Setia Chess Center (SCC) Kuantan

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Catur Rakan Muda Result

Total of 82 players for the open section and 48 players for U12.

Here is the result

1. FM Anas Nazreen Bakri
2. Abdullah Che Hassan
3. NM Zarul Shazwan Zulkifli
4. Kamaluddin Yusof
5. Mohd Fadli Zakaria
6. Nik Ahmad Farouqi
7. Ina Udani –Filipino
8. Abdul Haq Mohamed
9. Roslan Sulaiman
10. NWM Nur Shazwani
11. NM Kamalarifin Wahidudin
12. Muhd Shakir Shazmeer
13. Justin Ong
14. Zarul Shafiq Zulkifli
15. Norrizuddin Afendi
16. Ismail Ahmad

KEPUTUSAN KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA RAKAN MUDA DAERAH KUALA SELANGOR 2007 (25 DEC 2007)

Ranking after round 7 of KEJ. CATUR RAKAN MUDA K.SELANGOR 2007 ( U-12 )
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 3 Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar 6.0 30.0 25.00 25.0 1435 1630 +0.74 JOHAN
2. 5 Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar 6.0 27.5 22.50 23.0 1328 1773 +0.84 NAIB JOHAN
3. 1 Amira Syahmina Zulkaffli 5.5 31.0 24.00 22.5 1562 1511 -0.11 KETIGA
4. 27 Mohd Aziz Farhan 5.0 34.0 22.50 23.0 0000 1467 +1.50 KEEMPAT
5. 15 Muhd Zulfikri MS 5.0 28.5 17.50 22.0 1043 1545 +2.44 KELIMA

6. 11 Tan Shie Mei 5.0 24.0 15.00 16.0 1206 1400 +1.00
7. 25 Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi 4.5 29.5 16.50 18.5 0000 1412 +0.50
8 10 Nurulhana Syuhada MS 4.5 28.5 15.25 19.0 1243 1300 +0.40
9. 24 Daniel Iskandar Arif 4.0 33.0 16.00 19.0 0000 1398 +0.50
10. 2 Nur Najiha Azman H 4.0 31.0 15.00 19.0 1445 1303 -0.92
11. 14 Seri Aisyah Che Hasan 4.0 28.0 13.00 18.0 1101 1264 +1.32
12. 12 Tan Kah Kheng 4.0 24.5 11.00 14.0 1173 1198 +0.15
13. 7 Nur Farihah Aminudin 4.0 24.0 10.50 16.0 1287 1079 -1.08
14. 17 Fikri Salleh 4.0 23.5 11.00 13.0 1036 686 -0.39
15. 8 Nurul Aqiella Hairudin 4.0 23.0 11.50 15.0 1273 1217 -0.22
16. 4 Nazrul Aiqwan Hairudin 3.5 26.5 10.75 16.0 1346 1268 -0.45
17. 29 Muhd Sufyan* 3.5 19.0 7.75 11.5 0000 1001 1001
18. 19 Ahmad Yusof Che Hasan 3.0 28.5 8.50 14.0 0997 1162 +1.04
19. 32 Siti Nur Hidayah* 3.0 27.5 8.50 17.0 0000 1207 1207
20. 9 Nurul Adlina MS 3.0 25.5 10.00 12.0 1254 1087 -1.15
21. 6 Fatin Afiqah Hasidin 3.0 22.5 6.50 14.0 1288 987 -1.19
22. 26 Maisarah 3.0 22.5 6.00 10.0 0000 912 912
23. 18 Nur Faqihah Aminudin 3.0 21.5 6.50 13.0 1029 575 -0.88
24. 31 Sia Zi Jing* 3.0 18.5 5.00 9.0 0000 833 833
25. 30 Nurul Husna* 3.0 17.5 3.50 8.0 0000 961 961
26. 13 Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa 2.5 22.0 5.75 10.5 1143 522 -1.26
27. 28 Mohd Nor Azam 2.0 21.0 4.00 8.0 0000 887 887
28. 20 Muhd Najwan Azman H 2.0 21.0 3.00 7.0 0993 588 -0.51
29. 21 Ahmad Fallah 2.0 20.0 1.50 6.0 0000 549 0
30. 16 Tan Shie Teng 1.5 17.0 0.75 5.0 1037 - +0.00
31. 22 Anis Fariha Salleh* 1.5 16.5 0.75 4.0 0000 926 0
32. 23 Aznan Hakim* 0.0 17.0 0.00 0.0 0000 410 410

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Ranking after round 7 of KEJ. CATUR RAKAN MUDA K.SELANGOR 2007 ( OPEN )
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 1 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 6.0 34.0 28.25 26.5 2007 2088 +0.50 JOHAN
2. 5 Abdullah Che Hassan 6.0 31.0 25.25 26.5 1902 2028 +0.70 NAIB JOHAN
3. 4 NM Zarul Shazwan Zul IPT18 6.0 29.0 24.00 24.0 1903 2327 +0.95 KETIGA
4. 2 Kamaludin Yusof 5.5 32.0 23.00 24.5 1948 1936 -0.05 KEEMPAT
5. 7 Mohd Fadli Zakaria 5.5 29.0 20.50 23.5 1790 1882 +0.60 KELIMA
6. 8 Nik Ahmad Farouqi 5.5 26.0 19.25 19.0 1771 1909 +0.55 KEENAM
7. 46 Ian Udani* 5.0 36.5 26.25 24.0 0000 1961 +1.50 KETUJUH
8. 11 Abdul Haq Mohamed 5.0 31.5 19.50 22.0 1736 1843 +0.82 KELAPAN

14 Roslan Sulaiman IPT 5.0 30.5 19.00 21.0 1680 1720 +0.30 BEST IPT

10 NWM Nur Shazwani ZulGIPT18 5.0 30.0 20.25 21.5 1748 1816 +0.35 BEST LADY

3 NM Kamalarifin Wahidudin 5.0 30.0 19.00 23.0 1912 1838 -0.56
9 Roslina Marmono G 5.0 29.5 19.50 22.0 1766 1730 -0.22

17 Muhd Syakir Shazmeer 14 5.0 29.0 18.00 21.0 1632 1818 +0.96 BEST U-18

18 Justin Ong 16 5.0 28.0 18.00 19.0 1630 1648 +0.05 BEST U-16

12 Zarul Shafiq Zulkaffli 5.0 27.5 16.50 21.0 1686 1753 +0.52

25 Norrizuddin Afendi Nora14 5.0 27.5 16.50 18.0 1521 1640 +0.40 BEST U-14

17. 6 Ismail Ahmad 4.5 33.0 19.50 20.5 1856 1719 -0.85
19 Muhd Nabil Azman H 14 4.5 27.0 15.75 19.0 1623 1527 -0.54
27 Zahorin Basiran 4.5 25.5 14.50 16.5 1511 1612 +0.56
13 Norazman Ismail 4.5 25.5 12.00 21.0 1681 1643 -0.25
21. 16 Zulkaffli M Daud 4.0 27.0 13.00 17.0 1643 1426 -0.89
21 Sahir Sarifdin 4.0 26.5 11.00 18.0 1555 1094 -0.66
60 Mohd Shaarafh* 4.0 25.5 12.50 15.0 0000 1482 1482
20 Nur Nabila Azman H G14 4.0 25.5 12.00 18.0 1561 1122 -0.40
44 Azzam Mohd Yani* 14 4.0 25.5 12.00 14.0 0000 1033 0
30 Mohd Faizol Yatim 4.0 25.5 10.50 17.0 1471 1017 -0.66
22 Syed Abd Rahman 4.0 25.0 12.00 14.0 1533 1088 -0.42
75 Yasmin Rashid* 4.0 25.0 11.50 16.0 0000 1530 1530
23 Mohd Fazli Sarin IPT 4.0 24.0 12.25 15.5 1527 1441 -0.24
39 Abd Razak* 4.0 24.0 10.50 11.0 0000 1330 0
31 Muhd Bukhari MS 14 4.0 22.0 10.50 16.0 1464 1091 -0.28
38 Abd Rashid* 4.0 21.0 9.00 14.0 0000 985 0
33. 54 Mohd Hamizam* 3.5 29.5 13.25 18.5 0000 1582 1582
24 Razali Hamzah 3.5 29.5 12.25 17.0 1523 1572 +0.30
48 Micah Udani* G 3.5 27.5 11.75 14.5 0000 1549 1549
57 Mohd Nazif* 3.5 26.5 11.25 13.5 0000 1443 1443
26 Mohd Toha Hj Nasir 3.5 26.0 9.75 14.5 1514 1142 -0.28
61 Mohd Shukri* 3.5 25.5 12.00 13.5 0000 1421 1421
28 Mohamed Ismail 3.5 25.5 10.75 13.5 1493 1113 -0.15
34 Muhd Zuhairi MS 14 3.5 25.5 10.25 15.5 1349 1003 -0.36
15 Alia Anin Azwa Bakri G14 3.5 25.0 8.75 16.5 1673 1549 -0.50
35 Hasidin Abd Rashid IPT 3.5 24.0 10.25 15.0 1342 1319 -0.07
62 Mohd Tarmizi* 3.5 22.0 9.25 12.5 0000 1306 1306
55 Mohd Hanif M Nizam 18 3.5 21.0 7.25 9.5 0000 1381 1381
29 Roshdan Mohammed 3.5 20.5 7.75 10.5 1480 1420 -0.16
46. 67 Muriza Hasrul* 3.0 27.5 9.00 14.0 0000 1536 1536
73 Tan Hock Aik* 16 3.0 25.0 8.50 15.0 0000 1446 1446
49 Mohd Arif Kasim* 3.0 25.0 8.00 12.0 0000 911 911
56 Mohd Mustaffa 3.0 25.0 7.00 8.0 0000 1331 1331
64 Mohd Zunaidi* 3.0 23.0 8.00 13.0 0000 768 0
33 Nurul Farah Omar GIPT 3.0 22.0 6.50 12.0 1365 1009 -0.13
47 Khairul Azam* 3.0 21.5 5.50 11.0 0000 987 0
65 Muhd Faris* 14 3.0 21.0 4.00 11.0 0000 1329 0
71 Soo Kian Sheng* 16 3.0 20.0 6.50 11.0 0000 713 0
52 Mohd Fadhrullah* 3.0 20.0 6.00 9.0 0000 892 0
66 Muhd Jafni 18 3.0 18.5 5.50 10.0 0000 810 0
37 Solihan Omar 3.0 18.5 4.00 6.0 1202 850 -0.13
74 Tan Si Jin* 16 3.0 16.0 5.00 10.0 0000 652 0
59. 70 Sia Zi Jie* 2.5 11.5 2.50 4.5 0000 741 0
60. 32 Sheikh Rashid 2.0 25.0 4.50 12.0 1418 1038 -0.30
63 Mohd Yusri Baharudin* 2.0 24.0 4.75 10.5 0000 1239 1239
36 Mohd Asri Khamsan 2.0 24.0 4.50 11.0 1329 967 -0.42
45 Chong Sue Sin*G16 2.0 23.0 5.00 9.0 0000 1055 0
69 Salleh Abd Latif* 2.0 22.5 5.50 9.0 0000 1380 0
51 Mohd Dzulkifli* 2.0 21.5 4.50 8.0 0000 902 0
43 Azmi Bundan* 2.0 21.5 3.50 7.0 0000 1225 0
72 Sumali* 2.0 17.5 2.00 7.0 0000 672 0
68 Nurul Azilah* G16 2.0 17.0 3.00 6.0 0000 660 0
69. 76 Zamri Sajari* 1.5 22.5 4.00 7.5 0000 665 0
59 Mohd Rizuan Mokhtar* IPT 1.5 20.0 1.75 6.5 0000 858 0
50 Mohd Azeman Buron* 1.5 19.5 3.50 5.5 0000 1009 0
53 Mohd Faisal Mohd Tahir IPT 1.5 19.5 3.25 4.5 0000 824 0
41 Amy Taldiri* 1.5 19.0 1.75 2.5 0000 1235 0
58 Mohd Razi* 1.5 18.5 1.75 5.5 0000 757 757
75. 40 Aidil Hayat* 1.0 16.5 1.50 2.0 0000 1037 0
76. 42 Asrul Yusof* 0.5 19.5 0.50 0.5 0000 876 0

(my thanks to Faizul Yatim - the organiser for the info)

Happy New Year 2008

We are now in the new year.. year 2008!!

Wishing all the readers, the chess fans out there, happy new year..

May this new year, give us new hopes, new successes and achievements to celebrate....!!!

Monday, December 24, 2007

Johor Bandaraya Chessmaster 2007 Pictures

2007 Champ - IM Julio Sadorra From Philippines (he came to Johor after Singapore Masters which ended a day earlier)

FM Anas Nazreen took the second place.

Michael Siong From Singapore

Another Philippine player (Clyde Seruelo) - took 4th place

Fifth place with 5.5 pts - Abd Haq (he managed to draw with GM Bong Villamayor)

6th place - hail from Kuantan - Abdul Khalid Musa

7th - Abdullah Che Hassan
8th place was GM Bong. He was absent during the prize giving...

Board 1 in action....

Now a much clearer picture of the champ!

Others in Open section fighting hard for a spot..

Women's champ - Nur Syazwani

2nd place - Nurul Atiqah (she got 4.5 points from 6 games lost to 3rd place winner also with the same score, better solkoff for her)

4th - Alia Anin Azwa from Melaka

Renita Narayanan took the 5th place

6th place - Nur Nabila Azman

7th place - Amira Syamina

8th place - Nurul Huda W

The women taking part in the event

U-16 champ

U-16 second place winner

3rd place U-16

U-12 champ - Azhar's son

2nd Place winner U-12

3rd place U-12

"We support the initiative taken by JB for organising an event exclusive for all ladies!"

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Don't Forget 25th Dec - Rakan Muda Open 2007

Untuk pertanyaan / pendaftaran : Faizul 012-2029271 / Rashdan 016-3452507 / Nazif 013-3667395

Monday, December 17, 2007

My Say.....

(The pic above is taken at the Malay Village at Singapore, hours before Malaysian Team went back home on 16th dec 2007)

We heard talks about our huge losses on the recent Mas - Sin match 2007, just ended last sunday in Singapore. Why do we lost? Are we that bad in chess? Is it really becoz no rated tourney often held in Malaysia for Juniors? Or becoz we are not that competitive in chess when playing with other countries......

This is what my view is:
We have lots of chess trainer who offers different way of coaching, but lead to the same goal - play the best and win! We may not have the army of chess to wipe off ships of enemies, but we have few talents that can take on the enemy's general at any time! But, can these talents commits to the fact that he / she must contribute to the nation with more success? I notice that we malaysians have problems with dicipline! How many chess players here really study chess constantly? Even the top players in Malaysia, does it on and off. Only really concentrate when the tourney just around the corner.

We have this envy that we want to be the best among ourselves, battling big to be the best locally in local tourney. Correct me if I am wrong, when we play locally, even when we are one pawn down, we never surrender, hoping that our opponent makes blunder. But when we play with opponent from other nations, did we ever think of them making blunder? Instead we resigned at early stage. Why can't we just be ourselves and fight till the end... maybe the position can still be saved? (you know what I mean, not in a position where you are completely have no hope at all!). Can't we have the same attitude playing locally and internationally?

For me it is ok to lose to Singapore, but it is not ok to lose talented players!!! We saw players as young as 5 years old interested in chess, playing without fear, and having fun at the same time, and cry when losing a game of chess. But where do these youngsters stand in few years to come? Will they chart the map in Malaysian scene? Or maybe one day they decide to play another game? Then, what part can we play to encourage and groom these talented kids to be the next GMs?

All of us should take a role to give these kids a chance to shine. Parents should now take the same interest to take their kids to the next level (better coaching), coaches should train them different perspective of the game, and chess players and fans, can help these talents in giving a tip or two on analysing the game to show them what they did wrong...

We used to have names like, Audrey Wong, Seto Wai Ling, Ong Hwa Lu, Geraldine, Nurul Huda, Eliza Hanum, or players like Mohd Kamal Abdullah, Mohd Nor Yahya, Jimmy Liew, etc.... these are the players that no longer took chess competitively, due to family or working commitments..

Now we have Siti Zulaika, syazwani, Anas (to name a few), but how long long will they sit in the map? It will the happiest moments for all to have a new talents taking their places in the chess scene. So, those kids are the future that lies all the hope of all of us!!

Don't let these chess talents be the forgotten names like Rosazman Rosley or Yusjefri Anwar who used to impress the chess fans in Malaysia when they were just 9 years old in the 80s..

Our best bet to become the first GM, IM Mas Hafizulhilmi... Can he make it to the title by next year? I know he has been really hardworking in realising his dream, and our dreams in becoming a GM! a title that has yet to be ours for years now... Ever since he took his sabatical leave, he has been playing abroad, since Oct 2007 - Macau Asian Indoor Games, then to Australia training with GM Ian Rogers and took part in a small competition there (he is the champ there), then flew to India for the Commenwealth Game, then Mas - Sin Match, and currently playing at Singapore Masters.. We all hope he get his first GM norm there.. He has been battling for the title all alone abroad, without any manager accompanying him, or any coaches watching his game, or any written messages from us Malaysians giving him the moral support for his fight!

A lot of people maybe doesn't realise this, but since Mas has made his journey for the GM title, all chess fans in Malaysia has been watching his game closely and commenting in every step that he take. The joy shared by all when he won against another GM, and the upset feelings also shared by all fans when he lost terribly to lower rated or younger players.. We never realise this, but we are actually supporting him in our own way, together!

Scenery of Singapore 2007

Background - The mosque in Singapore. It was an old mosque left in Singapore.
(pic from left - Roslina, Haslindah and Khairunnisa')

We stop by at one of the mosque near our Hotel during our last night of stay. (what we called "safari night")

One of Halal cuisine in Singapore. (pic from left Samantha Lee and Haslindah)

Historical Malay Village in Singapore. Malays there are more appreciative of the malay roots since they are the minority..

"This is my break before leaving Singapore" - Haslindah

The result of the Match

MAS - SIN Match 2007

The Malaysia - Singapore match comes to its 19th edition which started on 15th December 2007.

We embarked off on our journey to Singapore on friday morning 14th December via KTM Train. The total of huge numbers are on the list to Singapore this year's match. A total of more than 100 people including parents are in the list!!

It was a success story on our side, managing such a huge squad! I would say kudos to Haslindah Ruslan our team manager for her effort in ensuring that the team were well taken care. Not just that she offered RM50 for those who manage to get a 2 points (perfect score!) and any team that manage to win against singapore (eg : team U-8 boys wins against team U-8 boys Singapore), will get RM200 for a team!!

It was an effort made by haslindah to reward the players to do at their best and at the same time having fun in Singapore! The players this year mostly are new to this environment. It is great to see new youngsters pulling their strength in this event. And the one that scores full point are all the under age kids!!! (amazing huh!), and the best team was won by our U-8 G team!!!

Yeah! we lost... and I admit it was a deep and big lost! I admit too that it shouldn't be that way coz, we have been losing every year to Singapore, ever since their academy existed.. But to be honest... seeing those kids play, the ones that has never played internationally (this is their first) lies all the hope for future chess in Malaysia (giving time that these kids does improves with proper training of course). By giving them the opportunity like this... it is like a dream come true to them and make their parents proud of it. I have never seen parents actually fork up money just to see their kids in action.. And seeing their happy faces..

But, fate has always have its way on every road that we take... It was unpleasant to hear such a harsh voice from Singaporeans... Being so cocky and snobby on the victory. And at the end it wasn't a "friendly match" as the objective of the event anymore.

They are so proud of the victory that they forget what is the beautiful game of chess are all about. Chess was supposed to teach us the value of life, because chess is life (it is larger than life for some people). Like any other sports, chess brought people from all over nations no matter what religion and colour sit together staring at the chess board, and later on talk about chess all days. We have that one thing in common... then why must we destroy it? We are not in war, then why the hatred exists? Are we teaching the right way, the right attitude to the younger generation by mocking your opponents? is this the culture that we want to show to the world? Chess has always been a game and never a sport in some part of countries, is this the example that we want to give them?

I was shocked to hear this... not just me, ask the parents who are so happy to be in Singapore with their children, and suddenly hearing those words... what do they think?

If this year is the last so called "friendly match" then, I am at the least to feel regret... To me I have touch and feel the victories when we first hosted the event. Being the among the first playing the match when it was held years ago.... yes, we win big when it was held years ago, but are we being rude to our neighbour? I can tell you, NO.... as a Malaysian I am proud to say that we are the fair play winner.

View from my room at the Lion City Hotel.

This is another part of Singapore taken from my room..

on 14th dec at 10pm the briefing was held at the Lounge area at the third floor.. you can see the parents and the players listening to every word from the manager.