Malaysia National Closed Chess Championship 2011

Sunday, October 25, 2020

The Coldest War vs The Queen's Gambit

One is a movie and the other a mini series. But both are about chess or at least centres around the game.

The depiction of Chess from The Coldest Game was silly to say the least. For one thing, in The Coldest Game, the person who overseeing the game is called "arbiter", not a "judge". Also, when a player wants a draw, there is no need to pass the offer via the arbiter, they just ask the other player. Of course there are many tiny inaccuracies in the movie that would make a tournament player cringe.

The other aspects of the show is acceptable and I only watched because I like Bill Pullman's acting.

The new mini series "The Queen's Gambit" starring Anya Taylor-Joy is way better in terms of chess accuracy. All the chess openings are right, like the Sicilian Najdorf, Levenfish variation, how a simul event is conducted are all correct. I just appreciate it when film makers take the trouble for small details like that and not "inventive" when it comes to chess facts. Overall, I think The Queen's Gambit will be a worthwhile watch especially when IMDB rates this at 8.7 out of 10.

Sunday, August 30, 2020

to the future NC 2020

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Hail the new National Champion

Lim Zhuo Ren is crowned the new National Champion!

Blitz is on and MAS is playing

After the National Closed prize giving ceremonies, there will a blitz tournament. Mas will be taking part too. What are you waiting for? Come down to DATCC for some fun blitz!

Lim Zhuo Ren - Jimmy Liew (live)

Video chat rooms at Ustream

Round 7 pictures

Men Round 9 (final) pairings

March 20, 2011

Bo.	No.	Name	Pts.	Pts.	Name	No.
1	10	Lim Zhuo Ren	7½	6½	Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy	1
2	12	Subramaniam Sumant	6½	6	Lee Kim Han Edward	2
3	4	Loo Swee Leong	6	6	Yeap Eng Chiam	5
4	26	Fong Yit Ho	6	6	Yeoh Li Tian	7
5	32	Fong Yit San	5½	5½	Nayan Ahmad Fadzil	19
6	38	Lee Kah Meng Elgin	5½	5	Tan Khai Boon	3
7	8	Wahiduddin Mohd Khair	5	5	Yeoh Phee Leong Marcus	27
8	28	Looi Xin Hao	5	5	Ong Thian Loon	13
9	15	Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil	5	5	Wong Jianwen	29
10	24	Shaik Ali Nor Ilhamuddin	5	5	Yusof Kamaluddin	17
11	33	Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer	5	5	Erowan Masrin	18
12	20	Tan Ken Wei	5	5	Kamin Al-Kamil	35
13	30	Siew Kit-Tze Mark	5	5	Cheah Cheok Fung	21
14	41	Tan Jun Feng	5	5	Fong Choong Ee	23
15	14	Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi	4½	5	See Kai Loong	37
16	42	Chin Choong Wee Kenneth	4½	4½	Shafruddin Fariz	9
17	16	Abdul Shukor Abdul Aziz	4½	4½	Ajeet Singh Roshan	44
18	25	Ismail Ahmad	4½	4½	Low Jun Jian	36
19	49	Liew Ken Yew	4½	4½	Kamal Rizal Ahmad	31
20	34	Lim Kian Hwa	4½	4½	Aron Teh Eu Wen	47
21	60	Wong Yinn Long	4½	4	Che Hassan Abdullah	11
22	6	Jamil Mohd Johan	4	4	Iskandar Danial Adam	45
23	57	Dutton Lucas Matthew	4	4	S Balendran	40
24	69	Subramaniam Shreyas	4	4	Azhar Muhd Irfan Haqqim	43
25	61	Teh De Juan	4	4	Ooi Zhi Yang	51
26	71	Tee Han Kang	4	4	Amier Hamzah B Mohd Zuhri	52
27	54	Hamzah Razali	4	3½	Roslan Mohd Faizal	39
28	50	Sivanesan Subramanian	3½	3½	Mustafa Albakri Suhaimi	62
29	53	Parimanam Paul	3½	3½	Muhalip Sotimin	64
30	55	Kalivanan Suniil	3½	3½	Ding Tze How Dilwen	74
31	68	Tang Wei Kit	3½	3½	Saleh Fikri	56
32	92	Mahmood Mohd Ezmi	3½	3½	Yap Wan Lin	58
33	46	William Lee Kah Howe	3	3½	Aminuddin Muhd Faris	78
34	77	Mohd Hisham Muhd Hafiz	3	3	Low Jun Keat	48
35	63	Tan Kok Liang	3	3	Ng Jen Sheng	75
36	85	Choong Ee Jin Eric	3	3	Zakaria Mohd Fadrus	65
37	66	Yahaya Muhammad Nurislam	3	3	Mohd Hisham Muhd Fareed	76
38	89	Ganesh Kuhan	3	3	Teh Wee Zhun	72
39	90	Ong Wei Bin	3	3	Narayanan Sri Shiva Kumar	73
40	88	Singh Kabir	2½	2½	Yeop Mat Zaki	59
41	67	Yahaya Muhammad Nuriman	2½	2½	Hanif Harleiff	80
42	83	Ng Shi Xuan	2½	2	Kughan Ravindran	82
43	70	Harun Bustaman	2	2	Ng Shi Yang	79
44	91	Sik Kuan Ming Shaun	2	2	Abdul Rashid Hasidin	81
45	84	Sabri Shamsuddin	2	1	Mohd Jamil Afiq	87
46	86	Aminuddin Muhd Faqih	2		bye
47	22	Saifuddin Muhd Izz	0		not paired
48	93	Ong Aik Liang	½		not paired