Klang hosts Sukan Kerajaan Tempatan Negeri Selangor

Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) will be the host to Sukan Kerajaan Tempatan Negeri Selangor yang merupakan sukan diantara kakitangan Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) for the state of Selangor starting from the 25th to the 28th of  June.

This event started in 2001 by Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam as host and the current series held in MPK is the 6th.

13 events are contested namely: football, netball, badminton, ping pong, bowling, chess, carrom, darts, draughts, tug of war, futsal, sepak takraw and for the first time, paintball.

Majlis Perbandaran Klang which finished fourth last year is hoping to be champs this year as they have homeground advantage.

 

Some photos from day 1 of the chess event:-

Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2009 results

FM Mok Tze Meng became champion of the 1st Penang Heritage City International Open with his win over Tan Eu Hong in tinal round. As early as round 3, Mok was leading the tournament with IM Mas Hafizulhelmi. Mas beat top seed GM  Schebler in the fifth round but his chances to win the championship was dashed by a loss to NM Ronnie  Lim  in Round 7. That left Mok as the sole leader going into the final 2 rounds.

 

Despite the loss, Mas bounced back with a win and the last round saw him setting for a peaceful draw against Vietnamese Do Thi Thuong thus tying in points with GM Gerhard Schebler who beat Ismail Ahmad in the same round.

Mas had the better tie-break so takes 2nd place.

 
Top seed GM Gerhard suffered a loss to Mas and a draw to NM Ronnie Lim. He takes third place after having the same score as Mas but losing out on tie-break.

Local Penang coach, Loo Swee Leong took fourth place after defeating NM Ronnie Lim in the final round.

  
Yeap Eng Cheam, Looi Xin Hao took 5th and 6th place respectively with 6 points out of 9.

NM Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong with the unexpected final round loss settled for 7th place.

Ismail Ahmad, Sumant Subramaniam and Do Thi Huong took 8-10th place respectively.

Related links:-

• Penang Open on Chess-Results.com
• PenangChess.com
• PenangChessOpen.com
• Old hands win (Quah Seng Sun article on The Star – Lifestyle)

De Laguna Park: Port Klang Chess Open 2009 @ 12/07/09

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National Closed 2009 Results

 

Timothy Evan Capel emerged as the new National Champion after winning a 4 player playoffs.

TImothy finished the main 9 round event unbeaten with wins over David Tan, Mappa Saharuddin, Jax Tham, NM Edward Lee and Mohd Hezri Che Aziz. He drew with Abdullah Che Hassan, Mohd Saprin Sabri, Lim Zhuo Ren and Abel Yap. (+5=4).

Defending champion, NM Edward Lee had to settle for second place finishing just half a point behind TImothy in the playoffs.

 

 

Playoff results

Rank	SNo.	Name	FED	1	2	3	4	Pts	SB.
1	2	Capel	MAS	* *	1 ½	0 1	1 1	4½	11.00
2	4	Edward Lee	MAS	0 ½	* *	1 1	½ 1	4	8.50
3	1	Zhuo Ren	MAS	1 0	0 0	* *	½ ½	2	6.00
4	3	Abdullah	MAS	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	* *	1½	4.00

 

 

 

Final Ranking
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.
1	12		Capel Evan Timothy	1991	PNG	7	54½
2	5	NM	Lee Kim Han Edward	2087	MCF	7	47
3	11		Lim Zhuo Ren	2009	WIL	7	54
4	3		Che Hassan Abdullah	2158	JOH	7	51
5	1		Sabri Mohd Saprin	2170	TRG	6½	52
6	10		Yap Abel Jin Wei	2023	MCF	6½	50
7	22		Wahiddudin Mohd Khair	1743	PAH	6	49½
8	2		Yusof Kamaluddin	2168	SEL	6	49
9	9		Subramaniam Sumant	2023	PAH	6	46
10	21		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	1744	PRK	6	42
11	7		Tham Tick Hong Jax	2074	WIL	5½	49½
12	26		Che Aziz Mohamad Hezri	1608	NS9	5½	47
13	6		Ahmad Ismail	2082	SEL	5½	45
14	13		Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil	1976	MAS	5½	42
15	23		Goridau Guadis Bin	1690	SBH	5½	40½
16	14		Lim Kian Hwa	1974	SWK	5	44½
17	25		Mistam Salman	1660	JOH	5	44
18	15		Yeoh Li Tian	1948	SEL	5	43½
	28		Mappa Saharuddin	1587	NS9	5	43½
20	4		Zakaria Mohd Fadli	2108	SEL	5	43
21	18		Yaacob Marzuki	1935	JOH	5	42
22	19		Tan Ken Wei	1929	MCF	5	42
23	16		Lucas Charles	1944	SBH	5	35½
24	27		Chan Kwai Keong	1600	MAS	4½	45
25	37		Low Jun Keat	1495	MCF	4½	43½
26	35		Siew Kit-Tze Mark	1506	PRK	4½	42½
27	17		Saifuddin Mohd Izz	1936	WIL	4½	41
28	20		Yeop Mat Zaki	1665	PRK	4½	38½
29	42		Sivanesan Subramanian	1476	NS9	4½	37
30	40		Tan David	1483	SBH	4½	34
31	44		Mohd Khairul Nazrin A Nashir	1433	TRG	4	46
32	8		Masrin Erowan	2027	SBH	4	41½
33	34		Tan Jun Feng	1521	WIL	4	41½
34	47		Teoh Yi Hearn Lawrence	1382	PRK	4	40
35	24		Mohktar Indera Shahrin	1677	SWK	4	37½
36	53		Amir Saraggan	0	SBH	4	36
37	36		Sobki Shahbudin	1497	NS9	4	31
38	41		Ismail Mohamed Bin	1480	MCF	4	30
39	33		Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	1524	MCF	3½	40
40	29		Wan Razali Wan Aizuddin	1580	TRG	3½	39½
41	38		Tan Yong Zhao	1495	MCF	3½	38
42	31		Hamzah Razali	1559	TRG	3½	38
43	50		Mohd Zaki Sharif	1292	PAH	3½	35½
44	54		Heng Fook Liang	0	MCF	3½	34½
45	45		Subramaniam Shreyes	1426	MCF	3½	34
46	52		Aminullah Asman	0	PAH	3½	32
47	30		Parimanam Paul	1578	MCF	3	38½
48	43		Lim Chin Shen	1441	MCF	3	34½
49	39		Juarih Norazlin	1491	MCF	3	34
50	49		Mohd Zuhri Amier Hamzah	1324	MCF	3	32
51	32		Ahmad Fahmi Ahmad Faizal	1543	MCF	2½	27½
52	51		Chew Ee Sheng	1196	MCF	2	28
53	48		Narayanasamy N Annadurai	1326	MCF	1½	29½
54	55		Jamaludin Eddy Zuriandy	0	PNG	1	28½
55	46		Poon Jit Wai	1406	MCF	0	40½

 

Tan Li Ting is the new National Woman Master after finishing with a better tie break compared to Renitha Narayanan when both finished with 6.5 points out of 9.

 

1st place: National Woman Master Tan Li Ting

2nd place: Renitha Narayanan

 

 

3rd place: NWM Alia Anin Azwa Bakri

4th place: Winnie Hong Wee Ni

 

5th place: Amira Syahmina Zulkafli

National Women Championship 2009
Final Ranking
Rank	SNo.	Name	Rtg	FED	BH.	SB.
1	5	Tan Li Ting	1583	WIL	47½	39.75
2	4	Narayanan Renitha	1586	JOH	47½	37.00
3	1	NWM Bakri Alia Azwa Anin	1925	MCF	49	32.00
4	9	Hong Winnie Wee Ni	1508	MCF	49½	27.50
5	3	Zulkafli Amira Syahmina	1684	SEL	46½	25.25
6	10	Subramaniam Sarika	1496	PHG	42	19.25
7	2	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	1837	SEL	49	24.00
8	11	Ruslan Haslindah	1450	SEL	43	17.25
9	18	Ee Sun-Xin	1387	MCF	37	18.25
10	6	Hong Vickie Wee Ki	1579	MCF	36½	16.50
11	8	Kwan Tszee Yeung	1521	JOH	48	22.50
12	17	Mohd Latib Latifah Syamimi	1389	WIL	43½	20.75
13	16	Madhavan Olivia	1394	WIL	38½	14.25
14	14	Mohd Latib Latifah Kaiyisah	1428	WIL	35½	12.75
15	7	Azman Hisham Nur Najiha	1537	SEL	37	13.00
16	20	Ahmad Darji Putri Nurfariza	1225	PRK	36½	10.50
17	13	Chew Eewen	1428	MCF	32½	8.50
18	19	Mat Rahim Nur Munirah	1368	PRK	31½	8.00
19	12	Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1439	NS9	38½	13.00
20	15	Atiqah Nur Farhana	1426	PHG	34	4.50
21	22	Wong  Lai Meng	0	MCF	33	0.00
22	21	Asman Nur Sabrina Aliya	0	PHG	35	0.00

Malaysian Open 2009 (21-28 August 2009)

The 6th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (DATMO) is on. The major difference with the previous serious is that it is now 9 rounds.

Details as follows:-

Tournament Regulations:

1. This 9 Round, individual tournament is open to all players.

2. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations will apply. The tournament will be FIDE rated.

3. The Swiss Manager Program will be used for pairings.

4. The games will be played according to the schedule below. Time Control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1.

5. All mobile phones & electronic devices are banned in the tournament hall.

6. All officials & players should be smartly attired in the playing hall.

7. The Malaysian Chess Federation reserves the right to reject entries.

21 Aug (Fri)	Players Meeting	2100	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
22 Aug (Sat)	Registration	0730 - 0830	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
22 Aug (Sat)	Round 1	0900 - 1300	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
23 Aug (Sun)	Round 2	0900 - 1300	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
23 Aug (Sun)	Round 3	1500 - 1900	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
24 Aug (Mon)	Round 4	0900 - 1300	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
25 Aug (Tue)	Round 5	0900 – 1300	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
25 Aug (Tue)	Round 6	1500 – 1900	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
26 Aug (Wed)	Free Day
27 Aug (Thu)	Round 7	0900 – 1300	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
27 Aug (Thu)	Round 8	1500 – 1900	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
28 Aug (Fri)	Round 9	0900 – 1300	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
28 Aug (Fri)	Malaysian Blitz Open	1500	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
28 Aug (Fri)	Prize Giving / Buka Puasa	1900	Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley
29 – 31 Aug	Merdeka Team Rapid Chess Championship		Bintang Ballroom, CitiTel Mid Valley

Prizes in US$

Open Section						Malaysians		Special Prizes
1	4000	6	700	11	250	1	800	Best Female	500
2	3000	7	600	12	250	2	500	2nd Best Female	250
3	2000	8	500	13	250	3	300	Best U 16	200
4	1000	9	400	14	250	4	200	Best U 12	150
5	800	10	300	15	250	5	100	Best Veteran ( > 55)	250
Incentive Prizes
To encourage decisive results there is a prize fund (maximum US$ 2,000) to be distributed at the end of the tournament among players of any rank defeating Grandmasters. The maximum prize per win is US$ 100 and if the number of wins exceeds 20, then those defeating GMs will receive a pro-rated share of the prize fund. Another US$ 200 will be given as the Best Game Prize.
Medals & certificates will be given to prize winners. The champion’s name will be engraved on the Dato’ Arthur Tan Challenge Trophy.
Participants are entitled to only one prize (the larger). Where prizes are the same value, the Open Section Prizes will take precedence over the Malaysian/Special Prizes.

Venue: Ballroom, 5^th Floor, CitiTel Mid Valley Hotel, Mid Valley Megamall, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 KL.

Accommodations: All players are required to budget for their own board and lodging as well as transportation needs. The official hotel is CitiTel Mid Valley Hotel. First 20 GMs to register will be provided accommodations on a twin-sharing basis. Conditions for Titled Players: No tournament entry fee for Gms, Ims, WGms, WIms and players rated above 2500 on the July 2009 FIDE Rating List. Room rates are US$ 70 on a twin-sharing basis with breakfast.

Tournament Entry Fees: In US$

2400 - 2499	50	2200 – 2299	100	1600 - 1999	150
2300 - 2399	75	2000 - 2199	125	unrated	200
Bank Account:: DAT Chess Centre - Maybank Current Account: 5145 9822 0369
Jalan Bunus, 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - SWIFT : MBBEMYKL

Tournament Entry Fees must be paid before the start of the first round. For further details call Abd Hamid Majid

Closing Date for entries: 10 August 2009. Entries after this date will be charged double.

Tournament entry fees must be paid before the closing date. For further details call Abd Hamid Majid - Tel: (60) 3 40219576

Mobile: (60) 19 3158098 - Gregory - 012 9020123 - Fax: (60) 3 40244337 Email: aham@pc.jaring.my

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