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GM Yasser Seriawan coined the term "Howler" to refect a very bad move made in chess. In chess the usual term used for a bad move is a blunder. So a Howler is a BAD blunder.I made the biggest howler when I lost all my website content because I missed payments for the website a few months back. That's years of content from...

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  One is a movie and the other a mini series. But both are about chess or at least centres around the game.The depiction of Chess from The Coldest Game was silly to say the least. For one thing, in The Coldest Game, the person who overseeing the game is called "arbiter", not a "judge". Also, when a player wants a draw, there is...

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Aspiration International Secondary School brings the Malaysian chess enthusiasts its first-ever AISS Chess Championship! Register NOW and join the online chess competition and stand to win cash prizes:Under-16 Category RM 500 (total prizes) Under-13 Category RM 450 (total prizes) When?Sunday 2nd of August 2020Under-13 years old @ 1.30 – 3.30pmUnder-16 years old @ 4.00 – 6.00pm Where to register?Online Chess Platform: lichess.orglichess.org U-16 link: https://bit.ly/accUnder-16lichess.org U-13...

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Malaysia is doing well at least better than most countries in this covid pandemic times. I feel we are wasting a lot of resources with disposable masks and washable/reusable masks is more sensible. A chess friend got the idea and came up with a chess-motif mask! I think it's a great idea. He sent me one but I am in Cameron Highlands for...

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    If someone described me a procrastinator and dreamer, they are so right! Talked about "wanting" to do this - setting up a local (Malaysian or at least Asia based) chess playing webserver for many years now. Wrote about the Holy Grail of Installing Chess Servers in 2016. Nothing has happened since then. The obvious questions is why on earth would anyone want...

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3rd Johor Bahru International Chess Championship is postponed due to the covid19 virus. ...

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I love this romantic comedy movie and it's about Drew Barrymore who plays an amnesiac whose short term memory can only retain the last 24 hours and forgets everything the very next day. It's a beautiful and creative story which I really liked. It's perfect to illustrate GilaChess relationship with GACC. For example, I've helped them in the early days when blogs and...

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