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For the first time there is bigger prize fund in the National Championship (formerly called National Closed). The name change and the bump in prize money gives the national tournament more prestige and is sure to attract more participants this year. The details :- TOURNAMENT :   (A) THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 (OPEN) – Piala Tun Hussein Onn                  (B) THE NATIONAL WOMEN...

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[Event "KL Open Chess Tournament 2010"] [Site "Kuala Lumpur"] [Date "2010.04.07"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Luther, Thomas"] [Black "Hoang T Nhu Y"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2559"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2010.04.??"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MAS"] [SourceDate "2010.04.07"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7...

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Got this message from Exabytes, my webhost. All my domains connected to GilaChess.com including blog.gilachess.com will be down for a while:- Dear Andrew Ooi, This is the last reminder that your Linux shared hosting services will be migrated to the new data center on the 24th Feb 2010. Please find below the additional details concerning the migration: Actual physical server migration date /...

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With the crazy number of tournaments organised in around Malaysia (mainly in the Klang Valley), there is a surge in the traffic for Gilachess.com Note this is not the blog but just Gilachess.com the website with event announcements. Seems like chess enthusiasts are keen to know about new chess tournaments and looking through the results. That's a good sign for Malaysian chess. You...

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UPCOMING EVENTS MMU Open (6-7Feb 2010) Date : 6-7 Feb Venue : Exam Hall, MMU Melaka Campus. Campus address : Multimedia... Kejohanan Catur SMK Seri Putra (7 Feb 2010) Kejohanan Catur SMK Seri Putra 2010 (Anjuran bersama PICA & Kelab Catur SMK... KL Grandprix 2010   1. Organisers and Sponsors Organised by Kuala Lumpur Chess Association... Excel First Saturday Classical (06/02/2010) ( EVERY...

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I haven't done any extensive research but I am sure Malaysia is the country with arguably the most number of chess blogs in the world. Currently these are the list of chess blogs in Malaysia (and the number is growing!):- Stonemaster Ng6 hairulovchessmaniacs GiLoCatur's Blog Got chess got it all Firey Rook GilaChess Blog Mamak Chess KUDO CATUR Chess Malaysia TERENGGANU blog First...

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