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MYRATING is back. That's the Malaysian National rating online checking page. It was "lost" with the death of the domain gilachess.com.

Luckily I found a backup  copy recently.

The National Rating list is maintained by IA Lim Tse Pin and I have not been publishing it at my website for a long time because I just didn't have the free time.

Well now it's up again and you can check it from http://catur.org page.

Look for the MYRATING tab.



Well my own rating hasn't moved since 2013 because I haven't played in any national rating event I guess.

Okay relaying this information about a new tournament very near my place in Shah Alam.

It's the Ole-ole tourney in Shah Alam.


Tarikh: 15 NOVEMBER 2015 (Masa: 9 pagi - 6 petang)
Lokasi: Seksyen 18, Shah Alam SELANGOR DE
Laman Rasmi: http://whitenaval.wix.com/4th-osaco

Hadiah yang sangat menarik untuk kategori bawah 12 dan Terbuka, yang telah disumbangkan oleh Ole-Ole Shopping Complex, Seksyen 18 Shah Alam. Semoga acara ini menjadi persinggahan terbaik untuk pemain catur berkumpul, bermain dan tidak lupa untuk berbelanja di Ole-Ole Shah Alam.Maklumat lanjut boleh dilayari http://whitenaval.wix.com/4th-osaco

Terima-kasih kepada semua yang terlibat dan yang bakal terlibat. Jumpa anda di sana

Sekian, terima-kasih.

Abdul Haq Mohamed

Click here to register online. (Closing date: 13 Nov 2015)

Yesterday's drive back from Pekan to KL was 3 hours long but fortunately felt surprisingly short because I had IM Mok to talk to for the duration of the trip.

First day traffic for the Pekan event with 488 visitors is already impressive but over 1000 visitors for the second day? That's higher than Malaysian Chess Festival traffic! This goes to show I was not doing a good job during that event with too little updates :(

Anyway the good news is that there are really "Gila" chess fans out there and they are hungry for chess news. So bloggers, please take this as an encouraging sign and "feed" these hungry people with chess news !

I think the biggest contributing factor for the crazy traffic are the 3 live boards broadcast by KedaiCatur.com. The other factor is the chess organisers willingness to sponsor a humble blogger like me to come.

I take this opportunity to thank the organisers for this. When I do not have to worry about expenses like food, travel and accommodation, it makes blogging for any chess event easy.

P/S: I reiterate, blogs are not dead!

He takes home with him the grand prize of RM 2000.

Please visit kedaicatur.com for the live games. (Shortcut keys: press the d1, e1 square to move forward and backwards a move. )

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Nik Ahmad Farouqi, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and Ian Udani are joint leaders with 6 points each after 7 rounds. So everything will be decided in the final 8th round !!

Udani - Mas : Draw

Syazwan and Mok - draw.