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Past the halfway mark and the following is the current DATCC team standings after 10 rounds. Detail results at DATCC.net.

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I know this is debatable and may attract opposing views but this is my view. In the coming Malaysian Open many people have raised objections that the entry fee is just too high. For a patzer like me I think so too. I would love to just pay around RM 100 to enter and have a chance to play against a grandmaster as I would rarely have this chance. However I can also see it from the point of a norm seeker. If I had a chance for an IM or even GM norm playing a patzer in my first round would totally ruin my norm chances in a 9 round tournament. This is called a “junk round” where one round is totally wasted playing against a weak player. 

Solutions have appeared in the form of  “accelerated pairings” where essentially the group of really strong players and weaker players are less likely to meet each other in the early rounds.

Anyway, the good news is there IS a Challenger’s section and I will publish the details as soon as I receive it. So there is an alternative to a cheaper entry fee tournament going on simultaneously as DATMO 6.

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SJK(C) Kepong 2 will be holding a junior chess tournament on the 13th September 2009. Details and entry forms as follows:-

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Mohd Hussein Jamil won the individual event for Sukan Tempatan Kerajaan held in Klang.

Hussein also represented Majlis Perbandaran Klang to win the team event.

 
Second in the team event was Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya.

Third place is Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya.

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I am late in finishing the National Closed bulletin. Sorry to those who pre-ordered it were and were expecting it earlier. Not to worry, I’ll be finishing the final 3 rounds and sending it by post by Wednesday (1st July 2009).

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When I first took part in the DATCC team league, I wasn’t very keen at the thought of coming to play a long time control game in the middle of the week as well as in the middle of the night. I like rapid chess as it’s more interesting. 90 minutes is just too long for me to hold my concentration I thought.

Anyway after passing the halfway mark for the DATCC series I find that I was wrong. Surprisingly the more I played the more I appreciated the long time controls. Of course the quality of games played is higher quality and the games can be very interesting . Also, it’s certainly nice to meet up with old friends and see top chess players like Mas, Yee Weng, Nicholas, Ian Udani, Saprin, Abdullah Che Hassan etc playing in one place.

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The June 2009 FIDE rating list is coming out soon.

It would be interesting to see if there are any changes in the Malaysian Top 10 list:-

These are the current top 10 players who are active:-

If the “Expected Rating Change” is correct (the figures were taken from FIDE’s website), that means the top four Malaysian players in the July FIDE rating lists are: Mas Hafizulhelmi, Nicholas Chan, Lim Yee Weng and Mok Tze Meng. However we’ll still have to wait a week or two for the official lists to come out.

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After 9 rounds, all the teams have met each other once.

Since it’s a double round robin, round 10 is where we get a second chance to meet our previous opponents. I remember DATCC first round where we lost to Persatuan Catur Wanita Malaysia (PCWM). I played first board and lost to WCM Nur Nabila. DATCC lost 1.5 – 2.5 to PCWM. Last night we got our revenge by winning 3-1 against PCWM.

It was raining heavily and I cursed myself for not coming earlier like I plan. Got stuck in the jam and then in the rain. Not a good start.

Arrived about 45 minutes late.

DATCC vs PCWM had already started. I see the new National Woman Master Tan Li Ting playing against my team mate on board 2. Who was I playing on board 1? Another NWM! Alas, my opponent did not turn up. So I got a one point walkover. The rain and jam perhaps?

Penang Open champ FM Mok Tze Meng playing board 1 for SMS Gold decimates MBS KL 4-0.

Spawn beats Tan & Tan 3½ – ½

 
DATCC wins 3-1 vs PCWM. Sole point for the girls coming from NWM Tan Li TIng.

When all the other teams have finished their games,  two teams were still still battling out. Tough fight as all four boards were still playing between Pricewaterhouse Coopers vs 786 Chess Club.

Last game ..

between Chew Yaw Chong vs NM Kamal Wahiduddin ended in a draw. NM Kamal missed a win in the final stages in the long hard fought game.

Overall result:-

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I was fortunate to get a sneak preview of Transformers 2 one day before the official launch date at One Utama TGV. As an early bird I even got a giant sized Transformers 2 poster.

All I can say is if you loved the first part, you’ll also like the sequel too which has more action packed scenes. I noticed that the movie was 3 hours long. The action scenes were in the beginning and the finale. It ‘s little slow moving just before the finale though. Overall a good movie. I’d rate it 4 stars out of 5. I’d rate it higher if they spent time showing off the new Autobots. Also perhaps if Devastator (a combination of other robots) should have been more awesome being one of the biggest robot in the movie.

Also this is the first time gender factor is introduced into a Transformer movie. There are female Autobots and Deceptocons. Watch out for Alice who reminds me a lot of a Terminator.

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Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) is the host for this year’s Sukan Kerajaan Tempatan Negeri Selangor starting from the 25 June to 28 June June ini. It’s good to see that chess is one of the events that is classified as a sport.. Beside chess, 12 other sports events are contested including football, netball , badminton, ping pong, bowling, carrom, darts, draught, tug of war, futsal and sepak takraw.

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Totally forgot to post the Challenger’s Section results of the 1st Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2009.
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I’m still short of one rated game. DATCC league is rated and I’ll be rated but much later.

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Transformer sneak preview

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Just bought the tickets.

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