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14 year old chess player killed by hit and run
JOHOR BARU: It has been a week since 14-year-old student Chai Jun Xian was killed in a hit-and-run accident and his younger brother is struggling to deal with the loss.
Wen Qin, 12, misses the chess games he used to play with Jun Xian; he keeps the chessboard beside his brother’s bed and sometimes plays a [...]
Celestino Cain passed away
I received this news late. A chess friend called me and told me that Celestino had passed away on May 31. A quick search on the net and Closet Grandmaster had posted this news last month. He is a Philippino National Master who has represented his country in the Olympiad.
This is indeed sad news [...]
MBS Live Update
I rarely cover junior events. In fact I can only remember one junior event held at the Olympid hotel near MSSKL.remember when I ever reported from a junior event before
So this is sort of a second tiime for me.
Currently in MBSSK Open where age groups are being contested are the U19, U15, U12 [...]
Malaysia’s top 82 (according to FIDE)
Malaysia (Active players)
#
Name
Title
Rating
G
B-Year
1
Mas, Hafizulhelmi
m
2386
47
1
Chan, Nicholas
f
2386
8
3
Lim, Yee-Weng
f
2367
7
1982
4
Long, Peter
f
2353
11
1961
5
Mok, Tze-Meng
f
2308
0
6
Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy
m
2306
0
1958
7
Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie
2287
8
1983
8
Bakri, Anas Nazreen
f
2270
0
1991
9
Zakaria, Fairin
2220
0
10
Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha
wm
2218
0
1988
11
Leong, Mun Wan
2214
14
12
Yeoh, Chin-Seng
2184
7
13
Sabri, Mohd Saprin
2158
6
1972
14
Yusof, Kamaluddin
2155
6
1967
14
Che Hassan, Muhd Aizuddin
2155
4
1985
16
Abdullah, Mohd Kamal
2153
15
17
Tan, Khai Boon
2133
8
18
Che Hassan, Abdullah
2131
11
1984
19
Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal
2121
1
1972
20
Au Yoong, Yow Loo
2113
0
21
Ismail, Ahmad
2111
13
1963
22
Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin
2110
7
1972
23
Soh, Han Loong Gerald
2109
0
1985
24
Tan, Eu Hong
2097
6
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Got "Semangat"
With the DATMO and Merdeka just around the corner my heart is beating faster. Getting anxious now..
Even Chessbase is running Edwin’s article on DATMO. For me, I’ve been diligently backing up my notebook’s data in preparation to format it and make it a real pure GilaChess Notebook. I want to improve on my chess [...]
OUG Chess Meet
If you are one of the many who feel that there is not enough places to play a friendly game of chess, here’s some good news..
For those who are staying in and around OUG area there is a chess meet at the following address on Thursday July 3, 2008 at 8pm to 10pm.
If you [...]
Spike in traffic
There’s not much chess activity the past few days and I certainly don’t have much to blog about. Traffic has hit 300 and above the last 3 days. The only reason I can think of is that Stonemaster website is down and I’m getting some additional traffic because of that. It’s only down temporarily [...]
National Rating out
All this talk about the national rating being late. Yada Yada…I still don’t understand the fuss. Now it’s out. So check it out at http://myrating.gilachess.com
I think my rating dropped again
You can also download the full list in Excel format HERE.
Malaysian Chess Festival 2008
Malaysian Chess Festival 2008
28th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Chess Championship 2008
15 - 17 Aug 2008
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IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008
18 - 25 Aug 2008
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3rd AmBank Group Malaysia Chess Challenge 2008
18 - 25 Aug 2008
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Malaysian Blitz Chess Championship 2008
24 Aug 2008
28th ASTRO Merdeka Open Team Chess Championship 2008
30 Aug - 01 Sept 2008
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Chess in Malaysia getting serious?
The number of people getting involved in chess has certainly picked up. Chess in schools has grown by leaps and bounds compared to past years. Hence it’s only natural more people are seeking coaching and training in chess to improve their skills in the game. Even though surviving off chess as a professional player [...]
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