I came to KL in 1993 to work and the first thing that I looked for is chess clubs. Luckily KLCA was just reactivated and started to hold many weekend tournaments in the Russian Cosulate library in Jln Ampang. I had many memorable games there. Saw strong players like Mok and Peter Long drop by for the first time. I only read about them in chess columns. Names like Thaw Chee Yin (junior then), Vijay Raj, Mohan Raj and many others were regulars. It was also the first time I get to pit my ’small town’ chess skills with the KL boys. Those were fun times. Sadly after those weekend tourneys, the association just got inactive and faded away.
The latest news is KLCA is starting up again with activities and membership drive. Details here.
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eddy kwan : 01 April 2008 at 10:47 am
hi,
KLCA seem to be very quite nowadays ! I have lost
touch with this Assn. History…those were the days
when MBSOBA was the meeting place, new people..new
ideas.
eddy kwan
ex com. member
KLCA