Archive for September 30th, 2008

Malaysian FIDE rated players(October 2008)

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 [...]

Local player’s benefitted?

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 [...]