The latest FIDE rating list is out.
Interesting facts:-
Malaysia is now no. 73 in the world average rankings – 12 places behind Singapore (ranked 61).
Lim Yee Weng just missed the 2400 mark (I thought he achieved it in DATMO?)
Mas has crossed the 2400 mark
Peter Long is now in the active list with a slight 3 points increase in his ELO.
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Catching up on chess news, I re-read Quah Seng Sun’s article on Malaysian chess at the crossroads:-
Will we see another Merdeka chess festival of the same level as this year’s? Will there be another Malaysia open chess championship that can match the pulling power of the Arthur Tan memorial? Do our local players benefit from the presence of foreign chess talents? How can we ensure that our players benefit from them?
I think player’s like IM-elect Lim Yee Weng in particular benefitted as he has got most of his ELO increase on Malaysian soil. Of course there should be more than that one success. But I’m of the opinion that DATMO is only 5 years and Malaysia has just got on the International chess map even though we have had other past events like the Wah Seong, Asian cities etc. We are just beginning to be known by foreign chess players and Malaysia is becoming another regular stop for those globe trotting GMs.
So what do you think? Have Malaysian chess and local players benefitted enough from DATMO?
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If I missed out any tournaments please email (see below) me the details.
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The above is my new email. I’m using Google Apps to host my own email @ gilachess.com. My main email gilachess (at) gmail dot com still works. This is just an alternative as some may find it easier to remember.
Thinking of opening this to other GilaChess.com members to have their own email@gilachess.com. What do you think?
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First it was my Dell (now temporarily out of commission) now it’s my sister’s Sony notebook.
All I did was just turn off AVG, a freeware antivirus, for a moment while trying to install a different antivirus. As soon as I disabled AVG I started getting popups after less than 30 minutes!! The popups said that I have malware infection when in fact the popup program itself was spyware. I was surprised how fast I got infected and I wasn’t even running the browser!
Then I realised the WiFi connection was open and the router does not have a firewall. Later I learnt that you can get attacked from the Internet without a firewall or antivirus on. Lesson learnt. When disabling your antivirus to install a new one, make sure that there is no Internet connection !! Scanning the computer now to find it full of spyware and trojans.
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This blog was suspended due to high CPU overhead on the shared webhosting server.
I’ve said “sorry” to the webhosting company and they’ve restored this blog. As safety measure, I’ve disabled the shoutbox for the moment.
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Back in Malaysia and the first fast food I hit is KFC.
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Not much local chess activities until after Hari Raya so this blog will be ‘resting’ for a while.
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It was a great experience to witness a chess event outside of Malaysia for once. It was very similiar to Malaysian Open but with some obvious differences. The large amount of prize money for the back to back PGMA-Pichay Cup tournament obviously attracted more GMs compared to DATMO. DATMO on the other hand with lesser GMs was on a bigger scale with 111 participants compared to the 60-70 in the Philippines. My responsibilities too was the same but since I did not do the bulletins this time, I could spend more effort on the tournament website (chessasia.net). The experience setting up and updating the site with links, pictures and results was invaluable.
I guess I’ve been blogging for too long. Just like a chess player, as a programmer and webmaster, my web skills were rusty as I had not practiced them. Doing the website was just what I needed to be up to speed again.
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6.5 — S. Iuldachev (Uzbekistan), Z. Zhang (Singapore), E. Ghaemmaghami (Iran)
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| 10 | 19 | GM | WEN Yang | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | IM | DIMAKILING Oliver | 20 |
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It’s the final day of the back to back tournament.
GM Li Shilong is assured to be the champion with a one point lead in front of his nearest rival. Even if he lost the last round he would win on tie break. However, I’m sure he would get at least a draw today as then he would be guaranteed the USD $5,000 cash prize.
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