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THE RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS` DAY OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT Organized by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Kuala Lumpur (RCSC) Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) Event Manager: DAT Chess Centre (DATCC) Venue: 205, Lorong Ampang 2, Off Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Telephone: 03-2144 4001) To commemorate The Russian Diplomats` Day, the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) & the Malaysian Chess...

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# Name Title Rating B-Year  1  Tan, Li Ting  wf  2096  1998  2  Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa  wf  2010  1994  3  Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila  wf  1989  1997  4  Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha  wf  1985  1999  5  Nithyalakshmi, Sivanesan  wc  1967  2000  6  Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa  1929  2001  7  Koo, Wei Xin Rosamund  1918  1999  8  Sim, Jia Ru  wc  1890  2005...

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GilaChess is roughly 20 years now having started as "Chess Nut" running on free Snap Hosting (days of Geocities) and later switched to GilaChess.com. GACC was always blogged about on and off because GACC (started in 1996) predates GilaChess. The biggest lost to me was GilaChess.com website which also meant blogs about GACC was lost. That's a big waste. At it's peak the...

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The tournament hall Space for parents to wait Shin Azwan - Open Arbiter as well as DGT chess broadcaster Waiting anxiously for Round 1 to start ...

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This month's absolute crazy award for chess (GilaChess) goes to Lim Zhuo Ren for simultaneously taking part in 3 events from the 2019 Gibraltar tourney! Below are the 3 events Zhuo Ren is taking part in:- Masters event: http://chess-results.com/tnr377792.aspx?lan=1 Challengers A: http://chess-results.com/tnr377795.aspx?lan=1&art=0 Challengers B: http://chess-results.com/tnr377796.aspx?lan=1&art=0 The timing of the events are: 1) Master (10 rounds) 22nd jan - 31st Jan Afternoon session 2)...

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He is 12. He is Grandmaster!! That's Gukesh D from India and he was here in Malaysia for the 2017 Selangor Open. The fact that he fell short on Sergei Karjakin record of being the youngest GM in the world losing by only 12 days is irrelevant. This achievement is still amazing !! A lot has been written (and being written) on this...

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#NameTitleFedRatingGB-Year  1 Yeoh, Li Tian m MAS 2508 0 1999  2 Chan, Nicholas m MAS 2387 0 1986  3 Lye, Lik Zang f MAS 2377 9 2004  4 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2318 0 1981  5 Wong, Yinn Long f MAS 2298 0 2002  6 Lim, Chuin Hoong Ronnie f MAS 2277 8 1983  7 Teh, Eu Wen Aron f MAS 2263 0 1998  8 Chan, Kim Yew  MAS 2228 9 2002  9 Ding, Tze How Dilwen f MAS 2222 0 1998  10 Zulkipli, Zaidan c MAS 2191 7 1984  10 Liew, Chee-Meng Jimmy m MAS 2191 0 1958  10 Wong, Jianwen  MAS 2191 0 1995  13 Chan, Marcus  MAS 2182 9 1984  14 Lim, Zhuo Ren f MAS 2178 9 1992  15 Ng, Tze Han  MAS 2152 9 1981  16 Capel, Evan Timothy  MAS 2151 0    17 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin  MAS 2141 0 1972  18 Looi, Xin Hao  MAS 2138 8 1988  19 Lau, Gregory  MAS 2126 0 1964  20 Fong, Yit San c MAS 2125 0 1994  20 Subramaniam, Sumant f MAS 2125 0 1993  22 Tan, Khai Boon  MAS 2117 0 1982  23 Ooi,...

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