MCF Calendar 2019

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Date	Event	Venue	Organizer
28 Jan – 2 Feb	23rd GACC Inter Varsity Chess Championship	Universiti Malaya	GACC,MCF
23 – 27 Mar	National Youth Chess Championship	Perak (Interested)	MCF
20 – 21 Apr	Pahang Open Chess Championship	Pahang	PCP
26 Apr – 1 May	46th Selangor Open and Challenger Chess Championship	Cititel, Midvalley	CAS
27 – 28 Apr	Langkawi International Open	Langkawi, Kedah	PACU, Kedah
25 – 30 May	National Chess Championship	Pahang / Johor (Interested)	MCF
9 – 18 Aug	16th Malaysian Chess Festival	Cititel, Midvalley	MCF
31 Aug – 2 Sep	National Interstate Chess Championship	Pulau Pinang (Interested)	MCF
14 – 16 Sep	National Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship	Kuala Lumpur	MCF
2 – 8 Dec	Johor Open	Johor	JCA
9 – 14 Dec	Penang Open	Pulau Pinang	PCA
Open	National Scholastic

Taken from the new MCF website. Please check that for any new updates.

Congratulations to IM Yeoh Li Tian 2nd GM norm!

IM Yeoh Li Tian obtained 6 points from 9 rounds playing against 6 Grandmasters - fulfilling the GM norm requirement. He now needs only one final norm to attain the title Grandmaster.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2670	ISR	8	50.5	55.5	39.5	2885
2	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2546	SWE	7	47	51	35	2682
3	GM	Volkov Sergey	2583	RUS	7	46.5	51.5	35	2693
4	GM	Urkedal Frode Olav Olsen	2537	NOR	7	44.5	47.5	34.5	2677
5	GM	Gopal G.N.	2582	IND	6.5	49.5	53.5	37	2675
6	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2591	IND	6.5	49	53	36	2643
7	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2598	POL	6.5	49	51	35	2665
8	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2616	FRA	6.5	48.5	52	36	2664
9	IM	Valsecchi Alessio	2497	ITA	6.5	46.5	51	34	2628
10	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	2620	RUS	6.5	46.5	49	34.5	2670
11	IM	Gholami Aryan	2488	IRI	6.5	45.5	48	34	2597
12	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2564	ITA	6.5	44	47.5	33	2599
13	GM	Libiszewski Fabien	2481	FRA	6.5	41	44.5	31.5	2577
14	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2584	ESP	6	50	54.5	34	2581
15	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2529	IND	6	48	53	34	2601
16	GM	Liang Awonder	2589	USA	6	48	52.5	34.5	2587
17	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2523	ESP	6	47	50	33.5	2609
18	IM	Yeoh Li Tian	2508	MAS	6	47	50	33.5	2626
19	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2604	GER	6	43.5	48	32.5	2542
20	IM	Zumsande Martin	2490	GER	6	41.5	45	30.5	2506
21	IM	Lyrberg Patrik	2446	SWE	6	41	43	30.5	2485
22	IM	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2398	IND	6	40.5	43.5	30.5	2538
23	IM	Bellia Fabrizio	2458	ITA	6	40	44	28	2471
24	GM	Maze Sebastien	2596	FRA	6	39	42	26	2433
25	FM	Gorshtein Ido	2384	ISR	6	36	39	25.5	2415

Rd.	Bo.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	22	102	IM	Ganaus Hannes	2257	AUT	3,0	w 1	0,81	0,19	10	1,90
2	20	62	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2368	RUS	5,0	s 1	0,69	0,31	10	3,10
3	3	3	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2616	FRA	6,5	w ½	0,35	0,15	10	1,50
4	5	4	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2604	GER	6,0	w ½	0,37	0,13	10	1,30
5	15	45	CM	Rohith Krishna S	2399	IND	4,5	s 1	0,65	0,35	10	3,50
6	6	7	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2591	IND	6,5	s ½	0,39	0,11	10	1,10
7	6	9	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2584	ESP	6,0	w ½	0,40	0,10	10	1,00
8	9	13	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2564	ITA	6,5	s ½	0,42	0,08	10	0,80
9	11	21	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2523	ESP	6,0	w ½	0,48	0,02	10	0,20

Simul with Li Tian @ Summiy (14/07/2018)

Play simultaneous chess against IM Li Tian Yeoh ! Malaysia's highest rated player and international master Yeoh Li Tian will be at Summit USJ this Saturday 14th July 2018.

Where: Summit at USJ, Concourse area
Time: 2:00 PM
Date: 14th July 2018 (Saturday)
Participants: Free to all registered players for the 7th Summit Junior. For others, a nominal fee will be charged.

Register with IM Jimmy Liew at 019-6571628 or email to cmliew@gmail.com to book a place!

Malaysian Chess Festival 2018

15th Malaysian Chess Festival

Entry forms and further information please download below (Word DOCX format):- 1. Entry AT MAS Open 2018 (Red) 2. ENTRY SENIORS 2018 (Green) 3. ENTRY IGB BERHAD 2018 (Blue) 4. ENTRY DATCC AgeGroup 2018 (Light Blue) 5. ASTRO Team Entry 2018 (Orange) 6. Entry JUNIOR TEAM 2018 (Yellow) 7. ENTRY Merdeka Individual 2018 (Light Green) FIDE Arbiter Seminar Schedule-Festival 2018

The Summit Subang USJ 7th Juniors Open Chess Competition New

DATE	15TH JULY 2018 (SUNDAY)
VENUE	Concourse Area, Ground Floor, The Summit Subang USJ
ORGANISED BY	THE Summit Subang USJ & MVP MARKETING SDN. BHD.
EVENT MANAGED BY	DATCC & White Knight Academy
ELIGIBILITY	UNDER-08 CATEGORY: MUST BORN IN OR AFTER 2010; UNDER-10 CATEGORY: MUST BORN IN OR AFTER 2008; UNDER-12 CATEGORY: MUST BORN IN OR AFTER 2006; UNDER-16 CATEGORY: MUST BORN IN OR AFTER 2002.
ENTRANCE FEE	RM 40/=
METHOD OF PLAY	SIX (6) ROUNDS SWISS
TIME CONTROL	25 MINUTES EACH TO THE FINISH
RULES & REGULATIONS	FIDE LAWS OF CHESS PLUS SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS.
TIE-BREAK	(I) PE (IF APPLICABLE), (II) SOLKOFF (W.P.), (III) SONNERBORNE BERGER (S.B.), (IV) PROGRESSIVE SCORE (P.S.), (V) WON GAME.
ARRIVAL OF PLAYERS	10:00 – 10:30	ROUND 3	13:20 – 14:10
ROUND 1	10:50 – 11:40	ROUND 4	14:30 – 15:20
ROUND 2	12:00 – 12:50	ROUND 5	15:40 – 16:30
LUNCH BREAK	12:50 – 13:20	ROUND 6	16:50 – 17:40
		CLOSING CEREMONY	18:00
PRIZES	UNDER-8 / UNDER-10 / UNDER-12 / UNDER-16
1st	RM 150 + Medal + Certificate
2nd	RM 100 + Medal + Certificate
3rd	RM 70 + Medal + Certificate
4th – 5th	RM 40 + Medal + Certificate
6th – 10th	RM 20 + Medal + Certificate
Most Promising Girls (1st – 5th)	Medal + Certificate
Best School (Gold, Silver, Bronze)	5 X Trophy + Certificate

Enquiries: Mr. Wong (012 – 358 5911) OR Mr. Jimmy Liew (019 – 657 1628) OR En. Hamid Abd Majid (019 – 315 8098).

Please register before Closing Date on 6TH JULY 2018 (FRIDAY) at http://whiteknightacademy.com/7th-summit-junior-registration. 

Any registration after closing date shall be charged an extra RM 20 as late administration fee (subject to availability of seats). Supplementary Tournament Rules and Regulations

1. This event is open to all children who qualify for the 4 respective age groups.
2. The FIDE Laws of Chess apply, supplemented by these tournament rules and regulations.
3. The Organizing Committee reserves the sole right to accept or reject any entry without explanation. The Committee may also, at its discretion, limit the number of participants on first-come-first-serve basis to accommodate space or other organizational constraints. We will refund such rejected entrant(s).
4. All participants must play 6 games in the said event regardless of their results from earlier encounters. The participant with the most accumulated points after these 6 games is declared the winner.
5. All participants must report to their respective section 20 minutes before the start of Round 1. Failure to do so may result in immediate disqualification from the tournament. Failure to play in any round will result in immediate disqualification unless prior notification was given to the Chief Arbiter. Entry fees under such circumstances are not refundable.
6. The time-control for each player shall be 25 minutes to-be-finish, i.e., players must complete all their moves within their allotted time. In the event of an inconclusive result within this allotted time, the player whose flag falls first is deemed the loser. There is no walkover period for this tournament.
7. The winner of each game is responsible for submitting the correct results to the Arbiter table. In the case of drawn games the player playing White holds this responsibility.   
8. The loser of each game is responsible for rearranging the pieces on the chessboard. In the case of drawn games the player playing Black holds this responsibility.
9. We expect all participants and parents to conduct themselves sportingly. The Tournament Director reserves the right to remove any individual deemed a nuisance or undesirable.
10. To qualify to compete for best school prize, the particular school must send a minimum of 4 players for the category.
11. The decision of the Tournament Director, Chief Arbiter and Arbiters with regard to the running of the event is FINAL.