Archive for June, 2008
Appreciating chess more
Recently I’ve had the chance to discuss my games with some strong local players and I’m amazed how much I don’t understand about chess. I thought my opening understanding was decent and I was weak in my middlegame and endgame. However it turned out that I suck pretty much in the opening too. I was [...]
Malaysia vs Indonesia Friendly match results
I totally forgot about this results which I received by email during the Selangor Open. Found it after cleaning up my bloated gmail.
MALAYSIA vs INDONESIA ( Friendly Chess Match – Ladies Team ) - 30 April 2008 – Wilayah Kompleks
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Taylor’s Open crosstable results
Reposted this so you can mouseover to see each player’s results and opponents:-
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The Hungry Theory
The brief chit chat with Woo Beng Keong and Balendran during our Taylor’s Open lunch break yesterday got me thinking about how satiated we Malaysians are. We are not hungry enough. Economically we are well to do (relatively speaking that is). In this respect we are ahead of Vietnam and Philippines. But in the [...]
Taylor’s Open results
Ranking after round 7 of Taylor’s Open 2008
No.PNo. Name ScoreWP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1 1 Ian Udani 6.5 [...]
A game from Taylor’s Open
This is yet another one of my sillier games I’ve played.
As you can see, I went out of my way to protect my Bishop pair. The Bxh6 sac was probably not quite sound and the only reason I won in the end is my opponent cooperated by blundering in the final moves
Taken from [...]
GilaChess getting rated ?
Got this SMS from Remis Aman:
U now have FIDE ID Code 5704278!
I was at the Taylor’s tournament and didn’t have a net connection to check.
Now having dinner at the mamak shop I checked FIDE website and saw that I indeed have a FIDE ID.
All the rated games were taken from the Selangor Open 2008. [...]
Bus to Taylor’s Open
You can get to Taylor’s College by taking the RapidKL bus T623 from Kelana Jaya LRT station.
Taken from RapidKL website.
You should get off at Sri Kuala Lumpur. Taylor should be a short walk from there.
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The magic is gone
I come from the small town of Teluk Intan (Perak) and back when I was schooling, chess was magical.
I remember how our small chess club started. It was started by my math teacher who just announced to anyone who was interested to bring a chess set to the library meeting room. About 10 students [...]
Myanmar GM and IM in KL
IM Wynn Zaw Htun and GM Zaw Wyn Lay are in KL for a month. According to KLChess Blog (maintained by FM/FA/FT Peter Long), both are available for training matches. Check out the blog for more info.
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Taylor’s Open (22/06/2008)
Not many people know this but prior to being a computer programmer, I was also a computer programming lecturer for several years. I taught computer programming in Taylors for about 6 months somewhere after the SARS virus episode when they could not get enough quota of Canadian lecturers to teach in Malaysia. Although it was [...]
Bullet Chess
Hikaru vs Finegold. Hikaru won.
Did you notice the two handed action? Some say that it’s allowed for capturing pieces.
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Hairulov vs GilaChess
Picture from RSC Blitz last Sunday. Courtesy of Hairulov.
NM Zarul Shazwan in the background.
Check out his excellent picture report of the event in part 1 and part 2.
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Danang overall results
SNo
Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Pts.
Rk.
Group
4
Amier Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri
½
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
½
3,0
32
Open 8
6
Danish Hamzah Al-Hadi B. Noor
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
4,0
26
Open 8
9
Eng Ying Xuan
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3,0
30
Open 8
19
Lee Benjamin
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
½
1,5
35
Open 8
33
Tan Yong Zhao
0
1
½
0
1
0
0
1
1
4,5
20
Open 8
20
Mohd Faizal B. Roslan
½
1
0
1
½
½
1
½
0
5,0
15
Open 10
21
Muhammad Aziz Farhan B. Noor A
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
6,0
9
Open 10
22
Muhammad Sirajuddin B. Ahmad F
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
½
0
3,5
32
Open 10
40
William Lee Kah Howe
½
0
1
½
0
1
0
0
1
4,0
27
Open 10
1
Lee Kah Meng Elgin
1
0
½
1
0
0
½
1
½
4,5
18
Open 12
9
Abdullah Salleh B. Muhd. Suhai
0
0
0
0
1
0
½
0
0
1,5
37
Open 12
14
Daniel Iskandar Arif B. Noor A
0
1
0
½
0
1
½
0
½
3,5
32
Open 12
23
Low Jun Keat
0
0
1
1
½
0
½
1
1
5,0
17
Open [...]
RSC blitz photos
Lunch is included.
All spicy dishes. Curry chicken, vege and chili eggs.
Woo Beng Keong with Dr Wahid
The playing hall
Encik KZ doing the parings
Fariz who tied for first position with 9 points with Udani.
Abdullah Che Hassan with Udani looking in the background.
NM Kamal Ariffin Wahiduddin
Jax Tham
Kamaluddin Yusof
Ismail Ahmad
Dr Ajeet
Kaushal Khandhar
Kaushal vs Hairulov
Woo Beng Keong
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