Sunday, October 31, 2010

Play to the Whistle

MAN UTD 2-0 TOTTENHAM

Ferguson: Gomes to blame for bizarre Nani goal

October 30, 2010

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes was to blame for Manchester United's controversial second goal in their 2-0 win over Tottenham, claiming the Brazilian "should have known better''.

Sir Alex Ferguson: 'The goalkeeper made a mess of it'

Nani poked home the goal after 84 minutes after Gomes had placed the ball down, seemingly thinking his side had been awarded a free-kick in his area.
Nani, who had appealed for a penalty moments earlier, then swooped to score and, after referee Mark Clattenburg consulted with his assistant, the goal was awarded to spark furious protests from the Tottenham players.
"It was bizarre," Ferguson told ESPN.Nani's controversial clincher

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Nani handles the ball just before he scores against Spurs.

"No-one knew at the time what was wrong. One minute the goalkeeper had the ball in his hands and next it's in his net. Nani looked back and looked at the referee and the referee said play on, so what can he do but put the ball in the net.
"You can look at the referee and look at the linesmen and blame them, but the goalkeeper should know better. He's an experienced goalkeeper. I thought he made a mess of it. I thought it was a penalty first of all and I think Nani felt he handled the ball. But the referee didn't blow for it.
"The referee played on because the goalkeeper took possession of the ball. He then went to take a free-kick thinking it was a foul. He made an error.''
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp vented his anger at referee Clattenburg, claiming the official had failed to spot a handball by Nani, which led to Gomes believing Spurs had won a free-kick.
"It was handball. He put his hand on the ball and dragged it down,'' Redknapp said. "He should have been booked. The referee didn't see him handball it, that's why he's allowed play to go on. The assistant referee has seen it, that's why he's flagged.
"He's (Clattenburg) gone over and he's told him what he did, he should disallow the goal. He's handled the ball. If he's handled the ball he should be booked and it's a free-kick. So Gomes put the ball down for a free-kick.
"If you look at (Darren) Fletcher he's called Nani to get back into position because he thinks we're going to counter attack from the free-kick. Gomes puts the ball down to take a free-kick. It's obvious. Why would he stand there and leave the ball there after he saw him handball it?''
Redknapp said his side may have been able to claim a point if the goal had been disallowed, despite the fact they had already trailed to Nemanja Vidic's first-half header.
"You never know, the game lasts 90 minutes,'' Redknapp said. You dont know, we're one down we may get another opportunity to score. You don't know.''
Fletcher offered a third viewpoint - from on the pitch - saying that the referee had failed to whistle for a foul. As a result he said Nani was left with no option but to tap the ball into the unguarded net.
"The referee never blew. I don't know whether the goalkeeper thought the referee had seen a foul for simulation, but he never blew his whistle,'' he said. "The goalie puts it down and then Nani puts the ball in the net.
"It's one of those where nobody really knows what's happened, but Nani has no option other than to put the ball in the net. He's got the opportunity to score - he's got to score. We are always told to play to the the whistle.''

Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes (right) protests after Nani struck

Nani's goal met with a furious reaction from the Tottenham players

It was a good laugh, like a stupido, never assume like in chess, the game is over unless it is truly over, CHECKMATE and done, listen and follow the referee, the man with absolute power never make assumptions otherwise, a loud cracker joke on Gomes. Never before ever now a recorded fact,a controversial goal and history...sorry Gomes !!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Baling Batu Sembunyi Tangan

Sifu masih teringat dua huraian yang telah atau pernah Sifu blogkan untuk rakan rakan yang masih membaling batu sembunyi tangan. Ingat kalau tinggal dalam rumah kaca jangan suka bermain batu nanti padah diri sendiri.
Adakala kita lupa cara kita celoteh dibaca oleh orang lain dan kenal pula tu siapa yang menulis apa lagi kita boleh lihat dari siapa dan mana komen itu datang, teknologi kini canggih bukan susah hendak jadi mata mata pensedirian. tapi kalau kita sudah berperangai begitu apa yang dikata atau di buat , orang itu telah sama berperangai tidak tamadun...tapi cuba nasihat cuba tukar mungkin satu hari beliau akan tahu jangan mengaibkan orang kalau diri sendiri tidak mahu di aibkan.
My brother in law Dato Professor Dr.Hussien Ahmad gave a vivid advise in blogging or writing especially about other people NEVER EVER WRITE THE UNTRUTH even if you paid to do it or to write in anger as you might not be rational and you might go against natural justice to always remember if we believers in Allah, that our writings or blogging will be there for eternity and we are answerable to Allah even in the hereafter, if other people use our blogs and we do not moderate it them we are liable for the lies or untruth in it so it is best to avoid it as advised by a legal adviser friend from Putrajaya, as all blogs are monitored in some way.
Sifu knows that Sifu might be hard in blasting MCF tapi yang termakan cili dia yang terasa pedas but its the only wake up call for MCF as Sifu tahu kelemahan sendiri dan tahu menilai sendiri itu sebab nya lebih senang berkerja dengan OKU yang telah menyumbangkan 10 pingat EMAS sehingga kini untuk Malaysia.

HOW TO DEAL WITH BITTER CRITICISM

Those who are ignorant have uttered curses at Allah, the Exalted, the Creator of all that exists, so what treatment should we, who are full of faults, expect from people. You will always have to face criticism, which in its onslaught is like an interminable war: it shows no ending.
As long as you shine, give, produce, and have effect upon others, then disapproval and condemnation will be your lot in life. Until you escape from people by finding a tunnel in the ground or a ladder leading to the sky, they will not desist from censuring you, from finding fault in your character.
For that reason, as long as you are from denizens of earth, expect to be hurt, to be insulted, and to be criticized.
And here is something you should contemplate:
A person sitting on the ground does not fall, and people do not kick a dead dog. Therefore their anger toward you can be attributed to you surpassing them in righteousness, knowledge, manners, or wealth. In their eyes you are a transgressor whose wrongs cannot be atoned for – unless you abandon your talents and strip yourself of all praiseworthy qualities, so that you become stupid, worthless, and to them, innocuous. The result is exactly what they want for you.
So remain firm and patient when facing their insults and criticism. If you are wounded by their words and let them have an influence over you, you will have realized their hopes for them. Instead, forgive them by showing them the most beautiful of manners. Turn away from them and do not feel distressed by their schemes. Their disapproval of you only increases you in worth and merit.
Verily, you will not able to silence them, but you will be able to bury their criticisms by turning away from them and dismissing what they have to say.
“Say ‘Perish in your rage’” (Qur’an 3:119)
In fact, you will be able to increase them in their rage by increasing your merits and developing your talents.
If you desire to be accepted by all and loved by all, you desire the unattainable
Ref: Don’t Be Sad by Dr. A’id ibn ‘Abdullah al-Qarni Pg 40.

Peliharalah Aib Orang

Oleh SITI FATIMAH ABDUL RAHMAN

SEBAGAI orang Islam, kita sepatutnya bersyukur kerana kita dipandu oleh al-Quran dan sunnah dalam menentukan tingkah laku kita dalam menjalani kehidupan ini.

Andaikan kita ini pengembara, pastinya kita bersyukur jika sepanjang perjalanan itu kita dibekalkan dengan kompas sebagai penunjuk arah. Kita sepatutnya lebih bersyukur lagi kerana tidak semua pengembara dibekalkan dengan penunjuk arah ini.

Berbeza dengan masyarakat Islam, masyarakat lain tiada panduan khusus dan jelas tentang bagaimana mereka seharusnya menjalani hidup ini. Jika ada sekalipun, panduan itu hanyalah untuk aspek hidup yang tertentu dan tidak menyeluruh seperti Islam. Bagi mereka, segala-galanya boleh dilakukan.

Maka, ramai yang berpegang kepada moto jenama Nike, "Just do it". Mereka pun buatlah apa sahaja yang terlintas di hati tanpa mengambil kira kesannya pada diri mahupun orang lain. Orang Islam tidak sepatutnya berpegang pada moto ini. Namun, ramai juga yang dengan bangganya memakai baju-T dengan slogan ini.

Dalam kehidupan seorang Muslim, ada yang boleh dan ada yang tidak boleh dilakukan. Jika sikap dan tingkah laku umat Islam sama sahaja dengan orang bukan Islam, maka apalagi yang membezakan kita dengan mereka?

Walaupun seorang Muslim itu dibatasi oleh perkara-perkara yang boleh dan tidak boleh dilakukan, sebenarnya, masih banyak perkara yang dibenarkan dan sedikit sahaja yang dilarang. Satu daripada perkara yang dilarang itu ialah membuka aib diri dan aib orang lain. Membuka aib diri itu mungkin tidak begitu menimbulkan masalah kerana orang yang waras biasanya mengunci rapat keaiban dirinya sendiri.

Namun, apa yang sedang membarah dalam masyarakat kita kini ialah sikap yang suka mengaibkan orang lain. Dalam kata-kata lain, suka mendedahkan keburukan orang lain.

Semua orang ada melakukan kesilapan dalam hidup dan lazimnya kita akan merahsiakan kesilapan itu bagi mengelakkan rasa malu jika ia diketahui umum. Alangkan seorang kanak-kanak pun tahu malu jika silapnya ditegur di khalayak ramai, inikan pula orang dewasa. Maka, biasanya kita akan merahsiakan kesilapan itu agar ia tidak mengaibkan diri kita sendiri.

Namun, bila tiba kepada keaiban orang lain, sikap kita begitu berbeza sekali. Ramai yang suka mendengar atau membaca kisah-kisah keaiban orang, malah, sanggup pula memanjangkan kisah-kisah itu kepada orang lain sedangkan Rasulullah s.a.w pernah bersabda yang bermaksud, "Barangsiapa yang menutup aib saudara Muslimnya, nescaya Allah s.w.t akan menutup keaibannya di akhirat kelak."

Malangnya, ramai orang Islam yang lebih suka mengingkari perintah hadis ini. Mereka sama ada menjadi orang yang mengaibkan orang lain secara lisan mahupun tulisan; menjadi pendengar atau pembaca atau penonton setia kisah-kisah keaiban itu; mahupun, menjadi penyampai atau pemanjang cerita-cerita aib tersebut.

Malah, ada yang mengaut keuntungan dari keaiban orang lain. Kononnya, itulah formula untuk melariskan jualan. Soalnya, formula siapa? Formula Barat atau formula Islam yang kita bangga menjadi umatnya?

Ada juga yang mendakwa bahawa cerita seperti itu yang majoriti pembaca mahukan. Dakwaan ini mungkin benar dan biasanya majoriti akan menang. Namun, tidak semestinya majoriti itu betul. Maka, jika ternyata majoriti cenderung memilih sesuatu yang dilarang oleh agama, apakah kita patut terus menggalakkan mereka?

Dalam Surah al-Hujurat, ayat 11, Allah SWT dengan jelas melarang umat Islam dari menyatakan keaiban orang lain. Dalam ayat yang sama disebut bahawa mereka yang mengingkari larangan ini, ia menjadi fasik, maka hendaklah ia bertaubat. Larangan ini begitu penting sekali dipatuhi sehingga ia diulangi dalam ayat yang berikutnya, "... dan janganlah kamu mengintip atau mencari-cari kesalahan dan keaiban orang...". Tidak cukupkah ayat-ayat ini memandu kita ke jalan yang benar?

Dalam pengenalan beliau mengenai Surah al-Hujurat ini, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, dalam terjemahan al-Qurannya menyebut bahawa, surah ini menyentuh tentang adab yang perlu dipatuhi oleh ahli masyarakat Islam. Selain melarang mengaibkan orang, surah ini juga memerintahkan agar: ketua dihormati, khabar angin diselidik, damaikan dua pihak yang berkelahi, manusia lain jangan dicemuh atau diperlekeh, jangan label orang dengan perkataan yang buruk, jauhi prasangka; jangan mencari salah dan keaiban manusia, jangan mengumpat dan berkenal-kenalanlah sesama manusia.

Amat malang sekali bila mana umat Islam yang telah dipandu tentang cara bagaimana untuk hidup bermasyarakat, telah tidak mengambil manfaat dari panduan itu, sebaliknya mengambil sikap yang sama sekali bertentangan dengannya.

Maka, salah siapa kalau masyarakat kita banyak cacat-celanya? Salah siapa kalau masyarakat kita tidak jauh buruk akhlaknya berbanding masyarakat Barat atau Timur yang tiada "kompas" penunjuk jalannya?

** Siti Fatimah Abdul Rahman ialah Fellow Kanan, Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM)
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Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupts again

Mount Merapi volcano as seen from Balerante village in Klaten, Indonesia, 29 October

Mount Merapi is the most active of Indonesia's volcanoes

Mount Merapi volcano has erupted for a third time, with local people reportedly saying this was louder and stronger than the previous eruption on Tuesday.

The latest eruption happened at around 0100 on Saturday (1800GMT Friday).
Agence France Presse reported that it caused panic, with hundreds of people, including police and soldiers, trying to flee in cars or on motorbikes.
Ash was raining down in Yogyakarta, about 30km (19 miles) away.

Matt Burgess, a photography student from Australia, is in Yogyakarta. He told the BBC: "I was in a nightclub when a friend called to say there was a load of ash. I went outside and saw ash falling like snow."

But authorities say Yogyakarta is safe. The head of the monitoring body has said the risk remains lmited to the 10km zone around the mountain.
Nearer that zone, though, people felt more in danger.
"I heard several sounds like thunder," Mukimen, a mother-of-two who was fleeing with her family, told AFP. "I was so scared I was shaking."
There had been a number of small eruptions earlier on Friday but with no casualties reported.
Earlier, officials said two people who suffered burns from Tuesday's eruption had died from their injuries, bringing the confirmed death toll to 35.
Displaced people At least 47,000 people who live around Mount Merapi are staying in government camps or with friends and relatives, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
But there are frequent reports of displaced people returning to check on their properties or livestock.
Government volcanologist Subandrio told AFP the new eruption suggested the government should be "more serious" about enforcing the exclusion zone and possibly widening it.
Alert levels have been raised on four other volcanoes, two of which are definitely showing signs of activity - Anak Krakatau and Mount Semeru.

More on This Story

The Orang Asli

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang_Asli
www.iias.nl/nl/35/IIAS_NL35_10.pdf - Similar

Orang Asli land is coveted by powerful interests: for its timber and minerals, for conversion into oil palm or rubber plantations, golf courses, hydroelectric power installations, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and development projects to benefit the other majority population.

The reasons behind Orang Asli relocation or displacement are often concealed from the public eye. Instead, for the Orang Asli, displacement is called development.Government policies aim to draw them into ‘the mainstream of society’, into the ‘right’ place and time. But the recent court awards to the Orang Asli in Selangor gave the Orang Asli rights over rights on land.

The ethnic label Orang Asli, meaning ‘natural people’ in Malay, replaced the term ‘aborigines’ used by the British colonial administration. Orang Asli refers to the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia who are not Malay Muslims, Malaysia’s main ethnic group.The Orang Asli, together with the Malays and indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak, form the category of Malaysians known as bumiputera (‘sons of the soil’) who make up 65.1 per cent of the population.

The Orang Asli comprise 0.5 per cent of the population and are conventionally divided into eighteen ethno-linguistic subgroups. Both ethno-labels – bumiputera and Orang Asli – imply indigenous; Malays are classified as bumiputera but not as Orang Asli. Occasionally, opposition politicians raise questions about indigeneity and rights of indigenous minorities but these are quickly stifled by the ruling party, the United MalaysNational Organisation (UMNO). When questioned by the media, Malaysia’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman replied, ‘there is no doubt that the Malays were the indigenous peoples of this land because the original inhabitants did not have any form of civilisation compared with the Malays…and instead lived like primitives in mountains and thick jungle’

There is no doubt that Orang Asli ancestors settled on the ‘Malay’ Peninsula long before the predecessors of contemporary Malays. However, prior settlement does not accord the descendants political privileges. The musings of the former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, are revealing: ‘Aborigines are found in Australia, Taiwan and Japan…but nowhere are they regarded as the definitive people of the country concerned. The definitive people are those who set up the first governments….In Malaya, the Malays without doubt formed the first effective governments….The Orang Melayu or Malays have always been the definitive people.

^‡ Excluding those living in designated Orang Asli settlements which would amount to about 20,000 more people.
Negrito	Senoi	Proto Malay
Orang Asli population by groups and subgroups (2000)^[3]
Bateq (1,519)	Chewong (234)	Jakun (21,484)
Jahai (1,244)	Jah Hut (2,594)	Orang Kanaq (73)
Kensiu (254)	Mah Meri (3,503)	Orang Kuala (3,221)
Kintaq (150)	Semai (34,248)	Orang Seletar (1,037)
Lanoh (173)	Semaq Beri (2,348)	Semelai (5,026)
Mendriq (167)	Temiar (17,706)	Temuan (18,560)
3,507	60,633	49,401
Total: 113,541^‡

In 2000, the Orang Asli comprise only 0.5% of the total population in Malaysia.^[4] Their population is approximately 148,000.^[5] The largest group are the Senois, constituting about 54% of the total Orang Asli population. The Proto-Malays form 43%, and the Semang forming 3%.^[5]
The poverty rate among Orang Asli is 76.9%.^[1] In addition to this high rate, the Statistics Department of Malaysia has classified 35.2% of the population as being "hardcore poor". The majority of Orang Asli live in rural areas, while a minority have moved into urban areas. In 1991, the literacy rate for the Orang Asli was 43% compared to the national rate of 86% at that time.^[1] They have an average life expectancy of 53 years (52 for male and 54 for female). A high infant mortality rate is also evident with 51.7 deaths per 1000 births.^[6]

KONVENSYEN Industri Sukan Malaysia (KISMAS) 2010

Malaysia mahu ikut langkah China

Oleh TAUFEK RAZAK
taufek.razak@kosmo.com.my

GIMNAS negara, Elaine Koon (tengah) sambil diiringi jaguh angkat berat, Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (kiri) dan pemain hoki, Baljit Singh membawa lambang 1Malaysia untuk diserahkan kepada Shabery pada majlis perasmian KISMAS 2010.

KONVENSYEN Industri Sukan Malaysia (KISMAS) 2010 yang berlangsung mulai semalam hingga esok meletakkan matlamat untuk menjadikan bidang sukan di negara ini mampu berkembang dengan sendiri tanpa bantuan kerajaan.
Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek berkata, buat masa ini, China akan menjadi model kepada Malaysia untuk merealisasikan hasrat itu.
Katanya, adalah tidak mustahil suatu hari nanti Malaysia tidak perlu lagi ada kementerian yang memajukan sukan seperti yang berlaku di Amerika Syarikat dan Jepun ketika ini.
“Kita memerlukan masa yang panjang untuk mencapai tahap seperti di Amerika Syarikat tetapi dengan adanya KISMAS, kita sedang bergerak ke arah itu dengan menumpukan kepada sukan (seperti sepak takraw dan badminton) yang sudah ada pasaran terlebih dulu.
“Namun, ini tidak bermakna sukan yang masih tidak ada pasaran seperti boling padang misalnya, akan diabaikan pembangunannya, sebaliknya mereka akan terus dibantu kerajaan sehingga berjaya menjadi satu industri,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian selepas merasmikan KISMAS kali kedua di sebuah hotel terkemuka di Seri Kembangan dekat Kuala Lumpur semalam.
Menurutnya, sejak diadakan KISMAS buat kali pertama tahun lalu, sambutan yang diterima daripada pihak penaja amat menggalakkan kerana ia telah berjaya membuka minda mereka tentang sukan sebagai satu industri.
Jelas beliau, syarikat-syarikat seperti CIMB, AirAsia, BMW, Pet- ronas dan Mercedes kini sudah mula sedar tentang peluang pema- saran mereka di samping melaksanakan tanggungjawab sosial mereka.
“Syarikat-syarikat penaja ini sudah mempunyai strategi pemasaran mereka sendiri walaupun KISMAS pertama lalu kita hanya mengetengahkan pernyataan konsepnya sahaja.
“Dalam waktu sama kerajaan yang juga mulai sedar tentang potensi industri sukan ini sedia membantu mereka dengan mengubah dasar percukaian negara.
“Jelas ia satu respon yang baik kepada usaha untuk menarik lebih banyak penajaan selepas ini,” tegasnya.
Beliau berkata, sebuah negara besar seperti China misalnya, masih mengamalkan penyediaan bantuan untuk membangunkan bidang sukan di negara mereka tetapi dalam waktu sama sudah mula mengeluarkan barangan sukan seperti raket badminton berjenama Li Ning.
Bagaimanapun Shabery berkata, barangan sukan berjenama tempatan masih belum mampu mencapai ke tahap itu kerana industri sukan kita masih jauh ketinggalan.
“Tetapi kesedaran syarikat tempatan tentang penajaan di peringkat antarabangsa seperti AirAsia dan Petronas dalam pasukan kereta Formula Satu, AirAsia dalam bola sepak Liga Perdana England serta CIMB dalam sukan golf sudah menampakkan hasilnya,” jelas beliau.
Sehubungan itu Shabery berkata, untuk menghasilkan barangan sukan tempatan yang mampu menembusi pasaran antarabangsa, pembangunan dan pencapaian sukan negara yang kini boleh dianggap sudah berada di landasan tepat perlu bergerak seiring dengan industri sukan ini.
“Sudah tiba masanya, Malaysia kena ubah pendekatan daripada hanya melihat kepada pencapaian sukan sahaja kepada perspektif lain yang lebih komersial dan menguntungkan,” ujarnya.
Shabery turut memberi contoh bagaimana ketika Afrika Selatan menganjurkan Piala Dunia pada bulan Jun lalu tetapi China yang meraih banyak keuntungan.
“Ini kerana alat bunyian vuvuzuela yang menjadi kegilaan penon- ton ketika itu dibuat dan dihasilkan di China,” katanya.

Tears of Mount Merapi

Mount Merapi

Mount Merapi is located in the north of Yogyakarta with height level of 2.920 meters above sea level. From a distance one can always see the white smoke appear from the top of volcano, raise to the air and moving clouds in the blue sky, that a beautiful scene can be observed from Plawangan, the observatory resort

This active volcano, There are hill resorts on the mountain slope for relaxations with invigorating weather one of them is well known as 'Kaliurang'.Mountain climbing, camping and observing the incredible active volcano can be arranged through local in-house Tour Operators.Driving through Yogyakarta's countryside, guests will enjoy the scenic farmlands spread out with the horizon of the mountainous landscape......

But Mount Merapi is now active that have cause misery and deaths.

More than 400 people are confirmed dead, but many bodies have yet to be recovered from coastal areas and more than 300 people are still missing.
Heavy rain and high tides are making it hard for boats to deliver supplies to the isolated Mentawai islands off the west coast of Sumatra.

Hope and sympathy for residents around Merapi and the tsunami affecting the area.

Friday, October 29, 2010

World Youth Chess Championship round 9

World Youth Chess Championship round 9

Thursday, 28 October 2010 21:10 Fide.com

The World Youth Chess Championships continued in Porto Carras with round 9 today. FM Steven Zierk (interview with him here) continued his good performance in the Open U18 section and after winning his round 9 game is now sharing the first position with GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, who drew GM Nils Grandelius. FM Angel Arribas Lopez moved into 3rd position with 7,0/9 a point behind the leaders, and GM Grandelius, IM Priyadharshan, FM Danilenko, FM Kanarek, and IM Christian Cruz are sharing 4th with 6,5/9.

WIM Narmin Nizami Kazimova, who had the biggest lead after round eight, 1,5 points ahead of competition in Girls U18, was defeated in round 9 by WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili. The rating favorite WGM Deysi Cori, the Indian star CM Kulkarni Bhakti, and the untitled Ukrainian surprise Anastasiya Rakhmangulova, also won their games, and together with Tsatsalashvili are just half a point away from the leader Nazimova, who is on top of the standings with 7,5/9.

Click here for the round 9 photo gallery

Poland is dominating the Open U16 group, currently with the first three places occupied by Polish players. Leader is FM Kamil Dragun with 8,0/9, followed by Marcin Krzyzanowski with 7,5/9, and Daniel Sadzikowski 7,0/9. Only FM Bukavshin is a direct threat to the leaders with 7,0/9, while there is a big group at 6,5/9 including the only GM of the group Jorge Cori.

The five way tie on top of Girls U16 after round 7 came to an end after exciting encounters in the group. WIM Danelia Mariam and WIM Nastassia Ziaziulkina won their games to emerge as leaders with 7,5/9. Yekaterina Ainutdinova, WFM Ghazal Hakimifard, and WIM Meri Arabidze are with 7,0/9, and five more players are with 6,5/9.

The leader after round 7 in the Open U14 group Tomas Laurusas lost his top standing in a direct match with Izzat Kanan Azar. IM Vaibhav Suri also equalized Laurusas’ points and now both of them are sharing second position together with Shiven Khosla and Roman Grib. The top seeded GM Richard Rapport finally recovered and after a win today is sharing 18th position, 1,5 points away from the leader.

WFM Dinara Saduakassova is a sole leader with 8,0/9 in Girls U14 after she won her match in round 9, while WFM Styazhkina and Lei Tingjie drew on board 2. Raana Hakimifard and Lei Tingjie share second place with 7,5/9, while the chasing pack of six players is with 6,5/9.

Troff Kayden lost his clear leader position from the round 8 in the Open U12 section. He was defeated by Wei Yi and now both share the top spot of the group with 7,5/9. They are closely followed by FM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Manuel Petrosyan, Volodymyr Vetoshko, and FM Ali Marandi Cemil Can, all with 7,0/9.

The untitled Ukrainian Iulija Osmak is maintaining the pole position in the Girls U12 group. She is top of the standings with 8,0/9, half a point ahead of the clear second WFM Mahalakshmi on 7,5/9. Four players are sharing 3rd position with 7,0/9 – WFM Li Zhuoling, WFM Anna Vasenina, Dorsa Derakhshani, and WCM Ivana Maria Furtado.

Jason Cao, Gupta Bhaskar, and Jeffrey Xiong are leading the Open U10 section. They are only half a point ahead of Cameron Wheeler, Konrad Drozdowski, FM Tommy He, and FM Amin Tabatabaei. In the Girls U10 section Alexandra Obolentseva and Anna Maja Kazarian are top of the group, half a point ahead of competition.

Kirill Shevchenko continues his stable performance and after a win in round 9 is sole leader of the Open U8 section. Li Yunshan is also sole leader in the Girls U8 section, and is just a step away from the gold medal as she has 1,5 advantage ahead of the chasing pack and there are only two rounds to the end of the record breaking World Youth Chess Championships in Porto Carras, Greece.

MCF LOST USD$100,000

Did not realise my blogging about MCF have annoyed certain quarters so let Sifu says this loud and clear to accept these blunderers who were checkmated and lost all their FIDE Championship to quit all their posts now and not wait for MCF elections.
Or they will be checkmated again in their opening moves, will not be allowed into their middle games for sure unless they can compensated MCF for the next 4 (four) years till the next FIDE elections deposited into MCF accounts USD100,000 per year for a total of USD400.000 for tournaments and chess developments in Malaysia.
Unless and until these money are deposited all those who back Karpov and gave Malaysian nomination and vote should stay out of MCF totally for next 4 tears.
That's the money promised by Kirsan if we back him but MCF being arrogant and naive do not want to accept the money but accepted the little gifts in form of scholarship for the juniors. Seamed blur or bad backers on the wrong horse. On one hand says no but under the table accept the little gifts. Chronic weird !!
What about Karpov promises ? Fat deal as he lost so MCF got nothing. Double losers for sure. MCF must be ulter rich but sending players to carry the Malaysian flags have to pay through their own Mfb (mothers fathers bank) pocket.

Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 14:13

Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE, gave an extensive interview during the World Youth Chess Championships. Ignatius Leong spoke about the development of chess around the World, the role of youth chess and chess in schools, the 16th Asian games, and analyzed the record breaking WYCC in Porto Carras.

Click here to watch the full interview with Ignatius Leong

Read the exclusive interview of Ignatius Leong on FIDE.com , who Sifu believe will still be a good friend of Malaysia if not MCF, despite being run down by a Malaysian opponent at the last FIDE elections.

That black episode being uncalled for and unprofessional, Sifu believe should not be a stumbling block of handing out a friendship with the FIDE General Secretary and FIDE and Sifu will offer the hand even if MCF did not ask Sifu to do it but Sifu does it in the name of Malaysia in general. We are after all a good well dignified people and we need FIDE in all our undertaking in the future.

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Submitted by GM arunabi on Thu, 10/28/2010 at 12:56am.Chess .Com

This week we shall see an update in the Caro-Kann Advance Variation. http://www.chess.com/article/view/caro-kann-advance-variation-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun. As we concluded in our last article the idea of grabbing the b2-pawn was playable for Black and in this article we shall see an idea for white to counter it.

In today's article we shall see the game between Karjakin and Eljanov from the recently concluded Olympiad. In this game White introduced a very strong idea and suddenly it looks like the whole system has come to an end.

Karjakin, Sergey (2747) vs. Eljanov, P. (2761)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 Qxb1+ ( 8... Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qa3 10. Qxb7 ) ( 8... Qxc2 9. Qb5+ Nd7 ( 9... Nc6 10. Rc1 ) 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa6 Qb2 13. Bb5 ) 9. Rxb1 c4 ( 9... b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rb7 d4 12. Bxd4 ( 12. Ng5!? ) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7 ( 13... Bg6 14. O-O Bc5 15. Nb3 ( 15. Rd1 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Bb5 Nge7 18. Rc7 O-O 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Rxc6 Rfc8 21. Rdc4 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Bxc2 ) 15... Bb6 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Rxb6 axb6 18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. Nxa8 ) 14. Bb5 O-O-O 15. Rxa7 Nb8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Na4 Rd4 18. O-O Ne7 19. c3 ) 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nd8 12. Rc7 Rb8 ( 12... Bxc2 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 f6?? 15. d7+! ( 15. Bc1? Nf7 16. Kd2 Be4 17. Bd1 Ngh6 18. Ba4+ Kd8 19. Ba3 ) 15... Ke7 16. Rc8 ) 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ ( 14... Rb2 15. Rxa7 Rb1+ 16. Bd1 Bxc2 17. Kd2! Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rb7 ( 18... Rb5 19. Ke1 Nf6 20. a4 Rb6 21. Bf4 O-O 22. d7 Nc6 23. a5 Rb2 24. Rc7 Nxa5 25. Bd6 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 ) 19. Rxb7 Nxb7 20. Bf4 Nd8 21. a4 Nf6 22. Rb1 ) ( 14... Bxc2 15. Bc1 Rb6 16. Kd2 Bf5 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. Re7+ Kf8 19. Rxa7 g5 20. Ne5 Ne4+ 21. Ke3 Kg7 22. Bh5 Rb7 23. Rxb7 Nxb7 24. d7 f6 25. Rb1 ) 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Rb6 ( 17... Rb2+ 18. Kc3 Rxa2 19. Rb1 Ra6 20. Bf4 ( 20. Rb8 Rxd6 21. Ne5 Rb6 ( 21... Ne7 22. Bf4 Rb6 ( 22... O-O 23. Rxe7 ) 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nxf7+ Ke8 25. Nxh8 ) 22. Ra8 Ne7 23. Raxa7 Nf5 24. Rc8 Nd6 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 f6 28. Kc2 ) 20... Rb6 ( 20... Ra3+ 21. Kc2 Ra2+ 22. Kd1! c3 23. Rb8 Rb2 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Ne5 ) 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Kb4 ) 18. Bf4! Nf6 ( 18... Rb2+ 19. Kc3 Rxa2 20. Rb1 Ra3+ 21. Kc2 Ra2+ 22. Kd1 ) ( 18... Ra6 19. Rb1 Rb6 20. Kc1! Rxb1+ 21. Kxb1 Nf6 22. Re7+ Kf8 23. Rxa7 ) 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+ ( 20... Rb2+ 21. Ke1 Ne4 22. Ne5! Rb7 ( 22... Nxd6 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. Bxd6+ Ke8 25. Rc7 Rxa2 26. Rxc6 Kd7 27. Rb6 ) ( 22... g5 23. Nd7+ Ke8 24. Be5 ) 23. Ra8 Ke8 24. Nc6 Kd7 25. Nb8+ Ke8 26. f3 Nc3 27. Rc1 ) 21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 Nxf2 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Kxb1 Ne4 25. a4 Rg8 26. a5 Nc6 27. Ra6 Nb8 28. Ra7 Nc6 29. d7 Nd8 ( 29... Ke7 30. d8=Q+ Kxd8 31. Ra8+ ) 30. Kc2 Ke7 31. a6 e5 32. Bc1 Kd6 33. Ba3+ Kc6 34. Ra8

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In the computer's age it is also important to analyze the variations without the help of the computers. As we can see in this game, Black was well prepared to play this system and he continued to play the computer's suggestions. But soon ended up in a lost position. On the other hand White had analyzed this position thoroughly and came out successful. The final outcome looks like White has managed to refute Black's system. Hence Black should look for other alternatives and probably avoid the idea of grabbing the b2-pawn.

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