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September 2022 - Blog GilaChess

Passion for Chess (GilaChess?)

By GilaChess - September 23, 2022
  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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Photo session with champion

By GilaChess - September 15, 2022
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Challengers WInners' List 2022

By GilaChess - September 14, 2022
 Malaysian Chess Festival - Challengers Winners' List ...

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Malaysian Open - Round 7 pictures

By GilaChess - September 10, 2022
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DATCC Individual Rapid - Open results

By GilaChess - September 09, 2022
 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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Malaysian Open 2022: After 3 rounds

By GilaChess - September 07, 2022
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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Malaysian Chess Festival 2nd Blitz

By GilaChess - September 05, 2022
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Blitz CM Tan Jun Ying vs IM Pitra Andika

By GilaChess - September 04, 2022
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Astro Merdeka - Round 7 pictures

By GilaChess - September 03, 2022
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Year of Women in Chess

By GilaChess - September 03, 2022
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Trophies

By GilaChess - September 03, 2022
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Blitz Registration

By GilaChess - September 03, 2022
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Pre-Astro Merdeka - Aerial view of tournament hall

By GilaChess - September 02, 2022
 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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Drawing of colours for Astro Merdeka Team Rapid 2022

By GilaChess - September 01, 2022
 It's black. Good luck everybody !! ...

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My room mate

By GilaChess - September 01, 2022
    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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