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132 players took part in the Open section 2nd edition of the KIMMA chess tournament held on 14th January 2018. This event was won convincingly by IM Oliver Dimakiling with a perfect 7/7 points. 13th place - Dwitama Gelar Sagara 12th - IM Mok Tze Meng 11th - Julian Navaratnam 10th - Evan Timothy Capel 9th - Francis Tan 8th - Sumant Subramaniam 7th...

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Missed last year's 1st editition of the KIMMA tourney for the simple reason I didn't know about it. This year did not plan to go either unless someone 'ajak'. So happen the 'Chess Tourist' from Faccebook did, so I went. Going alone, it was an adventure. I only knew it was somewhere near the old DATCC centre at Wilayah Kompleks so I started...

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The Master Class will be held on January 11, 6pm-10pm at ICE. Screenshot of the Facebook event: CLICK HERE to the Facebook page if you want to indicate you are interested to join. Or better yet contact Peter Long directly. Some background on GM Thomas Luther: He is very strong tactical Grandmaster and was part of the German Olympiad team that won Silver...

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As of 1st January 2018 these are Malaysia's top 100 according to FIDE's latest rating (inactive players included):

IM Yeoh Li Tian finish commendably well in the Bhopal International GM Chess Tournament  Organised by: Sports-Youth Welfare Dpt and Academy of Chess Edu Bhopal. The event was held from 21st to 27th December. Although short of a GM norm, IM Yeoh Li Tian's 2nd placing  is exceptional in an event in India with over 300 participants! picture courtesy of IM Alex Wohl...

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