Archive for January, 2008

Happy belated birthday Edward Lee!

Missed another chess birthday by one day.
Happy Belated Birthday Edward Lee!!

Kasparov on Bobby Fischer

Catching up with the saddest news this year is the death of Bobby Fischer at 64. Here’s what Kasparov had to say about Fischer..

Ouch! Missed some birthdays

Remis Aman just updated the Chess Calendar with local player’s birthdays. Looks like we missed some birthdays in January..
Anyway better later than never.

Happy Birthday Taulani Tukiran!! (2nd Jan)
Happy Birthday Asrul Sharaff Omar!! (12th Jan)
Happy Birthday Chan Tze Wei!!!! (23rd Jan)
Happy Birthday NM Lim Chuin Hoong!! (25th Jan)

The calendar can be found on GilaChess.com right […]

Couldn’t make it. No Moblog from UIA.

Woke up Late. Sorry no live report on ui
Originally uploaded by gilachess

Woke up Late. Sorry no live report on uia. Too lazy to go to uia tourney when i can’t take part in it. Going to low yat instead to meet a friend. Maybe take a look at upgrading this patzer’s notebook ram […]

Test post from my hand phone.

Test post from my hand phone. Will be bl
Originally uploaded by gilachess

Test post from my hand phone. Will be blogging live sms style tomorrow from uia tourney.

Updated MCF Chess Calendar

Corrected in mistakes the dates of the PCMM. Here is the latest MCF calendar:-

New Year, New Chess Tension

Seems like chess is growing exponentially in Malaysia but like all active sports there is always tension between different groups of people. The latest one being discussed at both Stonemaster.biz and Whitenavel websites. I am really am not clear what the disagreement is about even after reading both websites. Whatever it is, I just hope […]

Upcoming Events in February

Upcoming Events

UIA Engitext Tournament

Jan 26-27

Hari Wilayah Team Championship

Feb 2-3

Chessmasters Open

Feb 2-3

Perak Feasta

Feb 2-3

PCMM Open

Feb 9-10

There will be 3 clash of events if the above table is correct. February is going to be a busy chess month.

1st Leg - ASEAN Chess Circuit - Tarakan, Indonesia - Results

Full results at ASEANCHESS.com.
GM Tournament “A” Standings

GM Tournament “A” Crosstable Results

2008 Holidays Calendar

Thought it would be useful for chess organisers to know the 2008 public holidays and school holidays  to plan out the chess activities.