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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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An additional 9 more teams have been added to the 2022 Astro Team Merdeka making the total 63 teams taking part. Previously, the top seed was the Philippine National Womens Chess Team. Now the top seed is still a Philippine team - Dasmarinas City comprising IM Daniel Cuizon, IM Michael Concio Jr. , FM Roel Abelgas and Mark Jay Bancojo.Also it looks like...

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Chess players are familiar with that feeling of seeing in shock the move you made was a horrible mistake. It's a sinking feeling. I made a lot of blunders this year but this one is pretty major. It is seeing the Malaysian Open name list and it's one of the weaker ones compared to the other years. Quoting Peter Long's blog : "No player 2500...

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 The team list is published for the 2022 Astro Merdeka Team in chess-results. Lots of familiar faces. Check it out (take note the below is  just a screenshot - for the latest updated list  please go to http://chess-results.com/tnr666355.aspx?lan=1):1. KAB BEKASI WIBAWA (RtgAvg:2203 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)Bo. NameRtgFED1GMMegaranto Susanto 2531INA2IMFirman Syah Farid 2393INA3IMNovita Anjas 2261INA4 Ayu Indriane T 1627INA2. PTP MULTIPURPOSE CHESS CLUB (RtgAvg:2191 / TB1: 0 /...

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