2010 a new challenge

Come 2010, a lot of 2009 happenings could be repeated but the chess affairs at both national levels are still hanging and suspending unsolved and incommunicado so its not shocking to hear that MSSM will drop chess from its calender and events, but God is great and chess will still progress and prosper so for a better hope in the new year.

Anyway all the best for 2010



Animated Christmas and New Year Greetings

MMU CHESS 2010

CHESS INTERNATIONAL MMU MELACCA CAMPUS 2010

6 and 7 Febuary 2010

Sifu received an email with regards to MMU Melaccaa Chess International Open 2010
No details yet but it would be like last 2009 Open format and prizes and Sifu will established details once finalised but keep 6 and 7 February 2010 your date in Malacca

SIFU'S MUM ACHIEVED 90

The Great extended Aminah Family Gossip Group


Cutting her 90th. Birthday cake

With her 3rd. generation grandchild Alina.
This fantastic grand lady, who was born and lived in Kuala Lumpur on 18 December 1919 and celebrated her 90th. birthday last week in Port Dickson with her extended family from her children, to grandchildren to great grandchildren with an annual Family day by Aminah Family Gossip Group. She is Sifu's mum

Aminah binti Abdullah is a 1st. generation Kuala Lumpurian, who struggle through 2nd World War, the Emergency Era of 50's. the birth of Malaya then Malaysia, the sufferings of 13 may 1969. Her life is the history of Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM YOU ARE FANTASTIC AND WE LOVE YOU MAY ALLAH BLESSED YOU FOR US TO CELEBRATE WITH US FOR MORE YEARS TO COME WITH GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

CERITA BERGAMBAR SBM BERPASUKAN 2009

SBM telah menyediakan hadiah menarik untuk Kejohanan catur Berpasukan 2009
Syarat utama misti menjadi ahli SBM, kedua setiap pasukan tidak melebehi mata kiran cacat penglihatan tidak melebehi 6 mata dari combinasi B1, B2 dan B3 = 6 mata
Juara : KL Braille terdiri daripada Mah Hassan Omar(B1), Saharuddin Mappa(B3) dan Nur Fiqhua (B2) mendapat RM 1000 manakala
Naib Juara: KL/Selangor SBM A yang terdiri dari Amir Samsuddin (B1) Mat Idris saman (B1) dan Mahadir Ghani (B3)mendapat Rm 800.00, dengan kiraan begini maka setiap kumpulan akan mengandungi ahli B1 B2 dan B3 dan tidak lagi 3 ahl;i B3 boleh bersatu dalam satu kumpulan.

LONDON CHESS CLASSIC

CHESS Daily Express
December 20,2009
By Luke McShane

THE London Chess Classic was the strongest tournament to take place in the capital for a quarter of a century.

The unofficial world number one going into the event, 19-year-old Magnus Carlsen got off to a great start by beating his main competitor Vladimir Kramnik in the first round.

Carlsen notched up further wins against me and the Chinese player Ni Hua to take first place in the event, and secures his place at the top of the next ranking list.

Kramnik also scored three wins, but was unable to catch up with Magnus and took clear second place.

I started well by defeating Nigel Short in an eight hour 163 move marathon game, which must be my longest game ever.

But it was Michael Adams and David Howell who came top amongst the four English players. Both scored one win and six draws.

A poor finish saw me finishing fifth, but I was delighted to receive the best game prize of the tournament for my victory over the American champion Hikaru Nakamura.

Interestingly, the tournament used a football style scoring system of three points for a win and one for a draw.

So the final standings were Carlsen 13, Kramnik 12, Howell and Adams 9, McShane 7, Ni Hua and Nakamura 6 and Nigel Short 5.

The event was expertly organised by Malcolm Pein, and every single game was fought to the end.

That made an excellent spectacle for the many visitors who watched in the often overflowing auditorium and packed the commentary room each day at the Kensington Olympia.

More than a million people followed the event online, and 2500 attended the event, including a dozen schools from as far afield as North Wales.

Additionally, the Chess in Schools and Communities charity has been set up to bring the game to a wider audience in the future.

There are plans afoot for a sequel next year, and even the possibility of the 2012 Fide World Championship coming to London.

Hikaru Nakamura - Luke McShane
(London, 2009)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0–0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 exd4 11.Nd5 Be6!? A few years ago I lost a couple of games in this sharp variation of the King's Indian, so I wanted to try out this rare move which I hoped would bring more success. 12.Be7 Bxd5 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 13...Kxf8!? was worth serious consideration.

After 14.exd5 Nxc5 15.Nxd4 Ne3! (I hadn't seen this possibility) 16.Ne6+!? Qxe6 17.dxe6 Nxd1 18.Rfxd1 fxe6 and Black has the easier game. 14.exd5 dxc5 15.Qb3 Rb8 A very tense position has arisen. Two pawns for the exchange is enough compensation on paper, but White has time to develop some initiative and the knight on a6 is looking silly.

I hoped that I would find time to round up the d5 pawn before he created counterplay. 16.Rfe1 Qd6 16...b5 was one of my key ideas over the next few moves, but it doesn't quite work here. 17.Bxb5 c6 18.dxc6 Nc7 19.a4 a6! was the idea, winning material, but White could play 18.Qa4! instead. 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bxa6 I was slightly relieved to see this. 18.a3 was critical, calmly locking out the knight on a6.

During the game I was frantically trying to calculate the consequences of 18...b5?! (18...Bh6! looks much more prudent, taking control of g5 and c1) 19.Bxb5 c6 20.dxc6 Nc7 21.a4 a6 22.Ne5 Qf8! (22...axb5 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.axb5 looked terribly dangerous, and later my computer confirmed my hunch that Black is losing here) 23.Nd7 Nxd7 24.cxd7 and I was struggling to fathom this position from a distance - Black is probably doing at least okay after 24...Qd8! (but not 24...axb5 25.axb5 Nxb5? 26.Qxb5! Rxb5 27.Ra8!! Qxa8 28.Re8+ Qxe8 29.dxe8Q+ Bf8 30.Qxb5 and White wins!).

18...Qxa6 19.Rac1 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Nc6? looks tricky but runs into a counterpunch: 20...c4! 21.Qb5 a6! and White loses material. 19...Bf8 20.Ne5 Qb6?! If I had seen the possibility of 21.d6 I might have prevented it altogether. 20...Bd6 21.Qf3 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Qd6 looks quite promising for Black. 21.Qf3?! Creating dangerous threats on the kingside (including the immediate threat of Nxf7 followed by Re1–e6), but this is very double-edged.

21.d6! was not a move I had noticed. 21...Qxb3 22.dxc7! That's the point. 22...Rc8 23.axb3 Nd5!? When Black will pick up the c7 pawn with a balanced game. 21...Qd6 22.g4 There's no time to waste, as I was threatening Kg8-g7 followed by Qd6xd5. 22...Bh6 23.Rc2 Re8!

Deflecting White's rook from the c-file. 23...Rf8 24.Nd3 b6 25.b4! was annoying, as 25...cxb4 is met by 26.Rc6! winning the knight on f6. 24.Rce2 Rf8 Covering f7 to prepare the capture on d5. 25.Nc4 25.Rc2!? was worth considering, for a surprising reason.

After 25...Nxd5 26.Nc4 Qd8 27.Na5! White regains a pawn due to a pretty knight maneouvre: 27...b6? 28.Nc6 Qd6 29.Qxd5! Qxd5 30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Nxd5. 25...Qxd5 A triumph - finally the pawn drops off! 26.Qxf6 Bg7! An important intermezzo. After 26...Qxc4 27.Re8 White seeks counterplay by Qf6-d8 followed by Re8xf8 and Re1–e8. 27...Qd5 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.Re8 threatens Qf6-e7, and after 29...Qd6 30.Qxd6 cxd6 31.Ra8 the pawn harvest begins. 27.Qh4?! 27.Qf4 Qxc4 28.Re8 was better, I thought.

From f4 the c7 pawn comes under attack and the d-pawn is temporarily pinned. 28...Qd5 29.Qxc7 d3 should still be promising for Black. 27...Qxc4 28.Re8 Qd5 29.Rxf8+ Bxf8 30.Re8 Kg7 31.g5 Or 31.Qd8 Qxd8 32.Rxd8 a5. In the very worst case I saw that Bf8-d6 and b7-b6 would protect all the pawns, so all the winning chances are with Black. 31...Qd6 32.Kf1 32.Qh6+ Kg8 just leads to a dead end. 32...b5 The game of Space Invaders begins. 33.Ke1 c4 34.Qe4 c5 35.h4!?

With the clock running down, I thought this was connected with the obscure idea of h4-h5 and f2-f4-f5-f6+, but the simpler idea is Qe4-f3-f6+. The immediate 35.Qf3 was well met by Be7, hitting the g5 pawn. 35.f4!? preparing to recapture on e5 with the pawn, was also interesting. 35...c3 36.bxc3 dxc3 37.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 38.Rxe5 a5 39.Kd1 39.Re8 a4 40.Ra8 might have been tougher but neither side had much time to think before move forty. 39...a4 40.a3!? b4 41.Kc2 Having made the time control I had a very long think. 41...f5 and 41...h5 both came to mind, but I settled on 41...h6!

Softening up the g5 square gives the bishop more scope sometimes, but this move comes with a more subtle idea as well. 42.Rd5? (see diagram 1) Apparently the losing move. 42.Re8 was better, and then I couldn't see a win for Black. 42...hxg5 43.hxg5 Bd6 44.Ra8 b3+ 45.Kxc3 Be5+ 46.Kd2 (46.Kd3? c4+! 47.Kxc4 b2 wins as b8 is covered by the bishop) 46...c4 47.Rxa4 c3+ 48.Kc1 Bd6 49.Kb1 and now White threatens Ra4-c4, so Black has to take a draw with 49...c2+ 50.Kb2 Be5+ 51.Kc1 Bd6 when neither side can make progress.

42...hxg5 43.hxg5 Kh7! The hidden idea behind 41...h6! 44.Rd7?! 44.axb4 cxb4 45.Rb5 keeps chances alive for White by forestalling Bf8-g7, but the pawns are very strong.(45.Ra5? meets with a pretty refutation though: 45...b3+ 46.Kxc3 Bb4+! 47.Kxb4 b2 and the pawn promotes) 44...Bg7! 45.Rxf7 b3+ 46.Kb1 46.Kc1 Kg8 47.Ra7 Bd4 48.Rxa4 Kf7! is winning in the same way as the game. 46...Kg8

The knowledge that any slip could even mean losing the game kept me on my toes. The other idea I looked at was 46...c4?? 47.Ra7 c2+ 48.Kc1 c3 49.Rxa4 Bf8 and I thought that with the rook tied down I could play Bf8x-c5xf2, and eventually threaten mate on both a3 and e3. Unfortunately, 50.Rb4! and after 50...Bxb4 51.axb4 there isn't time to catch the nimble passed pawn. 47.Ra7 Bd4! 48.Rxa4 Kf7! With the support of the king one of the pawns can be forced home. 48...Bxf2 was too slow.

After 49.Rc4! Black is in serious danger, but may be able to salvage a draw with 49...Bd4 50.a4 c2+ (50...Kf7? 51.a5 Ke6 52.a6 Kd5 53.Rxd4+ and White promotes in time) 51.Kc1 Be3+ 52.Kb2 Bd2! 53.Rxc5 Kf7 54.a5 c1=Q+ 55.Rxc1 Bxa5 56.Kxb3 Bd2 and the weak g5 pawn makes it hard to progress. 49.Ra6 49.Rxd4 cxd4 50.a4 d3 and the king can't hold up all three pawns any more. 49...Be5! Preparing c3-c2+ and Be5-f4+ so the rook must retreat. 50.Ra4 Ke6 51.Rh4 Kd5 52.a4 c4 53.Rh1 c2+ 54.Kc1 c3 55.Rh4 Bd6 (see diagram 2) A pretty finish. Mate follows on a3.
0–1

HARAPAN CATUR 2010/2011

Sifu baru ini berpeluang untuk bersama NCBM (National Council for Blind Malaysia) di pejabat NCBM untuk berbincang dan berdialog dengan MSN yang di wakili oleh Pengarah Cawangan Paralimpik, Mohd Safulshahar Yusof dan di Hotel Summit untuk Budget 2010 selain dari Seminar Pembangunan Sukan Paralimpik (rujuk Paralimpik MSN), dan Sifu akan gariskan beberapa rumusan penting untuk OKU dan khas nya untuk Cacat Penglihatan.

Catur masih tersenarai di kacamata Cawangan paralimpik sebab Catur tersenarai di Asean paragames 2011 Bandung tapi untuk 2010, catur tidak mendapat perhatian sebab catur tidak tersenarai di Asia Guanchou 2010 maka begitu lah nasib catur baik untuk normal atau paralimpik.

Berita terkini menyatakan catur disenarai diantara 37 sukan yang akan di pertandingkan di Indonesia 2011 (lihat Gilocatur , Stonemaster atau Bernama) tapi itu 2011 untuk 2010 catur tiada tempat saperti di wawarkan yang catur akan turut menerima nasib malang di peringkat MSSM 2010.

MSN bersetuju pada dasar nya catur akan di terima di MSN Paralimpik tapi di paras rendah sebab catur bukan high performance sports.

Mana MCF? Inilah peranan MCF selama ini sejak 30 tahun di taraf peminta sedekah dan hampir orang yang sama selama 20 tahun lalu dan catur masih di tahap si peminta sedekah.

Pemain pemain yang berjaya adalah hasil titik peluh ibu bapa sahaja, sumbangan MCF zero level, Sifu amat malu maka Sifu lebeh selesa berkhidmat untuk OKU yang Sifu nampak ada tujuan, ada matlamat ada kemenangan Emas untuk Negara. Maaf Sifu dulu satu ketika ada bersama MCF tapi bila Kejohanan Merdeka di rampas dari PCMM dan di masuk dalam kantong MCF atau .... maka PCMM pun berkubur begitu juga Merdeka, Sifu selasa di luar bersama OKU terutama mereka yang cacat penglihatan daripada mereka yang buta dengan jawatan dan kepimpinan kosong selama ini.

Maaf mungkin Sifu terlalu keras dan pedas tapi ini lah realiti MCF ketika ini dengan Setiausaha nya seorang diri berlari sana sini dan yang lain jadi boss dan pemerhati sahaja untuk pandai mengeritik dan buat kerja dengan kepentingan sahaja.
Tapi kalau untuk menyampaikan hadiah atau untuk bergambar mereka pasti ada, kan gambar akan di keluarkan di blog blog!!

Untuk OKU pada 2010, beberapa kejohanan sedang dalam perancangan dan permohonan agar kejohanan tersebut di iktiraf oleh FIDE melalui IBCA atau IPCA tapi pasti beberapa kejohanan OKU akan disenaraikan sebagai kejohanan pemilihan untuk 2011 nanti, jawatankuasa Pemilihan pasti akan menilai atas permainan dan penglibatan pemain dari tahun 2010.

Kejohanan tersenarai dalam perancangan : 1. Kejohanan Catur OKU Hari Wilayah 2010
2. Kejohanan Perseorangan SBM 2010. 3. Kejohanan Catur OKU MBPJ 2010. 4. Kojohanan catur KL Braille,5. Kejohanan Jemputan MCBM 2010 6. 2nd. Asia Blind 7. OKU Jemputan Asia.

Beberapa kejohanan tersebut sudah mendapat penaja dan yang lain dalam perbincangan, pastinya ini semua untuk OKU dan pembangunan catur OKU Malaysia untuk melahirkan jagoh Catur Asia dari OKU Malaysia.

Harapan utama Sifu adalah untuk melihat pembangunan catur dengan berjaya dan sihat dan biarlah pembangunan ini tersusun dengan matlamat membawa kejayaan dan misti mempunyai dana untuk kejayaan ini. Peranan ibu bapa amat penting sekali tetapi biarlah sumbangan mereka di hargai dengan MCF berperanan lebeh professional dan bertanggungjawap bukan lepas tangan dan ambil jalan mudah sahaja serta MCF di pimpin oleh mereka yang mempunyai visi.

Sifu mohon maaf andai penulisan Sifu agak panas dan pedas untuk mereka yang termakan cili tapi kita manusia yang di hujung senja kalau tidak di beri ingatan kita ini pelupa dan kita tidak boleh lagi dari kesilapan sebab kita manusia, inilah harapan Sifu untuk catur di Malaysia agar anak anak kita tidak tercicir di telah zaman saperti yang telah berlaku selama ini.

GAMBAR SBM BERPASUKAN 2009

ANAK EMAS PARAGAMES KL09

Nur Fiqhua , pemenang empat emas di Paragames KL09 maseh berbisa di Kejohanan Berpasukan SBM 2009 bla beliau menang empat dari lima pusingan tersebut, hanya Mahadir Ghani yang telah menghalang kemenangan di Pusingan ke 3. Fiqhua yang baru sahaja tamat PMR yang keputusan nya akan di keluarkan pada 24 Disember ini.
Sifu percaya dengan anakanda Fiqhua dan doakan akan mencapai kejayaan dalam apa bidang yang di hadapi nya terutama PMR yang di tempohi satelah mendapat kejayaan dalam Asean Paragames KL09 sabelum PMR tersebut.

SBM TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

Society of Blind in Malaysia headed by President Mah Hassan Hj Omar and Sports Coordinator, Rosham Sidek had their hands full organising the annual SBM Chess Championship and this year is the team event, which attracted 24 players in eight teams from Sarawak and West Malaysia.

It was a 5 Rounds SWISS over two days at the Jati Minda Hall in Setapak, almost all the top Blind players were there Mah Hassan Hj. Omar, Nur Fiqhua Halil, Shaharuddin Mappa, mat Idris Saman, Mahadir Ghani, Moira Mukri and many more top blind players, it was interesting to see a fighting team championship. It should be noted that all SBM Blind Championship will be recognised as a basis for selection of 2010 Blind chess players from now on.

The champion Team : 1. KL Braille : Mah Hassan Hj Omar, Saharuddin Mappa and Nur Fiqhua Halil.
2. Mat Idris saman, Mahadir Ghani and Amir Shamsuddin from KL/Selangor A Team while the KL/Selangor b team got third place.

MORE PICS OF FARAH AF AT OKU CHESS

AN UNSUNG INTERNET HEROINE

She was just a housewife with two kids who sent an email to friends complaining about treatment and wrong diagnosis while seeking treatment at a private hospital but got caught in a system that backfire that lead her to be arrested, jailed, fined and sued but Facebook saved her.
A coin fund to help her collected 600 million Rupiah from the public through coins and notes collection throughout Indonesia.
PRITA MULYASARI you are not alone.
Sifu have been following this case of AMICUS CURIAE for Prita and admired this lady for her courage and for people's power behind her and want Malaysia to share this new hope for the people by an unsung heroine.
Have listed a few sites to understand this beautiful heroine.

www.elsam.or.id/images/uploads/prita.pdf
www.thejakartapost.com/.../text-your-say-coins-prita-mulyasari.html
indonesia.ahrchk.net/docs/CaveatV01-I.pdf
Winnipeg Free Press

MAAL HIJRAH 1431

Sifu dan keluarga mengucapkan selamat menyambut Maal Hijrah 1431. Di doakan semoga 1431 membawa kejayaan, panjang umur, murah rezeki dan di beri kesihatan yang baik Amin.

Ada banyak blog yang menyiarkan Doa akhir Tahun dan Doa Awal Tahun lihat azimahsharry.blogpot.com; PakarHowTo.blogspot.com dan terima kasih untuk ingatan kepada Sifu.

Wassallam.

Sifu ada terima satu ucapan Yang ingin di kongsi bersama:

MAAL HIJRAH
SENTIASALAH,
setting NIAT,
upgrade IMAN,
download SABAR,
upload USAHA,
update DOA,
& topup ILMU,
agar kita sama sama lebeh
hampir pada ILLAHI
RABBI.
Selamat menyambut Maal Hijrah 1431.

FARAH AF BERCATUR DI HARI OKU

Farah AF menjadi artis pertama yang sanggup duduk untuk mempelajari cara orang cacat penglihatan bermain catur mengunakan papan braille. Terima kasih Farah AF OKU loves you.

MALAYSIA PARALIMPID 2010 MELAKA

CATUR PARALIMPIAD ANTARA NEGERI 2010

TARIKH : 11 - 18 jULAI 2010

TEMPAT : BANDARAYA MELAKA BERSEJARAH

Acara : Catur Paralimpik ikut format Asean Paragames
Perseorangan dan Berpasukan Lelaki dan Wanita
Kategori : 1. Cacat Penglihatan B1
2. Cacat Penglihatan B2 B3
3. Campur Cacat Penglihatan B1, B2 dan B3
4. Cacat Anggota
5. Cacat Anggota Rapid

Hadiah : Pingat Emas, Perak dan Gangsa Perseorangan dan Berpasukan 3 Pemain

Ini adalah kejohanan terulung untuk OKU dua tahun sekali anjuran KBS, MSN dan MPM di negeri penganjur SUKMA.

Ini juga peringatan awal untuk semua jurulatih dan pasukan negeri untuk mula mencari pemain negeri dan berdaftar dengan Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Negeri dalam Kejohanan Catur Paralimpik yang berperanan untuk mencungkil bakat baru untuk pasukan Malaysia untuk Asean Paragames Bandung 2011 dan beberapa kejohanan antarabangsa yang sedang dalam perancangan.

Kalau anda jurulatih atau penganjur cari dan latih pasukan negeri untuk mengambil bahagian dalam Sukan Malaysia Paralimpiad 2010 Melaka.

JOM KE KEDAH RAPID 19.12.2009

KEJOHANAN RAPID TERBUKA SIRI KE 4 2009

Dari rakan di Utara
http://syedchess.blogspot.com/

PERTANDINGAN CATUR RAPID 4 TERBUKA KEDAH/PERLIS OPEN 2009
ANJURAN SERTA TAJAAN BERSAMA PUSAT AKADEMI CATUR UTARA(KEDAH/PERLIS),
PERSATUAN CATUR PRESTIJ PERLIS (PCPP) & Menara Alor Star

Tarikh :19 Dec 2009 (Sabtu)

Tempat :SMK Khir Johari,Sungai Petani,Kedah

Masa :8.00pg – 5.30ptg

Format Pertandingan : 6 pusingan

25minit kalawan masa (walk over)

Peraturan Pertandingan : Undang-undang FIDE

Yuran Pernyertaan : Terbuka RM 15.00 B18:- RM 10.00 B12 :- RM 10.00
Tarikh Tutup Pendaftaran : (15/Dec/2009)
Yuran Pendaftaran boleh dibayar pada hari pertandingan.
(terhad kpd 100 perserta terawal sahaja)


Sijil Penyertaan akan diberikan kepada perserta yg mendaftar sebelum 15/Dec/2009 sahaja.Sijil dan medal untuk pemenang .
JADUAL PERTANDINGAN

HADIAH TERBUKA

JUARA : Piala Pusingan+ RM 150 + SET CATUR + 4 Voucher Menara AStar
NAIB JUARA: RM 100 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar +BARANGAN ELEKRIK
KE 3: RM 80 +2 Voucher Menara AStar + BARANGAN ELEKTRIK
KE4 : RM 50.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar.
KE5: RM 40.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar
KE6: RM 30.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar
KE7: RM 30.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar
KE8: RM 20.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar
KE9: RM 20.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar
KE10: RM 20.00 + 2 Voucher Menara AStar
KE11: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE12: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE13: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE14: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE15: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star


HADIAH REMAJA(18 TAHUN KEBAWAH)JUARA : RM 30 +2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
NAIB JUARA: RM 20 + 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE 3: RM 10 + 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE4 : 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE5: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE6: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE7: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE8: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE9: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star
KE10: 1 Voucher Menara Alor Star


TERBAIK BAWAH 12: 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
TERBAIK BAWAH 12 PEREMPUAN: 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
TERBAIK BAWAH 18 PEREMPUAN: 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
TERBAIK IPT: 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
TERBAIK GURU: 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star
TERBAIK WANITA: 2 Voucher Menara Alor Star


Pendaftaran lewat tambah RM 5.00 (sekirannya terdapat kekosongan)

SEBARANG PERTANYAAN DAN PENDAFTARAN NAMA BOLEH MENGHUBUNGI:-

Syed Iskandar :017-4731678 Email: (iskandarshah@sapura.com.my)

Amrie Ibni Hajar :013-4231793

Nazli Johardy:019-4120130


JADUAL PERTANDINGAN

8.00- 9.30PG - PENDAFTARAN
10.00 – 11.00PG - PUSINGAN PERTAMA
11.00 – 12.00 Tgh hari - PUSINGAN KEDUA
12.00 – 1.00 PTG - PUSINGAN KETIGA
1.00 - 2.00 PTG - REHAT
2.00 - 3.00 PTG PUSINGAN KEEMPAT
3.00 - 4.00 PTG PUSINGAN KELIMA
4.00 - 5.00 PTG - PUSINGAN KEENAM
5.00 - 5.30 PTG - PENYAMPAIAN HADIAH
Sifu ucapkan jom ke Utara dan selmat bercatur.

FARAH AF DI HARI OKU 2009

FARAH AF BERCONGKAK DI HARI OKU 2009

NZ Trained Prodigy is World Chess Champion

MELBOURNE, Nov 24 (Bernama) - A Melbourne student has become Australia's first world champion face-to-face chess player after winning the world under 12 title in Turkey.

Bobby Cheng, 12, beat a field of 142 players from 68 countries to win the title at the World Age Chess Championship in Antalya on Sunday.

Cheng's coach, Australian grandmaster Darryl Johansen, told the Australian Associated Press he was "over the moon" at the result as Australians were generally regarded as minnows in the chess world.

The chess prodigy, who is in Year 7 at Balwyn High School, faced stiff competition, with 15 of his opponents being previous master titles winners, some of whom had left school to pursue the game full time.

In the final round, Cheng demolished the competition favourite and top seed from India, Suri Vaibhav, and held off challenges from competitors from Poland, Canada and Russia.

-- BERNAMA
Event "WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 (U1"
Date "2009.11.22"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri" 2344]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby" 2202]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 a5 9. Bd3 a4 10. a3 Nb6 11. Ne2 Na5 12. O-O g6 13. Qc2 Nb3 14. Rb1 Bd7
15. g4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. f5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. fxg6 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 hxg6
21. Bxg6 Nxe5 22. Bh5 Bc6 23. Qe2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 d4+ 25. Kg1 Qd5 26. cxd4 Rxh5
27. gxh5 Nd3 0-1


Sifu sees this NZ trained but lack of funding for players development push him to Melbourne for recognition and achievement, are we not in the same category and sad story for our budding juniors ?

KARNIVAL HARI OKU 2009

kEJOHANAN CATUR DAN CONGKAK OKU

Tarikh : 5 Disember 2009 Sabtu

Tempat : Komplek MAB (persatuan Orang Buta Malaysia)
Jalan Tebing
Brickfields Tepi Sungai,
Berhadapan Stesyen Monorail Tun Sambantan.

Masa : Pendaftaran sabelum 9 pagi
Minuman pagi dan tengahari disediakan

Jom bersama OKU dan menyambut Hari tersebut bersama mereka. Ingat ini percuma dan makanan minuman di sediakan.
Jom butikan yang anda lebeh hebat dari OKU, satu cabaran untuk pemain bawah 12 tahun.

Permainan catur dan congkak untuk OKU terbuka dan jemputan bawah 12 tahun sahaja dengan Percuma.

Daftar dengan Sifu atau isi nama di ruang kommen sahaja.

Mari kita menyerikan Karnival Hari OKU 2009 ini dan lihat kehebatan dengan orang kurang upaya ini yang kaya dengan kejayaan juga.
Hadiah dan sijil untuk pemenang

SBM TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

Event: SBM Team Championship 2009

Date : 12 and 13 December 2009

Place: KL Braille Centre at 134 Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur.

Entries: Closed to SBM members members submitted through registered links to SBM or through schools. Team to comprised of 6 entries maximum points of Blind categories ie B1, B2 and B3. Contact SBM for details.

Championship: A 5 rounds SWISS event with 60 minutes time control

This event will see teams from Sabah and Sarawak and it will be a close encounter with the new regulation of blind entry points so this time will see a combination of B1, B2 and B3 players.

KARNIVAL HARI OKU KEBANGSAAN 2009

Pada 5 Disember 2009 ini
di Komplok MAB Brickfields
di adakan Majlis Sambutan Hari Kebangsaan Orang Kurang Upaya Peringkat Kebangsaan Ke 16 Tahun 2009
dari jam 9 pagi hingga 6 petang
Perasmian oleh Dato' Sharizat Abdul Jalil, Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluargan dan Masyarakat
Acara akan diikuti dengan penyampiam Anugerah Orang Kurang Upaya Cemerlang 2009 dan satu KEJOHANAN CATUR OKU.

Semalam Sifu berpeluang menghadiri Mesyurat Majlis Sambutan ini bersama Mah Hassan Omar yang di pengerusikan oleh Dato' Meme Zainal Rashid, Ketua Pengarah Kebajikan Masyarakat Malaysia,
dengan cadangan Mah hassan maka satu Kejohanan Catur akan di adakan ketika Hari Karnival terssebut.

Acara ini masih dalam perbincangan dengan Ususetia Karnival tapi pasti nya Sifu akan perincikan acara ini yang hanya untuk OKU dan mungkin pelajar sekolah rendah sahaja untuk menjayakan Kejohanan Catur cara kanival ini.

Rujuk blog: ChessOKUSifu untuk details.

BLOG : CHESS OKU

OKUs deserved their own blog and Sifu have created a new blog site namely CHESSOKUSIFU.

Sifu hope and request all Malaysia OKU chess trainers to contribute articles for this blog and possible invite all contributes to participate especially OKUs themselves like Badbishops, the only OKU blogger on chess to date, or have missed any other OKU blogs like KL Braille.

Calling all OKU bloggers to link to this site in order to create an awareness and
establish an all new 1 OKUChess Blog.

Salam from Sifu.

BLOGGERS CATUR

Sifu ada ditanya oleh beberapa rakan mengenai perkembangan catur di Malaysia, jawapan Sifu pergi kepada blog blog catur yang terdapat di Malaysia untuk mengetahui berkenaan catur.
Kini mungkin sudah ada lebeh 30 blog catur dan Sifu ada mengikuti beberapa blog tapi hanya blog yang berfikiran positif dan membangun sahaja yang mendapat perhatian, maaf kalau berpolitik atau bersifat cauvinist bukan di blog catur, Sifu sendiri ada kalanya tercuit untuk memblogkan ke arah tersebut tapi sifat positif dan lurus membuat Sifu bertanggungjawap kerana apa yang di tulis atau tercatit di blog menjadi tanggung (legally responsible)jawap pemilik blog tersebut walaupun di ambil dari blog lain.

Senarai ini mungkin tidak lengkap tapi untuk boleh rujuk beberapa blog utama untuk tambahan nama blog.

1. GiloCatur 2. Hairulovchesmaniacs 3. SifuMyCatur 4. Gilachess 5. MSSM KL 7.caturterengganu 8. setiachess 9. badbishops 10. MinDa Kite 11. syed Chess 11. 5Hobiku 12. Catur Bukan Segalanya a.k.a CBS 13. MyChessDairy 14. Kids4Chess.

antara beberapa blog yang Sifu rujuk untuk mengikuti perkembangan catur di Malaysia manakala blog Sifu agak tercondong kearah catur OKU.

PERGI NYA RAKAN UTM PAK AMIR

Nama penuh ; Amiruddin Abu Bakar dari Riau, Indonesia
Tarikh kematian : 22 November 2009 jam 9 malam di kebumikan di Kubur Kg Klang Gate, Taman Melawati jam 12 tewngahari, 23 November 2009.

Al FaTIHAH untuk mengiringi perjalan anda.

Kawan dan rakan seperjuangan di UTM Jabatan Perancang Bandar sejak di Kampus Jalan Gurney dan Skudai Johor.

Menjadi rakan, teman dan penasihat walau berasal dari Riau tapi semangat saudara serumpun tidak pernah di anggap seorang Indon tetapi lebeh sebagai orang Melayu. Sebagai seorang pioneer Perancang bandar UTM telah melihat ramai anak buah cemerlang di seluruh perusuh tanah air Malaysia.

Cerita nya sebagai seorang pejuang pemimpin pelajar reformist di era pergolakan awal lapan puluhan amat meranik sekali dan kami pernah mengimbas melalui zaman tersebut yang membawa nya merantau membawa diri dengan isteri untuk mendirikan satu keluarga bahagia dengan putra putri sebagai rayaat Malaysia.

Pak Amir kamu akan selalu dalam ingatan sifu kerana semangat perjuangan anda boleh di jadikan tauladan, sifu ada pernah berbincang untuk di jadikan satu catitan sejarah tapi Allah menyangi anda terlebeh dahulu satelah tidak berjumpa berpuluh tahun.

Selamat tinggal rakan selamat jalan kawan.

Catur itu Sukan !!

Selagi Catur bukan Sukan selagi Catur bukan Permainan Teras selagi Catur tidak tersenarai di Olympics ...inilah nasib catur yang akan terus di anak tiri kan sila baca blog Bad Bishop untuk fahami perihal nasib catur.

1 comments:
Bad Bishop said...
Saya dah tulis Gerak Gempur Catur Sebagai Sukan Utama Di Sekolah pada 1 November 2009. Saya harap rakan Bloggers lain akan turut menggempur desakan ini.

Saya juga pernah menulis mengenai tajuk Catur: Sukan Picisan Malaysia?

Sila ke blog saya di www.badbishops.blogspot.com dan pergi ke label "chess critics"

Saya harap Sifu boleh republish my artikel kalau sudi.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009
GERAK GEMPUR CATUR SEBAGAI SUKAN UTAMA DI SEKOLAH! MARI RAKAN BLOGGER SEKALIAN!

Assalamualaikum..

Ketika saya berbual dengan Cikgu Nik Azrihan semalam, beliau ada menyatakan mengenai Surat Pekeliling Iktisas 1971 mengenai galakan permainan catur di peringkat sekolah menengah. Saya pun men'google' surat pekeliling tersebut untuk mendapatkan kesahihan.

Akhirnya saya dapat melihat Surat Pekeliling berkenaan di SINI. Antara lain, ia menerangkan keperluan mewujudkan kelab catur aktif di sekolah-sekolah menegah serta persediaan terhadap guru-guru catur terlatih.

Saya mencadangkan KEPADA SEMUA BLOGGER CATUR agar membuat satu DESAKAN untuk menguatkuasakan kembali Pekeliling ini memandangkan ramai dikalangan pencatur adalah pelajar serta guru..

Jadi.. sila klik di SINI dan mari kita wujudkan satu GERAKAN MENJADIKAN CATUR SUKAN UTAMA DI PERINGKAT SEKOLAH....

Sila postkan tajuk ini di blog anda masing-masing. Sebarkan kepada media dan rakan-rakan blog semampu anda!



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TiIADA CATUR DI MSSM 2010 ??

Syabas kepada beberapa rakan bloggers

stonemasterfadli said...
berita ini belum ada kesahihannya tapi sm akan copy n paste kat www.stonemaster.info

November 20, 2009 12:45 PM
muhammad arshad said...
Minggu lepas sy dah dengar dari kawan tapi seakan x nak percaya.sy x sanggup nak tulis dlm blog caturterengganu.Sy call Pengerusi Teknik Catur MSSM Cikgu Aminuddin dan menurutnya sehingga hari ini cadangan tersebut adalah betul.Walaubagaiman pun pengesahan terakhir akan dibuat pada bulan Disember ini.Bukan catur shj yg menjadi mangsa tetapi beberapa sukan lain telah turut dikorbankan.Jadi peluang utk catur kalau ada pun samar samar shj.

November 21, 2009 5:23 PM
Bad Bishop said...
Mana orang2 MCF? Takkan mereka berdiam diri?

November 21, 2009 3:20 PM
Kids 4 Chess said

Heard about it for some time and hoping its all hearsay and gossip, actually sifu just provoking to wake everybody up. We have to be heard and make chess a sport and an important subject at all education levels. Lets chess it and make chess be heard and acepted.

Masih ingat tajuk baru ini perbincangan mengenai sukan dan catur, kini catur dan MSSM pula. Mari kita mulakan lobi untuk catur.

Tulis, blog untuk kebaikan catur dan hantar kepada MOE, MSSM, Menteri Pelajaran, Perdana Menteri dan terus lobi kepada wakil raayat, Menteri Belia dan Sukan dan semua untuk menarik perhatian semua mengenai masalah catur dan tidak pinggirkan catur di peringkat sekolah

TALKIN UNTUK CATUR

DEATH OF CHESS IN mALAYSIA ??

Minggu lalu Sifu telah mendengar nya dan semalam disahkan oleh dua rakan pula yang bercerita mengenai masa depan catur di peringkat MSSM. Sifu seakan tidak percaya kesuburan catur akan menerima hentakan berat dan akan merupakan kematian nya catur di peringkat MSSM dan pembangunan catur di Malaysia apabila catur digugurkan dari acara MSSM mulai tahun hadapan.

Tangisan pasti akan kedengaran saperti nya pada tahun 90an ketika catur di gugurkan selama lima tahun dari arena MSSM kini berulang apabila catur merupakan salah satu acara sukan yang akan digugurkan dari kalender MSSM.

Apakah ini omomg omong kosong aja atau cerita cerita tidak berasas dan Sifu harapkan ini tidak benar dan mari kita kejutkan mereka yang selama ini menjadi atau berlagak sebagai pemimpin catur di peringkat negeri dan negara, ingat catur pernah di talkinkan dahulu dan berapa perit nya keadaan ketika itu.

Kalau mereka ini tidak boleh berusaha saperti yang berlaku pada tahun 90an ini maka sudah tiba masa nya mereka semua harus berundur dan beri kepada yang lain yang sunggup berjuang untuk pembangunan catur.

Ini akan berulang, asas nya CATUR BUKAN SUKAN dan catur bukan high performance sports dimana catur tidak ada tempat di SUKMA, di Sukan SEA, di Sukan Asia, Di Sukan Komenwel apa lagi di Sukan Olympic.

Kita asyek syok sendiri dengan kejohanan yang bukan program pembangunan sudah masa nya semua pengiat catur pemain, ibu bapa, pencinta catur bersatu untuk merombak situasi yang menyedihkan ini, Sifu memohon maaf kerana Sifu tiada kuasa melainkan boleh bersuara dalam sukan OKU sahaja selagi semua tidak mahu menilai keduduksn ini makA terimalah TALKIN UNTUK CATUR atau the DEATH OF CHESS di Malaysia.

Sifu mengharapkan semua bloggers akan membawa berita ini untuk menjadi satu suara bersatu untuk melobi agar catur diterima semua di MSSM dan dipertingkatkan sebagai sukan disemua peringkat.

Mungkin omong omong kosong atau menyalak kebukit tapi kalau kita tidak mencuba atau berani bersua untuk kebaikan catur mengapa tidak dan siapA LAGI KALAU BUKAN KITA PENGIAT CATUR.

AWAS INI PEMBUNUH

KESIHATAN petikan dari KOSMO online 20 Nov 2009

Diabetes tandingi kanser

Oleh HAMZAH ABDUL HAMID

Semalam, Hari Diabetes Sedunia disambut. Adakah kita memahami mesejnya?

OBESITI antara masalah utama 285 juta penghidap diabetes di seluruh dunia kini.

SEJENIS ubat tradisional berasaskan herba dikhabarkan begitu mujarab bagi menyembuhkan penyakit kencing manis atau diabetes.

Begitu juga dengan rawatan terapi khas yang mengiringi pengambilan ubat-ubatan tersebut.

Semua pernyataan di atas adalah suatu pembohongan!

Rekod klinikal membuktikan apabila seseorang menghidap diabetes, dia akan hidup bersama penyakit itu sehingga akhir hayatnya.

“Diabetes adalah penyakit kronik yang sehingga kini tiada penawarnya. Ubat-ubatan fungsinya hanya untuk mengawal.

“Oleh itu, usah percaya kepada sebarang ubat-ubatan yang dikatakan mampu ‘menyembuhkan’ diabetes sedangkan pesakit terus terikat untuk membeli bekalan ubat tersebut,” kata Konsultan Endokrinologi, Profesor Datuk Dr. Mafauzy Mohamed.

Tambah beliau, bagaimana penghidap itu dapat menjalani kehidupan normal walaupun ‘membawa’ penyakit tersebut sepanjang hayat bergantung kepada usaha mendapatkan pemeriksaan dan rawatan yang berkesan di samping memperbaiki gaya hidup.

Jumlah penghidap diabetes di Malaysia menunjukkan kenaikan yang membimbangkan.

Pada tahun 1996, sebanyak 6.5 peratus rakyat Malaysia di kalangan usia lebih daripada 30 tahun didiagnosis dengan penyakit tersebut dan meningkat kepada 9.5 peratus pada tahun 2006.

“Kebimbangan ini seiring dengan risiko penyumbang kepada penyakit kardiovaskular seperti sakit jantung, angin ahmar dan strok.

“Pada tahun 2006 saja, dianggarkan kira-kira 1.5 juta orang yang berusia melebihi 18 tahun di Malaysia menghidap diabetes.

“Jumlah itu lebih tinggi berbanding mereka yang menghidap kanser atau AIDS,” terang Mafauzy kepada Jurnal.


Gemuk di pinggang

Ramai antara kita yang tidak sedar mengenai kecenderungan kumpulan tertentu dalam masyarakat yang berisiko tinggi mendapat diabetes.

Berita buruk ini bukan saja menakutkan mereka yang berusia di antara 40 hingga 50 tahun, bahkan menghantui wanita yang dalam fasa kehamilan, orang yang hipertensi, berpenyakit vaskular, dislipidaemia, serta mereka yang menghidap Sindrom Ovari Polisistik (PCOS).

“Masalah kegemukan yang mencapai tahap obesiti juga membawa masalah lebih-lebih lagi jenis obesiti tengah iaitu kegemukan di bahagian perut dan pinggang.

“Kegemukan inilah yang menjadi punca utama rintangan insulin,” jelas Mafauzy.

Selain itu, faktor genetik sangat ketara dalam membentuk kemungkinan penghidapnya.

Mereka yang mempunyai sejarah diabetes dalam keluarga perlu berwaspada dengan kemungkinan tersebut memandangkan masalah itu boleh diwarisi.

“Jika bercakap tentang pecahan mengikut kaum, orang India mempunyai kecenderungan tertinggi bagi penyakit ini, diikuti oleh orang Melayu dan Cina.

“Statistik 2006 juga mencatatkan bahawa Negeri Sembilan dan Melaka mempunyai laporan kes diabetes paling banyak, sementara penduduk Sabah adalah yang terendah mendapat diabetes,” ulas beliau yang mengaitkan trend perangkaan itu dari sudut populasi kaum, gaya hidup berasaskan kuasa ekonomi serta corak pemakanan.

Mesej yang hendak disampaikan sempena sambutan Hari Diabetes Sedunia semalam adalah penyakit ini perlu dicegah dan dikesan lebih awal supaya apabila sudah didiagnosis, ia perlu diuruskan secara lebih agresif.

Setiap tindakan awal boleh menghindar rentetan masalah kesihatan yang lebih buruk.

“Bagi pesakit diabetes Jenis 2, komplikasi miksovaskular sudah boleh dikesan semasa diagnosis.

“Ini termasuklah keseriusan masalah berkaitan deria penglihatan atau retinopati (12 peratus), nefropati (18 peratus), disfungsi erektil (20 peratus) dan neuropati (12 peratus),” kata Mafauzy.

Disiplin

Maka, langkah mencegah yang pertama adalah dengan meningkatkan kepekaan terhadap faktor-faktor risiko iaitu melalui pemeriksaan.

Jika diabetes dikesan, keberkesanan penjagaan diet ideal dan senaman fizikal perlu dipertingkatkan agar berat badan dapat dikurangkan.

KEGEMUKAN menjadi punca utama rintangan insulin.

Pesakit juga perlu berdisiplin dengan senaman yang dijalankan. Ujian klinikal dan kecergasan mengesyorkan senaman minimum adalah dengan berjalan kaki selama 30 minit sebanyak tiga kali seminggu.

Sementara itu, pengambilan ubat-ubatan hanya boleh dimulakan sekiranya perubahan gaya hidup tadi tidak menunjukkan sebarang impak positif selepas enam bulan.

Sehingga kini dianggarkan lebih 285 juta orang di seluruh dunia menghidap diabetes. Sebanyak 344 juta lagi tergolong dalam kategori mereka yang berisiko tinggi menghidapnya.

Di Malaysia, dianggarkan sebanyak 25 peratus rakyatnya akan menghidap diabetes menjelang tahun 2020.

Apakah kita masih tidak mengambil peduli untuk mengubah anggaran tersebut, atau sekurang-kurangnya berubah demi kebaikan diri sendiri?

sOKU tetap dihargai - Najib

Oleh NIZAM YATIM
nizam.yatim@utusan.com.my


Najib Tun Razak bersama Philip Craven (kiri) dan Zainal Abu Zarin memukul gendang sebagai simbolik perasmian Persidangan Jawatankuasa Paralimpik Antarabangsa 2009 di Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur, semalam. – Utusan/Shaifudin Mohd. Nor

KUALA LUMPUR 19 Nov. - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, langkah kerajaan meluluskan pembinaan Kompleks Sukan Paralimpik di Kampung Pandan di sini khusus untuk atlet kurang upaya membuktikan golongan itu sentiasa dihargai di negara ini.

Perdana Menteri berkata, penghargaan terhadap pengorbanan dan sumbangan golongan kurang upaya kepada negara turut terbukti dengan meluluskan sebidang tanah untuk dibina ibu pejabat Majlis Paralimpik Malaysia (MPC).

''Ini bukti komitmen Malaysia dalam menyediakan peluang sama rata kepada atlet kurang upaya untuk cemerlang dalam sukan masing-masing.

''Ia juga selaras dengan gagasan 1Malaysia yang menekankan kepada keadilan dan kesaksamaan yang terpakai bukan hanya kepada mereka yang sempurna sifat dan berkemampuan sahaja," katanya ketika berucap merasmikan Perhimpunan Agung dan Persidangan Jawatankuasa Paralimpik Antarabangsa (IPC) Ke-14 yang dihadiri 300 perwakilan di sini hari ini.

Turut hadir Presiden IPC, Sir Philip Craven dan Presiden MPC, Datuk Zainal Abu Zarin.

Persidangan empat hari itu berlangsung di Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur sehingga Ahad ini.

Menurut Najib, rakyat tanpa mengira bentuk sifat atau keadaan diri mereka akan dilindungi dan ditawarkan peluang sama rata untuk menyumbang kepada proses pembinaan negara.

Pada sidang akhbar selepas itu, Najib yang pernah menjadi Menteri Belia dan Sukan dari 1986 hingga 1990 melahirkan perasaan puas hati dengan prestasi yang ditunjukkan oleh atlet paralimpik negara dalam kejohanan di peringkat antarabangsa.

''Ya, saya berpuas hati. Saya tengok mereka ini menunjukkan kesungguhan untuk mencapai kejayaan dan saya berbangga dengan apa yang telah dilakukan oleh mereka.

''Saya berharap mereka akan meneruskan usaha untuk berlatih bagi membolehkan dicapai kejayaan yang lebih besar pada masa akan datang," katanya.

Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, Najib menjelaskan, Malaysia tidak berpeluang menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Paralimpik berikutan ia hanya boleh dianjurkan di negara-negara yang menjadi penganjur Sukan Olimpik.

''Malaysia setakat ini tidak berhasrat untuk menawarkan diri menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Olimpik kerana kita masih belum dapat memenuhi syarat-syarat yang ditetapkan.

''Antara syarat ini adalah kita mesti menjadi negara sukan yang kuat di peringkat dunia. Dalam erti kata lain kita perlu memenangi banyak pingat-pingat yang dipertandingkan," katanya.

Petikan dari Utusan Malaysia Online 20 November 2009

Wow Tahniah MPM dan semua OKU dan berita terbaik ini untuk satu era kecermelasngan pembangunan sukan OKU

TUMPUAN MELAKA 14 & 15 NOV

Hujung minggu ini tumpuan ke Ayer Keroh Melaaka untuk Karnival OKU MBMB 2009.

Catur mendapat tempat dalam Kanival dan Sifu bersama MBMB dan MPM akan menganjurkan nya dengan satu kejohanan dan seminar catur cara permainan betul, penganjuran dan perkongsian cara mendapat kemenangan untuk menjadi juara untuk mereka yang berminat.

Dua hari di khaskan untuk penganjuran catur paralimpik atau OKU amnya. Ini terbuka kepada yang berminat dengan pendaftaran percuma dengan Sifu atau penganjur di MBMB atau MPM. Semua ini adalah persedian awal untuk Paralimpiad Malaysia 2010, dan mereka ini akan di beri keutamaan sebagai pegawai ketika Paralimpiad di adakan kelak bila penganjuran nya di Melaka nanti.

masih tidak terlewat untuk bersama Sifu untuk pembangunan catur OKU.

KARNIVAL SUKAN OKU MAJLIS BANDARAYA MELAKA BERSEJARAH 2009

CATUR DI KARNIVAL MBMB 2009

Catur akan di adakan di Melaka pada 14 & 15 November 2009 ini bersenperna dengan Karnival MBMB 2009

Bertempat di Tingkat 6 Bangunan Teknikal
Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah, Ayer Keroh (salepas tol Ayer Keroh).

Aturcara : Kejohanan Catur mengikut format Asean Paragames dengan Kategori B1, B2 & B3 serta cacat anggota dan sekira nya ada peserta Bisupekak dan kerdil semua di terima masuk dalam kejohanan OKU ini pada 14 November dari jam 9.00 pagi hingga 5.00 petang.

Makan Malam bersama Ketua Menteri Melaka untuk semua peserta dan pegawai pada hari tersebut.

Pada 15 November 2009, satu Seminar Catur untuk pemain OKU dan Pegawai Catur untuk memahami cara pengurusan Catur dan pencapaian 8 EMAS di Asean Paragames Ke 5 lalu. Ini terbuka untuk semua yang berminat tetapi perlu mendaftar segera dengan sifu .

Pendaftaran percuma tetapi kos dll adalah tanggungan sendiri. SIFU bercadang untuk berkongsi pengalaman dan kaedah kejayaan ini dalam persiapan untuk negeri negeri menyertai Paralimpiad Malaysia 2010 kelak.

Jumpa di Melaka kelak dan datang sokong serta menjayakan Karnival MBMB 2009.

MELAKA CATUR OKU 14 & 15 NOV

Satu Kejohanan Catur OKU mengikut format Paragames Asean akan di adakan di Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah pada 14 dan 15 Nov 2009 ini tapi masih belum dapat butiran kejohanan yang telah tertangguh sejak awal tahun, kali ini Kejohanan bakal berlaku sebagai satu acara showdown persiapan untuk Paraliampiad Malaysia di Melaka salepas SUKMA 2010 kelak.

Jadi sifu berharap semua jurulatih negeri mengambil perhatian dan di fahamkan bahawa kejohanan ini mendapat kerjasama dengan semua pejabat Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat dan pastinya semua peserta kena tanggung sendiri semua kos melainkan mendapat peruntukan dari JKM negeri masing masing.

Maaf tapi Sifu pasti akan memberi penerangan lanjut esok bila mendapat penerangan lanjut kelak.

PARALIMPIAD 2010 MELAKA

Kementerian Belia dan Sukan bersetuju Sukan Paralimpiad ke negeri yang menjadi hos Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) bermula di Melaka 2010 adalah untuk mengubah persepsi masyarakat tentang kebolehan dan kemampuan golongan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) dalam acara sukan,

Gambaran serta persepsi orang ramai perlu diubah dengan segera terhadap penyertaan OKU dalam sukan. Justeru jalan yang terbaik ialah meletakkan mereka sama taraf dengan atlet yang bertanding di Sukma.

''Sukan Paralimpiad juga sama penting dengan sukan besar lain yang dianjurkan di dalam negara ini. sebelum ini masyarakat tidak memberi perhatian mengenai kejohanan ini," kata Menteri Belia dan Sukan dalam sidang media selepas merasmikan Sukan Paralimpiad ke-14;

Jelasnya, penganjuran Sukan Paralimpiad di Melaka pada tahun 2010 nanti diharap mampu mengubah persepsi masyarakat terutama sekali buat golongan muda.

''Selain dari mengubah persepsi masyarakat penganjuran Sukan Paralimpiad di negeri yang menganjurkan Sukma juga boleh meningkatkan lagi kemudahan sukan untuk atlet OKU di negeri tersebut.

''Selepas selesai Sukma, tiba giliran penganjuran Sukan Paralimpiad pula dan negeri tersebut mestilah mempunyai kelengkapan yang mesra OKU,"

Ujarnya, penganjuran sukan untuk atlet OKU di tempat yang sama untuk atlet normal sudah berlangsung dengan meluas di kejohanan antarabangsa misalnya selepas sahaja Sukan Olimpik tamat akan berlangsung pula Sukan Paralimpik begitu juga dengan Sukan Para ASEAN diadakan selepas Sukan SEA.

Petikan dari Utusan Malaysia;

SUKMA 2010 akan di adakan pada 28 Mei hingga 6 Jun 2010 di Bandar Bersejarah Melaka dan di ikuti dengan Paralimpiad 2010 dan tarikh di jangka 11 - 19 Jun 2010 ikut jangkaan salepas SUKMA 2010, ini masih belum pasti sebab belum ada tarikh rasmi lagi.

Sifu mencadangkan semua jurulatih negeri harus sudah bermula mencari atlet paralimpiad mengikut format asean Paragames lalu untuk acara catur dan di harap kali ini akan melihat semua negeri mengantar peserta catur lelaki dan perempuan dalam acara B1, B2&B3 serta Combined B1,B2 &B3 dan cacat anggota.

Peserta harus di cungkil dari sekolah pendidikan khas atau mana mana pusat latihan OKU dalam mencari bakat baru pemain catur untuk membantu pembangunan catur di peringkat negara.

MAKE SPORTS A WAY OF LIFE OR MAKE CHESS AS SPORTS FIRST

In The Malay Mail, an interesting article about Russian Anna Koutnikova, well she is not a chess queen but a tennis beauty.

Sports is part of the Russian culture and it is only natural to see the dominance of Russia in all form of sports.

Quoting her, who believes that the only way to succeed at top-level is by embracing sports as a way of life, that is why Russia is able to produce endless great players in all field of sports.

Sifu have had the opportunity to study and understand this very system when sifu was in USSR(before the break up)at the School of Pioneers in Moscow and Schuimi University of Sports way back but MALAYSIA is something different, it never have or will ever have any workable plans unlike working with MPM and MSN to plan for the paralimpic athlets with its ten years plan and it work successfully with the eight Golds in the last 5th. Asean Paragames.

Unless and until Malaysia start working with MSN our players could just dream and hope for miracles and hope that chess be accepted as sports first before even thinking and hoping for chess to be a way of life.

For those inspiring youngsters do not make and repeat the last 30 years of mistakes but dream you must but make changes or we might be way off and backward compared to Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam or even Nyanmar.

SENDIRIAN

Aku singgah disini, di sebuah pelabuhan
Setelah kesekian lama berlayar mengharungi samudera hayat
Lalu, di jeti aku merenung ke dalam diri
Menghitung
Bekas dan jejak yang pernah ku tinggalkan

Aku bertanya sendirian
Apakah bekalan perlu ku bawa
Dan berapa amalan telah ku himpun
Persiapan bakal di bawa pulang
Menuju ke garis akhir

Ah!!!...
Usia pun berlalu sederas deru taufan
Sepantas kilat menyambar
Dan di suatu ketika
Pelabuhan ini akan kutinggalkan
Sahabat-handai, rakan-taulan
Sanak-saudara, kekasih-tercinta
Adalah ikatan longgar yang bakal usai
Pasti ku tinggalkan
Dan yang ada kini; cuma diriku sendiri
Kian terasing terpisah
Melewati dan meninggalkan
Hari-hari silam
Penuh kesendirian

~unggassenja
20.2.2002

sifu amat tertarik dengan cacitan ini untuk tatapan bersama.

CATUR PERPADUAN RAYADEPA 2009

Pada 25 Oktober 2009 lalu di PPR Kg Muhibbah, Petaling, Kuala Lumpur telah berlansung satu perayaan bersama Raya dan Depavali oleh Jabatan Perpaduan yang telah di hadiri oleh Menteri Perpaduan dan ribuan manusia berbagai bangsa 1Malaysia untuk bersama dalam pelbagai acara permainan raayat saperti congkak, karom, futsal dan catur.

Seramai 16 pemain telah mendaftar melalui Rukun Tertangga Kawasan dari sekitar Kuala Lumpur dan satu kejohanan 5 pusingan Swiss telah dijalankan dengan pelbagai irama lagu dan pukulan gendang serta tabla. Tetapi perayaan itu tidak ganggu pemain pemain ini.

Keputusan:

1. Khairul Amirul Rashid bin Mohd. Nor
2. Ridzuan b. Zainal Abidin
3. Hisham b. Ghazali
4. Muhammad Khushairie b. Md Nor Azman Kuzaimi
5. Edham b. Effendy
6. Mohd. salikin b. Othman
7. Lam Jun Wah
8. Alif Farhan b, Lokman Hakim
9. Alias b. Sulaiman
10.Hashim b. Ali
11.Abd. Latif b. Abd Malik
12.Mohamad Razi
13.Mohd Isdja b Ismail
14.Norhairey b RaMLI
15.Mohd Afiq b Mohd Rauzi
16. Puvaneswary a/p Yuvarajan

Perayaan dan permainan raayat ini diharapkan akan di teruskan serta di perkembangkan di kalangan semua raayat 1Malaysia dan sifu difahamkan ini akan diteruskan serta di majukan dengan cara yang lebeh profesional jadi jangan terkejut bila Catur Perpaduan 1Malaysia akan dalam masa terdekat.

BEAUTIFUL GATES OKU CHESS 2009 RESULTS

At Puay Chai Chinese School at SS2 Petaling Jaya, about 100 OKUs comprising the Blind, Physical Handicap, the deaf and IDs turned up to participate in Chess, Xianxi, badminton and table tennis. It was good outing for Beautiful Gates and OKUs, apart from prizes with hampers, money and vourcers for top four winners, all participants were served breakfast and lunch and RM20 as transport incentive.

Chess had 21 participants registered but only 8 turned up and sifu's listing and rating was almost correct from beginning as the final result.

1. Chuah Heng Meng
2. Ho Hea King
3. Shaharuddin Sidek
4. Saharudin Mappa
5. Iskandar Rashid
6. Ahmad Zubir
7. Prabon Sana
8. Stephen Looi

This special tournament is an anually event by Beautiful Gates for the OKUs.

BEAUTIFUL GATES OKU CHESS 2009

Beautiful Gates from SS2 Petaling Jaya will be having an OKU Chess Championship 2009 for OKU only and no entry fee but good prize money.

This is an invitation for all OKUs to came and play chess on the 24 and 25 October 2009 but entry only for those who have registered by 23 October 2009 with Sifu or Mr. Mah Hassan Omar.

Please pass the massage to all OKU to come and enjoy a good chess tournament. Details will be published later.

SIFU IS BACK

after being out, Inshallah Sifu will be blogging and sharing the experience
Thanks to all friends for the well wishes and visits while Sifu was at GHKL for the last 10 days. The stroke was something unexpected but sifu was tired and the Hari Raya Season had all the fantastic food so the bitter leason of not controlling the temptations of good food.
My thanks to my fantastic family who gave all the support and looking after sifu doing the critical times and all the doctors and nurses from Polyclinic Brickfiels, Tanglin Hospital and Wad 18. 19 and 21 of GHKL.
What is stroke?

A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood supply) caused by thrombosis or embolism or due to a hemorrhage. As a result, the affected area of the brain is unable to function, leading to inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body, inability to understand or formulate speech, or inability to see one side of the visual field
Diabetic Diet Advice - Points to Remember
What, when, and how much you eat all affect your blood glucose level. You can keep your blood glucose at a healthy level if you:

Eat about the same amount of food each day.
Eat at about the same times each day.
Take your medicines at the same times each day.
Exercise at the same times each day.
Every day, choose foods from these food groups: starches, vegetables, fruit, meat and meat substitutes, and milk and yogurt. How much of each depends on how many calories you need a day.
Limit the amounts of fats and sweets you eat each day.

Sifu had a stroke and now recovering dan bersyukur kepada Allah atas keselamatan dan recovery sifu.

Chyss Chess Tricks and Traps
Some Chess Opening Tricks

Many of the best openings tricks focus on the squares f2 and f7 so if you want to avoid being tricked, these are the squares you should pay the most attention to. Most of the tricks on this page make use of standard tactical themes but there are a few unusual ideas. I hope that these devious opening lines serve you well.

* The Fried Liver Attack
This is a classic and runs as follows.
1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3 Nc6, 3. Bc4 Nf6, 4. Ng5 d5, 5. ed NxP?!, 6. Nxf7!? KxN,
7. Qf3+ Ke6, 8. Nc3.
The position is unclear after 8. ... Nb4. However, white can improve with the
line 6. d4 ed, 7. 0-0 when he threatens 8. Nxf7 and is probably winning.

* From's Gambit
Bird's opening is rarely played but the clever gambit with e5 is worth
knowing as it is a very playable and tricky response. After
1. f4 black plays 1. ... e5?! with the idea of 2. fe d6, 3. ed Bxd6,
threatening Qh4+ winning. After 4. Nf3 (other moves lose) Black replies with
4. ... Bg4, with the threat of BxN and then Qh4+ winning. Although white can
escape with 5. e3, (or 5. e4, [other moves are inferior and most lose]),
black's position is fun to play and probably only slightly worse. White has to
play accurately on moves 4 and 5 and in blitz games this gambit is definitely
worth a go.

* The Staunton Gambit
This is in some sense similar to From's gambit running as it does 1. d4 f5,
2. e4 fe. Now the move 3. Nc3 has the idea of 3. ... d5?, 4. Qh5+ g6, 5. Qxd5
(and if 5. ... Qxd5, 6. Nxd5 Kd8, 7. Bf4 black has no good way to defend the
c7 pawn) when white is clearly better. If black plays 3. ... Nf6, then white
can play 4. Bg5 with the idea that if 4. ... d5?, then 5. BxN ef, (Not 5. ...
gf, 6. Qh5+-) 6. Qh5+ g6, 7. Qxd5 QxQ, 8. NxQ when white wins the f6 pawn and
has a winning advantage. If black plays the correct 4. ... Nc6 then after
5. BxN ef, (not 5. ... gf, 6. Qh5#) white should avoid the immediate
6. Nxe4 because black can play 6. ... Qe7 winning material after for example
7. Qe2 Nxd4, 8. Qd3 Qb4+ etc. Better therefore is 6. d5 Ne5, 7. Nxe4 with an
equal position.

* A pretty trap
There is a very pretty but rare trap which runs as follows. 1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3
d6, 3. Bc4 Bg4, 4. Nc3 g6?, 5. Nxe5! BxQ, 6. Bxf7 Ke7, 7. Nd5#

* Owen's Defence
This is a system which is rarely played which runs 1. e4 b6, 2. d4 Bb7. After
3. Bd3 the 'original' move was 3. ... f5, with the idea that if white plays
4. ef then black wins the rook on h1 with 4. ... Bxg2. However, this is
tactically flawed: 5. Qh5 g6, 6. fg Nf6, 7. gh+! NxQ, 8. Bg6#.

In fact black can improve with 6. ... Bg7 but white still gets a winning
position after 7. gh+ Kf8 8. Nf3! Nf6, 9. Qg6! BxN, (9. ... BxR, 10. Bh6! RxP,
11. Ng5 winning) 10. Rg1! RxP, 11. Qg3! Be4! 12. BxB NxB, 13. Qf3+ Kg8 14. QxN
+- and white can continue his attack with Bf4-e5 etc.

* The Budapest
There is an odd variation of the Budapest which runs 1. d4 Nf6, 2. c4 e5,
3. de Ne4?!, 4. Nf3 d6?!, 5. ed Bxd6, 6. g3?? (Oh dear!) 6. ... Nxf2! 7. Kxf2
(7. Qa4 Bd7, doesn't help white) 7. ... Bxg3+ and black wins the white queen
on d1.
The sequence 1. d4 Nf6, 2. Nd2 e5, is a lot like the true Budapest and the
continuation 3. dxe5 Ng4, 4. h3 Ne3, winning, illustrates a theme which comes
up in other positions. If 5. fe then of course 5. ... Qh4 6. g3 Qxg3# and if
white doesn't take the knight then he loses his queen.

* The Modern Defence
A similar queen trap is seen after the moves 1. e4 g6, 2. d4 Bg7, 3. Nf3 d6,
4. Bc4 Nd7??, when white wins with 5. Bxf7! If black takes it with 5. ...
KxB?? (which looks superficially correct) then after 6. Ng5 he faces an
unpleasant choice. If Kf6 then Qf3#, if Qf8 then Ne6+ wins black's queen, and
if Ke8 then Ne6 still wins black's queen!

* The Chameleon Variation of the Sicilian Defence
Another trick which makes use of this trapping pattern, but to even greater
effect, occurs in an unusual line of the Chameleon variation of the Sicilian.
1. e4 c5, 2. Nc3 Nc6, 3. Ne2 (This is quite a sneaky move; white waits for
black to commit himself to a particular set–up before deciding whether to play
an open or a closed Sicilian.) 3. … Nf6, 4. d4 (This is probably the wrong
decision. White should play a closed Sicilian here with 4. g3.) 4. … e6, (4.
... cd 5. Nxd4 would of course transpose to a main line classical Sicilian)
5. d5 ed, 6. ed Ne5, 7. g3?? (7. Nf4 is better, and quite interesting)
7. ... Nf3#. Quite a shock!

* The Caro Kann Defence
After the standard 1. e4 c6, 2. d4 d5, 3. Nc3 de, 4. NxP Nd7, White can find
out whether Black is paying attention by playing 5. Qe2. If Black plays the
normal looking 5. ... Ngf6??, then White wins instantly with 6. Nd6#. This has
caught out a lot of people in early morning games!

* The Traxler Counter Attack
This is one of the most outrageous openings. It runs as follows; 1. e4 e5,
2. Nf3 Nc6, 3. Bc4 Nf6, (the two knights defence which you should recognise
from an earlier trick), 4. Ng5 Bc5!?. Black completely ignores the threats
against f7! The idea is that after 5. Nxf7 Bxf2!?, 6. KxB Nxe4+ whites king
will be in more danger than black's. There have been quite a few monographs
written on this system and some of the complications are barely
comprehensible. Basically black can bring his queen to h4 and will threaten
all sorts of terrible things against white's king.

* The Albin Counter Gambit
Another well known trap runs as follows. 1. d4 d5, 2. c4 e5, 3. de d4,
4. e3? (4. a3 is better) 4. ... Bb4+, 5. Bd2 dxe3, 6. Bxb4? (6. Qa4+ is possible although the complications that arise after 6. ... Nc6, 7. Bxb4 [7. fe Qh4+, 8. Kd1 {Not 8. g3? Qe4!} 8. ... Qf2! is better for black] 8. ... ef+, 9. KxP Qd4+ probably favour black, especially over the board.) 6. ... ef+ 7. Ke2 fxg1=N+!!, 8. RxN Bg4+ and Black wins white's queen on d1.
* The English Defence
Some players, when faced with the English defence, try to steer the game into calmer waters. The sequence 1. c4 b6,2. Nc3 Bb7, 3. e4 e6, 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 is not uncommon. Black may set a trap here with 5. ... Na6, 6. a3 Nc5! when 7. QxB? loses the queen to 7. ... a5!, 8. Qb5 c6!. 7. Qc2 is better but doesn't promise white much. Note that black doesn't (immediately) win a pawn after 7. ... BxN 8. QxB Nxe4 because white can play 9. Qxg7 and after 9. ... Qf6, though the position is probably slightly better for black. Things would be different if white could find a way to play Bh6! (i.e. by having moved his d pawn earlier).
* The Queen's Gambit
A bad line which inexperienced players with the black pieces play time again is the following: 1. d4 d5, 2. c4 dc, 3. e3 b5?!, (3. ... e5, is better) 4. a4 c6?!, (dubious because black cannot safely retain his pawn this way) 5. ab cb??, 6. Qf3! which wins at least a knight. Black's best move here (to save the rook on a8) is 6. ... Nc6, and after 7. QxN Bd7, white can retreat his queen and will be simply a knight up for nothing.
* The Grob
The 'Grob gambit' loses after 1. g4 e5, 2. f4?? Qh4#. The virtually identical 1. g4 e5, 2. f3?? Qh4# is known as fool's mate.
* The Fred
This (gambit) is dubious. 1. e4 f5?!, 2. ef Nf6, 3. Bg5 (threatening BxN and Qh5) +-.
* Scholar's mate
For the sake of sakeness (which is also why the last two are here) I should mention scholar's mate. 1. e4 e5, 2. Qh5 Nc6, 3. Bc4 threatening Qxf7#. If 3. ... g6 then 4. Qf3 threatening Qxf7#. If 4. ... Nf6 then 5. g4?! threatening 6. g5 and if the knight on f6 moves then, (you guessed it), Qxf7#. Of course, this is a rubbish opening but it is surprising how many people fall for this trap, especially on Internet chess servers.

These chess tricks make use of tactical motifs which occur in many other positions. As well as trying to integrate these specific tricks into your openings repertoire I recommend that you try to find similar lines in the openings you already play. You should remember however that if your opponent plays the correct lines you will probably not achieve more than equality. These are only tricks and traps; you can't force an advantage in chess if your opponent plays accurately.


For some rather more advanced tricks and traps check out these books at Amazon:
'101 Chess Opening Surprises' 'Quickest Chess Victories of All Time' '101 Chess Opening Traps'



Some Psychological Chess Tricks

Note that all mutterings should be judged so that they are only just audible to your opponent and not to anyone else. Also, the volume should be judged so as to make it look like you don't want them to catch what you say.

* The "Oh my goodness" strategy
The classic "Oh my goodness" ploy has been around forever. You can of course substitute your own expletive but be careful around children. The idea is that you play a move which appears terrible, e.g. leaving your queen where it can be captured. Then you utter something along the lines of "Oh drat". The idea is that your opponent will think that you have made a mistake and quickly take the piece. He will realise too late that taking the queen was a terrible mistake and that you now have a forced win. The "Oh my God Attack", (that's its real name, sorry), runs as follows. 1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3 Nc6, 3. Bc4 Nd4. Then you say "Oh my goodness" or something similar. Your opponent plays 4. Nxe5 and then you calmly play 4. ... Qg5, and await his resignation. (On account of 5. Nxf7 Qxg2, 6. Rf1 Qxe4, 7. Be2 Nf3#).
* The bluff
If you play a really bad move it is usually a good idea to disguise it and not react when you see what is wrong with it. However, some people prefer to smile to themselves and even mutter "Aha, I've got you now". The idea is that the opponent will think that there is some reason why he should not exploit the mistake in the way he intended to and will play some other move. In a desperate position you might even play an inferior continuation and accompany it with "well, that was a narrow escape".
* The "it's so easy I don't even have to think about it" strategy
This is when you are in the middle of an attack against your opponent or he has sacrificed material in return for an attack against you. The strategy involves memorising the position and then standing up and walking away from the board to go and look out of the window. The idea is to make your opponent think that you are so sure of what will happen next that you no longer need to analyse. This is bound to worry him. The trick is to continue to think about the position while you are away from the board so that you don't lose any time. Be sure to look round every so often with a smug look on your face both to check that your opponent hasn't moved yet and to encourage the grain of doubt you have planted in his mind to flourish and grow.
* The other "it's so easy I don't even have to think about it" strategy
This is extremely risky but is sometimes worth a go against stronger opponents if you know that they have a tendency to get themselves into time trouble. Just play your moves very quickly. Choose moderately tactical continuations that you feel comfortable with. Try to steer the game into positions which are sufficiently complex to give your opponent something to think about, but not too complicated that you are likely to make serious mistakes playing quickly. Naturally, you still need to invest time 'blunder-checking' your moves before you play them.
* The distraction
This is highly immoral/unethical but is often effective. Bring something to the board with you that will distract your opponent. A flask of some hot drink or a packet of crisps are the usual choices but sometimes people bring mascots or CD players. Silly hats are my favourite. If you are female then you don't need to bring anything, just select appropriate attire.
* The intimidation strategy
The most effective form of intimidation involves talking loudly with a friend (before your games starts) about some Grandmaster game you saw the other week. Tell you friend, (loudly enough that your opponent can hear), that you have spent weeks studying it and that you and your personal trainer have come up with a novelty which you think wins by force. Make sure that you don't mention the opening or the name of either of the Grandmasters who played the game. Tell your friend that you tried the move on Fritz and won quickly. You might want to expand on this idea by having your friend say something like "well, the last time you sprung a novelty like that you crushed your opponent in less than half an hour".
* The offbeat opening strategy
As the name suggests, the idea here is to play a dodgy opening with the sole intention of gaining a psychological advantage over your opponent. The best offbeat openings for white are the Nimzo-Larsen attack which begins 1. b3, and the St George opening, which begins 1. b4. I know little about the former but have seen the latter on a number of occasions. A sample line runs 1. b4 e5, 2. a3 d5, 3. Bb2 Bd6, (of course not 3. ... Nc6? 4. b5 winning blacks e-pawn) 4. e3 Nf6, 5. c4 when the position is probably equal. However, white may have obtained a psychological edge in that his opponent may have the feeling that what white has done cannot be correct and that there must be some way of refuting the opening outright. There is not and so the player with the black pieces may become frustrated and overpress and will probably be behind on the clock.

Please don't try any of these psychological tricks in important games or against friends because such unsportsmanly behaviour just isn't cricket old boy.


Find more tricks and traps at some of our other chess pages; tactics, blunders, and rubbish.

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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Selamat Hari Raya Adilfitri… A auspicious day of Muslim. World wide known as Eid Ul Fitr or Adilfitri .

Sifu with loving family and The Dream Team KL09 wishes all friends and supporters of OKU or Paralimpik athletes : Maaf Dzahir Batin thanks for the support and keep blogging for the future of chess in Malaysia.

Especially to Gilocatur, Hairulov chessmanics, SYEDCHESS, Bad Bishop, Stonemaster, Cik applemints, zaidlah, Wae, Charles, CIK GU PAIN, firey.rook, anne, KLBRAILLE, Shahar, Collin Madhaven, Capman, Miss Universe, freefme75, R.A.K, J.kido, ESB, Sabbraille, Raja Catur, Narayaman, Muhamad Faisbin Ali Nordin and Azhar Klang all of u fantastic guys.and many more.

The Technical Committee of KL09 : Dato Aminah Din with Gregory Lau and Azwan, Zambri, Hassan, Baktiar. Azek, Aishah, Zuraidah, Nur Alina and all volunteers with the support from Ramley, Yati, Fairus from Secretariat and guys from MSN especially Saifulsahar the Msn Paralimpik boss

Keep in touch for sifu hope to send an OKU team to UPSI Open on 25 & 26 October 2009, if permission granted with the coaches may be send the whole Dream Team KL09.

• Sifu Lv all of u 1430 Shawal