Chess in Asean Para Games 2009

MALAYSIA will be represented by a contingent of 350 (259 athletes and 91 officials) in the fifth edition of the Asean Para Games in Kuala Lumpur from Aug 15 to 19.

The Malaysian contingent co-ordinator P. Mohan said the athletes were selected after a series of selection process.

“We have 195 men and 64 women athletes in the contingent. Most of them are training at the National Sports Council (NSC) training centre in Bukit Jalil.

“Those unable to attend the training programme have been granted permission to train at their respective centre of excellence,’’ said Mohan.

Malaysia will be taking part in all 11 sports — athletics, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, table tennis, sailing, sitting volleyball, bowling, badminton, chess and powerlifting.

At the last Asean Para Games in Korat, Thailand, 14 sports were contested. Malaysia, represented by 191 athletes (145 men and 46 women), won 82 gold, 74 silver and 46 bronze medals.

However, Mohan said they were not prepared to make any forecast yet.

“The coaches and athletes are involved in an intensive training programme.

Full support: Former Prime Minister’s wife Tun Jeanne Abdullah who is also the patron of Malaysian Paralympic Council having a light moment with an athlete for the Asean Para Games, Law King Kiew, 48, after launching the Proud Support Programme, in conjuntion with the upcoming 5th Asean Para Games.

“They are committed towards giving a good account in the Asean Para Games.

“We will also be pleased if the the public come in full force to cheer the Malaysian athletes,’’ said Mohan.

Besides Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor Leste have confirmed their participation in the Asean Para Games.

The 5th Asean Para Games programme (Aug 15-19)

Athletics: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil

Swimming: National Aquatics Centre, Bukit Jalil

Bowling: Megalanes, Endah Parade, Sri Petaling

Wheelchair tennis: National Tennis Centre, Jalan Duta

Wheelchair basketball: German Institute Hall, Bangi

Badminton: Juara Stadium, Bukit Kiara

Chess: Commonwealth Hall, Bukit Jalil

Powerlifting: Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil

Table Tennis: OCM Indoor Arena, KL

Sailing: Admiral Marina & Leisure Club, Port Dickson

Sitting Volleyball: Titiwangsa Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.

Source: The Star

DUN SRI ANDALAS CHESS OPEN 2009 ( Klang , Selangor )

DUN SRI ANDALAS CHESS OPEN 2009

( Klang , Selangor )

	Date	:	18th July 2009 ( Saturday )
	Time	:	7.30 am – 6.00 pm
	Venue	:	DEWAN HAMZAH, KLANG, SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN
	System	:	SWISS SYSTEM – 6 or 7 ROUNDS ( ROUND 1 STARTS AT 09:00AM )
	Time Control	:	25 minutes per player
	Tie Break	:	SOLKOFF,  SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORE
	Entry Fees	:	RM20.00 – Under 12 Category
		:	RM20.00 – Under 18 Category
		:	RM25.00 – Open Category

PRIZES		OPEN	UNDER 18	UNDER 12
CHAMPION		RM500.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM200.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM200.00 + Trophy + Certificate
2nd		RM300.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM150.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM150.00 + Trophy + Certificate
3rd		RM200.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM120.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM120.00 + Trophy + Certificate
4th		RM150.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM100.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM100.00 + Trophy + Certificate
5th		RM100.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM80.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM80.00 + Trophy + Certificate
6th		RM90.00 + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate
7th		RM80.00 + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate
8th		RM70.00 + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate
9th		RM60.00 + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate
10th		RM60.00 + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM40.00 + Trophy + Certificate
11th		RM50.00 + Certificate
12th		RM50.00 + Certificate
13th		RM50.00 + Certificate	3 X Best Under 15	3 X Best Under 9
14th		RM50.00 + Certificate	RM50.00 + Trophy + Certificate	RM50.00 + Trophy + Certificate
15th		RM50.00 + Certificate
TOTAL		RM2110.00	RM1000.00	RM1000.00

Extra Prizes For Open Category :

Best IPT, Best Lady, Best Teacher, Best Veteran, Best National Rating Below 1600 ( RM50.00 + Trophy + Certificate )

TOTAL CASH PRIZES : RM4110.00 + 36 TROPHIES TO BE WON !!!

46 PLAYERS WILL WIN PRIZES !!!

LUCKY DRAW SPECIAL : 2 CHESS CLOCKS & MANY MORE

HI -TEA PROVIDED

PRE – REGISTRATION & ENQUIRES

EN. ADNAN ISMAIL 017 - 383 9730

AZHAR MOHD SAID 012 – 679 6193

ZAMRI SAJARI 016 - 277 5005

CLOSING DATE : 13^th July 2009

Bank-in your entrance fee to Maybank Acc. No: 1143 0114 9165 made payable to HANAFIAH BIN HUSIN before closing date, then write your name and category on the bank slip and fax it to 03-3373 4595 ( Do call us to confirm your entry )

Important : Please bring along the original bank slip on the tourney day. LATE ENTRY AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

De Laguna Park : Port Klang Chess Open 2009

De Laguna Park : Port Klang Chess Open 2009

Organised By Restoran Selera Nelayan

Date:12^th July 2009 ( Sunday )

Time:7.30 am – 6.00 pm

Venue:Restoran Selera Nelayan, Laguna Park Pulau Indah, Port Klang.

System:Swiss System - 6/7 rounds ( Round 1 starts at 9.30am )

Time Control:25 minutes per player

Tie Break:SOLKOFF, SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORE

Entry Fees:RM15.00 – Under 12 Category

               :RM20.00 – Open Category

PRIZES		OPEN	UNDER 12	ADDITIONAL PRIZES ( RM30.00 EACH )
CHAMPION		RM300.00 +  Certificate	RM100.00 + Certificate	BEST PULAU INDAH (2)
2nd		RM200.00 +  Certificate	RM80.00 + Certificate	BEST IPT (1)
3rd		RM150.00 +  Certificate	RM70.00 + Certificate	BEST LADY (1)
4th		RM100.00 +  Certificate	RM60.00 + Certificate	BEST SCHOOL TEACHER (1)
5th		RM80.00 +  Certificate	RM50.00 +  Certificate	BEST VETERAN (1)
6th		RM70.00 +  Certificate	RM40.00 + Certificate	BEST UNDER 18 (1)
7th		RM50.00 + Certificate	RM30.00 + Certificate
8th		RM50.00 +  Certificate	RM30.00 + Certificate
9th		RM50.00 + Certificate	RM30.00 + Certificate
10th		RM50.00 + Certificate	RM30.00 + Certificate
TOTAL		RM1100.00	RM520.00	RM240.00

Note : Every player will receive souvenir from the organiser

CASH PRIZES & SOUVENIRS WORTH MORE THAN RM2500.00

LUCKY DRAW SPECIAL DURING PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY

ENQUIRES

AZHAR MOHD SAID 012 – 679 6193

ZAMRI SAJARI 016 - 277 5005

CLOSING DATE : 6^th July 2009

Bank-in your entrance fee to Maybank Acc. No: 512044437431 made payable to ABD MALEK SAYUTI before closing date, then write your name and category on the bank slip and fax it to 03 - 3165 7720 ( Do call us to confirm your entry )

Important : Please bring along the original bank slip on the tourney day. LATE ENTRY AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Log on to http://seleranelayan.blogspot.com for the map and venue details

Simple direction how to get there.

From Kesas - Go straights towards Pulau Indah ( After Shah Alam & Subang Jaya ), use the same road.

From Federal Highway - Go straight to Port Klang, then find way to Pulau Indah.

Find direction to Pelabuhan Barat ( Westports ). Crossing long bridge, just 4km from the bridge, there will be a traffic light and turn left.

Banners and signages will assist you too. Follow them!!

KEJOHANAN CATUR RAPID SIRI 2 KEDAH/PERLIS OPEN 2009

KEJOHANAN CATUR RAPID SIRI 2 KEDAH/PERLIS OPEN 2009

Anjuran bersama Persatuan Catur Prestij Perlis & Pusat Akademi Catur Utara

Tarikh : 18 Julai 2009 (Sabtu)

Masa : 8.00 pagi – 5.30 petang

Tempat : Sekolah Menengah Teknik Jalan Stadium

Alor Star Kedah

Format : 7 pusingan / Rapid 25 minit

Hadiah Utama

	KATEGORI
	TERBUKA	REMAJA	BAWAH 12
Johan	RM200+Medal+Piala Pusingan	RM50+Medal+Piala Pusingan+Sijil	Medal+Sijil
N/Johan	RM120+Medal	RM30+Medal+Sijil	Medal+Sijil
Ke-3	RM80+Medal	RM20+Medal+Sijil	Medal+Sijil
Ke-4	RM60+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-5	RM50+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-6	RM40+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-7	RM30+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-8	RM20+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-9	RM20+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-10	RM20+Medal	Medal+Sijil
Ke-11	Misteri+Sijil	Misteri+Sijil
Ke-12	Misteri+Sijil	Misteri+Sijil
Ke-13	Misteri+Sijil	Misteri+Sijil
Ke-14	Misteri+Sijil	Misteri+Sijil
Ke-15	Misteri+Sijil	Misteri+Sijil

Hadiah Khas                                                            Yuran Penyertaan

 

Terbaik IPT	Misteri+Sijil		Terbuka	RM15.00
Terbaik Guru	Misteri+Sijil		Remaja	RM10.00
Terbaik Wanita	Misteri+Sijil
Terbaik Veteran	Misteri+Sijil

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PADANG JAWA CHESS CHALLENGE 2009

DATE : 7 JUN 2009 ( SUNDAY )

VENUE : DEWAN MBSA, PADANG JAWA, SHAH ALAM.

LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 PLAYERS ONLY
# First Come First Serve Basis #

FIRST ROUND AT 9.30AM

TWO CATEGORIES

UNDER 12 & OPEN

ENTRY FEE : RM15 FOR UNDER 12
RM20 FOR OPEN

PRIZES WORTH RM1600.00 TO BE WON. HURRY UP!

DO CONTACT :

HAZRUL-019 618 4152 & 017 348 2724

Commonwealth Chess Championship 2009 Canceled

Due to some very unfortunate developments in Malaysia, the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association and its sponsor have decided not to organise this year's Commonwealth Chess Championship in Ipoh, Malaysia. We spent considerable time and effort to find a solution but unfortunately are unable to satisfy the interests of ALL the parties concerned.

Instead, the event will now be organised in Singapore from 9th to 15th December 2009 in conjunction with the 6th Singapore International Chess Festival. Official invitation with full details will be announced by the first week of July 2009. For information, the dates given are dove-tailing several international open tournaments in this region and will be a great opportunity to all players.

I apologise for the inconveniences caused and look forward to your joining us in a festive chess season in the Far East in November-December.

Ignatius Leong
President
Commonwealth Chess Association

Source: FIDE

Unethical Profesionalism in Chess

I took long time to think whether should I write this article & posted in the blog. In the end I decided to write it. As we had seen so many things had happened in Malaysia no doubt from the period of April till now, I'm sadly to say that Malaysian chess had gone to pre-historic age. Another thing last 2 weeks I learnt about Sermon of the Mount in the service. Sermon of the Mount meanings about beattitude (our character) instead of we intend to do. It's regarding life in Christianity. I would like to apologise to the readers whom are not Christian first. I agreed with Gilachess that chess politics is cancer in Malaysia but it seems this 'cancer' had spread into ourself! First we should look at several aspects on the reason of why it becoming like that.

Players

Last few weeks we saw 2 seniors players & some more they also represented Malaysia before had exchanging war of words in one of the local chess blogs. Both of them are respected in local & international chess scenes. I feel this should not happen & if both of them want to exchange war of words, better play best of 6 classical time control to prove who's the winner. What will the readers think of it? When they play with each other, they can give their own respective views of thinking especially to nowadays upcoming juniors. From there juniors can learn from these masters of their own thought & especially nowadays of changes & rapid play of game in terms of techniques & tactical. They should help the juniors like what I saw in Gilachess blog of FM Christi Hon analyzing the junior games which is commendable effort and should be praised upon.

Another unethical scenario which was Andrew Ooi aka Gilachess who mentioned his hp rang during his gameplay against Lim Kian Hwa which ended in the draw at the Selangor Open. No doubt he admitted his mistake in his blog but still I feel it's very unsportmanship & sadly to say we will never go ahead with this kind of attitude. Another thing whether if Lim Kian Hwa claim the win or not, in my opinion he might wants to finish & enjoy the game rather than claiming it. Sorry to Andrew if I mention him. By right he should have resign the game immediately if his hp rang although unintentionally rather played on to the draw & say sorry later. This is my opinion. Look at this example, if a person intends to kill a person & killed him, later can he apologised to the relatives of the murdered person? What makes the difference to this? So what's the reason and why we learn Moral subject in primary & secondary school for? This I let the readers to think back & ask ourselves what type of characteristic we want to be. We need to change our characters first before we can bring development to our junior players especially. We supposed to be the role model to them not change their mindset or act like one! This typical attitude or behaviour normally happens in the chess environment in Malaysia.

Organisers

We also seen some organisers postponed the tournament due to unforeseen reasons especially in last minute. Normally they will cause problem or trouble to the players who had book their time or leave. For example, Datcc chess league which is running for 18 weeks & was postponed 1 week from the actual date because the sponsors were away in the last minute. I feel this is very bad as the organisers can start the event first as it's running for 18 weeks & the sponsors can officiate the ceremony in between.

Another scenario where organisers plan a tournament at certain place and canceled it due to unforeseen reasons. Although he canceled the event, I feel the event should continue to go on with the lower prize money as to encourage more people to participate. It'll make the chess industry in Malaysia grows.

Trainers

In Malaysia there's alot of chess trainers doing coaching job. However these problems often arise within the trainers itself. I said this because a few of the trainers had this kind of mindset. Take example like canceling classes or skipping classes in the last minute. If a trainer got classes to teach, why must he cancel the classes he taught or why he should accepted it in the first place? Where are the COMMITMENT & OBLIGATIONS to the student?! This happened to me where I need to prepare the notes on last minute basis which I hate the most & took over the classes!

Another scenario was a trainer approached the school or centre to conduct chess classes but unfortunately another trainer comes in or even not chess players come in to conduct the lessons! First of all what will the parents think of this particular trainer who had this bad habits! Secondly why must the trainer promotes himself to teach in school while he's NOT even TEACHING IT! Thirdly why must he collect the money or the fees in advance from the school or the students when not even teaching the classes or lesson? Fourthly where are the lessons plan which were supposed to follow originally but due to postponement or cancellation of the classes, what will the children or students benefit? Is this should be called development of chess to our junior players or more towards like CHEATING?

Summary

Sadly to say it's us that we need to be taught 1st before we even can start teaching the juniors in realistically speaking! With this kind of environment, the one that will suffer are the young players like Yeoh Li Tian, Nur Nabila & others instead of US! We are showing all the bad habits & craps to these young generations. Like in the Malay idiom "bapa borek, anak rintik". (Correct me if I'm wrong). I know this time I'm quite harsh but also at the same time these things keep on repeating & repeating without our conscious mind. It seems we are doing Checkmate in 1 move puzzles in our daily lives.