Razzmatazz Rapid Chess Weekender

1^st August 2010 Sunday – Mark your calendar and make a date with us for DATCC Razzmatazz Rapid Chess Weekender.

Following the previous two successful Rapid tournaments, (Razzle Dazzle Rapid Chess Weekender and Sizzling Rapid Chess Weekender), DATCC will be organizing its 3^rd edition rapid event, notably the DATCC Razzmatazz Rapid Chess Weekender, held as usual at our newly expanded chess centre on Sunday, 1^st August 2010 starting with player registration at 9:00am.

In addition to the 13 cash prizes up for grabs, this will be a nationally rated event aimed at giving local chess players the chance to earn National Rating points. We offer 5 main prizes in the main Open category, as well as 1 prize each for the best Under -12, best Ladies and 2 prizes each for those rated below 1400 and 1600. Following popular response, we shall also award 1 prize each to the best Veteran (above 45 years) and best Un-rated player, to attract those who are new to the local chess scene.

The participation fee for the DATCC Razzmatazz Rapid Chess Weekender is set at RM30 for adults and RM15 for children below 12 years of age.

As per previous, this event shall be played over 7 rounds (using Swiss Pairing System) starting with player registration at 9:00am, with each round scheduled to begin at the hour starting from 10:00am and concluding by 6:00pm on the same day. Time control is set at 25 minutes per player per game played to the finish.

Should you require further information about this event, please feel free to contact Hamid Majid at aham@pc.jaring.my or +6019 315 8098, Najib Wahab at najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com at +6016 338 2542 or Justin Kumar at kjustin09@yahoo.com or +6018 396 0781. A request for the Entry/Registration can be forwarded to the organizer and the form can be email to you.

Come on out and make a date with us at DATCC on 1^st August. Test your chess skills against fellow chess mates and have some fun!

Look forward to see you there folks!

Najib Wahab

Organizing Secretary

Razzmatazz Rapid Chess Weekender

GM Simul - Correction

There is one correction to be made to the valiant 5 line up playing against GM Ziaur tomorrow night.

The Knight in shining armor Razali Hamzah (Ng6) will not be playing tomorrow and his place, the fierce and firing rook Shamsuddin Sabri will be playing instead. Apparently, sources have it that Mr Hamzah has been appointed as the official photographer and blogger for the event.....

Fourth GM Simul - 8 July 2010

So far, only Mohd Fairin Zakaria has managed to steal half point from GM Ziaur from 3 simul series. To date, the cumulative score is 14.5 - 0.5, and with that, one can only wonder if we have any "heroes" amongst our chess community that can beat the GM...

The fourth edition of the GM simul will see our players playing white instead whilst the GM will play as black - a slightly abnormal way to play simul (GM playing black in a simul is a rarity and quite unusual). And the time control for both the GM and the players have been set at equal with 60 minutes + 10 seconds per move.

Our valiant warriors for the fourth edition shall be Nik Farouqi (fresh from his outstanding performance during the National Championship), Razali Hamzah (the Knight in shining armor who seems to be focused on the g6 square), Nor Ilhamuddin (our space traveler), Saprin Sabri (the IT businessman) and Abdul Aziz (the banker).

It will be an interesting fight and with the GM playing the black pieces, the valiant 5 should be able to at least steal half point. My prediction 4 - 1 (I think someone can win and GM Ziaur will earn his first defeat).

GM did it again … and again

 

He came, he saw, and he conqured Teluk Gong tourney on the 4th of July 2010. GM Ziaur Rahman proves that he is not only a professional player at classical time controls, trounce players at simultaneous clock matches, he can also get down and dirty and win first place at Rapid time controls too.

GM did it again

3rd GM Ziaur Rahman's Clock Simul
The 3rd GM Ziaur Rahman's Clock was held at the Dato Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC), on 1st July 2010. The simul started at 8.15 PM . GM Ziaur Rahman faced five players - Mohd Izz Saifuddin, Lim Zhuo Ren, Tan Ken Wei, Yeap Eng Chiam and Yat Guo Jie.

Final result: GM Ziaur won 5 nil

Next Week Nusa Mahkota will have a chance for revenge when they play GM again for the next clock Simul.

this time Nusa will be given an opportunity to play white and a chance to win points.

Any one interested to play in this Clock Simul series can contact Najib Wahab

najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com or at (6016)3382542

Further Information Of Karpov’s Team

1 July 2010, Kuala Lumpur – From chessbase.com, the full bio-data of the Karpov’s Presidential team, which includes Malaysia’s Abdul Hamid Majid, is revealed as below or you may go to chessbase.com or click here.

Karpov2010 FIDE Presidential Board Ticket

Candidate for FIDE President:
Anatoly Karpov
Nominating federation: Russia

Bio: He learned the rules of chess when he was four. At the age of nine he reached first category. Before his twelfth birthday he became a candidate master. He earned the Master title at 15 and won the World Junior Championship at 18. He became an International Grandmaster at 19 and World Championship Challenger at 22. In 1975, at the age of 24, he became the World Champion.

His battles on chess Olympus against Viktor Korchnoi and later Garry Kasparov are some of the most-watched and best-known chess events in history. Karpov went on to amass one of the greatest tournament records of all time, with over 160 first-place finishes. He won the Chess Oscar nine times and has three individual gold medals from the Chess Olympiad. Well into the 90s Karpov remained one of the top players in the world, retaining his FIDE title in matches against Timman and Kamsky and, in 1994, producing arguably the greatest tournament result in history at Linares.

Since 1982, Karpov has been President of the International Associations of Peace Foundations. He's also President of the Chernobyl Help Organization that helps victims of the 1986 nuclear disaster. Mr. Karpov's acclaimed chess instruction program has taken root in 26 countries around the world. Since 2000 he has been a regional ambassador for UNICEF and has worked to bring UNICEF and UNESCO funds and involvement into youth chess programs.

There is a very interesting 20-minute interview with Karpov here.

Candidate for Deputy President:
Richard A. Conn Jr.
Nominating federation: USA
Bio: Richard Conn, a USCF member with a rating of 1943. If elected, he will be the highest ranking American in FIDE history. Conn is Managing Director of Conn International Group LLC, a Moscow/NY-based financial and legal advisory firm. Prior to founding CIG in 2003, Conn practiced international corporate law for nearly twenty years as an equity partner with the international law firm Latham & Watkins. He founded the firm's Moscow office in 1992 and managed it for four years prior to returning to U.S.

A longstanding member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, Conn regularly consults with the World Bank, Members of Congress, and the Administration regarding Russian economic issues. He co-chaired the U.S.-Russia Business Council and American Chamber of Commerce (Moscow) joint initiative to facilitate Russian accession to WTO. He now serves as Strategic Advisor to DLA Piper US LLP, a 3,500 lawyer international law firm with 67 offices worldwide.

Candidate for Treasurer:
Viktor Kapustin
Nominating federation: Ukraine
Bio: A prominent financial and banking specialist who from 2005 until April was the Chairman of the Board at JSC Ukreximbank. In the 1990s Viktor Kapustin was a key figure in transitioning the Ukrainian bank system into the international arena, performing the first operations with European institutions. He later served as president of the Ukrainian Fund for Development. He was the first deputy of the Finance Committee of the Ukrainian parliament from 2002-2005. In 2007, named Ukraine's "Financier of the Year." In 2010 he was elected the President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.

Candidate for General Secretary:
Abd Hamid Majid
Nominating federation: Malaysia

Bio: After serving a period as Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) treasurer, he assumed the post of Federation general secretary in 1994, a position that he held until 2008. In this capacity, he ran the day-to-day affairs of the Federation, working closely for many years with Dato' Tan Chin Nam, a member of the Karpov team Board of Advisers. A FIDE international arbiter since 1990, Hamid is a founding member of the ASEAN Chess Confederation. He first cut his teeth at the full international level as an official at Kuala Lumpur Karpov-Timman candidates' match in 1990.

Khanty-Mansiysk will be Hamid's tenth FIDE Congress and his eighth as Malaysian FIDE Delegate. High points as an organizer within FIDE include acting as an organizing secretary of the 1990 FIDE Women's Interzonal in Malaysia; deputy chief arbiter for Karpov-Kamsky 1996; chief organizing secretary for the 2002 World Youth Olympiad in Kuala Lumpur; and chief organizing secretary for seven Malaysian Chess Festivals from 2004 – 2010.

Candidate for Vice-President:
Dr. Aguinaldo Jaime
Nominating federation: Angola

Bio: One of the most respected names in finance and politics of his generation in all of Africa, Dr. Jaime is currently the director of the national investment agency ANIP and an deputy to the Prime Minister of Angola. As the ANIP chairman he has traveled the world negotiating investments in both the private and public sectors. He is also the president of the Angolan Chess Federation. Dr. Jaime was his nation's finance minister in the early 1990s and later the head of the National Bank and president of the African Investment Bank.

Candidate for Vice-President:
Alisa Maric
Nominating federation: Serbia

Bio: One of the greatest-ever players from the mighty chess nation of Serbia, Maric is an IM and WGM and has been among the top few women players in the world for two decades, with excellent performances at world championships and team events. She was winner of prestigious national awards such as National Sports Award 2007, National Saint Sava Award 2007 and Belgrade's October Award 1988. She was member of the Presidential Board of Olympic Committee of Serbia. She is Vice President of Belgrade Chess federation.

Maric studied Economics at the University of Belgrade, received a Ph.D and has been teaching since 2003. From 2005 to 2008 she was Professor of Marketing at University Braca Karic and since 2008 she has been Professor of Marketing at University Megatrend. She is author of the textbook "Principles of Marketing". She was a member of European Olympic Committee Working Group "New Ways of Communication" and attendee of the International Olympic Academy in Olympia.

You may read more by going to chessbase.com or click here.

DATMO 2010

 

 

IGB - 7^th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship 2010

 

This 9 Round, individual tournament is open to all players. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations will apply. The tournament will be FIDE rated. The Swiss Manager Program will be used for pairings. The games will be played according to the schedule below. Time Control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1. All mobile phones & electronic devices are banned in the tournament hall. All officials & players should be smartly attired in the playing hall. The Organizer reserves the right to reject entries.

Aug 28 – 31	ASTRO Merdeka Chess Championship 2010		Bintang Ballroom CitiTel Mid Valley
31 Aug (Tue)	Players Meeting	2100
01 Sep (Wed)	Registration Round 1	0730 - 0830 0900
02 Sep (Thu)	Round 2 & 3	0900 & 1500
03 Sep (Fri)	Round 4	0900
04 Sep (Sat)	Round 5 & 6	0900 & 1500
05 Sep (Sun)	Free Day
06 Sep (Mon)	Round 7 & 8	0900 & 1500
07 Sep (Tue)	Round 9 Malaysian Blitz Open - Prize Giving	0900 – 1300 1500 - 1900

 

Prizes in US$:                    Open Section						Malaysians		Special Prizes
1	4000	6	700	11	250	1	800	Best  Lady	500
2	3000	7	600	12	250	2	500	2 Best Lady	250
3	2000	8	500	13	250	3	300	Best U 16	200
4	1000	9	400	14	250	4	200	Best U 12	150
5	800	10	300	15	250	5	100
Incentive Prizes: To encourage decisive results there is a prize fund (maximum US$ 2,000) to be distributed at the end of the tournament among players of any rank defeating Grandmasters. The maximum prize per win is US$ 100 and if the number of wins exceeds 20, then those defeating GMs will receive a pro-rated share of the prize fund. Another US$ 200 will be given as the Best Game Prize.
Medals & certificates will be given to winners. Champion’s name will be engraved on the Dato’ Arthur Tan Challenge Trophy.
Participants are entitled to only one prize (the larger). Where prizes are the same value, the Open Section Prizes will take precedence over the Malaysian/Special Prizes.

 

Venue: Ballroom, 5^th Floor, CitiTel Mid Valley Hotel, Mid Valley Megamall, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 KL. Accommodation:

All players are required to budget for their own board and lodging as well as transportation needs. The official hotel is CitiTel Mid Valley Hotel. First 20 GMs to register will be provided accommodation on a twin-sharing basis. Conditions for Titled Players: No tournament entry fee for Gms, Ims, WGms, WIms and players rated above 2500 on the July 2010 FIDE Rating List. Room rates are US$ 70 per room per day on a twin-sharing basis with breakfast. Tournament Entry Fees: In US$ - There will be 10 % discount if entry fees are paid before June 2010.

 

2400 - 2499	50	2200 – 2299	100	1600 - 1999	150
2300 - 2399	75	2000 - 2199	125	unrated	200
Bank Account:: DAT CHESS CENTRE   -  Maybank Current Account: 5145  9822  0396
Jalan Bunus,  50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -  SWIFT : MBBEMYKL

 

Tournament Entry Fees must be paid before the start of the first round. Closing Date for entries: 10 August 2010. Entries after this

date will be charged double. Tournament entry fees must be paid before the closing date. For further details call Abd Hamid Majid

Tel: (60) 3 40219576  Mobile: (60) 19 3158098 -   Fax: (60) 3 40244337  Email:  aham@pc.jaring.my &  aham4you@gmail.com

 

IGB - 7th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship 2010
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Tournament website: www.datmo.net