1st DCC YOUNG TALENT AGE GROUP, cHEss pIRATE is ON BOARD!

UPDATE 1 @ 10/03
R1: Bd.10, B. WON
R2: Bd.2, W. lost
R3: Bd.4, B. v. Amier Arif, lost
LUNCH BREAK
R4: Bd.5, B v. Adib, WON
R5: Bd.4, v. Arif, lost
R6: ??? No Idea. Conflicting Reports.

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In 2012 there were not many Junior events I.e. U-7, U-8 or, U-9 competitions.
The only events that comes to mind is the one organised by Polgar@Sri Hartamas(U-7) (Read MAY DAY CHALLENGE, MERDEKA CHALlENGE & MALAYSIA DAY CHALLENGE - Note:BH19 not 9 )and to a lesser extent Insofar Scholarship (organised as part of a bigger event but with prizes for U-5 & U-7, if I recall correctly)
The top Junior event for 2012 would have to be the 3rd Swensen Rapid Open which attracted participants from other countries such as India, Iran and Singapore...and where the cHEss pIRATE finished 23rd out of 46 participants, Read HERE.

Hence, DCC should be applauded for organising such an event for the U-8 & U-10 category.
It seemed from a dearth of events in 2012, junior events seems to be mushrooming starting with the U-8 event organised by the Chess Association of Selangor(CAS) for the 24th Selangor Juniors Open on 3/3, MSSKL Juniors Open U-9 by MSSKL on the very same day I.e.3/3, DCC Young Talent Age Group on 10/3 and also on the same day an event called "1st Smart Kids Chess Tournament" organised by Creanovative Minds/MSSKL and held at Duta Vista Suite-KL.
As at this moment in time "the mother of all U-8 Competitions" would have to be the recently concluded MSSWP KL Zonal and State Finals for both Boys and Girls which just concluded last Friday at SK.Desa Tun Hussein Onn where prizes were given away by MP & former Minister Zulhasnan Rafique.

Am hoping there'll be more junior events organised in the coming months...at least once a month if not more, in the off-season.