Archive for April, 2008
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Going to Stonemaster Amateur
Since I have no programming projects on yet, I’d better grab this chance to enjoy myself in another one-day tournament.
Tomorrow is the Stonemaster Amateur at Bukit Jalil cafeteria. I just saw Fadli’s new post in Stonemaster. He actually took the trouble to go to the venue first to take pictures and highlight how to [...]
Map to Selangor Open
Thanks to Tse Pin for posting this on Selangor Chess blog. Now in one fell sweep, two of the three excuses reasons not to go has been shot down.
The high RM70 fee, self-preparation and the venue. Now it’s RM 10 cheaper at RM 60.
I don’t know how to get there.
Not prepared.
Now the only thing [...]
Stonemaster Amateur
This is the latest from Stonemaster. The venue for the Stonemaster Amateur has been confirmed:-
4th StoneMaster Amateur Chess Championship this Saturday (19th April 2008) at Kafeteria Stadium Bukit Jalil. 1/2 million IDR awaits for the Champion !!!
Info http://stonemaster.biz/modules/news/article.php?storyid=819
or fadli 014-2312370
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Entrance Fee reduced for Selangor Open
Good news!!
“In response to feedbacks and appeals from members and the public we are pleased, after due consideration, to revise the Entrance Fee structure to RM60.00 for members and RM90.00 for non-members. The Prize structure and all other terms as contained in the above brochure shall remain unchanged. To be eligible for this ‘Early Bird [...]
Bangkok 2008 results
There were many Malaysians taking part in this event. Best performance by Malaysians Tan Khai Boon (24th) ,Tan Eu Hong(29th) and Thong Eu Chen (30th).
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Wesley So beats Susanto Megaranto
Got this unofficial report that Wesley just beat Susanto in a personal match series of games. More details later..
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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.
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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 [...]
Rainy day
It’s raining heavily !!
There’s thunderstorms too, so I pulled out my telephone cords and main power cords to my wireless router as well my new Aztech DSL 605E modem.
Don’t want another lightning strike to ruin my 3-day-old Aztech modem. Typing this blog post out on my PDA and irKeyboard. They still work well together. Both [...]
Wesley So wins Dubai Open 2008
There was a four way tie in the Dubai 2008 Open.
GM Wesley So, GM Gagunashvili Merab, Ghaem Maghami Ehsan and GM Li Chao finished with 7 points out of 9. 14 year old Wesley So (picture) won on tie break.
Final results:-
1-4
GM So Wesley PHI 2540, GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2553 , GM Ghaem [...]
