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2nd blitz for the festival! Well it's the biggest in terms of prize money. Let's see if it can also beat the record 173 participants in the first Blitz event also organised by the Malaysian Chess Festival. You can still register in the morning if it is not already full.

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shortcut keys : Press d1 square to retract one move and e1 to advance one move

Looking at the hotel tooth paste reminds me of a funny story when a chess player stayed over with me and he didn't know how to open this tooth paste tube. He kept pressing but of course no tooth paste came out because it was sealed.

Note: shortcut keys - press d1 square to go back one move and e1 square to advance one move

If you are at the Malaysian Chess Festival hall outside, you will notice a strange barcode on one of the smaller notice board.


One chess player did ask me what it was but I don't want to spoil the surprise.

He guessed that scanning it will bring him to a particular website. I told him "what's the fun in that? A bar code just to point to some silly URL?"

About 2 years ago (yes it was that long!) I was excited that I could squeeze a full game into a bar code. Well at the festival, I get to try out this idea.


I recommend you download a good QR code reader if you don't have one on your phone or tablet.
QR Code Reader from the Google Playstore is what I am using (it's free). If you are from the iOS universe then I recommend QRafter.


Also, what self respecting chess player don't have a chess playing app on their phone?

Again if you don't have one, I recommend the app "Analyse This"

Step 1. Scan the QR code
Step 2. Choose "Copy" option to get all the PGN text.
Step 3. Open Analyze This app and choose "New Board" to clear the board.
Step 4. Choose "Paste".

There you have it, a whole game "sucked in" magically from the notice board into your phone in a matter of seconds. No WiFi, bluetooth or internet required !





At the moment I only have one bar code up but I will try to fill up the notice board with as many interesting games as I can.

This will be the last event for the Malaysian Chess Festival 2015. Register early to avoid disappointment.

Note: shortcut keys - press d1 square to go back one move and e1 square to advance one move

Champion - Nguyen Van Huy


2nd - FM Le Thuan Minh


3rd - Nguyen Duc Hoa
























10th - IM Ronald Bancod



Best Malaysian - FM Yeoh Li Tian


Best Veteran - IM Giam Choo Kwee



Youngest participant


Best Lady


Best U12

77 players are taking part in this event held at the rest day of the Malaysian Chess Festival. Even strong players from the Open is taking part. Players like Nguyen Duc Hoa (currently joint leader in the Open), Nguyen Van Huy and Pascua Haridas are playing top boards.

Here are some pictures from the first round.