STATE LEVEL CHESS COMPETITION 2022 IN SEGAMAT

The State Level Chess Competition for Johor was held in SMK Seri Kenangan, Segamat, from 16th - 18th August. The competition was held at the same place in 2015, and surprisingly I couldn't remember much about it. [READ HERE] and [HERE].

The Johor Bahru team consisted of 24 players and 10 accompanying teachers.

outing time at Segamat Sentral Mall

THE 7th/FINAL ROUND

THE RESULT: Johor Bahru emerged as the champion [again].

The winners:

winners from JB Team for Teacher's Blitz Competition

CONGRATULATIONS to everybody for the victory.

Hopefully I will still be with the team next year which could be the last one for me.

MSSJ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2015 ~ 3rd DAY

[continuation of the earlier episode]

25th APRIL 2015 ~ Finally, it was the last day of the state level tournament. There were two more rounds remaining and I saw a lot tears and smile, but the most important thing was the will to fight right until the end.

Then there was the closing ceremony and the Political Secretary to the Minister of Health was invited to officiate it before the prize-giving session.

the JB teachers who took part in the Blitz competition, and won

Eight players from the Johor Bahru team successfully secured the top 10 spots in their own categories and Johor Bahru district won the third place (again) this year.

under 12 players

the JB team

the teachers of the JB team

an ex-player who could not compete anymore

another ex-player who is now a teacher,
was with the JB team back in 2003

players from SMK Mutiara Rini

players from SMK Taman Universiti

All good things must come to an end.I have to wait for another year to take care of the district's team members and to meet old friends.

Until then....

MSSJ CHESS TOURNAMENT 2015 ~ 1st AND 2nd DAY

1st DAY ~ 23rd APRIL 2015

The annual state level chess competition was here again. This time, the tournament was hosted by Segamat district and was held at SMK Seri Kenangan. As usual, I was with the Johor Bahru team which comprised of 36 students and 11 teachers. There were 2 games played, started at about 2:00 p.m. and finished by 6:30 p.m.

briefing before going back to our lodging

2nd DAY ~ 24th APRIL 2015

Three more games were played today - two rounds in the morning and one more in the afternoon after the Friday prayer. It was a very long and tiring day indeed for everybody.

As usual, we let everyone had the chance to let their hair down by going to the mall in town in the evening but still, there were people who were getting too involved with the game. And I was not surprised.

TO BE CONTINUED...