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Malaysian Cheah Cheok Fung and Cheah Kah Hoe also took part in the recently concluded Hong Kong LEAP 2018. ...

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The current joint leaders are: GM Lorparizangeneh Shahin WGM Muminova Nafisa FM Dang Hoang Son GM Barsov Alexei ...

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You can register online hereorLook for GilaChess (Andrew Ooi) in the hall to registerNote: if you register online, payment must be made at tournament hall before Saturday to get early bird discount (RM 30). Otherwise the entrance fee is RM 40. ...

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With the win against top seed GM 'Bong' Villamayeur in Round 7 and yesterday's Round 8 draw IM Anjas Novito sets himself a good position to win the 2018 Penang Open. Today is the last round. Follow me on http:/fb.com/gilachess for live updates and link to live feeds as well as live games. Pairing and Standings :- ...

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After 6 rounds, Indonesian IM Novitas Anjas with 5 wins and a draw. Following closely with just half a point behind are FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus and GM Villamayor Buenaventura. There are 3 more rounds to go. ...

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I have seen many strong players after taking up coaching have their own strength rapidly fall. It's almost universal with some rare exceptions. That is why I am impressed by WGM Nafisa Muminova who is not only coaching (her students are playing here too) but is married, has a baby on top of that! All these would be a deterring factors to a...

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IM Novitas won over NM Marcus Chan in Round 3 of the 2018 Penang Open putting him in joint lead with 6 other players at 3 points out of 3. The other 6 players are: FM Andyka Pitra , FM Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie , IM Gunawan Ronny , FM Kurniawan Muhamad Agus , IM Lioe Dede , Udani Ian. There are a...

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This year, Jagdeep Singh Deo who is the Penang State Executive Councillor officiated the 10th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2018. It's unfortunate as the date of Open is close to the Asian Continental Chess held in Philippines from the 9th to 19th December. That event has a bigger prize fund and provides qualification places for the 2019 World Cup. Still, a total...

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Belarus consists of an all GM team and ranked 17th. With each opponent at least 300 ELO points higher  the Malaysians fought but lost nevertheless. Result: Belarus(3.5) - Malaysia(0.5) The saving draw was by NM Fong Yit San on board 4. ...

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Results: 5 wins , 2 draws, 0 loss. Photo: Peter Long ...

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/* Sortable tables */ table.sortable thead { background-color:#eee; color:#666666; font-weight: bold; cursor: default; } the list of participants so far (taken from chess-results) No. Tit. Name Rtg 1 IM Liew Chee-Meng Jimmy 2187 2 CM Fong Yit San 2106 3 CM Abdullah Mohd Kamal 2067 4 Wahiduddin Kamalarifin 2066 5 Chan Sheng Yip 2056 6 Zakaria Mohd Fairin 2026 7 Yusof Kamaluddin 2010...

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She is a world junior champion in her category and only 10 years old. Also, this must be a record for the youngest person giving a simul in Malaysia. Correct me if I am wrong. Places are limited to 20 people. (update: 13 places left) ...

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