Saturday, July 02, 2011

MASUM 2011 - Winners!

Board 6 - Ladies


Board 5 - Ladies



Board 4 - Ladies


Board 3 - Ladies


Board 2 - Ladies


Board 1 - Ladies NWM Nur Shazwani Zullkafli (and she won that ever since she participated in MASUM)


Board 6 - Men


Board 5 - Men


Board 4 - Men


Board 3 - Men


Board 2 - Men



Board 1 - NM Zarul Shazwan Zulkafli - The only thing that UMP brought back home!



Bronze Medallist Ladies Team - UIA


For the first time after 5 years with GOLD, now UM ended the campaign with SILVER.



For the first time out of blue... we heard aloud at the hall UPSI..UPSI..UPSI with the GOLD



Bronze - UKM Men's Team (sure make the manager Duratul Ain and coach Shamsuddin proud)



Also out of luck this year is UM Men's Team, ending the campaign this year with SILVER (they have won gold for four consecutive years)



The GOLD medallist this year - UIA with coach Nik Farouqi standing proud among them!






After MASUM was over most of the Uni were scouting for new talents, aiming at MSSM level chess players to come and join their Uni. And I am too looking for new talents hoping that UMP will bring medals too next year! Anyone who is interested to join UMP (most of the courses offered here are Engineering) doing diploma or degree, you can submit directly or submit to me the forms so that i can recommend you to the Sports Centre to be forwarded the Admin Department. Come! Join us now!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

MASUM 2011 - The Results!



























Wednesday, June 29, 2011

MASUM 2011 - The Final Round.
























MASUM 2011 - Final Round










UMP vs UTeM


UPNM vs UPSI


USM vs UTM. If Looi Xin Hao wins this game, then UMP's Zarul will get the best board.



UPM vs UKM. Decisive for Bronze


UNISZA vs UM. I guess Silver will be good right Syazwan?


UUM vs UIA. Definitely gold for UIA! Clinching it from UM this year!


UM vs UPM. Even if UM wins this, Gold would still be a dream.. they are giving away the gold they maintaned for 5 years in a row!


UNISZA vs UPSI. THis will be an easy task for UPSI... my guess 4-0!


UMP vs UTM (taken from the back row)

MASUM 2011 - Special Thanks!


A very special thanks to NM Zarul Shazwan, who has been there for the team, helping out with the coaching and analysis (since 2008 - 2011). It is so unfortunate that he never got the taste of medal in his life with UMP, perhaps he will in another uni when he further his study doing master after this.

MASUM 2011 - Final Day (29/6/2011)

For the first time today we put our new player to play on board 2. Playing aginst UNISZA.

UKM vs UUM


Same with the ladies - UKM vs UUM



UiTM vs UM. UM currently falls in the second place, hoping for any upsets to UPSI perhaps?


UPM vs UPSI. UPSI is in a strong position to win the GOLD this year!


While UIA is doing strong in the Men's section facing the host UPM.


Like the ladies, UM Men's team is following closely behind UIA, hoping any upsets on the UIA. Here UTM vs UM.


Our UMP is facing USM. Their strong line up is Looi Xin Hao, the player that qualify to play for Malaysian University in the Universiade Asian that is to be held in Shenzen, China somewhere in November. He will be playing there together with Fadzil Nayan (UIA) and 2 others.


Our third board and fourth board - Qhaider and Yusof.



Men's standing.





Women's standing.



If you click the chess-result, the list of our players are :


UMP Men's team :

1. NM Zarul Shazwan Zulkafli

2. Muhd Muhaymin Min

3. Husaini Hasnul

4. Muhd Qhaider Zulkifli

5. Muhd Yusof Abdullah


UMP Ladies's Team :

1. Norazlianie

2. Nur Farhana Atiqah Amir Hafidz

3. Hasinah

4. Ayu Annur Fetrah

5. Ummu Syafiqah

6. Siti Ros Aishah


Most of the players will be graduating this year. I am calling all SPM leavers with chess playing skill up to MSSM level, join UMP as a students and play for UMP in MASUM 2012 as well as GACC 2011 to be held in UM annually.

MASUM 2011 - Sad Day indeed

It is a very sad day for UMP both in round 4 and round 5. As it is not juz made me stress.. but suddenly i am depressed! I felt as though i have difficulty catching up my breath, low blood pressure, my heartbeat was at a very low pace... huhuh.. really a sad day.

The ladies was devastated after a 0-4 defeat by the UPSI team. And what make it worst, they are losing a winning game! one player that can actually win if she make full use (activate) her Bishop, and she didnt move it till she resigned! one player out of a blue give a free Rook (nothing threathening the Rook in anyway! one player doesnt even show any effort to press the clock and make any lightning move in only minutes to finish (she play like there's still tomorrow, never mind time can wait for everyone)! and one player who got the chance to break the game, keep on waiting for the opponent to strike! WHY??

While I am upset with one guy in the team that instead of taking the opponent Knight, he decided to move away the King (out a blue), because he is so scared of the Knight doing the fork! WHY?? (if you take the Knight there wont be any fork!)

Then in a very somber mood (still not recovered from the 4-0 defeat earlier), the ladies were paired against UiTM, and guess what?they lost with the margin 3-1. And the guys who supposed to win against UPNM only managed to drew 2-2.

One of the ladies - playing by herself, and got checkmated within 10 moves, one - make the same mistake that she make in round 3!, one - waiting her own time to drop in a position clearly only one or 2 pieces have exchanges! i mean- WHY??

One guy- lost to a game in a King-side attack (in which when me and Zarul did the post mortem, we clearly told him, that if he counter, there wont be any time to do the King-Side attack!), one - play by himself (too lazy to think off other options!) WHY??

And the "best" part was, they apologise to me? Why? why apologise? Are you playing in MASUM for me or for yourselves?

Few of the managers / coaches here said to me; "its ok, my team lost too"
I reply; "did they lose without a fight?"
they said; "..........no, they fight till the end and then lose"

Based on the situation mentioned earlier, did they actually give it all out? did they fight till the end? did they give any effort? I can still remember, how Zarul actually said to one of them "Resign the game!!!" because her losing game that she still playing affected one of the UMP that was sitting besides her.

It was really hard, coz i dont have the energy anymore to scold, to get upset, or in the mood to teach...I am really terribly down at the moment, because, they kept repeating the same mistakes over and over again! Like i said, i dont mind if they lose the game, as long they lost with dignity (fighting till the end)...