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SSTWO MALL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 (20&21 July 2013)

By GilaChess - June 28, 2013
SSTWO MALL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 (Organized by SStwo Mall, DAT Chess Centre & Cerdik Catur Enterprise) RM 1,500 in Cash Prizes ! Hampers ! Trophies ! Other Prizes in Kind !       (download the entry form) SSTWO MALL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 (Organized by SStwo Mall, DAT Chess Centre & Cerdik Catur Enterprise) RM 1,500 in Cash Prizes ! Hampers ! Trophies...

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Speed boost to Catur.org

By GilaChess - June 27, 2013
Been worried that my move from maribelajar.com for the Malaysian Chess Blogs website was a mistake as the load time on the new site (catur.org) was very slow. It turns out that it was my mistake for not tweaking the website and using some common caching and 3rd party tools like CDN (content delivery network). The site can be further speeded up by...

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Google reader goes extinct, long live Feedly

By GilaChess - June 27, 2013
I keep up with all the chess news and tech news via Google reader which was my only reader I used for years. The advantage is clear as I can read all the contents I’m interested in, in one place. I do not have to visit each and every website to keep up.Google for some strange reason will be retiring Google Reader on...

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Results

Malaysian Masters 2013 results

By GilaChess - June 27, 2013
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Haze clears a bit

By GilaChess - June 26, 2013
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2013 Ketoyong Results

By GilaChess - June 25, 2013
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Aron Teh leads Malaysian Masters

By GilaChess - June 25, 2013
Ranking crosstable after Round 5 Rk.NameRtgFED12345678910Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3  1Aron Teh Eu Wen2100MAS*1½½114.010.750.03 2IMLim Yee-Weng2309MAS*½½11½3.56.000.02 3IMMas Hafizulhelmi2347MAS0*½1113.55.250.03 4Wong Jianwen2120MAS½*0½113.06.000.02 5Lim Zhuo Ren2171MAS½½½1*02.58.500.01 6Ng Tze Han2298MAS0½*1½½2.55.000.01 7Fong Yit San2049MAS0½10*½2.04.750.01 8Ajeet Singh Roshan2014MAS000½*11.52.250.01 9FMLim Chuin Hoong Ronnie2349MAS000½*11.52.000.01 10IMLiew Chee-Meng-Jimmy2263MAS½0½00*1.03.000.00 Aron Teh took the lead after beating IM Mas using White in Round 5 of the Malaysian Masters. Related link: http://www.thefidetrainer.com/2013/06/aron-teh-leads-after-five-rounds.html ...

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Birthday

Happy Birthday Sumant

By GilaChess - June 23, 2013
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KL Masters coverage

By GilaChess - June 23, 2013
DTYM Raja Dr Nazrin Shah Invitational Masters 2013 closing ceremony covered in:- Chessdom KL Chess DoubleRoo The FIDE Trainer ...

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Bersih @ Petaling Street

By GilaChess - June 22, 2013
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Kl masters & Malaysia Masters coverage

By GilaChess - June 22, 2013
I won't be there so I will be following Http://klmasters2013.blogspot.com Http://www.klchess.com Http://thefidetrainer.Com Http://doubleroo.Blogspot.Com ...

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Empty pool

By GilaChess - June 22, 2013
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Terrible haze

By GilaChess - June 22, 2013
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Hungry

By GilaChess - June 22, 2013
Of late I have been hungry for chess information especially coming out from recent tournaments. However it seems that the major chess blogs have gone inactive. Hairulov, Gilocatur etc all have gone into hibernation with Gilocatur with the occasional blog post and explanation why his blog is quiet. Fireyrook is also busy and reduced to cutting and pasting results only. Even the Lim...

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KL Masters ranking after Round 9

By GilaChess - June 21, 2013
  Rank after Round 9 Rk.   Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2644 7.0 0.0 23.25 4 2 GM Luther Thomas GER 2552 6.5 0.0 23.25 4 3 IM Nolte Rolando PHI 2440 5.5 0.0 19.00 4 4 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2479 5.0 0.0 16.25 4 5 IM Goh Wei Ming Kevin SIN 2441 4.5...

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KL Masters Round 9 results

By GilaChess - June 21, 2013
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. 1 6 2347 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 0 - 1 GM Murshed Niaz 2479 4 2 7 2644 GM Tiviakov Sergei 1 - 0 GM Wong Meng Kong 2301 3 3 8 2372 IM Dimakiling Oliver 0 - 1 GM Luther Thomas 2552 2 4 9 2352 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R ½ - ½ IM Nolte Rolando...

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Petaling Street 60th birthday

By GilaChess - June 20, 2013
According to IM Alex Wohl, Petaling Street celebrated it’s 60th birthday 2 days ago. I searched the local news for this and found nothing. Looking at the banner below I can understand why it is a misunderstanding. It’s actually the 60th anniversary Annual Dinner for the KL Hawker & Petty Trader’s Association. Petaling Street is actually much older. 143 years old to be...

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Round 7 results

By GilaChess - June 19, 2013
Bo.No.RtgNameResultNameRtgNo. 152441IMGoh Wei Ming Kevin1 - 0GMWong Meng Kong23013 262347IMMas Hafizulhelmi0 - 1GMLuther Thomas25522 372644GMTiviakov Sergei1 - 0IMNolte Rolando24401 482372IMDimakiling Oliver1 - 0IMWohl Aleksandar H.236911 592352IMRamnath Bhuvanesh.R1 - 0WGMPadmini Rout234710 642479GMMurshed Niaz0spielfrei0-1 Bo.No.RtgNameResultNameRtgNo. 152441IMGoh Wei Ming Kevin1 - 0GMWong Meng Kong23013 262347IMMas Hafizulhelmi0 - 1GMLuther Thomas25522 372644GMTiviakov Sergei1 - 0IMNolte Rolando24401 482372IMDimakiling Oliver1 - 0IMWohl Aleksandar H.236911 592352IMRamnath Bhuvanesh.R1 - 0WGMPadmini Rout234710 642479GMMurshed...

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Fixing crashed OS

By GilaChess - June 19, 2013
Fixing this for a chess friend whose Windows OS has crashed. It’s a dual boot machine so it has both Apple Max OS as well as Microsoft Windows. Previously Windows crashed (no surprise ) so only the Apple OS was usable. Now at the dual boot screen it is only black. I tried starting it up and all I see is a black...

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Games

Trying out new PGN game viewer

By GilaChess - June 19, 2013
My Chess Publisher is so old now and it's starting to show. So I am testing this pgn4web on blogspot here. So far it looks very nice and neat. Below is an example pgn game from the KL Masters Round 6. I like it because it is very customisable. You can choose the size of the board, the layout, the notation font and...

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Slow and steady

By GilaChess - June 19, 2013
IM Mas latest results yesterday was a draw against IM Rolando Nolte. So far Mas only loss was from IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh of India. Rd.SNoNameRtgFEDPts.Res. 17GMTiviakov Sergei2644NED4.5w ½ 28IMDimakiling Oliver2372PHI1.5s ½ 39IMRamnath Bhuvanesh.R2352IND2.0w 0 410WGMPadmini Rout2347IND3.0s ½ 511IMWohl Aleksandar H.2369AUS1.5w 1 61IMNolte Rolando2440PHI4.0s ½ ...

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standings

KL Masters after Round 6

By GilaChess - June 19, 2013
KL Masters just reached the halfway mark. This is the current standings from chess-results.com after 6 rounds :- Top seed is leading the pack with 4.5 points. Rank after Round 6 Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  1GMTiviakov SergeiNED26444.50.09.503 2IMNolte RolandoPHI24404.00.510.002 3GMLuther ThomasGER25524.00.58.252 4GMMurshed NiazBAN24793.50.06.253 5IMGoh Wei Ming KevinSIN24413.01.06.003 6IMMas HafizulhelmiMAS23473.00.58.003 7WGMPadmini RoutIND23473.00.54.753 8IMRamnath Bhuvanesh.RIND23522.00.06.003 9IMDimakiling OliverPHI23721.50.03.503 10IMWohl Aleksandar H.AUS23691.50.01.753 11GMWong Meng KongSIN23010.00.00.002 ...

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