Archive for June, 2008
Malaysia’s Top Players
FIDE’s latest current rating list on active and inactive players in Malaysia. Take note that there are changes in the list that are not reflected here yet.
Malaysia (All players)
#
Name
Title
Fed
Rating
G
B-Year
1
Wong, Zi Jing
m
MAS
2414
0
1982
2
Mas, Hafizulhelmi
m
MAS
2397
51
3
Chan, Nicholas
f
MAS
2380
0
4
Long, Peter
f
MAS
2350
0
1961
5
Lim, Yee-Weng
f
MAS
2349
19
1982
6
Ooi, Chern Ee
f
MAS
2325
0
7
Mok, Tze-Meng
f
MAS
2308
21
8
Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy
m
MAS
2306
9
1958
9
Ng, Tze Han
MAS
2283
0
1981
10
Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie
MAS
2276
0
1983
11
Bakri, Anas Nazreen
f
MAS
2270
9
1991
12
Chin, F
MAS
2265
1
13
Wong, Chee [...]
KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA TANJONG KARANG 2008
TARIKH :26 JULY 2008
HARI :SABTU
MASA :08.00 pg – 6.00 ptg ( Pusingan 1 jam 9.30 pagi )
TEMPAT :DEWAN ORANG RAMAI KG.SUNGAI GULANG GULANG,
TANJONG KARANG, SELANGOR.
YURAN :OPEN (RM20), BAWAH 18 (RM15), BAWAH 12THN ( RM10 )
FORMAT :RAPID - SWISS SYSTEM 6/7 PUSINGAN ”
Time Control : 25 minit.
Tie-break : Solkoff , SB , [...]
Eizran’s likeness
A chess enthusiast saw Eizran’s face I posted somewhere at the bottom and he said he looks like the anime character above. What do you think?
Chessbase 10
New integrated CB online database
Fritz 6-Engine and Crafty-Engine
Player encyclopedia with over 29,000 pictures
ChessBase Big Database 2008 with 3,75 Mio. games + automatic update until 31 December 2008
Three issues of ChessBaseMagazine - the world’s only interactive magazine.
Language: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German
Due for release: 21 July 2008
Hantu Chess!
Here’s another new chess blog titled Chess dan Dot dot dot,,, I want to promote and it’s by Ahmad Eizran Ezra. He is no pushover in chess either. I’m impressed by Eizran’s play in the Taylor as he quietly beat strong players such as Ismail Ahmad, Abdullah Che Hassan, Nur Shazwani and Cheah Cheok [...]
Wan Khye Theng’s blog
Met Wan Khye Theng who was instrumental in helping out with the organisation of Taylor’s Open last week. I found it strange that she said I linked to her blog as I never knew she had a blog. Man I must be getting senile in my old age..
Luckily a quick Google search confirmed I have [...]
MAINS Seremban results
As usual Ian Udani conquered this one day event as he done so with other one day events these past few months. Ian finished an outstanding 6/6 and takes home RM 500 for his efforts. He beat Ganesh, Andrew Ooi, Abdullah Khairi KZ, Jax Tham, Kamaluddin Yusof and Mohammad Nabil.
Funniest quote from him was “There [...]
Sicilian Silicide
Death to the Sicilian !!!
Does anybody remember this old video (in the ancient VCR format) called Silicide? It is rather old but I recently took a look at it and found it was a gem!
The whole video is about White avoiding the main Open Sicilian which normally arises after
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (any [...]
Chased out of tournament hall
Yeah it actually happened to me a few years ago. I was taking pictures at a school holding a one day junior tournament. The prefect came up to me and told me I cannot be in the room. My flash was off and I was standing at a respectable distance from the kids playing there. [...]
Seremban tourney
Who is going for tomorrow’s Seremban tourney?
I don’t have much details other than below:
DATE : 28 June 2008TIME : 10.00 a.m startsFees : RM 25 (dewasa), RM15 (under-18)Registration due on : 25 June 2008
Prize : RM 500 for championCall Kamar Dani (013-6405845) now for registration
I have SMSed my name to Kamar Dani and he has [...]
Is National Rating that important?
Had this “conversation” in the shoutbox with Malaysian and I am of the opinion that the National Rating is not that important. At least not the speed of updates anyway. I just don’t understand the commotion made about how “late” the updates are.
To be fair, most of the updates match the time FIDE rating list [...]
Happy Birthday Anas
Today is FM Anas Nazreen Bakri’s birthday!!
Malaysians are pirates!
Yeah. Stating the obvious. In relation to chess, I’m surprised how fast Fritz 11 (pirated) came out right after the original was released. Only in a space of a few weeks and it’s already here in our pasar malam and some shopping complexes that still allow pirated cds to be sold. Of course, the [...]
IGB - 5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship 2008
Date : 17th-24th August 2008. (1st round on 18th August)
Venue: Bintang Ballroom, Cititel MidValley Kuala Lumpur.
Tournament Regulations:
1. This 11 Round, individual tournament is open to all players.
2. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations will apply. The tournament will be FIDE rated.
3. The Swiss Manager Program will be used for pairings.
4. The games will be [...]
Happy Belated Birthday Audrey Wong!
Yesterday was our first Woman International Master (WIM) Audrey Wong’s birthday.
