Archive for August 22nd, 2008
GM Shi Long as Black
[Event "Round 1, Table 9"][Site "?"][Date "2008.08.18"][Round "?"][White "Tan Khai Boon"][Black "GM Li Shilong"][Result "0-1"][ECO "E94"][WhiteElo "2133"][BlackElo "2511"][PlyCount "70"][EventDate "2008.08.18"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Ne1 Nf4 [...]
Xu Tong
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WIM Zhang Xiaowen vs Xu Tong
Round 7
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GM Marat leads DATMO
GM Marat leads the Malaysian Open after Round 9. He defeated GM Susanto Megaranto in Round 8.
Following closely behind at 6.5 points is defending champ GM Li Chao who is half a point behind GM Marat.
At 6 points we have GM Sermek, GM Megaranto, FM Lim Yee Weng, GM Li Shilong, Steven Yap [...]
AmBank Round 9 Pairing
AmBank Chess Challenge 2008
Round 9
Bo. SNo. Name Pts Pts Name SNo.
1 [...]
GM Marat and Susanto leads
Uzbek GM Marat and Indonesian GM Susanto are the current leaders of the tournament after 7 rounds. Full results at DATMO.NET
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GM Zhang Zhong
One of the favourites to win the event.
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DATMO Day 1 pictures
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GM Susanto Megaranto leads after 6 rounds
Megaranto is the leader of the Malaysian Open 2008 after 6 rounds.
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Xu Tong
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Refreshed
Yesterday was a rest day and after finishing the bulletin with Remis Aman and Marcus Yeoh, I got a full 8 hours sleep last night. (Polyphasic sleep went out the window)
Now I feel refreshed and ready to go.
Having a long breakfast at the hotel lobby while updating this blog…
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Chief Arbiter
Encik Najib Wahab - the Chief Arbiter for the DATMO event.
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AmBank team
Arbiter and helpers for the AmBank Challenge taking place at the same venue at the same time.
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Dato Tan vs Encik Hamid Majid
Dato Tan turned up on day 3 of the tournament and played against MCF Vice-President Encik Hamid Majid.
I missed the chance to witness the game before this where Dato took on GM Drazen Sermek.
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Notebook is a must!
Even Masrin Erowan who I did not think used computers as an aid in chess preparation is now using a notebook.
Masrin just before the round vs Ismail Ahmad.
After knowing the pairings, it’s just a matter of seconds for Masrin to pull up the games of Ismail Ahmad from Megabase.
Although it may not be [...]
