2022 Pictures from Round 7

GM Priasmoro Novendra wins DATCC Individual Rapid Open 2022

 

GM Priasmoro Novendra emerged champion of the DATCC Individual Rapid Chess Championship 2022 - Open scoring 5.5 points from 6 rounds.

GM Priasmoro Novendra had 5 wins, 1 draws and 0 loss.

Wins include games against

• Aziz Ziz Zam
• Najarin Nazir
• FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus
• IM Lioe Dede
• WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung
• and against
• FM Abelgas Roel

4 players were half a point Novendra with 5 points. But after tie break, the second place went to

14 year old Indonesian,AIM Cahaya Satria Duta.

3rd place went to Thailand's CM Laohawirapap Prin.

4th place went to Malaysian, WCM Chua Jia-Tien.

5th place won by Indonesian, CM Owen Micha.

 6th place is Pelias Allan O. 

7th place went to WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung.

FM Abelgas Roel took 8th place.

FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus took 9th place and

IM Lioe Dede took 10th place.

A total of 60 players took part in this rapid tournament with a time control of 20 minutes.

Full results here:

https://catur.org/results/p.php?f=DATCC_Individual_Rapid_Chess_Championship_2022_-_Open&y=uWzBRUmiPck

 

Malaysian Chess Festival After 3 Rounds(Open,Challengers and Seniors)

Four players lead in the 2022 Malaysian Open

After 3 rounds of the Malaysian Open, 4 players are leading the event with perfect 3 out of 3 scores. 

They are International Master Ali Muhammad Lutfi, GM Ly Moulthun, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. and IM Andyka Pitra. 

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A total of 76 players are taking part in this event. These players come from 10 different countries. A total of 7 Grandmasters are taking part. Besides that there are 8 International Masters, one Woman Grandmaster, 6 Woman International Master, 11 FIDE Master, 2 Woman FIDE Master.

 

Festival 2nd Blitz

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Blitz CM Tan Jun Ying vs IM Pitra Andika

Festival 1st Merdeka Blitz Results 2022

 

Cititel parking

Like a caveman I arrived at Cititel last month for the #MYchessFestival meeting confused about where the hotel parking space has gone. As a result wasted half an hour going to the far end and reaching  the meeting shamefully late. 

Here's what I found out: 

• No more designated parking space for hotel guests. 
• No more free parking for hotel guest but a flat rate of RM5 is charged daily(pay by Touch n Go - no more parking machines). 
• You get your RM5 rate by validating your Touch N Go card at Cititel Lobby (ground floor) before exiting the car park.

But good news is the rooms are better after renovation during the pandemic. Summarised in a minute video:

 

Malaysian Chess Festival 2022 entries is now closed

 

Entries for the Malaysian Chess Festival is now closed.

New entries only at the discretion of the organizers.

Those who have registered check your entries on chess results from 17th August.

Any questions please WhatsApp to all 3 below

1) Hamid – +60193158098
2) Jonathan. +60 12 457 3263
3) Khai. +60 12 386 8520

Malaysian Chess Festival 2022 Deadline for entries

 

Deadline for entries for the Malaysian Chess Festival 2022 is 15th August. Please take note that entries after this date is charged late entry fees.

The Malaysian Chess Festival is back!!

 The Malaysian Chess Festival is back! It is the longest running chess event classified as “chess festivals” in Asia. The 17th edition will be held again at Cititel Mid Valley from the 2nd to the 11th September 2022. The chess festival was interrupted for a two-year period due to Covid-19.

So what exactly is a Chess Festival? It is typicallly a chess event that includes all the variations in chess to encompass as many preference of the different chess enthusiasts as possible. For the Malaysian Chess Festival, there are a total of 9 chess events that run closely back-to-back over the duration of the festival. The events cover the Open, Senior, Age Groups as well as the junior categories. Besides that, there is two Chess Blitz competition.

The events are :

• Astro IGB Merdeka Open Rapid Team Chess Championship (2nd & 3rd September)
• Datin Yee Wai Fong Merdeka Open Junior Rapid Team Chess Championship(2nd & 3rd
• September )
• DATCC / Dato’ Ng Chee Cheong Open Age-Group Chess Championship(4th September)
• IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship(5th to 11th September)
• IGB Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Foundation Malaysian Chess Challenge(5th to 11th September)
• Mid Valley City Individual Rapid Open Chess Championship(8th September)

Prizes will be in the form of prize monies, medals, certificates and other prizes in kind. The Malaysia Chess Festival is arguably the most lucrative in the region with cash prizes in excess of US$ 28,000.

The Sponsors
None of these would have been possible without the generous sponsorships of retail, hospitality and property giant, IGB Berhad, Malaysian satellite television and internet protocol television provider, Astro, the Tan Chin Nam Foundation as well as Cititel Mid Valley, which serves as the official hotel and venue of the festival.

The Chess governing body, FIDE also provided monetary sponsorship to the festival.

With so much pent up energy for over the board chess, it is expected the festival will be one of the biggest ever compared to all previous editions.

This chess festival is endorsed by the Malaysian Chess Federation. Details of all the events can be found at the official website:
https://datchesscentre.com

Titled chess players are given exemptions of entry fees and they can contact the Organising Secretary, IA Hamid Majid, at +6019 315 8098 (Whatsapp) or email him at aham@pc.jaring.asia for more information.

17th Malaysian Chess Festival

 2nd to 12th of September 2022

You can download the entry forms below (PDF)

1. ASTRO MERDEKA TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
2. Datin Yee Wai Fong JUNIOR TEAM
3. Merdeka Individual
4. 11th IGB Dato Tan Chin Nam Seniors Open
5. Dato’ Ng Chee Cheong Age Group
6. 17th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open
7. MALAYSIA CHESS Challenge

Download forms in zip format	Register online

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16th Malaysian Chess Festival

The Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DAT Chess Centre) with endorsement from Malaysian Chess Federation will be organizing the 16th Malaysian Chess Festival as follows: Website: http://www.datchesscenter.net/ or http://datcc.net 09 – 10th August 2019 (Friday & Saturday) (CLOSING DATE 01 AUGUST 2019)

1. Merdeka Team Chess Championship (OPEN)
2. Datin Yee Wai Fong MERDEKA Junior Team Chess Championship (JUNIOR U12) 15th August (Thursday)
3.  10th DATCC/DATIN YEE WAI FONG Age Group Chess Championship (CLOSING DATE: 01 JULY 2019) 11th August (Arrival) – 19th August (Departure) – Monday to Monday (CLOSING DATE: 01 AUGUST 2019)
4. 16th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan International Malaysian Open Chess Championship
5.  10th IGB Dato Tan Chin Nam International Seniors Open Chess Championship
6.  14th IGB BERHAD Malaysia Chess Challenge11th August 2019 (Sunday) (CLOSING DATE: 01 AUGUST 2019)  
7. Merdeka Day Individual Rapid Chess Championship (Open/Under18/Under12)

Prospectus and registration form can be downloaded from the links below.

1. 16th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2019 <DOWNLOAD>
2. 10th IGB Dato Tan Chin Nam International Seniors Open 2019 (Updated – 31 May 2019) <DOWNLOAD>
3. IGB Berhad Challenge 2019 (Blue) (Updated – 31 May 2019)<DOWNLOAD>
4. DATCC AgeGroup 2019 (Light Blue) <DOWNLOAD>
5. ASTRO Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2019 (Updated – 31 May 2019) <DOWNLOAD>
6. Junior Team 2019 <DOWNLOAD>
7. Merdeka Individual 2019 <DOWNLOAD>

Schedule-Festival 2019 <DOWNLOAD>

Download all forms with schedule <DOWNLOAD>

Scan for online registration:

15th Malaysian Chess Festival Schedule

15^th MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL 2018 – SCHEDULE

ASTRO MERDEKA OPEN RAPID TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

3^rd DATIN YEE WAI FONG MERDEKA JUNIOR TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

17^th Aug (Friday)        Team Manager’s Meeting          14:30

                                    Round 1 – 3                                  15:00 - 16:15 - 17:30

18^th Aug (Saturday)   Round 4 – 6                                  08:30 - 09:45 - 11:00                                                Lunch

                                    Rounds 7 – 9                                 13:00 - 14:15 - 15:30

                                    Merdeka Blitz                               16:45

                                    Prize Giving                                   18:00

19^th Aug (Sunday)       9^th DATCC/Datin Yee Wai Fong

                                     AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

                 

15^th IGB DATO’ ARTHUR TAN MALAYSIAN OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

9^th IGB SENIORS OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

13^th IGB BERHAD MALAYSIA CHESS CHALLENGE

19^th Aug (Sun)            Arrival

20^th Aug (Mon)           Players Meeting                           12:00

                                    Round 1                               1500

21^st  Aug (Tue)             Round 2 & 3                        0900 & 1500

22nd Aug (Wed)          FREE DAY - MERDEKA DAY (12:00 - 18:00)                                      (Individual Rapid Chess Championship (Open/U18/U12)

23^rd Aug (Thu)             Round 4 & 5                       0900 & 1500

24^th Aug (Fri)               Round 6 & 7                        0900 & 1500

25^th Aug (Sat)             Round 8                               1500

26^th Aug (Sun)            Round 9                               0900

                                    Festival Blitz                         1300

                                    Prize Giving / Dinner           20:00

27^th Aug (Mon)           Departure

MERDEKA BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP – (16:45 - Saturday, 18^th August)

MALAYSIA FESTIVAL BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (1pm - Sunday, 26^th August