Category 1
Name Score POSITION
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Soon Wai Cheong 6.5 CHAMPION
Pok Wern Jian [...]

Question: Who is the best fast player in the world?
Answer : The best slow player.
Question: How did Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand etc get to be the best fast player in the world by playing fast or playing slow ?
Answer: By playing slow

Dan Heisman’s article “The Road to Carnagie Hall” Continue reading

For yesterday’s CAS tourney, I just didn’t put in the effort and sweat. So my horrible 3/7 results was definitely deserved. Still I’m quite satisfied as there were many fighting games and I didn’t lose totally like a patzer.( shameless self consoling excuse :)) In fact, I see a positive TPR from the results. [...]

There was a small mistake in the Malaysia vs Singapore 2006 results where a win for Malaysia was incorrectly registered as a loss.
So the official score is 60.5 -79.5 in favour of Sngapore.
The deficit is actually 19 points.
Corrected results here and also at MCF website Continue reading | 2 Comments

CAS:Round 6
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
Soon Wai Cheong is the leader with 6/6 beating Stonemaster Fadli on the Black side of an English. There is one more round to go. Wai Cheong is virtually assured first place if he draws the 7th round.… Continue reading | 5 Comments

CAS AGM discussed
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
Things discussed:
- CAS now has 2 members in the MCF council - Mr Ahmad Shafruddin and Lim Tse Pin to have a voice in the national body. Matters CAS wants to emphasise on is getting into the SUKMA and getting recognition for local coaches organisers and arbiters.
- minutes of [...]

CAS AGM
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
Attending the cas agm now…… Continue reading

3rd Round
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
Strong players taking part: Soon Wai Cheong, Fariz, Stonemaster Fadli, Pok Wern Jian, Able Yap, Daryl Lee, Fong Yit San, Norazman, Nor Ilhamuddin, Michael Siong. My results, loss, loss, win.… Continue reading

late but on my way
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
That’s my sms to tse pin.Will i arrive too late to play ?… Continue reading

Breakfast before the big game
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
It’s 8.30am and I’m just having breakfast at Petaling Street. CAS secretary reminded via the Yahoo Groups to be there by 9am to entry confirmation and make payments. Obviously I’m going to be late again. I may not be prepared but at least I won’t play on [...]

The Gila Stare
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
With poor preparation, what else can i rely on? … Continue reading | 1 Comment

State of Malaysian Chess
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
I’m sad to see the state of Malaysian Chess. So much disagreement. So much fight. I won’t go into details as those who are in the chess circle know what I’m talking about. There is chess politics in every country so it’s nothing new. Just look at the [...]

Interesting quote from a shout from the shoutbox.
Discuss this in the Chess Patzer forum Continue reading | 2 Comments

As expected, India bagged the gold with a final round draw vs Kazakhstan.

The team comprising K Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Koneru Humpy logged 22.5 points in the nine-round Swiss league. They drew 1.5-1.5 with Kazakhstan in the final round. Sasikiran drew with Darmen Sadbakassov, Harikrishna lost to Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Humpy defeated Dana Aketayeva.

from India [...]

“Beauty is nothing. It is the mind which I think is important for me,” Kateryna told TOI during an exclusive chat.

Kateryna Lahno in an interview with IndiaTimes
Kateryna is in India for a match against world youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi starting on December 17.

I would like to become the world champion
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India won the Gold medal for in Doha Asian Games for team event. They beat Indonesia 2.5 - 0.5 to take an unassailable lead of 5.5 points with only one more round to go.
Pentala Harikrishna draw with Susanto Megaranto while Humpy beat Irene Kharisma. More from India Zee News Continue reading

It’s always a treat to see top players analyse. I remember seeing foreign players who don’t speak the same language conduct post mortems without even speaking… Continue reading

This article mentions India’s Umakant Sharma rated ELO 2400+ cheating using a bluetooth device.
From the article, it sounds like it was a bluetooth ear piece that is normally used with a handphone.
But how does he actually cheat with it? I guess he could go to the loo and call an accomplice who is using a [...]

I just checked my web database and saw that the very first posting I made for GilaChess was on 13th December 2000. I think I’ll make this date the official date GilaChess website first started.
That’s exactly 6 years from today! Here’s my very first post on GilaChess :-

My 18th post about a year later..

Hmm..18 posts [...]

at GACC closing ceremony
Originally uploaded by gilachess.
I am in the Legend hotel for the closing ceremony of the rakan muda’s 11th gacc.
This is my first time attending this event. I didn’t expect it to be so grand .. I thought it would just be a simple prize giving and closing.
Sitting at the VIP table [...]