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Since my main function here is to update news via websites, here are some of the latest updates ..

• Javascript viewable games is now up – World Youth Chess Championship 2008 viewable games.
• Pictures of Opening added to the ChessASIA picture gallery.

A page from chess-results.com on Malaysia’s progress:-

Player overview for MAS

Pairings of the next round for MAS

Rd.	Bo.	No.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg		No.	Group
2	1	1			Mousavi Seyed Khalil	IRI	2042	1		1		Aron Teh Eu Wen Black Dog ipod	MAS	0		30	Open 10
2	24	7			Yeoh Li Tian	MAS The Affair of the Necklace movie	1955	0		½		Harshal Shahi	IND	1694		26	Open 10
2	27	44			Lee Kah Meng Elgin	MAS	1811	½	0 – 1	½		Nguyen Tan Thinh	VIE	0		87	Open 12
2	42	58			Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer	MAS	1844	0	1 – 0	0		Shah Rushab	KEN	0		85	Open 14
2	34	46			Ong Way Justin	MAS	2044	0		0		Karani Victor	KEN	0		69	Open 16
2	2	38			Sakalli Esin	TUR	0	1		1		Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada	MAS	0		3	Girls 08
2	7	8			Sunyasakta Satpathy	IND	1766	1	1 – 0	1		Nur Najiha Hisham	MAS	0		52	Girls 10
2	4	27			Camilia Bt Johari	MAS	0	1		1		Vasova Mariya	BUL	1809		5	Girls 10
2	14	19			Tomin Ksenija	SRB	1756	1	1 – 0	1		Nur Nabila Azman Hisham	MAS	0		59	Girls 12
2	22	76			Vuong Quynh Huong	VIE	0	½		½		Bakri Alia Anin Azwa	MAS	1907		29	Girls 14

Results of the last round for MAS

Rd.	Bo.	No.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg		No.	Group
2	1	1			Mousavi Seyed Khalil	IRI	2042	1		1		Aron Teh Eu Wen	MAS	0		30	Open 10
2	24	7			Yeoh Li Tian	MAS	1955	0		½		Harshal Shahi	IND	1694		26	Open 10
2	27	44			Lee Kah Meng Elgin	MAS	1811	½	0 – 1	½		Nguyen Tan Thinh	VIE	0		87	Open 12
2	42	58			Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer	MAS	1844	0	1 – 0	0		Shah Rushab	KEN	0		85	Open 14
1	10	10		FM	Jorczik Julian Hellbreeder psp	GER	2382	0	1 – 0	0		Ong Way Justin	MAS	2044		46	Open 16
2	2	38			Sakalli Esin The Kid & I	TUR download Team America: World Police dvd	0	1		1		Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada	MAS	0		3	Girls 08
2	7	8			Sunyasakta Satpathy	IND	1766	1	1 – 0	1		Nur Najiha Hisham	MAS	0		52	Girls 10
2	4	27			Camilia Bt Johari	MAS	0	1		1		Vasova Mariya	BUL Family Business hd	1809		5	Girls 10
2	14	19			Tomin Ksenija	SRB	1756	1	1 – 0	1		Nur Nabila Azman Hisham	MAS Hollywoodland movie download Godzilla vs. Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster movie download	0		59	Girls 12
2	22	76			Vuong Quynh Huong	VIE Walking Shadow video	0	½		½		Bakri Alia Anin Azwa	MAS	1907		29	Girls 14

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This is only the 3rd country outside of Malaysia I’ve ever visited other than Indonesia and Philippines. When I first reached Ho Chin Minh airport, I was surprised to see the World Youth Chess Championship logo displayed prominently in the airport itself.

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Today is the second day of the World Youth Chess Championship held in Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Round 2 starts at 3pm today.

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The girls seems to do better than the boys with no losses. The boys on the hand suffered 3 losses. Still it’s the only the first round …

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These are the top 10 players in terms of rating from the World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam.

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Today is the first round. At the time of writing the 1st round is still on-going.

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Haslindah Ruslan and all of the Malaysian contingent have arrived safely in Vietnam. She is now in the process of getting the player’s identification cards for the tournament. She was definitely surprised to see me sitting here in the P&T Hotel meeting room

With participants staying in 16 different hotels it’s a coincidence that I am also staying in the same hotel as the Malaysians.

A few hours before this was the grand opening ceremony of the World Youth..

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The number of participants is crazy. About 900 in total!

Tonight will be the opening ceremony and I get a chance to attend that and take a few pictures. Will post it here and also the WYCC blog later.

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Players are arriving at all times to register. Most of them come straight from the airport.

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