Archive for October 25th, 2008

Ignatius Leong Sings!

Posted by GilaChess
October 25, 2008

In case you don’t know who he is, Ignatius Leong is a very active organiser of chess tournaments in Asia. He is also the FIDE Secretary-General and President of the ASEAN Chess Confederation. as well as the Chairman of the FIDE Development Commission. He has also played in 3 Olympiads!
 
Here’s a side of Ignatius many [...]

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World Youth 2008: Malaysia’s Performance after Round 6

Posted by GilaChess
October 25, 2008

Malaysia’s performance at a glance:-

SNo
 
Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
Pts.
Rk.
Group

7
 
Yeoh Li Tian
1955
MAS
0
1
½
1
1
1
4,5
12
Open 10

30
 
Aron Teh Eu Wen
0
MAS
1
0
0
1
0
½
2,5
55
Open 10

44
 
Lee Kah Meng Elgin
1811
MAS
½
0
1
½
½
½
3,0
48
Open 12

58
 
Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer
1844
MAS
0
1
0
1
0
½
2,5
59
Open 14

46
 
Ong Way Justin
2044
MAS
0
1
0
1
½
0
2,5
49
Open 16

3
 
Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada
0
MAS
1
1
½
0
½
0
3,0
24
Girls 08

27
 
Camilia Bt Johari
0
MAS
1
0
½
0
½
½
2,5
45
Girls 10

52
 
Nur Najiha Hisham
0
MAS
1
0
½
0
1
1
3,5
27
Girls 10

59
 
Nur Nabila Azman Hisham
0
MAS
1
0
½
1
1
0
3,5
24
Girls 12

29
 
Bakri Alia Anin Azwa
1907
MAS
½
½
1
0
½
½
3,0
39
Girls 14

Source: Chess-Results.com
So far Yeoh Li Tian is doing exceptionally well winning the last 3 games [...]

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Chess on TV3

Posted by GilaChess
October 25, 2008

Whenever chess is shown on broadcast TV I always miss it. The closest I got to watching was when someone SMSed saying that Encik Suhairi was on TV being interviewed before going to Danang. I turned on the TV too late for that.
At least this time I manage to catch the online recorded version thanks [...]

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World Youth Chess Championship: Social and Talent Night

Posted by GilaChess
October 25, 2008

Today is a rest day and last night there was a social and talent night for the participants to show off their other skills beside chess.
I got this 7 second clip of Malaysia’s performance:-
 

 

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Thang Moui Hotel, Vung Tau

Posted by GilaChess
October 25, 2008

This is the hotel I’m staying in. It’s also the same one as where the Malaysian contingent is staying too.
My room which has one twin bed and a single.

It’s a nice hotel with chalet style rooms. The rooms are big and the hotel serves better food than one of the 4 star hotel [...]

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