Malaysian Chess Websites and Blogs

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 ...

Met Wan Khye Theng who was instrumental in helping out with the organisation of Taylor’s Open last week. I found it strange that she said I linked to her blog as I never knew she had a blog. Man I must be getting senile in my old age.. Luckily a quick ...

A chess enthusiast saw Eizran’s face I posted somewhere at the bottom and he said he looks like the anime character above. What do you think? More: continued here

Here’s another new chess blog titled Chess dan Dot dot dot,,, I want to promote and it’s by Ahmad Eizran Ezra. He is no pushover in chess either. I’m impressed by Eizran’s play in the Taylor as he quietly beat strong players such as Ismail Ahmad, Abdullah Che Hassan, ...

Yeah it actually happened to me a few years ago. I was taking pictures at a school holding a one day junior tournament. The prefect came up to me and told me I cannot be in the room. My flash was off and I was standing at a respectable distance ...

Death to the Sicilian !!! Does anybody remember this old video (in the ancient VCR format) called Silicide? It is rather old but I recently took a look at it and found it was a gem! The whole video is about White avoiding the main Open Sicilian which normally arises after 1. ...

Who is going for tomorrow’s Seremban tourney? I don’t have much details other than below: DATE : 28 June 2008TIME : 10.00 a.m startsFees : RM 25 (dewasa), RM15 (under-18)Registration due on : 25 June 2008 Prize : RM 500 for championCall Kamar Dani (013-6405845)  now for registration I have SMSed my name to ...

Today is FM Anas Nazreen Bakri’s birthday!! More: continued here

Had this “conversation” in the shoutbox with Malaysian and I am of the opinion that the National Rating is not that important. At least not the speed of updates anyway. I just don’t understand the commotion made about how “late” the updates are. To be fair, most of the updates match ...

Dear Andrew & SM,Kindly publish this short announcement first in your website.I will give you all the full details within a week.This actually just to book the date first in order to avoid any clashes.Name Of The Event : TANJUNG KARANG CHESS OPEN 2008 ( National Rated Event )Date ...

Pihak UNITAR telah menganjurkan kejohanan catur UNITAR tertutup 2008 pada 26 Jun 2008 bertempat di UNITAR, Student Lounge, Blok B, Petaling Jaya. StoneMaster Event Management Enterprise (S.E.M.E) telah dilantik oleh pihak UNITAR untuk mengendalikan bahagian undang-undang, teknikal dan arbiter.Seramai 26 peserta dari UNITAR telah mengambil bahagian di kejohanan ini.Peserta yang ...

Yesterday was our first Woman International Master (WIM) Audrey Wong’s birthday. More: continued here

Recently I’ve had the chance to discuss my games with some strong local players and I’m amazed how much I don’t understand about chess. I thought my opening understanding was decent and I was weak in my middlegame and endgame. However it turned out that I suck pretty much in ...

Date : 17th-24th August 2008. (1st round on 18th August) Venue: Bintang Ballroom, Cititel MidValley Kuala Lumpur. Tournament Regulations: 1. This 11 Round, individual tournament is open to all players. 2. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations will apply. The tournament will be FIDE rated. 3. The Swiss Manager Program will be used for ...

Yeah. Stating the obvious. In relation to chess, I’m surprised how fast Fritz 11 (pirated) came out right after the original was released. Only in a space of a few weeks and it’s already here in our pasar malam and some shopping complexes that still allow pirated cds to ...

OPEN Champion : Aaron Chua 6.0 points Second : Calvin Choong 6.0 Third : NM Mohd Kamal ...

Received a gift set from Dell. It is a combined Chess & Wine Gift Set. There is one mini Chess set. Don’t think it is big enough for a good game but probably enough for playing through games when you don’t have a proper set. There is also a corkscrews, a ...

Reposted this so you can mouseover to see each player’s results and opponents:- More: continued here

I totally forgot about this results which I received by email during the Selangor Open. Found it after cleaning up my bloated gmail. MALAYSIA vs INDONESIA ( Friendly Chess Match – Ladies Team ) - 30 April 2008 – Wilayah Kompleks RAPID CHESS ( 25mins + 10 sec ) ROUND 1     RESULT   1 WCM Nur Shazwani ...

The brief chit chat with Woo Beng Keong and Balendran during our Taylor’s Open lunch break yesterday got me thinking about how satiated we Malaysians are. We are not hungry enough. Economically we are well to do (relatively speaking that is). In this respect we are ahead of Vietnam ...

Ranking after round 7 of Taylor's Open 2008 No.PNo. Name ScoreWP SB PS rat. TPR W-We ------- ------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 Ian Udani ...

After the National Closed, I am once again bogged down by work. To get started again, I would like to share with you another chess lectures/videos site. One thing good about this site is that all the lectures are free, you don’t have to register or pay for them. There are ...

This is yet another one of my sillier games I’ve played. As you can see, I went out of my way to protect my Bishop pair. The Bxh6 sac was probably not quite sound and the only reason I won in the end is my opponent cooperated by blundering in the ...

Got this SMS from Remis Aman: U now have FIDE ID Code 5704278! I was at the Taylor’s tournament and didn’t have a net connection to check. Now having dinner at the mamak shop I checked FIDE website and saw that I indeed have a FIDE ID. All the rated games were taken ...