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IIUM Engitex tomorrow 28 February 2009 at 9:49 pm by GilaChess
+ Asus 904 By GilaChess 28 February 2009 at 5:22 pm and have No Comments
I am buying this netbook for someone. Supposed to get the EEE PC 904HD but got the 904 model (without the ‘HD’ suffix) which is exactly the same as the former feature wise. I could not find the 904HD model anywhere. It seemed to be out of stock everywhere I asked.
The price for the 904: RM 1399 from Low Yat. Pretty standard price but I chose to buy from this shop with Asus logo on the 3rd floor because it gave a free upgrade to 2Gb RAM and also a free Bluetooth USB dongle. That was the best deal after looking at many other shops.
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Chess blogger/chess coach Marcus Yeoh looks on while I test the new netbook out at a Hainanese coffee shop on the 1st floor of Low Yat. The netbook had only a few minutes initial charge so I didn’t get to play with it long in Low Yat. I’m most impressed by the 29 seconds bootup time.
Although this is not my EEE PC but I’m definitely going to get one soon. It’s the perfect computer to lug around for the chess road warrior – player or blogger.
PS: In my previous post, I did recommend to avoid getting models like the 904 because it used the slower Celeron processor as opposed to the new Atom N270 and N280. But from my initial tests I find it quite fast and see little difference compared to the faster Asus 1000HE in common tasks such as web browsing and blogging.
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+ UIAM Engitex @ 28/2/2009 By GilaChess 26 February 2009 at 3:57 pm and have 1 Comment
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Date -28/2/09 for primary and Secondary
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a) Primary school
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+ Classy netbook with great keyboard By GilaChess 25 February 2009 at 11:48 pm and have No Comments
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It’s the HP Mini Note 1001TU. The first version of this series, HP Mini Note 2133 was almost perfect except that it came with a sluggish CPU – a Via C7 which was inadequate to run OS such as Vista. The new version fixes this as it uses the more “standard” Intel Atom N270. However I think the 2133 silver coloured keyboard made it looked more expensive although both are solid aluminium keys.
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Current market price in Low Yat is RM 1699. The specs are pretty common now for netbooks such as 1GB RAM, Atom N270 CPU, 10.2″ screen, Windows XP, 1Kg total weight, 3-cell battery. However the harddisk is a little small at 60Gb losing out to Asus’ 160Gb.
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For me, I’m still holding out for the Asus EEE PC 1000HE which still hasn’t reached Malaysian shores.
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+ NMCC talk by NM Kamal Abdullah By GilaChess 25 February 2009 at 6:50 am and have No Comments
The Neo Manhatten Chess Club (NMCC) is located at the 3rd floor. Looks like any other shophouse..
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+ Happy Birthday IM Lim Yee Weng By GilaChess 25 February 2009 at 6:32 am and have No Comments
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+ Malaysian Chess Blog list By GilaChess 23 February 2009 at 2:08 am and have No Comments
Chess development in Malaysia may be slow compared to other countries but the interest in the game is growing by leaps and bounds. The number of blogs alone is the highest for any country in Asia. Just to illustrate, here are the list of some Malaysian chess blogs that I know of (not in any particular order):-
1. Marcus Yeoh
5. Gilocatur
6. Setia Chess
8. Syed Chess
9. Masros Chess
10. The Fide Trainer (Peter Long)
11; Sifu My Catur (Encik Latiff)
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13. Capman Chess
14. Bad Bishops
15. Masterchess 91
16 Geng Mamak
17, Planet Catur
18. Malaysian Chess (inactive)
19. Balendran (inactive)
20. Jax Tham Mostly Ghostly movie (inactive)
21. Selangor Chess (inactive)
22. Malaysian GM (inactive)
I am very sure I missed out many other Malaysian chess blogs. Please let me know in the comment section or go to the Malaysian Chess Blog directory page to update.
Not all are blogs though. Below is the list of sites that are not blogs:-
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+ NMCC By GilaChess 22 February 2009 at 8:37 am and have No Comments
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Or at least send me a reminder to my gmail account. Getting old and forgetful nowadays..
Anyway there is the NMCC chess talk today (2-4pm) given by National Master Kamal Abdullah. You can find the map and other details at Hairulov’s blog Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans divx
.. I’ll be brining my new camera to take pictures and videos.
I stand corrected that chess cannot make much money. In the area of coaching however, it seems this sector is having a healthy growth despite the recent economic slump. This NMCC chess centre is just one of the many new chess coaching related business that have sprung up.
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+ Tribute to Edhi Handoko by Peter Long By GilaChess 22 February 2009 at 5:38 am and have No Comments
I had arrived in Jakarta in the late afternoon and was soon meeting up one after another with PERCASI Deputy Secretary General Sebastian Simanjuntak, Publicity Head Kristianus Liem, WGM Irene Sukandar and her brother Jenius Kaiser as well as with Drs Bunawan till late despite having to leave at 4 a.m. to catch a flight to Surabaya.
Then I was was woken by Sebastian with the sad news that our good friend Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer Edhi Handoko has passed away at 1 a.m. He had been ill recently but we did not think it was so serious and I was looking forward to seeing him soon at a coaching assignment or at the JAFPA Chess Festival in April.
Edhi is well known to the ASEAN chess community at large and I am proud to be able to call him a friend since we first met in 1983 when he was already eclipsing the long time No 1. Indonesian GM Herman Ardianysah.
I have seen a lot of Edhi in the past year – meeting him many times at diverse places from Tarakan, Jakarta (JAFPA), Beijing (World Mind Sports Games), etc. and we spent at lot of time together in Dresden at the 38th World Chess Olympiad, often watching the games of the Indonesian team of which he was the captain with McDonald’s for dinner often to follow at GM Susanto Megaranto’s insistence!
There is only one word to describe Edhi’s career – uncompromising.
Edhi played chess without fear or favour and believed that he could find something in any position. His game was full of the tactics that has always epitomised the Indonesian chess school but with his own special twist with incredibly deep calculation of variations.
As a result, he was Indonesian Champion in 1978, 1979, 1984, and 1991, and a member of his country’s Olympiad Teams in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, and 2000.
He became a Grandmaster in 1994 and was Asian Cities Champion in both 1993 and 1994.
When finally overtaken by GM Utut Adianto in the late 80’s as Indonesia’s No. 1, they became a much feared and respected combination of good friends and genial rivals who certainly benefited from each other and together led Indonesia to its best every international results for over a decade.
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He will be missed greatly as a friend (he had no enemies and no detractors), as a role model for all young chess players, and for the so much more he was starting to offer Indonesian chess in building a new generation of young talents in his new career as a trainer.
Edhi’s funeral procession will be from Rumah Duka Tiong Teng, Solo, Jawa Tengah at 9 a.m. Sunday, 22 February 2009 to the Bonoloyo, Cemetery and is survived by his wife Endang Hastari S and his two sons Ekona Sulistya Wibowo (21 years) and Okana Razzi Giovani.
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+ Inactive but not dead By GilaChess 20 February 2009 at 10:57 am and have No Comments
I know I’ve been inactive for the last 2 months due to work but looking at the website traffic, the volume of visitors have dropped but not by much.
Anyway my work is finished and after a good rest GilaChess websites will be active once more. As you know, my webhost is not happy with higher traffic and I’m currently looking at plugins such as WP Super Cache and possibly other webhosts.
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+ Tools of the Modern Chess Coach By GilaChess 20 February 2009 at 9:49 am and have No Comments
Equus video This is just my idea of a modern chess coach tools:-
Of course the two most traditional items are
Chess Demo board – to show positions, maneuvers, tactics etc to a group of students. A normal chess set if it’s one-to-one.
White board. or a
Video projector. Not cheap yet but prices have dropped and a typical video projector starts from RM 1800.
Webcam – this is when face to face is not possible and since computers and internet is prevalent nowadays, it should not be much of a problem. The prices of webcam has dropped very much and you can get one from RM 50 and above.
Software tools such as Skype have added videos and the latest Skype has improved the quality of video and audio to such an extent that even today’s Streamyx broadband produces great communication quality. I know as I’ve tried Skype in my hometown Teluk Intan talking to my sister in US.
Interactive quizzes – I am a firm believer that students need to be quizzed whether they have understood the materials presented. Many online tools are free nowadays and cobbling together an online quiz is a matter of knowing some tech savvy kid (everybody knows one for sure, or at least knows someone who knows one )
These quizzes can be linked to a database so that a performance history and profile on the student can be roughly deduced.
Database on student profiles. Their level, weaknesses, strengths etc, Could be paper based or computerised.
Lastly a portable computer is good to have especially if you are the tech savvy type of coach that requires your student to build a database of games on a computer. A netbook is a good bet for ultra portability. The price of a netbook is typically between RM 1000-1800.
If you want a bigger screen notebook the Compaq CQ series has a decent one for about RM 1800 that has a 17 inch screen which is great for presentation to a small group of one or two students.
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+ IP unblocked By GilaChess 20 February 2009 at 8:16 am and have No Comments
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+ Spamming my own website? By GilaChess 20 February 2009 at 2:00 am and have No Comments
My IP was blocked once while I was uploading files to GilaChess website using FTP. After that I could not even browse the website. I emailed Exabytes (my webhost) telling them this and they said my IP was blocked because the system thought I was flooding the webserver with unnecessary traffic and I was a spammer. That was quickly rectified and this happened a few months back.
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+ Nur Nabila in the news By GilaChess 18 February 2009 at 7:36 am and have No Comments
Nur Nabila appears in the Kosmo! today (18/02/2009) with a long article spread.
Here’s an excerpt:-
Ketangkasan kanak-kanak berusia 12 tahun ini bermain catur membolehkannya tersenarai antara 20 pemain catur dunia berusia bawah 10 tahun dalam Kejohanan Catur Dunia.
KETIKA usianya enam tahun, tumpuan anak kedua daripada empat orang adik-beradik itu bukan pada anak patung atau barang mainan. Sebaliknya, dia lebih fokus pada latihan mengatur strategi ‘peperangan’ catur.
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“Saya minat bermain catur kerana selalu melihat ayah dan abang berlatih main catur.
“Minat tersebut semakin bercambah apabila saya menemani ayah bertanding catur di Batu Gajah, Perak,” kata Nur Nabila Azman Hisham, 12, ketika ditemui di kediaman keluarganya di Sungai Buloh, Selangor baru-baru ini.
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+ GM Edhi Handoko passes away By GilaChess 18 February 2009 at 7:21 am and have No Comments
A great loss to Indonesia. One of Indonesia’s seven grandmaster, GM Edhi Handoko, died at the age of 49 from a combination lung infection and heart problems on February 17th, 2009.
Dunia catur Indonesia kembali kehilangan salah satu putra terbaiknya. Grand Master Edhi Handoko meninggal dunia pada hari Selasa (17/2/2009) pada usia 49 tahun.
Seperti dikabarkan oleh Humas PB Percasi Kristianus Liem dalam rilis yang diterima detiksport, Edhi menghembuskan nafas terakhir pukul 00.15 WIB di RS Bina Husada, Cibinong. Edhi diketahui mengidap komplikasi penyakit infeksi paru-paru dan pembengkakkan jantung.
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Despite their rivalry, Utut praised Edhi as a worthy opponent and versatile partner. The pair reigned as Asia’s No. 1 duo on in both 1992and again in 1994.
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