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Round 11 on 2008/05/14 Bo.   Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts   Name IRtg FED 1 GM Le, Quang Liem 2568 VIE 8 - 7 IM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2455 PHI 2 GM Ghaemmagami, Ehsan 2604 IRI 7 - 7½ GM Li, Chao 2581 CHN 3 GM Mahjoob, Morteza 2488 IRI 7 - 7½   Zhou, Weiqi 2560 CHN 4 IM Irwanto, Sadikin 2456 INA 6½ - 7 GM Villamayor, Buenaventura 2425 PHI 5 IM Liu, Dede 2398 INA 6½ - 6½ GM So, Wesley 2540 PHI 6 GM Antonio, Rogelio 2529 PHI 6½ - 6½ IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2398 INA 7 IM Wynn, Zaw Htun 2542 MYA 6 - 6 IM Gomez, John Paul 2464 PHI 8 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2512 VIE 6 - 6   Tolentino, Rustum 2304 PHI 9 IM Bitoon, Richard 2420 PHI 6 - 6 GM Dao, Thien Hai 2502 VIE 10 WIM Zhang, Xiaowen 2361 CHN 6 - 6   Nolte, Rolando 2420 PHI 11   Wang, Li 2406 CHN 6 - 5½ IM Juswanto, Denny 2468 INA 12 GM Zaw, Win Lay 2574 MYA 5½ - 5½   Andador, Rolando 2201 PHI 13 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2561 INA 5½ - 5½ IM Nadera, Barlo 2397 PHI 14 IM Sitanggang, Salor 2406 INA 5½ - 5½   Wan, Yunguo 2494 CHN 15 WGM Zhang, Jilin 2361 CHN 5½ - 5½ IM Tirto 2422 INA 16   Yang, Kaiqi 2307 CHN 5½ - 5½   Salubre, Jayson 2329 PHI 17 FM Nava, Roderick 2345 PHI 5 - 5 IM Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun 2485 MYA 18   Elorta, David 2409 PHI 5 - 5   Garcia, Jan Emmanuel 2213 PHI 19   Pialan, ...

Seorang yang serba boleh dalam aktiviti sukan catur.Seorang pemain catur yang baik dan boleh juga menjadi arbiter sukan catur. Dilantik juga sebagai webmaster stonemaster.biz. Banyak memberi pendapat dan cadangan yang baik untuk menaikkan nama laman web stonemaster.biz.Nurul Farah Omar (20 tahun) dari Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). 2 bulan latihan ...

NZCF Olympiad Funds Appeal In November 2008 the prestigious FIDE (World Chess Federation) Olympiad will take place in Dresden, Germany. The massive chess Olympiads are staged at two year intervals. For this coming event, New Zealand has an historic opportunity to send what may well be our strongest ever men’s ...

This is the only game in my database that I can find of Mas vs Wynn Zaw Htun. This game is 8 years old and Mas was 2413 at that time. [Event “Wah Seong IM”][Site “Penang MAS”][Date “2000.03.02″][Round “6″][White “Mas, H.”][Black “Wynn Zaw Htun”][Result “1/2-1/2″][ECO “B21″][WhiteElo “2413″][BlackElo “2524″][PlyCount “47″][EventDate “2000.02.26″] 1. e4 ...

Indonesian Dede Liu is already 6.5 out of 9 and if he wins his 10th round game against tournament joint leader GM Le Quang Liem he has a good chance of getting a GM norm. This according to Kristaneus Liem’s blog.   Picture courtesy of portretcatur.blogspot.com More: continued here

  Unlike most competing nations, the Australian teams receive no government support and must pay their own way, a burden compounded by the distance involved from Australia to Germany and the corresponding high air fares. The costs increase with every Olympiad. They can’t do it alone, but depend on the support ...

Mas beats his 9th round opponent Garcia, Jan Emmanuel (2213) and is now 5/9. He plays on board 12 vs IM Wynn Zaw Htun (2574) in Round 10. Round 10 on 2008/05/13 Bo.   Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts   Name IRtg FED 1 GM Li, Chao 2581 CHN 7 - 6½ GM Mahjoob, Morteza 2488 IRI 2 IM Liu, Dede 2398 INA 6½ - 7 GM Le, Quang Liem 2568 VIE 3   Zhou, Weiqi 2560 CHN 6½ - 6½ GM Antonio, Rogelio 2529 PHI 4 GM Dao, Thien Hai 2502 VIE 6 - 6 GM Ghaemmagami, Ehsan 2604 IRI 5 GM So, Wesley 2540 PHI 6 - 6 IM Irwanto, Sadikin 2456 INA 6 IM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2455 PHI 6 - 6 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2512 VIE 7 GM Villamayor, Buenaventura 2425 PHI 6 - 5½ GM Megaranto, Susanto 2561 INA 8 IM Purnama, Tirta ...

I think fatique has finally hit Wesley So as he practically played non stop since his big win in Dubai. He lost yet another game as White and this time to China’s Li Chao. In this position White to move. Wesley played Re2 ? which was a mistake. Li Chao replied with ...

Mas drew his 8th round game and is now 4/8. Round 9 on 2008/05/12 Bo.   Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts   Name IRtg FED 1 GM Le, Quang Liem 2568 VIE 6½ - 6½ GM Li, Chao 2581 CHN 2 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2512 VIE 5½ - 6   Zhou, Weiqi 2560 CHN 3 IM Irwanto, Sadikin 2456 INA 5½ - 6 IM Liu, Dede 2398 INA 4 GM Ghaemmagami, Ehsan 2604 IRI 5½ - 5½ GM Villamayor, Buenaventura 2425 PHI 5 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2561 INA 5½ - 5½ GM Mahjoob, Morteza 2488 IRI 6 GM Antonio, Rogelio 2529 PHI 5½ - 5½   Nolte, Rolando 2420 PHI 7 IM Wynn, Zaw Htun 2542 MYA 5 - 5 IM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2455 PHI 8 IM Bitoon, Richard 2420 PHI 5 - 5 GM So, Wesley 2540 PHI 9   Elorta, David 2409 PHI 5 - 5 GM Dao, Thien Hai 2502 VIE 10   Wang, Li 2406 CHN 5 - 5 IM Gomez, John Paul 2464 PHI 11 WIM Zhang, Xiaowen 2361 CHN 5 - 4½   Wan, ...

This was one of Mas opponent in the 2nd Philippines Open which he drew with. Sebastian Simanjuntak was at an ELO high of 2377 many years back. Here’s a game where Fairin beat Sebastian in the very first DATMO in 2004.   [Event “Malaysian Open 2004 August”][Site “Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur”][Date ...

Round 7 results Zhou Weiqi drew against Li Chao and but still maintains his half point lead in the tournament as some of the other top boards drew too. Board 2 Ghaemmagami, Ehsan drew with Le, Quang Liem. Board 3: Megaranto beat Rolando Nolte. Antonio drew with Wesley on board 4. ...

  Mas lost his 5th round game vs Dino Ballecer. He will be playing Yang Kaiqi (2307) of China next. Round 6 on 2008/05/10 Bo.   Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts   Name IRtg FED 1   Zhou, Weiqi 2560 CHN 4½ - 4½ GM Megaranto, Susanto 2561 INA 2   Nolte, Rolando 2420 PHI 4 - 4 GM Ghaemmagami, Ehsan 2604 IRI 3 GM Li, Chao 2581 CHN 4 - 4 IM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2455 PHI 4 GM Le, Quang Liem 2568 VIE 4 - 4 GM Antonio, Rogelio 2529 PHI 5 IM Wynn, Zaw Htun 2542 MYA 3½ - 3½   Ballecer, Dino 2406 PHI 6   Jia, Haoxiang 2249 CHN 3½ - 3½ GM So, Wesley 2540 PHI 7 GM Mahjoob, Morteza 2488 IRI 3½ - 3½ IM Liu, Dede 2398 INA 8 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2512 VIE 3 - 3½ WGM Zhang, Jilin 2361 CHN 9 GM Dao, Thien Hai 2502 VIE 3 - 3 IM Nadera, Barlo 2397 PHI 10 IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2398 INA 3 - 3 IM Irwanto, Sadikin 2456 INA 11   Yu, Lie 2383 CHN 3 - 3 GM Villamayor, Buenaventura 2425 PHI 12 IM Tirto 2422 INA 3 - 3   Zhang, ...

RSC CHESS BLITZ OPEN TOURNAMENT Venue: Royal Selangor Club, Dataran Merdeka (Card Room) Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008 Time: 8.00 am to 9.00 am (final registration) 9.30 am to 12.00 pm (preliminary rounds) 1.00 pm to 3.30 pm (final rounds) Time control; 5 mins chess [International Blitz Rules apply] Swiss Format: (total 22 games to be played) - ...

Tournament leader, Zhou Weiqi has been performing excellently. The last two rounds he has been the giant killer in beating tournament favourite Wesley So and Indonesian most promising - Susanto Megaranto. He faces his compatriot Li Chao next. Li Chao recovered from his Round 5 loss against Megaranto by beating ...

[Event “2nd Phil. Open Int’l Chess”] [Site “SBECC”] [Date “2008.??.??”] [Round “6″] [White “Jia, H. (CHN).”] [Black “GM So, W. (PHI).”] [Result “0-1″] [PlyCount “58″] [EventDate “2008.??.??”] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Rb1 d5 11. cxd5 ...

Kristianus Liem’s blog is now also including Malaysian results in his reports. Lots of candid picture such as above. (Li Panru - whom Mas beat in round 4). Check it out at:http://potretcatur.blogspot.com/ More: continued here

Yep. That’s Dresden, Germany. Beautiful isn’t it? That’s where the 38th Chess Olympiad will be held. How to get there? Why, play in the coming National Closed 2008 of course !!   As comparison, National Closed is not as attractive as the Selangor Open because there is no prize money. However every 2 ...

Kelab Shah Alam Selangor is organising an open tournament on the 17 May 2008, Saturday.   More: continued here

Wonderboy GM Wesley So suffered his first defeat in the 2nd Philippines Open losing on the White side of a French Defence to Zhou Weiqi. 22 year old Zhou Weiqi was the 2nd place winner of the Aeroflot Open with a performance rating of 2703. [Event “2nd Phil Open Int’l ...

There are so many one day tournaments nowadays, there’s bound to be clashes. The latest clash will be next week’s KSAS Open and the Pel Klang Open. I would love to go to both tournaments but since they are both on the 17th of May, that would not be possible. The ...

Organiser : The tournament is organised by the Johor Chess Academy and JB Chess Association Venue : Plaza Pelangi, Johor Bahru Date & Time : Sunday, 22nd June 2008 Time Control : Swiss system of 7 rounds with 25 minutes per player to complete the game Catagory : 3 catagories, namely Open, Under 16 & ...

PRE-REGISTRATION UTM/SEME OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 20081. Mr. Ravi dan rakan-rakan2. Mr. Ravi dan rakan-rakan3. Mr. Ravi dan rakan-rakan4. En. Ravi dan rakan-rakan5. En. Herman6. En. Salman7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20. More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS

Best sangat lagu ini dan sedih sangat cerita ni. Pada pendapat peribadi SM, cerita wayang berjudul notebook ini adalah antara cerita inggeris paling romantik dan paling sedih pernah SM tonton.Mula ditayangkan di panggung wayang pada tahun 2004 dan masih SM teringat lagi cerita tuu.Kisah percintaan antara seorang jejaka dan teman ...

Date : 31 May - 4 June 2008 Venue: 2nd Floor, Kompleks Wilayah Time Control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment per move. System: 9 rounds swiss Closing date: 25 May 2008 Misc: Results of this tournament will be used as one of the criteria to choose players to represent the country for 2008/2009. (Late fee ...

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   Date : 31 May - 4 June 2008 Venue : 2nd Floor, Kompleks Wilayah Time Control : 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment per move. System : 9 rounds swiss Closing date : 25 May 2008 Misc : Results of this tournament will be used as one of the criteria to choose players to represent the country for 2008/2009. (Late ...

IA Lim Tse Pin is by now a face very familiar with any Malaysians who have anything to do with chess. Tonight was his wedding dinner and I got the opportunity to attend it. My only comment is that It’s about time !!  Tse Pin has been pretty selfless in his work ...

World Youth Olympiad 2002 The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) organised the World Youth Olympiad (U16) which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20th-28th August 2002. 2nd seeds China A took clear first on the back of an 85% score on board 1 by Wang Yue and an 80% score on board ...

From Page 12 of The Star (Metro) - 10/05/2007 To sign up for the event, those interested can call Teh at 06-761 9188 or Karisma Tuition Centre at 06-764 8918. The closing date for registration is May 14. More: continued here

Round 4 on 2008/05/09 Bo. Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg FED 1 GM Li, Chao 2581 CHN 3 3 GM Antonio, Rogelio 2529 PHI 2 GM So, Wesley 2540 PHI 3 3 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2561 INA 3 GM Mahjoob, Morteza 2488 IRI 2½ 2½ GM Ghaemmagami, Ehsan 2604 IRI 4 GM Le, Quang Liem 2568 VIE 2½ 2½ Nolte, Rolando 2420 PHI 5 Zhou, Weiqi 2560 CHN 2½ 2½ Jia, Haoxiang 2249 CHN 6 Yu, Lie 2383 CHN 2 2 IM Wynn, Zaw Htun 2542 MYA 7 GM Nguyen, Anh Dung 2512 VIE 2 2 FM Nava, Roderick 2345 PHI 8 WGM Zhang, Jilin 2361 CHN 2 2 GM Dao, Thien Hai 2502 VIE 9 IM Gomez, John Paul 2464 PHI 2 2 IM Nadera, Barlo 2397 PHI 10 IM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2455 PHI 2 2 Xu, Tong 2188 CHN 11 Senador, Emmanuel 2383 PHI 2 2 GM Villamayor, Buenaventura 2425 PHI 12 WIM Zhang, Xiaowen 2361 CHN 2 2 IM Bitoon, Richard 2420 PHI 13 Villanueva, Nelson 2239 PHI 2 2 IM Bancod, Ronald 2411 PHI 14 Elorta, David 2409 PHI 2 2 Yang, Kaiqi 2307 CHN 15 IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2398 INA 2 2 Olay, Edgar Reggie 0 PHI 16 Wan, Yunguo 2494 CHN 1½ 1½ IM Simanjuntak, Sebastian 2251 INA 17 Lluch, Victor 2340 PHI 1½ 1½ IM Juswanto, Denny 2468 INA 18 Xiu, Deshun 2371 CHN 1½ 1½ IM Sitanggang, Salor 2406 INA 19 Salubre, Jayson 2329 PHI 1½ 1½ Ballecer, Dino 2406 PHI 20 Wang, ...