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Monster psp
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Team |
Res. |
Team |
SNo. |
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10 |
GOLDIS |
3½ – ½ |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
6 |
| 2 |
7 |
Tan & Tan |
0 – 4 |
786 Chess Club |
5 |
| 3 |
8 |
SMS Gold |
2½ – 1½ |
Spawn 2009 |
4 |
| 4 |
9 |
DAT Chess Centre |
4 – 0 |
MBS Kuala Lumpur |
3 |
| 5 |
1 |
Nusa Mahkota Chess Club |
4 – 0 |
Persatuan Catur Wanita Malaysia |
2 |
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As comparison the above was the round 2 results. This time the same teams meet but with colours reversed.
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SNo. |
Team |
Res. |
Team |
SNo. |
| 1 |
6 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
1 – 3 |
GOLDIS |
10 |
| 2 |
5 |
786 Chess Club |
3½ – ½ |
Tan & Tan |
7 |
| 3 |
4 |
Spawn 2009 |
1 – 3 |
SMS Gold |
8 |
| 4 |
3 |
MBS Kuala Lumpur |
½- 2½ |
DAT Chess Centre |
9 |
| 5 |
2 |
Persatuan Catur Wanita Malaysia |
1 – 3 |
Nusa Mahkota Chess Club |
1 |
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DATCC and MBS board 3 both got zeroes because both players were absent.
As can be seen from the 1st half games from Round 2, there are no major upsets but the previous ‘losers’ made slight improvements and managed to reduce the deficit by half or one point.
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Just got the details for the AmBank MALAYSIA CHESS CHALLENGE 2009. Click here for details and entry form.
Those who feel that the Malaysian Open entry fees is too expensive, then the AmBank is a better alternative.
Entry Fees
| Below FIDE RTG 2200 |
RM 50 |
unrated |
RM 100 |
| Bank Account:: DAT Chess Centre - Maybank Current Account: 5145 9822 0369 |
| Jalan Bunus, 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - SWIFT : MBBEMYKL |
Prizes up for grabs are:-
| Total Prizes = RM 5,000 as follows Main Prizes |
Special Prizes |
| 1st |
1,000 + Trophy |
6th |
300 |
Best Female |
200 |
2
nd |
800 |
7th |
300 |
Best Under 16 |
200 |
| 3rd |
600 |
8th |
300 |
Best Under 12 |
200 |
| 4th |
500 |
9th |
200 |
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| 5th |
400 |
10th |
200 |
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| Participants are entitled to only one prize (the larger). Where prizes are the same value, the Main Prizes will take precedence over the Special Prizes.. |
Forms and details.
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This is the latest FIDE rating for the Malaysian Top 10 active chess players:-
| # |
Name |
Title |
Fed |
Rating |
G |
B-Year |
| 1 |
Chan, Nicholas |
f |
MAS |
2403 |
8 |
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| 2 |
Mas, Hafizulhelmi |
m |
MAS |
2391 |
62 |
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| 3 |
Lim, Yee-Weng |
f |
MAS |
2376 |
8 |
1982 |
| 4 |
Mok, Tze-Meng |
f |
MAS |
2343 |
16 |
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| 5 |
Long, Peter |
f |
MAS |
2331 |
0 |
1961 |
| 6 |
Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy |
m |
MAS |
2299 |
0 |
1958 |
| 7 |
Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie |
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MAS |
2281 |
8 |
1983 |
| 8 |
Chin, F |
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MAS |
2223 |
5 |
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| 9 |
Zakaria, Fairin |
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MAS |
2188 |
0 |
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| 10 |
Leong, Mun Wan |
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MAS |
2182 |
0 |
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The speculated rating change is correct. FM Nicholas Chan crosses the 2400 rating and is also takes over the no 1 position from IM Mas Hafizulhelmi. Mas may have just broken the record for the most rated game for a Malaysian for a given rating period. 62 games in total!!
FM Mok Tze Meng overtakes FM Peter Long to take 4th place. It’s also surprising to see Francis Chin is still in the active list. He has 5 games rated recently.
Taken from FIDE rating website.
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These are what I think are essential chess software for the chess player nowadays. Not just professionals but typical club players.
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Deep Rybka 3
Acknowledged to be the world’s strongest chess engine. ‘Deep’ refers to the multiprocessor version of this chess analysis monster. Since most computers nowadays are at least dual-core, it’s better to get the ‘Deep’ version to squeeze even more ELO strength out of this already formidable analysis engine. Fritz is still popular but Rybka is just stronger.
Common use of this engine is to pin-point missed tactics. Some lazy players (me included!) leave the engine to analyse the games overnight to do the hard work of checking the games for mistakes/improvements.
Of course everybody knows the best thing is to use your own brains to criticallly analyse first and then only compare with the engine’s findings. That’s how one can derive the maximum benefit of using a strong engine. Problem is that I’m just too lazy to follow this advice  |
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Megabase 2009
Great for opening and sometimes preparation against specific opponents. Couple this with “Opening Report” feature in Chessbase 10 and you have a nice way to study openings.
Also a good supplement to opening books which are quickly outdated in the latest variations. With a huge 4 million+ games and 62,000 of them annotated, this is the only chess database anyone would need.
I just update the newer games using TWIC and the database is up to date. |
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Chessbase 10
You need this to enter your games, search from Megadatabases and it is the single chess program that I use the most often. Of course you can also use the FREE Chessbase reader that comes with Megadatabase but it’s a crippled version with many features unavailable. Better to get the real deal in Chessbase 10.
Use this to annotate your games, save analysis, and watch those chess media videos from Chessbase. |
Owning any one of the original Chessbase products also entitles you to one year of Playchess.com user account.
Of course Chessbase product is not the only programs you can use. I see some professional chess players using Convekta products such as Chess Assistant.
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