MINDA CATUR ENTERPRISE

Sunday Morning at Lake Garden

2008-03-30T13:54:00.005+08:00

Young GMs under training at Lake Garden, KL.

Mindacatur Saturday Night is Back

2008-03-30T13:35:00.009+08:00

On Saturday Night, 29th March at 10.30 pm, Mindacatur organized a double round robin blitz tournament. 7 players are playing at UNITEN Bangi. Two spectators also came to give their support, Zambri and Zulkifli Ishak. Before the tournament starts, players play chess and discuss their game. At 10.30 pm the blitz tournament starts.

The tournament won by Mohd Saprin Sabri (8.5 point), 2nd Kamaludin (7), 3rd-5th tied by Shamsol bahrin, Nor Azman and Shamsuddin (6), 6th place Aziz Shukor and last place Aizuddin (Bin Nor Azman).

The prize sponsored by www.carikomputer.com (1st-3rd place only). Thanks a lot to the sponsor.

Mr Sparin Sabri, the champion of the tournament and also as representative from MindaCatur and http://www.carikomputer.com/ give the prize to the 2nd place winner, Mr Kamaludin Yusof.

3rd place, Shamsol Bahrin

Round 3 (22nd January 2008)

2008-01-23T12:17:00.000+08:00

Round 3 pairing

Round 2 (afternoon 21st January 2008)

2008-01-23T11:42:00.000+08:00

Round 2 (afternoon 21st January 2008)

ASEAN Para Games – WOMEN (Visual Impact, VI)

No. White – Black (Result)
1. Chan, M - Nguyen, Hong Chan (0-1)
2. Trieu, Thu Thuy - Mohamed Halil, N (0-1)
3. Mohamed Yusof, N - Mukri, M (0-1)
4 Mursi, N (Bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Visual Impact, VI)

No. White – Black (Result)
1. Sarmiento, R - Peligro, A (1/2-1/2)
2. Derani Ghani, M - Suryanto, E (0-1)
3. Choo, M - Yong, T (1-0)
4. Sosiawan,D - Bilog, C (1-0)
5. Pham, L - Danggat, M (1-0)
6. Ching, F - Sidek, S (1-0)
7. Omar. M - Hung, M (1-0)
8. Tray, R (bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Physical Handicap, PH)

No. White - Black
1. Severino, S - Abdul Rashid , H (1-0)
2. Chuah, H - Lopez, H (0-1)
3. Elinon, A - Yusop, M (1-0)
4. Tran, Tri Trinh - Mailig, J (0-1)
5. Ho, H - Boonsong, P (0-1)
6. Lee, E - Haji Noorkaseh (1-0)
7. Hidayat, T - Thassanamethin, M (1-0)
8. Vo, Thanh Hui (bye)

Pictures in round 2

Round 1 (21st January 2008).

2008-01-22T00:11:00.000+08:00

A brief opening ceremony was held before the start of Round 1, followed by local dance of North Thailand. And then round 1 starts.

ASEAN Para Games – WOMEN (Visual Impact, VI)

RANK
1. Chan, M MAS
2. Mohamed Halil, N MAS
3. Mohamed Yusof, N MAS
4. Mukri, M MAS
5. Mursi, N INA
6. Nguyen, Hong Chan VIE
7. Trieu, Thu Thuy VIE

No. White - Black
1. Mukri, M - Chan, M
2. Mohamed Halil, N - Mursi, N
3. Nguyen, Hong Chan - Mohamed Yusof, N
4 Trieu, Thu Thuy (Bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Physical Handicap, PH)

RANK
1. Severino, S 2350 PHI
2. Lopez, H 0 PHI
3. Elinon, A 0 PHI
4. Mailig, J 0 PHI
5. Abdul Rashid , H 0 MAS
6. Boonsong, P 0 THA
7. Chuah, H MAS
8. Haji Noorkaseh BRU
9. Hidayat, T INA
10. Ho, H MAS
11. Lee, E INA
12. Thassanamethin, M THA
13. Tran, Tri Trinh VIE
14. Vo, Thanh Hui VIE
15. Yusop, M MAS

No. White - Black
1. Haji Noorkaseh - Severino, S
2. Lopez, H - Hidayat, T
3. Ho, H - Elinon, A
4. Mailig, J - Lee, E
5. Thassanamethin, M - Abdul Rashid , H
6. Boonsong, P - Tran, Tri Trinh
7. Vo, Thanh Hui VIE - Chuah, H
8. Yusop, M (bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Visual Impact, VI)

RANK
1. Sarmiento, R PHI
2. Suryanto, E INA
3. Ching, F PHI
4. Bilog, C PHI
5. Choo, M MAS
6. Danggat, M BRU
7. Derani Ghani, M MAS
8. Hung, M VIE
9. Omar. M MAS
10. Peligro, A PHI
11. Pham, L VIE
12. Sidek, S MAS
13. Sosiawan,D INA
14. Tray, R SIN
15. Yong, T SIN

No. White - Black
1. Hung, M - Sarmiento, R
2. Suryanto, E - Omar. M
3. Peligro, A - Ching, F
4. Bilog, C - Pham, L
5. Sidek, S - Choo, M
6. Danggat, M - Sosiawan,D
7. Tray, R - Derani Ghani, M
8. Yong, T (bye)

Interesting Pictures

Opening Ceremony of 4th ASEAN Para Games at Khorat, Thailand 2008

2008-01-21T18:22:00.000+08:00

20th January 2008 (Sunday)

The opening ceremony starts today in the afternoon at 3 pm. by a speech from sports minister of Thailand. The malaysian contingent had sent 286 peoples including athletes, coaches and officers. I hope readers will enjoy the pictures below which taken during opening ceremony.

Welcoming and Flag Raising Ceremony

2008-01-19T23:54:00.000+08:00

19th January 2008 (Saturday).

There's not much activity today. Some of the athletes completing their classification test for their sports and some of them are training to familiarize themselves with the climate. Chess athletes also making preparation to play against their opponents. All coaches are busy preparing players physically and psychologically before the tournament starts.

In the afternoon, about 3.00 pm, the welcoming and flag raising ceremony was being held at the International Square. The International Square situated across the road in front of dining hall. Afterwards all athletes, coaches and officers were served with Thai traditional food. All of it is halal food. I really enjoy the food with all of them.

Around 6.00 pm, there were traditional cultural shows at the International Square. I took a break to return my room, after a tiring afternoon, subsequent to which, unfortunately, no pictures were taken.

Pictures of the day

Chief coach, Mr. Abdul Latif in morning exercises and motivation speech.

Another angle of picture taken by chess coach cum photographer.

Dining hall was so wide and so comfortable.

Group picture with the Director General of Malaysian Sports Council, Datuk Zulkiples Embong

Marching band for flag raising ceremony

4th ASEAN Para Games

2008-01-19T09:42:00.000+08:00

Sa-wat-dee-ka! One of famous greeting in Thailand. It means hello. Now, everyday I have to use the word to greet people. I’m in Korat, Thailand from 17th to 27th January 2008 representing Malaysia as a coach from Malaysian Chess team. I’ll introduce all the manager, chief coach, coaches and the players later. The 4th ASEAN Para Games will be held in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand from 20th-26th January 2008. (For official web please go to http://www.2007paragames.com/eng/Home/tabid/91/Default.aspx )

The only place in the world where birds playing chess!! A nice logo.

The ASEAN Para Games is a biannual multi-sport event for atheletes with physical disabilities held after every Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). Participants in the Games are the member of Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN). The ASEAN Para Games is under the regulation of the ASEAN Para Sports federation (APSF). The games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.

4th ASEAN Para Games theme concept: FRIENDSHIP, EQUALITY, OPPORTUNITY

Logo:

The emblem of ASEAN Para Games is inspired by Chumpol Gate, a precious historical place of Nakhom Ratchasima.

On the emblem is the image of Chumpol Gate which stands for victories. It also represents the exquisite and delicate Thai arts and cultures. The curvy blue and red lines represent flags leading the atheletes who are marching into the stadium with eager and happiness. The lines, however, imply the base of Chumpol Gate also.

The logo of ASEAN Para Sports Federation is placed in the center of the emblem. It represents the participants who come from many different countries with the same ambition of friendship.

Mascot of the 4th ASEAN Para Games:

Nok-Kao Karom, one of the symbol of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, is selected to be the mascot of the 4th ASEAN Para Games. KAROM represents the main theme. Smart, wise, cheerful, vibrant, talkative, gentle, and friendly are Karom’s personality.

17th January 2008

We depart from Putrajaya to KLIA at 9 am. Around 11.15 we reach the KLIA and check in the luggage, then at 12.30 noon flight check in. Around 3 pm arrive at Bangkok airport, and move to Khorat. Lastly after a small accident by one of the bus from the malaysian contingent, and stopped almost half an hour we managed to arrive at atheletes’ village, Suranaree University around 12.00 mid night. What a tiring journey! Malaysia Boleh!

18th January 2008

Breakfast around 7.00 a.m, 9.30 a.m all players, coaches and manager go to classification center to define the disability of an athlete and classify their category. After the classification check, we tak e a rest and at 1.30 p.m go to lunch/break . 2.30 p.m is a free time. Some of players use to sleep, washing clothes and training chess. 5.30 p.m some of players went out to Khorat town (bigger than Alor Setar, Kedah). 7.00 p.m everybody at hostel and we meet each other at dining hall. 8.30 p.m training session.

Pictures of Malaysia ASEAN Para Games Chess Team to Khorat, Thailand 2008.

Chess team to ASEAN para Games, Khorat Thailand.
Standing from left: Min Wang, Mahathir, Mai Lam, Norain, Feiqha, Moiera, Heng Meng, Hasidin, M. Fadli, Cikgu Kelana, Shaharuddin, Cikgu Shamsuddin.
Sitting from left: Cikgu Asmah, Mah Hassan, Dato' Aminah, Latiff, Hea King, Hashim

A picture of lovely couple. Dato Aminah (Team manager) and Mr latiff ( Chief Coach).

The first meeting conducted when we arrive at khorat at midnight. I feel so tired. Everybody is the same, all tired.

A welcome from Suranaree University of Technology where ASEAN Para Games take place.

Athlete hostel. 3 person in a room. Comfortable and for the time being I never heard any complaint yet from others.

Malaysian contingent dress schedule.

The 2nd day, 18th january is classification day for chess players. The last day of clarification is on 19th january. Luckily all chess players pass the clarification.

Selling cookies. I don't try it because not sure either halal or non-halal. It seem delicious.

And here a stall selling banana (pisang bakar). The smell was so nice.

Day getting dark. We are still trapping at town. It's quite hard to find taxi back to athlete hostel.

Penang Free School 1996!

2007-07-10T13:45:00.000+08:00

After a long break, I'm back to write chess articles. I would like to start with a memoriable chess tournament which changing me from 'kampung' chess player to a tournament chess player. Here's an old article which I wrote but never being published anywhere.

Penang Free School Open 1996

My 1st tournament was in 1992, a rapid tournament at Alor Star, Kedah. I was in standard 2 studying in maktab Mahmud ( an arabic base school curiculum). In the first round I played against Cikgu Ajemi, MSSK chess coach and win on the black side. I played 4 rounds and then leave the tournament without completing 2 more rounds. Some kind of a childish attitude when you lost your games.

During my early days in chess, I only play chess with my family and friends during free time. My home was a place for friends to play chess because all of my family members including my cousins are addict to chess. But we never join any tournament until now! I was an exception.

PFS Open 1996 was always in my memory. This is my first tournament since 1992. Why I wait for 4 years to play in a tournament? The reason is because there is no open tournament in my hometown Alor Setar, Kedah since 1992. Further more, during my early days, I never play chess for MSSM. The reason is because my school didn’t have chess club or anything relate to chess.

Here’s a position of my game in final round against Ronnie. I was 19 years old at the time. Can you find the checkmate? White to move.

PFS Open. 24th March 1996.
Round 7. Table no. 2.
White: Shamsuddin B Mat Isa
Black: Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong.

White to move. I played 41.Qe7 which is not the best. White can checkmate the black’s king in 7 moves. But I over looked it and lost the game. I got the 2nd place for under 20 in the tournament.

Can you find the checkmate?
(You can give the answer in the shout box)

Summary

What’s the benefit of the game from PFS Open 1996 which I shown up here? Since the date I got a confidence to play chess. As a result, I represent UKM since 1997 until 2000.

Did I improve a lot during 1997-2000? Not really much improvement except I only got a lot of experience. Why? It’s because I didn’t have a proper chess training technique. After 2002 I revised my chess games and saw the mistakes. I learned a lot from strong chess players (friends) about training methods and finally I got the key of a fine training technique.

Starting from 2005 until now I had been MSSMKL chief coach and had been teaching chess for kids and adults intensively. I would like to thank friends from MCF, MSSMKL, Intchess, Persatuan Catur Putrajaya, Minda Catur Enterprise and all chess friends for supporting me in chess training and writing chess articles.

I don’t have to write too much about my personal here. My next article will be focus on players with national rating 1200-1500. Advance article will be written by my collogues from Minda Catur Club. See you soon. Bye.

Updated Cummulative Grand Prix Points

2007-03-13T11:33:00.000+08:00

Attached here is the latest update for the Grand Prix Points with 3rd Minda Catur Invitational League results concluded.

There are a few number more leagues will be held for the players to catch up with current top Grand Prix leader, Mohd Saprin Sabri with 48 points. Congrats Saprin!

We hope that the competition will grow healthier and motivate the point-chaser to
beat the top listed participants. See you over the board and ' Good Luck All! '

Cross-table of 3rd League

2007-03-12T22:10:00.000+08:00

3rd MindaCatur Invitational League

2007-03-12T17:24:00.000+08:00

Untuk semua pemain jemputan,saya bagi pihak MindaCatur memohon maaf diatas kelewatan menyiarkan 'games' pada pertandingan jemputan yang ke-3 baru-baru ini.Berikut dipaparkan 'game' khusus untuk ahli-ahli MindaCatur yang berdaftar sahaja.

Hanya perlu 'click' pada pautan yang diberikan.Kata laluan boleh didapati dengan menghubungi En.Mohd Saprin Sabri melalui talian yang tertera diatas 'blog' ini.

Fariz won the 3rd League of Minda Catur Invitational Tournament

2007-03-05T22:01:00.000+08:00

13 players took part in the 3rd MindaCatur Invitational Tournament. Congratulation to Fariz Shafruddin. He won the 3rd league by gaining 5 out of 6 games. Among his victims are Abdullah Khairi KZ, Shamsol Bahrin, Kamaluddin Yusof and Zulkifli Ishak. He draws only two games against NM Kamal Ariffin (round 3) and Shamsuddin (round 3).

Final standing (standing, name and point).

1 Fariz Shafruddin, 5.0
2 NM Kamal Arifin, 5.0
3 Kamaluddin Yusof, 4.5
4 Mohd Saprin Sabri, 3.5
5 Zulkifli Ishak, 3.5
6 Mohd Fairin, 3.5
7 Shamsol Bahrin, 3.0
8 Shamsuddin Bin Mat Isa, 3.0
9 Mohd Hafez Hilmi, 3.0
10 Mohd Irman Ibrahim, 2.5
11 Wong Kim Soon, 2.0
12 Abdullah Khairi KZ, 2.0
13 Mohamad Ismail, 2.0

Here's the crosstable:

No Name Round 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Mohd Saprin Sabri, 7:W 6:L 2:W 13:D 9:L 10:W

2. Mohd Fairin, 8:D 5:W 1:L 4:L 12:W :W

3. NM Kamal Arifin, 9:D 11:D 12:W 8:W 6:W

4:W4. Shamsol Bahrin, 10:W 12:W 6:L 2:W 11:L 3:L

5. Abdullah Khairi KZ, 11:L 2:L 9:L :W 7:W 12:L

6. Kamaluddin Yusof, 13:W 1:W 4:W 11:L 3:L 8:W

7. Mohamad Ismail, 1:L 10:L :W 9:L 5:L 13:W

8. Shamsuddin, 2:D 9:W 11:D 3:L 13:W 6:L

9. Zulkifli Ishak, 3:D 8:L 5:W 7:W 1:W 11:L

10. Wong Kim Soon, 4:L 7:W 13:L 12:L :W 1:L

11. Fariz Shafruddin, 5:W 3:D 8:D 6:W 4:W 9:W

12. Mohd Hafez Hilmi, :W 4:L 3:L 10:W 2:L 5:W

13. Mohd Irman, 6:L :W 10:W 1:D 8:L 7:L

Pictures during the tournaments.

Both player got the same point after the last round. In this special tournament, the players have to play two blitz games and if the result is draw, they have to play an armageddon(white 6 minutes and black 5 minutes, if the result is draw black win the match).

In the blitz, fariz won with white and draw with black. automatically winning the tournament.

Fariz playing black against NM Kamal Arifin. Spectators (from left) are Wong Kim Soon, Abdullah Khairi KZ, Mohd Hafez Hilmi Harun and Mohd Saprin.

Rapid Chess-Sumbangan dari En. Shamsuddin Mat Isa

2007-02-22T20:52:00.000+08:00

Tengok la betapa serius nya Saprin bila bermain catur....vs Fariz; Di sebelah kanan nya kelihatan salah seorang jaguh catur tanahair En.SM a.k.a StoneMaster sedang beraksi menentang Saifuddeen Nik Pa yang tak kurang hebatnya bila berada di atas papan catur...a motivational traits contributed by Mr Shamsuddin Mat Isa.Terima kasih En. Shamsuddin!

Adoiiii -Courtesy of Mr Mohd Fairin Zakaria of Petak64

2007-02-19T20:50:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, chess can also be fun, not just a stressful game.Thanks Fairin for this spontaneous clipping.Keep up those good effort.

IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi wins PCMM Open 2007

2007-02-19T10:36:00.000+08:00

IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi won the PCMM Open 2007 6.5 out of 7. It was an easy win for him who started the event with 5 wins in the 5 rounds before Zarul Shazwan manage to hold him to a draw in round 6. In the last round the IM needs only a draw to win the 1st place, he secured first place with a decisive last-round victory over 2nd tournament leader, FM Anas Nazreen Bakri.

Fariz Shafruddin get the second-placed, by winning over Zarul Shazwan with 6 out of 7 points.

Here is the list of the top ten in the event.
1. IM Mas hafizul Hilmi 6.5
2. Fariz Shafruddin 6.0
3. Zarul Shazwan Zullkafli 5.5
4. FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 5.0
5. Abdullah Che Hassan 5.0
6. Abdul Aziz Shukor 5.0
7. Zarul Shafiq Zullkafli 5.0
8. Nor Ilhamuddin 5.0
9. Muhd Aizuddin Che Hassan 5.0
10.Kamalarifin Wahiduddin 5.0

IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi plays his childhood favourite line, Grand Prix Attack against FM Anas Sicilian in the last round.

White: IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi vs Black: FM Anas Nazreen Bakri. White to move.

This is a winning position for the IM. Of course he knows how to exploit the double pawns at c file. A good position for intermediate chess player to learn how to exploit positional advantage.

That's a personal report from me as mindacatur representative. I leave the tournament straightly just after the result of final round out. So, no pictures of the closing ceremony. Bye.

Scheduled League of year 2007

2007-02-15T17:00:00.000+08:00

Link untuk 3rd MindaCatur Invitational League 2007 telah dimasukkan dalam FIDE Calendar.Klik di sini

Meh laaa join MindaCatur League untuk tahun 2007 nihh..Tak nak merasa jadi Champ ker? Syok ooo. Ramai pemain yang kuat-kuat.Lagi pun hadiah bagus-bagus belaka..Apa-apa pun , rancang la 'schedule' anda untuk bermain dalam liga nii..cuma check Calendar kat bottom page untuk tarikh yang telah ditetapkan oleh pihak penganjur pada tahun 2007 nih + clip image untuk jadual liga tersebut disertakan bersama-sama 'posting' ini.

2nd MindaCatur Invitational League 2007

2007-02-14T15:49:00.000+08:00

MindaCatur League has become stronger this time. Look at below crosstable.Consider to participate in the next league!? Dare to challenge 2nd League Champion, Kamaluddin Yusof in the 3rd league? So please be prepared !!! Attached:-Pgn files to be downloaded

Grand Prix Cummulative Points

2007-02-09T13:29:00.000+08:00

Just click on its link to see the contents.Thanks.

Braille Chess Video Clip

2007-02-06T08:36:00.000+08:00

Braille chess competition was held at the lake side, Tasik Titiwangsa. Tasik Titiwangsa located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur and it's scenery is very beautiful. There are a lot of facilities there.

Visit malaysia 2007, celebrating 50 years of Nationhood

One of beautiful giant pictures at the lake side promoting the heritage of malaysian society.

OK, back to the chess tournament.

Event: Braille chess team competition OKU.

Venue: Titiwangsa lake, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date: 3rd February 2007 (Saturday)

* A team must consists of at leat an OKU.

I forgot the name of both chess players. The blind play very good chess and almot win. But his time left only 2-3 minutes on the clock. I don't know the result of the game. Lastly, enjoy the clip video your self.

Braille Chess - Catur Braille Orang Kurang Upaya

2007-02-06T06:37:00.000+08:00

I joined a Braille Chess Team tournament on 3rd february 2007 (Saturday) at Titiwangsa Lake, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This tournament was very special and everybody have to use braille chess set. I took a lot of pictures during the tournament. Please refer to the link below for the pictures in the event. http://picasaweb.google.com/Kotovmas/ChessBrailleOKUFebruary2007 .

The picture showing me and my team members (from right: Shamsuddin, Hasidin and Khairul, 3 person per team) are playing against our opponent. We got 3rd place in the tournament.

The chess set for the blind chess player. Everybody in who join this tournament used the chess set.

I'll post the detail of the tournament, results and clip video of blitz by a blind chess player. very impressive to see how they play during time trouble.

An alluring attraction...

2007-02-02T11:10:00.000+08:00

This has become one of the main subject of MindaCatur organizing committee's discussions to offer for the players in the 2nd Invitational League which had been announced on the last posting.Okay.. here is the deal ..see it yourself..it's worth participating in the event.

2nd LEAGUE OF MINDA CATUR INVITATIONAL CHESS 2007

2007-01-30T23:15:00.000+08:00

A CHESS TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY CHESSPLAYERS FOR CHESSPLAYERS

2nd league: 10th February 2007 (Saturday)

(1st SUNDAY is the tournament's monthly date, subject to changes if clash with other local tournaments. Please refer to http://www.mindacatur.blogspot.com/for the latest update)

Registration : 8.00-9.00 am
Players Meeting : 9.00-9.25am
Round 1 : 9.30-10.30 a.m.
Round 2 : 10.40-11.40 a.m.
Round 3 : 11.50-12.50 noon
Lunch Break & Prayers: 12.50-2.00 noon
Round 4 : 2.00-3.00 p.m.
Round 5 : 3.10-4.10 p.m.
Round 6 : 4.20-5.20 p.m.
Prize Giving : 5.30 p.m.

Format :
SWISS (5-6 ROUNDS) with prize i.e SUB WOOFER (Guaranteed Prize). Sponsored by CARIKOMPUTER DOT COM (www.carikomputer.com).

TIME CONTROL: 30 MINUTES

Point system:
1st place : 20 points
2nd place : 18
3rd : 16
and so forth
4 : 14
5 : 12
6 : 10
7 : 8
8 : 8
9 : 6
10 : 6
11 : 4
12 : 4
13 : 4
14 : 4
15 : 4
16 : 2
17 : 2
18 : 2
19 : 2
20 : 2

Anti-draw rules apply (mini M-Tel)
It’s not compulsory for players to complete all the 10 leagues but they are encouraged to play all the leagues as qualification are based on collected points(according to point system described above) . The top 6 will play a double round robin in the Grand Finale which is scheduled in December 2007.

10 LEAGUES/YEAR.

Annual membership fees RM25.00/year
Tournament fees RM10.00
Fees must be paid before the start of the tournament.

1st Prize : Sub-Woofer Speaker
2nd Prize : To be decided

Venue : UNITEN (Bangi) Food Court (near UNITEN Mosque)

Only INVITED PLAYERS are allowed to play. However, others are welcome to come and support the tournament. Strong players who are interested to play in the event are welcome to contact Shamsuddin (012-918 6958) or by mail to sudin_isa@yahoo.co.uk .

List of invited players for the 2nd tournament :

1. Ahmad Maliki
2. Mohd Saprin Sabri
3. Mohd Fairin Zakaria
4. Mohd Fadli Zakaria (StoneMaster)
5. Kamaluddin Yusof
6. Kamal Arifin Wahidduddin
7. Siti Zulaikha Mohd. Fouzi
8. Mohd Johan Iskandar Mohd. Fouzi
9. Tun Sri Lanang (Peter Svidler)
10. Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman
11. Samsudin Mat Isa
12. Rizal Ahmad Kamal
13. Mohd Zambri Shariff
14. HafezHelmi
15. Abdullah Khairi KZ
16. Zulkifli Ishak
17. Wong Kim Soon
18. Gregory Lau
19. Alijeanda Ober
20. Irman Ibrahim
21. Sahir Sarifdin
22. Saifuddin Nik Pa
23. Nicholas Chan
24. Moy Chee Ban
25. Mohamad Ismail

Please take notes that writing moves on the given score sheets is compulsory till the last 5 minutes of the game. All games will be published in this blog or e-mailed to the players if the address given to the organizer.

Kamaluddin Yusoff won CAS Rapid

2007-01-29T00:06:00.000+08:00

Here's the latest result of the CAS Rapid tournament. Kamaluddin Yusof got 1st place with a draw before the last round against Mohd Saprin Sabri who finished in the 2nd place with 2 games draw and winning other games. Congratulation to the players and the organiser (CAS). For detail results, we wait for the organiser.

Here's a picture in CAS Rapid tournament which taken from andrew's blog. Mohd Saprin (2nd place winner) who is playing black pieces against Mustafa Kamal Zamhuri.

Friendly Match Bangi vs Shah Alam

2007-01-26T21:06:00.000+08:00

This is done at Restoran Santai near UNITEN Food Court. Attached here the conducive and cosy place ideal for this specific friendly match which ended with winning for Bangi team with favourable score of 4.5-0.5 against Shah Alam team.

Bangi team comprised of Mohd. Saprin Sabri, Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman, Shamsuddin Mat Isa , Zulkilfi Ishak and Tun Seri Lanang whereby Shah Alam's team represented by Abdul Haq, Mohd. Ghazi, Alijeanda Ober, Max The Blonde and Sahir Sarip. Shah Alam's team brought along their soul mascot Ms. Roslina Marmono.

Attached beside is the location took place for the event.To my delight, this Restaurant Santai provides us a very unique experience while hanging around in it.It's meal so delicious that one might consider to have frequent re-visit in order to have very 'Santai' atmosphere.

All games will be followed in the next posting. Till meet again.Adios!!