23rd SELANGOR JUNIORS Open, U-10: Lessons Learned

The Official Results of the U-10 Mixed Category of the 23rd SELANGOR JUNIORS Open Chess can be viewed at CHESS RESULTS

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During the prize-giving ceremony,it was announced that there were participants from Penang and Singapore...both of which finished in the Top 10. I was disappointed with the turnout from the girls in this category as there were only 4 girls out of 42 participants i.e. LESS than 10% or, 9.52% to be more specific.

Another matter observed was that Certificates were only given to Top 15 finishers unlike most other tournaments where Attendance Certificates are given regardless of a player's final position.

Apart from being at the ATCC for the 1st time, there was an important lesson learnt by hAnA i.e. NOT to have a heavy lunch and start running around after that. As a result of "throwing up" and not being "physically" fit for Round 4, she lost to her opponent rather "tamely". Hope you keep this in mind hAnA for future competitions.

As for the cHEss pIRATE FAiz, what can I say....he's starting to understand the rules of the competition especially the "illegal move" and "touch move" ruling when he won a game after raising his hand 3 times to complain that his opponent had made illegal moves. The final complain was made despite the fact that he was just one(1) move away from check-mating his older opponent. After he had lodged the results of the game with the Secretariat, I'd asked him -
"Kenapa Faiz complain the 3rd time bila Faiz nak checkmate the next move?"

cHEss pIRATE reply - "Ayah, he made 3 bad moves. GAME OVER!"
Perrghh...despite his mood swings and lack of discipline as a chess player, cHEss pIRATE FAiz can be rather brutal when he feels like it!

Session ended around 6.30PM and we headed straight for the Sg.Besi Camp to hopefully attend the closing ceremony of the "final" OP-PP Games and hear the sound of the
Bugler's Last Post.