New Nagas Standard Chess Tournament

New Nagas Standard Chess Tournament,
17th & 18th March 2012

 (Eligibility: Malaysians with a FIDE rating below 2200 or Malaysians without a FIDE rating)

Venue:  Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, 4th Flr Kompleks Wilayah, Jalan Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur

Format: 7 Rounds Swiss System (The Swiss Manager pairing program shall be used).
Accelerated pairings shall be used for the first 2 or 3 rounds.

Time Control: 20 min with increment of 30 seconds per move for only the first 30 moves, plus a further 25 minutes each to the finish.

Its time to wake up and the time is now..... (revisited)

Recently we read about Najib Wahab decision to quit his full time chess job and  return to 'normal' job.  In his blog post - 'Of Reviewing My Status', Najib mention that in 2003 he made a 'spicy' comments about Malaysia chess in Yahoo Group. For those who missed the article, you can read it below. 

Najib (Standing in the center) 

Its time to wake up and the time is now.....

 May 30, 2003 4:07 pm

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"mohd_gabriel"

mohd_gabriel
 

Chess in Malaysia has not changed much in the past 15 years or so.
Once a while, we will have World Class Tournaments being held here in
KL, the latest being the World Age Group Championship that was
organized during the middle of last year. The only improvement that I
see is that we now have a chess office in Wilayah Complex, run and
managed by those who have the time to devote on chess. These are
voluntary individuals who love the game more than just playing it,
individuals who envisioned a future in chess, individuals who
continue to try to develop and promote the game where others have
failed… or given up. It never cease to amaze me that
their `voluntary' status has not changed in 15 years especially for
Hamid Majid who has been doing it – voluntarily – for all the years
that I have known him…

Catur : Senaman Terbaik Elak Masalah Ingatan

iSihat sebuah Majalah info kesihatan terbitan Utusan Karya telah memuatkan satu artikel mengenai catur  dalam edisi Mac 2012 bertajuk Catur: Senaman Terbaik Elak Masalah Ingatan  .

Artikel tersebut  menerangkan bahawa terdapat kajian-kajian pakar yang menemui bahwa golongan warga emas yang aktif bermain catur mampu menurunkan risiko demensia dan alzhiemer sebanyak  75%!

Sumber : Majalah iSihat Mac 2012

THE THIRD TAN SRI LEE LOY SENG PERAK GRAND PRIX CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

THE THIRD

TAN SRI LEE LOY SENG

PERAK GRAND PRIX CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

Chess Makes You Smart !

Date:   12th February 2012 (Sunday)

Time:  8:30am - 5.15pm   

Venue: Venue: 1st LEG – KUALA KANGSAR,SMK Clifford, Kuala Kangsar, PERAK

Time control: 25 minutes - * subject to confirmation

Format: 7 round

Organized by: Perak International Chess Association (PICA) & Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC)

* Entry form and details, click  here

source: En.Abu Bakar (019-4007663)

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KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA FELDA LASAH 2012

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA FELDA LASAH 2012

(merebut Piala YB Datuk Haji Ahamad b Pakeh Adam, ADUN LINTANG)

 Date:   19th February 2012 (Sunday)

Time:  8.30am - 4.00pm   

Venue: Dewan Madrasah At-Taawuniah Felda Lasah, Sungai Siput, Perak

Time control: 20 minutes

Format: 6 round

Organized by: PERSATUAN BELIA (MBFM) FELDA LASAH

* Entry form and details, click  here

source: En.Abu Bakar (019-4007663)

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The National Age Group Chess Championship 2012 is On!

The National Age Group Chess Championship 2012 will be held from 11th-13th March 2012 at OCM INDOOR STADIUM, Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur.

The championship is  organised by Malaysian Chess Federation and Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC) will be the event manager.

Click the details at MCF's blog here

INSOFAR COMBINED TOURNAMENT (NATIONAL RATED) FEB 2012

 

INSOFAR

COMBINED TOURNAMENT

(NATIONAL RATED)

FEB 2012

(RAPID OPEN, & SCHOLARSHIP TOURNAMENT COMBINED)

-RAPID OPEN (fees RM20)

-RAPID OPEN & SCHOLARSHIP TOURNAMENT (fees RM50)

Prizes

Fees RM20 - Qualified for Rapid Open prizes only

Fees RM50 – Qualified for both prizes (Rapid Open &    

                        Scholarship prizes)

SUNDAY 26^th Feb 2012

PLACE :DATCC, Wilayah Complex, KL

TIME: 9.00am – 6.00pm

Nik Ahmad Farouqi - IM Mashafizul : 1-0

Nik Ahmad Farouqi retain the Kelantan Closed Championship title by winning this year edition which was held from 26th-27th January 2012 . In round 4, he produce the biggest upset by beating Malaysian no. 1 - IM Mashafizul Helmi. For full report about the tournament, visit the PCNK blog here


Nik Ahmad Farouqi  - IM Mashafizul
Kelantan Closed, Round 4, 26.1.2012

1.c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. b3 Nge7 6. Bb2 d5 7. d3 f6 8. e3 dxc4 9. dxc4 Nb4 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Ke2 c6 12. Ne4 Nc8 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 $11 Be7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Kf7 17. a3 Na6 18. Rad1 Nd6 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. b4 Rhe8 21. Kf3 Bc7 22. Nf2 Nb8 23. Rhg1 a5 24. Ne4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd7 26. Bd4 h6 27. b5 Nf8 ??

A natural looking move which is actually a serious blunder  28. b6! Bb8  Other bishop move also lose material for e.g. 28... Bd6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nxd6+

29.Rxg7+ !! Probably Mas miss this tactic.  After 29... Kxg7 30. Bxf6+ Kg6 31. Bxd8  29... Kxg7 30. Bxf6 white is two pawn up + 1-0

Limau Bali Blitz Chess Tournament

 

Limau Bali Blitz Chess Tournament

Date                        :         29/01/2012

Time                       :         0900 am  -  0400pm

Venue                      :         No.1,Gerai Limau Bali,

                                          Jalan Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah,31350 Ipoh, Perak.

Category                 :         Open

Time Control          :         10 minutes  (20 minutes - 1 round)

Format                   :         7 rounds

Fee                         :         RM 15.00

Tie-Break              :         Solkoff, SB, Cumulative

Rules                     :          FIDE

Entry form click here

Enquiry and registration : Mohd Johan Bin Mohd Jamil   014-7531108

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Lim Kian Hwa at The 2012 Queenstown International

Lim Kian Hwa (photo right)  has retired from work but certainly not in chess. He is now  competing at the 2012 Queenstown International in New Zealand. After 6 rounds, Lim has scored  2.5 points and at the time of this writing, he is playing against host country  player - FM Brian Jones. The tournament will concluded next Monday - a day after Chinese New Year.

Official tournament site is here