VACANCY IN MCF! Can Anybody Verify?

Apparently, there's 3 vacant posts in MCF!!!
.......Deputy President, Secretary and Treasurer.

Can anybody verify this? Also wondering when is the date for the next MCF elections!?

@KYS for F1 Entrance Examination.

KYS or Kolej Yayasan Saad have a few students representing Melaka in chess whom I met in this year's MSSM in Kuching. One of the reason for hAnA applying to KYS.

In response to a query by one of the parent during Q&A Session, KYS informed that they'd received around 1,500 applications(it was more than 2k when eldest applied in 2010)...of which only 800 were called for the entrance examination. Out of the 800 who sat for the examinations today only 250 would be selected for the RBS or Residence Based Selection in November...of which only 100 students will be selected. The 100 is further divided into 2 categories i.e. scholarship students (AXIATA, Khazanah & Maxis) and self-sponsored students who'll be paying RM189,000 each in total if they study in KYS until Form 5..

Caught up with A-Level friends and a chess father i.e. Mr.Salleh @Gilocatur who went together to Macau for the 15th ASEAN+ Age Group.

All the Best to students who sat for the KYS Entrance Exams today.

1st Time Playing BADMINTON Singles.

For whatever reason, his coach asked him to play singles during the 2-hours badminton training today.

CP played 5 sets and was totally exhausted when he reached home just before Maghrib.

1st PUTERI PANDAN Juniors 2014 - Results

Event INFO

The inaugural event was held in S.K. Puteri Pandan 2 located at Jalan Perwira concurrently with the "Hari Karnival Sekolah".

Its the first time I've been to the school and if not for the tournament would not have realised the school existed even though I've passed by the main road numerous times to either visit my brother, meet up with the company secretary or visit suppliers.


U12 Boys

                                            PTS      TB1       TB2
1  Tan Yong Hau                4.5pts   13.5        11.75
2   AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL     4.0        18.0        13.50
3  Chong Bok Siang            4.0        13.5         9.50
4 Timothy Chin                   3.5        14.0         7.75
5 Megat Zaid                       3.0        14.5         6.50
6 Megat Imran                     3.0        13.0        7.00
7 Chai Chang Yik                3.0       12.0         4.50
8 Umar Shamsuddin           3.0         9.0         3.00
9 Lim Yern Sern                  2.0       16.5         4.50
10 Chong Bok Siong           2.0        13.0        2.50
11 Preteeb Kumar
12 Raphael Michael Azman
13 Saad Shamsuddin
14 Muhd Aisy Hakimi
15 Muhd Akid Hilman

U12 Girls

1 Oh Wei Na.           4.5           15.5
2 Mardhiah.              4.0           12.0
3 Umie Maisarah.     3.0           15.5
4 Alea Sabreena.      3.0           13.5
5 Nur Syahirah.        3:0           12.5
6 Nur Aliah              2.5            13.5
7 Nurin                     2.5           11.5
8 A. Balqis               2.5             9.5
9 Nur Diana             2.5             8.0
10 Shinma Khan      1.5           12.5
11 Nur Aina R.        1.0          

TQ to Cikgu Sofi for the kind invitation.
Hopefully, there'll be a 2nd Puteri Pandan Juniors in 2015.

1st PUTERI PANDAN Juniors Chess Tournament - Sat.27/9

Received SMS from one of the KL chess teachers involved in this year's MSSKL & MSSM.

There will be a competition at his school this coming Saturday organised by the school's PTA.
There will be 2 categories i.e. U-12 Boys & U-12 Girls.

6 rounds of 20 minutes each player  will be played and what is different from normal events is that the organisers estimate that prize-giving will be at 2.30PM. Am non-committal for this event as there's supposed to be an entrance examination for entry into Form 1 to be taken by hAnA but due to the UPSR leaks, nothing is confirmed yet.

Brief Details of the Competition:-
Date:    Saturday, 27th September 2014
Venue: S.K. Puteri Pandan 2, Jalan Perwira, 55100 W.P. Kuala Lumpur
Fees:    RM30.
Prizes: 1st - 5th.    Cash Prize + Medal + Certificate
            6th - 10th. Medal + Certificate

Call Cikgu Sofi at 019 - 3636 293 to register / further enquiries..

Performance Comparison - MCF Chess Challenge (2013 v. 2014)

2013 8th AMBank Results v. 2014 Bukit Kiara Results


                    2013                                     2014                                  CHANGE

POINTS:     2.5                                       4.0                                       + 1.5 Points
RANK  :      99/103                                89/122                                  - 10  Position
PERCENT:  96%                                    73%                                     - 23% Percentile
RATINGS:  NR(FIDE)/1353(NR)         1472(FIDE)/1517(NR)       + 164(NR)

The 9th Malaysia Chess Challenge 2014 have just been concluded.
Overall, my first impression is that CP had a "so - so" or, dismal performance. The only results of note are his 2 draws against opponents who had beaten him previously i.e. last year's 8th AMBank Challenge and this year's 41st Selangor Open.

However, after comparing against last year's results he had shown all round improvements from points secured, ranking/position and percentile finish. Hopefully, next year a 50% record can be delivered.

20th KEPONG JUNIORS & Inaugural KTJ Chess Tournament 2014, Paid!

Event INFO 1st KTJ Chess Tournament.
Event INFO 20th KEPONG Juniors

Despite the deal made with CP during the 10th ASCC in Taiwan where he can opt not to play until year end if certain KPIs are met, managed to persuade CP to take part in 2 competitions where there are U8 events offered either solely or as part of a bigger group.

The KTJ event though far away in Mantin, NS is more of a recce mission rather than competition proper. Kepong Juniors will be his 2nd participation after 2012 and having to miss last year's event due to unavailability of slots.