Penang Chess League 2009

This year, PCL will be held at 12 and 13 December with the same venue , Dewan Sri Pinang. Once again I'm and my other chess friends will join PCL 2009. Our Team are sponsored by Bayu Tiara Engineering Sdn Bhd. This year team members are : Me, Nazlee &Nazlan Abd Rahim, A'amaluddin a.k.a ended7 and Mohd Hafizan a.k.a Mamu M.D. The participant including GM Bong Villamayor from Philippines and others Malaysian top and active player.
This year format is 4 player + 1 reserve.

Schedule of play
Captains’ meeting --13.30 p.m.
Round -1- 12.12.09 --14.00 p.m.

Round -2- 12.12.09--16.10 p.m.

Round -3- 12.12.09--19.30 p.m.

Round -4- 13.12.09--8.40 a.m.
Round -5- 13.12.09--10.50 a.m.
Round -6- 13.12.09--13.40 p.m.
Round -7- 13.12.09--15.50 p.m.
Closing ceremony --6.00 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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.