Sabah Chess Association

Hospital Lahad Datu is organising a Team Chess Tournament which will be held on 20th – 21st March 2010.

Total Round: 6
Time Control : 1 hour
Team : 4 persons

Tournament Fee : RM60 per team.

Tournament Prize
1st. RM 600
2nd. RM 300
3rd. RM 150
4th. RM 100
5th. RM 50

Further inquiry please contact Mr. Saharuddin, 013-5584047

The 21st Annual General Meeting 2010/2011 will be held on 28th March 2010 in conjunction with the Rapid Master Chess Tournament.

Date: 28th March 2010

Venue: Imperial Hotel, Warisan Square

Time: 11:00am-01:00pm

#Priority to the member only#

Rapid Chess Master Tournament (27th - 28th March 2010)

1. Tournament Regulations:

01. All players shall take part in a 7-round Swiss System individual event.

02. The games will be played according to the schedule below

04. Time Control is 30 minutes

05. The Sabah Chess Association reserves the right to reject entries.

06. Limited to 40 participants only.

07. Final score (Solkoff, Sonneborn Berger, Cummulative)

08. Notation is not required.

2. Registration FEE

Adults

Member – RM10

Non-Member – rm20

Member + Fee – Rm30

 (To become a member and participant in the tournament RM30 only)

Forms

1. Entry Form ( Early booking can be made by emailing the entry form to ypc80@hotmail.com )

2. Membership Form

3. Program

Day 1 (27^th March 2010, Saturday)

08:30am-09:30am Registration

10:00am-11:00pm Round 1

12:00pm-01:00pm Round 2

01:00pm-02:00pm REST

02:00pm-03:00pm Round 3

03:00pm-04:00pm Round 4

Day 2 (28^th March 2010, Sunday)

09:00am-10:00am Round 5

10:00am-11:00pm Round 6

11:00am-01:00pm AGM

01:00am-02:00pm REST

02:00pm-03:00pm Round 7

03:30pm Prize Presentation

4. Prize

1^st. RM 300

2^nd. RM 200

3^rd. RM 100

4^th – 7^th. RM  50

Yee ‘Masters’ Rapid Chess contest

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Sunday, February 28, 2010 FIDE (World Chess Federation) Master Yee Soon Wei pipped 30 other chess players to be crowned the champion of the Open Category of the 26th National Day Rapid Chess Championship at the Brunei Chess Centre of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas yesterday. Yee accumulated a total of 7 1/2 points after nine matches to win the two-day event. Md Aliuddin Hj Azahari came in second with seven points while Sabah’s Charles Lukas followed in third with 6 1/2 points.

“I think my overall performance was not so bad. The players from Sabah are strong competitors,” said Yee in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday. “I think it was my concentration and focus that helped me win the event,” added the 21-year-old Yee, who only dropped one match which was against Brunei’s Siti Nur Fatimah Hj Azahari in his last game. Yap Choow Tun won the 50-and-above category while the Under-16 category was won by Ira Kartika. The Under-12 category was clinched by Paddy Koh.

Meanwhile, The Blitz Chess Championship will start at 9.30am today. In rapid chess, the time controls are 15 to 60 minutes per player, often with a small time increment for each move, in comparison to normal tournament durations of one to three hours per player. In rapid each game lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour while in blitz each round lasts 10 minutes or less. Md Aliuddin will be back to defend his crown after he defeated some 43 players to win the championship in last year’s edition. “I’m not that confident about winning this year, but hopefully I will be able to do it. Sabah have some strong competitors participating,” said Md Aliuddin.

Yee would probably be the biggest opponent after he finished second last year, but the Bruneian played down his chances for a victory today. “It’s too hard to call as there are too many good players. Any player can win it,” said Yee.

The Brunei Times

PLAYING SCHEDULE

1.RAPID
26th February 2010, Friday
Round 1 2.30 pm – 3.20 pm
Round 2 3.30 pm – 4.20 pm

ASAR BREAK

Round 3 4.35 pm – 5.25 pm
Round 4 5.35 pm – 6.25 pm

27th February 2010, Saturday
MAULUD Parade in BSB from 8am

Round 5 2.00 pm – 2.50 pm
Round 6 3.00 pm – 3.50 pm

ASAR BREAK

Round 7 4.00 pm – 4.50 pm
Round 8 5.00 pm – 5.50 pm
Round 9 6.00 pm – 6.50 pm

2. BLITZ

28th February 2010, Sunday

Round 1 0930 – 0940
Round 2 0950 – 1000
Round 3 1010 – 1020
Round 4 1030 – 1040
Round 5 1050 – 1100
Round 6 1110 – 1120
Round 7 1130 – 1140
Round 8 1150 – 1200
Round 9 1210 – 1220

PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY 1230

*email from GM Tahir

*Sourced from Charles Lucas

Standings after final round (round – 6)

Male U – 12s

Congratulation to the champion Mohd Fazree Milee to shine the name of Sk Pekan 1 this year. He leads the 6 schools and 4 players each.

TOP 4 CHESS MSSD PITAS TO MSSM (PBU) on Feb. 9 -11, 2010 at SMK TAUN GUSI, KOTA BELUD.

BOY U-18

GIRL U-18

BOY U-12

GIRL U-12

Good luck to all players on next tournament. Remember “Chess is a gymnasium of mind”. Reported by Mr Guadis Goridau Sk. Pekan 1, 2010.