Friday, December 2, 2016

Me at the Malaysian Inter State Chess Championship 2016 - Part 2


I will cherish the moment at the Malaysian Inter State Chess Championship 2016 held at MS Garden Hotel, Kuantan Pahang. There are six teams took part in the Women category playing in a round robin format and fourteen teams in the Open category playing in a six-round-SWISS format. 

The venue of the championship which is MS Garden Hotel is great. The opening ceremony, officiated by the Highness Tengku Mahkota Pahang, was superb. Kudos and Salute to all especially PCP (Persatuan Catur Pahang) who made the event successful.

Nice MS Garden Hotel room

Thank You Allah, with 10 match points our team emerged as the champion and four of its players won Gold medal in the Best Board category. Pulau Pinang and Johor won the First Runner UP and Second Runner Up respectively.

Ranking crosstable - URL

Selangor Team results - URL

The complete results and pairings can be accessed at  http://chess-results.com/tnr249986.aspx?lan=1

Negeri Selangor Women Team - 2016 MISCC Women category Champion
from most left (Nabila, Rifqah, Kak Roslina) and from most right, Esther, Me
Me receiving the Gold medal for Best Board 

The Negeri Selangor Men's team won the First Runner Up. 

Me at the Malaysian Inter State Chess Championship 2016 - Part 1


Last weekend I played for Negeri Selangor team in the Malaysian Inter State Chess Championship held at MS Garden Hotel Kuantan Pahang. My team mates are Nur Nabila, Puteri Rifqah my KUSESS school mate, Roslina Marmono and Esther Tang. 

Me at the most right

The opening ceremony was officiated by the Highness Tengku Mahkota Pahang (TMP). It is good for the Malaysian chess community when a royal family member appreciates the game of chess.

Meet session with TMP

The Malaysian chess community are surely happy when Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin, the PM's son, has promised to bring Chess into SUKMA. I did not realized when he was standing on my back watching shortly one of my games. Datuk Nazif has showed his commitment to the chess community by spending much of his time in the tournament hall.

Datuk Nazif standing behind me

Below are the photos during Round 3 where Selangor played against Putrajaya on Table 3.

Round 3 - Selangor vs Putrajaya

Iqa (left), Esther (right)

Me on the right at Board 4

Below are the photos during Round 5 where Selangor played against Pahang B on Table 2.

Final Round - Selangor versus Pahang B

Puteri Rifqah aka Iqa on 2nd Board

Me on 4th Board (right) and Esther on 3rd Board (left)

Nabila aka Biela as our team captain on 1st Board