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#	Name	Title	Rating	B-Year
1	Tan, Li Ting	wf	2096	1998
2	Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa	wf	2010	1994
3	Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila	wf	1989	1997
4	Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha	wf	1985	1999
5	Nithyalakshmi, Sivanesan	wc	1967	2000
6	Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa		1929	2001
7	Koo, Wei Xin Rosamund		1918	1999
8	Sim, Jia Ru	wc	1890	2005
9	Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada	wf	1889	2000
10	Chua, Jia-Tien	wc	1845	2003
11	Koo, Wei Wei Melanie		1787	2001
12	Chuah, Yi Ning	wf	1774	1998
13	Ho, Chen Ee		1744	2001
14	Tang, En Xin Esther		1738	2003
15	Goh, Jie Yi	wc	1715	2004
16	Kwan, Tszee Yeung Ruby		1712	1993
17	Fong, Mi Yen	wc	1687	1991
18	Ahmad Fuad, Fairuz Hamizah		1661
19	Mohd Irman, Nur Irdina Humaira		1655	2003
20	Rosli, Nurfarhana		1649	1998
21	Teh, De Zen	wc	1643	2001
22	Tan, Jia Yun		1631	1999
23	Ding, Dao En	wc	1619	2005
24	Chong, Kai Ni Agnes		1581	2007
25	Ong, Weng Yan		1569	2005
26	Mohd Saufi, Najihah		1565	1997
27	Foo, Jing Er Claire		1558	2005
28	Mohd Noo, Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah		1551	2002
29	Rasidan, Ainur Natasha		1543	2005
30	Saleh, Anis Fariha		1527	1998
31	Chin, Shun Yi		1523	1998
32	Sophian, Nur Farah Hasanah		1520	2006
33	Aminuddin, Nur Faiqah		1511	2004
34	Rasidan, Ainin Sofiya		1487	2006
35	Jossly, Jennica Fay		1486	1999
36	Salihin, Nur Anisah		1484	2000
37	Ong, Zhiwei		1464	2005
38	Siow, Allaida		1458	2003
39	Dennia Daniel, Vianna		1449	2001
40	Zulkippli, Yasmin Irdina		1448	2003
40	Rajman Zareqh, Amanda Ramonna		1448	2009
42	Ahmad Nazari, Ellie Emira Syamimi		1446	2000
42	Fahimi, Damia Qaisara		1446	2007
44	Lahalim, Umi Munirah		1436	1995
45	Jayakumar, Divyasree		1435	2005
46	Adinur, Hanis Nasreen		1427	2005
47	Tan, Eng Thong Evelyn		1422	2004
47	Abdul Razak, Aida Suriana		1422	1996
49	Ng, Jia Shyen		1413	2007
50	Eng, Jia Wei		1405	2000
50	Mohd Noor, Zainoor Ikmal Munirah		1405	2005
50	Sairam, Sharveena		1405	2010
53	Kwan, Penz Penz Pearl		1404	1990
54	Soo, Sheng Yin		1401	2006
55	Hairul, Balqis Batrisyia		1394	2005
56	Aminuddin, Nur Faqihah		1386	2000
57	Mok, Shu Zing		1381
58	Ismyth, Fatimah Zahra		1372	2001
59	Chin, Mei Qi		1360	2004
60	Tan, Jia Xuan		1358	2002
61	Yaakub, Nov Genevia Pslam		1356	2005
62	Rasidan, Fadhlin Sakina		1350	2008
63	Ong, Zhiqian		1346	2003
64	Syaman,Sendy Yanty		1341	1982
65	Muzamil, Mirza Irdina		1338	2007
66	Ismail, Nur Annies Syakirah		1337	2002
67	Crystal Lupi, Claribel		1333	2000
68	Lee, Jia Yi		1324	2007
68	Mohamed Halil, Nur Feiqha Maulad		1324	1994
70	Wong, Shu Rui		1323	2002
71	Ruslan, Haslindah		1320	1970
72	Loo, Qing Wei		1317	2002
73	Salihin, Hannah Farisah		1316	2005
74	Azman, Norhidayah		1309	1985
75	Ngieng, Vivian		1305
76	Mohd Farijal, Nadia Alhana		1304	1987
76	Loganathan, Divyadarrshini		1304	2005
78	Thamil Manni, Swetha		1301	2007
79	Roszaman, Nurkamilia Batrisya		1300	2004
80	Mohd Azman, Iman Sofea		1296
81	Lim, Yi Hui		1295	2004
82	Hng, Hui Xuan		1293	2001
83	Sophia Yek Yu Han		1291	2004
84	Hamdan, Ashley Sara		1281	2004
85	Tee, An Qi		1278	2004
86	Yeoh, Hooi Ying		1273	1993
87	Siti Safura Jaafar		1272	1983
88	Lim, Zhi Ting		1270	2007
89	Rizal, Haibatul Hannan		1266	2005
90	Pereira, Desirra		1261	2006
91	Muhd Rozali, Nur Arfah Irdina		1260	2006
92	Ruhaizal, Sarah Asiela		1255	2009
92	Sivakumar, Keerthana		1255	2007
94	Chin, Siew Mei		1248	2001
94	Zamri, Syafaaa Mawaddah		1248	2004
96	Mahindran, Vidhya		1239	2005
97	Zulkefli, Nur Irdina Batrrisya		1238	2004
98	Kok, Fang Lin		1236	2005
99	Mat Zin, Mizan Izzati		1235	1995
100	Nazri, Nur Aina Syamimi		1233	1996

as of 28/01/2019

GilaChess is roughly 20 years now having started as "Chess Nut" running on free Snap Hosting (days of Geocities) and later switched to GilaChess.com. GACC was always blogged about on and off because GACC (started in 1996) predates GilaChess.

The biggest lost to me was GilaChess.com website which also meant blogs about GACC was lost. That's a big waste. At it's peak the core event - GACC Inter-Varsity attracted really strong Russian GMs. Even GM Wang Hao took part in GACC in one year!

For me it's all about the record. The "history".

So for 2019 at least there is some history and captured on the website for GACC so that something is preserved. I'll probably mirror all the contents to BlopSpot too because it seems quite resilient. This blog is a testament to that.

So it's nothing altruistic at all.  I just want to capture a bit of history..

GACC.TV website

• Masters event: http://chess-results.com/tnr377792.aspx?lan=1
• Challengers A: http://chess-results.com/tnr377795.aspx?lan=1&art=0
• Challengers B: http://chess-results.com/tnr377796.aspx?lan=1&art=0

Note: Challenger B only takes place after Challenger A is over. So officially Lim Zhuo Ren is only playing 2 games per day over 10 days.




Personally I am sure many other chess friends share the concern that the 3 Malaysians may be exhausting themselves but I trust that the timing of the events gives them space to play 3 events at the same time and they have thought it out thoroughly.

Regardless, I wish them best of luck and Malaysians will be rooting for all 3 players!


The GilaChess award is not just given to make fun. 
It is an arbritary award given to individuals who shows incredible passion for the game.

He is 12.


He is Grandmaster!!


That's Gukesh D from India and he was here in Malaysia for the 2017 Selangor Open. The fact that he fell short on Sergei Karjakin record of being the youngest GM in the world losing by only 12 days is irrelevant. This achievement is still amazing !!

A lot has been written (and being written) on this so I won't repeat and just leave links to articles about Gukesh.

Interesting to add that this young talent has been in Malaysia before in 2015 winning prizes in the Junior events of the Malaysian Chess Festival. He was 8 years old then!



I wish I had interviewed him when he was here in 2017 but at least I got to talk to his father and wrote a short opinion piece based on it. Bacl then I observed he cried losing to a GM and that only showed how invested he was in the game. 2 years later he is now GM! There is sort of a strange coincidence as I've seen Yeoh Li Tian cry after losing a game when he was  9 or 10 and he now has 2 GM norms!
(so if you have a kid who cries after losing a game - I think that's a good sign :) )

 
I am glad I got in 2 selfies with the rising superstar when he was here.

Incidentally Gukesh got his first IM norm in Malaysia at the ICE First Friday tournament.

Related articles:

• India’s D Gukesh becomes the world’s second youngest Grandmaster (India Express)
• Gukesh becomes India's youngest ever Grandmaster (TImes of India)
• How boy wonder D Gukesh became India's youngest Grandmaster (ESPN)

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year  1  Yeoh, Li Tian  m  MAS  2508  0  1999  2  Chan, Nicholas  m  MAS  2387  0  1986  3  Lye, Lik Zang  f  MAS  2377  9  2004  4  Mas, Hafizulhelmi  m  MAS  2318  0  1981  5  Wong, Yinn Long  f  MAS  2298  0  2002  6  Lim, Chuin Hoong Ronnie  f  MAS  2277  8  1983  7  Teh, Eu Wen Aron  f  MAS  2263  0  1998  8  Chan, Kim Yew    MAS  2228  9  2002  9  Ding, Tze How Dilwen  f  MAS  2222  0  1998  10  Zulkipli, Zaidan  c  MAS  2191  7  1984  10  Liew, Chee-Meng Jimmy  m  MAS  2191  0  1958  10  Wong, Jianwen    MAS  2191  0  1995  13  Chan, Marcus    MAS  2182  9  1984  14  Lim, Zhuo Ren  f  MAS  2178  9  1992  15  Ng, Tze Han    MAS  2152  9  1981  16  Capel, Evan Timothy    MAS  2151  0     17  Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin    MAS  2141  0  1972  18  Looi, Xin Hao    MAS  2138  8  1988  19  Lau, Gregory    MAS  2126  0  1964  20  Fong, Yit San  c  MAS  2125  0  1994  20  Subramaniam, Sumant  f  MAS  2125  0  1993  22  Tan, Khai Boon    MAS  2117  0  1982  23  Ooi, Zhi Yang  m  MAS  2112  0  1999  24  Tan, Jun Ying  c  MAS  2100  0  2003  25  Ooi, Boon Hao    MAS  2096  0  1996  25  Tan, Li Ting  wf  MAS  2096  0  1998  27  Abdullah, Mohd Kamal  c  MAS  2095  8  1970  28  Azhar, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer    MAS  2089  0  1994  29  Kong, Ren En    MAS  2087  7  2004  30  Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi    MAS  2080  0  1982  31  Liong, Ing Kiat Anthony    MAS  2077  9  1977  31  Navaratnam, Rohan Shan Tze    MAS  2077  8  2004  33  Ng, Jen Sheng  c  MAS  2075  0  2001  34  Yeap, Eng Chiam    MAS  2074  0  1995  35  Yusof, Kamaluddin    MAS  2064  8  1967  36  Chan, Yi Meng Ryan    MAS  2060  0  2003  37  Ibrahim, Mohd Irman    MAS  2052  0  1976  38  Lim, Chin Lee    MAS  2038  0  1977  39  Che Hassan, Abdullah    MAS  2029  6  1984  40  Othman, Tun Seri Lanang    MAS  2026  0  1975  41  Eng, Jia Qian    MAS  2023  7  2002  42  Yeoh, Chin Seng    MAS  2015  0  1964  43  Sivanesan, Subramanian    MAS  2013  0  1998  44  Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa  wf  MAS  2010  0  1994  45  Lee, Soi-Hock    MAS  2006  0     46  Zakaria, Mohd Fadli  c  MAS  2001  0  1969  47  Erowan, Masrin    MAS  2000  10  1980  47  Chua, Kwang Meng Aaron    MAS  2000  0     49  Sabri, Mohd Saprin    MAS  1997  7  1972  50  Fong, Yit Ho    MAS  1995  0  1993  51  Ahmad Nazari, Emir Rusyaidi    MAS  1992  0  2001  52  Mohd Saprin, Amir Ghaazi    MAS  1991  9  2001  52  Tan, Eng Seong    MAS  1991  0  1967  54  Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila  wf  MAS  1989  0  1997  55  Subramaniam, Shreyes    MAS  1987  0  1998  55  Yap, Egin Darrel    MAS  1987  0  1999  57  Lup, Syamaizar    MAS  1986  0     58  Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha  wf  MAS  1985  0  1999  59  Chin, F    MAS  1983  9     60  Di, Xu Wei    MAS  1981  16  2002  61  Ong, Thian Loon    MAS  1974  0  1981  62  Ibni Hajar, Amri    MAS  1970  0  1973  63  Nithyalakshmi, Sivanesan  wc  MAS  1967  9  2000  64  Cheah, Eric    MAS  1948  18     65  Tan, Yong Zhao    MAS  1935  0  2000  65  Wising, Abdul Sahim    MAS  1935  0  1978  67  Khandhar, Kaushal    MAS  1929  18  1990  67  Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa    MAS  1929  0  2001  69  Toh, Joseph    MAS  1927  0  1959  70  Koo, Wei Xin Rosamund    MAS  1918  0  1999  71  Asan, Jeppy Tewelu    MAS  1915  0     71  Chek, Kin Keuw    MAS  1915  0  1990  73  Chan, Sheng Yip    MAS  1909  0  1994  74  Roslan, Mohd Faizal    MAS  1906  0  1998  74  Tan, Soon Wei Dawson    MAS  1906  0  1999  76  Mohd Nor, Noor Hafiz    MAS  1902  0  1984  77  Cheah, Cheok Fung    MAS  1899  9  1982  78  Noor Akbar, Muhd Aziz Farhan    MAS  1897  0  1999  79  Sim, Jia Ru  wc  MAS  1890  9  2005  80  Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada  wf  MAS  1889  0  2000  81  Ismail, Ahmad  f  MAS  1887  8  1963  81  Mahmood Shah, Mukhriez Shah    MAS  1887  0  2005  81  Tan, Wei Hong    MAS  1887  0  1974  84  Julmiri, Muhammad Zulfaqar Bin Abu Bakar    MAS  1885  0  1991  85  Tham, Tick Hong Jax    MAS  1882  8  1960  86  Chor, Muhd Ali    MAS  1877  0  1987  86  Othman, Mohd Noor    MAS  1877  0  1974  88  Lim, Wei Sheng    MAS  1870  0  1990  89  Jamaluddin, Mohd Haizal    MAS  1869  0     90  Tukiran, Taulani    MAS  1868  9  1965  91  Kamal, Rizal Ahmad    MAS  1866  0  1973  92  Wan Yusoff, Wan Mohd Adli    MAS  1864  0  1994  93  Abdul Shukor, Abdul Aziz    MAS  1862  0  1970  94  Azhar, Muhd Irfan Haqqim    MAS  1860  0  1997  95  Poh, Yu Tian    MAS  1858  18  2009  95  Francis, Jonathan Augustine    MAS  1858  15  1995  97  Omar, Asrul Sharaff    MAS  1856  0  1971  98  Lim, See Siang Fergus    MAS  1855  9  2003  98  Syed Mohd, Syed Abdul Rahman    MAS  1855  0     100  Mohd Ismail, Gazalee    MAS  1854  0  1980