KL AGE GROUP Competition, U-15 & U-11 (FIDE-Rated) on 20th April

During the KL Juniors Prize-giving ceremony today it was announced that a FIDE-rated KL Age Group competition will be held on 20th April 2014 at the same venue where the KL Juniors was just held.

The competition is part of the initiative by Pejabat Pelajaran Negeri to create a KL circuit along with the Piala Pengarah & KL Juniors and further propel chess as one of KL's 5 core games.

The event will be in Rapid format and Announced categories are U-15 and U-11.

Reserve the Date, IF interested.

DATCC Golden Special, FIDE-rated

UPDATE 2@24/01
Tournament Starting List & Results Update, HERE

hAnA
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R7:
R6:
R5:
R4:
R3:W v. Mohd Haizal Jamaluddin (NR 1599). lost, despite having a 30-minutes time advantage.
R2:B v. Chan Mun Fye (FIDE 1742). lost, tough play though a pawn down right up to Queen blunder.
R1:W v. Shereyas Subramaniam (FIDE 1747). lost

( The cHEss pIRATE Playing against his highest ever FIDE-rated opponent thus far i.e. Jax Tham, 2000+ FIDE rating )

CP
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R9:
R8:
R7:
R6:
R5:
R4:
R3:B v. Yee Jian Yang (FIDE 1768). lost
R2:W v. Lim Ming Kang (FIDE 1583). lost
R1:B v. Nor Zaiasron Yahaya (FIDE 1743). lost, Queen blunder(didn't see it coming)
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Round 2: Delayed by traffic and turned-up almost 10 minutes late.
hAnA was putting up a good fight against the higher-ranked veteran though a pawn down. In her eagerness to checkmate, blundered the Queen.
CP surrendered when nothing was left in the game and facing opponents numerical pawn advancement.

Round 1 was all over in 30minutes. As usual the CP finished early.

Blog Reports on event, HERE, HERE2 & HERE3

UPDATE 1@22/01

Latest Players List, HERE

19 Players have confirmed participation.
Initially, was hoping for a "weaker" field so that both kids do not become a "punching bag". However, with NAG 2013 around the corner, this event would serve as a good prior "warm-up".
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Registered hAnA and The cHEss pIRATE for the DTCC Golden Special event taking place 24-28 Jan.2013 via email to NW yesterday. List of Players, HERE.

If all goes according to plan, this would be the 1st FIDE-rated event for 2013 and 2nd competition after the RSC Selangor Juniors Open on Sunday, 20th January 2013 at Kiara.
Should be a good warm-up for the kids prior to NAG 2013 at UTP, Tronoh - Perak.
At the same time, will be keeping an eye on the Players List before deciding whether Faiz should actually be taking part or not in the DTCC Golden Special as I do not want him to be a punching bag.

At the same time, I am getting bored of baby-sitting duties during competitions. Hence, was seriously considering taking part in this event myself. Alas, an event in Lumut, Perak on the 27th called HIKMAH 3 will only see me being able to play 4...or, 5 rounds at most.