Malaysian Chess Websites and Blogs

One of the essential traits one must have to work and make money online is that you have to be disciplined and deliver your work on time. I definitely lack in this respect and have procrastinated for the past several weeks. Now I’m catching up on all the backlog of ...

My main opening as White against 1. e4 e5 is the Vienna (2. Nc3 and 3. f4) so it’s natural for me to look at the King’s Gambit too. Even though I don’t have a book on the Vienna or King’s Gambit, today, with chess videos and databases it’s easy ...

Just got this SMS from the organiser that the GP3 tourney scheduled this weekend has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. More: continued here

Mas is playing in the Hungary’s First Saturday GM Tournament. So far he is doing well and after 12 rounds he appears to be in sixth place. All the results here was taken from the official website at : http://www.freeweb.hu/firstsaturday/0807/gm.htm Games from the tournament can be downloaded here.   Ranking after round 12 ...

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Date:  27th July 2008 (Sunday) Time:  9 am to 5 pm Venue: The Chess Network, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Dang Wangi, K. L.  Organiser : Percawi (Kuala Lumpur Federal   Territory Chess Association)   Events: OPEN section  Age-group Under-9 (boys and girls) Age-group Under-12 (boys and girls)           Age-group Under-15 (boys and girls)  Format: 6 Rounds ...

  The Brunei-Muara District Executive Chess Championship 2008 Committee for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s 62nd Birthday Celebration and the Brunei Chess Federation (BCF) yesterday announced that the first ever Brunei Internet Chess Blitz will be held on July 15 at 2 pm (GMT +8:00 or ...

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FIDE announced a new web editor for their website:- FIDE and Global Chess is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Long as a Web Editor of FIDE.com to facilitate the publication of news and information from the international chess community. Read more ~ FIDE website It also looks like Peter Long ...

Majlis Tindakan Pelancongan Negeri Kelantan will organise Kelantan Open Chess tournament on 11th to 12th July at Stadium Sultan Mohd IV.For registration kindly contact Muhammad Arshad at 012 9210841.Here are details of the event :- Date of event :11th and 12th July 2008 (Friday and Saturday) Organiser : Majlis Tindakan Pelancongan Negeri ...

JOHOR BARU: It has been a week since 14-year-old student Chai Jun Xian was killed in a hit-and-run accident and his younger brother is struggling to deal with the loss. Wen Qin, 12, misses the chess games he used to play with Jun Xian; he keeps the chessboard beside his brother’s ...

Sarawak Chess Association will be organising Medan Departmental Store 1st Sibu Open Chess Championship at First Floor, Medan Mall Commercial Centre, Jalan Wong King Huo, Sibu from 26-27 July 2008. The fixture is as follows: 26 July 08, Saturday 12:30 Registration 13:15 Opening ceremony13:30-15:00 Round 115:00-16:30 Round 218:00-19:30 Round 319:30-21:00 Round 427 ...

I received this news late. A chess friend called me and told me that Celestino had passed away on May 31. A quick search on the net and Closet Grandmaster had posted this news last month. He is a Philippino National Master who has represented his country in the ...

MBSSKL held a age group tournament with a big turnout of 200 participants from 4 age groups namely U10, U12, U15 and U19. Summary of top 3 winners from each age groups are as follows:- Under 19 Yew Chow Kuan Alvin Ang Keming Latifah Syamimi Under 15 Yeap Eng Chiam Latifah Kaisyah Lynette Wong Xun Peng   Under 12 Daniel Iskandar Noor ...

As highlighted recently by Chew Yaw Chong in his blog Wise Pawn Congratulations to 18 players who had made it in the latest FIDE Rating List:- David Chin (2089) Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali (2059) Ralvin Manikam (2005) Loo Pak Kwan (1986) Zaidan Zulkipli (1975) Ahmad Afiq Afyfy (1929) Faeznor Razali (1927) Ahmad Eizran Ezra Mohd Noor (1921) Cheah Cheok ...

I rarely cover junior events. In fact I can only remember one junior event held at the Olympid hotel near MSSKL.remember when I ever reported from a junior event before So this is sort of  a second tiime for me. Currently in MBSSK Open where age groups are being contested ...

Malaysia  (Active players)  # Name Title Rating G B-Year 1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m 2386 47   1 Chan, Nicholas f 2386 8   3 Lim, Yee-Weng f 2367 7 1982 4 Long, Peter f 2353 11 1961 5 Mok, Tze-Meng f 2308 0   6 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy m 2306 0 1958 7 Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie   2287 8 1983 8 Bakri, Anas Nazreen f 2270 0 1991 9 Zakaria, Fairin   2220 0   10 Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha wm 2218 0 1988 11 Leong, Mun Wan   2214 14   12 Yeoh, Chin-Seng   2184 7   13 Sabri, Mohd Saprin   2158 6 1972 14 Yusof, Kamaluddin   2155 6 1967 14 Che Hassan, Muhd Aizuddin   2155 4 1985 16 Abdullah, Mohd Kamal   2153 15   17 Tan, Khai Boon   2133 8   18 Che Hassan, Abdullah   2131 11 1984 19 Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal   2121 1 1972 20 Au Yoong, Yow Loo   2113 0   21 Ismail, Ahmad   2111 13 1963 22 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin   2110 7 1972 23 Soh, ...

Malaysia  (Active players)  # Name Title Rating G B-Year 1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m 2386 47   1 Chan, Nicholas f 2386 8   3 Lim, Yee-Weng f 2367 7 1982 4 Long, Peter f 2353 11 1961 5 Mok, Tze-Meng f 2308 0   6 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy m 2306 0 1958 7 Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie   2287 8 1983 8 Bakri, Anas Nazreen f 2270 0 1991 9 Zakaria, Fairin   2220 0   10 Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha wm 2218 0 1988 11 Leong, Mun Wan   2214 14   12 Yeoh, Chin-Seng   2184 7   13 Sabri, Mohd Saprin   2158 6 1972 14 Yusof, Kamaluddin   2155 6 1967 14 Che Hassan, Muhd Aizuddin   2155 4 1985 16 Abdullah, Mohd Kamal   2153 15   17 Tan, Khai Boon   2133 8   18 Che Hassan, Abdullah   2131 11 1984 19 Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal   2121 1 1972 20 Au Yoong, Yow Loo   2113 0   21 Ismail, Ahmad   2111 13 1963 22 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin   2110 7 1972 23 Soh, ...

With the DATMO and Merdeka just around the corner my heart is beating faster. Getting anxious now.. Even Chessbase is running Edwin’s article on DATMO. For me, I’ve  been diligently backing up my notebook’s data in preparation to format it and make it a real pure GilaChess Notebook. I want ...

SLC Open 2008, Bkt Mertajam - Final Standings Place Name Score Buch. Berg. Progr. 1 Anthony Liong Ing Kiat, Open ...

There’s not much chess activity the past few days and I certainly don’t have much to blog about. Traffic has hit 300 and above the last 3 days. The only reason I can think of is that Stonemaster website is down and I’m getting some additional traffic because of ...

All this talk about the national rating being late. Yada Yada…I still don’t understand the fuss. Now it’s out. So check it out at http://myrating.gilachess.com I think my rating dropped again More: continued here

    Malaysian Chess Festival 2008 28th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Chess Championship 2008 15 - 17 Aug 2008 Download IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008 18 - 25 Aug 2008 Download 3rd AmBank Group Malaysia Chess Challenge 2008 18 - 25 Aug 2008 Download Malaysian Blitz Chess Championship 2008        24 Aug 2008 28th ASTRO Merdeka Open Team Chess Championship 2008 30 Aug ...

If you are one of the many who feel that there is not enough places to play a friendly game of chess, here’s some good news.. For those who are staying in and around OUG area there is a chess meet at the following address on Thursday July 3, 2008 ...

FIDE’s latest current rating list on active and inactive players in Malaysia. Take note that there are changes in the list that are not reflected here yet.   Malaysia  (All players)  # Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year 1 Wong, Zi Jing m MAS 2414 0 1982 2 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2397 51   3 Chan, Nicholas f MAS 2380 0   4 Long, Peter f MAS 2350 0 1961 5 Lim, Yee-Weng f MAS 2349 19 1982 6 Ooi, Chern Ee f MAS 2325 0   7 Mok, Tze-Meng f MAS 2308 21   8 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy m MAS 2306 9 1958 9 Ng, Tze Han   MAS 2283 0 1981 10 Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie   MAS 2276 0 1983 11 Bakri, ...

1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 23862 FM Nicholas Chan 23863 FM Lim Yee Weng 23674 FM Mok Tze Meng 23085 IM Jimmy Liew Chee Meng 23066 NM Ronnie Lim Chuing Hoong 22877 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 22708 Fairin Zakaria 22209 WIM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi 221810 Leung Mun Wan 2214 More: continued ...

The number of people getting involved in chess has certainly picked up. Chess in schools has grown by leaps and bounds compared to past years. Hence it’s only natural more people are seeking coaching and training in chess to improve their skills in the game. Even though surviving off ...

           TARIKH  :26 JULY 2008 HARI    :SABTU MASA    :08.00 pg – 6.00 ptg ( Pusingan 1 jam 9.30 pagi ) TEMPAT  :DEWAN ORANG RAMAI KG.SUNGAI GULANG GULANG,                         TANJONG KARANG, SELANGOR. YURAN  :OPEN (RM20), BAWAH 18 (RM15), BAWAH 12THN ( RM10 ) FORMAT         :RAPID - SWISS SYSTEM 6/7 PUSINGAN ” Time Control   : 25 minit. Tie-break ...

New integrated CB online database Fritz 6-Engine and Crafty-Engine Player encyclopedia with over 29,000 pictures ChessBase Big Database 2008 with 3,75 Mio. games + automatic update until 31 December 2008 Three issues of ChessBaseMagazine - the world’s only interactive magazine. Language: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German   Due for release: 21 July 2008 More: ...

As usual Ian Udani conquered this one day event as he done so with other one day events these past few months. Ian finished an outstanding 6/6 and takes home RM 500 for his efforts. He beat Ganesh, Andrew Ooi, Abdullah Khairi KZ, Jax Tham, Kamaluddin Yusof and Mohammad Nabil. Funniest ...