SKBJ Chess Players at the 2nd NJCC

In the Boys section, two family siblings are playing in the 2nd NJCC. They are the Jamil's and Najib's. Irfan Rendrawan and Ihsan Syahiran are the Najib brothers while Arif and Afiq are the Jamil brothers.

Below are their current points and tomorrow's opponents:

Irfan Rendrawan - 1/4, vs Kabir Singh

Ihsan Syahiran - 1/4, vs Tan Soon Wei

Arif Mohd Jamil - 1/4, vs Khairul Nasrin

Afiq Mohd Jamil - 1/4, will play against Hafidzuddin Junaidi.

In the Girls category, two SKBJ chess players - Anis Fariha Saleh and Nur Faqihah Aminuddin are participating. They are among 37 participants in the category.

Anis has 2/4 points so far while Faqihah has 0.5/4 points. Tomorrow, Anis will play white against Joyce Tan Sue Lee. Meanwhile, Faqihah will play white also against Ainur Nadirah Zulkifli.

Nur Faqihah (pink jacket) vs Puteri Munajjah (black shirt)

Ihsan Syahiran (with specticle)

Anis Fariha (left) and former SKBJian, Nur Farihah Aminuddin. Both are 2009 MSS Selangor state players that played in the MSSM chess tournament.

Afiq Mohd Jamil

Arif Mohd Jamil (red shirt)

Nur Faqihah vs Mok Shu Zing

Seorang Pelajar Malaysia Sertai LONDON CHESS CLASSIC

Seorang pelajar Malaysia yang berusia 8 tahun sedang memanfaatkan percutian sekolahnya di kota London dengan menyertai satu pertandingan catur berprestij yang dikenali sebagai "London Chess Classic" dalam kategori FIDE Open.

Beliau yang bernama Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri yang hampir mendapat pingat di Kejohanan Catur Remaja Dunia (World Youth Chess Championship) bagi kategori "Under 8 Open" tahun ini di Antalya, Turki telah bermain 4 pusingan setakat ini. Amier, yang masih berusaha mendapatkan FIDE rating, telah berjaya menang pusingan ketiga ke atas lawan yang "rated".

Amier bersama ayahnya, Encik Mohd Zuhri sewaktu WYCC 2009 di Turki pada bulan November yang lalu. ( gambar dari maswycc2009.blohspot.com )

Berikut adalah permainan-permainan Amier:

(48) Hamza Mohd Zuhri,Amier (1730) - Maduekwe,Chiedu (2182)

London Chess Classic - FIDE-Rated Open Olympia Conference Centre, Ear (1.48), 08.12.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxb5 cxb5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.0-0 e6 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.Qe2 0-0 13.a3 Qe7 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 a5 16.Nbd2 Rc7 17.Rfe1 Rfc8 18.Ba6 Rb8 19.Rc2 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxc2 21.Qd3 Rc7 22.Ne5 Bf5 23.Qe2 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Bb5 Qc8 26.e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Rc1 29.Rf1 Qc2 30.Bd3 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qd1+ 32.Qe1 Qxd3+ 33.Kg1 Qxd4 0-1

(53) Vachtfeidl,Petr (2019) - Hamza Mohd Zuhri,Amier (1730)

London Chess Classic - FIDE-Rated Open Olympia Conference Centre, Ear (2.53), 09.12.2009

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Qe2 0-0 8.Bd2 b6 9.Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.0-0-0 Bb7 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Re8 13.Bc3 Qc8 14.g4 c5 15.g5 Nd7 16.h4 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nf8 18.Kb1 Qc7 19.Rhg1 e5 20.Bc3 g6 21.h5 Nd7 22.Be4 Rac8 23.Bd5 Rf8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qh3 Kg7 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Qxg6+ Kh8 28.Rh1# 1-0

(54) Hamzah Mohd Zuhri,Amier (1730) - Millward,Kevin P (1942)

London Chess Classic - FIDE-Rated Open Olympia Conference Centre, Ear (3.54), 10.12.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.g3 h6 7.Bd2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg2 Qb6 10.0-0 e4 11.Ne1 Bf5 12.Nc2 Ne5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.Qb3 Be7 16.Rfd1 0-0 17.Bf4 Rfe8 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Qxb7 Bc5 20.Nxc6 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Ng4+ 22.Kg1 Qc5+ 23.Nd4 Ne3 24.Qb5 Qxb5 25.Ndxb5 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 Rab8 27.b3 Re7 28.Rd4 f5 29.Nd5 Rf7 30.b4 a6 31.Nbc7 Rxc7 32.Nxc7 Rxb4 33.Nxa6 Rb7 34.a4 Rb1+ 35.Bf1 Bh5 36.Kf2 e3+ 37.Kg2 Rb2 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rd3 Bxe2 40.Bxe2 Rxe2+ 41.Kf3 Rc2 42.c5 e2 43.Re3 Rc4 44.Rxe2 Rxa4 1-0

Semoga Amier bermain dengan cemerlang dan dapat pengalaman yang amat berharga sebagai bekalan menjadi pemain catur terbaik negara.