RM400 chess JOURNEY to PENANG

UPDATE 4@ 10/12/2012 @ 2200hrs(after Players Briefing)

(4) Due to withdrawals, hAnA is now ranked #67 & CP is #75. Both will be playing black in the first round, HERE

(3) Players List are out, hAnA#70 & cHEss pIRATE#78 :- CHESS RESULTS

(2) After a room change...comfortably holed-up at venue hotel but not before a fruit fest of Durian, Mangosteen, Guava with Asam and Langsat at Telok Ayer Tawar

(1) The entourage is having breakfast at Tapah, Perak R&R


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Earlier in October, had contemplated entering the kids door this event - Read HERE

Having a "window opening" up due to a cancelled family trip and a rescheduled production coupled with some "gifts" and having secured decent family accommodation
...with some apprehension, today I'd just deposited 2x RM200 into the Penang Chess Association bank account at UOB Bank, Kota Damansara branch.

The amount deposited are the entry fees for hAnA and the cHEss pIRATE i.e. RM200each to participate in the Challenger Section of the 4th Penang Heritage City Chess tournament to be held from 10-15 December 2012 at the Red Rock Hotel.

The Penang Journey, will be the family's 2nd Road Trip for chess purposes (its supposed to be the 3rd, Read HERE) .......with the first trip being made to Kuala Terengganu in June of this year for the MSSM Chess Tournament where hAnA represented the FT of Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya in the Girls U-12 Team event. Read HERE, HERE2, HERE3, HERE4, HERE5 & HERE6.


This time around, the cHEss pIRATE will be in the 'thick of action' as well and am hoping that he'll be able to get many opponents to "walk the plank" so to speak!