Round 1 Junior vs Senior : 0-3

Junior vs senior : 0-3

Top senior player IM Mashafizul beat  three top juniors players.

Lim Zhou Ren (left) vs IM Mashafizul : 0-1

Lim Zhou Ren vs IM Mashafizul

Round 4, Maverick Rapid, 27.2.2011

White to play

1. Re1 Qh3+ 2. Kg1 Qg3+ 3. Kh1 Qh4+ 4. Kg2 Rdxd7 0-1

Round 5: IM Mashafizul vs Sumant Subramaniam : 1-0

Round 7: IM Mashafizul vs Muhd Syakir Shazmeer (right)  : 1-0

IM Mashafizul Helmi vs Muhd Syakir Shazmeer
Maverick Rapid Round 7, 27.2.2011

1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 (7... bxc6 8. e5 Ng8) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. O-O-O+ Ke7 11. f3 Bxc3?! Syakir decide to  double white's pawn but
I think it was a positional mistake because white seems to dominate the dark square after black lost his dark square bishop.12. Bd6+ Ke8 13. bxc3 b5 Black found it difficult to mobilize his light square bishop. 14. Be2 Nd7 15.Kc2 f6 With the idea of playing Kf7 and mobilize his h8 rook later. 16. a4 Nb6 16... bxa4 17. Ra1 Nb6 18. Rhb1 and white will get back his pawn. 17.Bc7 Nd7 Of course 17... Nxa4?? will blunder the rook after 18. Rd8+ 18.axb5 axb5 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 White rook dominate the a-file and later penetrate into black defense. 20...bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ke7 22. Ra7 Re8 23. e5 f5 24. Bd6+ Kf7 25. Rc7 25. Bb3 Kg6 (25... c5 26. Ba4 Rd8 27. Bxc5) 26. Ba4 Nb6 27. Bxc6 25... Kg8??  Black missed white's next move...

26. Rxc8 ! Rxc8 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxd7 Ra8 29. e6 Black resign because he had to give his only piece to stop white's from queening 1-0






From Hairulov.

Below is Najib Wahab comment about the tournament:-

A total of 108 players participated in the DATCC Maverick Rapid Chess weekender series for 2011 surpassing the number of 92 registered in the Renegade event which was conducted late last month. The number of strong players turning up for the event is seen as a good omen for chess, promising a better and more vibrant future that is soon to come. Led by IM Mas Hafizul, Uzbek Madjidov Jasur and Philippines Ian Udani, this has been one of the strongest weekend event in the recent years influence by the upcoming NAG event, National Closed event and MSS event which are nearing very soon. It was clearly a “sparring” ground for aspiring players gunning for a good showing in the upcoming major events mentioned.


DATCC has been gaining a lot of support since being taken over by a new management earlier this year and the presence of IM Mas Hafizul in this weekend event are additional contributing factors that has made this event a huge success. Riding on the success of Renegade which pulled 92 players, Maverick event with 108 players is the single largest event conducted by DATCC since the center started. The biggest crowd for DATCC was 119 players back in January when Stonemaster did its “1 Malaysia” event.


DATCC would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to all the players (especially to IM Mas), supporters, bloggers, writers, parents, teachers, officials (especially IM/IA Giam Choo Kwee) for all the support and assistance that ALL OF YOU have given in making this event a huge success. Thank you everyone.


The next weekender series is planned for May 2011 – be on the lookout for our next successful outing!


Thanks again everyone!!!

From Najib Wahab

Final Results

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Jasur Madjidov win Maverick!

FM Jasur Madjidov win the Maverick Rapid Open held at DATCC today. He tight with 5 other players who finish with  6 points from 7 rounds but Jasur who have  the better tie break was announced as the champion. Second place goes to IM Mashafizul followed by 3rd. Fong Yit San, 4th Lim Zhuo Ren, 5th Wong Jianwen.and 6th place goes to Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali.

FM Jasur Madjidov (left)  -IM Mashafizul : 1-0

Full report will photos and games will follow....

UniKL Open 2011 - A National Rated Event

UNIKL MFI OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

(NATIONAL RATED EVENT)

DATE : 9hb APRIL 2011 (Saturday)

TIME : 7.30 AM – 6.00 PM  (ROUND 1 AT 9.00 SHARP)

FORMAT : 7/8 ROUND

TIME CONTROL : 20/25MINUTE P/ROUND

VENUE : UNIKL MFI MULTIPURPOSE HALL, Seksyen 14, Jalan Teras Jernang, 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor.

Maps to UNIKL MFI is here

Click the full details here

Source: Azhar Said

Disclaimer : This site - Hairulovchessmaniac.com are provided for the convenience of all interest party and are for informational purposes only. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, this site is not responsible for the accuracy of anything contained in these announcements. Those interested in additional information or having questions about any of these tournaments are directed to contact the organizer listed. This site will exercise all due diligence in providing accurate information but assume no responsibility for errors made in such work.

Maverick is going to be legendary....

From Najib Wahab.....

Its going to be LEGENDARY! Maverick hitting 105 players.....

Despite my appeal, it seems that the players registering for the Maverick Rapid event continue to climb and 2 days before the event date, the number of players is now at 105 players. With many strong players wanting to play in the event, the only thing to do is to continue accepting entries. And to be a part of a "revolution" (considering that this is the "Maverick" event) where good players are beginning to come to the fore, DATCC is proud to be a part of this great development! To quote Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) from the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" - "Its going to be legendary!"

The latest additions are former National Champion Zarul Shazwan with brother Zarul Shafiq and sister Amira. Some of the other notable players are Malaysia's top player IM Mas Hafizul and current Junior Champion Lim Zhuo Ren. Also playing are another former National Champion Kamalariffin Wahiduddin, Renegade Champion Wong Jian Wen, National Junior players siblings Mohd Nabil, WCM Nur Nabila and WFM Nur Najiha, National Junior players Mohd Izz Saifuddin, UIA leading player Ahmad Fadzil Nayan, and some of Malaysias top players in Cheah Cheok Fung, Kamaluddin Yusof, Nor Ilhamuddin and Mohd Saprin Sabri. Up and coming rising stars siblings Subramanian and Nithyalakshmi, and Puteri Munajjah (and brothers Syakir and Irfan) together with Camilia Johari and Amier Hamzah have also booked their places.

As a gentle reminder, players who are yet to pay for the event are advised to show up before 9:30am to complete the payment and registration as round 1 will start at exactly 10:00am.

School children (17 years and below) are advised to provide their full name and complete school name in order for the organizer to prepare their "Certificate of Participation" which will be given to to them at the end of the event.

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

MALAYSIA LIST OF FIDE ACCREDITED TRAINERS

Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF)  have released the list of Malaysian FIDE Accredited Trainers and their financial obligations for trainers title licences. MCF  encourage all Malaysian FIDE Accredited Trainers  to register with MCF.

Go to MCF's blog  here to see the list.

Chess Puzzle (20) Solution

Yeah...we sometimes forgot about the "special move" - En passant

White to play and checkmate in one move!

The answer is 1.cxb6++ checkmate !

Chess Puzzle (20)

Its have been quite sometimes since i last post a puzzle. So lets start with an easy one.

Try to find a move for white that will end the game immediately. Try it on your own first before asking for assistance... especially from your chess computer program although  i guarantee your chess program will be sweating to find the solution for this one!

White to play and checkmate in one move!

2011 National Age Group (NAG) : Map to UTP and list of available place to stay

MCF's Honorary Secretary - Gregory Lau has sent me the map to UTP and list of available place to stay during the 2011 NAG with different options catered for all.

Map to UTP

Clik here for list of available place to stay

The National Age Group Chess Championship 2011 is On!

The National Age Group Chess Championship 2011 will be held from 12th-14th March 2011 at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Tronoh, Perak.

The championship is jointly organised by Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak Chess Association and Malaysian Chess Federation.

Click the details at MCF's blog here

National Closed Chess Championship 2011 UPDATE

Najib Abdul Wahab has send me an updated noted on the coming National Closed Chess Championship 2011:-

Update 8.54 AM

The number of players registering for the National Closed increased rapidly over the last 24 hours with the number of players for the Open section hitting 75 players and the Women section climbing to 22 players.

Penang sent in 11 players for the event (9 for the Open section and 2 for the Women) followed by Kelantan and Pahang with 3 players each, and Sarawak with a single representative. Both the winners of last year National Junior event, Lim Zhuo Ren and Alia Anin Azwa Bakri have registered for the event, including reigning Women Champion, Fong Mi Yen.

For the Open section, the top seeded player is currently Loo Swee Loong of Penang followed by Mohd Saprin Sabri and Yeoh Li Tian. In the Women section, WFM Ali Azwa Anin Bakri leads the pack followed by WCM Fong Mi Yen and WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham.

With capacity for the National Closed is limited to 120 seats, there are only 21 seats left to be filled. With some states still waiting for the 1st March deadline to register, and those who are rated 2200 and above who are waiting until 9th of March to confirm their participation, the door might close much earlier as soon as the number of players hit the ceiling of 120.

Some of those who have preregistered but have not made the necessary payment, are advised to complete the payment soon or contact the organizer for extension failing which, their names may be canceled to allow for other players to take part.

Update 11.34 AM

Attached is the “almost” FINAL list of players for the National Closed 2011. Although the are 7 seats left for the event, further application for entry shall be placed on a waiting list, pending approval for entry from the organizers. The main criteria that the organizer will look at to approve the entry shall be based on the applicants FIDE rating strength. Whilst the organizer can make concession to increase the number of players playing to exceed 120, with the early bird timeline ended yesterday, the number of participants are not expected to increase drastically within the next few days.

Players who have pre-registered but has not made the necessary payment are advised to do so within the next 24 hours after which, their names shall be considered for deletion and replaced by the new applicants/entries. As a rule of thumb, players who do not have a FIDE rating points shall be the first group of players to be deleted.

The total number of players for the Open Section currently stands at 81 players (it was 94 players last year) and for the Women section, 32 players have registered for the event (it was 44 players last year).

For further information or clarification, or if you find that your name has been listed in err, please contact Najib Wahab at +6016 338 2542 ornajib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com.

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

Second INSOFAR Elite Open (Preliminary) 2011 and INSOFAR Prestige Junior Tournament (Preliminary) 2011

2nd INSOFAR ELITE OPEN TOURNAMENT (2011)

&

INSOFAR PRESTIGE JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENT (KUALA LUMPUR)

KLANG PARADE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011

Klang PARADE Chess Championship 2011 will be held on 19th-20th March 2011. The event is organized by Klang Parade, Dato Athur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) and Cerdik Catur Enterprise.

Below is the details:-

Click here for the entry form

Source: Mohd Fadli Zakaria

Disclaimer : This site - Hairulovchessmaniac.com are provided for the convenience of all interest party and are for informational purposes only. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, this site is not responsible for the accuracy of anything contained in these announcements. Those interested in additional information or having questions about any of these tournaments are directed to contact the organizer listed. This site will exercise all due diligence in providing accurate information but assume no responsibility for errors made in such work.

Chess Coverage in EDUWEBTV.com!

Thanks Andrew Ooi who post this information in his blog. EDUWEBTV.com own by Ministry Education of Malaysia is as an interactive educational portal based on applicable video in the teaching and learning process.

Shamsuddin Bin Mat Isa is a school teacher. In 2007, he received Diploma from World Chess Federation  (FIDE) with the title of National Instructor (NI). His chess blog is here. In this video, he as the organizing committee  talks about Bangsar Zone preparation for the coming MSSMKL Chess Tournament for primary school.

You can watch the video at EDUWEBTV here and it also have been upload in Youtube.com by Andrew Ooi here

List of Players for NCC Open and Women - as of 19th February

Najib Abdul Wahab has released the  updated list of players for the 2011 National Closed Chess Championship  (Open) and (Women) section as of 19th February.

The Open section saw 51 players  registered so far and  12 have registered in  the women section. The highest rated player in  the open section is Loo Swee Leong (2141) while Foo Min Yen (1890) -   the defending champion is the highest rated player  in the women section.

Among notable players in the open section is our GM hope - Yeoh Li Tian who turn 12 this year. Will he shine in this tournament and will he replicate the success of Bangladesh former prodigy - GM Niaz Murshed who tied for first place in Bangladesh National Chess Championship when he was 12 years old? If we still remember - Li Tian did draw with the former chess prodigy at KL Open last year.

Famous chess blogger - Andrew Ooi has created a blog for this year National Closed Chess Championship and i have accepted his invitation to contribute in the blog.

New Kids On The Blog!

The title of this post is not accurate. I try to use the name of the famous boy band  in the 90's -  New Kids On The Block (NKID) which create  sensation in the 90's. Kind of  The Beatles  in the 60's.

Actually this post is about  a new chess blog titled The Chess Connections  who  made it maiden appearance in blog world last Tuesday.

Najib (Standing in the center) in his element.

The author of the blog is Najib Abdul Wahab. He is not a 'kid' in local chess community. He is an experienced chess event organizer, arbiter and  chess player. He now runs the famous Dato Athur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) in Kuala Lumpur.

About 20 years  back which is when I start following local chess development, I noticed that Najib  is already there. If I'm not mistaken, in 1995 he and a few chess enthusiast  produce the first local chess magazine called - Majalah Catur. Najib writes a couple of  articles in the magazine.

Comparing my gray hairs with Najib, I can safely estimated that he has involved in local chess development for at least 30 years although Najib can claimed that he has a slightly younger wife then me :)

So far he has post three articles in his blog and two is about the selection process. I highly recommend his blog to chess lovers especially local chess community.

Highly Recommended!

Kirsan-Karpov : There is no permanent friends and permanent enemies!

On February 12, in Moscow, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the former World Chess Champion, FIDE Ambassador to international organizations - Anatoly Karpov. The president and the ambassador discussed at the meeting the outcome of negotiations between FIDE leadership and the heads of international organizations, UNESCO, as well as the implementation of FIDE programme "Chess in Schools. Click here for the full news.

For non chess player,  the photo above may look like a reunion between  good friends that have not meet for years. However, only chess community knows that for about 9 months before the 2010 FIDE election, both Karpov's and Kirsan's team fight vigioursly against each other. The election however was  eventually  won by the incumbent - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov..

There's a famous quote - In politic, there is no permanent friends and permanent enemies!

Gen Una Sumus (We are all one family)  

News and photo from FIDE.com

How to beat IM Mashafizul for dummies !?

DATCC's blog mentioned that Malaysian no.1 player - IM Mashafizul has registered and will play in the coming DATCC Maverick Rapid Chess Weekend which will be held on 27th February 2011 (Sunday) at DATCC.

It's have been quite sometimes since Malaysian top 5 players playing in the rapid weekender tournament so to have this rare opportunity to play against the no.1 is a chance for lesser mortal like me to play and bite the bullet against the very best!

However i will not play at the Maverick but i will come during the tournament to snap some photos and hopefully get some games and results to be posted in this blog.

For lesser mortals {read patzers or dummies  :) } who doesn't have a single clue about how to beat IM Mashafizul (photo left), this is my tips - click here

There are lots of Mas's games that i (with Fritz/Rybka) have annotated and hopefully this will help. It's not like , say ....   How To Beat IM Mashafizul For Dummies book but i think it will help. The Dummies books is actually an extensive series of instructional / reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered.

To my friend Mas, i hope you don't mind. I surely confidence that your vast experienced, knowledge and skill is still much superior then the weekenders. My advice to you is to play openings you never played before !?

Chess Training - Getting to Know Ourselves by GM Efstratios Grivas

GM Efstratios Grivas - a world-class trainer, share his knowledge about how to identify the assets and weaknesses of our chess personalities in his part 2 series of training lectures at chessbase.com.

Read the full article here

Le Quang Liem demolish Kamsky!

Vietnam top player –  Le Quang Liem (photo right) made a great upset in round 4, Aeroflat Open 2011 after beating  ex-FIDE World Champion – Gata Kamsky (photo left) in 27 move!

Gata is the recent US Champion. He is a  super strong GM who have beat World Champion like Kasparov, Karpov, Anand and Topalov. Gata won the 2007 World Cup champion and qualified to play in the Candidate Quartefinal against Veselin Topalov on April 2011. The candidate is a tournament to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012.

Surprisingly, top chess site like chessbase.com  and chessvibes.com  failed o annotated his victory against Kamsky so i decide to ask my ‘good friend’ – Mr. Fritz to help me to annotated  the beauty of the game. Take note the beauty of a piece sacrifice on move 16th.








GM Le, Quang Liem (2664) - GM Gata Kamsky (2730)
Round 4, 11.2.2011  Aeroflot 2011

Analysed by Centaur (Hairulov + Fritz)

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7  6. Bf4 a5  7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nb6 9. Bd3 Bg4 9... a4 10. Qc2  Bd6 offering to trade white's bishop who is controlling the h2-b8 diagonal seems like a good alternative.


10. Ne5 Bh5 11. O-O a4 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. e4 White decide to open the game probably
because black's is behind in development and black king is still in the center.


13... dxe4 14. Nxe4

Chess Column in Selangor Times!

Image from gilachess.blog

As a chess player, i'm glad to hear that a chess column will make a permanent feature ( every two weeks) in a local newspaper - Selangor Times. The author of the column is FM Peter Long. He has previously  write chess  columns in major national newspapers.

Peter is two time National Junior Champion,  Malaysian Champion in 1986. He is an experienced chess player/trainer/chess event organizer/arbiter and has served as Executive Secretary of the Malaysian Chess Federation. Peter is currently the Director of the Polgar Chess University in Asia.

The chess column will appear every two weeks but unfortunately, the paper’s web site isn’t up yet so anyone interested to read it  have to get the hard copy. Andrew Ooi mentioned in his blog that the newspaper is available for free and can be obtained from malls, LRT stations and 7-eleven outlets.(probably in Selangor and KL only?).

Peter Long's blog here

INSOFAR ELITE OPEN TOURNAMENT FINAL

2INSOFAR

ELITE OPEN

TOURNAMENT

FINAL

Date : 13th Feb 2011 (Sunday)

Place : DAT CC 4th Floor Wilayah Complex, J. Dang Wangi, KL

Time : Start Round 9am (9am – 6pm)

Fees : RM 50

Time Control : 25 minutes Round Robin (7 round)

Arbiter : IA En. Abdul Hamid Majid

National Closed 2011 and MCF Selection Guidelines and Condition for 26th SEA Games!

Malaysian Chess Federation have officially announced the details about the National Closed Chess Championship 2011 and Selection Guidelines and Condition for the 26th SEA Games 2011 in Palembang, Indonesia. Click the link here for National Close and here for SEA Games Guidelines.

INSOFAR PRESTIGE JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENT (KUALA LUMPUR)

INSOFAR

PRESTIGE JUNIOR

CHESS TOURNAMENT

(KUALA LUMPUR)

Date : Saturday 12th. Feb 2011(Stage1)

Time : 9am – 1pm

Place : DATCC, 4th. Floor, Wilayah Complex,
Jalan Dang Wangi, K.L.

Fees : RM80 for all 4 stages.
(not 4 x RM80)-
(Pay on tournament day)

Participant: Form 5 and below (4 – 16 years old)

Registration
By SMS name , age and name of tournament to
0172032051
(Insofar Chess Academy)


PRIZES (at FINAL Stage)20 Prizes, all get prizes

Champion - RM500
2nd - RM300
3rd. - RM250
4th - RM200
5th - RM150
6th-10th - RM120 x 5
11th-20th - RM100 x 10

Nik Ahmad Farouqi win Kelantan Closed 2011!

Nik Ahmad Farouqi win the 2011 Kelantan Closed 2011 which concluded yesterday. He tied with defending champion - Syed Azizi who also have  6.5 points after 7 round. Nik (photo left)  however managed to beat Syed 2-0 in the play-off.

Congratulation to Nik Ahmad Farouqi.

Source: chess kelate's blog

Kelantan Closed - Day 1

4th February 2011 - Top seed - Nik Ahmad Farouqi and 10 other players lead the 2011 Kelantan Closed after round 3 yesterday. Four more rounds will be played in the final day today.

source: chess-results.com and caturkelate's blog

Kejohanan Catur Tertutup Kelantan 2011

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERTUTUP KELANTAN 2011

Anjuran bersama Persatuan Catur Negeri Kelantan dan PPD Kuala Krai dengan kerjasama MCF

SYARAT PENYERTAAN :

1) KELAHIRAN KELANTAN

2) IBU/BAPA KELAHIRAN KELANTAN

3) BERMASTAUTIN / BEKERJA / BELAJAR DI KELANTAN

(SILA KEMUKAKAN BUKTI UNTUK PENGESAHAN SEMASA PENDAFTARAN (CONTOH: KAD PENGENALAN/DOKUMEN)

3rd INSOFAR ANNUAL TEAM TOURNAMENT 2011

3rd

INSOFAR ANNUAL TEAM TOURNAMENT 2011

(Defending Champion – Passion and Glory)

3^rd

INSOFAR ANNUAL TEAM TOURNAMENT 2011

(Defending Champion – Passion and Glory)

DATE :           Every alternate Friday night

Start :  Friday             -  4 ^th  Feb 2011 (PKNS Shah Alam)

                                    Friday              - 11 ^th  Feb 2011 (DATCC K.L)

                                    Saturday          - 12  ^th Feb 2011 (AMPAC, B.B BANGI)

(Team can choose place of playing & cannot change after  that)

2nd Cerdik Catur Chess Challenge

Time:   Saturday, February 5 · 8:30am - 6:30pm

Location: Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC), 4th floor Wilayah Kompleks Kuala Lumpur

Prizes:-

Champion RM 400, Top 10 prizes + other best prizes:
5 Best Amateur (NR 1401-1650)
5 Best Novis (NR 500-1400)
2 Best unrated player (NR 0)
Best IPT student
Best Lady
Best Veteran
Best school teacher
Best secondary student
Best primary student

### LUCKY DRAW - A HANDPHONE + etc. ###


Pre reg now!
call/sms 0142312370
emel: cerdikcatur@yahoo.com

You can also drop by at DATCC on that day to have a look at our 15th chess equipment Bazaar.-The tournament organizer sell chess sets/clocks/books+others- at very affordable price!

Visit www.cerdikcatur.blogspot.com for further details

Source: Mohd Fadli Zakaria

Disclaimer : This site - Hairulovchessmaniac.com are provided for the convenience of all interest party and are for informational purposes only. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, this site is not responsible for the accuracy of anything contained in these announcements. Those interested in additional information or having questions about any of these tournaments are directed to contact the organizer listed. This site will exercise all due diligence in providing accurate information but assume no responsibility for errors made in such work.

Hou Yifan - China's Sports Person of the Year!

Women's World Chess Champion - Hou Yifan was recognized as the best sportswoman  by China Central Television (CCTV ) in a sport which  is not included in the Olympic category. Read the full news at FIDE.com here

Photo source: FIDE.com

DATCC Maverick Rapid Chess Weekend

DATCC Maverick Rapid Chess Weekend

Sunday, 27^th February 2011

(A National Rated Event)

Following the success of its first DATCC Rapid Chess Weekender series for 2011 – Renegade Rapid last Sunday, DATCC will once again be organizing the second 2011 Weekender series, the DATCC Maverick Rapid Chess Weekend on 27 February (Sunday). This is an open event for all chess players of various playing strength with attractive prizes awarded to the eventual winners including special prizes for junior player, best female player, unrated player, veteran (NEW!) and players rated below 1600 and 1400 (and NEW added prizes for second best players in these two categories). PRIMARY and SECONDARY SCHOOL students playing in this event will receive a Certificate of Participation for taking part in this event provided registration/payment is made before 21^st February 2011.

Time Control is 25 minutes per player per game (to finish)

Tournament Format used is 7 Round Swiss System Pairing

Schedule of Rounds

SUNDAY 27th February 2011	9:00am	Registration	2:00pm	Round 4
	10:00am	Round 1	3:00pm	Round 5
	11:00am	Round 2	4:00pm	Round 6
	12:00noon	Round 3	5:00pm	Round 7
	1:00pm – 2:00om	Lunch Break	6:00pm	Prize Giving

Prize Money

Champion      : RM 300       .Best Lady     : RM 40 (Provided 3 or more players playing)

Runner Up     : RM 150       .Best U-12     : RM 40 (Provided 3 or more players playing)

Third             : RM 100       .Best Veteran : RM 40 (Provided 3 or more players playing) NEW! (Above 50)

Fourth           : RM 50         .Best Unrated : RM 40 (Provided 3 or more players playing)

Fifth             : RM 50         .National Rating below 1600         National Rating below 1400

Sixth             : RM 50         .Best Player   : RM 40                  .Best Player   : RM 40

                                      .2^nd Best        : RM 30 NEW!         .2^nd Best        : RM 30 NEW!

Tie break used

1. Bucholz with variable [37](1) For Best and Weakest game dropped are counted as "0", (2) For not played games (forfeit, bye, etc) is "compute with real points", (3) For adding own points is "No", (4) For dropped players is counted as "No points (for all rounds)"
2. SB with variable [52]- variables are the same as above
3. Bucholz with variable [37]
- variables are the same except - For not played games (forfeit, bye, etc) is "compute as draw against the player himself"

Entry Fees

The entry fee for the event is set as RM 25 (For all players) and RM 15 (for U-12). In order to facilitate and encourage efficiency and punctuality, a RM5 penalty shall be imposed if registration is made on the event day itself.

Note: The Champion (Wong Jianwen), Best Lady (Nithyalakshmi)and Best U-12 (Ng Jen Sheng) from Renegade Weekend event is invited to return for free!

Payment

For online payment, please deposit payment into CS SOLUTIONS account (CIMB Account: 1410-0000234-10-2)

Inquiries

For inquiries/ entry forms, please contact Najib Wahab at +60163382542 or email najib.wahab@hotmail.com, or visit our DATCC website athttp://datcchess.blogspot.com

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

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Chess ballad in e.lab Utusan Malaysia!

Utusan Malaysia publish an interesting article today about ballad. Ballad is a form of verse, often narrative set to music. Utusan shows a ballad of chess as an example.

Below is excerpt from the ballad of chess.

The BALLAD OF CHESS tells us the story of how a game of chess is played.

It is a game
Of strategy and skill,
Fight all the kinsmen,
As 'king' rivals 'kings.'


A game on the sixty-four
Black-and white equal squares
.........

The ballad is written by Tsira Gogeshvil

To read the full article, get today's  Utusan Malaysia newspaper and turn to the newspaper insert - e.lab ( english laboratory), page 9 . Alternatively you can read for free at PoemHunter.com