So takes home USD 18,000

Will Mr. Zhou pay for GM title or he wants it for free? Is Zhou a man or a woman?

Will Mr. Mas lose his IM title because his rating below requested 2400?

Very commendable, but certainly it is not against all-comers

ZW is certainly no underdog and could hardly be described as having creating upsets with his wins. His rating is actually above that of Wesley So and on par with Megaranto. Currently he is holding Li Chao cormfortably in his

OMG, all the games seem to be wrong. Look at Ghaem Maghami's game...all the games seem to feature queens hanging?? LOL!

Congrats Tse Pin!!

There's also plans to break the Malaysian Book of record with 101 players at a Penang hotel. Simuls details to be advised.

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.