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My game vs CM Colin Madhavan
Colin Madhavan vs GilaChess(Black)
This is the final position of my game vs Colin Madhavan. Black just moved Bg7. My opening was NOT good at all but my strategy was to get as messy a position as possible and that would definitely be to my advantage as Colin has less than a minute to [...]
Mas vs Wynn Zaw Htunn
This is the only game in my database that I can find of Mas vs Wynn Zaw Htun. This game is 8 years old and Mas was 2413 at that time.
[Event "Wah Seong IM"][Site "Penang MAS"][Date "2000.03.02"][Round "6"][White "Mas, H."][Black "Wynn Zaw Htun"][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "B21"][WhiteElo "2413"][BlackElo "2524"][PlyCount "47"][EventDate "2000.02.26"]
1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. [...]
Wesley So loses his second game
I think fatique has finally hit Wesley So as he practically played non stop since his big win in Dubai.
He lost yet another game as White and this time to China’s Li Chao.
In this position White to move.
Wesley played Re2 ? which was a mistake.
Li Chao replied with Bb5 and the Black bishop [...]
Round 5: Zhou Weiqi downs Wesley So
Wonderboy GM Wesley So suffered his first defeat in the 2nd Philippines Open losing on the White side of a French Defence to Zhou Weiqi.
22 year old Zhou Weiqi was the 2nd place winner of the Aeroflot Open with a performance rating of 2703.
[Event "2nd Phil Open Int'l Chess"][Site "SBECC"][Date "2008.??.??"][Round "5"][White "GM [...]
Dino Ballecer
Mas 5th round opponent, NM Dino Ballecer (2406) is a 23 year old who had a rise of 60 ELO points last year. Here’s a game annotated by Dino to see his style of play. Taken from Bobby Ang’s excellent chess column:
Source: http://pinoychess.informe.com/forum/dino-ballecer-dt489.html
Peter Long annotates
Peter Long has started a new column for trainers to share their knowledge of chess with young players. It’s called Trainers Notebook and to be published weekly, he has agreed to exclusive Malaysian syndication with The Patzer. This week FT Peter Long kicks off with “You have to decide“.
Peter Long can be contacted by [...]
Wang Li upsets GM Susanto Megaranto
Looks like the Chinese players have a good start. Untitled 20-year old Wang Li managed to beat GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia in the first round too:
GM Susanto Megaranto - one of the top upcoming GMs from Indonesia.
[Event "SICC 2007 Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Li"]
[Black "Susanto, Megaranto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
1. d4 [...]
Shen Siyuan giant killing first round
I have seen Shen Siyuan play for 3 DATMOs now and back in the first DATMO his rating was only 2100++. He is now rated 2337 and made one of the biggest tournament upset in the Singapore Masters by beating top seed GM Zhang Zhong in the very first round. This game got my attention [...]
Featured Game
Philippino Julio Catalino Saddora is no stranger to Malaysian chess as he has played here for the last 3 Malaysian Opens. He was studying for a while in Singapore. Here’s a game where he defeated the 1st (2005) DATMO champion GM Ni Hua on the White side of a Queen’s Gambit in the recent 2nd [...]
Featured game
This is the first round game taken from the ASEAN+ Youth Team Championships between MSS Johor vs MSS Malaysia. Renithat is black representing MSS Johor and Alia Anin Bakri is White representing MSS Malaysia.
[Event "ASEAN+ Youth Team Championship"]
[Site "Hotel Concorde, Shah Alam, Kua"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anin Azwa Bt. Bakri, Alia"]
[Black "a/p Narayanan, Renitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount [...]
Yeoh Li Tian is hot!
So far our Under 8 rep in Turkey is doing well winning all four rounds in a row.
Picture (c) Lim Tse Pin (http://malaysianchess.blogspot.com)Here’s one of his games in the third round:
GilaChess was Hacked!
Last night GilaChess.com got hacked. And the hacker was me! Yes I hacked my own site Some thought it was a big joke but most thought that my site was really hacked. Sorry for the deception and if you were fooled by this. I just wanted to test a theory of mine.
If GilaChess was [...]
