a CALL for the CP came YESTERDAY!!!

Yesterday, whilst preparing for Episode 2 of "TO THE POINT" programme shoot at Capital TV, I noticed a missed call.

When I'd returned the call, I was Informed by a MCF official that a place is available for the CP's participation as an 'official' player from Malaysia in the 9th ASIAN SCHOOLS Chess Championship 2013 to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 29 August to 6 September 2013. Was informed that his recent form is the reason for the call-up! ( Read HERE ).

I informed the MCF rep. that I'll need a day to discuss with the Islamic Estate Planner as to whether arrangements can be made before reverting back with a decision.

Hopefully, matters can fall into place as per request / planned.

Event INFO

AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL, CHAMPION U-12 Category: 1st SStwo Mall Chess Championship 2013

( Trophy Received from Complex Manager )

Event INFO

CONGRATULATIONS to Amir Faiz bin Amirul aka The self-proclaimed cHEss pIRATE (Read HERE) for adding a THIRD title to his name I.e. SStwo MALL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - CHAMPION, U-12 Age Group Category. In a round robin event, He won all 6 Games and finished the event with a Perfect Score of 6 Wins. Coming from the 3rd MBPJ Open on 29th June where he won the last 2 games and 2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open held on 30th June where he won all 6 games, he's currently on a 14-games winning streak.

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). A second title was earned in another shopping mall, 3 weeks back i.e. at the 2nd THE SUMMIT JUNIORS Open 2013, U-7 category (Report HERE).

Well, actually this should have been his 4th title BUT...Read HERE & HERE2!

CONGRATULATIONS Amir Faiz @ The cHEss pIRATE...May Your 14-Games Winning Streak Continues, InsyALLAH.

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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AMfa Family, 2012 Chess Report

Note: Post will be updated when more info are retrieved.

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All in, 2012 have been a steep learning curve for me and members of the family.
Ever since hAnA was selected to be part of the KL U-12 Team, by default the Family and I got more involved and interested in chess activities.

ACHIEVEMENTS
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hAnA seemed to be the one with the achievements to-date.
She was selected to be in the S.K.Taman Tun Dr.Ismail (1) Team for the MSSWP Bangsar Zone and also made the Bangsar zone team to the MSSWP Finals.
Apart from being named as a team member for the Young and what can be considered experimental KL U-12 Girls Team, she also did good in a few events. The events where she did relatively well were namely the MSSWP KL Bangsar Zone finals(5th out of 37 in the Girls U-10 Category), MSSWP KL State level final(4th in the Girls U-10 category), 2nd SK Seri Hartamas Age Group (Tied for 1st on Points, 3rd after Tie-Breaker) and December's 4th Penang Heritage City International - Challenger Section where she got Bronze in the Girls U-10 category.

After finishing with 2.5points and placing 18th out of a field of 22 in his maiden competition i.e. the National Age Group held at Wisma OCM in March 2012, the cHEss pIRATE seemed to have made steady progress. He has 1 title to his name I.e. The U-7 Champion for the Polgar Chess Academy (PCA) Malaysia Day Challenge. IF not for the fact that prizes are given for the better achievement, He would have had a second title to his name i.e. The U-7 Champion for the PCA May Day Challenge (He was placed 6th in the U-9 category with 4points whilst the U-7 Champion got 3 points and placed 15th). Though competing in a weak field, he ended his last round for 2012 by playing on top board for the first time ever in the Insofar Scholarship December event in Shah Alam and got a prize for the best U-7 player and NR U-1500 category.

The eldest sister who started the ball rolling by attending a workshop on chess after UPSR 2010 seemed to have stagnated...though through no fault of her own. Like any other schools, chess is not a priority sport or popular activity. Despite no attention given to chess, she still managed to be selected and represented TKC in the MSSNS - Seremban 1 Zone U-15 Girls competition held in April 2012. Though 'hibernating' for 8months, Amira Fathina ended the year placed 8th in the Insofar Scholarship December event.

As for myself, after the kids(especially hAnA) said that I only know how to comment and criticize without ever understanding what it takes to be in a competition...I registered myself for the MBPJ Open in June and got a NR of 1383 for taking part in that 1 competition. So I suppose, hAnA will keep quiet until her NR catches up with me.

PARTCIPATION
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The kids especially hAnA and The cHEss pIRATE took part in more than 15competitions (including at least 5 or 3 classical tournaments, respectively) and one blitz event. Amira Fathina only took part in 4 events, with a gap of 8months between the 3rd event(MSSNS Seremban 1 Zone in April) and the 4th competition(Insofar December Scholarship) event.


The breakdown of events and games played are as follows:-
hAnA
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- NO.of EVENTS Participated
(A) FIDE-Rated - 3 (Nf6, 4th Penang Heritage City & 5th NJCC)
(B) Classical - 7 (NAG, MSSKL Bangsar Zone, MSSKL State Final & MSSM KT + 3 FIDE-rated)

(C) Rapid (RATED) - 6 (4th KL Scholastic, MBPJ, CAS Selangor Juniors, 18th Kepong, 1st Summit & Insofar December)
(D) Rapid ( NOT Rated ) - 7 (PCA May Day, PCA Merdeka Day, PCA Malaysia Day, Insofar Shah Alam Age Group, Sahabat Pintar, 2nd SK Seri Hartamas & RSC Juniors )
(E) TOTAL Rapid - 13

(F) Blitz ( NOT Rated ) - 1
(G) TOTAL EVENTS Entered = 21

- GAMES Played
(A) FIDE-rated - 26 Games
(B) CLassical - 40 Games + MSSWP Bangsar Zone@5games & MSSWP KL State @7games
( NAG@8 + MSSM KT@6 + FIDE@26 + MSSWP-Bangsar@5 & MSSWP-KL Finals@7 )

(C) Rapid - 1xx Games
(D) Blitz - 8 Games

TOTAL GAMES Played = 60 Games + 1xx Games in Rapid Events

The cHEss pIRATE
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- NO.of EVENTS Participated
(A) FIDE-Rated - 2 ( 4th Penang Heritage City-Challenger & 5th NJCC 2012 )
(B) Classical - 3 (NAG,U-8 Boys + 2 FIDE-rated)

(C) RAPID
I - (Rated) - 7 (4th KL Scholastic, MBPJ, CAS Selangor Juniors, Swensen, 18th Kepong, 1st Summit & Insofar December)
II - ( NOT Rated ) - 6 (PCA May Day Challenge , PCA Merdeka Day, PCA Malaysia Day, Insofar Shah Alam Age Group, 2nd SK Seri Hartamas& RSC Juniors )
(E) TOTAL Rapid - 13

(F) Blitz ( NOT Rated ) - 1
(G) TOTAL EVENTS Entered = 17

- GAMES Played
(A) FIDE-rated - 18 Games
(B) CLassical - 25 (FIDE Events + NAG@7)
(C) Rapid - xx
(D) Blitz - 8

TOTAL GAMES Played = 33 Games + xx Games in RAPID Events


On closer analysis, the number of days spent in competition are as follows:-
(1) 7days - Amira Fathina. PCA, NAG & MSSNS-Seremban Zone & Insofar
(2) 2months - hAnA.
(3) 6weeks - The cHEss pIRATE

From a non-existent National Rating(NR) of 0 as at end of 2011, the kids have improved their NR ratings at the end of 2012 (based on the latest NR released in October 2012).
(1) +1077, Amira Fathina
(2) +1264, Amira Farhana @ hAnA
(3) +1157, Amir Faiz @ The cHEss pIRATE

hAnA and the cHEss pIRATE have obtained their own FIDE ID Number.

hAnA
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hAnA's FIDE ID No is 5714494 and she took part in 3 FIDE-rated events towards the end of 2012 namely November's Nf6 Junior Chess Challenge in TTDI-KL, 4th Penang Heritage City International Chess Event - Challenger Section where we travelled to Penang and the 5th National Juniors Chess Championship (NJCC 2012)from 18-22 December. All in she had played against 7 FIDE-rated players I.e 4 in Nf6, 1 in Penang Heritage & 2 in NJCC 2012. Unfortunately, she had not scored any points against any of the FIDE-rated players, only points recorded against players with FIDE ID.

Based on the Ratings calculator available at FIDE's website i.e. FIDE Chess Ratings Calculator her FIDE rating is 943.

The cHEss pIRATE
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The cHEss pIRATE participated in 2 FIDE-rated events I.e. the 4th Penang Heritage City International and 5th NJCC 2012 and ONLY played against 1 FIDE-rated player where no point was secured. His FIDE ID number is 5714729.

Based on the FIDE Ratings Calculator, his FIDE rating is 940.

Expenses incurred are estimated at RM xxxx.xx.
The Estimated Breakdown are as follows :-
1,224.00 - Entrance Fees ( xx Events ) *Refer Note 1
Xxx.xx - Training & Coaching (incl. Chess Books, Record Book) *Refer Note 2
xxx.xx - CHESS ITEMS (Chess Board/Pieces, Timer etc)
Xxx.xx - TRAVELLING (Petrol, Toll & Parking)
Xxx.xx - ACCOMMODATION (KT & Penang)
Xxx.xx - OTHERS (Celebrations, Stationery, Phone etc)
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Note 1: ENTRANCE FEES
120 - NAG @3pax
60 - PCA May Day @2pax
40 - 4th KL Scholastic @2pax
MBPJ @3pax
CAS Selangor Juniors Open @2pax**
PTS Pintar
40 - Shah Alam Age Group @2pax
30 - Swensen @AF3
60 - PCA Merdeka Day @2pax
60 - PCA Malaysia Day @2pax
2nd SK Seri Hartamas @2pax
50 - 18th Kepong
60 - RSC Juniors
24 - 1st Summit
50 - Nf6 Juniors @AF2
400 - 4th Penang Heritage @2pax
200 - NJCC 2012 @2pax
30 - Blitz @ 2pax
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1,224
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Note 2: TRAINING
1,xxx - PCA Classes
xxx - PCA Coaching
xx - Books
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xxxxxxx
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Note 3: CHESS ITEMS
xxx - Chess Set
xxx - Chess Pieces
2xx - DGT Timer
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xxxxxxx
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Note 4: TRAVELLING
xxx - Local Competitions (KL, Sri Hartamas, TTDI, Kepong, PJ & Shah Alam)
xxx - KL Centralised Training
KT
Penang

Note 5: ACCOMMODATION
KT
Penang

Note 6: OTHERS

***** the "CHESS PiRATE" *****

Today, whilst visiting his eldest sister in Seremban, N9 - Amir Faiz put on a Paper Hat made from his Chess puzzle and shaped like a Pirate's headgear and declared himself as a "CHESS PiRATE".

WaQAQA....... "CHESS PiRATE" Amir Faiz, So be it!
( CHESS PiRATE, get your opponents to "Walk the Plank!" ).