NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 10/09 : Bird's (From's Gambit)!

16th May 2009 - NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised today - ( Saturday, 16th May 2009). The opening is Bird's (From's Gambit). This will be the 10th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this Saturday , the Bird's (From's Gambit) (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 4th move ! And black player will start after white's 4th move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 10/09 : Bird's (From's Gambit) 

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 g5

white to move !

The tournament details is as follow.

Tournament : NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic 10/09 : Bird's (From's Gambit).

Format : Blitz 5 minutes. Round Robin. ( On the tournament day, the organiser will decide whether to organised a single or double round robin) .

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre,
No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,
Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 16th May 2009 ( Saturday)

Starting Time : 2.30 pm

ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !

FEES : RM 10.00.
Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 1.00pm -2 pm on Saturday 16th April 2009.

Prize: Only the champion will receive a prize which is RM 70.00 cash prize

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 9/09 : Queen Indian Defense

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised this Saturday ( 25th April 2009). The opening is Queen Indian Defense. This will be the 9th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this coming Saturday , the Queen Indian Defense (diagram right) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 5th move ! And black player will start after white's 5th move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 9/09 : Queen Indian Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6

white to move !

The tournament details is as follow.

Tournament : NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic 9/09 : Queen Indian Defense

Format : Blitz 5 minutes. Round Robin. ( On the tournament day, the organiser will decide whether to organised a single or double round robin) .

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre,
No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,
Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 25th April 2009 ( Saturday)

Starting Time : 2.30 pm

ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !

FEES : RM 10.00.
Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 1.00pm -2 pm on Saturday 25th April 2009.

Prize: Only the champion will receive a prize which is RM 70.00 cash prize

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 8/09 : Orang Utan 1.b4 !

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised this Saturday ( 18th April 2009). The opening is The Orang Utan (Sokolsky Opening) - 1.b4 This will be the 8th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this coming Saturday , the Orang Utan 1.b4 (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 2nd move ! And black player will start after white's 2nd move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 8/09 : Orang Utan

1.b4


black to move !

The tournament details is as follow.

Tournament : NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic 8/09 : Orang Utan 1.b4

Format : Blitz 5 minutes. Round Robin. ( On the tournament day, the organiser will decide whether to organised a single or double round robin) .

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre,
No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,
Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 18th April 2009 ( Saturday)

Starting Time : 2.30 pm

ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !

FEES : RM 10.00.

Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 1.00pm -2 pm on Saturday 18th April 2009.

Prize: Only the champion will receive a prize which is RM 70.00 cash prize

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 7/09 : Caro Kann Advance !

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised this Saturday ( 11th April 2009). The opening is Caro Kann Advance. This will be the 7th edition of this thematic tourney.

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this coming Saturday , the Caro Kann : Advance Variation (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 4th move ! And black player will start after white's 4th move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 7/09 : Caro Kann Advance Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5


White to move !

The tournament details is as follow.

Tournament : NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic 7/09 : Caro Kann Advance Variation

Format : Blitz 5 minutes. Round Robin. ( On the tournament day, the organiser will decide whether to organised a single or double round robin) .

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre,
No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,
Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 11th April 2009 ( Saturday)

Starting Time : 2.30 pm

ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !

FEES : RM 10.00.

Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 1.00pm -2 pm on Saturday 11th April 2009.

Prize: Only the champion will receive a prize which is RM 70.00 cash prize .

NMCC Weekly Blitz Grand Prix 2009 ( 5th April 2009)!

Two NMCC Monthly Blitz tournaments will be held on 5th April 2009 ( Sunday). The 1st tournament start at 11.30 am and the second tournament start at 3.30 pm .

The details of the grand prix is as below:-

Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) consist 10 weekly tournament and one Final tournament . For March/April 2009 legs, a total amount of RM 1000.00 cash prize has been guaranteed !


1. TOURNAMENT

In March/April 2009, NMCC will organised 2 tournaments a day on 7,14,21 and 28 March and 2 tournaments on 5th March . The final will be on 12th April 2009 ( Sunday) so that there will be 10 tournaments for the 1st leg.


Number of players in a tournament .

Maximum number of players in one tournament is 24 players. Players will be divided into a maximum of two group with 10-12 players in one group. In the event of more than 12 players but less than 20 players take part, only the first 12 players who have paid the registration fee will be allowed to play .

Winner of each tournament is the player who collect the most points in a single round robin blitz tournament.


Prize : Weekly Tournament Champion will receive RM 70.00 . The Final Champion will win RM 300 cash prize.

Fees : RM 15.00


2. FINAL TOURNAMENT

The Final Tournament will future 10 top players who collect the most points from a maximum of 7 tournaments.

This 10 best players will play in a single round robin tournament to decide a Champion who will receive RM 300 cash prize . 2nd and 3rd place will receive a consolation prize from NMCC.

There will be two tournaments a day and a total of 10 tournaments in one cycle. At the end of the 1oth tournament , a Final Grand Prix will be held which consist 10 player who collect the highest points from a maximum 7 best tournaments.

The date for the organisation of the March/April 2009 Grand Prix tournaments are 7, 14, 21, 28 March , 5th April and the Final on 12th April 2009.

The above rules are subject to change by the organiser .

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 6/09 : Benko Gambit!

To allow more participants especially kids to participate in NMCC Thematic Tournaments, the date and time for the tournament has been changed . From this Saturday onward, all NMCC Thematic tournament will be held on Saturday evening ( start at 2.30 pm).

Next NMCC Thematic Tournament will be organised on Saturday ( 4th April 2009). The opening is Benko Gambit. This will be the 6th edition of this thematic tourney. Below are the past winner :-

1st edition ( Sicilian Dragon) winner : Abdullah Che Hassan

2nd edition (Chigorin Defense) winner : Ian Udani

3rd edition ( Ruy Lopez : Marshall Attack) winner : Abdullah Che Hassan

4th edition ( King's Indian defense) winner : Abdullah Che Hassan

5th edition ( French Defense : Winawer) winner : Kaushal Khandahar

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for this coming Saturday , the Benko Gambit (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 4th move ! And black player will start after white's 4th move.

NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic Tournament 6/09 : Benko Gambit

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6

White to move !

The tournament details is as follow.

Tournament : NMCC Saturday Blitz Thematic 6/09 : Benko Gambit

Format : Blitz 5 minutes. Round Robin. ( On the tournament day, the organiser will decide whether to organised a single or double round robin) .

Location : Neo Manhattan Chess Centre,
No.42B, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1,
Taman TunDr.Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Date : 4th April 2009 ( Saturday)

Starting Time : 2.30 pm

ONLY the first 24 participants will be accepted for this tournament! So be quick !

FEES : RM 10.00.

Payment can be made to AlRajhi Bank , Current Account : 10300-001-0001080211285 under the name NEO MANHATTAN CHESS CENTRE or pay at the chess centre from 1.00pm -2 pm on Saturday 4th April 2009.

Prize: Only the champion will receive a prize which is RM 70.00 cash prize.

Kaushal Khandahar Win NMCC Friday Night Blitz Thematic Tournament 5/09 : French Defense : Winawer Variation !

Kaushal Khandahar (photo above - right) win NMCC Friday Blitz Thematic Tournament 5/09 : French Defense : Winawer Variation last night ( 27th March 2009) .

A thematic chess tournament is a tournament with every game is played with a certain opening variant. And for last night, the French Defense : Winawer Variation (diagram below) has been selected as the starting position. ( with white to play) .You will find the board set up for this variant at the start of the game. So all white player will start the game on the 7th move ! And black player will start after white's 7th move.

NMCC Friday Night Blitz Thematic Tournament 5/09 : French Defense : Winawer Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7


White to move !