Me, a coach?
I was a coach before. No, not in chess! I coached my students in passing Java exams a few years ago. I say coached because what I did was actually coaching students how to pass the exam. I don’t consider myself a teacher. It was one of the most challenging things I’ve done.
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Round 1
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising trailer
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Outbreak video Out of the Past film
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FM Lim Yee Weng The Air I Breathe trailer White Men Cant Jump movie lost to GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab (ELO 2606). Yee Weng had the black pieces.
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi lost to FM Terry Chua Zheng Yuan (ELO 2096) .
Top 20 players taking part there are:
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2634
2 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab GEO 2606
3 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2593
4 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2569
5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2537
6 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2530
7 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2514
8 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2491
9 IM Jayson Gonzales PHI 2454
10 GM Wu Shaobin SIN 2449
11 IM Girinath P D S IND 2448
12 IM Nadanian Ashot ARM 2436
13 IM Paciencia Enrique SIN 2431
14 WGM Li Ruofan SIN 2417
15 IM Sadorra Catalino PHI 2414
16 IM Sitanggang Salor INA 2410
17 IM Laxman R R IND 2395
18 Wan Yunguo CHN 2393
19 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi MAS 2372
20 Lin Chen CHN 2363
More details from Chess-Results.com
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This year is possibly the worse results Malaysia has managed to get in the 19 series of “friendly” matches that we have had. My personal prediction that the margin of win/loss will be small was way off. It was disappointing to say the least.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone trailer It is also not comforting to note that Singapore was “playing up” the juniors (moving them to play in higher age categories) because they were that strong.
What went wrong?
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