MCF Calendar for 2009

Source from gilachess.

March 14 – 20:
MSSM Chess Championship- Selangor

April 3-5:
National Age-Group Championship- KL

April 29 -3 May:
Royal Selangor FIDE Rated Open- Selangor

June 3 – 7:
National Championship (Men & Women)- Kuala Lumpur

August ? :
Malaysian Open - Kuala Lumpur

September ?? :
AM Bank Chess Challenge - Kuala Lumpur
Merdeka Team Chess Championship - Kuala Lumpur

November ?? :
National Chess Camps -Kuala Lumpur

Dec 6-10 :
National Junior Chess Championship -Kuala Lumpur .

***Maybe in early of June 2009, PENANG CHESS ASSOCIATION will also organize a Fide Rated tournament.

CRC Taiping Chess Open 2008 result

Open - Final Standing
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Buch. Berg. Progr.
1 Fariz Shafruddin, 2184 6.5 31.5 28.75 27.5
2 Ahmad Fadzil Nayan, 1973 6 30.5 24 25
3 Liong Ing Kiat, 2165 5.5 29.5 22 23.5
4 Chuah Heng Meng, V 2250 5.5 26.5 20.75 20
5 Keok Kai En, 5 31.5 20 21
6 Ahmad Muzzafar, 1977 5 29.5 19.25 22
7 Mohd Azizul Hakim, 1740 5 27.5 16 22
8 Hor Kam Phew, V 2078 5 27 17.5 19
9 Syed Azizi b Abdul Rahman, 5 26.5 18.5 18
10 Muhd Syakir Shazmear, 1728 4.5 32 18.25 21.5
11 Thong Yung Chen, 1998 4.5 26 15.25 18.5
12 Lawrence Teoh, 1962 4.5 25 14.25 17.5
13 Tan Wei Kai, 1786 4.5 24 13.5 18
14 Tan Eu Hong, 2097 4 30.5 14.5 20
15 Mohd Johan Jamil, 1857 4 27 13 18
16 Ahmad Jamal, 1946 4 27 13 16
17 Khaw Cheow Ken, V 2011 4 27 11 20
18 Azmi Ishak, 1800 4 26.5 12 15
19 Khatib, 1718 4 25.5 14.25 15
20 Fairuz Hamizah, P 1500 4 25.5 12.5 15
21 Azwan Zaabah, 1617 4 24 12 14
22 Nayan Mahmud, V 1795 4 23.5 9 14
23 Zulhashime b Zulkefli, 4 21 11.25 13
24 Izz Saifuddin, 1752 4 20.5 7 15
25 Wan Mohd Jeefri, 4 20 8.5 14
26 Che Khairul Asmadi, 1828 3.5 31 13.25 18.5
27 Chan Wei Minh, 1628 3.5 30.5 14.75 18.5
28 Wan Azmi b Wan Othman, 3.5 26.5 12.75 15.5
29 Khor Bean Hwa, V 2030 3.5 26.5 10.5 14.5
30 Muhdammad Ariez b Azman, 3.5 22.5 11.5 13.5
31 Liew Voon Kiong, V/CR 3.5 20 8.25 13.5
32 Baharuddin b Hamzah, 3 31 12.25 15
33 Azhar Muhd Said, 1646 3 27.5 8.5 13
34 Ee Shu Jing, P 1572 3 26.5 9.25 13
35 Amir P, 3 25 7.5 11
36 Muhd Zaki Mahmood, 1592 3 25 7 11
37 Norazlin b Juarih, 1416 3 24 8 14
38 Wong Siew Ting, P 1500 3 22 7 9
39 Fairulazman b Zulkafli, 3 21.5 6.25 9
40 Shaik Dawood, V 3 18 6 8
41 Norazwan b Kamaruzaman, 3 17.5 3.5 8
42 Haris Padillah b Hj Dan, 2.5 26.5 9.25 11.5
43 Syamaizar b Lup, 1859 2.5 24 8.5 11.5
44 Agus Baharuddin, V 1918 2.5 22 5.75 11
45 Muhd Noor Khairullah, 2.5 20.5 5.25 9
46 Mohd Baddiuzzaman Praba, 2 22 3 6
47 Chan Kay Lynn, P 1517 2 21.5 1 7
48 Mat Zaki Yeop, V 1677 2 20.5 3 9
49 Firdaus P, 2 19 1 4
50 Mohd Hanifah b Pazil, 2 18 2 5
51 Radhakrishnan, V 1.5 22.5 1.5 6.5
52 Abdul Munir, 1 20 1 6
53 Vijiandren s/o Radhakrish, 1 16 0 2
54 Ooi Chong Hock, V/CR 0 13.5 0 0

For more detail visit euhong.net

Two big chess event in Malaysia

• KL Open International Chess Championship - this event managed by Intchess Malaysia,l be held in Kuala Lumpur from 15-21 December 2008. There will be three categories - Open, Challengers, and Visually Impaired (Blind) and there will also be a blitz tournament on the rest day and also a special simultaneous exhibition in aid of charity. You can view all article , pairing and result via KLchess Blog , klopen blog or other contributor likes gilachess, hairulovchessmaniac, marcusyeoh and gilocatur.
• Pencarian Jaguh Catur TERENGGANU Grand Final : Start from 18 Dec-22 Dec 2008. This event managed by The Terengganu State Government and Terengganu Chess. The playing venue will be at Terengganu Trade Center. For more details, result, pairing and winner can visit Caturterengganu blog and Syedchess Blog.

Penang Chess League update

Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor (picture from thestar).

The organizer, PCA (Penang Chess Association) has decided to change the Penang Chess League to 2008 Pesta Pulau Pinang Chess Open Tournament (Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Pesta Pulau Pinang). Top seed of this tournament is GM Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor from Phillipines. He will team up with Anthony Liong Ing Kiat,Loo Swee Leong and Elgin Lee Kah Meng (Team WHH Senior). The other top player register is GM Moussa Taleb and team up with Muhd Tariq Amru, Muhyiddin Muhd Isa Mohd Azmi and Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham (MIXTRA-ZONE). My team (Horwitz Bishop-NORAZWAN, Me and HAFIZAN) with rating 1479 just join this tournament for fun and enjoyable. Because off the participant is to better than Horwitz Bishop. Perhap we will not finish at bottom of the table and lose again school boys.

I think the organizer should make this tournament become national rated tournament. Most off the Malaysia active player take part this time.

Malaysia team: Result and pairing at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008

good luck for Malaysia team, Malaysia boleh

Tournament winner, result , pairing and list of players as below:

Malaysia game at Olympiad Dresden

1st Round: Malaysia 3 1/2 - Libya 1/2








2nd Round:Malaysia 2.5 -Jersey 1.5

Malaysia: October Chess calendar

After a long break , Malaysia chess is back on track. The tournament is set week by week.
All the tounament in the weekend, saturday and sunday.Starting with 12th October (Kuala Langat Open), 18th October (UNIKL MSI Open, Kulim) ,19th October (Pearl Point Open), 25th and 26th (UPSI open & maybe Perlis Open) and end with 31th october with Sarawak open. Update later.

MCF GM Tournament 2008

MCF GM Tournament 2008

1 GM Sermek Drazen -----2509 5.5/7
2 GM Iuldachev Saidali --2520 5.0/7
3 GM Rahman Ziaur ------2509 4.0/7
4 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi --2386 3.0/7--> 8.75
5 WIM Zhang Xiaowen ---2382 3.0/7--> 8.50
6 FM Myo Zaw Min -------2486 0.5/7

Average elo: 2465 <=> Category: 9

Malaysia Chess Olympiad Team

After play-off held at The Chess Network, the successful candidates are NM Edward Lee, IM Jimmy Liew and FM Mok Tze Meng. This players will join with IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and IM Lim Yee Weng. Good luck guys.

3rd AmBank Group Malaysia Chess Challenge 2008 result

DATMO 2008 reult

DATMO 2008 :Round 7 pairing

Round 7

Bo.     Name                   PtsPts     Name
 1 GM  Zhang Zhong             5 5½  GM  Megaranto Susanto
 2 GM  Dzhumaev Marat          5  5  GM  Laylo Darwin
 3 GM  Li Chao b              4½  5  GM  Iuldachev Saidali
 4 IM  Bitoon Richard         4½ 4½      Zhou Weiqi
 5     Yang Kaiqi             4½ 4½  GM  Li Shilong
 6 IM  Dableo Ronald          4½ 4½      Yap Kim Steven
 7 WGM Li Ruofan              4½  4      Wan Yunguo
 8 GM  Sermek Drazen           4  4  IM  Bancod Ronald
 9 IM  Dimakiling Oliver       4  4  IM  Mas Hafizulhelmi
10     Yu Lie                  4  4  IM  Irwanto Sadikin
11 FM  Lim Yee-Weng            4  4      Zhang Ziyang
12 FM  Wahono Awam             4  4  IM  Nadanian Ashot
13     Causo Deniel            4  4  FM  Minhazuddin Ahmed
14     Xiu Deshun              4  4      Legaspi Rhobel
15     Jia Haoxiang            4  4      Senador Emmanuel
16 WGM Karavade Eesha          4 3½  IM  Sadorra Julio Catalino
17     Wang Li                3½ 3½      Castellano Christopher
18 FM  Goldenberg Igor        3½ 3½      Wallis Christopher
19     Xu Tong                3½ 3½  WIM Zhang Xiaowen
20     Abdullah Mohd Kamal    3½ 3½  IM  Garma Chito
21 FM  Mok Tze-Meng           3½ 3½      Nanjo Ryosuke
22     Udani Ian              3½ 3½  WIM Sukandar Irine Kharisma
23     Sagar Shah              3  3  GM  Rahman Ziaur
24 FM  Novita Anjas            3  3      Leong Mun Wan
25     Shen Siyuan             3  3      Cantonjos Allan
26 WIM Priya P.                3  3  WGM Gu Xiaobing
27     Sabri Mohd Saprin       3  3      Phadke Sohan
28 FM  Hasan Mehdi             3  3      Bennet Hilton
29 FM  Simanjuntak Sebastian   3  3      Ong Way Justin
30     Panggabean Hasian       3  3      Andin Faizal
31     Kojima Shinya           3  3      Yu Jeffery Hong Cheang
32     Tan Khai Boon           3  3  WIM Nadig Kruttika
33     Baba Masahiro           3  3      Loo Swee Leong
34     Sano Tomu               3  3      Zakaria Fairin
35     Gibbons Robert          3 2½      Stojic Dusan
36     Eng Andre-Jerome       2½ 2½  FM  Yee Soon Wei
37     Liong Ing Kiat Anthony 2½ 2½      Wong Hao
38     Foo Benjamin           2½ 2½      Ismail Ahmad
39     Spiller Paul           2½ 2½  FM  Jones Brian
40     Nardi Chairil          2½ 2½      Yeap Eng Chiam
41     Erowan Masrin          2½ 2½      Lim Kian Hwa
42     Bakri Alia Anin Azwa    2  2      Haessler Carl
43     Schon Eugene            2  2      Masters Christopher
44 WIM Szuveges Narelle        2  2      Ilic Ilija
45     Amru Muhd Tariq         2  2      Au Hubert David
46     Capel Evan Timothy      2  2      Kadek Iin Dwijayanti
47     Hutapea Juniel          2  2      Ferdiman Tersiman
48     Chua Aaron              2  2  WFM Milligan Helen
49     Pereira Johnharry       2  2      F. Sayani M. Hendrik
50     Ruslan Haslindah       1½ 1½      Low Jun Jian
51     Law Mark               1½ 1½      Tan Justin
52     Lee Hai Wen             1  1      Wahiduddin Khairunnisa
53     S. Balendran            1  1      Chan Yin Yok Linus
54     Draup Hj. Abang Azman   1  1      Draup Abang Zain Azreen
55     Zamahari Abang Draup    1  ½      Balasupramaniam Mohan R

Astro Merdeka rapid Team result

Master Tournament Biel Chess Festival

IM Mas at 11th. Congrat Mas.
Final Standings

1. Belov,Vladimir GM 2561 RUS 8.5 71.5 685.0
2. Maze,Sebastien GM 2553 FRA 8.0 73.0 687.5
3. Grachev,Boris GM 2640 RUS 8.0 72.0 694.0
4. Avrukh,Boris GM 2656 ISR 8.0 72.0 675.5
5. Kritz,Leonid GM 2610 GER 8.0 70.5 677.5
6. Ivanisevic,Ivan GM 2664 SRB 8.0 70.5 675.5
7. Bauer,Christian GM 2583 FRA 8.0 70.0 680.0
8. Bindrich,Falko GM 2516 GER 8.0 69.0 663.0
9. Kim,Alexey GM 2460 KOR 7.5 70.0 651.0
10. Gleizerov,Evgeny GM 2549 RUS 7.5 69.5 663.5
11. Mas Hafizuhelmi IM 2386 MAS 7.5 69.0 635.0
12.Benkovic Petar IM 2479 SRB 7.5 65.5 652.5
13. Ulibin,Mikhail GM 2520 RUS 7.5 65.0 635.5
14. Jenni,Florian GM 2544 SUI 7.5 64.5 654.5
15. Skoberne,Jure IM 2499 SLO 7.5 61.5 619.0
16. Smirin,Ilia GM 2637 ISR 7.0 72.0 677.0
17. Berczes,David IM 2458 HUN 7.0 71.5 672.5
18. Nezad,Husein Aziz IM 2372 QAT 7.0 70.5 666.0
19. Al Sayed,Mohamad IM 2470 QAT 7.0 69.0 644.0
20. Narayanan,Srinath FM 2220 IND 7.0 66.0 629.0

IM Mas Biel Master Tournament Round 8 & 9

Im Mas standing in 10th place with 6.5 after round 9 and will meet GM Evgeny Gleizerov at Round 10.


Round 9 (30.7.2008)
9 16. Skoberne,Jure (5½) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5½) 0-1

Round 8 (29.7.2008)
8 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5) - 18. Benkovic Petar (5) ½-½

Standings after round 9

1. Maze,Sebastien GM 2553 FRA 7.5 47.0 369.5
2. Belov,Vladimir GM 2561 RUS 7.0 47.5 361.5
3. Avrukh,Boris GM 2656 ISR 7.0 47.5 350.0
4. Bauer,Christian GM 2583 FRA 7.0 46.0 355.5
5. Kritz,Leonid GM 2610 GER 7.0 45.0 356.5
6. Grachev,Boris GM 2640 RUS 6.5 48.5 362.5
7. Smirin,Ilia GM 2637 ISR 6.5 47.5 362.5
8. Nezad,Husein Aziz IM 2372 QAT 6.5 46.0 351.0
9. Kim,Alexey GM 2460 KOR 6.5 45.5 347.0
10. Mas Hafizuhelmi A IM 2386 MAS 6.5 44.0 331.0
11. Cebalo,Misho GM 2523 CRO 6.5 39.0 337.0
12. Berczes,David IM 2458 HUN 6.0 50.0 350.5
13. Gleizerov,Evgeny GM 2549 RUS 6.0 46.5 352.5
14. Bindrich,Falko GM 2516 GER 6.0 45.5 343.5
15. Ivanisevic,Ivan GM 2664 SRB 6.0 45.0 346.0
16. Benkovic Petar IM 2479 SRB 6.0 44.0 338.5
17. Narayanan,Srinath FM 2220 IND 6.0 43.5 324.5
18. Ulibin,Mikhail GM 2520 RUS 6.0 43.0 338.5
19. Cherniaev,Alexand GM 2431 RUS 6.0 42.5 343.5
20. Hug,Werner IM 2437 SUI 6.0 41.0 325.5

Im Mas at Biel after round 7

So far IM Mas already have 5 point from 7 games. He will meet IM Petar Benkovic at round 8.

Round 8 (29.7.2008)
8 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5) - 18. Benkovic Petar (5) -

Round 7 (28.07.2008)
17 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (4) - 111 Karrer,Damian (4) 1-0

Round 6 (26.07.2008)
18 52. Duschek,Volker (3) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (3) 0-1

Round 5 (25.07.2008)
9 -28.Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus(3)-8.Bauer,Christian(3) 0-1

Mas lose again top seed

IM Mas lose in round #4 again 1st seeded GM Ivan Ivanisevic (2664) from Serbian. He will meet 8th seeded GM Christian Bauer (2583) in 5th round.

Round 4 (24.07.2008)
4 1. Ivanisevic,Ivan (2½) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (3) 1-0

IM Mas at Biel

IM Mas now also at 2008 Biel Chess festivel (Master Tournament),
Congrat Mas for beating Ulibin,Mikhail

PairingsRound 3 (23.07.2008)
9 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (2) - 14. Ulibin,Mikhail (2) - 1-0

Round 2 (22.07.2008)
24 121 Lienhard,Alex (1) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (1) 0-1

First round (21.07.2008)
29 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus () - 90. Serralta,Michel () 1-0

UUM open Result

Congratulation to Syed Iskandar, the 1st tournament winner for him this year.
Some picture from the tournament,

Standing:


Crosstable:

IM Mas in First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary

Some info from gilachess that our IM Mas now in Hungary for
First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest



Standing after Round 12

1. 7 Ilincic, Zlatko 9.0 67.0 47.75 61.0 2519 2623 +1.56

2. 4 Hou, Yifan 8.0 73.5 49.00 51.5 2557 2569 +0.17

14 Prohaszka, Peter 8.0 67.0 44.50 51.0 2509 2555 +0.72

9 Boros, Denes 8.0 72.5 43.00 50.5 2472 2567 +1.53

5. 1 Varga, Zoltan 7.5 70.0 41.00 49.0 2479 2539 +0.93

6. 13 Mas, Hafizulhelmi 6.5 70.0 31.25 43.0 2386 2473 +1.43

7. 11 Nguyen, Huynh 6.0 72.0 32.50 46.5 2477 2441 -0.58

2 Berczes, David 6.0 74.0 28.50 35.5 2458 2440 -0.29

3 Rajlich, Iweta 6.0 72.0 29.75 34.0 2417 2441 +0.42

10. 8 Fogarasi, Tibor 5.5 75.0 31.75 41.0 2429 2424 -0.12

11. 12 Duong, The Anh 4.0 74.0 20.00 23.0 2445 2315 -2.07

12. 5 Toth, Ervin 3.5 72.5 19.50 21.0 2409 2284 -1.95

6 Kjartansson, Gudm 3.5 75.0 19.50 20.5 2328 2295 -0.52

14. 10 Kislik, Erik Andrew 2.5 73.5 13.50 18.5 2302 2214 -1.23