SIO 5th Round: Mas draws against GM Daryl Johannsen

It is not so much about how many points eg LYW's national rating is compared to Fide's. It is about how many national rating points he is above eg Ismail Ahmad, an unbelievable 408!!!!! With that difference LYW is expected

I've heard Tse Pin say before that the National rating list is 200-300 points below the actual ELO rating.

A national rating list which makes no attempt to reconcile the obvious existing rating discrepancies is of doubtful value to the promotion of healthy chess development.

This is a perfect example of unconstructive posting on the net. You should address the rating discrepancy instead of narrow minded personal verbal attack on me for not crossing the t's and dotting the i's. Don't you realise that makes the

I've been to so many tournaments and I don't even know that!!

You are right Ken Wei. I guess they made a mistake or rather the DGT board (as is common) made a mistake recording some of the moves.

I think there is something wrong with the Bellecer vs Le Quang Liem game. If I'm not mistaken, the white queen seems to be hanging on move 14...and a 2400 player would not play 13.h3 in that variation.

Hi, my name is Azmi. I am not into chess but my 11 year old son is quite keen to start. I am not good at the game and I definitely do not have the time to play with him.

It shows that you haven't been to any tourney for so long that you can't even read a table properly.FYI the actual rating is listed next to the Federation, while the one you are referring to is the average opponent's

You fell for the cheap tricks I use repeatedly in my online games. I didn't know it would work in a serious game too Pathethic really, because that's how a patzer like me survive. Relying on cheap opening tricks Once