. Siti Nur Athirah - Bera 5/7
4. Nur Aina Nadia - Lipis 5/7
5. Zawanil Aqilah - Pekan 5/7
6. Amey Zulaika - Lipis 5/7

U-12B
1. M.Nur Asyraf - Lipis 6/7
2. M. Al-amin - Temerloh 5.5/7
3. Al-Mursyid - Maran 5.5/7
4. M.Asyraf - Pekan 5/7
5. Zaid - Lipis 5/7
6. M.Muzakir - Kuantan 5/7

Congrats to winners!

SCC Serie C - 18/6/2011 (Saturday)

For your info, due to MASUM (the chess event for Inter-Varsity) is schedule from 26th June - 30th June 2011 and I am involved as the coach for Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), with sincere apology, it is to inform that the tournament has been reschedule to 18/6/2011 - Saturday with same time and same place.

To the players that have already register kindly take note of the changes in the date.

Currently 14 players have registered! The place is limited to 40 paid registration only.

Normal Operation of SCC

SCC back in normal operation starting yesterday 4/5/2011. I was away last weekend, but the SCC was running by demand under the management of Khair. I have heard, it was rented to our Local Otai's Mini Tournament where winner takes all on 1/5/2011. The game started at 3pm and was ended at 1 o'clock in the morning. Thanks guys for supporting SCC. And classes was held as usual too. Well I am back now, anyone wishes to use the centre by appointment can give me a call at 019-9699879 or Khair at 012-6497225.

We are open from Tuesday - Friday (8pm - 10pm, operating hours beginning 6pm only by request). While on the weekend (Saturday & Sunday) we are open from 10am - 3pm (operating hours after 3pm only by request).

We are also opening the registration for SCC Serie C which will be held on 25/6/2011 (Saturday) at SCC. As usual Limited to 40 paid registration. And as at this moment we have 10 players registered!

SCC 30/4/2011 - 3/5/2011

Untuk makluman semua peminat catur di Kuantan. SCC akan beroperasi atas permintaan sahaja sepanjang 30/4/2011 - 3/5/2011.

SCC akan ditutup sepenuhnya pada 1/5/2011 kerana pihak pengurusan SCC terlibat dengan kejohanan Karnival Sukan Inter Asrama FELDA bertempat di Asrama Sri Semai Bakti berhampiran Padang Lalang.

Jika ada permintaan menggunakan SCC pada tarikh tersebut diatas, sila berhubung dengan En. Khair di talian 012-6497225.

Sekian. Harap maklum.

Daripada,
Khairunnisa' Wahidduddin
Managing Director
Setia Chess Centre
019-9699879

SCC Grand Prix Serie B - The Results!

From 46 players it was reduced to 42 players! yeay! i was worried if the total numbers exceed 40, because of the condition of the centre. As a player too myself i wanted the players to be comfortable playing. And when few players that paid and didnt showed up during the event, it was a relieved! phew!

It was an interesting event with players fighting hard to get in the top 5 finisher and get themselves into the grand finale. And Abd Khalid Musa after the downfall in Serie A, bounce back to be the champion in Serie B! Congrats! (that is what you get for keep on trying).

Here are the results of Top 5 :
Champ - Abd Khalid Musa
Second - Mohd Khair
Third - Hamidi Taib
Fourth - Suhaidi Mustafa
Fifth - Abd Rahim Ramli

And now we have 10 players who are not allowed to compete in the remaining series. 5 from serie A (Kamal Arifin, Kamaludin Yusof, Sharif Zaki, Umar Mukhtar, and Asman Aminullah), and now 5 from serie B.

Best U-12 : Nur Sabrina Aliya Asman
Best U-16 : Muhd Firdaus Afiq Asman
Best Ladies : Khirranya Ganesan

For Nur Sabrina Aliya, all she need is another best performance in the another Grand Prix Serie to be selected in the Grand Finale (besides top 5 in each series, we are also going to select the best of 1 or 1 to 5 from all the juniors under the age of 16 and the ladies of any age category).

While for Muhd Firdaus, Khirranya Ganesan and Asyraf Razman (Best U12 in Serie A), and Deniale Joenethen (Best U-16 in Serie A), will still need compete and do the best in next remaining series before being confirmed selected to Grand Finale.

For full result, click here

SCC Grand Prix Serie B - Players in Action!

Kuantan's Otai - Jono is making a cameo visit to the center
He was formerly a resident in Kuantan, was a lecturer at ITM Kuantan and now he is back in Kuantan to play chess. Nice to have you here competing in Serie B En Rahim Ramli.
U15 MSSD Kuantan Champ - Kuhan Ganesan vs UMP Masum player Husaini Hasnul
Ali vs Rahim Ramli.
Nordin (secretary of PCDK) on the left, and Hamidi (on the right), are in deep thought.

Best U-16 Firdaus Afiq vs Muhd Fikrie
Best U-12 Serie A - Asyraf Razman
2nd place of U-18 MSSD Kuantan - Muhd Yusof Ismail
A new refresh young talents showing skills at our SCC events.
And they keep on fighting, playing and enjoying the games. And I bet they will compete again in Serie C, D and E. Thanks kids of SK Batu Tiga Kuantan and their teacher Cikgu Norizan for the support.
in the pic - Mohd Solehuddin Ismail vs Lim Li Chern (in pink shirt). I havent heard of him even though he has the ratings of 1648, but he seems an ok player.
En Asman (standing) kibitz the game. Sorry En Asman you are not allowed to play in the series hehehe... See you in the finale!
Mohd Khair in round one, and next to him is Amirul Aiman - a fresh new talent with passion in chess.
And he is facing the champ - Abd Khalid Musa
Champ of Kuantan U-20 junior open last year is playing in this Serie B.

The battle of U-15 and U-18!
In full concentration!

SCC GP Serie B - Updates!

Nama pemain Ruzenan akan digantikan oleh Salleh Omar NR 1530. Harap maklum.

SCC Grand Prix Serie B - Tomorrow!

Untuk makluman, kepada peserta yang telah membayar yuran melalui bank, sila bawa bersama slip bank dan serahkan kepada saya, Khairunnisa Wahidduddin pada hari kejohanan. Kepada yang telah membuat bayaran dan tetapi tidak dapat turut serta, atau menukar nama peserta, sila telefon saya, Khairunnisa Wahidduddin 019-9699879 dengan kadar segera!

Pusingan pertama akan bermula tepat jam 9 pagi. Sila berada di SCC sebelum jam 9 pagi bagi mengelak anda kalah masa. Pusingan seterusnya akan bermula sebaik pusingan pertama tamat. Waktu rehat tengahari diberikan diberikan antara jam 1.15 petang hingga jam 2.15 petang. Tempat untuk kemudahan solat disediakan di SCC.

Jumpa anda di SCC esok! Semoga berjaya!

SEA Games Selection 2011

Seperti yang kita sedia maklum, sukan SEA yang bakal berlangsung November ini di Surakarta, Palembang Indonesia menawarkan Catur sebagai salah satu sukan yang dipertandingkan! Oleh yang demikian pihak MSN memberi tempat atlet kategori B (if i am not mistaken) kepada MCF memilih pencatur membawa cabaran negara di sana.

Pada 22-24hb April dan 7-8hb Mei 2011 akan berlangsung kejohanan round robin pemilihan mewakili negara ke sukan SEA. Seramai 10 peserta lelaki dan 10 peserta wanita akan bertanding merebut tempat ke sukan SEA.

Pihak PCDK dan SCC mengucapkan selamat bertanding kepada ahli kami iaitu NWM Nurul Huda dan NM Kamal Arifin yang akan bertanding nanti. Semoga berjaya!

It is going to be an interesting event for NM Kamal as he will be facing his toughest opponents in a toughest local event of the year! In Round 1 he will meet Malaysia's No. 1 - IM Mas Hafizul, and on the next day in round 2 - he will play against IM Lim Yee Weng. In the evening, his next opponent will be IM Mok Tze Meng. In Round 4 - he will meet Malaysia's 1st IM - IM Jimmy Liew. Whoa! no break from beginning straight to him! All the best there, ok!!!

For NWM Nurul who was last played in Siberia (Chess Olympiad Nov 2010), and the only veteran in the event, with years of age gap difference certainly it is not something easy for her! Facing against the juniors who clearly have the experiences in so many FIDE rated events, will make it tough for her too. Playing her best is the ultimate goal at the event! Good Luck to you!!!

SCC GP Serie B (23/4/2011 - Saturday)

Ada yang mendaftar tetapi mengambil keputusan tidak bermain, telah menyebabkan pihak SCC membuka pendaftaran kepada pemain-pemain lain, dan akibatnya, dalam kekalutan, kami telah menerima penyertaan melebihi had. Dalam Serie A - telah terlebih had kepada 44 peserta menyertai. Manakala dalam Serie B ini, seramai 46 peserta berdaftar! Agak ramai daripada had selesa iaitu 40 peserta. Dan mengikut rating kali ini, Serie B lebih "tough" dengan kehadiran "otai- otai" kuantan dan terengganu dan barisan pemain remaja yang membanjiri persaingan kali ini! Berikut adalah senarai peserta kejohanan SCC GP Serie B mengikut seeding:

1 MOHD KHAIR WAHIDDUDDIN 1863
2 RUZENAN ABU BAKAR 1800
3 ABDUL KHALID MUSA 1781
4 HAMIDI TAIB 1705
5 ABD RAHIM RAMLI 1665
6 MOHD SOLEHHUDDIN ISMAIL 1648
7 KAMAL AZMI WAHIDUDDIN 1614
8 SULAIMAN JOHARI 1600
9 NORDIN MD YAMIN 1596
10 SUHAIDI MUSTAFA 1591
11 ALI AKHBAR KUNING 1585
12 MUHD HUSAINI BIN HASNUL 1551
13 MUHD QHAIDER ZULKAFLI 1468
14 NUR SABRINA ALIYA ASMAN (12/L) 1405
15 MOHD ASYRAF RAZMAN (U12) 1338
16 MUHD FIRDAUS AFIQ ASMAN (16) 1288
17 KUHAN GANESAN (16) 1282
18 MUHD HAZID EKQUAN B MUHD HARUDDIN(U12) 1247
19 UMMU HANI BT SAFRI (12/L) 1245
20 KHIRRANYA GANESAN (16/L) 1181
21 KAMAL IQBAL HAKIMI (16) 1177
22 ZULKARNAIN B SAFRI (12) 1071
23 LIM LI CHERN (L) 0
24 MUHD FIKRIE KHAIRUL MUHSEIN (U16) 0
25 MUKUND SURESH (16) 0
26 FAKARUDDIN - GANTI FENDY 0
27 ADAM JULIAN SAIFUDDIN (U12) 0
28 NUR FATIN FARZANA BT MOHD IDRUS (U12) 0
29 MARDHIATUL ATIQAH BT MOHD AL HATTA (U12) 0
30 NUR AMEERA HIDAYAH BT ROSLI (U12) 0
31 MOHD AMIRUL HAFIZI B BADRULHISHAM (U12) 0
32 MOHD FARIS FIRDAUS B SABRI (U12) 0
33 MUHD FAHRUL B ZAMRI (U12) 0
34 MUHD IQBAL B HAMIDI (U12) 0
35 ABD MUIZ QIDAM B AHMAD (U12) 0
36 MOHD AMMAR HIDAYAT B ROSLI (12) 0
37 AMIRUL FAHMI B SHAHARUL FAIZAL (12) 0
38 RIZWAN ARYZONA B ABRARI (16) 0
39 MOHD ISLAHUDDIN B ABDUL AZIZ (16) 0
40 AMIRUL AIMAN B ABD KARIM (16) 0
41 MUHD TAUFIQ AJMAL B JAMALUDIN 0
42 MOHD SHAFIQ B SHAHIMI 0
43 MUHD NUR ADAM B YURASELAN 0
44 MUHD YUSUFF ISMAIL (16) 0
45 MOHD HELMI FIRDAUS 0
46 AMIRUL ASYRAF 0

SCC Grand Prix Serie B 23/4/2011 - Saturday

PENGUMUMAN :

Pendaftaran SCC GP Serie B telah ditutup hari ini dengan pendaftaran sudahpun melebihi had yang ditetapkan iaitu 45 orang (tempat terhad kepada 40 pemain sahaja). Kami masih menunggu pengesahan 3 orang pemain sebelum membenarkan 1 lagi pendaftaran untuk menggenapkan jumlah pemain bagi mengelak bye.

Senarai nama pemain akan disiarkan di blog ini pada hari Jumaat nanti.

Kepada pemain-pemain yang telah mendaftarkan diri, sila hadir ke SCC sebelum jam 9pagi. Pusingan pertama akan bermula tepat jam 9 pagi. Kepada yang membuat pembayaran secara bank-in, sila serahkan bank in slip kepada pihak SCC sebelum jam 9 pagi.

Selamat bertanding!

Sekian. Terima kasih.

Daripada pihak pengurusan SCC

20/4/2011

SCC Grand Prix Serie B 23/4/2011 - Saturday

Tarikh : 23 April 2011

Tempat : SCC, B90 Tingkat Satu, Jalan Lim Hoe Lek (Berhadapan dengan stadium Darul Makmur, berhampiran LA Hotel, di tingkat atas kedai aksesori kereta ALEX - papan tanda warna oren)

Pusingan : 6 pusingan swiss (Pusingan pertama dijadualkan bermula tepat jam 9.00 pagi.)

Yuran : Ahli PCDK atau KCK (dengan syarat perbaharui keahlian) RM15. Bukan ahli RM20

Tempat adalah terhad kepada 40 peserta sahaja. KINI HANYA ADA 4 TEMPAT KOSONG SAHAJA LAGI berdasarkan kepada first paid first register!

Pihak SCC mengalu-alukan wakil daerah Kuantan yang akan bertanding ke peringkat MSSP di Jerantut pada bulan mei ini menyertai kejohanan Serie B ini. Ambillah kesempatan kejohanan ini sebagai latihan untuk memperbaiki permainan masing-masing.

SCC Grand Prix Serie B 23/4/2011

Just a reminder, for those who has register for SCC Grand Prix, Kindly make payment :

1. By cash to Setia Chess Centre - we are open on Tuesday - Friday (8pm-10pm), on Saturday - Sunday (10am - 3pm)
2. By Cheque made payable to Khairunnisa Wahidduddin
3. Or you can banked in to my MBB account 106016376093.

**The first 40 paid registration will be accepted**

**Only 15 places left!**

RIP Larry Parr...

Lately, I have encountered so many passing of the the people that I knew. The first to start, juz found out that my once childhood friend had died of car accident. Then, in 2009 my "adik angkat" passed away of a heart failure at a young age of 33 years old. It has been heartbreaking for me to deal with. And now, my best friend's nephew who currently reside in Vancouver is diagnosed with cancer stage 4 (i juz found about it during the NCC, and he is juz 14 years old! Well I am sad at this point (Muz if u read this, hang in there ok!)...

Last year we heard of the passing of chess enthusiasts whom i had the chance to meet, Florencio Campomanes, then chess columnist, Lim Chong. And today, I juz found out the passing of Larry Parr.

I dont really know Larry Parr as well as En Hamid or En Najib, but i have met him and spoke with him, and he does make jokes when u r around him. And if any of the readers ever visited my chess centre and came accross the book "Never Say I Assume" of Dato Tan Chin Nam. It was co-author by him. RIP Larry Parr.. I am sure he will be missed by all of his friends here in Malaysia.

SCC Grand Prix Serie B (23/4/2011)

Tournament : SCC Grand Prix Serie B

Date : 23/4/2011

Day : Saturday

Venue : Setia Chess Centre, Jalan Lim Hoe Lek

Fee : Member - RM15, Non member - RM20

**Limited to 40 paid registration**

Lim Chong Memorial

The event was held last sunday. I do wish I could participate, but due to MSSD Kuantan that will be held next week, I am fully occupied with obligation at Setia Chess Centre. If there is any reason at all for me to play, it is all about honouring the dearly departed Mr Lim Chong himself. Since I did not participate last sunday, let me write something here.. When thinking about him, I can still remember his article in the Malay Mail, juz like Idham , we too did the same thing where we have to wait until saturday to buy our copy of Malay Mail. And it is not easy, coz there is only one newstand that sells the copy. We had to go in the morning to buy it, or if we miss the time, then we are left behind with the chess news! I never had any conversation with Mr Lim Chong, coz he seems to be a quiet person. But, I do like his writing on his view in chess (esp on the part where our names was mentioned), including Chess Overboard (esp when he walked down the memory lane on the names like Foong Chee Leng - who accompany me to World Juniors in Guarapuava, Brazil and Pahang once chess prodigy - Rosazman Rosley). To us all, he was never out of ideas when talking about chess. And juz like Idham, because we like chess so much, learning new words from his article doesnt seems to trouble me at all (though I am popular at home of being lazy to browse a dictionary). Not many people knew this, when i was a kid, i had this ambition of becoming a journalist, (but accounts seems to be the right choice at the time, and it pleased my sis). The first time after all these years I had the opportunity to meet him again at the DATCC Chess League last year (where he played for Tan & Tan team). And I did snap his pic during the DATMO 2009 dinner and during Karpov's visit too. For someone who has this passion about chess, and contribute his thoughts on chess, he will be missed by all of us... (wonder what happened to Ismail Ahmad - he co wrote Petak 64 (Utusan Malaysia) together with Mustafa Said, did see him at the NCC 2011, and what happened to Sabar Hashim - who wrote Jaguh (Berita Harian))

Congratulations to 2011 NM & NWM

NCC has ended last sunday, and we have our new NM & NWM in da house! Congrats to NM Lim Zhuo Ren & NWM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham!

It was a good show of NCC 2011 from beginning till the end both from the Open and the Women section. At first, it was almost for certain IM Jimmy could catch up, and he did (though he stumble against NM Edward Lee), but fate has install for Zhuo Ren to grab be the NM. Kudos to IM Jimmy who gave a good play, and for playing like you have nothing to lose. In the women my first thought, would this NCC be the time that Najiha will outshine her sis, Nabila, coz she was the leader, before she lost to Fong Mi Yen.

No playoff in this year edition (same like last year), actually I was hoping for no Blitz after the NCC (hehehe, juz wish to go back home early), but I said yes to En Najib that I do it, thinking that I miss the blitz during the DATMO, so, better not this time. And I bet no one wants to play Blitz, coz the registration is not even 30 players.. So, when I told Gilachess and Kaber for no Blitz will be good news, these 2 guys did the marketing of the Blitz. And you know what, this Blitz is a strong Blitz!

There were 3 IMs playing! (right after IM Mas registered!), and few NMs too (including my bro - NM Kamal Arifin). And with 32 players participating, it was worth it to drive back to Kuantan in the night and in the rain! (hahaha)

And surprise surprise! IM Jimmy won it!

NCC 2011 - Final Round

In the open section i bet there's going to be a tough fight 2 top tables. Coz, there is a chance of a playoff. Table one - Lim Zhuo Ren (7.5 pts) vs Jimmy Liew (6.5) and Table 2 - Sumant (6.5) vs Edward Lee (6).

But in the women section, though there's a chances for a playoff, i dont think there will be any (as usual).

And i am right, when Nabila drew with Camilia and thus make her the newly crowned NWM! Congrats!

NCC - Round 7

In this very exciting round 7, we get our first result of the day. In just 30 minutes of play, on table 6 Nor Ilhamuddin vs Ong Thian Loon resulted in black forcing white a draw. Interesting..!

Congratulations To Nur Sabrina Aliya Asman!

Pihak Persatuan Catur Daerah Kuantan (PCDK), dan Setia Chess Centre, mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi tahniah kepada Nur Sabrina Aliya Binti Asman ahli remaja PCDK, atas kejayaan beliau menduduki tempat ke-4 kategori bawah 12 tahun perempuan dalam kejohanan Catur Remaja Kebangsaan (National Age Group) bagi tahun 2011.

Atas kejayaan ini, beliau telah ditawarkan tempat mewakili negara dalam kejohanan Remaja Asean kategori bawah umur 12 tahun, yang akan berlangsung di Tarakan, Indonesia pada 10 - 22 jun 2011.

Tahniah sekali lagi diucapkan kepada beliau!

(Kejayaan Sabrina membuktikan tiada yang mustahil buat kita semua dari bandar sekecil Kuantan ini! Asalkan berusaha ke arah itu.

Jika sekiranya ada pihak yang berminat menghulurkan bantuan kewangan / duit poket buat adik Sabrina ini untuk ke Tarakan di minta menghubungi bapa beliau En. Asman di talian - 013 9517615

Kami menghargai sumbangan anda!)

NCC 2011 - Round 5

The heat is on!

The battle between top leaders : Loo Swee Leong & Yeoh Li Tian on board 1

and the battle between Edward Lee & IM Jimmy Liew.

In the Women Section :
Nur Nabila is looking good to win the title.

(I will update on the result straight to chess-result once the i received the result, so that readers can catch the result on the spot)

NCC - Young participants

Here in the pic is Wong Yinn Long.
This is the petite Muhd Faqih Aminuddin. A very young player, but courageous enough to take part in this prestigious event!
And this is Ng Shi Yang, who practically in every round stands up to focus!


I am impress with these kids (there are also other kids in the hall, but the ones taken are the smallest as they look), having this courage. I juz wish the parents back home (Kuantan) would realise that to play chess should start at a very young age! But the scenario back home is, when the child is spotted with chess talents - the parents would like to wait for many more years to come until it is too late. Sad isnt it?

**borrow Andrew's camera to take pic, i really cant stand it having been to chess tourney without any camera**

NCC 2011 official website

Sorry, my mistake, I forgot about the official site :

NCC 2011

There are games and pictures to browse thru.

NCC 2011 - Round 4

I'm trying the best to upload the result of players that has finished playing soonest on the chess-result. I know most of you cant wait to get a hold of the latest updates :-)

It is going to be an interesting battle of round 4, and i am assuming this round will ended pretty late. So good news to the spectators, you can come and watch the game after office hours. But bad news for me as I am to be in the hall to wait for the game to end...

Gilachess is trying his best to streaming live the top board games (check that out).

NCC - rd 3 : upsets for the day

In open section :
Tan Ken Wei defeat last year winner - NM Tan Khai Boon

In women section :
Pavitra lost to the young Teh Den Zen

and newcomer - Nur Atiqah beat regular Latifah Syamimi

NCC - Bloggers covering the events

I dont bring any camera for this NCC 2011, so, no pictures from me. And sometimes I am too busy to write about the event, but you can still find the latest news on the tournament from our bloggers here :

Ilham's blog

Gilachess

Razali's Blog

And if you want to catch the results and the latest pairing of NCC 2011, juz click on this site :

Chess results

How to Control Crowd?

At DATCC where the NCC 2011 is being held, it is very hard to control the crowd. Seriously, if the players, spectators wants to kibitz i am ok with that, but please be quiet. One person watch the game, yes they can be quiet, but if more than 1 and they start to say "hi" and mingle, or when they analyse the games, then you will hear the so called "noise" sound in the hall! you are disturbing others that still playing! Cant you fit in other people shoes??!!

I am giving you the chance to be in the hall, but come on lah! Do you want me to get mean!!

NCC 2011 - Round 1 Upsets!

Both Board 1 of Open & Women section drew their games. Fong Mi Yen drew against Vickie Hong, while Jimmy Liew drew against the young Aron Teh.

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NAG 2011

NAG 2011 which was held at UTP Tronoh in Perak has ended last monday. I am so glad to see participants from Pahang esp from Kuantan. It is good that when i posted and advertise at the chess centre during the SCC GP, i can get those newly introduce to chess to play... :-))

in U8G - only one participants from Kuantan :
Nur Iman Hannah, she is 7 years old score 4 points from 8 games (not bad huh!) and placed 6th from 14 participants

in U10B - we had 2 players from Kuantan :
Meor Airil Rahimi - 14th placed with 5 points
Muhd Hazid Ekquan - 15th placed also with 5 points

in U12B - 1 player from Kuantan, and 1 from Pekan :
Muhd Asyraf - placed 22nd with 4 points
Meor Adib Rusyaidi - placed 29th also with 4 points

in U12G - 1 player from Kuantan :
Nur Sabrina Aliya - placed 4th with 5.5 points

in U14B - 1 player from Kuantan :
Muhd Firdaus Afiq - placed 17th with 5 points

It was good to hear them play and gained experiences from the event, which will benefit them in the coming MSSD　Ｋｕａｎｔａｎ　ｅａｒｌｙ　ｉｎ　ａｐｒｉｌ．

SCC Serie B 23/4/2011 (Saturday)

**We are opening the registration for SCC Serie B which will start on 23/4/2011 (saturday). Of course the closing date is on 22/4/2011 but as usual, the place is limited to only 40 paid participants! For your info we will have 5 series before Grand Finale in Dec 2011, all top 5 in each Grand Prix is not allowed to take part in any other remaining series**

**From 3/3/2011 to 7/3/2011 - Setia Chess Centre will be opened by Khair and will operate as usual. Kindly call him (012-6497225) if you want to make arrangement to use the centre if you want to have any small chess tournaments, or any sparring activities.**

SCC Grand Prix Serie A - The Winners!

Pic left : Best Ladies - Nur Sabrina Aliya Asman
Pic Right : Best U-12 Muhd Asyraf Razman

Pic left : Best U-16 - Denieall Joenethen
Pic right : 5th Qualifier to Grand Finale - Sharif Mohd Zaki

Pic left : 4th Qualifier to Grand Finale - Asman Aminullah
Pic right : 3rd Qualifier to Grand Finale - Umar Mukhtar Umar Shukri

Pic left : Second Qualifier to Grand Finale - Kamaluddin Yusof
Pic right : SCC Serie A Champion - Kamal Ariffin

Special thanks to En. Kamal Azmi - Presiden of Persatuan Catur Kuantan for presenting the prizes to the winners.

To all top 5 Qualifiers - please take note : you are not allowed to participate in the other remaining series! However you are officially invited to play (registration fee is FREE) in the Grand Finale this December 2011, and if you decline, your place will be given to the other player finished 6th (and so on) in the same leg.

For the the rest of the winners (best U16, best U12 and best Ladies), you can play in the rest of the series and give out your best performance. We are going to select one or / and up to 5 players from these winners to play in the Grand Finale. This is to encourage the juniors to improve further and gain experience from the seniors!.

SCC Grand Prix Serie A - Pictures!

SCC Grand Prix Serie A - Result

Selesailah sudah Grand Prix Serie A pada kali ini, dan berikut adalah keputusan (tempat pertama hingga kedua sudah dijangka, namun kejutan bagi tempat ketiga hingga kelima) :

Top 5 :
1 - Kamal Ariffin Wahidduddin
2 - Kamaluddin Yusof
3 - Umar Mukhtar Umar Shukri
4 - Asman Aminullah
5 - Sharif Mohd Zaki

Selaku penganjur, sebaik saya menerima senarai peserta yang turun bermain di Serie A ini, saya menjangkakan peserta-peserta favourite a.k.a Otai-otai akan mendominasi (seperti biasa), namun jangkaan saya meleset sama sekali. Dengan kawalan masa tambahan ini, ada juga dikalangan pemain remaja mampu bermain dengan baik dan melakukan kejutan! Contoh paling nyata ialah tersenarainya Umar Mukhtar, Sharif Mohd Zaki ke Grand Finale adalah buktinya! Tahniah dan syabas kepada pemenang-pemenang terutamanya kedua-dua mereka ini! Dan kejutan sebeginilah yang kami cari-cari di SCC!

Best U-16
Denieall Joenethen

Best U-12
Mohd Asyraf Razman

Best Ladies
Nur Sabrina Aliya

For full result, check out at Chess Result

Ucapan terima kasih tidak terhingga kepada para pemain, ibu-bapa penjaga, guru-guru kerana memeriahkan kejohanan!

Hingga kita berjumpa lagi SCC Grand Prix Serie B pada 23 April 2011 pula!

SCC Grand Prix Serie A (26/2/2011)

Perhatian kepada para pemain kejohanan SCC GP Serie A pada hari Sabtu (26/2/2011).

Kepada yang membuat bayaran secara bank-in, sila bawa bersama Bank Slip pada jam 8.45 - 9.00 pagi di SCC untuk tujuan pengesahan pembayaran.

Untuk makluman semua, pusingan pertama bermula tepat jam 9.00 pagi!

Jumpa di sana!

SENARAI PEMAIN SCC GRAND PRIX SERIE A

1. KAMAL ARIFFIN WAHIDDUDDIN

2. KAMALUDDIN YUSOF

3. UMAR MUKHTAR UMAR SHUKRI

4. KAMAL AZMI WAHIDUDDIN

5. KAMAL IQBAL HAKIMI AZRAAI

6. MOHD AMIRUL

7. ASMAN AMINULLAH

8. NUR SABRINA ALIYA ASMAN

9. MUHD FIRDAUS AFIQ ASMAN

10. KUHAN GANESAN

11. KHIRRANYA GANESAN

12. ADAM JULIAN SAIFUDDIN

13. MEOR AIRIL RAHIMI AYIB ROSDI

14. MEOR ADIB RUSYAIDI AYIB ROSDI

15. IDHAM ZAHARUDIE

16. NORAZMI MOHD NOR

17. EFFENDY ZAKARIA

18. ABDUL KHALID MUSA

19. UMMU HANI BT SAFRI

20. ZULKARNAIN BIN SAFRI

21. RAZMAN MAULOT

22. MUHAMMAD ASYRAF RAZMAN

23. DENIEALL JOENETHEN

24. MUHAMMAD NORFITRI KAMARUDDIN

25. AMIRUL AIMAN B ABD KARIM

26. MUHAMMAD ALIF IMRAN B YURASELAN

27. PHUAH JUN SEAN

28. MUHAMMAD AL FAYIDH B MOHD AL HATTA

29. MOHD ASYRAF

30. LUQMAN HAKIM

31. AMMAR HIDAYAT BIN ROSLI

32. HAZID EKQUAN B HARUDDIN

33. FATIN ALYANA BT MOHD IDRUS

34. FATIN FARZANA MOHD IDRUS

35. MARDHIATUL MOHD HATTA

36. NURUL AISYAH BT ANANG

37. NUR AMEERA HIDAYAH

38. MOHD SYAWAL

39. ALIF HIDAYATULLAH

40. MUHAMMAD KHAIRILHELMI B ROSSELI

Berikut adalah senarai pemain yang telah mendaftar dan membuat pembayaran.Dengan ini pendaftaran untuk SCC GRAND PRIX SERIE A ditutup lebih awal dari jadual. Ribuan terima kasih diucapkan atas sambutan yang diluar jangkaan ini. Maaf ditujukan pada mereka yang tidak dapat menyertai disebabkan penyertaan telah mencukupi 40 pemain. Diharapkan agar mereka dapat menyertai pada serie B yang dirancang diadakan pada bulan april ini. Kepada para pemain diucapkan semoga berjaya dan berada awal di SCC kerana pertandingan akan dimulakan tepat jam 9 pagi .

Kuantan Grand Prix Serie A (26/2/2011)

I have been trying to squeez the Kuantan Grand Prix into 1 day event, and I have consult many chess friend, hoping that it is possible to hold a one day event. This the first time that SCC will organised the event with the time control of 20 min + 10 sec. I do hope that it turns out well.. But if incase it doesnt please reserve one more day (sunday) for the event to finish. But i will make a top priority that the event shall start on time as schedule! (So players, please be punctual!)

It is a 6 rounds swiss system, and limited to 40 paid registration only (therefore register early!).

There are going to be 5 series of this Grand Prix. And this is the first leg. Second leg will be on April. Take note : the top 5 winners of each leg are not allowed to participate in the other leg, but the winners are ensure of a free entry to the Grand Finale and eligible to compete for the grand prize (which will be reveal later.. hahaha.. let us surprise you all, trust me, it is worth it!).

So ladies and gentlemen! what are you waiting for? Register now!

SCC Grand Prix Serie A - Rapid 20 min + 10 sec

I was thinking about doing the CNY Blitz but then after a few discussions and chit chat with the management of SCC, we decided to do a Grand Prix. There are going to be 5 series of the Grand Prix and the start of the first leg - I call that Serie A is on the 26th - 27th Feb. The grand finale will be held on dec 2011.

But here is the catch, the top 5 winners will not be eligible to play in the other series and will only allowed to play in the grand finale to determine who is the ultimate champion!. Cool huh?! :-)

I will post the details soon....