Missed A Winning Chance

25th April 2012, Kuala Selangor.

Today is the first day of MSS Selangor chess championship held at Kuala Selangor Indoor Stadium. I represented PPD Petaling Perdana in Boys Under 12 (L12) category.

In Round 3, I missed a winning chance when playing against my opponent who represented PPD Klang.

black to move after 40. Qf7

I was so confident that I could win the game. Unfortunately, I was checkmated after .. Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Qh1+ 42.Kg3 Rg1+ 43.Kf4 Qxh3??

I did not see the checkmate and giving my opponent the tempo. Can you see the checkmate? OMG, I blew a winning opportunity! I cried after the game.

Me Took Part In The Percawi Labour Day Team Event

Yesterday, with seven other my school mates I took part in the Percawi Labour Day Team event held at DATCC. I played the fourth board for SKBJ B. I was so happy that my team won the fifth place after scoring 8 Match Points (MP) and 18 points from four wins.

Round 6 - my team, SKBJ B, vs Maktab Tentera Diraja

SKBJ B Team - Afiq, Faqihah, me and Faqih

SKBJ B - 5th place

My team is fifth out of 30 teams. SKBJ HEBAT!

4th IIUM Invitational Open (Under 12)

About two weeks ago, I took part in the 4th IIUM Invitational Chess Open in the Under 12 category. My elder brother and sister took part too in their respective category, Under 21. My dad wanted to participate too but he could not because he had a PIBG meeting to attend to.

Me and my mom before the tournament

The tournament was held in two days. I played four games of 45 minute per player in the first day and the other four in the second day.

my 4th round opponent

In the first day, I won three and lost one. My defeat was in the third round against Kong Dak Nam of Kuala Lumpur.

me against a player from Kelantan in the 6th round

In Round 6, played against Eja

In the last two rounds, I played against the two Puteri sisters - Munajjah and Rifqah. Both of them are Selangor MSSM chess players. I would like to follow their suit to represent my beloved state, Selangor, in the MSSM chess competition.

my list of opponents and score

With 5.5/8 points from five (5) wins and one (1) draw, I got fifth place in the final ranking as shown in below picture. Alhamdulillah, thank the Mighty Allah for me to be on the podium.

My NAG 2012 Update

It is nearly two weeks that I had not updated my blog. What happened to my NAG story? I just wrote on the first day of tournament. What about my second and third day of tournament? OK, let's update on that.

On second day, I played another three rounds.

In the fourth round, my opponent was my school mate named Muhammad Faqih Aminuddin as I mentioned in the last entry.He is one year junior but has more experience than me. Alhamdulillah, I managed to win the match.

Round 4 - I played white against Faqih, my school mate

After the win against Faqih, my score was 3.5/4 points. Entering the fifth round, only two players in my category had full 4 points. And only two players including me had 3.5/4 points. So, in the fifth round I met the other 3.5 pointer. My opponent was Che Zhi Xuan. He is from KL. So, did I win? Thank the mighty Allah, I won again.

Round 5 - My opponent was Chew Zhi Xuan

So now, only one player left having the full 5/5 points. His name is Wong Yinn Long. I was trailing half point behind him. He is the top seed and the champion of Under 8 Boys in 2010 edition when I first took part in NAG. From second board I moved to the top board. I could not win the match unfortunately.

Round 6 - Me played black again against Yinn Long at the top board

So, the second day had completed. I went back home and get ready for the final day.

Came the third day, my opponent in the seventh round was a player from Penang. His name is Teh De Yong. I drew with him.

Round 7 - I played white

Before the final round began, two players had 6 points, three had 5.5 and another three had 5 points including me. So, the final round is so important for me. I must win for me to be among the top 4 winners and get the chance to officially represent the country in international age group chess tournaments.

Who was my opponent? I was paired with Ang Jing Xuan who also had 5 points. My big thank to Allah because I won my final round match. With that win, I got the 4th placed. I was the only 6 point scorer from 5 wins and 2 draws.

Final round - versus the third Penang player

Who are the top 10 winners in my category? Check out below.

The Top 10 winners in my category

And below is the detail of my opponents and game results.

My opponents and game results

I was so happy. My parents too. Below are the pictures of me on the podium.

me receiving the medal & certificate

with Faqih who won the 6th place

The winners for Under 10 Boys age group category

Insya Allah, I will play in next year NAG edition.

NAG 2012 - The First Day

The first day of 2012 NAG had completed. My results are not bad. I had won two games and drew one. So, my point after three rounds is 2.5/3. I won my first round game. I played white against Kabilan Thanabalan.

Round 1 

Round 2

I played black pieces in the second round. My opponent was Rishi Singh Randhawa. I drew with him.

Round 3

I won my third round playing white against Richard Tiong King Sing. He is from Sarawak. 

R4 pairings (Top 10 boards)

OMG. I will play my school mate in the fourth round. His name is Faqih, a similar name like me. Actually, beside Faqih there are two other my school mates are playing in the same age group.

Wish me a Good Luck okay!

NAG 2012 To Participate In

Mmmm no gaming and online tomorrow. Also the day after tomorrow. And on Tuesday too. Why?

I have a chess tournament to participate. NAG is the name of the tournament. It is an age group chess competition meaning I will play against my age group opponents only. I will play eight rounds of games, three each on the first and second day. And the final two rounds on the third and last day.

In what age group I will take part? The answer is Under 10 Boys.

I will play eight of the following 46 players in the category including three of my SKBJ school mates - Raja Bazil, Ilham Qayyum and Muhd Faqih who is ranked third.

Based on ranking, I am the 11th seed. Meaning I will be sitting on board 11 in the first round tomorrow against my opponent.

part 1

part 2

WISH me luck, okay!

A Chess Tournament in Kuala Kangsar

On last Sunday, my family and I went to Kuala Kangsar. We left home 15 minutes to 7 o'clock in the early morning. It was a two and a half hour car drive. We arrived at SMK Clifford, the venue of the 1st KLK Leg chess tournament, minutes before 9.30am. 

The tournament started one hour late than schedule. The Under 12 category in which I participated was playing in a class room. It was very unfortunate because the venue is not air-conditioned. The normal fan is not enough for the hot weather. I got headache after the third round. More than 80 participants took part mostly from the surrounding area. I had to play seven rounds of 20-minute-per-player game.

I scored 5 points from 5 wins. I won consecutively the first three rounds. But I lost the next two rounds. One of them is to my chess buddy, Farizzuddin. The other defeat is to 2011 Perak P12 state player, Nur Aishah  Abu Bakar Martin. I came back to win the last two rounds - the sixth and the seventh.

I was placed ninth overall and sixth among the boys in the final ranking. I missed by one spot to be among the winners as the prizes are only for the top 5 in the boys category. For sure, I am sad because I didn't win. Luckily, both my elder brother and sister won in their respective categories. Fikri is fifth in the Open category and won one hundred Malaysian Ringgits while Anis is the first runner up in Under 16 section and also won the same amount of money prize.

After the tournament, we visited a very beautiful mosque named Masjid Ubudiah. We had dinner at a cafe known as Laksa Pak Ngah. 

in the third round I think

fourth round against Nur Aishah in yellow shirt

fifth round against my chess buddy, Farrizzuddin

last round against Tan Yik Chean. I wore white shirt.

Below are the final ranking, downloaded from Gilachess website by my dad.

Below are three photos of me enjoying the moment in Kuala Kangsar taken by my dad.

In front of amazing Masjid Ubudiah

"Peace Y'all" in Laksa Pak Ngah cafe

a beautiful cat, isn't it?

I was so tired so that I slept in the car during the journey back home to Shah Alam. My father could not drive fast because it was raining. We reached home at around 1.00am. Aaaaaah, I wish I do not go to school on Monday.