P/S: This is not an attempt to humiliate. But I guess it is a good opportunity to see who had the chance to go visit Jakarta. I heard it's nice this time of the year.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Tourists
Nothing really to add apart from what has already been said everywhere, except this:
P/S: This is not an attempt to humiliate. But I guess it is a good opportunity to see who had the chance to go visit Jakarta. I heard it's nice this time of the year.
P/S: This is not an attempt to humiliate. But I guess it is a good opportunity to see who had the chance to go visit Jakarta. I heard it's nice this time of the year.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Right...
So this is the MCF's "reply" to my previous post.
I suppose no one can really fault them. I suppose it really is in accordance to the selection criteria. Let's see:
I suppose that is the criteria they were using. Back to square one?
And the next section?
Apologies as I missed out this paragraph earlier. I guess this begs the question, what is Malaysia's Inter-State tournament? When did Penang win it? Even if they did win it, does the exact same team get selected, or is the PCA allowed to select whoever it chooses to represent Penang (not necessarily the same team that won the Inter-State)?
OK, I suppose I was wrong. There really is a selection criteria. I guess I should clarify that we hope for a TRANSPARENT selection criteria.
SC = Selection Committee
I suppose no one can really fault them. I suppose it really is in accordance to the selection criteria. Let's see:
1.2 Selection for the National Squad will be based on the following criteria:
Performance in the Malaysian Master Championships (Current)
Performance in the National Closed Championships (Current)
FIDE rating (Top 10) (Current list)
Performance in National Open / State Affiliate Open Fide Events (Current)
any other factors which the SC may determine from time to time
SC reserves the right to exercise final discretion in the selection of players for the National Squad.
I suppose that is the criteria they were using. Back to square one?
And the next section?
Selection forEDIT (28 March 2011):
• The Chess Olympiad
• Asian Team Championship
The Criteria 1) Top 4 from Malaysian Masters Men and Women Championship. (Current list)
2) One (1) choice to be at the discretion of the President
3) In the event when one player decides to pull out from participation after selection, SC reserves the right to exercise final discretion in the replacement.
Selection for
• Asian Cities Team Championship
The Criteria 1) The Champion Team of Malaysia’s Inter-State held (current)
Apologies as I missed out this paragraph earlier. I guess this begs the question, what is Malaysia's Inter-State tournament? When did Penang win it? Even if they did win it, does the exact same team get selected, or is the PCA allowed to select whoever it chooses to represent Penang (not necessarily the same team that won the Inter-State)?
OK, I suppose I was wrong. There really is a selection criteria. I guess I should clarify that we hope for a TRANSPARENT selection criteria.
SC = Selection Committee
Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Forgotten Tournament
While all the focus was on the National Closed as a pseudo-selection to represent Malaysia in the SEA Games in Palembang, Indonesia, there is one other international tournament in Indonesia that seems to have received no coverage at all in Malaysia.
The tournament is the Asian Cities Chess Championships, which is to be held from 21-29 April 2011 in Jakarta. By virtue of encompassing a larger region, the Asian Cities is arguably a more prestigious event, with the first prize being USD10,000. More details here. But to highlight, only one team is provided free lodging, while additional teams have to pay for their own lodging.
From several sources, I was informed that Malaysia is indeed sending a team to the Asian Cities. Typically, in these events, Malaysia will send several teams that are represented by several states. Since free lodging is only provided for one team, there must be some kind of a selection criteria for this. I was searching high and low for this tournament in the MCF blog and found nothing. Not a word is mentioned about this event, except in the MCF Chess Calendar 2011, where they show you the date of the tournament. So clearly, the MCF is aware of such a tournament, way in advance, considering the calendar was posted on 3 Jan 2011.
So where is the selection for this tournament? Some comments and clarification from the MCF officials are welcome. Even so, this is not really just about the selection. The lack of any action to publicize this event is irresponsible. Is this the attitude of the so-called reformed MCF?
The tournament is the Asian Cities Chess Championships, which is to be held from 21-29 April 2011 in Jakarta. By virtue of encompassing a larger region, the Asian Cities is arguably a more prestigious event, with the first prize being USD10,000. More details here. But to highlight, only one team is provided free lodging, while additional teams have to pay for their own lodging.
From several sources, I was informed that Malaysia is indeed sending a team to the Asian Cities. Typically, in these events, Malaysia will send several teams that are represented by several states. Since free lodging is only provided for one team, there must be some kind of a selection criteria for this. I was searching high and low for this tournament in the MCF blog and found nothing. Not a word is mentioned about this event, except in the MCF Chess Calendar 2011, where they show you the date of the tournament. So clearly, the MCF is aware of such a tournament, way in advance, considering the calendar was posted on 3 Jan 2011.
So where is the selection for this tournament? Some comments and clarification from the MCF officials are welcome. Even so, this is not really just about the selection. The lack of any action to publicize this event is irresponsible. Is this the attitude of the so-called reformed MCF?
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