POLGAR JUNIORS 2014 (NR), The Supposed Last Prep.B4 NAG 2014!

 ( CP Happy despite finishing 3rd on Tie-Break in U-10 category & getting a "Nothing but Useless" - Bronze. )

( hAnA, finishing 9th in U-12. Prize given by Top 100 GM Sergei Tiviakov )

( Picture courtesy of Andrew Oi )

Kids played in the NR event i.e. Polgar Juniors yesterday which was held at the same venue of the 2014 KL International Open C.C.  Event INFO & PLAYERS LIST

The event was supposed to be the last warm-up event prior to the National Age Group C.C. (NAG 2014) which was supposed to be held immediately after the 2014 KL Open i.e. 12-14 April...that was before MCF in its infinite wisdom decided to reschedule the event to 25-27 April at UNITEN Bangi (Event INFO) to coincide with Kasparov's visit to Malaysia.

( Round 6 v. Chan Kim Yew, U-12 )

hAnA played in the U-12 Open event  and finished in the Top 10 with 4 Wins and 2 Losses over 6 rounds, an improvement compared to last week's Selangor Juniors position but not necessarily in terms of opponents' strength. Last week in the Selangor Juniors they played over 7 rounds and hAnA secured 4 1/2points

( U-12 Results. hAnA finished 9th )

CP was registered to play in the U-10 event for a few reasons namely:-
(1) Did not want to "spoil" his classical game in the midst of the KL Open
(2) Prepare for NAG 2014 by playing him against tougher players as opposed to the U8 players;
(3) xxx
Had actually, wanted to register him for the U-12 event but decided not to do so as I'd assumed he'll be tired after the 1st 3rounds. On hindsight, since this was not the last event before NAG I should have just registered him for the U-12 event.

(Diajeng Theresa, CP's opponent. Also playing in KL Open & played in WYCC2013 Girls U-10)
*Picture courtesy of Blogger Andrew Oi*

(U-10 Round 6 & Final Match
v. Selangor MSSM U-12 Team Board 2 Player & WYCC 2013 U-8 Team Mate)

Had to leave early just before Round 5 to send eldest back to College. Wished I was there for the final round when the pairings were published. The IEP said that a few people watched the Round 6 match played by CP on Board 2. She was rather bemused that CP was not focused on his game and was not only looking at other boards but was also walking to other parts of the playing venue to look or search for god knows what. 

After losing to a girl i.e. Indonesian  Diajeng Theresa Singgih  (WGM Irine's sister) who was in Al-Ain for the WYCC 2013 as well but winning against Selangor's MSSM U-12 Team Board 2 player and getting the Bronze Medal (after Tie-Break, 2nd & 3rd had the same points) - " Do You Think Bronze Medal Is Nothing But Useless, CP?"
(CP's Words of Wisdom - Read BlogPOST http://amfachess177.blogspot.com/2014/04/nothing-but-useless-cps-words-of-wisdom.html

(Prize Winners with Top 100 GM i.e. GM Sergei Tiviakov)