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The Qualifers from the Asian 3.3 Zone Championships
The Asian Zone 3.3 Championships ended in a huge success for Vietnam as Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Nguyen Thanh Thi An were the respective winners of the Open and the Woman sections.But it was also a...
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MCF National Arbiters Seminar
I am proud to have put together and conducted a National Arbiters Seminar for the Malaysian Chess Federation concurrently with the National Age Group Championships from 1-3 February 2013 at Universiti...
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Our No.1 Player Mas is A True National Hero to Many Malaysians
During the Chinese New Year break I dropped by the Kelantan Open in time to witness Mas Hafizulhelmi do the absolute minimum and yet win the Kelantan Open with a perfect score, in fact already being...
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At The Crossroads With This MCF Elections
During the time of the National Age Groups, I got a call from KLCA President Dato' Sri Dr. Edmund Santhara who told me that MCF President Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib had asked to see him and it turned out...
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Going to AIMAG 2013?
The Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games will be held in Incheon, Korea from 28 June to 7 July 2013 and I have been invited by the Asian Chess Federation to attend as a lowly match arbiter, the usual...
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Malaysian Masters
The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) today approved a Malaysian Masters - a National Championship Final - that will be organised by the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association for MCF with support from the...
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Towards Better Selection and a Committed National Team
With the publication of the 1 April FIDE Rating list, the cut-off date for the Malaysian Masters has been reached and we officially have our top six men and women to join the three qualifiers from the...
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Australian International Events
Traditionally this time of year, Australian chess gets together to organise two back to back events, the long standing Doeberl Cup in Melbourne from 28 March-1 April 2013 which is followed by the...
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Final Ranking after 9 RoundsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMVan Wely LoekNED26847.552.541.043.252GMLi Chao BCHN26867.054.042.040.503GMHorvath AdamHUN25096.552.541.536.254GMStocek...
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The Malaysian Masters - The Players Who Have Accepted Invitations!
Today 9 a.m. was the deadline for men and tomorrow 9 a.m. is the deadline for women but we have heard from all in one way or another and as organiser I can now confirm the participants (or most of...
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BCC Open 2013, Pattaya, Thailand, 14-21 April 2013
The Bangkok Chess Club is now in its 13th year of organising an International Open Tournament that simply keeps growing and growing and stetting new standards in the region!While one might say that the...
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At The Thailand Open
The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open, also the Thailand Open 2013 has just started at the Dusit Thani in Pattaya and will be from today 14 April until 21 April.Games are live at the Bangkok Chess Club...
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Lim Zhou Ren to Play in Malaysian Masters
It is confirmed! The direct entries to the Malaysian Masters for men will be (in order of confirmation), Ng Tze Han, Dr. Ronnie Liu, Mas Hafizulhelmi, Roshan Singh, Lim Yee Weng, Jimmy Liew and now...
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Of Our Young Guns and Beating a Grandmaster....
In yesterday's post several Malaysians here in Pattaya were mentioned and here are some others!Two well known kids from Penang.Yup it is Yeoh Li Tian doing his usual take down of a Grandmaster act......
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A Long Day with No Happy Ending
Today was the double round day so from tomorrow maybe there will be some pool time and our Malaysians are doing pretty good and getting valuable experience if not actually doing too many amazing things...
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Today it is Malaysia-Singapore and Malaysia-Thailand and Malaysia-Indonesia!
One of our most experienced players is Ahmad Fadzil Nayan, already Asian Amateur Champion, and he is up against one of Singapore's brightest prospects. Very intriguing is Li Tian's game against the...
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Malaysians in Pattaya as we approach the Half Way Mark
With four rounds of play, Yeoh Li Tian on 3/4 is doing the best amongst our Malaysians participating.Also doing well, although with somewhat mixed play are Mas Hafizulhelmi and Ahmad Fadzil Nayan who...
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Dominant Mas Hafizulhelmi Qualifies for Blitz Finals!
Mas Hafizulhelmi who together with Yeoh Li Tian are on 3/5 and lead the rest of the Malaysians at the 13th BCC Open, qualified with some ease for the traditional winner takes all BCC Blitz...
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Two Thirds...
Round six is over and we are two thirds way through the 13th BCC Open, and Mas Hafizulhelmi is still our best performer with 4/6.Yeoh Li Tian and Ahamd Fadzil Nayan are right behind with 3.5/6 while...
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Just Two Rounds to Go....
With two rounds to go, Mas Hafizulhelmi is still the best Malaysian performer with 5/7 with Yeoh Li Tian following closely with 4.5/7. Not surprisingly, Ahmad Fadzil Nayan is doing well having played...
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