AFTER TWO GAMES..

.. Yours Truly leads the standing in Kelantan. He won both the morning and afternoon games against Baharuddin and Bad Bishop, respectively. Trailing closely are Marzuki Yaacob and Syed Azizi, both with 1.5 points, Baharudin with a point and finally Nik Mohd Nazri and Bad Bishop who lost both of their games. Results can be read at the results page.

ARE YOU READY?

Tomorrow the Kelantan-based players will lock their horns on the chess boards at Waja Timur Technology, Instaforex, near D'Klasik, Kubang Kerian.

GOOD LUCK!

1ST KELANTAN FIDE RATED (KELANTAN BASED)

The 6 Kelantan-based players will start their games next week. The proposed venue is Instaforex, Kubang Kerian.

The schedule:

KELANTAN BASED PLAYERS

RND 1	24/09/2011 (9 am)
	Name	Res.	Name
	Mohd Azizul Mat Daud	-	Baharuddin Hamzah
	Norazlin Juarih	-	Marzuki Yaacob
	Syed Azizi Abd Rahman	-	Nik Mohd Nazri
RND 2	24/09/2011 (3 pm)
	Name	Res.	Name
	Baharuddin Hamzah	-	Nik Mohd Nazri
	Syed Azizi Abd Rahman	-	Marzuki Yaacob
	Mohd Azizul Mat Daud	-	Norazlin Juarih
RND 3	1/10/2011 (9 am)
	Name	Res.	Name
	Baharuddin Hamzah	-	Norazlin Juarih
	Mohd Azizul Mat Daud	-	Syed Azizi Abd Rahman
	Nik Mohd Nazri	-	Marzuki Yaacob
RND 4	1/10/2011 (3 pm)
	Name	Res.	Name
	Baharuddin Hamzah	-	Marzuki Yaacob
	Mohd Azizul Mat Daud	-	Nik Mohd Nazri
	Syed Azizi Abd Rahman	-	Norazlin Juarih
RND 5	8/10/2011 (9 am)
	Name	Res.	Name
	Baharuddin Hamzah	-	Syed Azizi Abd Rahman
	Nik Mohd Nazri	-	Norazlin Juarih
	Marzuki Yaacob	-	Mohd Azizul Mat Daud

REPORT ON THE FIRST DAY

4 games were played today. There were 4 players available, while Wan Mahathir will be joining the fray tomorrow. The players who managed to complete their games today were Abdul Haq, Ariez Azman, Mohd Ezmi and Nasrul Humaimi.

Round 1

Mohd Ezmi Mahmood lost to Abdul Haq Mohamed
Ariez Azman drew with Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood

Round 2

Mohd Ezmi lost to Ariez Azman
Abdul Haq won against Nasrul Humaimi

Special thanks to arbiters Mr. Greg and Mr. Najib, and also to DATCC for preparing the venue. Hopefully tomorrow more intense battles will ensue.

Some pictures (taken from the official website):

Update:

The results after 2 days of play (Kuala Lumpur players) have been updated in the pages. All the games involving Nik Ahmad Farouqi are postponed. This is due to his mother's death sometime today (17 September 2011). May Allah bless her soul.

1ST KELANTAN FIDE RATED OFFICIALLY STARTS TOMORROW

At last, the long awaited tournament will hit the board starting tomorrow. The 12 players have been divided into two camps based on the players' whereabouts. The KL-based players will start hitting the clock tomorrow, while the Kelantan-based players will hit the ground running next week.

The KL-based Players

1. Abdul Haq Mohamed (FIDE 2096)
2. Nik Ahmad Farouqi Nik Abdul Aziz (2055)
3. Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood (1951)
4. Ariez Azman
5. Mohd Ezmi Mahmood
6. Wan Mahadzir Wan Sulaiman

The Kelantan-based Players

1. Mohd Azizul Mat Daud (2065)
2. Marzuki Yaacob (1916)
3. Baharuddin Hamzah
4. Nik Mohd Nazri
5. Norazlin Juarih
6. Syed Azizi Abdul Rahman

GOOD LUCK!

Tomorrow's schedule:

RND 1	16/9/2011 9 pagi
SNo.	Name	Res.	Name	SNo.
1	Ariez Azman	-	Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood	6
2	Abdul Haq Mohamed	-	Wan Mahadzir Wan Sulaiman	5
3	Nik Ahmad Farouqi Nik Abdul Aziz	-	Mohd Ezmi Mahmood	4
RND 2	16/9/2011 3 ptg
SNo.	Name	Res.	Name	SNo.
6	Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood	-	Mohd Ezmi Mahmood	4
5	Wan Mahadzir Wan Sulaiman	-	Nik Ahmad Farouqi Nik Abdul Aziz	3
1	Abdul Haq Mohamed	-	Ariez Azman	2

Full schedule can be read in the official website.