Catur Terbuka Piala Tun Syed Zahiruddin (UM Open 2013) - Best Combo Results

RESULTS

Event INFO

After 6 Rounds, hAnA finished 2nd on 5points whilst the cHEss pIRATE(CP) finished 4th on 4points.
( Note: After checking, this is hAnA's third Silver medal for the year after KL's Bangsar Zone & MSSKL Juniors. Including 1st Kedah Rapid U-12, its her 4th 2nd placing for 2013).
The results are the best "combo" results in a tournament when both are competing in the same category. Previous best was....emmmm.... PCA's Merdeka Day Challenge 2012, I suppose.

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Had made the assumption that UM's 9th College is located within the main campus. How wrong I was.
It's located slightly off-campus i.e. left turning before the petrol station and near INCEIF / ISRA.

As per NAG 2013 @UTP Tronoh, the event started with the playing of UM's song.
Despite being a UM-alumni....Twice Over....the song sounds new/strange to me as well. I guess I was never around during orientation...WaQAQA!

Had to do my media work to cover nomination day which was just nice as UM is located smack in the middle of the nomination centres for the Parliamentary constituencies of P.117:Segambut(Bkt.Damansara) where incumbent DAP MP Lim Lip Eng will take on a lady lawyer from BN and P.121:Lembah Pantai(Bangsar) where incumbent Nurul Izzah Anwar from Keadilan will take on BN Caretaker Minister for FT and Urban Well-Being Dato' Raja Nong Chik and an independent candidate. Had to leave the kids and came back just in time prior to the start of Round 2 which was around 11.30-12noon.


Both won the first 2 rounds and lost the round before lunch. hAnA miscalculated whilst the cHEss pIRATE lost because of.... for want of a better word - arrogant or being too cocky i.e. telling his opponent where he's going to move next in his game.
When asked - "Kenapa Faiz buat macam tu?"
CP's reply - " Faiz nak bagi dia kalah. Faiz ingat dia boo boo chicken & tak tahu main! ".
(Aaargh, Told CP - I'm sure if an opponent has 2points from 2 games, he/she knows how to play a bit!)
Stephen my boss when I was in a financial institution once told me - "...you learn more from 1 bad loan then 10 or, 100 good loans!". I hope the CP learns from this "cocky start"...a fact that I will use repeatedly in the forseeable future to remind him.


CP seemed to be happy "constructing and demolishing" some bricks/stones and trying to saw off pillars and benches though how he managed to get hold of a saw still perplexes me. I need to make a mental note of this...he performs better when left to his own devices and not running around.


Going into the 6th and final round,hAnA would be playing on the 2nd Board against Haibatul Hanan and lo behold the draw indicated that the cHEss pIRATE would be playing on top board against undefeated and top-ranked Puteri Munajjah who's twice his age...his 2nd Top Board finish after December's Insofar in Shah Alam (Report HERE )


Personally, would prefer hAnA to play Puteri whilst CP takes on HH but I suppose that's the "luck of the draw/pairing". Knowing that it'll be a lost cause, The only chance would be to slow down his game and make him think a bit by asking him to record his move and only "free-play" if he has 5minutes left. Fortunately (or, unfortunately....the jury is still out) CP has a mind of his own. He was doing reasonably OK with even pieces i.e. 2rooks and a Knight against PM's 2rooks and a bishop whilst recording his moves. However, once he'd stopped recording he blundered his knight to a rook defense and was on the defensive till the end.


Overall, it was a Value for Money event NOT because the kids won monetary prizes BUT for an entrance fee of RM15 each they got not only a Chicken Rice+Syrup lunch but also Kuih(Curry Puffs&Kuih Gulung)+Tea in the afternoon. There were also ample chairs and tables for those waiting, a co-op shop near the venue and surau was air-cond.

hAnA got a medal, cert and RM50 bringing her 2013 earnings to RM400. The cHEss pIRATE got RM30, bringing his 2013 earnings to RM50 but still questioned how come he did not get a medal!.....eeeergh, Son you were too cocky and lost!