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A total of 18 players took part in the KL Closed 2016 organised by Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA). Dr Zaidan Zulkipli won the event with a score of 5.5/6. The purpose of KL Closed 2016 is to pick players to represent the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur in selected competitions.




One of the final round games.

Please download AI Chess app on Android phone to watch the the live games. (Shortcut keys: press the d1, e1 square to move forward and backwards a move. If the game is over the moves are already recorded and can still be replayed )

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Please visit broadcast.kedaicatur.com for the live games. (Shortcut keys: press the d1, e1 square to move forward and backwards a move. If the game is over the moves are already recorded and can still be replayed )

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Karnival Sukan Mahasiswa (KARiSMA) UiTM 2016 - CATUR
27-30 OKTOBER 2016
UITM MACHANG, KELANTAN

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6		Norazwan Kamaruzaman	MAS	1572	6,0	0,0	18,00	6
2	2		Asrul Sharaff Omar	MAS	1777	4,5	0,5	10,50	4
	4		Lim Sin Leong	MAS	1607	4,5	0,5	10,50	4
4	7		Mohamed Ismail	MAS	1585	3,0	0,0	4,50	3
5	3		Mohd Amin Mohd Noor	MAS	1768	2,0	0,0	2,00	2
6	1		Saiful Nor Kurnia	MAS	0	1,0	0,0	0,50	1
7	5		Solomon Nyurang Juk	MAS	1654	0,0	0,0	0,00	0

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• A visit to TYM mini tournament
• Place to play friendly chess 

I am sure any chess enthusiast has at least played on playchess.com, FIC, ICC, Chess.com, lichess, ArenaChess or some form of online chess.

My challenge as it has been for years now is to install one of these chess servers on my own server. It is still not accomplished. The easiest or so I thought was installing Capablanca, an open source chess server which evolved from Lasker-2.2.3. Lasker is significant because it is used by ICC, although heavily modified.

ICC is not free, charging a fee for playing members. However, since the entire server sourcecode is open source, this did not stop FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) from making a similiar server offering free membership to it's chess playing service. Although the installation is documented it is not an easy task to install and as can be seen by the lack of other ICC clones (except for FICS), I assume others have found it hard too.


Then came lichess. It has a higher degree of sophistication and more features compared to ICC. I was surprised that this server was also open source. So my attention is now shifted to getting an installed version of lichess server to work. I have not really attempted to install it yet but from what I read in the forums and also the lack of other lichess clones out there I assume it is not easy either.

Imagine a locally installed chess server in Malaysia! Ping rate will be faster so lag issues are less. That is heaven for online chess enthusiast. That also opens a whole host of possibilities like having our own (official or unnoficial) national online rating!

As it is with most of my "ideas", they remain as such only. I post it here as a reminder to myself as something I have "to do" at some point in the future. Hopefully someone else who is more technically capable than I am can succeed in doing this first ?

Related link:

• Capablanca chess server on Github
• Lichess server on Github

Haikal Zharif Abdul Jamil emerged champion of the Giant Setapak Amateur U1700 tournament held on 23rd October. He lost his first round against Joel Su Weng Yang but powered on to win the next 6 games in a row including a tense last round battle against Rejab Harun which until the final round was the tournament leader.

Good luck to participants of both events..

I only found out about this tournament last year when they mentioned it in Facebook. I jokingly complained why no one told me about it (seeing that  'GilaChess' should be aware of most tournaments) and someone immediately added me to their Whatsapp group. I have to admit the group was hyper active and the first few days my battery constantly drained because of the non-stop notifications that popped up on Whatsapp! I had to delete Whatsapp to save battery! I know I could have gone to settings and toned down the notifications but for some reason I just didn't.

Anyway, a year later (and after reinstalling whatsapp) I see the group is still going strong and I just had to drop by seeing that their venue is just 11 minutes drive from my place.

Yes it's mini tournament but 23 participants and maxing out the space at the Young Chess Masters centre is quite impressive. It shows that the chess playing culture is strong here in Shah Alam. Entry fee is only RM 5 but it is more of friendly chess than a competition.

Pictures tell a better story...


I've never been to these parts of Shah Alam (Seksyen 7) before but with Waze, that is not a problem and I cannot get lost :) . Waze said "You have arrived at your destination" and after finding a place to park I found myself  right in front of the place!

YCM is among shop houses (beside Hailam Kopitiam) and it's on the second floor.




AGM Nik Ahmad Farouqi is the main face of Young Chess Masters centre but of course there are others..


This is THE place to go to have some friendly chess games.



Friendly atmosphere but serious chess taking place.




5th place - Ainul Hakim Abdul Razak


4th place - Wan Mohd Azmie Wan Abd Rahim


3rd place - Rusdi Sidi

2nd place - Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Mohd


TYM #23: Champion - Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff


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Tension.
Games are also broadcasted live on http://live.youngchessmasters.com.my. That night the top 2 boards were live.


Arbiter Nik Farouqi resolving some disputes

The event started at around 10.20pm but most everyone were already there by 9.30pm. Everything ended slightly after 1.00am.

So if you are anywhere near Shah Alam and want some games of chess, YCM is the place to be. They have weekly sessions and is usually held every Friday night.

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4		Syawal Aqmar Shahrir Ariff	MAS	1695	5,5	25,0	16,5	23,00
2	7		Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Mohd	MAS	1667	5,0	19,5	12,0	14,00
3	10		Rusdi Sidi	MAS	1620	4,5	22,5	14,0	15,25
4	5		Wan Mohd Azmie Wan Abd Rahim	MAS	1676	4,0	22,5	15,5	12,00
5	8		Ainul Hakim Abdul Razak	MAS	1663	4,0	21,0	14,0	12,50
6	1		Muhd Ali Chor	MAS	1793	4,0	18,0	12,0	9,50
7	9		Mohd Ikhbal Mohd Jowahar	MAS	1657	4,0	18,0	11,0	8,50
8	12		Nurfirdaus Abdul Hamid	MAS	1573	4,0	17,0	12,5	9,50
9	15		Mohd Adam Hafiz Jafri Malim	MAS	1547	3,5	23,5	15,5	11,50
10	3		Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman	MAS	1721	3,5	13,5	7,5	7,25
11	6		Mohd Syazwan Mohd Zin	MAS	1672	3,0	20,5	13,5	7,00
12	23		Zuladli Saribin	MAS	0	3,0	19,5	13,5	7,50
13	2		Asrul Sharaff Omar	MAS	1777	3,0	16,5	10,5	6,50
14	18		Muazzin Misrodi	MAS	1296	3,0	15,5	10,0	3,50
15	20		Al Imran Misrodi	MAS	1193	3,0	14,0	9,5	5,00
16	11		Mohamed Ismail	MAS	1585	3,0	12,5	8,0	3,00
17	13		Ahmad Arif Abdul Rahim	MAS	1564	2,0	21,0	13,5	6,50
18	17		Ngasiman Hj Sapuan	MAS	1394	2,0	18,0	13,5	4,00
19	16		Misrodi Telimik	MAS	1437	2,0	18,0	13,0	3,00
20	14		Andrew Ooi Boon Seng	MAS	1555	2,0	15,0	9,5	1,00
21	19		Nik Afiq Raiyan Nik Ahmad Faro	MAS	1248	2,0	13,0	8,5	2,00
22	21		Bukhori Misrodi	MAS	1182	1,0	16,5	10,5	0,50
23	22		Nik Aisy Irfan Nik Ahmad Farou	MAS	1054	1,0	13,0	8,5	0,50

Related link : http://www.youngchessmasters.com.my

1. Use your phone browser and go to http://myrating.catur.org
2. Click on the triple dot button (see below)
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You should then see the MYCHESSRATING icon on your phone homescreen.




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