2nd TTDI U20 Open CC 2023 - Endorsed as Circuit 9 of 2023/24 WPKL Youth Circuit (FIDE-Rated & National Rated)

 

( 2nd TTDI U20 Open Chess Competition 2023
- Circuit 9 & Final Circuit, 2023/24 WPKL Youth Circuit )

Registration Link:
HERE
https://bit.ly/2ndTTDIOpenU20

The 2nd TTDI Open Chess Competition 2023 have been endorsed by KLCA to be
Circuit 9 of the 2023/24 WPKL Youth Circuit. This will also be the final circuit for 2023.

KLCA endorsed this event on 1st November 2023.
MCF gave its endorsement on 7th November 2023.

The competition will be held at the Air-conditioned TTDI Community Hall - K.Lumpur
on Sunday, 17th December 2023 in conjunction with the start of year-end school holidays.

Entrance fee is RM50 for Rated Players and RM70 for Unrated Players.
Players MUST HAVE FIDE ID & ENCORAGED TO HAVE MCF ID

EARLY BIRD FEE:
Until 26th November 2023
RM45 (Rated) / RM65 (Unrated)

Results: Circuit 2 - WPKL Women U20 Chess Circuit 2023/24 (U20 & U12) & Points Standings (after Circuit 2)

Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - WPKL WOMEN U20 2023/24
Refer HERE

( Final Ranking Women Circuit 2, 22nd October 2023 )

 ( U20 and U12 WPKL Women U20 Points Standings,
after Circuit 2 on 22nd October 2023 )

 Women U20

12-year old Aqilah Husna Ainul Fikri from SK Jalan Gurney 2 is the Champion of the 
2023/24 WPKL Women U20 Chess Circuit - Circuit 2. She won 7 straight against mostly elder players in Circuit 2 to remain undefeated.

Swetha Thamil Mani from Klang and Ainul Mardhiah from Johor both secured 6 points to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively after tie-break.

After Circuit 2, Sweetha Thamil Manni is the points leader with 19 points.
9 points behind is Aqilah Husna with 10 points and Joint Third with 9 points each
is Ku Ee Enn and Mathivathane Surendran from SMK Puteri Titiwangsa.

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The Top 10 in the Women U20 Points - Circuit 2, qualifies to play in Circuit 2 of the
WP SUKMA Selection Circuit. Circuit 2 will be held on 28th October 2023 at Putrajaya.

 Women U12

Yap Rae Lyn is the Champion of Circuit 2 of the 2023/24 WPKL Women U12 category.
After a promising start with 3 straight wins, Rae Lyn accumulated 4 points from 4 wins over 7 rounds.

Both Chloe Loh and Shanvatana Vijayan also secured  4 points each.
However, after a better tie-break silver went to Chloe and bronze medal was awarded to Shanvatana.

Shanvatana Vijayan from SJKT Ldg Kuala Selangor on 16 points is the U12 points leader.
4 points behind is Low Hui Lin from SJKC Kuen Cheng 2 with 12 points.

Three are tied on third with 10 points each.
They are Haefa Sofea who cannot take part as she is at the World Cadets Championship in Egypt,
 Clara Lai Yong Jie from SJKC Kuen Cheng 1 and Yap Rae Lyn from Wesley Methodist School.

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The current Top 3 in the Women U12 - Circuit 2, qualifies to play in Circuit 2 of the
WP SUKMA Selection Circuit. Circuit 2 will be held on 28th October 2023 at Putrajaya.

Results: Circuit 1 - WPKL Women U20 Chess Circuit 2023/24 and Latest Points Standings(U20 & U12)

 UPDATE: 1st October 2023

Top 10 MALAYSIANS (including Best U16 & U14 Player)
in Present 2023/24 WPKL Women U20 Points Standings
and Top 3 in U12 Points Standings,
qualifies to play in the WP SUKMA Selection - Circuit 2 on 28th October 2023 at Putrajaya.
 Circuit  will be used to identify players for SUKMA 2024 Talent Pool.

The Selection Circuit will be organised jointly by KLCA and Putrajaya Chess Association. 
Circuit will start on 7th October and ends in mid-November 2023.
Venue will be both in PUTRAJAYA(Precinct 15) and KUALA LUMPUR (Sri Hartamas).

For other Qualifying Criterias, Please refer to:
WP KUALA LUMPUR Youth Circuit 2023/24 (FIDE-Rated): WP SUKMA Team 2023/24 - Selection for WP Talent Pool (klagegroup.blogspot.com)

Please Be Advised.

Amirul HM
HS, KLCA
1 October 2023

( Circuit 1 - Prize Winners )

( U20 and U12 WPKL Women Points Standings, after Circuit 1 )

 Women U20

16-year old Swetha Thamil Manni is the inaugural Champion of the 
2023/24 WPKL Women U20 Chess Circuit - Circuit 1. She completed Circuit 1 undefeated
with 6.5 points

Ku Ee Enn on 6 points  and Vanisrie Kumarajah on 5 points, finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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The current Top 10 in the Women U20 Points standings, qualifies to play in Circuit 2 of the
WP SUKMA Selection Circuit. Circuit 2 will be held on 28th October 2023 at Putrajaya.

 Women U12

Haefa Sofea bt Kemarol Zamani is the Champion of Circuit 1 
of the 2023/24 WPKL Women U12 category. She garnered 5.5 points over 7 rounds.

Cleo Ho Wan Xuan and Shanvatana Vijayan both secured  5 points each.
However, after tie-break silver went to Cleo and bronze medal was awarded to Shanvatana.

The current Top 3 in the Women U12 Points standings, qualifies to play in Circuit 2 of the
WP SUKMA Selection Circuit. Circuit 2 will be held on 28th October 2023 at Putrajaya.

WPKL Women U20 Chess Circuit 2023/24: Circuit 2, 22 October 2023 (UPDATED: 18 OCT 2023)

( Circuit 2 - 22 October 2023 )

 

To Register:

www.klchessacademy.my/women2

Registrations To-date:
As at 18th OCTOBER 2023

51 Players:

U20 = 28 Players (BAL: 12 places)
U12 = 23 Players (BAL: 17 places)

WP SUKMA Team 2023/24 - Selection for WP Talent Pool (Updated: 22 OCTOBER 2023)

SUKMA 2024 Talent Pool Selection 

(1) KLCA and Putrajaya Chess Association(PCA) will jointly conduct a SUKMA Selection competition to identify and select players for the 2024 SUKMA Talent Pool.

(2) This was decided after the meeting with MSWP on 4th September 2023 in Putrajaya.

(3) There will be at least 4 competitions in the Selection Circuit.
      Circuit 1 (MEN Only) - Saturday, 7th October 2023 at Putrajaya
      Circuit 2 (WOMEN Only) - Saturday, 28th October 2023 at Putrajaya
      Circuit 3 - Sunday, 5th November 2023 at Kuala Lumpur

      Circuit 4 - Monday, 13th November 2023 at Kuala Lumpur.
      
                 

     A.Circuit 1 - 3 will be open to players fulfilling the criterias outlined in Item (5) below.

     B.Circuit 4 will only be opened to players finishing in Top 10 in Circuits 1 - 3 and nominees of WP
         SUKMA Selection Committee.

(4) Players wanting to take part MUST fulfill the age and Malaysian nationality requirement and one of the criteria in Items 3 to 10 as follows:-. 

Criteria:

1) Age:

11 - 20 years old.

AND,

2) Nationality:
Only MALAYSIAN Players

AND,

Qualifying Criteria

3) WP Players (KL,Putrajaya & Labuan) FIDE Ratings/elo of:
    MEN:        1400 (Classical or Rapid);
    WOMEN: 1250 (Classical or Rapid)

OR,

4) MEN:
Top 10 in U20 Points Standings in WPKL Youth Circuit 2023/24 (formerly KL Age Group 2023);
    WOMEN:
Top 10 in U20 Points Standings in WPKL Women U20 Circuit 2023/24.

OR,

5)  MEN:
Top 3 in U12 Points Standings in WPKL Youth Circuit 2023/24 (formerly KL Age Group 2023);
     WOMEN:
Top 3 in U12 Points Standings in WPKL Women U20 Circuit 2023/24.

OR,

6) MEN:
    Malaysian U20/18 CHAMPIONS from Circuit 1(February 2023) to Circuit 8 (August 2023),
    WPKL Youth Circuit 2023/24 (formerly KL Age Group 2023);

    WOMEN:
    Malaysian U20 CHAMPIONS from WPKL Women U20 Circuit 2023/24 (September-October 2023).

OR,

7) KL/KLCA U16 and U12 Official Team Players to 2023 Malaysian Chess Festival;

OR,

8) Top 10 Players in U18 category in MSS - WPKL and WP Putrajaya 2023;

OR,

9) Top 5 Players in U15 category in MSS - WPKL and WP Putrajaya 2023;

OR,

10) Top 3 Players in U12 category in MSS - WPKL and WP Putrajaya 2023;

OR,

11) Player(s) nominated by WP SUKMA Selection Committee

OR,

12) Other States - "Case-to-case basis" at the discretion of KLCA.

     MINIMUM FIDE Ratings/elo of:
     MEN:        1500 (Classical or, Rapid);
     WOMEN: 1350 (Classical or, Rapid)
     and significant achievement at national-level competitions such as MCC 2023, MSSM 2023.

Registration:
On a "FIRST-REGISTER, FIRST PLAY" Basis.

Interested and Qualified 2023 MSSWPKL Players, 2023/24 WPKL Youth Circuit and 2023/24 WPKL Women U20 Circuit players can send a WA/SMS to 011 - 5699 2525 stating the following:

MEN or WOMEN
Name
Age / MYKAD No;
School/University
FIDE ID
FIDE Rating
Qualifying Criteria

Example:
MEN
Ali bin Ah Chong
16 / 070102-14-1177
Royal Military College (RMC)
5712345
1477(Classical) / 1325 (Rapid)
Top 3 U18 MSSWPKL 2023

Updated: 22nd October 2023, 2100hrs

KL PLAYERS LIST:
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Circuit 2 (WOMEN Only)
Date:   28th October 2023.
Venue: Precinct 15, Putrajaya.

WOMEN U20

1) Cleo Ho                              / Top 3 - U12 WPKL Women U20 Circuit 2023/24
2) Ku Ee Enn                         / Top 10 - U20
3) Yeow Ru Ern                      / Top 10 - U20
4) Ton Jenn Lyng                    / Top 10 - U20
5) Linggeswary a/p Ganesh    / Top 10 - U20

6) S.Ruupa Priyaa                 / Top 10 - U20
7) Swetha a/p Thamil Manni / Champion - U20 WPKL Women Circuit 1 & FR > 1250
8) Mathivathane Surendran   / Top 10 - U20
9) S. Saadhana                       / Top 10 - U20
10) Arianna Dya Aris Iswandy / FR >1350

11) Shanvatana
12) Haefa Sofea
13) Allyssa
14) Tavamathie
15) Yap Rae Lyn

16) Lee Jia Yi
17) MSSWPKL
18) MSSWPKL
19) MSSWPKL
20) MSSWPKL

WPKL Women U20 Chess Competition 2023/24: Circuit 1, 24 September 2023

 

To Register:

www.klchessacademy.my/women1

Registrations To-date:
As at 7th SEPTEMBER 2023

22 Players:

U20 = 06 Players (BAL: 34 places)
U12 = 16 Players (BAL: 24 places)

Players List - Circuit 1, refer:

Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - WPKL Women U20 2023/24

 

Credible Performance by WP KUALA LUMPUR U12 and U16 Teams in Malaysian Chess Festival 2023

 U12 - KUALA LUMPUR

The W.P.Kuala Lumpur U12 team who competed in the Merdeka Rapid Junior team competition
secured 6th place out of 63 teams.

President's pick and Team Captain Muhd Ismakhaizuran Khomisajie anchored the team well
by delivering 7.5points from 9 rounds.
Marcus Yuan Bo Tee on Board 4 secured 7points to help the team place well.
Kyle Tee Shunze on Board 2 and Yeo Yee Meng on Board 3 completes the U12 Team and played their part in the Top 10 finish.

U16 - KUALA LUMPUR

( L-R: Danish Zharif, Wee Yin Lin, Aaron Jaymes & CM Amir Faiz )

( Round 1 on Friday )

( Against Putrajaya's SAS )

( Aaron Jaymes was on Board 3 & Amir Faiz played Board 2 )

( Wee Yin Lin & CM Amir Faiz )

The Kuala Lumpur U16 Team finished 4th in its category out of 15 teams.

President's pick CM Amir Faiz Amirul secured 5.5points/9 to be the team's top performer.
Aaron Jaymes who played on Board 3 obtained 5points/9.
Wee Yin Lin played Board 1 and Danish Zharif from SMK Seri Hartamas was on Board 4.