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Going into Round 7, IM Oliver Dimakiling and GM Laxman are sharing the lead with 5 out of 6 points.

Round 7 pairing

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Bo.		Name	Pts.	Pts.		Name
1	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	5	4½	IM	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy
2	IM	Pascua Haridas	4½	5	GM	Laxman R.R.
3		Bagamasbad Efren	4½	4½	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa
4	CM	Gukesh D	4½	4½		Nouri Hamed
5		Udani Ian	4½	4½	FM	Villanueva Nelson
6	IM	Senador Emmanuel	4	4½		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri
7		Khandhar Kaushal	4	4	GM	Barsov Alexei
8		Koo Wei Xin Rosamund	4	4		Tan Soon Wei Dawson
9	WFM	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	4	4		Kong Ren En
10	IM	Chan Peng Kong	3½	3½		Chor Muhd Ali
11		Tekno Sandjojo	3½	3½		Lye Lik Zang
12		Noor Akbar Muhd Aziz Farhan	3½	3½	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad
13		Yeoh Chin Seng	3½	3½		Chan Yi Meng Ryan
14		Manaog Stewart	3½	3½		Edithso Samantha
15		Tan Yong Zhao	3½	3	FM	Wong Yinn Long
16		Yap Egin Darrel	3	3		Eng Jia Qian
17	CM	Ng Jen Sheng	3	3		Wong Zi Yue
18		Kimbin Richard Conrod	3	3		Kumaresan Nhavin
19		Yee Jian Yang	3	3		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi
20		Sim Jia Ru	3	2½		Mohd Saprin Amir Qayyim
21		Sarvadh Sathiaram	2½	2½	WFM	Azman Hisham Nur Najiha
22		Jaffar Wazir	2½	2½		Thang Kit Han
23		Koo Wei Wei Melanie	2½	2½		Ho Chen Ee
24	WCM	Goh Jie Yi	2½	2½		Lee Care Greene
25		Lee Christopher	2½	2	WCM	Fong Mi Yen
26		Tan Yong Hau	2	2		Saw Lye Guan
27		Ang Jing Xuan	2	2		Ravi Shangkar Ravichanthar
28		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	2	2		Rahimie Mustafa
29		Chew Yaw Chong	1½	1½		Lee Yib Yi
30		Abdul Rashid Hasidin	1½	1½		Bai Adelard
31		Mohd Saprin Amir Muqqri	1½	1½		Tang En Xin Esther
32		Kumar Sri Shiva	1	1		Syabani Muhammad Naqib
33	AFM	Razali Muhd Syukur	1	1		Aziz Ziz Zam
34		Ong Way Justin	0			not paired

Some pictures from Round 7

As with all Blitz held in Cititel so far, response is always good so please register early to avoid disappointment. Limited places !!

Note: in the unlikely event the minimum number of 50 participants are not met, the blitz will be cancelled.

I took the KTM train because I wanted to avoid the hassle of the finding parking space at Cititel Mid Valley. Also my place was only 6 minutes away from the Shah Alam station. However the entire trip too 2 ½ hours !! 

This is not chess related but a travel tip I hope will help those in the same boat too. I advice those who want to travel using KTM to download an app which has the KTM travel times. I only did it too late when I was waiting for the train at the station.


It did predict that my time of arrival to Cititel was 3:28pm and it was surprisingly accurate as that was the exact time I exited the train at Mid Valley station.

All the top seeds performed as expected without any major upsets except for Board 8 where higher seeded Ian Udani was defeated by Amir Qayyim who sacrificed a Knight for a decisive King side attack. The game can be found somewhere on this blog.

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Bo.		Name	Rtg	Result		Name	Rtg
1		Yee Jian Yang	1875	0 - 1	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2492
2	IM	Pascua Haridas	2441	1 - 0		Koo Wei Xin Rosamund	1838
3		Tekno Sandjojo	1829	0 - 1	GM	Barsov Alexei	2425
4	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2406	1 - 0		Bai Adelard	1812
5		Jaffar Wazir	1770	0 - 1	GM	Laxman R.R.	2403
6		Nouri Hamed	2362	1 - 0	WCM	Fong Mi Yen	1766
7		Eng Jia Qian	1739	0 - 1	IM	Senador Emmanuel	2314
8		Udani Ian	2276	0 - 1		Mohd Saprin Amir Qayyim	1709
9		Tan Yong Hau	1686	0 - 1	CM	Gukesh D	2260
10	FM	Wong Yinn Long	2207	1 - 0		Koo Wei Wei Melanie	1682
11		Sim Jia Ru	1670	0 - 1	IM	Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy	2206
12	IM	Chan Peng Kong	2187	1 - 0	WCM	Goh Jie Yi	1632
13		Sarvadh Sathiaram	1624	0 - 1	FM	Villanueva Nelson	2140
14		Bagamasbad Efren	2095	1 - 0		Thang Kit Han	1612
15		Ang Jing Xuan	1612	½ - ½		Lye Lik Zang	2095
16	AIM	Muzzaffar Ahmad	2072	½ - ½		Kong Ren En	1611
17		Chembeti Shreesh Amit	1611	½ - ½		Tan Soon Wei Dawson	2061
18		Yeoh Chin Seng	2054	1 - 0		Ho Chen Ee	1608
19		Mohd Saprin Amir Muqqri	1582	0 - 1	WFM	Azman Hisham Nur Najiha	2031
20		Manaog Stewart	2029	1 - 0		Wong Zi Yue	1560
21		Saw Lye Guan	1544	0 - 1	WFM	Azman Hisham Nur Nabila	2013
22		Yap Egin Darrel	2011	1 - 0		Tang En Xin Esther	1525
23		Kumar Sri Shiva	1518	½ - ½		Khandhar Kaushal	2003
24	CM	Ng Jen Sheng	1965	1 - 0		Lee Care Greene	1514
25		Lee Yib Yi	1471	0 - 1		Chan Yi Meng Ryan	1965
26		Chew Yaw Chong	1963	1 - 0		Aziz Ziz Zam	1468
27		Abdul Rashid Hasidin	1409	0 - 1		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri	1952
28		Noor Akbar Muhd Aziz Farhan	1944	1 - 0		Kumaresan Nhavin	1381
29	AFM	Razali Muhd Syukur	1307	0 - 1		Chor Muhd Ali	1910
30		Tan Yong Zhao	1900	1 - 0		Syabani Muhammad Naqib	1295
31		Lee Christopher	1560	0 - 1		Kimbin Richard Conrod	1900
32		Ong Way Justin	1890	0 - 1		Ravi Shangkar Ravichanthar	1425
33		Rahimie Mustafa	1410	1 - 0		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi	1888
34		Edithso Samantha	0	1		bye

Some pictures from Round 1

The Selangor Open 2017 has barely started and already we have an interesting game to show here.

This game is between Ian Udani (ELO 2276) and Amir Qayyim (ELO 1709). Amir played a Knight sac on move 23 which must have come as a complete surprise to his opponent. Watch ...


You can download AI Chess app which already includes this game in its database to view in full.

This is possibly the strongest Selangor Open with 67 participants consisting of  3 GMs  (GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Alexei Barsov and GM Laxman). Top seed is GM Nguyen Duc Hoa. 5 International Masters are also taking part in this event held at 5th Floor Cititel Hotel Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur from the 27th April to 1st May 2017.



Here is the round 1 pairings:-


You can follow the top 4 boards live on:

• live.catur.org
• live.caturmalaysia.com

or using the AI Chess Android App

Check your latest April 2017 National Rating at myrating.catur.org

1st Arbiter Blitz Master Challenge

Date          :  1st May 2017
Time          :  9.00 AM – 12.30 PM 
Venue         :  YCM Chess Center
Time Control  :  5 Minutes to finish 
Format        :  16 Rounds Swiss System
Tie Break     :  Buchholz,Sonnerborn-Berger,Progressive Score,Most Win With Black

Prize
Champion RM 100.00
2nd           RM 70.00
3rd             RM 40.00
4th – 10th RM 20.00
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Speaker :  FA Najib Wahab
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Time  : 2.00 PM – 4.00 PM
Venue  : YCM Chess Center

ENTRY FEE : RM 40.00 (BLITZ AND TALK)
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The definition of OP is 

Overpowered (usually in a video game, in which a person or group becomes or is too powerful; has become very popular in the mmorpg crowd).

I use this often in the game of Starcraft when new changes suddenly makes a unit seem too strong i.e OP.

Recently too, I think it's Evan Capel who coined the term "too strong" in Facebook when complimenting some chess player's achievement. So to me OP or "too strong" is the same thing :)

Here's to using the term (hopefully) more in describing (seriously or jokingly) various aspects of Malaysian chess in future :)

GilaChess blog used to publish Birthday greetings to known chess players a couple of years back but stopped doing so when Facebook Birthday wishes made website reminders obsolete.



Still, I will post this one here for one of the veterans in the field of Malaysian chess bloggers who is still active in his postings..



Happy Birthday GiloCatur !!!!

The 44th Selangor Open 2017 will be held from 27th April to 1st May at Cititel Midvalley. Details below:-



Download the actual forms here (PDF).