Monday 25 February 2013

MSSWP Chess 2013 - Bangsar Zone @Sri Hartamas, Begins TODAY!

LAST UPDATE @01/03/13
( SK Hartamas )


hAnA finished Runners-Up in the U-12 Individual event for Bangsar Zone.
( Amira Farhana bt. Amirul, Individual Competition - RUNNERS-UP U-12 Girls Category )

( Amira Farhana bt. Amirul, Individual Prize - RUNNERS-UP )

Bangsar Zone Prize-Giving Pictures, HERE

She'll be one of those representing the Bangsar zone in the Individual Girls competition at the KL State Finals which starts on Wednesday till Friday, next week.

At the same time,The SKTTDI Girls U-12 Team finished 3rd in the team competition. The team will be one of 6 teams representing the Bangsar Zone in the State Finals to be held Monday next week at S.K.Desa Tun Hussein Onn, KL.

( Team Captain Amira Farhana Leading the SKTTDI 1 Team to Receive the Prize. Team - Najwa, Alyssa & Suraya )


( Team Prize - SKTTDI 1. )


Playing in 2 events at the KL State Finals I.e. individual and Team, hAnA will be missing classes for 2 weeks.

UPDATE 3 @28/02

hAnA's Status @ 5 WINS/5. In the last round tomorrow she'll play against the only other person who has 5points I.e. Ayesha Sakinah fm SKBD
(5) WON
(4) WON
(3) WON
Note: Alysa-3.5, Najwa-3 & Suraya-2

UPDATE 2 @27/02 (1530hrs).
The Individual event begins today. All categories will play 2 round except for the Boys U-12 who will play 3rounds.
hAnA and the usual suspects I.e.Alysa, Najwa and Suraya played in the individual event as well.

hAnA's Status @ 2 WINS
(2) B v. Balqis Othman - SK Seri Hartamas, CM in 9.
(1) W v. Nur Farhah - SKBD, C'mate in 35moves.
Note: Alysa-1.5, Najwa-1 & Suraya-0

UPDATE 1 @26/02 (1130hrs).
hAnA's Status @ 4WINS & 1loss on 1st Board.
26/02: Won 2 ( Jln.Davidson & Methodist Girls School) & Lost 1 to SKBD's Iman Sofea (...pawn to bishop/knight error).

25/02: Won Both Games

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One of the benefits of working as a Consultant / Freelancer is the flexibiltiy of time when there's only deliverables outstanding which do not require physical presence in the office and/or studio. Sometimes, the timing is just impeccable to slot the kids activities in the scheme of things. As an example, Last year hAnA's participation in MSSWP and MSSM coincided with my off-season in between Season 1 & 2 of IF and just before facilitating RSOG's ACD Programme in Communications.

Not feeling any guilty conscience as I'd emailed the draft for 2 articles to be published in Malacca's IKSEP Journal last night and coupled with the fact that the writing for Season 3 of IFT is back on track and my next presentation would only be on the 16th of March in Kelantan for a programme called HIKMAH 4, despite not finishing the presentation slides and profile for journal...I dropped by at SK Seri Hartamas since its just nearby the legal office and TV Studio to watch/checkout how hAnA is doing on the first day of the MSSWP Chess - Bangsar Zone Team Competition event.

Upon arrival, Arif was happy to greet me as he'd won both games.

As I'd expected, hAnA and the usual suspects i.e. Alysa(Board 3), Najwa(Board 2) and Suraya(Board 4) formed the S.K.TTDI 1 U-12 Girls Team...the same team as per the U-10 Girls event last year. 3 of them i.e. Alysa, Najwa and hAnA are classmates. Being the Team Captain, she's playing on Board 1. Today, the Team won both matches 3-1 (SJKC Choong Wen) and 3.5 - 0.5(SJK Jalan Davidson)  with hAnA contributing 2points.

This year's competition is a bit "boring" for spectators and supporters, due to the arbiter not allowing any spectators in the playing hall...they are supposed to wait at the school's canteen as even the windows were closed. Am neutral on this ruling as there are pros and cons. The pros are mainly there won't be much noise or other distractions due to the spectators/teachers being around...also more importantly, no coaching discreet or otherwise can be done by coaches. The main disadvantage is that the ruling will hinder the public participation and
subsequently prevents chess from appealing to a wider audience. Also, coaching will be a bit more difficult unless notations are made by the players.

Another important development is that this year the U-8 category for Boys and Girls is introduced.
Good step to unearth more talents...UNFORTUNATELY, non-primary school kids are not allowed to enter.










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