3rd SWENSEN OPEN RAPID AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP, 2012

UPDATE:

cHEss pIRATE FAIZ ended with a 50% record gathered from 3 wins.
He Placed 23rd(StartingRank29) out of 49players with a BH of 18.
3pts were placed between 19th(BH 20.5) to 28th(BH 15.5 @ Asia Moo) 

His 3rd 50% record after POLGAR May Day Challenge and INSOFAR Age Group, Shah Alam in July.
He also won a Special Prize of a Chess Set from Cerdik Catur Enterprise for being the YOUNGEST male participant at 5years, 5months, 3weeks and 2days. Coincidentally, Faiz had also received a hamper from Cerdik Catur in another event held in June - HERE

R6: WON. (W, Bd.13) Loh Xiong Yi(1219), Checkmate.
R5: LOST. (B, Bd.10) Nur Faiqah Aminuddin(1234), Checkmate.
R4: LOST. (W, Bd.6) Wong Zi Yue(1266), Checkmate.
Note:  Also Wasted Time due to Timer NOT Pressed & Restroom Break
R3: WON. (B, Bd.9) Irfan Hakimi Irman(1180), Checkmate
R2: WON. (W, Bd.20) Tan Hougen(1128), 3 Illegal Moves(Green Cards)
R1: LOST. (B, Board 9) Ivan Sean Yeap(1246), Queen Blunder

Note:
His Cousins Arif placed 11th in U-8/ Aqil, 10 of 78 in U-10 / Ayesha, 52 of 62 in U-12.

My Assessment:
The whole idea for taking part in the U-8 event is to see how Faiz measures up against his peers. 
(1) He can hold himself against "newer" players but will struggle against stronger.
Ivan Yap(1246), Wong (1266) & Nur Faiqah (1234) are all higher rated players.
(2) Needs to "slow down" moving the pieces.
Note: Get him to start writing games in Non-Rated event to slow down his movement.
(3) End Game NEEDS to be addressed.
(4) Not to bring Gadgets that will distract him.


Assessment on Competition:
(1) Venue was good. Also easy access to Prayer room.
(2)  Food readily available even at venue.
(3) Most important, Junior players from other countries participating
e.g. Iran, India, Singapore as well as Australia & Philippines.
(4) It always irks me that time is not adhered to as advertised.
(5) Slight disappointment that advertised Lunch Break Lecture did not materialise.
(6) For RM30, note should have been made available.
(7) So called "Certificate" was just a piece of paper...leaves much to be desired!
Especially so when there were many overseas participants.




Competition: 3rd SWENSEN OPEN RAPID AGE GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, 2012
Date: SUNDAY, 26 AUGUST 2012
Time: 8.30AM - 5.30PM, (Lunch Break & Chess Lecture: 12NOON - 1.30PM). 6 Rounds
Venue: CITITEL, MID-VALLEY KL
Organiser: ATCC / Arbiter: Abdul Hamid


Another NEW Tournament & Another NEW Venue for the cHEss pIRATE.
This must be AT LEAST the 6th NEW VENUE for 2012 after OCM-KL, PCA-Hartamas, PKS Cochrane-KL, Old Town-PJ & Shah Alam. Cititel is also our FIRST Hotel Venue. An interesting aspect of this tournament is the advertised "Lunch Break Chess Lecture". Should be interesting.

Let's see how the cHEss pIRATE measures up against his peers!!!