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Today my maternal grandmother passed away. It's indeed a sad day for me amidst the Merdeka celebration. I'll be going back to attend the funeral tomorrow. My grandmother on my father's side also passed away in April this year. Understandably I will not cover the Merdeka Chess Festival as I will be back in my hometown in Teluk Intan. Please visit http://www.gilachess.com for...

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Here is the game between GM Anthonio and GM Dao. Click here. PS: Sorry as I have left the bulk of the other games of Wang Hao on the computer at the tournament hall. Will collect the games tomorrow and post it. Ok here are the some of the games from the team championship (1 hour + 30 secs time control). Round 1...

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A picture of me with the Champ. Wang Hao is champ!! Well that comes to no surprise to everybody who has seen his results throughout. He trashed 5 GMs with ease and didn't even slow down in the final round beating GM Ian Rogers. Here's mate in five. Can you see it? Black to move... I know you are tired of hearing it...

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By now you should know that Wang Hao is the clear winner for the Dato Tan 2nd Malaysia Open. His result is nothing but sensational. A player would just require 8.5 points to be champion but Wang Hao achieved it with 2 rounds to spare. He was also the sensation of the Dubai tournament as he won clearly ahead scores of other GMs...

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I have to say sorry to many chess fans out there who couldn't get news of the Malaysia Open for Round 3 and 4. My web host server had an error and they took the whole thing offline for one day. As a results, my website was down for the whole day. What's worse was even after the problem was fixed, the website...

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Many have been waiting for this. Here it is:- CHEVY CHESS CHALLENGE 2005 - PLAYERS' LIST 1 Mohan Raj MAS 2205 5700604 2 Zakaria, Fairin MAS 2190 5700469 3 Kamaluddin Yusof MAS 2180 5701171 4 Thaw Chee Yin MAS 2143 5701090 5 Jax Tham MAS 2136 5701279 6 Tun Seri Lanang Othman MAS 2129 5701449 7 Masrin Erowan MAS 2032 5701775 8 S.Balendran...

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11 GM, 15 IM, 12 FM and many more WGN,WIM,WFM etc. This is Malaysia's strongest tournament ever!! Note: Participants are invited to attend the Player's Meeting at: 5th Floor (Ballroom) CityTel Hotel, Mid Valley, KL. 8.00 pm Player's List 2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2005 Starting rank list No. Name Rtg FED 1 GM Dao Thien Hai 2601 VIE 2 IM Paragua...

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Still unsure whether I'll be playing in the Chervrolet Open this Saturday. I want to help out in producing the Malaysia Open bulletin like I did last year as well as play. Let's see if I can do both. Otherwise I'll just help in entering the games. Someone commented left a testimonial on friendster.com about me. This is what he said:- His penetrating...

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Did not get to go Kepong Baru tourney with my friend Vicky this time. Instead he was at Berjaya Times Square to cover the Atanu simul at Borders bookstore in KL. I bravely went alone this time. As usual got lost again in Kepong even though I had been there last year. With embarassment I was forced to call one of the organisers...

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Yesterday the winds changed direction and the number of hotspots in Indonesia reduced. Today there was a heavy downpour over KL and it is even clearer than ever before. It's as if the haze was never here. This is good news for the coming Malaysia Open!! Yesterday the winds changed direction and the number of hotspots in Indonesia reduced. Today there was a...

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There are two chess events this weekend. (Check out GilaChess.com). Don't know which to go to. Want to go to Kepong for the tourney but I don't know the direction. Anybody know the direction there? There are two chess events this weekend. (Check out GilaChess.com). Don't know which to go to. Want to go to Kepong for the tourney but I don't know...

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It's just over a week before the biggest chess event in Malaysia will start and we already have a hiccup. The picture shows Mid Valley Megamall where the Dato Tan Malaysia Open will take place. The hazy weather is certainly not conducive to a person's health and also certainly not conducive to producing super chess games in the Malaysian Open. Let's hope the...

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Guardian Unlimited Sport | Special reports | Barden on chess: "Barden on chess Leonard Barden Saturday August 6, 2005 The Guardian The mystique around the best young talents can create unrealistically high expectations among the public. Teenage and student players typically experience many highs and lows - even Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov had to face setbacks. Luke McShane, 21, is the UK's...

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Chess is back in Perak!! Being born in Perak I am very happy to see two big tournaments held in Perak recently. I never had a chance to play chess in Perak except for the school district chess championship held once a year. The one in Taiping attracted a record 193 players!!! I think that is definitely a Malaysian record for a one...

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CAS also had it's AGM the same day as the CAS Merdeka celebrations tourney at around lunch time (1.30pm). Good to see the old faces of Mrs Jackie Wong and her husband at the meeting. They were the ones who brought CAS to the level it is today. The 'new blood' have proven themselves as CAS is again the most active Chess society...

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Ha. Thought I could finish top 10 in the CAS merdeka tourney. All the strong chess kaki's went to Ipoh for the UTP tourney. By the way, FM / NM Nicholas Chan won the Ipoh event (SMS info from Ching Kim Lye). Looked at the name list and counted only 7 names that I knew. So I thought heck, top 10 is in...

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As usual I woke up late at 8:30am and I know I have to register at Sunway College before 9.30am. Made it in time. There wil be another tournament in Kepong - as yet unannounced in GilaChess.com. Just found out about it.Details:Kepong Baru Open Date: 14th Aug 2005 Contact: 016-2665907(Chan Litt Binn) or 017-6256983(Lim Pei Anne) for more details.Will post a more complete...

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I've been busy setting some new chess related websites the past few days. What chess site? Will announce it later but not before it's 100% complete. Tomorrow (7th August 2005) will be CAS chess competition to celebrate Merdeka day. Don' t know what that means but I'm eager to play in any one day competition so I've already sent my name to Tse...

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Chess players in the movies: "Chess players in the movies Aug. 3, 2005 04:45 PM Chess shows up a lot in the movies, often for no other reason than to make the protagonist seem smart or sophisticated. It's frequently used in advertisements for the same reason. But it's obvious - at least to chess players - that most ad designers don't play chess....

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