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DATESNATIONAL EVENTSVENUE        ORGANISERFeb 15 – 17Malaysia Vs Singapore Match 2010Kuala LumpurMCF/SCFFeb 26 – Mac 02The Malaysian Women Masters 2010Kuala LumpurMCFMarch 14 – 16National Age-Group Championship 2010PenangMCF/PCAMarch 14 – 16National Chess Convention 2010PenangMCFApril 06 – 12KL Open 2010Kuala LumpurKLCAApril 29 – May 02Selangor Open 2010SelangorCASMay 28 – 30National Scholastics Age-Group ...

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I read somewhere that Tal used to watch TV programs on chess. They were for beginners so it’s suprising that a strong GM like Tal would learn anything from such programs. But Tal said that it is good to go back to basics sometimes no matter how simple and fundamental it ...

I want a 2nd hand phone just to do mobile blogging.Very simple requirements really.Device must be pocketableEasy to type text onHas good cameraHave 3G or EDGE internet connectionCurrently thinking of either the Nokia E61i or Sony Experia X1.Both have Qwerty keyboards which is more convenient compared to using number keypads ...

Mohd Nabil Azman Hisham emerged champion in the 2nd leg KL Grand Prix held at Royal Selangor Club last weekend. He won 5 games including games against John Law, Yat Guo Jie, Kaushal Khandar, Nik Ahmad Farouqi and Mark Siew. He settled for a draw in the last round versus ...

Arrived late at RSC because they closed off the roads. I didn’t expect that. Parked at Wilayah and walked over. Round 3At least I won my opponent using White.Nabil is the current leader now.Round 4I lost to FirstGM son, Mark Siew and lost without any effort.  Current standings for the ...

After 5 rounds this is the standings Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 1 Azman Hisham Mohd NabilMAS19815,015,02 Roshan SinghMAS18714,011,53 Mohamed Abdul HaqMAS20574,010,04 Tham Jax Tick HongMAS20763,510,05 Low Jun JianMAS19073,010,56 Khandhar KaushalMAS19903,010,0  Siew Kit-Tze MarkMAS19873,010,08 Low Jun KeatMAS18413,08,0 WCMAzman Hisham Nur NabilaMAS18293,08,010 Farouqi Nik AhmadMAS21082,510,011 Lim JasonMAS02,09,012 Ooi Andrew Boon SengMAS18372,07,013 Law John Cheng MunMAS02,06,014 Sarifudin SahirMAS19652,05,0 WFMAzman Hisham Nur NajihaMAS02,05,016 AzharMAS02,04,017 Yat Guo JieMAS01,56,518 Hong Isaac XingweiMAS01,52,519 Sabri ShamsudinMAS01,02,020 Zainudin Nazrul NifkuzyaireMAS00,00,0 [...] More: ...

This is the current standings after Round 2 of the KL Grand Prix – 2nd leg held at Royal Selangor Club.Rank after Round 2Rk. NameFEDRtgPts.TB1 1 Khandhar KaushalMAS19902,03,0  Azman Hisham Mohd NabilMAS19812,03,0  Lim JasonMAS02,03,04 Farouqi Nik AhmadMAS21081,52,5  Tham Jax Tick HongMAS20761,52,5  Low Jun JianMAS19071,52,5  Roshan SinghMAS18711,52,58 Siew Kit-Tze MarkMAS19871,02,0 WCMAzman Hisham Nur NabilaMAS18291,02,0  Yat Guo JieMAS01,02,011 Mohamed Abdul HaqMAS20571,01,0  Low Jun KeatMAS18411,01,0  GilaChessMAS18371,01,0 WFMAzman Hisham ...

My first round opponent was Jax Tham who abandoned his First Saturday tournament due to poor turnout to join the KL GP 2nd leg. Lucky me I took White against Jax and the game was a Pirc.[Event "KL Grand Prix second Leg"] [Site "RSC, KL"] ...

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After my disappointing loss in first round I really regret wasting my time playing in this tournament. Although there is only 22 players in the Open section, more than half the field is stronger than me and I would be lucky to finish with a 50% score.My second round opponent ...

  I’m at the KL Grand Prix right now because I heard that the playing field was weak and only 22 players was taking part in the Open section. So I went thinking that a top 10 position would be realistic.As usual that logic is flawed as last minute entries ...

The first original chess video I bought was one of the Roman Lab’s series. It was pretty practical too as the opening he covered was the Grand Prix variation of the Sicilian which I’ve used till today. His videos are pretty old fashioned compared to the Frtiz Trainer formats of ...

FIDE Rating March 2010 is out. My rating dropped again. This time from 2009 to 1985, 24 points less :(. Very disappointing, hopefully, can improve in the future. Anyway, if IM Lim Yee-Weng can drop 41 points, how about patzer like us. Haha. Latest Rating is avaiable from the ...

This is a tournament for players with no ELo rating or with an ELO rating of 1950 and below. There are also prizes for different ranges of ELO rating,Dates:                 17 to 20 March 2010Playing Venue:    Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan Cochrane, Jalan Cochrane, 55100 KL Organisers:     Cheras Chess Academy and assisted by Percawi.Sponsor:        ...

Take note that the  Cheras Challengers new venue is:Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan Cochrane, Jalan Cochrane, 55100 KL Apart from working with the MSSKL during their KL Chess Festival, the move is also to cater for outstation and a few foreign players – the Sports Centre has hostels . Viewed 18 times ...

FIRST SATURDAY CLASSICAL CHESS (MARCH) 2010( EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH CALENDER MONTH ONWARD )VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG. JALAN KELANG LAMA .POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR.DATES: ROUND 1 : SATURDAY MARCH 6 ( 9.30 am to 1.00 pm ) ROUND 2 : SATURDAY MARCH ...

It’s not a romantic movie despite the title.This movie is about a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.John Travolta plays the bullet proof tough guy in this movie. Some chess is played at ...

 FIDE noName RatingGamesYOB Sex 5707790Ong, Thian Loon 205911  5707544Mohamed, Abdul Haq 205714  5707358Husain, Hazril 204614  5702445Al-Ashaari, Mohd Musa 201313  5703743Sarifdin, Sahir 1965141973 5704413See, Kai Loong 19139  5705177Wising, Abdul Sahim 190010  5705681Yat, Guo Jie 1879111994w 5704740Ajeet Singh, Roshan 187115  5706653Lee, Boon Why 186212  5703336Chin, Choong Wee Kenneth 18539  5703085Keok, Kai En 185010  5704901Abu Bakar, Abdul Wahab 183410  5706866Parimanam, Paul 173212  5704588Amier, Hamzah B. Mohd ...

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The top 100 list (on FIDE web page) does not show all the Malaysians who have FIDE rating. Altogether there are 249 Malaysians who are FIDE rated (including inactives). Click here to view Viewed 86 times by 46 viewers More: continued here

FIDENONo Name TitleRating GamesYOB - 57005071 Mas, Hafizulhelmi ...

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You must be hiding under a rock if you didn’t notice the marked increase in chess tournaments all around the country compared to past years. This can only be a good thing. Not only are there an increase in rapid tourneys, there is also more classical time control events. DATCC ...

Sharifah Itasha seen here giving a speech on the closing ceremony of the successfully run UM Team tournament (Piala Tun Zahiruddin) 2010.Probably you remember her from her multiple post on almost every local chess blog as well as setting up a tournament blog to disseminate information about this tournament early. ...

taken from http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=MASMalaysia  (Active players)  #NameTitleFedRatingGB-Year1Mas, HafizulhelmimMAS242029  2Mok, Tze-MengmMAS24147  3Chan, NicholasfMAS239810  4Ooi, Chern EefMAS23363  5Long, PeterfMAS2331019616Liew, Chee-Meng-JimmymMAS2315019587Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie MAS2294019838Lim, Yee-WengmMAS22892519829Chin, F MAS22230  10Zakaria, Fairin MAS22010  11Abdullah, Mohd Kamal MAS21770  11Yeoh, Chin-Seng MAS21770  13Yusof, Kamaluddin MAS21666196714Lee, Kim Han Edward MAS215418199315Sabri, Mohd Saprin MAS21410197216Loo, Swee Leong MAS21400  17Liong, Ing Kiat Anthony MAS21350  18Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin MAS21190197219Che Hassan, Abdullah MAS21156198420Yeap, Eng Chiam MAS21135199521Tan, Khai Boon MAS21090  ...

This just out on FIDE website but it looks like it included Malaysia’s inactive players too in the active list. Malaysia  (Active players)  #NameTitleFedRatingGB-Year 1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2419 2  2 Mok, Tze-Meng m MAS 2415 6  3 Chan, Nicholas f MAS 2398 0  4 Ooi, Chern ...

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played under the staircase while waiting for the prize giving ceremony at the UM Team 2010.Even though only 3 main cash prizes were up for grabs 43 teams took part in this event clearly showing the money is not the main concern Viewed 21 times by 12 viewers More: ...