Chess Below The Wind

Mohd Sazlee Hidayatullah Won Aizek

2012-02-02T00:49:00.000+08:00

Azrul Rabbani , Mohd Sazlee Hidayatullah and Irfan Syahmi at the Sabah Junior Chess Championship last year.

I saw one familiar name who plays at the Terengganu Aizek Back To School Open. Sazlee won the U18 category, Irfan 8th and Azrul 14th. This three promising juniors will play at the team event held at KK on 5th February. Anyway congrats!

Nc2012 Sabah Chess Blitz - Final Rank

2012-01-29T21:10:00.000+08:00

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Sahim	MAS	1967	5.0	21.0	14.5	17.00
2	Noh Anuk	MAS	1580	4.5	17.5	12.5	10.75
3	Mohd Jan	MAS	1519	4.0	22.5	14.5	14.50
4	NM Kamal	MAS	2177	3.5	23.0	15.0	12.75
5	Al Kamil	MAS	1918	3.5	17.5	12.5	6.75
6	Wahab	MAS	1834	3.5	16.0	11.0	5.75
7	Sulaiman	MAS	0	3.0	19.0	12.5	7.00
8	Awang Yusuf	MAS	1436	3.0	18.0	12.0	7.50
9	Ali Akbar	MAS	0	2.0	16.5	11.5	2.00
10	Saraggan	MAS	0	2.0	14.0	10.5	2.00
11	Hosdi	MAS	0	2.0	13.5	10.0	2.00
12	Akmal Adam	MAS	1669	0.0	17.5	11.0	0.00

NC2012 Sabah Chess Selection - Final Rank

2012-01-29T21:02:00.003+08:00

Final Ranking after 7 Rounds

Rk.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Masrin Erowan	MAS	1712	7.0	32.0	32.00	28.0
2	Mohd Kamal Abdullah	MAS	1974	6.0	28.5	23.50	23.0
3	Sulaiman Jamal	MAS	0	5.5	29.5	20.00	22.5
4	Abdul Sahim Wising	MAS	1815	5.0	32.5	19.50	25.0
5	Ali Akbar Nadzrif	MAS	0	5.0	32.5	19.50	20.0
6	Mohd Noh Anuk	MAS	1580	5.0	32.0	20.00	24.0
7	Zulfikar Zulkifli	MAS	1612	5.0	31.0	20.00	22.0
8	Al Kamil B. Kamin	MAS	1835	5.0	30.0	20.25	20.5
9	Shahrin Abdullah	MAS	1582	5.0	30.0	19.75	21.0
10	Rozan Bakrin	MAS	0	5.0	29.5	20.00	19.0
11	Akmal Adam Kamarudin	MAS	1669	5.0	28.0	19.00	19.0
12	Saraggan Amir	MAS	1548	5.0	25.0	16.00	18.0
13	Charles Lucas	MAS	1608	4.5	34.0	19.00	22.0
14	Mahathir B. Nordin	MAS	0	4.0	30.5	15.50	18.0
15	Emmily Jennievie Roipin U18	MAS	0	4.0	29.0	14.00	17.0
16	Lee Vui Min	MAS	0	4.0	28.5	14.75	17.0
17	Hosdi Soupin	MAS	0	4.0	28.0	13.50	18.0
18	Mohd Aksah Manan	MAS	0	4.0	27.0	12.00	16.0
19	Yassir Apul	MAS	0	4.0	25.0	11.50	17.0
20	Mohd Jan Jaraidi	MAS	1519	4.0	24.5	11.50	15.0
21	Lee Tze Jim	MAS	0	4.0	24.5	9.00	14.0
22	Sean Yapp Yihong U18	MAS	0	4.0	24.0	11.75	17.0
23	Awang Mohd Syafiq U18	MAS	0	4.0	24.0	10.00	15.0
24	Awang Mohd Syafie U18	MAS	0	4.0	23.5	10.00	17.0
25	Abdul Wahab Abu Bakar	MAS	1670	3.5	28.5	11.00	17.5
26	Jonrim Minsi	MAS	0	3.5	27.0	11.25	13.5
27	Shah Ibnosofreraffael bin Shahba	MAS	1229	3.5	26.0	11.25	16.5
28	Chi Yin Phin	MAS	1346	3.5	26.0	11.25	14.5
29	Awang Yusuf Bin Awang Sabli	MAS	1436	3.5	24.0	9.75	12.5
30	Justafahary Johari U18	MAS	0	3.5	24.0	9.25	12.5
31	Nicholas Jinidu Chua Siaw Chiang	MAS	0	3.5	22.5	9.25	13.5
32	Rahimie bin Sarbini	MAS	0	3.5	19.5	7.50	11.5
33	Jahim Gabi	MAS	0	3.0	28.5	8.50	12.0
34	Ho Ket Kiong U18	MAS	0	3.0	25.5	6.00	13.0
35	Mohd Izzat Sani U18	MAS	0	3.0	23.5	5.50	10.0
36	Nurhadriani Hosdi U18	MAS	0	3.0	21.0	6.00	10.0
37	Zulqarnain Jalie @ Abd Jalil U18	MAS	0	3.0	20.5	5.50	9.0
38	Noor Azman Bin Norgajim	MAS	0	3.0	19.5	4.50	10.0
39	Noell Justin U18	MAS	0	3.0	19.0	4.50	11.0
40	Shaza Elfeera Shahbaranbahrun	MAS	0	3.0	19.0	4.00	12.0
41	Nurfaeqah Ezzah U18	MAS	0	3.0	18.0	6.00	10.0
42	Mohd Anuar Ag Damit U18	MAS	1213	2.5	26.0	7.00	12.5
43	Nurfateen Helmy U18	MAS	1242	2.0	23.0	4.00	11.0
44	Arrynando Goloton U18	MAS	0	2.0	21.5	4.75	7.5
45	Mohd Wirawanto Sapari U18	MAS	0	2.0	20.0	3.00	8.0
46	Elvis Roy Maginzun U18	MAS	0	2.0	19.5	2.75	5.5
47	Muhd Syazwan Ismail U18	MAS	0	2.0	18.5	3.00	8.0
48	Lazrul Mahathir B. Lakamagi U18	MAS	0	2.0	18.5	1.50	5.0
49	Abdul Rahim Bajai B. Umar U18	MAS	0	2.0	18.0	4.00	8.0
50	Muhd Nizar Sani U18	MAS	0	2.0	17.5	1.50	5.0
51	Rodley Mojuti U18	MAS	0	1.5	20.0	2.00	6.5
52	Elryronna Anthony U18	MAS	0	1.0	14.5	0.50	3.0
53	Elvener Anthony U18	MAS	0	1.0	14.5	0.50	2.0
54	Zamrud Bin Rahimi	MAS	0	0.0	17.5	0.00	0.0

Draw!

2011-12-22T02:44:00.000+08:00

Perhaps I am too rude asking without a greeting. And my question seems childish. Sorry for the bad english.

Win Lose or Draw?

2011-12-12T21:05:00.000+08:00

White only plays Bd5 and Bc6. In this case, White has only 5 seconds left with no increment on the clock.
Question is, can White lose the game in any case? Or White can approach the arbiter and claim a draw?

Comments are welcome.

Ali Akbar Wins Karnival Rekreasi Rakan Muda UMS Blitz

2011-12-05T00:19:00.000+08:00

Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds

Rk.	Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ali Akbar bin Nadzrif	1500	MAS	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8.0	28.00	0.0	8
2	Daniel James	1500	MAS	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7.0	21.00	0.0	7
3	T.Frankey Marcellinus Tiansong	1500	MAS	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	6.0	15.00	0.0	6
4	Tan Aik Mund	1500	MAS	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	5.0	10.00	0.0	5
5	Mohd Azlan bin Gonnong	1500	MAS	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	1	4.0	6.00	0.0	4
6	Muhammad Shahzwi b Shahrul	1500	MAS	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	3.0	3.00	0.0	3
7	Judy Ferdinand Nasirin	1500	MAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	2.0	1.00	0.0	2
8	Muhammad Ikhwan Hussin	1500	MAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1.0	0.00	0.0	1
9	Aimi Fadzirul bin Kamarubahrin	1500	MAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0.0	0.00	0.0	0

See the points? 0-8! Special thanks to Mr Awangku Azanul Azhar & Ali Akbar for assisting me throughout the tournament. Link to Chess-Results

2011 Sarawak Open Chess Championship - Registered Players

2011-12-01T11:59:00.000+08:00

Name	Town	Country	Birthyear	Gender	FIDE_Rating	National_Rating
Bernard Chan Sheng Liang	Kuching	Malaysia	1998	Male	0	0
Pui Rong Kai	Kuching	Malaysia	2001	Male	0	0
Legaspi, Rhobel	-	Philippines	1980	Male	2302	0
Bagamasbad, Efren	-	Philippines	1956	Male	2174	0
IM Lahiri, Atanu	-	India	1972	Male	2339	0
Kian Hwa, Lim	Kuching	Malaysia	1953	Male	1935	1794
Morsin Ahmad	Kuching	Malaysia	1973	Male	1995	1827
Reduan, Japeri	Kuching	Malaysia	1965	Male	1874	1710
Shahrin Abdullah	Sabah	Malaysia	1979	Male	0	0
Abang Mohd Reduan	Kuching	Malaysia	1976	Male	2080	1830
Abdullah, Mohd Amin	Kuching	Malaysia	1965	Male	0	1570
Hussein, Mohd Nasir	Kuching	Malaysia	1957	Male	1789	1659
Yusuf, Termizi	Kuching	Malaysia	1956	Male	0	1538
Rosli, Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	Kuching	Malaysia	1992	Male	1920	1720
Rosli, Ahmad Afiqadzly	Kuching	Malaysia	2000	Male	0	1141
Kiu, Toh Shen Nelson	Kuching	Malaysia	1995	Male	0	1540
Rosli, Alya Farah Syahyra	Kuching	Malaysia	1995	Female	0	1353
Foo, Benjamin	Singapore	Singapore	1994	Male	2178	0
Eng Andre Jerome	Singapore	Singapore	1995	Male	2176	0
Lau, Xian Hui Rudolph	Singapore	Singapore	2000	Male	1679	0
Goh, Jinghan Cameron	Singapore	Singapore	2001	Male	0	0
Doshi, Devansh Sanjay	Singapore	Singapore	2001	Male	0	0
Tang, Chii Haw	Kuching	Malaysia	1995	Male	0	0
Bong, Nee Mel	Kuching	Malaysia	1976	Male	0	0
Hj Led, Halim	Kuching	Malaysia	1953	Male	0	1464
Koji Noguchi	Tokyo	Japan	1976	Male	2052	0
Paw Ying Liang	Kuching	Malaysia	2003	Male	0	0
Paw Ying Sheng	Kuching	Malaysia	2000	Male	0	0
Mazlan Bin Anuar	Lawas	Malaysia	1974	Male	0	0
Roger Yii Tiew Ong	Kuching	Malaysia	2001	Male	0	0
Raffles Lau Lee	Kuching	Malaysia	2002	Male	0	0
Faeznor bin Razali	Kuching	Sarawak	1992	Male	1915	1582
Zhen Yu Cyrus, Low	Singapore	Singapore	2002	Male	1728	0
Irfan Syahmi Rusyaidi Bin Amirudin	Lahad Datu	Malaysia	1997	Male	0	0
Mohd Sazlee Hidayatullah Bin Mohamad Salihin	Lahad Datu	Malaysia	1996	Male	0	1273
Henry Machine	Kuching	Malaysia	1970	Male	0	0
Yusuf Hashim	Miri	Malaysia	1969	Male	0	0
Zamahari, Abang Draup	Kuching	Malaysia	1947	Male	1603	1215
Draup, Hj. Abang Azman	Kuching	Malaysia	1983	Male	1646	1523
Wong, Jianwen	KL	Malaysia	1995	Male	1960	1987
Hj Zawawi bin Nor	Kuching	Malaysia	1957	Male	0	1435
Awang Fahd Awang Khalik	Kuching	Malaysia	1980	Male	0	1191
Wong Yi Khen	Kuching	Malaysia	1997	Male	0	1402
Isaac Tsai Jian Tao	Kuching	Malaysia	2002	Male	0	0
Roy Loh Hon	Kuching	Malaysia	2002	Male	0	0
David Wong Min Dao	Kuching	Malaysia	2002	Male	0	0

from HERE
I saw 3 familiar names from Sabah. 2 from Lahad Datu and Shahrin Abdullah from Papar. He is currently teaching at Bukit Garam, Kinabatangan and holds 1579 National Rating.

36 Malaysian are on the list including talented rising star Wong Jianwen who recently got 10th place in the Asian Amateur Chess Championship in KL. Six players from Singapore, 2 from Phillipines, lone Japanese Koji Noguchi and IM Atanu Lahiri from India completes the list.

More players are expected to come as the closing date is on 5th December. A few more days to go!

UMS Open Tamu Gadang Rapid 2011 - Final Rank

2011-11-26T19:57:00.000+08:00

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3
1		Mohd Ilyas Ag Hamid	MAS	1632	5.5	16.0	21.25
2		Abdul Sahim Wising	MAS	1967	5.5	15.0	20.75
3		Abdul Wahab Abu Bakar	MAS	1834	4.5	12.5	12.75
4		Junaidih Halil	MAS	0	4.0	15.0	14.00
5		Mohd Jan Jaraidi	MAS	1519	4.0	15.0	13.00
6	NM	Kamal Abdullah	MAS	2177	4.0	15.0	10.50
7		Mohd Hassan	MAS	0	4.0	13.0	11.50
8		Mohd Noor Othman	MAS	1601	4.0	12.0	10.00
9		Kamino Marino	MAS	0	3.5	13.5	8.75
10		Mohd Noh Anuk	MAS	1580	3.5	13.0	8.25
11		Asdi Majid	MAS	0	3.0	14.0	8.50
12		Awang Mohd Syafie	MAS	0	3.0	11.5	4.50
13		Abdul Naser Jainuk	MAS	0	3.0	11.5	4.00
14		Jasper Amran	MAS	1502	3.0	11.0	5.50
15		Jonrim Minsi	MAS	0	3.0	10.5	5.00
16		Muhammad Shahzwi b Shahrul	MAS	0	3.0	8.5	4.00
17		Awang Mohd Syafiq	MAS	0	3.0	7.5	4.00
18		Abd Nasir Wising	MAS	0	2.5	13.5	5.75
19		Tan Aik Mund	MAS	1370	2.0	11.5	4.50
20		Daniel James	MAS	0	2.0	11.5	4.00
21		Ali Akbar Nadzrif	MAS	0	2.0	10.5	1.50
22		Mohd Sobri Bakri	MAS	0	2.0	9.5	2.50
23		Andin Dagang	MAS	0	1.0	11.0	0.50
24		Willie Lulin	MAS	0	1.0	10.0	2.50
25		Wesley Lulin	MAS	0	1.0	9.5	1.00

ASIAN AMATEUR OPEN 2011 - 1st Round

2011-11-25T23:55:00.000+08:00

Round 1

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	55		Haslindah Ruslan	1658	0		0		Mohamed Abdul Haq	2096	1
2	2		Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin	2085	0		0		Mayed Al-Rashedi	1650	56
3	57		Chek Kin Keuw	1641	0		0		Tham Tick Hong Jax	2076	3
4	4		Zulkipli Zaidan	2076	0		0		Al Dhaheri Shaikha	1640	58
5	59		Tan Tze Lin Tommy	1625	0		0		Wahiduddin Mohd Khair	2060	5
6	6		Yap Abel Jinwei	2060	0		0		Mahmood Mohd Ezmi	1621	60
7	61		Azman Muhd Ariez	1614	0		0		Shrestha Rajendra Prasad	2040	7
8	8		Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil	2038	0		0		Lim Chuin Kai	1599	62
9	63		Sivakumar Ashvin	1597	0		0		Tukiran Taulani	2033	9
10	10		Cheah Cheok Fung	2021	0		0		Al-Maghbali Shama	1587	64
11	65		Dr Thaiba Badri Prasad	1578	0		0		Ibni Hajar Amri	2010	11
12	12		Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	2009	0		0		Wan Sulaiman Wan Mahadzir	1578	66
13	67		Ang Tuan Huang	1572	0		0		Ng Bernard	1999	13
14	14		Siew Kit-Tze Mark	1994	0		0		Che Lah Buchin	1569	68
15	69		Siddharthan Dinesh	1562	0		0		Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan	1993	15
16	16		Ismail Ahmad	1989	0		0		Muhalip Sotimin	1558	70
17	71		Yahaya Nor Zaiasron	1556	0		0		Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin	1984	17
18	18		Shakya Rabindra	1984	0		0		Lee Qing Aun	1535	72
19	73		Lye Lik Zang	1530	0		0		Abdul Shukor Abdul Aziz	1981	19
20	20		Ramli Abdul Rahim	1970	0		0		Mohammad Syaahil Hamid	1528	74
21	75		Hanif Harleiff	1526	0		0		Mooi Kok Onn Osric	1962	21
22	22		Wong Jianwen	1960	0		0		Abd Rahman Syazrin	1524	76
23	77		Chuah Yi Ning	1524	0		0		Limono Handjojo	1951	23
24	24		Mahmood Nasrul Humaimi	1951	0		0		Juarih Norazlin	1504	78
25	79		Lim Pei Ying Kelly	1484	0		0	WCM	Nur Nabila Azman Hisham	1941	25
26	26		Lim Kian Hwa	1935	0		0		Terry Choong Choon Ming	1471	80
27	81		Hussin Norhaida	1469	0		0		Ajeet Singh Roshan	1922	27
28	28		Yusoff Fairul	1918	0		0		Johari Low Nikk	1466	82
29	83		Nizam Haziq Aiman	1450	0		0		Yaacob Marzuki	1916	29
30	30		Wahiduddin Nurul Huda	1913	0		0		Chuah Hao Feng	1440	84
31	85		Darrel Yap Egin	1423	0		0		Tan Jun Feng	1897	31
32	32		Tan Li Ting	1854	0		0		Mohd Saprin Amir Qayyim	1417	86
33	87		Qais Muhammad Taufiq	1395	0		0		S Balendran	1848	33
34	34		Abd Rahman Syed Azizi	1819	0		0		Shum Rui Yuan	1388	88
35	89		Koo Wei Wei Melanie	1382	0		0		Tan Wei Hao	1816	35
36	36		Dhaheri Soltan	1815	0		0		Ahmad Fahmi Ahmad Faizal	1305	90
37	91		Harun Bustaman	1250	0		0		Kamis Kamarunsalehin	1815	37
38	38		Roslan Mohd Faizal	1807	0		0		Ahmad Aqilah Syahira	1134	92
39	93	WCM	Kalbani Wadema	0	0		0		Foo Chee Kin	1800	39
40	40		Jayarathne M N G	1790	0		0		Al Maamari Wafia Darwish	0	94
41	95		Al-Neyadi Abdulla	0	0		0		Ting Shih Chieh Alfred	1790	41
42	42		Chan Mun Fye	1784	0		0		Al-Neyadi Suroor	0	96
43	97		Al-Shamisi Hareb Nassed	0	0		0		Shah Syed Iskandar	1782	43
44	44		Arshad Muhammad	1781	0		0		Al-Shamsi Ousha	0	98
45	99		Al-Shamsi Shamma	0	0		0		Liew Ken Yew	1777	45
46	46		Camilia Bt Johari	1776	0		0		Altaher Tarek Ali	0	100
47	101		Chua Xue Kai Alfred	0	0		0		Khoo Chang Gee	1755	47
48	48		Al Zarooni Ahmed	1752	0		0		Ho Rui Hwa Justin	0	102
49	103		Lew Zhi Hong	0	0		0	CM	Amier Hamzah B Mohd Zuhri	1745	49
50	50		Abu Bakar Ruzenan	1735	0		0		Lim Wan Yu Steffi	0	104
51	105		Manaog Stewart	0	0		0		Low Zhen Yu Cyrus	1728	51
52	52		Ooi Zhi Yang	1719	0		0		Mouza Darwish Almemari	0	106
53	107		Mubarak Kaltham	0	0		0		Yap Wan Lin	1675	53
54	54		Wong Yinn Long	1664	0		0		Muralidharan Shawn	0	108
55	109		Yeoh Michael	0	0		0		Darmini	0	110

source : chess-results

My game 3 years ago

2011-11-11T22:13:00.000+08:00

I played too many weak moves as well as nowadays. Maybe even weaker now lol

World Amateur Chess Championship 2011

2011-10-11T23:34:00.001+08:00

Aron finished 16th place out of 67 players with 5.5 / 9 points with 3 wins, 5 draws and a loss. He gain 14 rating points to his effort.

Below is his game on Round 8 which I found worth replaying.

No.	Name	Rtng	FED	Pts	BH	SB	FIDE	wins
1	Bilguun Sumiya	1976	MGL	7½	43½	39.50	36½	7
2	Ozdemir Timur	1956	TUR	7	47	36.75	41	6
3	Alvarez Dager		COL	7	45	35.00	34	6
4	Serra Azul Neto Francisco	1981	BRA	7	38	31.75	32½	6
5	Akshat Chandra	1995	IND	6½	50	36.00	37	6
6	Ozveren Ali Bulent	1952	TUR	6½	46½	32.75	35½	6
7	Orak Ersin	1961	TUR	6½	46½	32.75	35	5
8	Kuzenkov Alexander		RUS	6½	37	27.50	25½	6
9	Sevin Ibrahim		TUR	6	48½	31.75	36	5
10	Dominguez Miller	1995	COL	6	46	29.50	33	6
11	Pineda Arevalo Jose Ariel		COL	6	40	26.00	26	6
12	Aslanhan Halis	1782	TUR	6	38½	26.50	29	6
13	Silva Jorge	1986	COL	6	36	25.00	27	6
14	Demirbas Fatih	1735	TUR	6	33½	21.50	25½	5
15	Alahakoon Isuru	1933	SRI	5½	46½	26.25	30	5
16	Aron Teh Eu Wen	1825	MAS	5½	43	28.25	26	3
17	Prabajith Asela	1820	SRI	5½	41½	21.50	27	5
18	Gokcen Fatih	1963	TUR	5½	40½	26.25	27½	5
19	Barantsev Oleg		RUS	5½	38	23.50	23	4

Highest rating gain is Gulsoy Mustafa Alpago of Turkey (+42)
Lowest rating loss is Ismail Hany of Egypt (-57)

Sabah FIDE rated players

2011-09-15T18:55:00.001+08:00

We have currently 10 rated players here in Sabah.

1. David Chin Hon Lin 2082
2. Faizal Andin 2010
3. Masrin Erowan 2001
4. Abdul Sahim Wising 1967
5. Guadis Goridau 1959
6. Richard Kimbin 1937
7. Al-Kamil bin Kamin 1918
8. Charles Lucas 1904
9. Abdul Wahab bin Abu Bakar 1834
10. Ting Shih Chieh @ Alfred 1790

full list of Malaysian player here

With Richard Kimbin currently working at Milan, Ting at KL, it makes only 8 players left. A player from Johor namely NM Kamal is currently working in Sabah, add it up to 9. There are a few players on track to get their ratings such as Mohd Noor Othman of Labuan, Mohd Jan and Chi Yin Phin.