3000 MCFwatchers on 22 March 2015

After slightly over 4 months since MCFwatch came online, MCFwatchers reached 3,000 views.
Perhaps, the ongoing NAG in KL caused people to view chess blogs.

Details as follows:
3000 -Time Taken: 2 months & 12 days Date: 10 January 2015 - 22 March 2015.
2000 -Time Taken: 15 days.                    Date: 25 December 2014 - 9 January 2015.
1000 -Time Taken: 1 month & 13 days. Date: 12 November - 24 December 2014.

NAG 2015, 1st Day in SHAMBLES - Proof of Tournament Director & Chief Arbiter INCOMPETENCE

A so-called National Event have gone down the drains, thanks mainly to the incompetent nimkaputs duo of the NAG 2015 Tournament Director and Chief Arbiter.

List of Complaints:
(1) Undesirable Venue
(2) Bad Technical Briefing (less than 10minutes)
(3) Late Publication/Posting of Pairings
(4) All 3 rounds started late (more than 30minutes late)
(5) Even promised late rounds of 6.30pm started late.
(6) U10Girls & U12 Girls started at 7.45PM (after letting the players sit around doing nothing for more than 1 hour).

The Incompetent Tournament Director and Chief Arbiter for NAG 2015 - SHOULD BE SACKED!

Chess Pieces NOT According to FIDE Specs in NATIONAL CLOSED 2015 - INCOMPETENCE of MCF Secretariat or Chief Arbiter or BOTH?

After the incompetence of the MCF led by "demoted" politician Tan Sri Ramli earlier this year in allowing Malaysia to be in arrears with FIDE and lumped together with other 3rd world countries, another issue came up in the currently running National Closed of Malaysia...which is a FIDE-rated event.

The issue revolves around the measurements of the chess pieces used in the current National Closed 2015 which is not as per FIDE specifications. Considering the fact that Tun Dr.Mahathir had "demoted" the MCF President from the Perak MB's post to a mere Deputy Minister's post many years ago it is perhaps not surprising that he surrounds himself with incompetent people.


Read the Posting by CM Fadli aka Stonemaster in the social media:-


PAPAN CATUR OH PAPAN CATUR..!!..TERKEJUT & MEMALUKAN & SEDIH !!!..

Petang semalam selepas tamat kendalikan kejohanan catur tertutup UPNM, cm fadli singgah sekejap di OCM untuk tengok kejohanan catur kebangsaan tertutup lelaki dan perempuan yang sedang berlangsung selama 5 hari..

Sampai sana,alangkah terkejut bila tengok peserta yang bermain menggunakan papan catur saiz petak 1.75inci x 1.75inci iaitu papan saiz catur yang boleh dikatakan tahap level sesuai digunakan di sekolah2 rendah@menengah..sebab papan itu muat untuk meja catur sekolah rendah@menengah....sungguh MEMALUKAN !!! cm fadli terus buat aduan kepada pegawai2 persekutuan catur malaysia (mcf) yang ada pada masa itu iaitu mr yeap dan juga puan haslindah..cm fadli juga buat aduan kepada International Arbitor En Hamid dan juga Fide Arbitor En Charles yang ada masa itu..

Di malaysia..biasa kita akan jumpa 3 jenis papan catur iaitu saiz petak 2.1inci x 2.1inci dan 2inci x 2inci dan 1.75inci x 1.75inci..biasanya di malaysia..kalau kejohanan catur national rating atau lain2 kejohanan catur biasa..papan saiz petak 1.75inci x 1.75inci boleh pakai..tiada masalah..cerdik catur pun kadang2 pakai papan saiz petak kecik ini untuk kategori bawah 12 tahun dan 17 tahun.. cm fadli letakkan di meja2 yg top 20 yg terakhir..

Papan saiz petak 2inci x 2inci kalau peringkat MSSM,selalu pakai juga..saiz petak 2inci x 2inci adalah standard MINIMA saiz yg rekomen oleh persekutuan catur dunia(FIDE) kalau nak buat kejohanan catur international fide standard..papan saiz petak 2.1inci x 2.1inci pula adalah biasanya papan keras..itu papan adalah hampir semua kejohanan catur yg fide rated yg gunakan..

Tapi apa yg berlaku di OCM sungguh memalukan..semua peserta yg bertanding di ocm sekarang xfaham ke syarat minima saiz papan yng perlu pakai untuk kejohanan catur fide rated..kejohanan catur kebangsaan tertutup yg disertai oleh semua pemain dari setiap negeri adalah fide rated event..MALU sangat cm fadli..xtahu nak kata apa..sedih !!!

Diharap peserta catur di malaysia jangan mudah TERTIPU kalau pihak persekutuan catur malaysia (mcf) kata yang papan catur saiz petak 1.75inci x 1.75inci boleh digunakan untuk kejohanan catur fide rated event terutama yg konsep standard long time control..kekeke