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Last Updated 03.07.2009                                                click here to download Membership Form

Young Singapore FM Terry Chua started well in the Asian Youth U20 
Chess Championships for Boys and Girls, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka 
1-8 July 2009. In round 1, Terry checkmated local talent Jayaram in 
64 moves. Chief arbiter IA Rathinam Anantharam announced the 
official worldwide start of many new FIDE regulations, mainly the 
zero-start rule and the no-draw-agreement before move 30. Regular 
game updates can be found at the Chess-Results website. Helping Terry 
in making the right moves is FST & IM Jovan Petronic.

Pairings and Results

All trainees must stick to the schedule requested for and allocated according to their wishes.
No changes and make up lessons will be allowed from Term 3 (2009) onwards. This applies even if
they are taking part in SCF events.

Junior Squad Term 3 Groupings - Listings

4 July 2009    Thomson Cup International Chess Tournament 20009 - Registration Form

12 July 2009    Nee Soon East CC Chess Challenge 2009 - Registration Form

1-2 August 2009 -    National Rapid Chess Championships 2009 - Registration Form

The 2009 Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 27 June 2009 at the Teck Ghee 
Community Club was well attended by Life, Ordinary Members and Affiliates. The 
meeting started promptly at 10.30 am. The key item on the agenda was to elect the 
Executive Council for a new 2 year term.

The following were returned for the new term unopposed.

President       :       Mr Ignatius Leong
Vice-President 	:       Mr Abdul Halim Kadir
Vice-President	:       Dr Shashi Jayakumar
Vice-President	:       Dr Wong Meng Cheong
Treasurer       :       Dr Patrick Ho
Council Member	:       Dr Jennifer Yeo
Council Member	:       Mr Leung Weiwen
Council Member 	:       Mrs Grace Leong
Council Member  :       Miss Choo Li Lin
Council Member	:       Mr Teo Kok Eng
Council Member	:       GM Wu Shaobin

Auditor              :  Ms Geetha A & Associates
 
Appeals Committee    :  Dr Goh Cheng Hong (Chairman)
Appeals Committee    :  Mr Philip Fernandez
Appeals Committee    :  Mr Jimmy Ng 
Appeals Committee    :  Mr Tang Kum Foo (Reserve)
Appeals Committee    :  Ms May Hui (Reserve)
 
The Executive Council will in due course appoint the General Secretary. The new 
council thank all members for their support at the Annual General Meeting.

For both Gold, Silver cum FIDE-rated, for Term-3, all players will play 
1.e4 and Black must respond by 1...c5.

All trainees are further strongly encouraged to adopt these (playing 
both White and Black) in their opening repertoires and use them 
in other tournaments as well.
In addition, Gold will play among themselves Silver will join 
FIDE-rated - ranked according to rating; pair by score-group and players ranked 
1 v 2; 3 v 4; float 5 against highest rank of next score-group etc ...

Post-game annotations compulsory homeworks are to be submitted via email 
(in single-file pgn or cbv format) to homework@aseanchess.com latest 24hrs before start 
of next session and best asap.

Final reminder, all members should arrive to venue by 1345 hrs otherwise, the player 
shall not be paired for that round.

As a precaution, all participants for this weekend two (2) BLITZ 
Competitions to be held at the Teck Ghee CC on 27th June 2009 
will be subjected to temperature check before they enter the 
playing venue. Similarly, players who have just returned from 
travel overseas within this week, especially from severely affected 
countries are requested to refrain from taking part. 
The Federation understands the situation and will arrange for refund 
of entry fees.

Players found with fever will be directed to seek appropriate treatment and will not 
be allowed to play. During the event, should any player feel unwell he/she should report 
to the Chief Arbiters and leave the playing venue immediately.

Let us all do our part and make the event safe, successful and enjoyable. The Executive 
Council thank all players for the continued support.

Start List – National Junior Blitz 2009 (9.00 am to 1.00 pm)
Start List – National Blitz 2009 (1.30 pm to 6.00 pm)

Reminder for parents who are SCF Members to support our 2009 Annual General Meeting at 
10.30 am and also to be held in the Teck Ghee Community Club.

Watch video clip of National Junior Blitz.

Little Red Dot, Singapore made the news at the FIDE Presidential Board 
2nd Quarter 2009 Meeting in Krakow, Poland held on 16 June to 17 
June 2009.

A total of 70 items were placed on the agenda and one particular item
addressed chess training in the WORLD.

The press release reported that the FIDE Presidential Board......

“ made a decision to promote the activities of the FIDE Chess Academy 
system by franchising academies throughout the world, based on the 
model of the Singapore Chess Academy.“

For full details of the Press Release, please check out www.fide.com

Please be informed that the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the 
Singapore Chess Federation will be held on Saturday 27th June 
2009 at 10.30 am. at the Teck Ghee Community Club (2nd Level 
Meeting Room).  Light refreshments shall be serverd after 
the meeting and members are cordially encouraged to take part in 
the National Blitz Championship starting at 1.00 pm on the 
same day at the same venue.
 
Notice of Meeting & Agenda
Minutes of AGM held on 20the August 2008
Proposal for Amendments to SCF Constitution (2 items)
Audited statement for the FY 2008 ending 31st March 2009
AGM Local and Int'l tournaments 2008/2009
Annual Report 2008

 
National Blitz Registration Form
National Junior Blitz Registration Form


Members who have changed their addresses are kindly requested to update 
the Executive Director at singchess@pacific.net.sg

The  Federation is pleased to announce that Timothy 
Chan Yi-Jun has been selected to represent Singapore 
in the 5th Asean Para Games 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia from 15th – 19th August 2009. He will be 
Singapore’s lone representative in Chess.

The Asean Para Games is a biennial multi-sports event 
for athletes with physical disabilities held after the 
SEA Games. It was to be held in Laos after the SEA 
Games but Laos was not able to host it due to financial 
constraints and lack of expertise in providing necessary 
support for disabled athletes.

Accompanying Timothy Chan will be Coach and FIDE Senior Trainer Jovan Petronic

From 1st to 26th June, SCF President Ignatius Leong shall be 
overseas to attend various FIDE meetings and also at the 
ASEAN+ Age-Group Championships.
 
In his absence, the Acting President shall be Vice-President 
Abdul Halim from 1st to 13th June and Vice President Shashi 
Jayakumar from 14th to 26th June.  
 

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka will host the Continental Asian Junior & Girls 
Under–20 Chess Championships 2009 at the Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo, Sri 
Lanka from 1st to 8th July 2009.
 
Singapore Players who qualify (in line with SCF Selection Guideline 2008) may apply 
in writing to the Executive Director at singchess@pacific.net.sg by 9 June 2009.

Rules, Regulations and Registration Form

The Asian Youth Chess Championships 2009 shall be held in New Delhi, 
India from 2nd to 9th August 2009.
 
The event will be hosted by the All India Chess Federation and 
organized under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation. 
Singapore participants who qualify (refer SCF Selection Guidelines 2008) 
may apply in writing to the SCF Executive Director
singchess@pacific.net.sg before 15th June 2009.

Rules, Regulations and Registration Form

21st National Rapid Chess Championships 2009

Date   - 1st - 2nd August 2009
Venue  - Bishan Community Club Hall
 
Registration Form.

The 10th Asean+ Age Group Championships 2009 will be held in the 
ancient capital of Vietnam, Hue City from 6 June to 15 June 2009.
 
23 Singapore players will pit their skills against the best in 
the Asean region.
 
For updates and results please check out the official website.

All participants are invited to attend a briefing before the team 
leaves for Vietnam.
 
Date     -    Tuesday 2nd June 2009 
Time     -    7.00 pm
Venue    -    SCF Bishan

The Asian Indoor Games 2009 will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam,
from 30 October to 8 November 2009. Chess is once again 
included in the Games but only Blitz and Rapid Chess will
be featured.

The Federation will put up a team for consideration by the 
Singapore Sports Council AIG Working Committee.

The top 3 male finishers in the National Rapid Championship
and the top male finisher in the National Blitz Championship 
2009 together with 2 “seeded players” will play in a selection 
tournament to determine the male players to be nominated to the Singapore Sports Council 
for its final selection. 

Likewise, the top 3 female finishers in the National Rapid Championship and the top female 
finisher in the National Blitz Championship 2009 together with 2 “seeded players” will play in 
a selection tournament to determine the female players to be nominated to the Singapore Sports 
Council for its final selection.   

Final Results of the National Disability League 2009 held on 23 - 24 
May 2009 held in SCF Bishan.

This year's National Schools Team Championships 2009 shall be jointly organized by 
the Singapore Chess Federation and Rulang Primary School. The event will be held on 
29 - 30 August 2009 at the Rulang Primary School.
 
Invitation Letter

Registration Form

In the ongoing Asian Women's Championship in Subic Bay, Philippines, Singapore’s 
sole entry Jeslin Tay Li-Jin has made Singapore's first WIM (Woman International 
Master) norm, with three rounds to spare!

Jeslin is in 7th to 13th position with 5 points from 8 games in the 11-round event.
This result in a field of 45 players including 1 GM, 13 WGM, 1 IM, 8 WIM and 10 
WFM is good enough for the norm.

Congratulations, Jeslin.

Two of our young stars are currently away playing in 2 prestigious tournaments.
 
FM Daniel Chan Yi-Ren is taking part in a " Young Stars of the World Tournament 2009 " 
in the City of Kirishi in the Leningrad Region of Russia. The event is devoted to the memory  
of the talented Russian boy Vanya Somov, who tragically died in the car accident in 2002.
 
Check out FM Daniel Chan in the tournament website - www.somovs-memorial.ru

Nearer home in the tranquil of Subic Bay in the Philippines, WFM Jeslin Tay Li-Jin 
is busy pitting her skills against Asia's best women in the Asian Continental Women's 
Championship 2009. She could well win Singapore's first WIM norm if she wins Round 7 
against WGM Meenaki Subbaraman from India.
 
" Jia Yu " - Jeslin Tay at www.asia-chess.com

Register Now for Term 3 National Youth and National Junior Squad Training.
 
Registration will close on Friday 26 June 2009.

Registration Form

Kheng Cheng School will once again host the South Zone+ Chess 
Carnival on Monday 1st June 2009 from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm at 
Kheng Cheng School. Schools outside South Zone are also invited.	
 
A Chess Camp will be held from 2nd June to 4th June 2009 and 
primary school students from S3 cluster may apply. Please 
contact Kheng Cheng School (Tel: 62552502) for full details and 
registration.

Invitation Letter

Registration Form

Chess Camp Attendance List

Participants List

The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2009 will now be 
held in Singapore from 9th to 15th December 2009 in 
conjunction with the Singapore International Chess 
Festival.
 
Official invitations with full details will be announced 
in July 2009.
 

All interested participants are reminded that the 1st closing date 
cut off for registration is 10 May 2009 at 7.00 pm.
 

Vietnam Chess Federation will be hosting the FIDE Zone 3.3 
Championship in Ho Chi Minh City from 22nd July to 30 July 2009.

Singapore players who qualify (in line with SCF Selection 
Guidelines 2008) may apply to the Executive Director in writing 
before 15th May 2009 for selection by the SCF Selection and 
Training Committee.

All players shall be responsible for their passage and accommodation 
in Vietnam

Details and Registration Form

Registration Form

The Bangladesh Chess Federation is organizing the above event from 
10th July to 18th July 2009 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is an event 
opened to all students.

Interested students may indicate their interest to the SCF Executive 
Director by 15th May 2009 .


Details and Registration Form

The University of Brunei Darussalam in collaboration with Brunei Chess Federation 
will be organising the First University Brunei Darussalam Chess Championship 2009. 
They have invited universities from Asean countries to the Championship to be held 
on 12th-18th July 2009 at the University of  Brunei Darussalam.

This is a team event and players must be students / lecturers or employees of the 
respective universities. The organizers shall provide accommodation and breakfast 
for all foreign teams.

Local universities interested may write to the SCF Executive Director before 15th 
May 2009.


Invitation

Details

Registration Form

The Championships will be held in Hue City, Vietnam from 6th June 
to 15th June 2009 and conducted in the Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 
20 Age Groups for both Girls and Open. In addition, a Seniors 
(age 50 and above) event will be held. As the Championships and the 
Asean Chess Confederation are celebrating their 10th Anniversary, 
they have extended invitations to other countries in Asia.

Players who are in the National, Youth or Junior Squad may apply 
to the SCF. (Selection Guidelines 2008 applies).  As the SCF will 
be sending an official delegation, Singapore players will not be 
allowed to register direct with the organizers.

All Players and accompanying persons are required to comply and 
endorse the SCF PPA (Players and Accompanying Person(s) Agreement).

Registration Form

Photo gallery of Northland Pri Sch Simul

Final results - FIDE RATING

Final results - SCF RATING

FIDE Vice-President Mr Zurab Azmaiparashvili and General Secretary Mr 
Ignatius Leong were special VIP guests at the Teck Ghee CC Tamil 
New Year Rapid Chess Challenge 2009. 

The darling of the crowd was GM Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria. 
She not only gave away the prizes to the elated crowd, she 
illuminated the event with her grace and beauty. The participants 
screamed out for, her gave her a standing ovation and ended up 
serenading her ?Happy Birthday?in Chinese, English and of course 
in Tamil. She celebrated her birthday on 19 April. 

She was Women World Champion in 2004. GM Stefanova's FIDE rating 
of 2557 on the January 2009 list makes her 4th in the world among 
active female players. She will be giving two simultaneous exhibition 
matches in Northland Primary School on 23 April 2009 and another 
for Club Intchess on Sunday 26 April 2009. Both days she will play 
50 boards each. Check out the two organizers if you are interested.

Final Results

Prize Winners

A dialogue session will be held on Saturday, 25th April at 
2.30 pm at SCF for All trainees (parents are encouraged) who 
are in the Youth, Silver and FIDE-rated Squads. The session 
will be conducted at level 3 Room No.3 (above SCF).
 
The topic : HPE Training and Competition
 
The panel comprises President Ignatius Leong, Vice-President 
Shashi Jayakumar, National Coach FST Zurab Azmaiparashvili 
and Technical Director FST Jovan Petronic.

Final Ranking (Pri Section)

Final Ranking (Sec Section)

In the past two months, several of our youth players had competed in 
various international tournaments. On 19th April, Daniel Fernandez 
won his last round in the Sydney Open to score his first IM norm.
 
Of note is that two players missed their first IM norm by half point. 
They were Terry Chua in the 7th Intchess Vision Masters and S Ravindran 
in the 8th Intchess Vision Masters.
 
SCF congratulates all the 3 players for their results. This reinforces 
that the SCF National Junior Development Programme is a success. The 
results of these three players, in particular Daniel Fernandez, should 
be a stimulant for several others of their age and playing strength. 
SCF will endeavour to extend opportunities to them and is confident 
that many of those especially in the youth squad, if not all of them, 
will earn the IM title in the coming two-three years.

Participants are reminded that the event will take place on 
5 April 2009 from 9.00 am at the Anchorvale Community Club 
in Sengkang. If you are travelling by MRT, hop on to the LRT 
trains from Sengkang MRT station and drop at FARMWAY LRT 
Station. The Community Club is sited together with the 
Sengkang Sports and Recreational Centre. It is a 5 minutes 
walk from the LRT station. If you fancy a swim after the event, 
do not forget to bring along your swimwear.

For F & B catering, MacDonald will offer a set meal at a promotional price 
of $ 4.50 especially for our participants from 11.00 am to 7.00 pm. 
Please remember to collect your vouchers from the organizer. FRESH Cafe will 
offer a special discount on their snacks, drinks, fruit juices and local food.

The 7 Eleven outlet at the complex has a special food counter 
serving local favourites like mee siam, beehoon and nasi lemak 
among others.


START LIST 

For both Gold, Silver cum FIDE-rated, for Term-2, all players will play 
1.e4 and black must respond by 1...c5.

In addition, Gold will play among themselves Silver will join 
FIDE-rated - ranked according to rating; pair by score-group and 
players ranked 1 v 2; 3 v 4; float 5 against highest rank of next 
score-group etc ...

Post-game annotations compulsory homeworks are to be submitted 
via email (in single-file pgn or cbv format) to 
homework@aseanchess.com latest 24hrs before start of next session.

Final reminder, all members should arrive to venue by 1345 hrs 
otherwise, the player shall not be paired for that round.

We have allocated the training days and timings as per 
trainees' preferences. Except for Thursdays - we were 
able to meet all other aspirations. Please check and advise 
the Training Adminstrator in writing at email : 
singchess@pacific.net.sg if there are any errors and changes 
before 7.00 pm Thursday 26 March 2009. No further changes 
will be entertained thereafter.

All training shall be conducted at the Asean Chess Academy @ Civil Service Clubhouse 
at Tessensohn Road commencing Friday 27 March 2009. 

Gold, Silver and FIDE Rated Squad trainings will be held in the SCF premises in Bishan.

The Federation will organizes Beginners and 
Elementary Level Chess Courses commencing 2nd 
April 2009. These courses shall be conducted 
in the Federation's premises in Bishan Community 
Club - 2nd level.

If you require further clarifications you may 
contact the Course Administrator at 63529690 or email your 
enquiries to singchess@pacific.net.sg

The National Chess Federation of the Philippines, on behalf of 
the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, will be hosting the 8th 
Asian Continental / Individual Open and Women’s Championships 
from 12th to 24th May 2009 at the Subic Exhibition and Convention 
Center in Subic Bay, Freeport Zone, Olongapo City, Philippines. 
The total prize moneyshall be $50,000 for the Open and $15,000 
for the Women’s. 

The Asian championship shall be followed immediately by the 
2nd Subic International Open from 24th May to 1st June at the 
same venue with a total of $30,000 in cash prizes.

Interested Singapore players may write in to the Executive 
Director at singchess@pacific.net.sg to register their interest 
before 1st April 2009.

All applications have to be endorsed by SCF as per SCF Selection 
Guidelines.

The Federation congratulates the various winners of this year’s 
National Schools Individual Chess Championships and thank the 
record number of participants and their schools for their support 
and patience.

Once again heartfelt appreciation goes to our sponsors Lee 
Foundation and Fusion Excel International and co-organizer 
Civil Service Club (Tessensohn) for their unstinting support.

The winners are :
Girls'U7    Soh Qian Ying Krystal   Nanyang Primary School	
Girls'U9    Lai Rui Qian Amber      Tao Nan School
Girls'11    Neha Shankar            St. Hilda’s Primary School	
Girls'13    Chng Juin Jing Pearle   CHIJ St. Nicholas (Secondary)
Girls'15    Ho En Huei Danielle     Nanyang Girls High School
Open        Chan Wei Xuan Timothy   Raffles Institution
Open U7     Sim Zun De Kai          PCF Kindergarten
Open U9     Ow Jun Wai Ryan         Northland Primary School
Open U11    Tay Tze Kiat Jonathan   Henry Park primary School
Open U13    Lim De Dao Linson       Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
Open U15    Chua Graham             Raffles Institution

Term 2 - 2009 of our National Junior Squad training will commence from 
26,27,28,29 March 2009. Qualification for the squad shall be in line with 
SCF Selection Guidline 2003.

Qualification for the squad shall be based on results achieved in the 
National Age Group Championship 2009 (held in Dec 2008) and the 
National Schools Individual Championship 2009 (16 - 17 March 2009). 
Participants qualifying for the scheme must achieve more than 50% score at this 
61st National Schools Individual Championship 2009.

We are pleased to share with you the launch of Nanyang Primary School 
International Chess Club’s website www.nypschess.com

The site is both attractive and informative and it reflects the high standard 
of chess activities in the school. Many of our leading young chess players 
(and some still are) were students of Nanyang Primary School.

We congratulate the school for the effort and initiative and we hope to see 
more of such activities in promoting a dynamic chess culture and fraternity 
in Singapore.

 
The World Championship Challengers' Match between Veselin Topalov and 
Gata Kamsky are taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 16 to 28 February. 
FIDE and the two players have appointed Mr Ignatius Leong as the 
Chief Arbiter.

Daily updates on the Match are available at www.wccc2009.com and 
chessdom.com

Live broadcast and live game (starts 9pm sg time) 

During Mr Leong's absence, SCF Vice-President Mr Shashi Jayakumar shall 
be the Acting President until 3 March 2009.

 
Cross Table 

 
The Federation is planning to organize chess courses in our premises 
in Bishan. 

We would like to invite suitably qualified vendors to quote. Classes 
are expected to commence in March 2009. 

Details attached.

 
A record 272 participants (for a holiday rapid event) have signed up 
for this completion. Here is the Final Standings.

Prize list.

The Civil Service Club is inviting all schools to take part in their 
2009 Public Service - Invitational Schools ChessCompetition 2009.  
It will be held on 28 - 29 March 2009 at the Civil Service Club 
@ Tessensohn Road. 

Closing date for entries shall be 20 March 2009. 

Click here for Invitational Letter and copy of rules and regulations. 

Date   - Sunday 5 April 2009
Time   - 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Venue - Anchorvale Community Club Hall 
Closing Date - 30 March 2009 @ 7.00 pm or first 200 entries 
received. Entry Form available here.

FIDE (World Chess Federation) new regulation stipulates 
that the beginning of the playing session/s (respective 
rounds) shall be announced by the Chief Arbiter or by a 
single acoustic signal. At this instant, any Player who 
is not seated at his/her Match (board) shall be defaulted 
immediately. Where both Players are absent at the beginning 
of the playing session, both Players shall lose the game by default.
 
With immediate effect the Singapore Chess Federation will implement the 
?b>Zero Start?ruling to help our players adjust to this new ruling to be 
made mandatory for all FIDE events by July 2009. 

The 5th World Schools Chess Championships 2009 will be 
held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 26th April to 4th May 
2009. 

There will be 12 categories altogether and they are 
Open and Girls Under 17.15,13,11,9 and 7. 

Eligible Junior Squad members who are interested may 
write to the Executive Director at singchess@pacific.net.sg

All applications must include the surname/s, first name/s, 
FIDE ID Numbers, FIDE rating and Passport Numbers must 
reach the SCF by 15 February 2009.

Click for Registration Form

The Championships shall be jointly organised by the Federation
and the Civil Service Club (Tessensohn) and will be held on 16 
& 17 March 2009 at the Civil Service Clubhouse at Tessensohn 
Road.

Please submit your entries early to enjoy the early-bird
discount.

The President & Executive Council extend best wishes to 3 of our 
young players for achieving FIDE Masters titles in January 2009. 

FM Chan Yi Ren Daniel
FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy
FM Ravindran Shanmugam

Well Done Gentlemen Next objective shall be International 
Master titles.

IM Goh Wei Ming recorded his 4th consecutive National 
Chess Championship title with a near perfect score of 
8.5 points over 9 games. His only blemish was a draw 
against FM Terry Chua.  His win was 2.5 points way 
ahead of runners-up Tan Weiliang. IM Goh will hold 
the Wong Yip Chong Cup for yet another year. The 
Championship was held in SCF - Bishan from 3rd January 
to 10 January 2009.

Final Results

On behalf of the Asian University Sports Federation, 
The Sri Lanka Universities Sports Association is 
organizing the Inaugural Asian University Chess 
Championship from 3rd to 10th April 2009 at the Grand 
Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

Local university teams interested may write to the 
Executive Director at singchess@pacific.net.sg for 
registration form and other details.

Details and Regulations

For both Gold, Silver cum FIDE-rated, from this coming 
session and Term 1, all players will play e4 and black 
must respond by c5.

In addition, Gold will play among themselves
Silver will join FIDE-rated - ranked according to rating; 
pair by score-group and players ranked 1 v 2; 3 v 4; float 
5 against highest rank of next score-group etc ...

Final reminder, all members should arrive to venue by 1345 hrs 
otherwise, the player shall not be paired for that round.

Post-game annotations compulsory homeworks are to be submitted 
via email (in single-file pgn or cbv format) to 
homework@aseanchess.com 24hrs before start of next session.

The Federation’s Selection and Training Committee is pleased 
to announce the National Squads for 2009.

National Squad - Men            National Squad - Women
1 GM Zhang Zhong                   1 WGM Li Ruofan
2 GM Wu Shaobin                    2 WIM Angela Khegay
3 GM Wong Meng Kong
4 IM Enrique Paciencia
5 IM Jason Goh
6 IM Goh Wei Ming 
 
National Youth Squad Gold     National Youth Squad - Silver
1  FM Daniel Chan                 1 FM Muhammed Haikal
2  FM Timothy Chan                2 WFM Monisha Raja Jawahar
3  FM Ravindran Shanmugam         3 Matthew Peter Chin	
4  FM Terry Chua                  4 Aloysius Chia
5  FM Graham Chua                 5 Zerlene Cheng
6  FM Dominic Lo                  6 Pearle Chng
7  Jonathan Koh                   7 Derek Lim
8  Tan Weiliang                   8 Calvin Ong
9  WFM Jeslin Tay
10 WFM Liu Yang

Join our Lunar New Year Celebrations - sign up for the Ulu Pandan 
Hong Bao Open RapidChess Challenge. The Federation will now be 
joining hands with Community Clubs and othercommunity organizations 
to jointly organize 2009 public holidays chess events in various 
interesting venues. Who knows - You may be playing your next chess 
event in the Singapore Flyer. 

Please note this event will feature the new "ZERO Start" Rule. 
Closing Date is 30th January 2009. 

Training for the SCF Junior Squad Training Term 1/2009 
shall commence on 9, 10 & 11 January 2009.The Silver and 
FIDE Rated Squad shall have their training conducted 
in SCF Bishan.The Developmental Squad will train in the Asean 
Chess Academy at the Civil Service Club - Tessensohn Road. 

For further clarifications, please write to 
singchess@pacific.net.sg or sms 91123608.

Date         Day         2-6pm         7-11pm
3  Jan       Saturday    Round 1       Round 2
4  Jan       Sunday      Round 3       Round 4
6  Jan       Tuesday                   Round 5
7  Jan       Wednesday                 Round 6
8  Jan       Thursday                  Round 7
9  Jan       Friday                    Round 8 
10 Jan       Saturday                  Round 9
11 Jan       Sunday      Playoffs
   

As we did not receive interest from any Singapore player 
or club to participate in the 1st Asian Club Cup; 
Singapore's sole representative shall be Club Intchess.
 
The Championship is scheduled from 24th December to 1st 
January in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Players representing 
Club Intchess will be drawn from the ASEAN region; namely, 
GM Bui Vinh (VIE), IM Julio Sadorra (PHI), IM Tirto (INA) and 
FM Peter Long (MAS). FM Ignatius Leong, President of Club 
Intchess, Singapore Chess Federation and ASEAN Chess 
Confederation representatives will fill up the last spot as 
reserve player.

 
Pairings and results

Newly elected President of the Commonwealth Chess Association
Ignatius Leong Chee Weng

Our new FIDE Arbiters
Chang Cheng Hwee
Chan Peng Khoon Gerald
Timothy Wee

Start List

The Organisers thank all friends and participants for the continued support. 
This year the Masters attracted 57 entries whilst the Challengers recorded 90 
registrations.

All participants are to note that the Technical Meeting shall be conducted 
at the Teck Ghee Community Club (861 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 Singapore 569734 
Tel: 64567123) on Tuesday 9 December 2008 at 8.00 pm. For overseas 
participants staying at the Fortuna Hotel at Owen Road, transport shall 
leave the hotel lobby at 7.15 pm sharp for the meeting venue. Foreign players 
who are arriving late may inform the Tournament Director via email - 
singchess@pacific.net.sg

All players not present or represented at the Technical Meeting will not be
paired for Round 1 however they may request to be included for Round 2.

There will be two other fringe events for parents and teachers on Saturday 
13 December 2008. Foreign accompanying persons are welcome to take part.

The numerous play-offs have finally been completed over the weekend and 
we are pleased to congratulate the following age group champions 
of Singapore. 

Girls Under 8           Ho Choy Mun Gabrielle 
Open  Under 8		Weng Chang Kai Kenneth 
Girls Under 10		Quek Shi Ning Kristine
Open  Under 10		Lim De Li Derek
Girls Under 12		Yuan Wei Ting
Open  Under 12		Lim De Dao Linson
Girls Under 14		Ho En Huei Danielle
Open  Under 14		Chan Cheng Hoong Joel
Open                    Chua Xing Jian  Graham

The inaugural championship is organised by the Asian Chess 
Federation and Al Ain Chess Club under the auspices of the 
UAE Chess Federation from 24 December to 31 December 2008. 
Sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the championship 
will have the top team walking away with a US$ 20,000 cash
prize.

Local clubs keen in taking part may register your interest 
with the SCF Executive Director at email ?
singchess@pacific.net.sg before 6 December 2008.

Rules & Regulations

In conjunction with the 5th Singapore Chess Festival 2008 the Federation together with 
the Teck Ghee Community Club Management Committee will be organising two fringe events.  

The Festival Blitz 2008 is a fun for all, (chess) community-bonding event targeted at 
Parents and adult supporters together with their children.

The Chess Seminar is organised (by popular demand) for ‘new?parents 
who wishes to know more about how chess can help their children, local 
and international tournaments, ratings and basic rules and regulations pertaining to chess tournament.

Both events will be held on Saturday 13th December 2008

The Biennial edition of the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2008 ended on 25 
November 2008 in Dresden, Germany. Singapore’s team of Young Lions, 
made up of IM Goh Wei Ming, Timothy Chan, CM Daniel Chan and 
IM Enrique Paciencia ended on 62nd position. The team moved up 16 
places from 78th position, secured at the last Olympiad held in 
2006 in Turin, Italy.   Well done, Team Singapore. For the full 
results of the team’s performance ?Click 

The Olympiad was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 3rd ?8th November 2008 and
supported by the various Asean countries?Ministry of Education. Chess was
among one of the sports contested.  Singapore finished overall third behind
Vietnam and Indonesia. The team was led by Ms Grace Kee from Nan Hua Primary School.

The Executive Council thank Ms Kee and the team for the excellent performance.

Muhammad Haikal 		Silver (Individual - Standard)
                                Silver (Team ?Standard)
        			Bronze (Team ?Rapid)
Jonathan Wong			Silver (Team ?Standard)
 				Bronze (Individual ?Rapid)                                     	
				Bronze (Team ?Rapid)
Derek Lim De Li			Silver (Team Standard)       
				Bronze (Team ?Rapid)
Pearle Chng Jiun Jing		Bronze (Individual ?Rapid)

Deadline: Monday 29th December 2008

Download Term 1 Registration Starting 9, 10, 11 January 2009 
    

 
Date: Sunday 30th November 2008, 8 am to 5 pm
Venue: Nee Soon South CC, 30 Yishun Street 81 (Next to Khatib MRT)

Closing Date: 25th November 2008 by 7 pm or first 250 entries per category
Check Starting List and Results 
       

Due to the clash of dates with the 27th National age Group Championships 2008,
Session 8 for Term 4 training has been rescheduled as follows
1. Monday 17th November 2008 @ 9 am
2. Monday 17th November 2008 @ 2 pm
3. Tuesday 18th November 2008 @ 9 am
4. Tuesday 18th November 2008 @ 2 pm  (Include ALL Youth Squad)

All Youth Squad (FIDE rated games) members session will be held on 18 Nov at 2 pm

Trainees who has not confirmed, please email to singchess@pacific.net.sg
otherwise there will be no admission if the class is full.

Download Session 8 Groupings 
    

Application open to members of National Junior/Youth & National Squad.
Candidates with FIDE rating 2000 (Boys) 1800 (Girls) and above 
Please email to Mr Philip Chan, singchess@pacific.net.sg by 15th November 2008

Download Tournament Regulations 

Mr Philip Chan has been appointed Executive Directive wef 1st November 2008.
Contact No: 9112 3608

Check following links:

Pairings & Results (Chess-results.com)
 
More Information, Hotel etc
Official Website (Vietnamchess.com)
Media Resource Site (Daily reports, photo gallery, viewable games)
Tournament Blog (Contributions from participants)
Official Media Partner of WY2008 (Daily reports)

5th Singapore International Chess Convention 2008
Incorporating:
1. 5th Singapore Masters Open International Tournament 2008, 9th to 15th December
2. 5th Singapore Challengers Open International Tournament 2008, 9th to 15th December

Deadline has been extended to 15th November 2008

Download Tournament Regulations and Registration 

The following players were selected:
1. IM Enrique Paciencia
2. IM Goh Weiming
3. IM Jason Goh
4. Timothy Chan Wei Xuan
5. CM Daniel Chan 

Due to the clash of dates with the 27th National age Group Championships 2008,
Session 8 for Term 4 training has been rescheduled as follows
1. Monday 17th November 2008 @ 9 am
2. Monday 17th November 2008 @ 2 pm
3. Tuesday 18th November 2008 @ 9 am
4. Tuesday 18th November 2008 @ 2 pm

All trainees are to reconfirm their session 8 timeslot by 15th October.

Download Session 8 Timing 
    

Date: 19th to 22nd November 2008
Time: 9.30 am to 6.30 pm daily
Venue: MPH, Civil Service Club@Tessensohn, 60 Tessensohn Road
 
Download Registration Form, Rules & Regulations   

Mr Foo Hsiang Ming has stepped down as Honorary General Secretary of 
the SCF wef 31 July 2008.

On 20 August 2008, Mr Shashi Jayakumar and Dr Jennifer Yeo were c0-opted 
as Council Members to fill the positions vacated by Mr Osric Mooi Kok Onn 
and IM Terry Toh Chun Eng.

Wef 14 September 2008, Mr Jayakumar has also taken over Mr Foo's position 
on the SCF Selection Committee (HPE).

The SCF thanks the Council Members who have moved on for their service on
the Executive Council and welcomes Mr Jayakumar and Dr Yeo to the 
Executive Council.  

Executive Director Thomas Hoe has tendered his resignation.
His last day of service is 30 September 2008.
The SCF thanks him for his service and wishes him the best.

Admin Officer Chua Siak Hwee will be re-designated Finance Manager
wef 1 October 2008

For the period 1 October - 1 November 2008,
Mr Chua will act as Executive Director.

 
Date: Sat 8th November 2008 9 am to 6 pm    (Diamond & Pearl Section)
      Sun 9th November 2008 9 am to 6 pm    (Newcomer - Unrated)

Venue: Teck Ghee CC, 861 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 (Near Block 410)

Closing Date: 1st November 2008 by 7 pm or first 350 entries received for each day.

Download Registration Form  
       

Download Term 4 Groupings Starting 12, 13, 14 September 2008 
    

Application open to National Youth Squad and National Junior 
Squad members (Must be born after 1st January 1996)
Only 3 boys and 1 girl shall be shortlisted, and airfare, board 
& lodging shall be borne by MOE. There will be no provision for 
accompanying persons 

HPE shall assign the official who may be a teacher.
Those who are interested to send email to singchess@pacific.net.sg 
before 20th September 2008.
Those who miss the deadline will not be considered.

Date: 3rd to 8th November 2008
Venue: Sahid Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Time Control
Standard Chess: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment
Rapid Chess:    25 minutes with 10 seconds increment

Download Final Standings   

 

Closing Date: 20th September 2008 by 7 pm or first 250 entries per category
Check Pairings & Results Under-12 (27 Sep 2008)
Check Pairings & Results Under-10 (28 Sep 2008)
Check Pairings & Results Under-8  (29 Sep 2008)
       

Schedule of Event:
1830 - All guests to be seated
1845 - Start of Event
1900 - Arrival of Guest of Honour
1900 onwards Welcome address, Presentation of Awards
2200 - End of Event

Dear Chess Friends,
 
As announced earlier, the SCF Fund Raising Dinner to be held on Saturday, 6th 
September 2008 at The Grassroots Club is not only an occasion to raise funds 
but also to award those who have brought honour to Singapore; either as a 
player, trainer or arbiter.
 
Minister for Law, Mr K Shanmugam shall be our Guest of Honour and he shall 
present the awards. Attached is a list of those players who have won gold medals 
at official FIDE competitions and medals at the SEA Games. The lists also include 
those who achieved the titles for their playing results, coaching and arbiting - 
provided they are already Singapore citizens/PRs when they earned their titles.
 
Last but not least, is the list of those who have contributed their services by 
volunteering themselves into the Executive Council. Unfortunately, in a haste to 
submit the nominations due to time constraint, we were unable to track records 
before the 1980's.
 
Due to lack of funds, SCF is unable to invite any of the Awardees to the Fund 
Raising Dinner. Nevertheless, we hope the Awardees would come to support the 
event by buying a seat for dinner.
 
We hope to see you then!
 
Ignatius Leong
SCF President
 
Download List of Medal Winners
Download List of Long Service Awards
Download Picture Gallery

 

Download Final Standing (Open) 
Download Final Standing (Novice) 
       

Tan Weiliang wins Open Category.
Derek Lim 2nd and Linson Lim 3rd in Under-16 Category.

Download Final Standings 

Deadline: Monday 8th September 2008

Download Term 4 Registration Starting 12, 13, 14 September 2008 
    

Check Pairings & Results   

Annual General Meeting for 2008 to reconvene on: 

Date: Wednesday 20th August 2008 at 7.30 pm
Venue: Teck Ghee Community Club, 861 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10
       Conference Room, Level 3

AGM Notice has been sent out on Saturday 2nd August 2008 by post.
Members who have not received their AGM notice by post may 
collect a copy from SCF or call Thomas at 9852 0625. 

Download Agenda  

Mr Osric Mooi Kok Onn, Deputy Executive Director, has tendered 
his resignation on medical grounds with effect from 15 August 2008. 
The SCF wishes him a speedy recovery. 

Check Pairings & Results for 2nd August 2008  

Official Website to Download games pgn 
Pairings & Results
Overall Medal Tally
Report by Redsports 
Greetings from overseas

Date: Sunday 3rd August 2008 to Saturday 16th August 2008 

Venue: SCF Bishan

The Selection Tournament shall start on 3rd August 2008 instead of 2nd August 2008
8 registered players shall draw for number on Sunday 3rd August before 9 am
These 8 players are to call Thomas at 9852 0625 if they are also interested
to register for the National Rapid on 2nd August 2008

Download Results & Schedule  

Deadline of submission is extended to 22nd July
There will be a 5% discount for the reservations for hotels
After this deadline, there will be no discounts

Next deadline for registration (No discount) on 15th August 2008

Please adhere to deadline stricly.

Download Payment by 15th July 2008 
Check More Information, Hotel etc
Check Official Website
  

The following players has been confirmed:

1. GM Zhang Zhong, Individual Men, Mixed Pair & Team
2. GM Wu Shaobin, Team
3. IM Goh Weiming, Team
4. Timothy Chan Wei Xuan, Team
5. FM Terry Chua Zheng Yuan, Team
6. WGM Li Ruofan, Individual Women, Mixed Pair

This is the final team list and according to regulations, 
substitution of name is not allowed

Download Regulations for World Mind Sports Games
Download General Information for World Mind Sports Games  

Overall Winner: Raffles Institution

Download Final Results

1. The World Mind Sports Games (Information & Regulations attached) will be 
held in Beijing, China. According to the regulations of the World Mind 
Sports Games, SCF will nominate one and the same team for both the Blitz and 
Rapid Men's Team events which will be held from 12th to 18th October.
The deadline for nomination is 14th July after which, no substitution of 
player(s) is allowed. SCF will select the team of 4 players + 1 reserve.

1.1 Seeded will be National Champion Goh Wei Ming. A Rapid Chess Tournament 
(regulations as per WMSG) will be held whereby the top 2 players will be 
selected. In the event of any tie for the top 2 places, SCF President shall 
decide. The Selection & Training Committee reserves the right to nominate 
the 2 remaining players and subsequent vacancies arising.

1.2 All MALE players, who must be Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents, 
with FIDE Rating of minimum 2100 and above are welcome. The playing schedule 
(subject to the number of participants) is as follow:-
Saturday, 28th June - 9am to 9.45am - On the spot Registration of 
Particpation
Saturday, 28th June - 10am to 12.15pm - Rounds 1 to 2
Saturday, 28th June - 2pm to 5.30pm   - Rounds 3 to 5
Sunday,   29th June - 2pm to 5.30pm   - Rounds 6 to 8
Saturday,  5th July - 10am to 12.15pm - Rounds 9 to 10
Saturday,  5th July - 2pm to 5.30pm   - Rounds 11 to 13

2. The Chess Olympiad will be held in Dresden, Germany, from 12 to 26 
November. The deadline for nomination is 12th September after which, no 
substitution of player(s) is allowed. SCF will nominate a team comprising 4 
players + 1 reserve for the Open Olympiad.

2.1 Seeded will be Goh Wei Ming and Jason Goh - the top 2 players from the 
National Championship. A Tournament will be held whereby the top 2 players 
will be selected. In the event of any tie for the top 2 places, SCF 
President shall decide. The Selection & Training Committee reserves the 
right to nominate the 1 remaining player and subsequent vacancies arising.

2.2 All players, who must be Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents with 
FIDE Rating of minimum 2100 (1st July 2008 FIDE Rating List) are welcome to 
register with payment of entry fee of $30 before 25th July 2008. The 9-round 
playing schedule is as follow:-
Saturday,   2nd August - 9am - Round 1
Saturday,   2nd August - 3pm - Round 2
Sunday,     3rd August - 9am - Round 3
Sunday,     3rd August - 3pm - Round 4
Wednesday,  6th August - 7pm - Round 5
Wednesday, 13th August - 7pm - Round 6
Friday,    15th August - 7pm - Round 7
Saturday,  16th August - 9am - Round 8
Saturday,  16th August - 3pm - Round 9

Download Regulations for World Mind Sports Games
Download General Information for World Mind Sports Games  

Singapore finished 3rd overall nation with 21 medals (4 Gold, 4 Silver 
& 14 Bronze)

Individual Results:
Gold - CM Daniel Chan Yi Ren      (Std Open U14)
Gold - FM Ignatius Leong          (Rapid Veteran)
Gold - FM Ignatius Leong          (Blitz Veteran)
Silver - Ryan Ow JUn Wai          (Std Open U8)
Silver - FM Graham Chua Xing Jian (Std Open U14)
Bronze - WFM Danielle Ho En Huei  (Blitz Girls U14)
Bronze - FM Ignatius Leong        (Std Veteran)

Team Results:
Gold -   Std Open U14 (CM Daniel Chan, FM Graham Chua, Tay Kiat Boon)
Silver - Rapid Open U16 (Terry Chua, Christer Aplin, Wong Zeng Rong)
Silver - Std Open U16 (Terry Chua, Tan Weiliang, Christer Aplin)
Bronze - Blitz Open U14 (Daniel Chan, Graham Chua, Tay Kiat Boon)
Bronze - Rapid Open U14 (Daniel Chan, Graham Chua, Tay Kiat Boon)
Bronze - Blitz Open U16 (Tan Weiliang, Christer Aplin, Terry Chua)
Bronze - Std Open U8 (Ryan Ow, Ng Chek Khau, Ajax Valerio)
Bronze - Blitz Open U8 (Ryan Ow, Ng Chek Khau, Ajax Valerio)
Bronze - Rapid Open U8 (Ryan Ow, Ajax Valerio, Ng Chek Khau)
Bronze - Rapid Open U10 (Edward Lee, Derek Lim)
Bronze - Blitz Girl U8 (Natanya Ng, GAbrielle Ho)
Bronze - Rapid Girl U8 (Gabrielle Ho, Natanya Ng)
Bronze - Std Girl U14 (Danielle Ho, Zerlene Cheng)
Bronze - Blitz Girl U14 (Danielle Ho, Michelle Ho, Zerlene Cheng)
Bronze - Rapid Girl U14 (Danielle Ho, Zerlene Cheng, Freya Ho)

Congratulations to our winners and many thanks to the Singapore Contigent 
of 25 players, 18 accompanying persons & 4 coaches.

Check Overall Results 

 
Check Start List/Pairings/Results NationalJunior Blitz 
Check Start List/Pairings/Results National Blitz
  

Annual General Meeting for 2008 will be held on: 

Date: Saturday 21st June 2008 at 2.00 pm
Venue: Teck Ghee Community Club, 861 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10

AGM Notice has been sent out on Friday 6th June 2008 by post.
Members who have not received their AGM notice by post may 
collect a copy from SCF or call Mr Osric Mooi at 97574465. 

Download Agenda  

The Executive Council at its meeting on 6June 2008 has adopted a 
Disciplinary Procedure to deal with cases of misconduct among 
players and trainees in the SCF's programmes. The procedure takes 
effect from 1st July 2008.

For details, click SCF's Disciplinary Procedure wef 1st July 2008  

In April 2008, Mr K. Shanmugam stepped down as SCF's Honorary Adviser 
following his appointment as Law Minister. The SCF congratulates 
Mr Shanmugam on his appointment and wishes him every success.

Download Final Standings   

Winner: WGM Li Ruofan (SIN)

Download Final Standings    
  

Check Final Standing for SCF Rated 
Check Final Standing for FIDE Rated
  

Date: 19th April to 4th May 2008
Venue: SCF Bishan (Inside Bishan CC)

Singapore U20 vs Myanmar

Download Standings & Crosstable

Download Final Standinds (Gold) for 31st May and 1st June 
Download Final Standinds (Silver) for 31st May and 1st June   

Download Final Standings Thursday 1st May 2008   

Download Results (Secondary) Sunday 13th April 2008
Download Results (Primary) Sunday 13th April 2008      

Date: 29th March to 13th April 2008
Venue: SCF Bishan (Inside Bishan CC)

Singapore U20 vs Myanmar

The abovementioned post is open for application.
Please apply by 16th April 2008.
 
Download Job Specs 

Download Final Standings    

Download Final Standings Sunday 25th May 2008   

Download Tournament Crosstable   
Check Pairings and Results on chessresults.com 
Download games in pgn   

Check Pairings and Results on chessresults.com    

Overall results and Standings:

Open Winner: Shen Chuan Qi (RI)
 
Open U15 Winner: Timothy Chan (RI) after playoff 
Open U13 Winner: Graham Chua (RI) after playoff
Open U11 Winner: Francia Goh (Nan Hua Pri)
Open U9 Winner: Derek Lim (ACS Junior) after playoff
Open U7 Winner: Ryan Cheng (Kheng Cheng)


Girl U15 Winner: Selina Sia (Nanyang Girls')
Girl U13 Winner: Danielle Ho (Nanyang Girls') after playoff
Girl U11 Winner: Monisha Raja Jawahar (Northland)
Girl U9 Winner: Amber Lai (Tao Nan) after playoff
Girl U7 Winner: Gabrielle Ho (Raffles Girls')

Download Final Results for Public Service Schools Invitation Team
Download Final Results for Public Service Team Competition 

IM Tibor Karolyi and Dr Nick Aplin have won The Guardian 2007 Chess Book of the 
Year Award for their book Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov. Tibor, a former 
Hungarian Champion, is well-known among Singapore chess players, especially 
juniors, as a top FIDE-certified chess trainer. Nick is a former Honorary General 
Secretary of the Singapore Chess Federation. The book had earlier been shortlisted 
for the English Chess Federation Book of the Year 2007 Award.

Olimpiu G. Urcan was shortlisted for The Guardian 2007 Chess Book of the Year Award for 
his book Surviving Changi. The book is the biography of a little-known British player 
Eugene Colman (1878-1964), who was interned in Changi Prison during the Japanese Occupation
and remembered for his contribution to a line in the Two Knights Defence.  
  

Check Hong Bao Saturday Rapid Tournament Starting List on chessresults.com 
Check Hong Bao Sunday Rapid Tournament Starting List on chessresults.com 

Download Entry Form Hong Bao Saturday Rapid Tournament for 23rd February 2008
Download Entry Form Hong Bao Sunday Rapid Tournament for 24th February 2008      

The Singapore delegation of Trainees & Trainers who took part in the 1st leg 
of the 1st Asean Masters Circuit held in Tarakan, Indonesia, from 8th to 19th 
January return with major achievements. In the GM "A" Group, Singapore new 
PR GM Zhang Zhong won convincingly with the final score of 9 points from 11 rounds.

In the GM "B" Group, FT & IM Ashot Nadanian (who has also applied for SPR) 
was placed second, narrowly missing his third GM Norm.

In the WIM Tournament, FM Graham Chua was 3rd - he drew against GM Edhi Handoko, 
who has long been one of Indonesia's strongest players. 
Tying for 5th were WFM Jeslin Tay and WFM Nguyen Mai Hung (who is doing a one year 
training stint in Singapore). WFM Victoria Chan tied for 10th. All the six players 
gained rating points, hauling a combined total of 105 points.

Download Tournament Cross Tables 8th to 19th January 2008

Check New Year Saturdays Weekend Tournament Pairings and Results on chessresults.com 
Check New Year Sundays Weekend Tournament Pairings and Results on chessresults.com 
    

A briefing will be held on Saturday 12th January 2008 at 2:30 pm 
at the Asean Chess Academyconducted at 2.30 pm for the following groups:

1. National Squad (Men & Women)
2. Youth Squad (Gold & Silver)
3. Junior Squad (FIDE rated Group A & B)

Trainees under the age of 20 should be represented by their parents.

National Squad (Men) - IM Goh Weiming, IM Jason Goh, GM Zhang Zhong, GM Wu Shaobin,
                       GM Wong Meng Kong, IM Enrique Paciencia, WGM Li Ruofan
National Squad (Women) - WFM Victoria Chan, WFM Liu Yang, WIM Anjela Khegay, WFM Jeslin Tay
    

14 chess players were awarded B3 Spex carding for year 2007.
Each shall receive $100.
 
Download List of Recipients  
  

The technical meeting on 29th December 2007 amended the tournament to 9 round swiss.

Check National/Challengers Pairings and Results on chessresults.com 
Download Bulletin (View with chess programme) 

Download Playoffs Results 

4th Singapore International Chess Convention 2007
Incorporating:
1. 4th Singapore Masters Open International Tournament 2007, 16th to 22nd December
2. 4th Singapore Challengers Open International Tournament 2007, 16th to 22nd December
3. Seminar for Coaches 2007, 16th to 21st December 
4. Arbiters Training Seminar 2007, 17th to 21st December 2007

FIDE Events:
1. FIDE Administrator Management Seminar 2007, 18th to 21st December, Park Royal Hotel
2. FIDE Presidential Board Meeting 2007, 21st to 24th December. Park Royal Hotel


Check Masters Open Pairings and Results on chessresults.com

Check Challengers Open Pairings and Results on chess results.com

Date: Saturday 15th December 9 am to 7 pm (2 rounds)
Venue: Asean Chess Academy, Beach Road
Category: Veteran>50,Men's,Women's,Boys & Girls U8,U10,U12,U14,U16,U18,U20


19th SIN vs MAS Chess Challenge 2007



Singapore won 87 to 53.

Download Full Results for 15th December 2007
Photo gallery by Jovan Petronic 

Joel Chan Cheng Hoong wins Open U12 in playoff with
Iskandar Bin Abdullah 2nd and Eugene Wee Chun Jie 3rd
 
Download Final Results   

Final results Under-9 Category
Final results Under-12 Category
Final results Under-15 Category 

Congratulations to the team of:
FM Muhd Haikal,
FM Jonathan Wong,
CM Jordan Yap &
Yuan Weiting

FM Muhd Haikal won the Individual Standard Bronze and the
team won Rapid Team Silver and Standard Team Silver

Our appreciation to Ministry of Education for funding the team and
Mrs Tan Shao Furn (Teacher from Nanyang Primary School) as Team Official
 

18 Singapore players participated in this 11 round event 
The best results for Singaporeans were: 
CM Daniel Yi-Ren Chan (9th at U14 with 8 pts), 
FM Graham Chua (12th at U12 with 7.5 pts), 
WFM Monisha Raja Jawahar (13th at Girls U10 with 7 pts), 
Derek Lim (14th at U8 with 7.5 pts), 
WFM Danielle Ho (20th at Girls U12 with 7 pts), 
FM Daniel Fernandez (22nd at U12 with 7 pts). 

Final standings, games, photographs and videos may be found at the Official Website
Congratulations to all participating Singaporean players and trainers! 

Download Latest Results
 

Singapore will be represented by GM Wu Shaobin and GM Wong Meng 
Kong. President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan has designated 
Ignatius Leong as Technical Delegate.
Thomas Hoe, Osric Mooi and Anjela Khegay are appointed as Arbiters.

Link to MAIGOC Official Website 
Link to Asian Chess Federation Website

ASEAN Chess Confederation's federation leaders (representives of the 
National Chess Federations of INA, PHI, SIN and VIE) met at Cebu 
(Philippines) on 23 September 2007 and signed the regulations for 2 
new major chess events:

1. The 1st Edition of ASEAN Masters Circuit 2008
2. The 1st Edition of ASEAN Grand Prix 2007/2008

Download Calendar

Notice is hereby given for Training Providers to tender for the 
Training of
1) SCF National Squads (Men's and Women's Squad)
2) National Youth Squads (Gold and Silver Squads)
3) National Junior Squads (Development and Intermediate)
for 2 years from the period 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2009.

Interested parties should submit their applications in writing to the SCF.
The deadline for submission is 19 September 2007.

Download Tender Specifications 
Download Annex A to Tender 

The ASEAN+ Youth Team Championships is an initiative of the ASEAN 
Chess Confederation and Malaysian Ministry of Education. Schools,
legally constituted teams may register directly with the organisers.

Individuals who are eligible to participate may register with SCF 
at singchess@pacific.net.sg 
before 1st October 2007.

After this deadline, SCF will have the discretion to determine the 
team compositions. The cost per player (inclusive of registration fees, 
travel insurance, land transport, board and lodging) is $800 per player. 
For accompanying persons, the cost is S$850.

Download Tournament Regulations 

Download Selection Guidelines 2008 
wef 01.01.2008
Download SCF Title Awards 

Download Final Standings

In the Boys U14 Category
CM Daniel Chan tied 3rd/4th & 
Christer Aplin tied 5th/7th 

Download Tournament Report by FST Jovan Petronic 
  

The 4th Singapore International Chess Convention 2006
Incorporating
3rd Asian Schools Chess Festival
Arbiters & Coaches Training Seminars
Singapore Masters & Challengers Open International Tournament
from Dec 10 to 22 
is now open to tender for co-organisation with SCF.

Closing date shall be 14 September 2007 by 12 pm in writing.

Final Standings: 
1st - IND   28.0
2nd - HUN   27.5
3rd - PHI   25.5
4th - UZB   24.5
5th - AUS 1 24.0
6th - TUR   23.5

PAIRINGS AND RESULTS:
Starting Team List 
Link to Chess-Results.com
Winner of Board Prize

BULLETIN Rd 1   Rd 2   Rd 3   Rd 4   Rd 5
   
BULLETIN Rd 6   Rd 7   Rd 8   Rd 9   Rd 10

SCF invites application from qualified players to participate in the 
World Youth Championships from 17th to 29th November 2007 in Antalya, 
Turkey. The High Performance Sub-Committee (HPE) has drawn up three 
schemes that are specific to this event only.

Deadline of 15th August 2007 by 1900 hrs for submission shall be 
enforced strictly.

Check  World Youth Subsidy, Incentives & Bonus
Link to World Youth Chess Championships 2007

The EXCO is pleased to announce that Mr K. Shanmugam, an MP
for Sembawang GRC, has accepted its invitation to be SCF's
Honorary Adviser. Mr Shanmugam's term is for two years and
takes immediate effect.

The SCF looks forward to two years of fruitful chess development
with the guidance of the Honorary Adviser. 
  

The Singapore contingent of 115 (2 officials, 6 coaches, 59 players 
and 48 accompanying persons) emerged 2nd overall nation behind Vietnam 
with 52 medals (12 Gold, 23 Silver & 17 Bronze).
Notable results were:

Standard Open U8 Gold   - Derek Lim De Li
Standard Open U12 Gold  - Jonathan Wong Shern Yang
Rapid Open U14 Gold     - Shannon Scott Neubronner
Standard Girls U10 Gold - Monisha Raja Jawahar
Standard Girls U16 Gold - Victoria Chan Wei Yi
Standard Veteran Gold   - Chan Peng Kong
Rapid Veteran Gold      - Chan Peng Kong
Blitz Veteran Gold      - Chan Peng Kong

Download Overall Medal Tally
Download Standard Chess Final Standings
Download Rapid Chess Chess Final Standings
Download Blitz Chess Final Standings

Link to Chess-Results.com
The Singapore Chess Federation congratulates our players for their outstanding 
performance and thank you to all accompanying persons for their support. 

The chess federations of Singapore and Turkey have signed a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote cooperation for 
mutual benefit.
 
Mr Ignatius Leong, President of Sinapore Chess Federation and 
Mr Ali Nihat Yazici, President of Turkiye Santranc Federasyonu 
(Turkish Chess Federation) inked the MOU on 13 June 2007 in 
Pattaya, Thailand, where the 8th Asean+ Age Group Championships
are being held. 

The scope of cooperation includes the organisation of a periodic 
chess match between Singapore and Turkey, technical cooperation 
including best practices in the organisation of chess events and 
the sharing of knowledge and experience in developing chess.

The guiding principle behind the MOU is mutual friendship, trust 
and respect and a common desire to advance the interests of chess 
in Singapore and Turkey.

Please be reminded to furnish SCF with Flight detail via email  
singchess@pacific.net.sg for airport-hotel transfer.

Download Confirmed Registration for Team Singapore (Updated daily)

Download Registration Form for Singapore players and accompanying person

Download Sponsorship Guidelines

Download Eligible Members for sponsorship

Download New EXCO 2007-2009

Singapore represented by 
Victoria Chan, Jordan Yap, Matthew Chin
Danielle Ho, Michelle Ho, Derek Lim

Link to Latest Standing 
Link to Official Website 

The SCF is pleased to announce a sponsorship program for players who are in 
the process of pursuing an IM or GM title. Under this program, the SCF will 
provide funding for selected players who has obtained at least one IM or GM 
norm, to participate in tournaments where they will have the opportunity to 
obtain their 2nd or more IM or GM norms.

Details of the program is set out in Sponsorship Guidelines
All interested players are required to submit an application to the SCF by 
30th April 2007. For more information on the criteria required for obtaining 
IM and GM norms, please visit  FIDE website

The following has been selected by S & T for National Squad 2007
Men Squad:  1. FM Goh Weiming          Women Squad:   1. WIM Anjela Khegay
            2. Chan Weng Chee                         2. WFM Jeslin Tay
            3. Timothy Chan                           3. Victoria Chan
            4. GM Wu Shaobin                          4. WFM Liu Yang
            5. GM Wong Meng Kong

The SCF has noticed a disturbing trend of players making late withdrawals 
from tournaments or otherwise completely failing to attend tournaments 
which they had registered in recently.

From 1 April 2007onwards, any player who registers for FIDE rated 
tournaments, and 
(i) withdraws from the tournament after pairings for the first round have 
    been released, or 
(ii)fails to play in three or more consecutive rounds, without providing 
    any valid reasons, shall be subject to disciplinary action by the SCF, 
    including but not limited to suspension of the player from future SCF 
    tournaments.

From 1 April 2007onwards, SCF will not advertise any chess events which are not organised
by SCF, unless these events are open to the public and are either SCF rated or FIDE rated.
SCF retains full discretion over the use of the website which is meant to be only for SCF 
purposes. SCF reserves the right to reject any requests for the placement of notices or
advertisements on the website without providing any reasons.

The World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007, to be held from 4th to 12th August 2007, together with 
the 4th World Schools Championship 2008, to be held from 5th to 12th August 2008, shall 
be jointly open to tender for co-organisation with SCF.

Interest parties should submit their applications in writing by 12 pm on 28th February 
2007. Any tender submitted should cover both events.

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Congratulations to the following for their results in 2nd Asian Schools 2006. You have earn 
free hospitality (Room, Breakfast and 1 Meal) if you decide to participate in the 3rd World 
Schools Championships 2007. The Greek organisers have requested your early confirmation to 
help facilitate Singapore's participation.
1. Victoria Chan
2. Danielle Ho
3. Monisha Raja Jawahar
4. Jordan Yap
5. Jonathan Tay
6. Derek Lim
7. Melissa Lo
The SCF & ASEAN Chess Academy shall co-ordinate registration if done so before 1 March 2007. 
As Singapore will be the host in 2008, key personnel may be sent to understudy the Greek 
organisation, so a big Singapore delegation is expected this year.

1. 3rd World School General Regulations 27 April to 6 May
2. 3rd World School Registration Form 27 April to 6 May
3. International Chess Open Halkidiki 2007 27 April to 6 May
4. 1st International Arbiter Seminar 29 April to 4 May
Details on marketing and trainer seminar shall be out later.

FIDE awarded the titles for
Mohd Haikal , ID5802342 FIDE Master
Teo Wei Xing. ID5801621 Candidate Master
for performance in 7th ASEAN Age Group Championships 2006 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Our congratulations.  

Singapore retain the Dato Tan Kim Yeow Challenge Cup for the sixth consecutive year by 
beating Malaysia 79.5 to 60.5 at Midvalley Cititel, Kuala Lumpur. 
The overall series now stand at 9-9.

The Singapore Contingent of 133 was represented by 6 Officials, 70 Players and 57 
Accompanying Persons. The Singapore Chess Federation wishes to thank all players, 
accompanying persons and supporters for their support.

Download18th SIN-MAS Results on 25th November 2006 

Singapore is represented by Chung Kim Kui (Team Manager), Andrew Chan (Asst Team Manager), 
Wu Shaobin (Coach), Tibor Karolyi (Coach), Ravindran Shanmugam (Boys U18), Sarah Chan 
(Girls U16), Chung Juen Sen (Boys U14) & Daniel Chan (Boys U12).

Check World Youth Official Website
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183 teams from 77 Schools competed with
Raffles Institution the winner of the Mah Bow Tan Challenge Cup

Download Final Results

Singapore finish 15th/24 teams
Round 1 : Singapore (Rank 13th)   0-4   Hungary (Rank 1st)    
Round 2 : Singapore             1.5-2.5 China B (Rank 18th)       
Round 3 : Singapore               3-1   Syria   (Rank 20th)       
Round 4 : Singapore               0-4   South Africa (Rank 16th)
Round 5 : Singapore             3.5-0.5 Turkey B (Rank 14th)
Round 6 : Singapore               3-1   Turkmenistan B (Rank 24th)
Round 7 : Singapore               3-1   Switzerland (Rank 11th)
Round 8 : Singapore             2.5-1.5 Turkmenistan A (Rank 12th)
Round 9 : Singapore               0-4   India (Rank 4th)
Round 10: Singapore               4-0   Turkey C (Rank 22nd)
A special daily Singapore Team report by Dominic, Daryl, Terry, Graham , Terry
Watch it Live on www.tsf.org.tr 
Check official website

SCF rewards the following with cash incentives totalling $1,500 for
their performances in the individual events for Standard and Rapid Chess:

Mohd Haikal Open U10 Standard Gold = $800; Rapid Bronze = $100; Total $900
Teo Wei Xing Open U14 Standard Silver = $400
Derek Lim De Li Open U8 Rapid Bronze = $100
Michelle Ho En Ying Girls U8 Rapid Bronze = $100

Singapore finished 4th Overall Nation after Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines with 
a total haul of 33 Medals, 1 Gold 7 Silver 25 Bronze.

We congratulate all 59 members of Team Singapore for their performance and
Many thanks to the 58 accompanying persons for their support.

We congratulate Mohd Haikal for achieving the FM Title for winning the Open 
Under 10 Category and the only Gold Medal Performance for Singapore.

Download 7th Asean Age Group Overall Results

The Turin Olympiad starts today with a record 146 teams in the open division 
and 108 teams in the Women`s Olympiad. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and 
Italian Chess Federation President Gianpietro Pagnoncelli declare the 
Olympiad open.

Birthday surprise as Jeslin Tay upset IM Grigoryan Karen (rated 2411) in round 9

Rd 1 - Singapore (68th) 4   Rwanda       (146th)  0  
Rd 2 - Singapore        2   Lithuania    (39th)   2  
Rd 3 - Singapore        0.5 Brazil       (26th)   3.5 
Rd 4 - Singapore        0.5 Italy A      (43rd)   3.5 
Rd 5 - Singapore        2   Lebanon      (100th)  2
RD 6 - SIngapore        1.5 Iraq         (89th)   2.5
Rd 7 - Singapore        4   Botswana     (107th)  0
Rd 8 - Singapore        2   Algeria      (91st)   2
Rd 9 - Singapore        2   Turkmenistan (57th)   2
Rd 10- Singapore        1   Finland      (53rd)   3
Rd 11- Singapore        2   Nigeria      (95th)   2
Rd 12- Singapore        3   Nicaragua    (87th)   1 
Rd 13- Singapore        1.5 Venezuela    (75th)   2.5

Check Singapore Team result
Live games at Official Website
Reporting from Turin, Italy by Thomas Hoe

The FIDE Election will be held during the FIDE Congress in Turin, Italy. The 
two Presidential Candidates are the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who is also 
a Head of State, and Dutch professional corporate leader Bessel Kok. The 
campaigning has been intense with Ilyumzhinov claiming the support of 70 
national chess federations and Kok 37 at time of writing.
 
Sensing that the contest is potentially divisive for the chess world, managing 
director of Asean Chess Academy and current General Secretary of FIDE, 
Mr Ignatius Leong, makes a radical call for unity and a re-constitution of the 
Election Ticket. 

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The 3rd Singapore International Chess Convention 2006
Incorporating
2nd Asian Schools Chess Festival
Arbiters & Coaches Training Seminars
Singapore Masters & Challengers Open International Tournament
from Dec 17 to 31 
is now open to tender for co-organisation with SCF.

Closing date shall be 18 May 2006 by 12 pm in writing.

Derek Lim becomes Singapore 1st World Champion by winning the Open Under-7 category 
with 8/8. Danielle Ho tied for 1st but came in 3rd after tie break in Open Under-11 
and achieved title of World Girls U11 Champion.

In the overall team category,
The team of Roaring Lions Derek Lim, Linson Lim, Danielle Ho, Michelle Ho and Aston 
Taminsyah representing Asean Chess Academy won the Gold Medal finishing ahead of 
Russia and England respectively.

For more details, Visit World Schools official website


World Schools Individual Final Results

CATEGORY
NAME
SCORE
FINAL RESULT


Open U7
Derek Lim
8/8
1st


Open U9
Linson Lim
5.5/9
16th


Open U9
Michelle Ho
5/9
24th


Open U11
Danielle Ho
7/9
3rd

The following has been selected by the S & T for FY2006/2007

Men's Squad :  Wong Meng Kong, Wu Shaobin, Goh Wei Ming, Jason Goh
               Chan Peng Kong, Dominic Lo, Daryl Wong,   Evan Yeo

Women's Squad: Jeslin Tay,     Liu Yang,   Suzanna Sia
               Victoria Chan,  Dawn Hui,   Sarah Chan

Training for Men's Squad shall be every Fridays 1900 to 2200 at SCF 
Bishan and every Sundays 0930-1330 at SCF Bishan starting from 17th 
March 2006 onwards.

Training for Women's Squad shall be every Fridays 1900 to 2200 at 
Asean Chess Academy starting 31 March 2006 and every Saturdays 1430-1630 at SCF Bishan starting 8 April 2006

In Mar 04, nine SCF members - Steven Tan Chor Chuan, Roger Yap Swee 
Chee, Lawrence Ee Boon Peng, Mark Ong Chong Ghee, Rolles Rudolf Jurgen 
August, Kenny Chern Seng Pau, Allan Yung Yew Kong, Nelly Menon (Rolles), 
and Tan Lian Seng brought a libel action against 11 members of the 
2003-2005 SCF Executive Council (EXCO) alleging that certain statements 
published by the EXCO in an appeal addressed to members on 2 Jan 04 in 
response to a requisition the nine had submitted on 30 Dec 03 
for an extraordinary general meeting were defamatory. 

The case was heard before Justice Andrew Ang in Jan 05. On 18 May 05, 
Justice Andrew Ang dismissed the action and subsequently on 28 Sep 05, 
issued his Grounds of Decision (GD). Justice Andrew Ang found that 
while the requisitionists were entitled to requisition an EOGM under 
the SCF's constitution, however if in the exercise of that right, they 
put up items in the requisition which unfairly suggested wrongdoing on 
the part of the EXCO, it cannot be that EXCO could not defend themselves 
by putting up a suitable rebuttal within the bounds set by law. Justice 
Andrew Ang found that the plaintiffs were indeed mischievous and selectively 
inaccurate in putting up various items in the 30 Dec 03 requisition. 
As such Justice Andrew Ang found that the EXCO had justified the libel. 

8 of the 9 members subsequently appealed Justice Andrew Ang's decision 
with the exception of Mark Ong Chong Ghee who accepted the learned Judge's 
findings and did not proceed with the appeal process. The appeal was heard 
on 21 Feb 06 in the Singapore Court of Appeal comprising Chief Justice 
Yong Pung How,  Justice of Appeal Chao Hick Tin and Justice Belinda Ang 
Saw Ean. The Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed Justice Andrew Ang's 
findings and dismissed the appeal with costs. The EXCO has recovered a
substantial portion of the costs of the trial from the plaintiffs and will 
now proceed to recover costs of the Appeal from them as well. 

The EXCO wishes to sincerely thank all chess members who have stood by 
them throughout the entire two year legal process. The support - both moral 
and tangible - is fully appreciated. Thank you." 

See 22 Feb 2006 Straits Times Article on "Checkmate"

Visit www.chessbase.com 
for a wonderful article on Singapore International Chess Convention and Uniquely Singapore

CLOSING CEREMONY HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO 1.30 PM

Masters Round 9 results & final standing

Challengers Round 9 results & final standing

Only Top 10 games for Masters Open live on  www.monroi.com/wdc/realtime/tournament.php?tnm_id=110
Visit SICC Official Website for more updates

Arbiters Seminar Report  
Arbiters Seminar Results 
Seminar for Coaches Results 

Singapore 89.5 Malaysia 50.5

Overall Results 

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Round 9 starts at 9 am on 24th December and 
Prize Giving at 3 pm at Jade Room, Level 2 Hotel Royal

Check Round 9 FINAL RESULTS


Monroi's E-scoresheet for Asian Schools Chess Festival!

For Live game, Visit SICC Official Website for more updates 

More updates in the next few days.

Monroi's E-scoresheet for Asian Schools Chess Festival!

Live games on internet for Asian Schools Chess Festival

Check SICC Official Website for more updates 

On 18 May 05, Justice Andrew Ang dismissed the libel action brought by 
9 members of the SCF against the 11 members of the 2003 SCF Executive 
Council (the 2003 EXCO). On 28 Sep 05, Justice Andrew Ang issued his 
Grounds of Decision (GD) for dismissing the case, ruling that the EXCO 
has justified the libel. The GD is attached in the hyperlink below for 
members information. The GD  can also be found in the website of the 
Singapore Supreme Court under judgements at www.supcourt.gov.sg.

While the 2003 EXCO as well as the present EXCO believe the vast majority 
of the chess community wish to put all this behind us and to now focus our 
efforts and resources on putting Singapore on the global chess map, the 
case is still not over. The Plaintiffs have appealed against the decision 
of the learned Judge. This process is likely to continue into 2006. As 
such, the 2003 EXCO will have to continue to defend itself again until 
this legal process runs its course. The 2003 EXCO sincerely wishes to 
thank the numerous supporters who have stood shoulder to shoulder with 
them in defending this action and looks forward to their continued support. 
Thank you.

Singapore's 8 representatives generally out-performed their 
expectations given the fact that most were playing on the world 
stage for the first time.
Since the SCF revamped its National Junior Training Programme, 
this was our fourth attempt and the best ever, with only 2 players 
making a minus one score. Three players came out among the top 25% 
in their categories; while the remaining three made creditable 
standings in the 11-round Swiss.
Girls U10 - Danielle Ho - tied 20th (26th among 91 players)
Boys U10  - Chu Shao Min - tied 68th (75th)
Boys U10  - Andre Eng - tied 28th (29th)
Boys U10  - Daniel Fernandez - tied 14th (21st among 123 players)
Boys U12  - Christer Aplin - tied 38th (50th)
Boys U12  - Daniel Chan - tied 12th (16th among 125 players)
Boys U12  - Chung Juen Sen - tied 38th (55th)
Boys U16  - Ravindran Shanmugam - tied 86th (103rd among 153 players)

While our players were not lacking in tactical play, they generally 
made more mistakes during the later stages of their games - an 
indication that concentration and practise in standard-chess play is 
more important than rapid-play. It is imperative our youths will have 
to invest more time by playing in or training under standard-chess 
format over rapid-play.

The SCF is adopting a ‘best practices?policy initiated by the Singapore 
Sports Council. This particular practice concerns the establishment of a 
code of conduct for both players and accompanying adults at representative 
vents.
The attached document provides the guidelines that are being
introduced by EXCO for future events.
Players and, in the case of players under the age of 16,  their parents 
or guardians, will be required to sign a Player/ Accompanying Person 
Agreement before selection for specific international events can be 
endorsed. Although the agreement applies specifically to events such 
as the SEA Games, where a selection procedure is involved, it is 
anticipated that the spirit of the code will apply equally to any 
and all competitions associated with the SCF.

SCF guidelines

A. Club is either one of the following:

1. registered as a society with Registry of Societies or
2. an institution of learning - schools, universities or
3. community centre/club or
4. country club or
5. recreation/sports club of ministries/statutory boards or
6. recreation/sports club of companies registered under the Registry of
   Companies

B. Such club provides list of members.

C. Such club provides list of its management or committee members.

 
A legal action had been filed in March 2004 by nine members of the SCF
against the EXCO for defamation.
  These members were part of a group of 
24 members who had requisitioned an Extra Ordinary General
 Meeting on 
30 December 2003.  One of the purposes of the meeting was to ask the EXCO 
to stepdown because of lack of confidence in management.  The requisition 
also listed 11 issues to be discussed by the membership which suggested that 
there were some shortcomings in the management of the SCF.

The EXCO had published an appeal to its members on its website on 12 
January 2004 commenting on the 
requisition.  The members who requisitioned 
the meeting took offence to what the EXCO had stated in their appeal and 
eventually 9 of them commenced legal action claiming that they had been 
defamed by the EXCO.

The case was heard in the High Court of Singapore from 10 January 2005 
to 28 January 2005.  Justice Andrew 
Ang delivered an Oral Judgment on 
18 May 2005 and held that the Defendants succeeded in their defence of fair 
comment as the matters commented upon were matters of 
public interest based on facts which a fair-minded person could honestly 
make. He therefore dismissed the claim against the EXCO.

EVAN YEO qualifies for Intchess FIDE Master Title Award Evan Yeo achieved his FM title by
winning the Asean Age-Group U14 championship in Brunei in 2003. On 1st April 2005, Evan has
been listed on the FIDE Rating List with 2300; barely 2 months before he reaches his 16th birthday.
Henceforth, he qualifies for the $500 award sponsored by Intchess Asia.

3 chess friends have agreed to add further stimulus to the national junior 
development programme. Together, Intchess Asia Pte Ltd, Ms Chan Lai Fung 
and Mr Tan Lian Ann will sponsor a total of at least $155,000 as cash 
awards to players who achieve the FIDE international titles of FIDE Master, 
International Master and Grandmaster.
 
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