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Where does the money come from? 06 September 2008 at 3:44 pm by GilaChess

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image One thing I regret during DATMO (again!) is not working harder to find the opportunity to talk or interview the players particularly the Chinese players. WGM Zhang Jilin told me last year alone she travelled to about 70 countries playing chess!

It’s amazing that an above average player like Zhang Jilin (ELO 2300+) can fund her travels and living from chess.In DATMO  we can clearly see that there is a big group of Chinese players in DATMO. The same group of Chinese players are seen playing in the coming PGMA cup in the Philippines too. Li Chao, WGM Gu Xiaobing, Xu Tong, Liu Deshun, Wang Li, WIM Zhang Xiowen are among the familiar names taking part. Clearly they will continue to fly all over other parts of the world taking part in similiar competitions.

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Resident Evil: Apocalypse download I don’t know whether the money comes from the Chinese Federation, government or the chess leagues or a combination, but it’ll be great if Malaysia can emulate the same conditions so that our own players who are 2300+ can do the same. 

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+ A vacuum that needs to be filled By GilaChess 06 September 2008 at 1:03 pm and have 2 Comments

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This is just my personal opinion and not anything official.

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With the end DATMO ended, there is a big vacuum in the Malaysian Chess calendar. Nature abhors a vacuum and I’m sure some other new tournament that will fill in this gap. This tournament, perhaps not on the scale of DATMO, but an international Open that is attractive enough to get foreign players to come. 

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+ Picture of the day By GilaChess 06 September 2008 at 11:15 am and have No Comments

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Indonesian WIM Irene Sukhandar Kharisma and Sebastian Simanjuntak arrives in Manila for the PGMA tournament which starts tomorrow. 16-year old Irene was DATMO’s Best Woman Player. She will be aiming for her third and final WGM norm in the PGMA.

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Related article: Irene Kharisma- the Princess of Indonesian Chess … (Fide.com)

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+ Philippines Chess By GilaChess 06 September 2008 at 12:33 am and have No Comments


Officially DATMO has run all it’s 5 series and it’s no more.  Unofficially, I hope that Ahmad Shafruddin hints that there may be a continuation of DATMO comes true. Read the rest of this entry →

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+ Chinese School of Chess secret By GilaChess 06 September 2008 at 12:21 am and have 7 Comments

A Sound of Thunder psp image From one of my talks with a Chinese player who quotes that many of the top chess juniors are fully focused on chess and if they do not do well in it they will not have any other job or profession to fall back on. That is one of the fears of young kids who are part of the Chinese academy. The reason is that all their time and effort has gone into their junior years and although they do attend school, chess is their number one priority. Chinese juniors are worried if they do not do well in chess, they have no future doing anything else. Sounds bleak but perhaps that’s the Chinese School of Chess secret. Studies take second place. So does career.

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So that is the common reason accepted by most when explaining why Malaysian chess is mediocre. Does that mean that we will see strong juniors who can make GM strength only if they sacrifice studies and traditional career/jobs ?

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