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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)

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Blogging

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 using some cloud services but I will wait till I have more free time to do that.

The speed increase is significant (almost 10 times faster!) and definitely noticeable. Tell me if the load time is still slow at your area.

Before:-

After:-

P/S: Latest update. After letting the cache settle down for a couple of hours, another quick test and the site load time is even faster.

At least now it says “Your website is faster than 38% of all tested websites” for the first time

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tools

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 1st of July and I’ve tried many RSS reader alternatives. The best by far is Feedly and I think I will stick with this as it is available as an app on my phone, ipod and ipad. It’s also available as a plugin on my PC.

Definitely the best news reader !

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Results

Malaysian Masters 2013 results

By GilaChess - June 27, 2013

Taken from chess-results:-

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1
1	IM	Lim Yee-Weng	2309	MAS	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6	25.25
2		Aron Teh Eu Wen	2100	MAS	0	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6	24.75
3	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2347	MAS	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	22
4		Lim Zhuo Ren	2171	MAS	½	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	1	1	5.5	22
5		Wong Jianwen	2120	MAS	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	5.5	20.25
6		Ng Tze Han	2298	MAS	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	½	½	5	20.75
7		Fong Yit San	2049	MAS	½	0	0	1	½	0	*	½	1	1	4.5	16.25
8	FM	Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie	2349	MAS	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	½	1	3	10.25
9		Ajeet Singh Roshan	2014	MAS	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	2.5	8
10	IM	Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy	2263	MAS	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	*	1	5.5

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Haze clears a bit

By GilaChess - June 26, 2013

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Results

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.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1		Aron Teh Eu Wen	2100	MAS	*		1	½	½	1	1				4.0	10.75	0.0	3
2	IM	Lim Yee-Weng	2309	MAS		*			½	½		1	1	½	3.5	6.00	0.0	2
3	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2347	MAS	0		*		½			1	1	1	3.5	5.25	0.0	3
4		Wong Jianwen	2120	MAS	½			*	0		½	1	1		3.0	6.00	0.0	2
5		Lim Zhuo Ren	2171	MAS	½	½	½	1	*		0				2.5	8.50	0.0	1
6		Ng Tze Han	2298	MAS	0	½				*	1	½		½	2.5	5.00	0.0	1
7		Fong Yit San	2049	MAS	0			½	1	0	*		½		2.0	4.75	0.0	1
8		Ajeet Singh Roshan	2014	MAS		0	0	0		½		*		1	1.5	2.25	0.0	1
9	FM	Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie	2349	MAS		0	0	0			½		*	1	1.5	2.00	0.0	1
10	IM	Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy	2263	MAS		½	0			½		0	0	*	1.0	3.00	0.0	0

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 Chong tournament recently was not attended by any blogger (not including Chess Odyssey 2000 and Chess is Chess who were actually playing in the tourney).

Does publicity and coverage by bloggers and media affect participation and attendance? It would be interesting if someone did a study. Lim Chong Memorial had around 80 participant last year and dropped to 60 this year.

I did take half a day off work to visit the KL Masters and Lim Chong and immediately saw a boost in traffic in my blog. Also the graph (above) from Facebook page on Malaysian Chess Blog tooka spike for that one day post.

Anyway, today is the start of the Malaysian Masters and Closing ceremony of the KL Masters at the Palace of the Golden Horses hotel. I hope there will be some coverage by chess bloggers. So chess bloggers now is your time to gain a huge traffic spike from the hungry readers :)

P/S: I tired from work and need to take time off this weekend to rest so I won't be at any chess event today or tomorrow.

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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	0.0	11.50	4
6	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2347	4.0	0.0	12.50	4
7	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	AUS	2369	3.5	1.0	9.00	5
8	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	IND	2352	3.5	0.0	14.25	4
9	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2347	3.0	0.0	7.00	4
10	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2372	2.5	0.0	9.00	4
11	GM	Wong Meng Kong	SIN	2301	0.0	0.0	0.00	4

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Results

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	2440	1
5	10	2347	WGM	Padmini Rout	0 - 1	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	2369	11
6	5	2441	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	0		spielfrei	0	-1

As usual check out Alex Wohl’s blog for his take on Round 9.

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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 precise according to Wikipedia.
Still check out Alex Wohl picture of this colourful dinner.
Anyway today is a double round day for the KL Masters.
Today’s round 8 completed this morning and the results is as below.

Round 8 on 2013/06/20 at 0900
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	11	2369	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	1 - 0	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2352	9
2	1	2440	IM	Nolte Rolando	1 - 0	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2372	8
3	2	2552	GM	Luther Thomas	½ - ½	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2644	7
4	3	2301	GM	Wong Meng Kong	0 - 1	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	2347	6
5	4	2479	GM	Murshed Niaz	½ - ½	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	2441	5
6	10	2347	WGM	Padmini Rout	0		spielfrei	0	-1

Round 9 will continue at 4.30 pm.

Round 9 on 2013/06/20 at 1630
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	2347	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi		GM	Murshed Niaz	2479	4
2	7	2644	GM	Tiviakov Sergei		GM	Wong Meng Kong	2301	3
3	8	2372	IM	Dimakiling Oliver		GM	Luther Thomas	2552	2
4	9	2352	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R		IM	Nolte Rolando	2440	1
5	10	2347	WGM	Padmini Rout		IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	2369	11
6	5	2441	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	0		spielfrei	0	-1

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Round 7 results

By GilaChess - June 19, 2013

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	5	2441	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	1 - 0	GM	Wong Meng Kong	2301	3
2	6	2347	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	0 - 1	GM	Luther Thomas	2552	2
3	7	2644	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	1 - 0	IM	Nolte Rolando	2440	1
4	8	2372	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	1 - 0	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	2369	11
5	9	2352	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	1 - 0	WGM	Padmini Rout	2347	10
6	4	2479	GM	Murshed Niaz	0		spielfrei	0	-1

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gadgets

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 Smile ) so only the Apple OS was usable. Now at the dual boot screen it is only black. Sad smile

I tried starting it up and all I see is a black screen.

That’s my own mac side by side the “black screen” Mac. They look identical.

Restored in less than 5 minutes. Apparently the brightness was set all the way down to zero hence the black screen.

So the Apple OS was not at fault. It was working all the time Smile

I will still need to fix the Windows crash which will take more time and involve reformatting the Windows partition. I still feel the Air is one of the best notebook for a chess player for it’s mobility. I fully recommend it to any chess player particularly now that the new models can run up to 12 hours. The starting price for a brand new Air is around RM 2999.

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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 size etc.

What do you think?

White: IM Alex Wohl Black: GM Sergei Tiviakov

Related link: http://doubleroo.blogspot.com

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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.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.
1	7	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2644	NED	4.5	w ½
2	8	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2372	PHI	1.5	s ½
3	9	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	2352	IND	2.0	w 0
4	10	WGM	Padmini Rout	2347	IND	3.0	s ½
5	11	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	2369	AUS	1.5	w 1
6	1	IM	Nolte Rolando	2440	PHI	4.0	s 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.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	NED	2644	4.5	0.0	9.50	3
2	IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2440	4.0	0.5	10.00	2
3	GM	Luther Thomas	GER	2552	4.0	0.5	8.25	2
4	GM	Murshed Niaz	BAN	2479	3.5	0.0	6.25	3
5	IM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	SIN	2441	3.0	1.0	6.00	3
6	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi	MAS	2347	3.0	0.5	8.00	3
7	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2347	3.0	0.5	4.75	3
8	IM	Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R	IND	2352	2.0	0.0	6.00	3
9	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2372	1.5	0.0	3.50	3
10	IM	Wohl Aleksandar H.	AUS	2369	1.5	0.0	1.75	3
11	GM	Wong Meng Kong	SIN	2301	0.0	0.0	0.00	2

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Happy with the S3 as a blogging gadget

By GilaChess - June 17, 2013

Even though I got this phone for a couple of months now it was only yesterday I got to run it thoroughly as a blogging device. I missed the newer s4 by a few weeks but no regrets as i don't really see a need for the s4 extra features. As a phone it performed very nicely although I still can tweak the settings to get better pictures. Battery life was good even after taking hundreds of pictures for both the Lim Chong event and KL Masters. It was down to 65% by late evening. Postings was easy as I chose to email my blog posts to blogger.com.

All the posts from yesterday were done using the phone except for the surround picture and video which was done using the ipad.

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