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I know this one of the items in Chess Odyssey's bucket list and it happens to be on my most wanted list for chess gadgets too. It's the DGT sensory chess board. No I don't want it to play chess better or to connect it to online chess like ICC/Playchess and use a natural/real chessboard instead of looking at the computer screen. I want...

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I was watching the live game at broadcast.kedaicatyr.com and was surprised at so many upsets taking place at the MSSM. We really have new talents in upcoming players. For example I watched how Camiliar was checkmated by Seri Aisyhah Che Hassan (national rating only 1300+ !!) Someone told me that Aisyah is actually Abdullah Che Hassan's younger sister. The other day another junior...

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I remember sitting next to Siti Zulaikha's mother and she made a comment that stuck with me. It was about attending prize giving ceremonies. Even though the event was small, their family always made it an effort to stay till the end for the prize giving ceremony whether any family member won a prize or not. Later I got to observe that the...

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It feels really lonely when I am the only blogger "covering" the National Championship. It seems to have lost prestige and attraction for bloggers even though this year's NC is for Olympiad selection. Thankfully there is Gilocatur. Hop on over his blog to see his take on the NC 2014.   http://gilocatur.blogspot.com   ...

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I have been using this cheap $28 cam for "live streaming" chess events for a couple of years now and it's high time I changed it. Hopped on over to Low Yat and got the Logitech c615, an HD webcam that is capable of going 1080p. So far it's produces clearer live cam videos and I am happy with it. You can check...

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 The current leader, Sumant lost using White vs Ismail Ahmad on board 1 in Round 7.   The current leader, Sumant lost using White vs Ismail Ahmad on board 1 in Round 7.  ...

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The arbiters of the event visible at the start of the event and also during the event. I think it's important that arbiters don't 'disappear' when the event is on-going. If and when  disputes occur, the helpers of the event are definitely ill equipped to handle the situation. ...

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Today will be the first round of the 5-day National Championship 2014. The event ends on Sunday (16/03/2014). First round pairing  Bo. No. Name Rtg Name Rtg No. 1 28 Koh Sian Kuan Bausch  1801 NM Chuah Jin Hai Jonathan  2273 1 2 2 IM Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy  2225 Sivanesan Subramanian  1783 29 3 30 Yap Egin Darrel  1777 Fong Yit San  2167...

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By now people close to me know I am an Apple "fan boy". I love the iPad and as a mobile device, it is invaluable as a reference tool as well as blogging. The only problem is that it doesn't have external storage like a connection to usb hard disk or thumbdrive to get more storage. My only peeve about the iPad until...

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Got the good news reading CM (Stonemaster) Fadli facebook update. DATCC has been restored again but this time moved back to 2nd Floor of Wilayah Kompleks. If you ask me that's a big improvement. No longer do chess enthusiast have to walked in via the car park. ...

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