KUALA KRAI CLOSED

After the success of the first series, Kuala Krai Chess Club will be organizing its second this Saturday. The details of the tournament are as follows:

Date: 30 July 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Venue: Sekolah Menengah Sultan Yahya Petra 2, Kuala Krai
Format: 6 rounds SWISS
Fees:

1. Elite Category (with national rating 1300 and above) - RM15.00
2. Secondary School (under 18 & under 15) - RM10.00
3. Primary School (under 12 & under 9) - RM10.00

The tournament offers National ratings for each categories. For this purpose, several national rated players have been invited. Among those in the Elite Category are:

1. Nik Ahmad Farouqi
2. Nik Muhd Nazri
3. Mohd Amin Noor
4. Mohd Bukhari Yahya
5. Mohd Ariez
6. Baharuddin Hamzah
7. Wan Muhd Amirul
8. Wan Muhd Adli
9. Siti Nur Afiqah Haslam
10. Aliff Omar Saufi
11. Projek Jejak Juara PPD Kuala Krai 2012 squad
    
12. Under 18, 15 dan 12 from the first series Champions
    

Any enquiries, please contact:
Cikgu Nik Azrihan at 010-9245096

QUIZ TIME

What is Black's best move from this diagram?

KELANTAN HAS TWO FIDE RATED ARBITERS!

The bleak moments of chess activities in Kelantan had been replaced somewhat with the news that two of our own had passed an arbitration seminar held by FIDE and were awarded a norm of a FIDE Arbiter title. Nik Ahmad Farouqi and Nik Mohd Azrihan, both were among the 23 Malaysians who succeeded in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

It is hoped that these two, widely considered as the new chess powerhouses in terms of chess managing activities (mainly held in Kuala Krai), will bring their new experience to upgrade the status of Kelantan chess arena.

Let us all Kelantanese pray that they will get their full norms soon, insha Allah.

Source hairulov and FIDE official website.