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Happy Chinese New Year
If you are driving, DRIVE SAFELY!
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Perfect Pizza
There is a reason why I posted the out of shape pizza below. Sort of like a before and after picture. I ordered the pizza below and complained about how ugly it was on my personal blog.
That was a few weeks ago and today I was surprised Pizza Hut delivered the same pizza for free. Apparently someone actually reads my insignificant blog. Anyway this shows they do care about what customers think and I thank them for this.
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Out of shape
Pizza Hut pizza. Must be the product of trainees and they must have had a bad day..
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The tree falls
One major difference between the Malaysian Open and Singapore Open is that there is no ‘record’ of most of the Singapore Open editions whereas most of DATMO games are already updated into major online databases like Chessbase and TWIC. Sure there is the customary chess-results.com published results but the games are not available. You can check out Singapore Chess news for a couple of annotated games in 2011. The other games are not published and presumed lost.
That’s a shame as there are many gems and nice games lost to chess enthusiasts. There is no ‘footprint’ of the tournament ever taking place when chess players do research in their databases. For example take this example from DATMO 2006 which I just went through. I was investigating some agressive gambits and found a good example in our own Malaysian Open. (You can find games like these in the updated Chess Mega Database and TWIC).
I was surprised too when I found this as a sample game in IM Andrew Martin excellent video for the Von Henning Schara Gambit Easily Explained DVD(USD 19.95) . Some small mistakes in the DVD such as Andrew Martin referring to DATMO as the Kuala Lumpur Open and assuming the White player “Sugeng Pratino” (mispronounced) is a Malaysian. You can find the game fully explained at 00:23:00 in the video.
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Like new
Took the plunge and formatted my old notebook to windows 7. Previously it was Windows XP. I was afraid I could not find the drivers for win 7 but with the basic install CD everything worked including recognising the graphic card, sound and wifi.
Boot up in less than a minute. That’s 3 times faster than what it usually takes. The notebook is like new and useful again
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First notebook
This is my first notebook I’ve ever own and it is still running after 5 years! Battery is dead so it must run on mains. However it’s still very functional. Only problem is the harddisk is a little small and the start up time is slow. Takes over 3 minutes just to boot up.
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Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Remaja Perak 2012 Results
138 players took part in the Perak Age Group held recently. The following is the results.
Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Remaja Perak 2012 (Bawah 16) Results
Rank SNo. Name Pts BH. SB. Fide 1 1 Khor Boon Han 6 33 27.25 23½ 2 18 Ezaq Dzafrieudin 6 32½ 26.50 27 3 2 Khor Boon Yaw 6 31½ 26.25 24 4 20 Fauzan Sofi 6 29½ 24.50 22 5 26 Jazmina Muhd Sopian 5½ 32 24.50 21 6 42 Muhammad Iqbal Amran 5 31½ 22.00 22 7 4 Muhamad Syahmi Nabil Sarippudin 5 30½ 19.50 24 8 36 Muhammad Aziz Hilmi Mohd Rafie 5 30 18.00 25 9 69 S. Shankari A/P Sukumaran 5 29 18.00 21 10 5 Nur Nazira Sulaiman 5 28½ 17.50 17 11 51 Muhamad Taufiq Aimaduddin 5 28 17.00 20 12 48 Muhd Huzairil Mohd Muzakir 5 28 16.00 22 13 53 Nazrul Asyraf Rosli 5 27½ 19.50 21 14 23 Gavin Tan Kah Shing 5 27½ 17.50 21 15 73 Shangeetha Sukumaran 5 23½ 12.50 18 16 28 Ko Cheng Zhi 4½ 32½ 19.00 20½ 17 25 Ima Farzana Abdul Rahaman 4½ 27 15.25 18½ 18 3 Fatin Masyitah Mas’ud 4½ 27 14.75 18½ 19 63 Nur Syahirah Abdul Rahim 4½ 26 13.25 16½ 20 35 Mohd Nadzrin Syafiq Abd Majed 4 28½ 14.00 17 21 14 Cheong Seng Hoong 4 28 14.00 15 22 72 Sakthyvell Superamaniam 4 27½ 14.00 17 23 29 Mirza Dolwahit 4 27½ 13.00 18 24 9 Ahmad Heffzul Ariffy Ahmad Azizi 4 27½ 11.00 19 25 31 Mohd Azizul Hafiz Harudin 4 27 13.00 16 26 54 Nur Aina Ramli 4 26 12.50 18 27 61 Nur Najwa Ahmad Sokri 4 26 10.00 17 28 21 Fikri Syazani Mohd Imam Ma’arof 4 25 13.00 16 29 8 Hud Ayasir Mohd Zakhi 4 25 12.00 16 30 33 Mohd Faiz Hasnadi 4 24½ 13.00 17 31 30 Mior Azhan Hafiz Mior Ulol Azmi 4 23½ 12.00 10 32 55 Nur Alif Harun 4 23 10.00 11 33 58 Nur Farisya Nabila Khalid 4 22½ 10.00 15 34 47 Muhammad Syamil Aiman Khairol 4 21½ 10.50 16 35 7 Muhd Luqman Hakim 4 20 9.50 13 36 70 Saidatul Najihah Khairul Azman 4 19½ 8.50 11 37 40 Muhammad Ikhwan Khairudin 3½ 28 9.75 15½ 38 12 Aliff Nurzarif Azhar 3 29½ 11.00 18 39 45 Muhammad Nur Aflah Ahmad Zulkama 3 29 11.00 14 40 16 Daniel Chong 3 27 9.00 12 41 67 Pok Wai Kit 3 26½ 9.00 14 42 38 Muhammad Hakim Hasnan 3 26 9.00 11 43 6 Zakir 3 25½ 8.00 14 44 62 Nur Sakinah Mohamad Ariff 3 24½ 8.00 14 45 60 Nur Izzati Syahirah Rosly 3 23½ 6.50 13 46 57 Nur Bahjah Samsu Anuar 3 23½ 5.50 11 47 66 Nur Aliaa Yasmin 3 23 6.50 12 48 68 Ravi Varman A/L Yalumalai 3 21½ 5.50 11 49 50 Muhamad Faris Aiman 3 21 7.00 12 50 52 Muhammad Najib Mohd Radzi 3 21 6.00 10 51 71 Syed Norazam Syed Mohd Kamal 3 19 7.50 12 52 59 Nur Izzati Syafiqah Rosly 3 18½ 4.50 9 53 65 Nithyananda A/L Subramaniam 3 18½ 4.50 6 54 13 Christina Chan Sook Yuen 3 17½ 5.25 9½ 55 64 Nurul Shahizan Rudzuananzmi 2½ 24½ 6.50 11½ 56 17 Darsihini A/P Rajasurian 2½ 20½ 6.50 9 57 44 Muhammad Nashruddin Apriani 2½ 19 5.00 8 58 34 Mohd Irfan Abdullah 2 26½ 6.00 11 59 11 Amirul Aiman Abdul Rahaman 2 23½ 3.50 11 60 15 Cheong Seng Keat 2 22½ 4.50 10 61 39 Muhammad Harith Yusoff 2 22 2.75 6½ 62 27 Khairin Hamizan Ayob 2 21 3.25 10 63 22 Ganeswaran A/L Karpusmy 2 20 3.50 9 64 43 Afiqrahimi Rosmani 2 20 3.00 7 65 24 Ghugaan A/L Mani 2 19 3.00 6 66 19 Farhana Aqilah Mohammad Hasrori 2 19 2.25 8½ 67 49 Muhamad Amran 2 17½ 2.50 7 68 41 Muhammad Ikhwan Mohammed Pauzi 1½ 18½ 2.00 5 69 46 Muhammad Nur Anas Rosli 1 21 1.50 2 70 10 Amalina Shamsaimon 1 19½ 1.50 1 71 56 Nur Atikah Nabilah Mokhtar 1 14 1.50 3 72 32 Mohd Azlan Rasyidi Md Ramli 0 15½ 0.00 0 Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Remaja Perak 2012 (Bawah 14) Results
Rank SNo. Name Pts BH. SB. Fide 1 12 Khairulanwar Iskandar 6 31½ 25.50 27 2 3 Izzah Atirah Mohd Mahadi 6 29 24.00 22 3 4 Muhammad Kamal Najmi Kamaruddin 6 27 22.00 22 4 24 Muhamad Khairul Syarifuddin 5 34½ 23.50 20 5 1 Aina Najihah Abdul Malik 5 32 20.00 22 6 26 Muhammad Ariff Ikmal Azenan 5 29½ 18.50 22 7 47 Muhamad Irsyad Mansor 5 29 17.00 25 8 45 Shankara A/L Sukumaran 5 26½ 14.50 23 9 48 Veeknesh A/L Ravichandran 5 23 15.00 17 10 36 Muhammad Farizzuddin 4½ 27 14.50 16 11 38 Nu’man Al-Basyir Mohd Nuri Al-Am 4½ 23 15.00 15½ 12 20 Mohd Hazim Azfar Md Ramli 4 26½ 13.00 16 13 11 Iman Mustafa Mohd. Azam 4 26 12.00 20 14 29 Muhammad Hazmi Johari 4 25 11.00 16 15 34 Muhammad Shafiy Mohamad Nasir 4 23 11.00 17 16 14 Khairul Akmal Azhar 4 23 9.00 13 17 42 Nurfaizah Abdul Mubtalib 4 22 11.00 14 18 22 Muhamad Aiman Nasir 3½ 33½ 15.25 17 19 37 Najihah Mohd Adham 3½ 28 10.75 17 20 9 El’haicarl Iman Kamarul Syahril 3½ 25½ 9.50 15 21 18 Mohd Aqhmal Zulkifli 3 29 11.00 17 22 25 Muhammad Aiman Mohammad Rosli 3 27½ 9.00 11 23 27 Muhammad Fakril Ruzaimi Rahimi 3 25 6.50 11 24 21 Mohd Nabil Harrith Nasiruddin 3 23½ 6.00 11 25 33 Muhammad Raziq Abdul Jalil 3 22½ 8.00 14 26 43 Nurul Arifah Abdul Rashid 3 20 7.50 12 27 5 Ahmad Azmi @ Md Fauzi 3 17½ 5.00 10 28 28 Muhammad Harith Danial Mohd Khai 2½ 21½ 3.00 8 29 15 Luqman Nul Hakim Kamaruddin 2½ 20½ 3.25 12½ 30 7 Ahmad Zaki Ahmad Zani @ Zaini 2½ 19½ 4.75 9½ 31 10 Farah Nadhirah Mohd Yunos 2½ 19 5.00 7½ 32 32 Muhammad Qhairul Naim Ahmad Jaba 2 27 4.50 12 33 35 Muhd Nazrin Haikal Nasiruddin 2 20 4.00 8 34 8 Arifah Husna Zulfah Zul Bahari 2 16½ 2.50 7½ 35 31 Muhammad Khairul Faez Mohd Nasir 1½ 17 1.50 3½ Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Remaja Perak 2012 (Bawah 12) Results
Rank SNo. Name Pts BH. SB. Fide 1 1 Muhamad Khairul Izwan Haikal Kam 7 32 32.00 28 2 24 Muhd Arif Wafi 6 33½ 26.50 23 3 30 Nurul Huda Afifah 5 28½ 15.50 23 4 17 Mohd Nasuha Md Nazri 5 28½ 15.50 20 5 19 Shasilan Naidu 5 28 17.00 19 6 26 Muqarrabin Mat Zaki 5 25½ 16.50 20 7 8 Ain Amirah Mohamad Yamin 4½ 28 14.75 15½ 8 22 Muhd Irfan Zainal 4½ 27½ 15.25 20½ 9 3 Tan Yik Chean 4 34 16.00 17 10 4 Azam Shamil Zainuddin 4 28½ 13.00 17 6 Abbiramee A/P Superamaniam 4 28½ 13.00 17 12 23 Muhd Rusdi Sharif 4 26½ 11.50 14 13 2 Izham Wafi 4 25 12.00 15 14 7 Ahmad Qaabidh Abd Ghani 4 22½ 9.50 13 15 21 Muhammad Zulhimi Mohd Rashid 4 20 8.50 12 16 29 Nurul Athirah Hanif 3½ 21 7.75 14 17 11 Ganesha A/L Mani 3½ 18 7.75 13 18 25 Khairi Iskandar Hayat Mubarak 3 27½ 8.00 18 19 5 Ashwin Iyer A/L Gobu 3 26½ 9.00 15 20 18 Muhammad Aiman Khairuddin 3 26 10.00 17 21 31 Samuel Joel 3 23 7.50 14 22 14 Iskandar Zulqanian 3 22 7.00 8 23 27 Musliha Khairina Mohd Kamal 3 20½ 6.00 12 24 13 Mohamad Syahmi 3 19 6.50 6 25 12 Hareevallagan A/L Tamil Selven 2½ 19 6.00 7½ 26 28 Nisalini A/P Pperianan 2 24½ 5.50 13 27 10 Arjun Suresh 2 23½ 4.50 8 28 9 Arihukkarasan A/L Ramu 2 23 4.50 8 29 33 Zulaikha Efendi 2 22½ 4.50 8 30 15 Kiran A/L Santhana Samy 2 18 4.00 6 31 20 Muhammad Adib 1½ 19 4.50 6½ Popularity: 1% [?]
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Teluk intan chee cheong fun
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iPad in Ipoh
Doing a favour for a friend. Buying an iPad. 16gb 3g model. RM 1899
Even with the many newer Android tablets out there, I still recommended the iPad 2 for my friend for the simple reason it is easier to use and it is an Apple product
P/S: In over 10 years this is only my third time to Ipoh
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Deep Shredder for Mac
One of the reasons I installed dual boot on my Mac Book Air is because I needed chess software like Fritz and Chessbase on Windows. The best chess engine interface on the Mac was Sigma Chess. It’s adequate but it’s no Fritz.
However, I found Deep Shredder for Mac and it is on par with Chessbase family of products like Fritz. Full game analysis, UCI engine, tablebases etc is supported. Also, since it the ‘deep’ version, the engine can take advantage of the dual core CPU that I’m using.
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Crash
I remember years ago when one of my computer programming student came to me literally in tears because the assignment diskette (1.44Mb floppy)containing 2 weeks of work fell in the drain. A normal read and it was comfirmed the diskette unreadable. However there was a software that can brute force read the disk at system level and it successfully restored back the vital files needed.
Today I find myself in the same situation as my 1 Terrabyte hard disk crashed taking along with it a major chunk of my chess pictures that I’ve backed up from my old CDs. Luckily today there are similiar recovery software that can read data at system level. It’s estimated 17 hours++ to complete but I hope I can successfully get back all my data.
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If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
No real news about the Singapore Festival that just ended 2 days ago except for what is posted at chess-results.com. From SCF website, the latest update is news about the newly published 2012 FIDE rating. Nothing about the events from the Singapore Chess Festival except for the pre-tournament details.
So when a tournament does not make any “sound”, does it even exist in the mind of people outside of the actual participants of the tournament? For example, I am sure few outside of the tournament knows that Indonesian Warda Aulia Medina got a WIM title in one of the event. I only found out reading from Medina’s Facebook update Update: Admitedly I am a bit hard of hearing and missed the hearing Singapore Chess News excellent coverage of the event. Thanks to IM Lim Yee Weng for the heads up.
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66 chess schools in Azherbaijan
I thought it impressive that a small country like Singapore has at least 4 competing chess schools operating. Azherbaijan ranked 10th in the world has 66!
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New year surprise
Was surprised to find a thin one foot snake I brought to Perak from Kepong. I found it in my zipped up bag which i had brought back from Kepong a couple of days ago. Ran outside and threw my bag on the roadside to see the snake crawl out and disappear behind some potted plants beside a drain. Was not in time to kill it though as it slithered away too fast.
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Happy New Year 2012
It’s a new day. It’s a new year!
My memory is quite a blur but the most memorable chess events for 2011 has to be NAG 2011, DATMO 2011 and KL Open 2011. Of course 2011 was full of chess events. So many that it was impossible to be involved in all of them
. The good news is that other chess blogs covered most other events that wasn’t covered by my blogs.I have to thank chess organisers who were helpful in sending their results to be published so that all chess enthusiasts are kept informed. Some even went further by providing a humble chess blogger like me with food, lodging (hotel and hostel stay) as well as allowances for covering their event.
That’s good news as it shows that more chess organisers are recognising the benefits of online exposure for their chess events.
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