Archive for October 19th, 2008
Reception Dinner at Palace Hotel, Vung Tau
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Malaysian Olympiad Team
I know the list is out a long time ago (blogs like Hairulov and MarcusYeoh has already posted), but I just want to post it up here too for the search engines to pick it up.
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi,
FM Mok Tze Meng,
IM Lim Yee Weng,
IM Jimmy Liew,
NM Edward Lee
Can’t [...]
Blogging from Vietnam
Picture from P&T hotel Vung Tau of the conference room used for the World Youth registration.
This is the second time I’m in a foreign country because of chess. Vung Tau, Vietnam to be exact.
The number of participants is crazy. About 900 in total!
Tonight will be the opening ceremony and I get a chance to [...]
If you are in Vietnam..
Prepaid card in a foreign country. I found that it was useful in the Philippines to get a prepaid card for my phone. If someone calls me from Malaysia I’m charged for receiving the call and the cost is high. So it’s economical to get a local prepaid card.
It’s the same in Vietnam. [...]
GM John Fedorowijc
“Coaching is not rocket science”.
Overheard GM John Fedorowijc commenting about chess coaching upon arrival to World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam yesterday. Presumably he is one of the coaches for the USA team.
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:mrgreen:
:-o
Of course I already know about the new Stonemaster.info and the new sections that are going to be built.Anyway, thanks for passing the info along. I'm sure there are