Archive for August 24th, 2008
Virus woes
My notebook is infected with viruses after sharing USB thumbdrives. No more sharing untrusted USB drives
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Resigned in protest
Jax Tham played an opponent who did not keep proper scores.
Jax noticed that his opponent was just scribbling his moves after around move 25. The arbiter was called but no action taken. In protest Jax resigned his game.
What would you have done?
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Chess cheating with a watch?
Former GilaChess webmaster DaFifth Night dropped by DATMO to catch up.
He showed us a watch he bought which was also a phone!
Immediately some chess players who were around suggested that it could be used for cheating. An acomplice can SMS the moves and the player can just look at his watch without raising any suspicion [...]
Whose shoes?
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Missed Chance
IM Ronald Dableo (White) just played Knight capture f6-pawn sac. However it is not sound.
Wonder boy Yeap Eng Cheam just missed the move that would kill off Dableo.
Can you find the correct answer?
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Li Chao set to be champ
Only one more round to go but it looks like Li Chao has the championship under wraps. I thought Li Chao’s hopes to become a two time Malaysian Open champ was dashed when he lost to Susanto Megaranto in the middle of the tournament. However Li Chao bounced back by winning every single game and [...]
