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Hottest Chess Event in town

By GilaChess - August 24, 2013
Was in the vicinity of Shah Alam around the end of the Selangorku Battlechess tourney today so I stopped by to take some pictures. It was literally the hottest chess event I've ever been to. Somehow I think the air-conditioning system broke down and the closed nature of the old Tengku Ampuan Shah Alam library exacerbated the condition further. Anyway, it's a great...

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Best Malaysian Team

By GilaChess - August 23, 2013
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Best 3rd Board Prize Winner

By GilaChess - August 23, 2013
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Best Ladies Team (Astro Merdeka 2013)

By GilaChess - August 23, 2013
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Final Prize Giving

By GilaChess - August 23, 2013
KL Datuk Bandar taking a picture of the junior team champiolns. That's what I call interest as most VIPs just sit down and watch :) ...

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WGM Nafisa Muminova playing for the team All Ladies scored an impressive 8½ out of 9 to win the prize.


Prize Winners with Dato Tan

By GilaChess - August 19, 2013
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Winners queue ( for prize money)

By GilaChess - August 19, 2013
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It's over

By GilaChess - August 18, 2013
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Astro merdeka final results

By GilaChess - August 18, 2013
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Astro Merdeka Team Champions

By GilaChess - August 18, 2013
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Merdeka Team Round 6 video

By GilaChess - August 18, 2013
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Hazy Sunday

By GilaChess - August 18, 2013
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Merdeka Team latest results and pairings

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
After 5 rounds of hectic play you can now see the results at chess-results.com. As far as I can no results as "hidden" as claimed by some silly smart ass blogger last year. More results and pairings from http://chess-results.com/tnr108708.aspx?art=1&lan=1&wi=821 ...

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Interview with Dimakiling

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
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Interview with Ronnie

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
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Best pictures I took today

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
Check out the pictures I took today at Merdeka team:- http://mychessphoto.blogspot.com/2013/08/merdeka-team-2013-day-1-pictures.html ("best" pictures because I left out all the blurry ones :) ) ...

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Mad about chess?

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
This T-shirt worn by not one but a few teams (all juniors) caught my eye. The reason is obvious as it is close to the tagline I would choose for my own website GilaChess.com :) P/S: The shirt is worn by the Polgar Chess Centre which sent 6 teams to this event !! ...

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Merdeka Team Round 5 video

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
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Merdeka Team Round 4 video

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
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Merdeka Team Round 3 video

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
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Merdeka - Round 2 video

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
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Merdeka Rapid starts

By GilaChess - August 17, 2013
Malaysian Open is finished but today it's the start of yet another big event - The Astro Merdeka Team championship. This year's entry is massive with 106 teams taking part. Here's a short clip of the first round:- ...

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Getting ready for Merdeka tomorrow

By GilaChess - August 16, 2013
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Dinner before prizegiving

By GilaChess - August 16, 2013
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Last round fight!

By GilaChess - August 16, 2013
board 1 board 2 An all chinese affair but they are fighting it out and there is no fast draws! ...

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Final Round (live)

By GilaChess - August 16, 2013
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Breakfast

By GilaChess - August 16, 2013
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Dinner

By GilaChess - August 15, 2013
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Round 8 live games

By GilaChess - August 15, 2013
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Xiu Deshun and Nguyen Duc Hoa leading after Round 7

By GilaChess - August 15, 2013
GM Xiu Deshun IM Nguyen Duc Hoa Both of these leaders will meet each other in the penultimate round. Round 8 on 2013/08/15 at 3:00pm Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo. 14GMXiu Deshun256666IMNguyen Duc Hoa248310 25GMLu Shanglei25385½5½GMMa Qun26001 36GMVaibhav Suri25265½5½GMZhou Jianchao25843 415GMLaxman R.R.241555GMGupta Abhijeet25942 521Nouri Hamed237455GMGomez John Paul25207 612IMIllingworth Max242655Pradeep Kumar R.A.231035 716GMWang Rui240855WGMDing Yixin242113 88GMLaylo Darwin24994½4½Elorta David232829 926Dela Cruz Noel23434½4½GMKunte Abhijit24899 1027Yoseph Theolifus Taher23404½4½GMFominyh Alexander245011 ...

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Malaysian Chess Festival 2013 Facebook page

By GilaChess - August 15, 2013
Click here to view ...

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Malaysian Open games out online

By GilaChess - August 15, 2013
check it out at http://mychessfestival2013.blogspot.com ...

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Round 6 games (live)

By GilaChess - August 14, 2013
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Breskfast

By GilaChess - August 14, 2013
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War Cry for Swensen's

By GilaChess - August 13, 2013
Ah.. it's over. The most dreaded event which is part of the Malaysian Chess Festival. It wasn't as tiring as I thought maybe because 'only' 300 participants too part instead of 400 like past years. I only gave out 6 red cards :) . (2 red cards qualifies for a game loss) ...

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IM Oliver Dimakiling

By GilaChess - August 13, 2013
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Cheah Cheok Fung

By GilaChess - August 13, 2013
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Swenson panoramic view

By GilaChess - August 13, 2013
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Swensen's Age Group starting in s few minutes

By GilaChess - August 13, 2013
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Record 300+ kids for Swensen tomorrow

By GilaChess - August 12, 2013
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Busy preparing for the Swensen's Age group tomorrow

By GilaChess - August 12, 2013
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7 years and it still works

By GilaChess - August 12, 2013
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GM Clash (Xiu Deshun vs John Paul Gomez)

By GilaChess - August 12, 2013
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