Russian Diplomat's Day Open Chess Tournament 2023 by the Russian House in KL & the Malaysian Chess Federation.

On the 12th of February, the Director of the Russian House – Ms. Svetlana Kovaleva, in collaboration with the Malaysian Chess Federations (MCF) have organized a friendly chess tournament which is dedicated to the Day of the Diplomatic Worker in Russia.

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Ellie Emira Syamimi

2/13/20236 min read

A friendly match between MCF President – Akhramsyah & H.E. Russian Ambassador Mr. Naiyl Latypov during the opening ceremony. I Picture by the Russian House

Picture of prize winners and the team of arbiters. I Picture by the Russian House

The Russian House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with its lovely current Director – Ms. Svetlana Kovaleva, in collaboration with the Malaysian Chess Federations (MCF) have organized a friendly mini chess tournament on the 12th of February - the Russian Diplomat's Day Open Chess Tournament 2023. The tournament is dedicated to the Day of the Diplomatic Worker in Russia. The event is free and open to all! A total of 50 players registered for the event, including diplomats from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, & of course, Russia.

The opening ceremony was graced by His Excellency Naiyl Latypov, Ambassador of Russia to Malaysia, & Mr. Akhramsyah Sanusi, President of the Malaysian Chess Federation where we get to celebrate the bonds of the two countries coming together. The tournament featured 6 round games where each player receives 10 minutes to complete the game, that is to say - Checkmate!

It was a friendly & fun tournament! The Russian House even prepared some chess-themed small refreshments for everyone. The prizes for the event included beautiful bouquets of flowers which were wrapped in chess-themed wrapping paper, kindly made by Варвара Щукина. Certificates for the award ceremony were presented in frames with the winners’ names printed on the certs. Yours truly - Ellie Emira, was honored to be the emcee for the closing ceremony.

All pictures by the Russian House.

Emcee for the closing ceremony - Ellie Emira

Champion for the Open category - Tharvin.

Diplomat category champion - Amir Vaseev.

We would like to wish big 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 to all the winners! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧 emerged as the 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 for the 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 with a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝟔 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬! 2nd place goes to Ainul Mardhiah, followed by Lye Jiun Yin, Jaishivan, and Azraa Adeline. In the 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 category prizes, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐯 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐳𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, followed by Alexendra (RUS), Laziz (UZB), Sodat (TJK), & Alexey (RUS). For the 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 category, the champion goes to 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐡, followed by Aisha, and Darya from Tajikistan. In the 𝐔𝟏𝟐 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 goes to 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧, followed by Abdurrahman, Chan Lok Him, Chan Hao Ean, and Jai Kishna - all from Malaysia. There were even special prizes for the 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭! 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 award goes to 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐨, born in 2015, and the 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 award goes to, last-minute filler, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐦 (father of the Open winner). Click here to view the tournament on chessresults.

Kudos to the team who made it happen! The Russian House Director - Ms. Svetlana (holding the flags), members of the Russian House, and the entire arbiter team with Chief Arbiter - FA Masha (besides the Director). Not to forget, missing in the picture is NA Ashwin who left prior to the photo.

It was a very enjoyable event where everyone had fun, ties were formed & bonded and all were happy at the end of the day. We hope to drop by again next year!

𝐏.𝐒. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Russian House. For the full album, do visit their Facebook page.

For more references, you may scroll to the bottom.

Also, a special shoutout to the CA - Cat Arbiter! Where we believe each tournament must now have a cat!

Two beautiful Diplomat players.

Russian House Director – Ms. Svetlana (holding the flags) with members of her staff and Chief Arbiter Masha Naizli with the Arbiter’s Team.

Prize-winning siblings Chan Lok Him & Chan Hao Ean with their parents having a picture with the Russian House Director - Ms. Svetlana

The Russian House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with its lovely current Director – Ms. Svetlana Kovaleva, in collaboration with the Malaysian Chess Federations (MCF) has organized a friendly mini-chess tournament on the 12th of February - the 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. The tournament is dedicated to the Day of the Diplomatic Worker in Russia. The event is free and open to all! A total of 50 players registered for the event, including diplomats from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, & of course, Russia.

We would like to wish big 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 to all winners! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧 emerged as the 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 for the 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 with a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝟔 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬! 2nd place goes to Ainul Mardhiah, followed by Lye Jiun Yin, Jaishivan, and Azraa Adeline. For the 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 category, the champion goes to 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐡, followed by Aisha, and Darya from Tajikistan. In the 𝐔𝟏𝟐 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 goes to 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧, followed by Abdurrahman, Chan Lok Him, Chan Hao Ean, and Jai Kishna - all from Malaysia.

Also, a special shoutout to the CA - Cat Arbiter! Where we believe each tournament must now have a cat!

Kudos to the team who made it happen! The Russian House Director - Ms. Svetlana (holding the flags), members of the Russian House, and the entire arbiter team with Chief Arbiter - FA Masha (besides the Director). P.S. Missing in the picture is NA Ashwin who left prior to the photo.

It was a very enjoyable event where everyone had fun, ties were formed & bonded and all were happy at the end of the day. We hope to drop by again next year!

For more references, you may scroll to the bottom.

Champion for the Open category - Tharvin.

In the 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 category prizes, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐯 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐳𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, followed by Alexendra (RUS), Laziz (UZB), Sodat (TJK), & Alexey (RUS). There were even special prizes for the 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭! 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 award goes to 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐨, born in 2015, and the 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 award goes to, last-minute filler, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐦 (father of the Open winner). Click here to view the list on chessresults.

Diplomat category champion - Amir Vaseev.

The opening ceremony was graced by 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐯, 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚, & 𝐌𝐫. 𝐀𝐤𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐢, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 where we get to celebrate the bonds of the two countries coming together. The tournament featured 6 round games where each player receives 10 minutes to complete the game, that is to say - Checkmate!

Yours truly - Ellie Emira, was honored to be the emcee for the closing ceremony ;)

Picture of prize winners with the arbiter's team. I Picture by the Russian House

Picture Gallery of Tournament

All these beautiful pictures are from the Russian House Facebook. For more pictures, go to the reference section below to see the 4 part posts by the Russian House.

All these beautiful pictures are from the Russian House Facebook. For more pictures, go to the reference section below to see the 4 part posts by the Russian House.