Archive for April 16th, 2008
IM me
Stonemaster Fadli tried to contact me via Yahoo messenger and inadvertently sent one email to the Yahoo Group. This was seen as spam as pointed out by Thomas Voon. One of my moderators even banned Fadli’s email from the group.
I’m sure it was an honest mistake. So to avoid such things from happening again, here [...]
Current pre-registration list for Selangor Open
Got this list from Lim Tse Pin’s comment.
1. Mat Zaki Yeop - pd 702. Kamaluddin Yusof - pd703. Muhammad Hanif bin Muhammad Nizam4. FIKRI BIN SALEH5. Ahmad Eizran Ezra6. Yeoh Li Tian7. Yeoh Chin Seng8. Lim Yee Weng9. David Wong10. Kaushal Khandhar11. Pereira Johnharry12. Morsin Ahmad13. Masrin Erowan14. Syazrin Abd Rahman15. MUHAMMAD SYAZWAN BIN ZULKIFLI16. [...]
Missed tactic lead to last round loss
Mas played a relatively low rated player Shiven Kosla (2086) in the ninth round of the Dubai 2008 Open. Unfortunately he had the misfortune to lose because he missed a tactic by his opponent on the 25th move.
White has just advanced his e-pawn to harass Black’s knight on f6.
Chess as a sport … or not
Sitting down at the mamak shop typing this out on my PDA.
1 ) Chess is not a sport.
Chess organizers have spent years trying to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that chess should be included as an Olympic sport. However, it’s hard to do that when superficially most people see chess as a board game [...]
So takes home USD 18,000
So was awarded the prestigious Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup and won a fourth ($4,500) of the combined prize of $18,000.
He gained a total of 15 points after a superb total performance rating of 2708.
So’s stint was supported by National Chess Federation of the Philippines president Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr., NCFP secretary-general Abraham [...]
Cheating via SMS
A player from the recently ended Dubai 2008 Open was caught cheating. He actually got caught while playing one of the top finishers, GM Li Chao.
M. Sadatnajafi, with an Elo rating of 2301, while playing against Chinese Grandmaster Li Chao, made his moves based on the text messages he received on his mobile phone.
Chief arbiter [...]
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