Changes of Commonwealth Chess Championship 2009

I have been informed our dates end too close to the British Chess Championship so I have taken the liberty to move the dates back to 14-21 July 2009 which seem to also accommodate the Zonals in Vietnam and a big event that ends in Australian on 12 July.

 

The revised prospectus is attached and has been emailed to member Federations.

 

Peter Long

Organising Secretary & Tournament Director, Commonwealth Chess Championship 2009
Executive Director, ASEAN Chess Confederation
Web Editor, FIDE.com

 

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NMCC 2nd theme Chigorin Defence 1.d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6

Today is the start of the NMCC 2nd blitz theme Chigorin Defence 1.d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6. We had some visitors that came to the Neo Manhattan Chess Centre. One of them is FM Peter Long who dropped by, Mohd Saprin Sabri who came later & me.

There are 12 players taking part in the NMCC 2nd theme Chigorin Defence whom are Phillipine Ian Udani, NM Kamal Abdullah, NM Kamalarrifin, Kamaluddin Yusof, Shamsol Baharin, 1st theme NMCC champion Abdullah Che Hassan, Fairin Zakaria, Kaushal Khandhar, Mohd Imran, Khairul Anuar, Zambri and Ahmad Nasri.

White: Abdullah Che Hassan

Black: Ian Udani

 

Ian Udani won this game if not mistaken.

Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championship Entry Form

THE MASTERSKILL

COMMONWEALTH CHESS

CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009

14 – 21 July, Ipoh, Malaysia

 

ENTRY FORM

 

Name: ______________________________________________      

Federation: __________________________________________

FIDE ID: __________ FIDE Title: __________ FIDE Rating:____

Citizenship:________    Passport (Country & Number):__________

E-Mail: ____________________________        

Mobile Phone: ________________________

Address: __________________________-

 

Category: Open / Women / Boys / Girls  Entry: Official / Individual

Fee:  USD 300/USD 200 /USD 100/ USD 150/USD 100/USD 50/F.O.C.

Hotel:  Official Entry/3 Star/Budget   Airport Pick Up: Yes/No

Arrival Date & Time, Flight Details:   

Departure Date & Time, Flight Details:

 

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Signature                           Federation Endorsement (As Applicable)

 
This entry is not official till USD 100 refundable deposit is made to:

Intchess (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Co. Registration No. 623221-X)
22-1  Jalan 27/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bank Account:  Maybank Berhad, Jalan Yong Shook Lin Branch
                            No. 514187 350467, Swift Code:  MBBEMYKL

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships 2009

The Commonwealth Chess Association

under the auspices of

FIDE (World Chess Federation)

Invites your participation in

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships

14 – 21 July (Please take note of date change)

Ipoh, Malaysia

Organised by: Intchess (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Supported by the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA)

Participation/Eligibility

The Commonwealth Championships 2009 will be one tournament combining Open, Women, Open (U-20) and Girls (U-20), and each Commonwealth nation is entitled to one official entry in each of these categories.

In addition, U-16, U-14, U12, U-10, and U-8 championship medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) for both Open and Girls will also be awarded.

All official entries will be provided full board and lodging. Additional entries will have to pay entry fees as per the schedule and stay in official hotels (inclusive of meals) at the rates provided below:

Entry Fees

GM/WGM F.O.C.

IM/WIM & 2400+ USD 50

FM/WFM & 2300+ USD 100

2200-2299 USD 150

2100-2199 USD 200

2000-2099 USD 250

Below 2000 & Unrated USD 300

Official Hotels

3 Star USD 40 per person (twin sharing)

Budget USD 20 per person (twin sharing)

Once the accommodation needs have been confirmed we will make the booking and will invoice for payment.

 Cash prizes will be Malaysian Ringgit as below:

Open Women Boys Girls

1^st 10,000 5,000 1,500 1,500

2^nd 5,000 2,500 750 750

3^rd 3,000 1,000 500 500

4^th 2,000 500

5^th 1,000 500

6^th-15^th 500

Regulations:

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships will be played over 9 rounds, and the FIDE Swiss System will be used (as paired using Swiss Manager), and the FIDE Laws of Chess will apply.

Prizes will be shared with those finishing on equal points and the tie break system to be used to determine the final positions will be announced before the start of play.

Zero start will be strictly observed and the time control will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 second time increments beginning from the first move.

Conditions of Entry & Technical Team:

The Tournament Director is Peter Long and enquiries may be directed to him via email to: peter@aseanchess.com

Do note that all entries will need to be completed (see attached form below) and submitted together with a deposit of USD 100 and will close on 1 June 2009.

Late entries will only be accepted at the discretion of the organizers as hotels cannot be guaranteed and will also be subject to a USD 100 penalty

Mr. Ignatius Leong, President of the Commonwealth Chess Association, will appoint the Chief Arbiter

He (or his representative) will also sit on the Appeals Committee which will be chaired by Mr. D.V. Sundar, and the Tournament Director will be the third member. Two reserves will be appointed from amongst the official participants.

Sponsor

The Masterskill Commonwealth Chess Championships 2009 is made possible through sponsorship by Masterskill University College of Heath Sciences.

Peter Long
Organising Secretary & Tournament Director

Ignatius Leong
President, Commonwealth Chess Association

Commonwealth Chess Championship in Ipoh, Malaysia 14th - 21th July 2009

The last Commonwealth Chess Championship held in Malaysia was in 1992 at the Kompleks Sukan PERMATA (PETRONAS Training Unit), Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. As we know it that the Commonwealth Chess Championship was held in India consecutively 5 years since 2003 till last year with Mumbai hosting 3 times (2003, 2004 & 2006), New Delhi (2007) & Nagpur (2008). With that we saw GM Nigel Short winning 3 times. This year the Commonwealth Chess Championship will be held at the Masterskill University College Campus in Ipoh, Malaysia from 14-21 July 2009

Past Year Winners

	Year	City	Winner
-1	1950	Oxford	William Fairhurst (SCO)
1	1983	Melbourne	Ian Rogers (AUS) & Gregory Hjorth (AUS)
2	1984	Hong Kong	Kevin Spraggett (CAN) & Murray Chandler (ENG)
3	1985	London	Praveen Thipsay (IND) & Kevin Spraggett (CAN)
4	1988	London	Gary Lane (AUS)
5	1996	Calcutta	Poorna Sharma Mithrakanth (IND)
6	1999	Bikaner	Alexander Baburin (IRL), Atanu Lahiri (IND)
7	2000	Sangli	Krishnan Sasikiran (IND)
8	2001	London	Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
9	2003	Mumbai	Nguyen Anh Dung (Vie)the title went to 4th placed Dibyendu Barua.
10	2004	Mumbai	Nigel Short (ENG)
11	2006	Mumbai	Nigel Short (ENG)
12	2007	New Delhi	Ramachandran Ramesh (IND)
13	2008	Nagpur	Nigel Short (ENG)

For further details, can see Peter Long on Chess

Chigorin Defence Friday Blitz at NMCC

Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) will organised the NMCC Friday(tomorrow) Blitz Thematic 2-09 : Chigorin Defense . This will be the second edition of this thematic tourney. The 1st edition saw Abdullah Che Hassan won the tournament which features the Sicilian Dragon as the theme.

1. d4 d5

2. c4 Nc6

Format : Blitz 5 minutes. Round Robin. ( On the tournament day, the organiser will decide whether to organised a single or double round robin)

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre,
No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,
Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur
Date : 6th March 2009 ( Friday)
Starting Time : 9.30 pm
ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !
FEES : RM 10.00.

Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 8.00pm -8.45 pm on Friday 6th March 2009.
Prize: Only the champion will receive the prize ( winner take all) . The prize will depend on the numbers of the participants but a minimum RM 70.00 cash prizes has been guaranteed for the winner !
In this thematic tournament 70% of the total fees will go to the winner and the remaining 30% will be allocate to NMCC as the operating course for the chess centre.

For more details NMCC Blog.

Ex World Police Champion Ismail Ahmad Simul at NMCC 8th of March 2009

As a warm -up for Ismail Ahmad (photo right) chess simul record breaking attempt, Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) is gladly annouced that ex- World Police Chess Champion and National player - Ismail Ahmad will give a simultenous display on 8th March 2009.

Details of the chess simuls is as below:-

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre, No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1, Taman Tun Dr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 8th March 2009 ( Sunday)

Time : 2pm

ONLY the first 20 participants will be accepted for this session ! So be quick !

FEES : RM 15.00

Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay during the registration of the chess simuls on 9th March 2009 (before 1.45pm).

For further details, please contact : Shamsol Bahrin o129363119 or Irwan Zulkenain 0193866587 or email us at neo.manhattanchess@gmail.com

 

For more details can be found at NMCC Blog.