Archive for November 17th, 2008
Chess Shots
I saw this while browsing MPH bookstore in The Curve.
Interesting chess sets.
Chess Shots Glass Sets.
I presume you fill it up with some alcoholic drink in each of the 32 piece - if a piece is captured, you down the drink (take a ’shot’)
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Struggling to program again (Swiss46 enhanced results)
I’m quite happy with my Olympiad PGN reader program as it was written in less than an hour. I rarely write computer programs anymore ever since I quit my job as a programmer more than 1 year ago. Feeling more confident, the past few days I’ve been trying to write a database program to store [...]
IIUM random pictures
Youngster Yeoh Li Tian in an exciting Q+2P+K vs Q+2P+K ending,
Looking at the board, Li Tian’s opponent already has a dangerous passed pawn on the 7th rank supported by King already on the 8th rank. I thought it was a lost game for the youngster.
Later after the game when Li Tian was playfully [...]
IIUM Open -early rounds
Playing in a large hall.
Marcus Yeoh busy doing the pairing.
There are over 140 participants in the open seciton alone.
Even though there are last minute registrations, everything is running smoothly.
Top 3 boards get to on on the stage.
Ian Udani vs a young girl in the early rounds. I predict his place will [...]
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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