Thanks to the 100
Thanks to the 100 people who signed the petition asking to have Quah Seng Sun’s chess column brought back. I’m including all the names and comments here.
Name Comments
102. vikas chess rules!
101. Kenny Lee Chia Sern I used 2 wait eagerly for this page every fortnightly and i really would love 2 see it back again. Mr Quah is a great writer.
100. mohamed hafiz maula abd aziz students
99. Kevin Soon I grew up by Mr.Quah’s (then) weekly annotations on Games of the Week.
98. tsin-ming There should be daily a chess column!
97. Jason Goh This chess column is a classic.Bring it back
96. Mohd Izzairi Yamin We want Quah Seng Sun back….
95. Wong Zi Jing There would be no me without the column.
94. Abdullah Che Hassan
93. ruben we want chess column
92. Raja Hafify Zaed how could they
91. Colin really NEED that column back
90. ChiaLi
89. David Cheong
88. Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong
87. Lim Chin Teng
86. Izhar Sabrin b Junian Having the column back will do great service towards the chess community.
85. Izhar Sabrin b Junian Having the column back will do great service towards the chess community.
84. Hafiz Zulhisham Bring it back!
83. Chew Yaw Chong
82. Sheun
81. Ammar Ehsan
80. Hamisah Ismail
79. suhaimi su[pport chess
78. Abd Hamid Majid
77. thong yung chen
76. Ang Chong Yu
75. Hoy Weng Keung
74. Wong Tian Yu If The Star needs more “space” for its articles, should consider scrapping out some overdone & oversized ads! =)
73. Allan Ang
72. Goh Teck Koon
71. Hairul Abdul hamid i buy star only to read chess collums, but then i got attracted by others colums too and buy and read the Stars more frequently!!!
70. Zulkifli Aziz
69. Lim Chin Lee A chess column that is important for the development of chess in Malaysia
68. Ganesh Why remove smtin wic has been there 4 light years..not like we lose anythin by leavin it there..
67. Lim Titi
66. Ong Chong Heng
65. Lim Chong A useful, interesting and popular chess column.
64. Mok Tze Meng
63. Tan Eu Hong
62. Kevin I always looking forward to Friday’s chess column
61. Chow Mon Ben
60. Ang Tuan Huang
59. Mohd Fairin Zakaria
58. Muhammad Helmi b Zaharin Chess is popular. Search “chess” in Google to prove it. My Nanny send regards to you and she is a chess player also.
57. Zaharin Bin Che Man I buy The Star just to see Quah Seng Sun Chess news since 1989
56. tan cheng hoo
55. Victor Foo Strategic, thought provoking activities. Perhaps reduced frequency is better than complete termination?
54. Rashid
53. Lee Siew Fai Elegance! That is what TheStar paper lost when the chess column was dropped. (K-economy era) where brainpower triumphs over brawls, indeed a grave blunder to see TheStar takes a step backwards. Anybody recall what did our DPM said during last year 26th Merdeka Chess Championship? And shouldn’t we get his help onto this? If only someone out there can get his ears and make a concerted representation on how much former PM Tun Razak had contributed to the chess development in this country…and then be let down by TheStar’s stun on profits over social responsibilities. And if DPM into the fold doesn’t work out, we can start getting our players into competitions donning white T-shirt with TheStar insignia (stickers) on both shoulders to try for a win-win outcome. Such proactive advertising Gambit may get them to notice our solemn appeal. (Of course, we may run into some legal tussles of not having rights to their insignia. But then, I doubt they can afford the negative publicity in bringing chess players to court!)
52. Norwahida Binti Saamri
51. Yeoh Chin Seng
50. Roslan Abd. Aziz
49. Anthony Tan I think Star should have a daily chess column!
48. Norhidayah Azman
47. Marcus Yeoh Phee Leong
46. Lim Yee Weng Chess has been recognized as a sport and has been included in the last two SEA Games in Vietnam and Philippines. The popularity of Chess in Malaysia has been growing as evidentiated by the number of participants in chess tournaments today. Chess has also been taught in various schools all over the Malaysia. Bringing back Mr Quah Chess column will be a positive move by The Star in recapturing a market that is ever growing in Malaysia. I sincerely hope that The Star will reconsider reinstating the Chess Column in light of the above said reasons. Thank You (Two time Malaysian Chess Champion & SEA Games Athlete in Vietnam & Philippines)
45. Terry Ong
44. Kaushal Khandhar
43. Lee Soi Hock
42. Peter Long
41. Ashaadi Fandzuri Adnan
40. Ong Kung Churn Chess is well known internationally, as a board game its dirt cheap, you can even create your own, everyone can play, size does not matter, age is no issue, its have no racial preference, being a doctor or a successful business will not have advantages. Everything is on the board total transparency yet its not obvious. Its only requirement is yous brain. To win you need to think ahead, anticipate & not make mistake. In yahoo game site you will always find chess is among the top 5. Start playing & by the time you reach a 1500 rating. You will realise the potential of a chess column. Its your move.
39. Zareeqa Bin Zulkefli
38. Ricky Wong Please don’t belittle chess in Malaysia. There are lots of chess lovers here.
37. Nazrul Shah I BOUGHT the star because of the chess column written by Mr.Quah. Now there is no reason for me to do so.
36. Zulhilmi Ismail
35. mohd fadli bin zakaria
34. jeffrey chew bring him back!
33. Jimmy Loo
32. thaw chee yin I have read Mr Quah’s articles since young and one could sense that his written articles come from heart and passion, not just mere copy and paste articles from other magazines/papers. I hope the Star management will have a second thought on this matter.
31. Aw Wai Onn
30. S Balendran
29. Romeo Peter Raja
28. Steven Hoh Please reinstate the Chess column
27. Aw Seng Meng
26. Mohd Maulana Maulani Mohd Sahid Pls bring it back. The chess column is still vital for chess improvement in Malaysia.
25. Yusof Yasnain When i was a kid, a chess column of local newspaper made me realize that chess has a crowd in Malaysia and more, it shows that the game can be recorded and have theory of its own. This column brings the same effect to many and many more in the future. Bring it back!
24. Azmin Bring it back!!!!
23. Bee pls bring back Quah Seng Sun’s chess column
22. Noorullah Omar Plz bring back The Chess Column.. Tq..
21. Ain series of article were very good and informative, it is very sad for not having chess news anymore.
20. Khairunnisa Wahidduddin I have been reading the chess column for 17 years now, and I hope I can still read it for 17 years to come.
19. Kenneth Gomez
18. Ching Kim Lye Dear Newspaper Editors, please bring it back!! The Star must realised that chess is an international sports; played either online or over-the-board by hundreds of millions of people in over 150 countries worldwide!! It has also proven to have positive effect in education. Eg.Our top players like IM Wong Zi Jing, NM Marcus Chan, Law Zhe Kang etc had gone on winning the best sportsman awards in their respective Universities because of their excellence achievement in academic and chess results. P/s: There is no good reason for me to buy the Star anymore esp. on Fridays 
17. Calvin Saw
16. Shahibbul Anwar I NEED CHESS!
15. Jimmy Liew
14. Wong Hon Keong Please let the chess column alive! Do not discriminate chess.
13. ammar other countries are popoluar with chess..why not MALAYSIA!!!
12. Chan kah Poh We love chess!!
11. Mazlan b Harun
10. Colin Chong
9. zabbura2002 Please bring back Quah Seng Sun’s chess column to The Star newspaper
8. Izzauddin Syah Chess is good.
7. Lim Tse Pin On behalf of Chess Association of Selangor, I would like to request The Star to consider reverting the decision to terminate the only chess column available in our country. On a personal note, I’ve been subscribing The Star on a daily basis since my cancellation on NST daily subscription (silent protest) when Malay Mail decided to discontinue with the weekly chess column a few years ago.
6. Sharifah Sharina Syed Aswad Help chess to grow, not kill it.
5. Hew Hoi Fah The Star should have improved the Chess column into a weekly basic. Now we are going to miss it totally.
4. adib
3. Mahathir Mohamad Chan
2. Lim Cheng Teik
1. Andrew Ooi I have been reading Quah Seng Sun’s chess column for over 10 years. In fact it’s the only reason I but The Star on Friday. From the number of chess tournaments being held in and around the country, it is clear the popularity of chess is booming. Please don’t cancel this column now when there is so much commnunity interest in the game.
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