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 Date: 19 Feb 2023 (Sunday) Time: 8.30 a.m -6.00 p.m Venue: Ballroom, Kompleks Belia Dan Sukan Paroi Negeri Sembilan To register: https://bit.ly/RDOCC2023 For info: 0126050243 (Mr. Idris @ Yusuf) 0123535586 (Ms. Safura) 0127291455 (Mr. Izani) Organized by: Muhammad Idris (Yusuf) ...

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 Grandmaster Sivuk Vitaly who last won the previous Johor Open in 2019 is sharing the lead going into the last round with Grandmaster Priasmoro Novendra. Both have 6 and a half points after 8 rounds.In clear 3 place is GM Nguyen Duc Hoa who has 6 points. Following closely from 4th to 10 place respectively are IM Yeoh Li Tian, IM Harikrishnan A...

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 GM Priasmoro Novendra fresh from winning the 2022 Penang Open shares the lead with GM Sivuk Vitaly in the Johor International Chess Open 2022 after 5 rounds with 4½ points. Following closely, half a point behind are GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Alexei Barsov and 13 year old Genkeswaran Genivan with 4 points. ...

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Please understand this post is not meant to make fun of this player (or any other player!) as by Round 4 today I was also feeling the stress and tiredness of the Penang Open 2022 (and I'm only doing the blogs and taking pictures). I arrived at the hall late because had to fix some last minute pages on the PenangOpen blog (penangopen.com) and...

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Top 7 boards for the Penang Open is live. Click here to view the live chess games. Top 7 boards for the Penang Open is live. Click here to view the live chess games. ...

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 My room mate is FM Yeap Eng Cheam and I jokingly asked him when I saw him whether he beat GM SIvuk Vitaly whom he was paired against in Round 2. I thought he was joking he replied "Yes". He wasn't joking. He didn't just beat any GM but this year's Penang Open top seed and playing the Black pieces too.FM Yeap Eng...

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Hurry!  You can save if you register early for the Johor Chess Festival. As incentive for registering early Johor Chess Festival is giving 20% discounts for people registering on October and 10% discounts for registering in November. Here are the details:- Payment received within October (20% discount) Open Category – GM > FIDE 2400/IM > FIDE 2300/Above FIDE 2300; Free of ChargeOpen Category –...

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  2017 Malaysian Chess Festival Dinner and Prize Giving event. Not just a strong supporter and patreon of the strongest annual event in Malaysia, Dato' Tan Chin Nam is an avid player. Even a year before his passing, here he is having a game against Russian Grandmaster Alexnader Forminyh with the late Grandmaster Sergey Kayumov looking on - all oblivious of the prize giving and...

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 Malaysian Chess Festival - Challengers Winners' List ...

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 GM Priasmoro Novendra emerged champion of the DATCC Individual Rapid Chess Championship 2022 - Open scoring 5.5 points from 6 rounds.GM Priasmoro Novendra had 5 wins, 1 draws and 0 loss.Wins include games againstAziz Ziz ZamNajarin NazirFM Kurniawan Muhamad AgusIM Lioe DedeWGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hungand againstFM Abelgas Roel4 players were half a point Novendra with 5 points. But after tie break, the...

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Four players lead in the 2022 Malaysian OpenAfter 3 rounds of the Malaysian Open, 4 players are leading the event with perfect 3 out of 3 scores. They are International Master Ali Muhammad Lutfi, GM Ly Moulthun, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. and IM Andyka Pitra. A total of 76 players are taking part in this event. These players come from 10 different countries. A total...

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 A short one minute video to show how the playing hall looks like before the start of the Astro Merdeka Rapid Team event which is the first event of the 17th Malaysian Chess Festival to kick off. ...

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 It's black. Good luck everybody !! ...

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    While most people would one a single room when given a choice of sharing or not, I feel a little favouring more to having a room mate. For all my 15 years being involved in the Malaysian Chess Festival there was only 2 instances where I had no room mate. The main attraction of the chess festival is to meet chess...

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 Arrived at Cititel and kicked myself for not arriving earlier. It's Merdeka day and the Mid Valley car park is packed ! Thankfully managed to find a place but relatively far away from the hotel. Still took 2 trips to move my big bags over and this is the room set up. ...

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Good news. GM Jayson Gonzales condition has improved!! ...

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Malaysians still make the highest number of participants but only just. Indonesia almost overtook Malaysian this time. It's a little disappointing the number of Malaysians have dropped compared to before the pandemic in 2019. I feel more Malaysians should take advantage of chances of meeting strong players and chances of increasing ratings or even getting norms. Countries like India, Philippines and Indonesia are...

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Reposting from WGM Janelle Mae Frayna's Facebook:GM Jayson is our country's 9th Chess Grandmaster, long-time head coach of Philippine Women's Chess Team, and Far Eastern University. I am appealing to all of the people whom he had touched lives -- Please, let us help our friend, mentor, and coach.Last night, Coach Jayson suffered from a heart attack. Doctors performed an emergency angioplasty to...

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