Invitations for hAnA & cHEss pIRATE

Though not taking part in any competitions this week, It has been an interesting week for me due to 2 invitations received by Amira Farhana & Amir FAiz

A gentleman was asking me how old Faiz was during a recent competition. He was thinking that Faiz was in primary school but small for his age. Upon confirming with the cHEss pIRATE himself and then me that Faiz is 5years and 3months - he requested that I send Faiz for an Age Group competition he's organising in July and where's there an U-7 category. Yesterday, I'd received a SMS inviting FAiz to a programme being started to groom chess players.

In the same week, hAnA received an invitation to be part of a Team being sent to the KASUGI Team Chess Open to be held on 14-15 July. It was the first time ever that hAnA received an invitation to be part of a chess team...Don't get me wrong, she's participated in Team events before for the School(SK TTDI) and State(FT) but for me it was more of a "duty call" invitation. Hana was keen to participate. Unfortunately, she has Tae Kwan-Do grading on the same week and had to give the event a miss as she's slightly behind on her grading route. hAnA's sister Amira FAthina got her 1st Dan Black Belt when she was in standard 5...however, hAnA is presently wearing a Yellow Belt despite being in Standard 4 and hence my concern of her "slow" pace. Hopefully, hAnA will be wearing a Green Tip Belt come fasting month this year.

An interesting week of chess invitations for the kids. Am hopeful that some people are starting to notice the kids for the right reasons rather than being sent invitations to make up the numbers. TQVM to the Lady and Gentleman who had invited hAnA and the cHEss pIRATE respectively.