Needed a Malaysian Chess Academy

Player overview for MAS

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Rk.	Group
45		Jagathees Guna Balan	0	MAS	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	½	5,5	68	Open U08
69		Muhammad Faqih B Aminuddin	0	MAS	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4,0	102	Open U08
116		Wong Yinn Long	0	MAS	1	1	1	0	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	7,0	19	Open U08
37	CM	Amier Hamzah B Mohd Zuhri	1743	MAS	1	1	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	1	½	6,0	57	Open U10
106		Aron Teh Eu Wen	1641	MAS	½	1	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	7,0	31	Open U12
155		William Lee Kah Howe	0	MAS	½	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	4,5	118	Open U12
82		Lee Kah Meng Elgin	1918	MAS	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	5,0	87	Open U14
86		Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil	2046	MAS	0	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	0	5,5	72	Open U16
49		Mohd Noor Zainoor Ikmal	0	MAS	1	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	½	5,0	48	Girls U08
80		Yahaya Nur Islamurni	0	MAS	0	1	0	½	1	½	0	0	1	1	½	5,5	43	Girls U08
31		Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada	0	MAS	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	7,5	11	Girls U10
72		Mohd Noor Zainoor Ikmal	0	MAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	106	Girls U10
36	WCM	Nur Nabila Azman Hisham	1829	MAS	1	0	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	0	½	6,0	38	Girls U14
40	WFM	Nur Najiha Hisham	1779	MAS	0	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	6,5	38	Girls U12
47		Camilia Bt Johari	1744	MAS	1	0	1	½	1	0	0	1	1	0	½	6,0	40	Girls U12

A good hunting ground for young player as most budding champions are discovered from this championship.  From Sifu own experience in this championship that Malaysia have a lot of good players but we are lacking compared to other chess nations Russia, USA, China, India, France is that there being heavy deep investment in youth programs with funds in chess schools or acadamies.

The players are accompanied by seconds consisting of GMs after a grilling sessions before the championship. But not happening for Malaysians.

But Malaysians depended heavily on parents funding and the time is up for Malaysia to start a youth programs under the education or sports ministries for the investment on youth not just an infilling but a real investment program for future champions in an official Malaysian Chess Academy. What being done by a lot of local coaches and parents should be appreciated and acknowledged and absorbed into the system or improved the system with funding.

Actually the whole system and success in Malaysia depends almost totally on parents but frustration will creep in when official backing and funding not helping to ease the burden in the name of the nation. But time flies and age will catch up as these young players will move up the rank into different categories and the fight gets tougher and we will eventually loses them in the system as career building for the future becomes more important than chess careers.