Just entered some NAG 2010 information into my Wiki. There are 249 players taking in this year’s edition of the National Age Group in Penang. Of course all information was summarised from Eu Hong’s blog and for the latest list of players you should visit his blog.
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I just made a comparison with just one section the Under 16 of NAG 2009 and NAG 2010.
From last year’s blog there were 58 players taking part in the U16 while the pre-registration number up till today is only 28 for this year’s National Age Group.
Another comparison is the U10 Boys which had 78 players but only 36 pre-registered this year. I’m sure some other blog will make a more accurate comparison of all age group when NAG actually starts in 2 days time.
taken from NAG 2009 blog
I covered last year’s NAG but will not be able to go to Penang this year. However I’m sure there will be more than enough blog coverage from various bloggers up north.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia (SRAM) have appealed to the Education Ministry to include squash among the sports on the national schools (MSSM) championship calendar this year.
Squash was one of the 11 sports dropped from the calendar. The others were bowling, archery, table tennis, rugby, cricket, sailing, softball, handball, cross country and chess.
The lack of funds was the reason for the ministry to reduce the number of MSSM championships.
The SRAM deputy president, Datuk Syed Mustaffa Syed Ali, said that Malaysia had produced world-class squash players and they hoped to see more youngsters playing in the MSSM, which is one of the important junior championships in the country.
Full article from The Star
At least squash has a strong point included back in MSSM. They have world class representatives like Nicol David, Mohd Azlan Iskandar or Ong Beng Hee. We do not have such successful chess players yet. 
What’s more is that squash already has a big national junior circuit for Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, 17 and 19 age-groups sponsored by CIMB. Winners of the event are sponsored to play in the Hong Kong Junior Open. Even with this , they still see the importance squash to be included in MSSM.
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In the Boyd section of the 2009 National Juniors, the current joint leaders are Justin Ong and Sumant Subramaniam.
Following closely behind in shared 3-7th place are Muhd Syakir, Yeap Eng Chiam and Evan Timothy Capel.
| Bo. | Name | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name |
| 1 | JUSTIN ONG-WAY | 6 | 6 | SUMANT A/L SUBRAMANIAM | |
| 2 | MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER B. AZHAR | 5½ | 5½ | YEAP ENG CHIAM | |
| 3 | NM EVAN TIMOTHY CAPEL | 5½ | 5½ | WONG JIANWEN | |
| 4 | LOW JUN JIAN | 5½ | 5 | MUHD NABIL B. AZMAN HISHAM | |
| 5 | MUHAMMAD SIRAJUDDIN MUNAWWIR | 5 | 5 | AHMAD AFIQ AFYFY B. ROSLI | |
| 6 | SEE KAI LOONG | 5 | 5 | LOW JUN KEAT | |
| 7 | MUHAMMAD IZZ SAIFUDDIN | 4½ | 5 | MUHD IRFAN HAQQIM B. AZHAR | |
| 8 | DANIEL ISKANDAR ARIF | 4½ | 4½ | MARK SIEW KIT-TZE | |
| 9 | FIKRI B. SALEH | 4½ | 4½ | WCM NUR NABILA BT. AZMAN HISHAM* | |
| 10 | TAN JUN FENG | 4½ | 4½ | AHMAD FIRDAUS B. MOHAMAD RODZI | |
| 11 | LUM ZHUN HOONG | 4½ | 4½ | KEOK KAI EN | |
| 12 | MOHD FAIZAL B. ROSLAN | 4½ | 4½ | ARON TEH EU WEN | |
| 13 | NOOR MUHAMMAD AZLAN SHAH B. ATAN | 4 | 4 | MOHD SYAZWAN B. MOHD ZIN | |
| 14 | TAN YONG ZHAO | 4 | 4 | CHONG YAN MENG | |
| 15 | ROSHAN SINGH | 4 | 4 | MUHAMMAD ZIKRI B. MAT ZAKI | |
| 16 | JONATHAN YAP QIAN ZHENG | 4 | 4 | SHAUN QUAKE ZHUN ZIAN | |
| 17 | LUCAS MATTHEW DUTTON | 4 | 4 | NOOR HISYAM B. AHAYAT | |
| 18 | MUHAMAD ALFIRDAUS B. MD NAZIR | 4 | 3½ | LOW HONG JIN | |
| 19 | MUHAMMAD FARIS B. AMINUDDIN | 3½ | 3½ | SHREYES A/L SUBRAMANIAM | |
| 20 | LOON MUN CHUN | 3½ | 3½ | YAT GUO JIE | |
| 21 | MOHAMED SHABYYL B. MOHAMED AJMAL | 3½ | 3½ | TAN SOON KEAT | |
| 22 | NG JEN SHENG | 3½ | 3½ | SEE KAI JUN | |
| 23 | DOMINIC LEE KUANG WEI | 3½ | 3½ | MUHAMMAD HAZIM B. MOHAMAD | |
| 24 | ETHAN WONG HSIEN AUN | 3 | 3½ | NG HAN LOONG | |
| 25 | AMIER HAMZAH B. MOHD ZUHRI | 3 | 3 | AHMAD HAFIZA B. YUSOFF | |
| 26 | NIKK B. JOHARI LOW | 3 | 3 | MAX WONG ZI QUAN | |
| 27 | MUHAMAD FIRDAUS AFIQ B. ASMAN | 3 | 3 | TAN SOON WEI | |
| 28 | KUHAN A/L B.GANESAN | 3 | 3 | MUHAMMAD FAISAL B. ROSLAN | |
| 29 | MOHD MUHAIMIN B. MOHD TARIZI | 3 | 3 | HARLEIFF B. HANIF | |
| 30 | MUHAMMAD IRFAN RENDRAWAN B. MUHA | 3 | 3 | MUHAMMAD NAJWAN B. AZMAN HISHAM | |
| 31 | KABIR SINGH | 2½ | 3 | NEO XUE WEN | |
| 32 | MUHD KHAIRUL B. NASRIN | 2½ | 2½ | SUNIL A/L KALIVANAN | |
| 33 | AFIQ B. MOHD. JAMIL | 2 | 2 | VINTON WONG HSIEN LOONG | |
| 34 | NEO XUE WEI | 2 | 2 | MOK KHYE ZEN | |
| 35 | JOSHUA LIM WEN KWANG | 2 | 2 | LIEW ASHTON | |
| 36 | ARIF B. MOHD. JAMIL | 2 | 2 | FADHIL AIMAN B. ZAKARIA | |
| 37 | AMIRUL RAHIMI B. SHAMSUDDIN | 2 | 2 | NIK MUHD. HAZIQ NAJMUDDIN | |
| 38 | MUHAMMAD IHSAN SYAHIRAN B. MUHAM | 2 | 1½ | AIMAN KAMAL FAKRULLAH B. LATIB | |
| 39 | MUHD HAFIDZUDDIN B. JUNAIDI | 1 | 1 | NEO XUE ERN | |
| MUHD ARIFFUDDIN B. JUNAIDI | 1 | Bye | |||
| 40 | AZARUL AZMIE B. AHMAD ZAINNIE | 2 | 0 | - | |
| 41 | ISKANDAR DANIAL B. ADAM | 0 | 0 | - | |
| 42 | MOHAMED THAQIF IMTIAZ | 0 | 0 | - |
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MERDEKA NATIONAL OPEN RAPID AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
& Lunchtime Chess Lecture about World Chess Champion Robert J. Fischer
by US National Master Ron Gross (for 30 years Bobby’s closest friend – picture)
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The first is the Kepong Baru Open Chess Championship on 28/06/2009. Personally I think the title of the tournament is no quite accurate as it implies that it is an Open tournament where it is actually a tournament for juniors. The categories contested are Boys under 12, Girls under 12, Boys 16 and Girls 16.
Details here.
The other junior tournament is SK Sri Hartamas Age group on 04/07/2009. Details here.
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Recess: Schools Out I am happy to see any promotion for the junior chess players. This learning centre, Magic Tree, is offering scholarship to junior players to better their chess skills, As far as I remember this is the first time I’m seeing such a scholarship for scholastic chess. What’s more, it offers the services of a top national player.
read on…
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I rarely ‘cover’ junior events mainly because I’m biased to events that I can take part in. I’ll try to add more ’scholastic’ and junior event reports here and in GilaChess.com. The children are the future right ?? 
Mirror Mirror download Anyway, tomorrow is the National Juniors which is near my place so I’ll probably drop by and take a few pictures and get some updates from the organisers.
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There is only one age group and it is the Under-20 which divided to the ‘Boys’ and ‘Girls’ section.
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I wished I was at GACC tournament on all the days but I just didn’t have the time. It would have been nice to make quick daily updates as the results come out.
I can’t fault GACC volunteers for being about a day late in the updates everyday because they were also busy with multitude of other things to do. Being the “web sponsor” GilaChess.com should have taken over that job. Anyway, it all turned out ok with adequate coverage via the gacc-chess.com website.
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Today is the rest day or “Freeday Outing”. Wished I had asked the GACC guys to take lots of pictures of the outing. I guess they should have. Anyway, I’ll try to get some pictures from them and post it here and the official GACC website
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My howler stories aside, the World Youth 2008 was definitely a memorable experience. Players and arbiters were treated like VIPs. The event was so big it was highlighted on Vietnam’s national TV (live!) and even appeared in front page headlines in local newspapers. Tell me if you know any other country that gave such media coverage to chess.
Despite some hiccups I must say the event was very successful. I’m proud to be part of the event even if it was only a small part.
All the games, results, and highlights can be found at ChessASIA.net
Photo gallery: http://chessASIA.net/gallery/ White Squall buy
Official tournament site: http://wycc2008.vietnamchess.com
Tournament blog: http://2008wycc.blogspot.com
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One more round to go but there are already clear winners. WGM Valentina Golubenko
is already the champion for the Girls Under 16 in the World Youth Chess Championship.
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This is Nguyen Huynh Minh Thien – a Vietnamese who is the youngest participant in the World Youth Chess Championship.
He learnt the game at the tender age 2½ years old!! His mother is a Women National Champion and is a coach. He picked up the game after showing interest while seeing her mother coach other children.
Although he has only 2 points from 9 games Minh Thien is only 4 years old! This means he can possibly take part in the World Youth for another 3 editions of the World Youth under the Open 8 category!
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