Rapid RESULTS
Blitz RESULTS
Event REPORT & REPORT 2
Day 1
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( Is this the "Green Goblin"? Picture: Courtesy of Chess Malaysia fb)
The kids are participating in their 1st ever FIDE-rated Rapid and Blitz event.
For hAnA this is her 5th FIDE-rated event after Nf6-Challengers, 4th Penang Heritage City-Challengers and 5th NJCC in 2012 as well as January 2013 DCC Golden Special. As a comparison, this would be the cHEss pIRATE's 4th FIDE-rated event after Penang Heritage, NJCC and DCC Golden Special.
It seemed whenever the kids are participating in FIDE-rated events their NR takes a tremendous tumble of 50-100 points in addition to their "performance" suffering a noticeable drop in terms of points secured. Normally, hAnA would be 1point ahead of Faiz...and today is no different! After 6rounds of Rapid play of 25minutes each with 10seconds increment on the first day, hAnA has 2points and luckliy the cHEss pIRATE has 1. Both lasted around 7minutes in their first round encounter against opponents with a FIDE-rating of 1976 and 1912 respectively. hAnA rebounded with a win in the next wound whilst the cHEss pIRATE's losing streak continued in the morning rounds with his maiden win happening only in the afternoon rounds.
At the end of the day, hAnA had 2 wins and 4 losses (57th out of 73) whilst the cHEss pIRATE only had 1 win to show for after 6 rounds and was in 70th place. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day for both of them.
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Day 2
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RAPID:
Things changed slightly today. Perhaps, after the pack have been shuffled yesterday both are playing against opponents of around the same strength or, level of competency.
hAnA registered a Win, Draw & a Lost today. The 1.5points secured brings her tally to 3.5points and enabled her to finish in 56th position(as well as the 2nd Best, U-12 Girls. Best U-12 Girl got 5points). The only result of note is her drawn game with a player NR 1432. I suppose her "playing range or competency level" IF you can call it that - is between 1250 - 1350. Thus far, 1st Kedah is her best point tally in a FIDE-rated event (Previous best was 3points during last year's 4th Penang Heritage City & 5th NJCC).
As for the cHEss pIRATE, he got 2 Wins and lost a game. Having said that, both wins were against player rated below him i.e. 1024 and 1154 respectively. He placed 66th overall, a much better position than his 70th position after Round 6 yesterday. Compared to other FIDE-rated events he had participated, 1st Kedah is also his best to-date in terms of points secured though no upset was recorded as per his track record in other FIDE-rated events. His previous best performance was during the 4th Penang Heritage City in 2012 with 2points.
Hopefully, this year both can get a FIDE rating so that this can be translated into cost savings for entrance fees in FIDE-rated events. As an example, for this event those who had a FIDE rating of 1800 and below pays only RM80 as opposed to RM90 for those unrated. A savings of RM10 per player....in my case its RM10 x2 @RM20. Savings or, discounts from other FIDE-rated events can be as high as RM50 per player if he is FIDE-rated as per the 4th Penang Heritage in 2012 and DCC Golden Special in 2013...in my case that will be RM100 per event which can be used to pay other expenses like food or petrol.
BLITZ:
After lunch break, an 11-round FIDE-rated blitz competition was played.
Surprises tends to happen in Blitz events.
For hAnA, it came in the 1st Round when she won against a WNM with a FIDE-rating of 1915. Further in the event, she won against another player with NR of 1405 and drew with 2 players with NR of above 1300. She finished the event at 48th.
As for the cHEss pIRATE, he managed to win against 2 higher rated players i.e. NR 1474 and 1393 respectively. He placed 51st in a field of 64players (13th from last) a much better position compared to his final position in Rapid which was 7th from last.
Having played in the event, I would suggest that one (especially adults) play by the rule book irrespective of your opponent's age. On 2 occassions I'd simply ignored rules infringement (illegal move made and fallen pieces adjusted only after the timer was pressed) due to my opponent being primary school players...which ultimately was to my detriment. As an addendum, During one of the rounds, a player engaged the cHEss pIRATE(CP) in a conversation thinking he's harmless. Everybody sitting on the same table was laughing when CP started calling him the Green Goblin....lo and behold, after a few moves he was dumbfounded when CP check-mated him. So adults, when playing blitz please be careful ESPECIALLY when playing against younger players. Otherwise, you'll find the results will be against you as the "Green Goblin" and I found out.
OVERALL
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Kudos to the organisers i.e.PERCAK as the event was well-run and games started on time.
Only incident of note was during the Rapid event when a player's hp alarm was heard.
Some suggestions to PERCAK for future events is:-
(1) Have more prizes for secondary and primary school players, perhaps the Top 3;
(2) Having a Participation and Achievement Certificate will help the students gain points for co-curricular activities;
(3) Perhaps having a category prize for IPT students as well;
(4) More prizes and category prizes for the Blitz event.
(5) Issuing receipts for payments made.
My main complaint is not against the organisers but rather service providers as the internet connectivity really "sucks"!
Note:
Expenses Incurred:-
200 - Entrance Fees
310 - T+ Hotel@3 Days
100 - Toll (J.Duta-Sg.Petani-J.Duta & Penchala Link)
200 - Petrol
300 - Food & Misc(Notation Book x2@10, Incentives@37, C@100, etc)
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1,110
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