CHAMPION U-7 Age Group - 2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open 2013: AMIR FAIZ b. AMIRUL

CONGRATULATIONS to Amir Faiz bin Amirul aka The self-proclaimed cHEss pIRATE (Read HERE) for adding a second title to his name I.e. 2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open 2013 - CHAMPION, U-7 Age Group Category. He won his first title last year in the 2012 Malaysia Day Chess Challenge organised by Polgar Chess Academy in Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur (2012 Malaysia Day Challenge Event REPORT & REPORT 2). Well, actually this should have been his 3rd title BUT...Read HERE !

For the record, there were 27 players competing in the U-7 Age Group event held at The Summit shopping complex in Subang Jaya. However, the numbers whittled down to 24 players after 3 rounds of play.
Organiser's U-7 Event REPORT
I suppose the main differences between the 2nd title and the maiden title won by CP is that the 2nd title was won in a National-rated event with 100% record.

Never leaving Board 1 and with 6 Straight Wins, his Performance during the event was almost perfect IF not for the one illegal move he'd made whilst playing Megat Imran in Round 4.
CP's opponents, as per SMS received:-

R1: B1, W. v. Lakshman Kumaraguru (UR). WON, 3 Illegal Moves in 5minutes.
R2: B1, B. v. Nicholas Khow ((UR). WON, 3 Illegal Moves.
R3: B1, W. v. Wong Xin Yi-G (UR). WON, Checkmate.
R4: B1, B. v. Megat Imran (867, 5th Seed). WON, Checkmate.
R5: B1, W. v. Iskandar Haikal (1149, 4pts-3rd Seed). WON, Opponent Surrendered in around 5mins - CP Q promotion.
R6: B1, B. v. Asia Moo-G (1230, 4pts-2nd Seed). WON, C'mate.

6 Wins (100%)
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2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open 2013, 1st Event for hAnA AFTER 71-Days Lay-Off!

Event INFO
Players' LIST: U-12 & U-7

FINAL UPDATE:

hAnA
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hAnA finished 10th in the U-12 Age Group (I.e. with 4 WINS & 2 Losses) out of 50 Participants.
Organiser's REPORT

After a 71days lay-off from competitive chess, hAnA gave a credible performance. My earlier assessment was that 50% would be a decent performance in lieu of the lay-off period and fortunately she played as per rankings and finished on 67%.
She defeated a higher rated player with a difference of 184 points but at the same time lost to a lower rated player with a difference of 152 rating points. Both players she'd lost to finished ahead of her i.e. at 3rd(Evan Loo) & 9th(Ryan Tey) respectively. In essence, she'd played true to rankings i.e. hAnA was seeded 10th and finished on 10th place as well!

She received an Achievement Certificate and RM20 in cash which brought her 2013 earnings to RM370 (20+25+25+250+30+20).
Well Done hAnA. Hopefully, your interest to play competitive chess is back for good!

cHEss pIRATE
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Amir Faiz Amirul aka The cHEss pIRATE,IF not for the one illegal move he made whilst playing Megat Imran had an almost Perfect competition and ended with a 100% record from 6 Straight Wins and in the process emerged Champion in the U-7 Age Group category. The category had 27 players competing initially but later whittled down to 24 players.
Organiser's REPORT

Though he was coming back from a 60 days lay-off, his decision to enter yesterday's U-12 category in the 3rd MBPJ Open 2013 paid-off as he never left Board 1. 3rd MBPJ Open 2013 REPORT. Am sure he'll claim the agreed upon toy(Planes&Trucks) reward soon enough!

Accounts
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20 Prize@hAnA. No Prize Money for U-7.
(less 30) Entrance Fees@2pax
-10 GL
(less 50) Food & Travelling
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-60 NL BUT, 2nd Title for FAIZ...PRICEless!
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1st SMS Update from IEP@1118hrs. She seemed to be getting better/detailed w her updates.
2nd SMS @1140h
3rd SMS @1232h
4th SMS @1303h
5th SMS @1352h
1stCALL @1411h
2ndCALL @1529h
6th SMS @1550h
7th SMS @1605h
8th SMS @1613h
9th SMS @1656h
10thSMS @1710h

hAnA @4W-2L(67%)
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R1: B10, B. v. Jishnu Ravi (1086, 35th Seed). WON.
R2: W. v. Wong Chun Yung (1229, 23rd Seed). WON, opponent Resigned due to Time constraint I.e. 3seconds remaining against hAnA's 16mins.
R3: B3, B. v. Emir Rusyaidi (1597, 3rd Seed). WON, opponent Resigned.
R4: B2, W. v. Evan Loo (1593 @3pts-4th Seed). Lost
R5: B7, B. v. Ryan Tey (1261, 16th Seed). Lost
R6: B7, W. v. Joel Prassanth (1174 @3pts-27th Seed). WON, 3 Illegal Moves.


CP @6 Wins (100%)
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R1: B1, W. v. Lakshman Kumaraguru (UR). WON, 3 Illegal Moves in 5minutes.
R2: B1, B. v. Nicholas Khow ((UR). WON, 3 Illegal Moves.
R3: B1, W. v. Wong Xin Yi-G (UR). WON, Checkmate.
R4: B1, B. v. Megat Imran (867, 5th Seed). WON, Checkmate.
R5: B1, W. v. Iskandar Haikal (1149, 4pts-3rd Seed). WON, Opponent Surrendered in around 5mins - CP Q promotion.
R6: B1, B. v. Asia Moo (1230, 4pts-2nd Seed). WON, C'mate.

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This would be the first competition for hAnA after laying-off chess for 71days. So am just hoping for a "decent" performance from her in lieu of any pratice done recently! "Decent" for me from hAnA would be a 50% and above final results.

As for the cHEss pIRATE though its his first weekend in action after laying-off for 60days, theoretically he'd a rehearsal of sorts when he participated in the 3rd MBPJ Open, U-12 category yesterday.
Last year, he'd participated in the same event albeit a different category and finished 35th out of 61 players in the U-10 category. 1st THE SUMMIT Open 2012 RESULTS.
1st SUMMIT Open 2012 REPORT. This was also the event where he gave his first TV Interview...by virtue of being the Youngest Player in the event, REPORT

An added bonus is the fact that the Islamic Estate Planner will be bringing both of them as I've matters to attend to in KL & PJ.

1st Competition after 2 Months Lay-Off: 3rd MBPJ Open & 2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open, Registered!

2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open: 1st Update
U-12(hAnA) Participants' Name LIST @50pax
U-7 (the cHEss pIRATE) Participants' Name LIST @28pax


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It has been around 2 months since hAnA and the cHEss pIRATE participated in ANY chess competition.
Today, I'd made a payment of RM30 for both of them to participate in the 2nd The Summit Juniors Open next Sunday I.e. 30th June. I'd also registered via SMS for the cHEss pIRATE to take part in the 3rd MBPJ Open. They had both taken part in the same 2 competitions last year. (22/6: Correction - Faiz took part in both competitions whilst hAnA only participated in the MBPJ Open as she was playing in the FIDE-rated Nf6 Challenger at TTDI 2nd MBPJ 2012 Results & 1st The Summit 2012 Results. hAnA's Nf6 Challenger )

WHY the long lay-off from competitive chess? 2 main reasons,the kids were concentrating on their respective examinations I.e. Primary, KAFA & OUM and Umrah preparations including the actual Umrah where we'd an awesome 12days in the holy land.

To RECALL - for hAnA, her last event was the UM Open aka Piala Tun Syed Zahiruddin on Saturday, April 20th ( GE13 Nomination Day ) where she finished 2nd ( HERE ).
The 2nd Smart Kids Chess competition held at Duta Vista-KL on Labour Day 1st May where the cHEss pIRATE finished 4th was the last competitive event for the Him ( HERE ).

In entering them for the competitions next weekend, I did not pressure them into entering any competition but had only informed them of the various competitions being advertised on the net. Last week both of them asked - " Ayah, when are we going to enter the next event? Dah lama tak masuk! " To which I replied - " it's up to you all when you want to participate. There's no compulsion for you all to take part!"

After a 2-month layoff I.e. 70days@hAnA & 60days@The cHEss pIRATE respectively, am just hoping that they'll do alright...WE SHALL SEE in a week's time, I suppose!!!



Note:
Since coming back, there were 3 Report Card collection for hAnA & 1 for the CP.

After the "disaster" (by hAnA standards) of not being in the Top 3 in her Aliran previously, she seemed to be making a comeback by placing 2nd when I collected her Report Card today. She'd also performed extremely well for her OUM Certificate in Financial Literacy (...which caused her to miss the 40th Selangor Open. HERE & HERE2 )and it was also announced during her CFL graduation ceremony that of all papers she had scored 100% for the most difficult paper I.e. Paper 3. Having said that she needs to start focussing for her UPKK and as such attend Saturday KAFA classes on a more regular basis.



The cHEss pIRATE on the other hand had only his KAFA exams to sit for and did well save for Feqah where he got a B(79). I was rather annoyed when I found out that he'd actually finished Muqadam and could have finished reciting at least the first Juzuk(Juz 1) by now but took things easy as he wanted to wait for his other friends who are in Iqra4-6 to finish so that he can recite Al-Baqarah together with them. After hearing the comments from KAFA's Principal i.e. Ustazah Azizah and having seen him read the Quran (w/o being asked to do so) at Hudaibiah mosque, Masjidil Haram & Nabawi Mosque...at times reciting just a few verses before returning and taking another Quran to read - I told Ustazah Azizah that the next target for Faiz is for him to khatam Quran when he's 7yrs stating; IF Imam Syafie can memorise the Quran when he's 7yrs old, Faiz should at least try to khatam by that age! She agreed and I decided to send the CP for additional recitation classes at KAFA on Saturday morning on top of Ustaz Zakaria coming over twice weekly on Tuesdays & Saturdays to teach them recitation.