Sunday 26 June 2011, Stadium Indera Mulia Ipoh. The selection was a tough one, with 30 minute time control and 5 round swiss pairing. Around 25 players from all around of Perak come for the selection. This was a really tough selection, every one of them is a strong player.
I was seeded number two based on current national rating. Number one is Muzzaffar, our strongest player. On the first game i was paired with Mr. Azman who is currently my state disable chess player. And just return from national disable chess tournament and got third placing.
The first game with me playing black. Mr Azman played KID Attack, I miss calculated in the middle game and lose my passed pawn advantage. But in the end i got one point from him.
The second game i played a newcomer but i wont underestimate him because he also got one point. In the game i was up a pawn and then i got a free queen !! a serious blunder from my opponent. The game is mine from then on.
Third game, i was paired against my former teammate. ha ha ha we agreed on draw. Grandmaster draw huh..
Fourth game, i was paired with another of my former teammate. We both couldn't draw because of possibility of the other player catching up to us. We both have 2.5 point. I played white. I played d4, and Mr Khatib played KID !! , my pet defense and i guess he just studied the defense because last year he played sicilian or nimzo . I won the game and i could relax with 3.5 point.
The fifth round i meet up with another of my teammate. We agree on draw in the middle game. the game was even with many possibility.
I ended up with 4 point. This guarantied a place in the team. Three people got four point in this selection, all of them is my former teammate. I got third placing because of my lowest tie-break .
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