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**Pic courtesy from Cikgu Safri**

Photos from Kuantan Open 2010

Kuantan Blitz Open 2010

While waiting for the result, we had a small Blitz event for fun! with the fee of only RM5.00! The champ goes home with RM70, Second with RM50 and Third with RM30. While the rest top ten received Hamper worth RM20 each courtesy from KRT.

Champ - Kamaluddin Yusof (7 points)
Second - Muhammad Arshad (6 points)
Third - Abdul Khalid Musa (5.5 points)
Fourth - Mohd Khair (5 points)
Fifth - Nor Azmi Mohd Nor (5 points)
Sixth - Sulaiman Johari (5 points)
Seventh - Nurul Huda (5 points)
Eighth - Nordin Md Yamin (4.5 points)
Ninth - Muhamad Khairilhelmi (4.5 points)
Tenth - Asman Aminullah (4.5 points)

Kuantan Open 26th - 27th jun 2010

Finally the Kuantan Open has ended today... (phew! what a relief!) I thought i dont have to do any job, but i ended up doing things too.. it is not as hectic as I was the Tourney Director in previous Kuantan events. I learned new things from Pairing Arbiter En Muhammad Arshad, so I can say that I enjoyed my times there. Though, i am supposed to go to the office for the stock take, i wanted to take my time off and leave, but hmm... since over the phone things got pretty well at the office, so its ok la... be at the tourney hall and support my bro to be the champ.. but unfortunately he is not the champ.. again!!!! arghhh!!! so frustrated when he does it again!! ok.. cool! obviously he is more frustrated than me, and kept thinking about the game after it all ended when we reached home... next time perhaps!

Ok back to the game, it is a surprise and a deeply thankful to the players that came all the way to Kuantan.. Thanks to Mrs Goh and family from KL, Kamaludin also from KL, Cikgu Sabirin and family from Terengganu, Cikgu Safri and family from Muadzam, En Kamarul Arifin from Temerloh, Brian who got home from Singapore, and also others that i perhaps missed out the names to mention.. a deeply appreciation on behalf of the organiser!

The winners are :
Category B (U-12):
Champ - Siti Aisyah Sabirin (6.5 points)
Second - Muhd Asyraf Razman (6 points)
Third - Siti Khadijah Sabirin (5.5 points)
Fourth - Mubin Nor Azmi (5 points)
FIfth - Muhd Aiman Hakim Roseli (5 points)
Sixth - Ummu Hani Safri (5 points)
Seventh - Kuhan Ganesan (5 points)
Eighth - Hemasankarry Rajasegaran (4.5 points)

Best U-9 :
First - Meor Airil Rahimi Ayib Rosdi (4 points)
Second - Zulkarnain Safri (4 points)

Category A (Open) :
Champ - Kamaluddin Yusof (6.5 points)
Second - Hamidi Taib (6 points)
Third - Mohd Khair (6 points)
Fourth - Wan Ali Wan Manan (5.5 points)
Fifth - Kamarul Ariffin (5 points)
Sixth - Abd Khalid Musa (5 points)
Seventh - Sulaiman Johari (5 points)
Eighth - Lee Boon Why (5 points)

Best U-20:
First - Sharif Mohd Zaki (5 points)
Second - Ikmal Ubaidillah (4.5 points)

Best U-15:
First - Nur Sabrina Aliya Asman (5 points)
Second - Ahmad Akmal Mohd Azman (4.5 points)

Best Ladies:
First - Nurul Huda (4 points)
Second - Musfirah Nor Azmi (3 points)

For detail results, you can click here (thanks to Muhammad Arshad for the uploading of the result) :
Open Category
U-12 Category

Kuantan Open 26-27 jun 2010

The above is the Map to Dewan KRT Berjaya Permai (click to en large the image for better view). Take the Tanjung Lumpur bridge from Kuantan town, just go straight along the road until you find a landmark - Pusat Tenun Pahang, then turn left at the traffic light. Go straight again until you another landmark on the right SMK Sungai Soi. Near to the school is Perumahan Berjaya Permai.

I am back in Kuantan today (thurday), and since I am here, I'll be taking over from the tournament director the registration job. Those who is interested to play, register with me. You can email me at nwmchess@yahoo.com or you can sms me at 019-9699879 or you can fax your registration to me (attention my name) at 09-5147688.

Those who has register and make the payment, you can come to the playing hall (Dewan KRT) at at 10am before round 1 started at 10.15am. BUT for those who register and without any payment made yet to the organiser, kindly be at Dewan KRT for registration from 8.30am - 9.30am. We will close the registration at 9.30am to ensure that game will start on time at 10.15am!

I am encouraging players, parents, guardians and teachers to be there on the 26th June for the PERSATUAN CATUR KUANTAN meeting at 12.30 noon, as everyone can give ideas and give a thorough discussion on how to make chess better in Kuantan! During the meeting I will make the announcement on the opening of my chess centre that I will name it after the name of my siblings' team which is SETIA CHESS CENTRE.

NCC 2010 - Ranking list

Finally the NCC 2010 is over, after 5 days battling for the NM and the NWM title and the top 4 spot to play at the Malaysian Masters, it is ended today.

We witness NM Tan Khai Boon and NWM Fong Mi Yen joining the elite NM and NWM club today!

Here, I am signing off from Kolej Pendeta Za'ba UKM (will still be in KL attending courses and will only be back in Kuantan on the 24th June 2010).

Next - Kuantan Open 2010 on 26th and 27th June 2010!

NCC 2010 - FInal Round Update!

Fong Mi Yen drew her game with Camilia Johari, thus makes her the newly crowned National Woman Master (NWM) for 2010. Tan Khai Boon also won his game against Nik Ahmad Farouqi, and that too makes him the new National Master (NM) for 2010.

Only few tables still playing, for more updates check out - NCC blog

NCC 2010 - FInal Round

**By the way Gilachess is selling the NCC Bulletin for both Open and Women section. You can contact him at the NCC blog for details**

NCC 2010 - Round 7 photos

NCC 2010 - Photos