2nd LEAGUE OF MINDA CATUR INVITATIONAL CHESS 2007

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

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

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!!

Photos during 1st Inv07 League

Prize-giving done by Mr Shamsudin to the 1st League Winner,Mr. Abdullah Khairi KZ and runner-up Mr. Mohd Saprin Sabri ( top 2 images ).Below were those images during rounds started seeing all players seriously contemplating moves even with 30 minutes time control.

Particular pairing for the said images in orderly manner is :-
i ) Kamal Ariffin (w ) vs Alijeanda ( b )
ii) Shamsol Bahrin (w ) vs Mohd. Saprin ( b )
iii)Max The Blonde' (w ) vs Abdullah Khairi ( b)
iv)Mohd.Fairin (w ) vs Shamsuddin ( b )


For the last two images,Mr Saprin did a briefing about the rules and condition for the tournament.

The organizing committee wish to thank to all players and the audience as well who turned up for the event making it a successful one.

Final Cross Table for 1st Inv07 League

No Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Fairin Zakaria, 2225 5:L 7:W 6:W 4:L :W 9:W
2. Mohd Saprin Sabri, 2208 6:W 9:W 5:W 3:W 4:L 8:W
3. Kamal Arifin, 2080 7:W 4:D 8:W 2:L 5:W 6:D
4. Abdullah Khairi, 2015 8:W 3:D 9:W 1:W 2:W 7:W
5. Shamsol Bahrin, UNR 1:W 6:W 2:L 7:W 3:L :W
6. Shamsuddin Mat Isa, UNR 2:L 5:L 1:L :W 8:W 3:D
7. Wong Kim Soon, UNR 3:L 1:L :W 5:L 9:W 4:L
8. Alijeanda Ober, UNR 4:L :W 3:L 9:L 6:L 2:L
9. Muhammad Ismail, UNR :W 2:L 4:L 8:W 7:L 1:L

Blitz Chess-Mr. Mohd Fairin Zakaria's of Petak64 Contribution

Thanks Mr. Fairin ! MindaCatur Enterprise is grateful to you.

Man vs Machine

See it how I managed to outwit the machine

Chess Diagram

Thanks to ChessUp.net for making this possible.Nice diagram capture that enable us to have pleasant view of Chessworld!

Find flaw(s) in Black's game

Squeeze square by Fairin!!

Stingy touch of NM Kamal Ariffin

Attacking Chess

This is 'friendly game' match between Nusa Mahkota vs Spawn which was held at A&W Sunway P.J near Kompleks KKK.

Chess Analysis

Chess Analysis in cbv format

A game from Merdeka Open 1997

Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman ( W ) vs Shamsuddin Mat Isa ( B )

Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman vs Shamsuddin Mat Isa

Today, I manage to post three highlighted games in the recent Invitation '07 games.

n.b: after 51.c8=N+

Abdullah Khairi vs Mohd Saprin Sabri

Alijeanda Ober ( w ) vs Mohammed Ismail ( b )

GM Victor Korchnoi

Wanna see him in action? Watch Korchnoi in action here

Attached here is PGN File for MindaCatur Invitation '07 games been played on 07/01/2007,
Sunday.

Find it here please.Any question, feel free to leave comments to be reviewed by neogrunfeld!

MINDA CATUR INVITATIONAL CHESS LEAGUE 2007

CHESS TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY CHESSPLAYERS FOR CHESSPLAYERS

1st league: 7th January 2007 (Sunday)

(1st SUNDAY subject to changes if clash with other local tournaments. Please refer to 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 CANON Printer (Guaranteed Prize). Sponsored by CARIKOMPUTER DOT COM

TIME CONTROL: 30 MINUTES

Point system:
1st place : 20
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 per year.

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

1st Prize : Canon Printer
2nd Prize : To be decided

Venue : UNITEN (Bangi) Food Court (near UNITEN Mosque)
Strong players who are interested to play in the event are welcome to contact and confirm their participant . Only invited players are allowed to play.

List of invited players for the 1st 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. Mohamad Ismail
19. Alijeanda Ober

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.