The Malaysian Contingent for the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 ( WYCC 2010 ) in Porto Carras Resort, Halkidiki, Greece from 19th – 31st October 2010

The World Youth Chess Championship 2010 ( WYCC 2010 ) is organized and will be held in Porto Carras Resort, Halkidiki, Greece from 19th – 31st October 2010. This event is a measure for all junior chess players in the world within their own age – group category. The WYCC offers youth a platform to not only pit their skills in chess but also to compete against some of the best junior players from around the world.

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) is pleased to announced that Malaysia will be sending it’s best juniors for the World Youth Chess Championship 2010. The Malaysian Contingent will be represented by 15 junior players with 1 Head Of Delegation, and 11 accompanying parents. The Malaysian players are comprised of 15 Juniors aged between 7 to 16 years old and they will be competing at their respectives age- group categories. The following players have qualified by virtue of being champion of their respectives age-group categories in The National Age-Group Chess Championship held in early March this year.

We would like to highlight that, in our contingent, we have selected the most talented young players in Malaysia and some have been performing well in various international events.

We hope through this 1 MALAYSIA effort , we would be able to compete and realized our mission to do the country proud .

The following players have qualified to compete in the World Youth Chess Championship 2010

NAMES OF PLAYERS

No.	Status	Category	Name
1	Player Invited	G 8	Nur Islamurni  Bt. Hj Yahaya
2	Player Additional	G 8	Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah Bt Mohd Noor
3	Player Invited	G 10	Puteri Rifqah Fahada Bt Azhar
4	Player Invited	G 12	WFM Nur Najiha Bt Azman Hisham
5	Player Additional	G 12	Camilia Bt Johari
6	Player Invited	G 14	WCM Nur Nabila Bt Azman Hisham
7	Player Invited	Open U8	Wong Yinn Long
8	Player Additional	Open U8	Jagathees  A/L  Guna Balan
9	Player Additional	Open U8	Muhammad Faqih B. Aminuddin
10	Player Invited	Open U10	CM Amier Hamzah B.Mohd Zuhri
11	Player Invited	Open U12	Aron Teh Eu Wen
12	Player Additional	Open U12	William Lee Kah Howe
13	Player Invited	Open U14	Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar
14	Player Additional	Open U14	Elgin Lee Kah Meng
15	Player Invited	Open U16	Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham

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NAMES OF OFFICIAL   AND ACCOMPANYING PARENTS

No	Status	Category	Name
1	Head of Delegation	Official	Ismail B. Ahmad
2	Accompanying Person		Azman Hisham B. Che Doi
3	Accompanying Person		Ian Cris Henry D.Udani
4	Accompanying Person		Mohd Zuhri  B. Abdullah
5	Accompanying Person		Zurin Mei Bt Mohd Isa
6	Accompanying Person		Mohd Noor B. Bakar
7	Accompanying Person		Azhar B. Mohd Said
8	Accompanying Person		Guna Balan A/L Subramaniam
9	Accompanying Person		Wong Jin Keong
10	Accompanying Person		Wong Foong Mei
11	Accompanying Person		Theresa Wong
12	Accompanying Person		Rosimah Binti Mohamad

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Source: Greogry Lau
Honorary Secretary
Malaysian Chess Federation


Post by : Hairul Abdul Hamid
Committee Member
Malaysian Chess Federation

FIDE PRESIDENT KIRSAN IIYUMZHINOV COURTESY VISIT TO MALAYSIA

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (also the President of Republic of Kalmykia, Russia ) will be making a short courtesy visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 27th August 2010 and he will be accompanied by FIDE General Secretary Mr Ignatius Leong and Mr. Berik Balgabaev.

As part of his day program , he will be visiting the various Ministries in Malaysia which includes a Courtesy call on Y.A.B Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Youth And Sports Minister at his Ministry office at Putrajaya, Courtesy call on Yang Mulia Tunku Tan Sri Imran Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar, President of Olympic Council Of Malaysia at the OCM office in Kuala Lumpur.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (photo left) will be the Guest of Honour during the Flag Presentation Ceremony for the Malaysian Chess Delegation to the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Greece. MCF President Tan Sri Ramli Bin Ngah Talib will be present for the ceremony together with other federation officials and other invited guest.


Details for Flag Presentation Ceremony as below

Date : 27th Aug 2010 / Friday

Time : 2.30pm

Venue : 2nd Floor, Olympic Hall , Hotel Olympic , Jalan Hang Jebat, Kuala Lumpur


Source: Greogry Lau
Honorary Secretary
Malaysian Chess Federation


Post by : Hairul Abdul Hamid
Committee Member
Malaysian Chess Federation

ASIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPONSHIP BEIJING , CHINA . 08-15 JULY 2010- MALAYSIA'S REPRESENTATIVES

The MALAYSIA'S Chess delegation to Asian Youth Chess Championships 08 - 15 July 2010.

16 Players in the ASIAN YOUTH INVITATION EVENT and 1 Player in the ASIAN YOUTH Challenger event.

No.	Status	Category	Name
1	Head Of Delegation	OFFICIAL	Abd Ur Rahman B. Mohamed Amin
2	Player Additional	G8	Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah Bt Mohd Noor
3	Player Invited	G10	Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar
4	Player Invited	G12	WFM Nur Najiha Bt Azman Hisham
5	Player Additional	G12	Camilia Bte Johari
6	Player Invited	G14	WCM Nur Nabila Bt Azman Hisham
7	Player Invited	G16	Latifah Kaiyisah Mohd Latib
8	Player Invited	G18	Putri Nur Fariza Ahmad Darji
9	Player Additional	G18	Nur Munirah Mat Rahim
10	Player Invited	U10	Teh De Juan
11	Player Additional	U10	Amier Hamzah B.Mohd Zuhri
12	Player Invited	U12	Ooi Zhi Yang
13	Player Challenger	U12	Muhammad Noor Azam B.Mohd Noor
14	Player Invited	U14	Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar
15	Player Additional	U14	Tan Jun Feng
16	Player Invited	U16	Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham
17	Player Invited	U18	Tan Ken Wei
18	Player Additional	U18	Muhammad Izz Saifuddin
19	Accompanying Person		Azman Hisham B. Che Doi
20	Accompanying Person		Mohd Zuhri  b. Abdullah
21	Accompanying Person		Zurin Mei Bt Mohd Isa
22	Accompanying Person		Ian Cris Henry D.Udani
23	Accompanying Person		Mohd Noor B. Bakar
24	Accompanying Person		Raja Jamalia Binti Raja Jalaluddin
25	Accompanying Person		Chew Choon Ing
26	Accompanying Person		Tan Siew Pheng

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Source: Greogry Lau
            Honorary Secretary
            Malaysian Chess Federation

Post by : Hairul Abdul Hamid
              Committee Member
              Malaysian Chess Federation

Abdul Hamid Majid Letter of Nomination

As we all have already now, IA Abdul Hamid Majid is nominated by the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) for FIDE General Secretary in the ticket of former World |Chess Champion - Anatoly Karpov. Below is the letter of the nomination.

 Abdul Hamid's letter of acceptance is below:-

Click here to read Karpov's team nomination. MCF's letter of nomination for Abdul Hamid Majid as General Secretary can be found on page 8-9.