Today (Feb 24) is FM Lim Yee Weng’s birthday!! Continue reading

Happy Birthday !!FM Johan Iskandar Continue reading

The ‘old’ chess column in The Star was usually fortnightly but I received an SMS from Remis Aman this morning with the following message:I was blogging from a cafe in Cameron Highlands at that time. I went out to a nearby shop and got a copy of The Star.I was think “Could it be? … [...]

Don’t laugh ok?
I’m seriously broke in Cameron Highlands..
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First game online in Cameron Highlands since I came here last week ..Breakfast is simple Eggs with Mayo and barbeque sauce and Teh Tarik.Had this in Rosette Cafe which also has free WiFi… Continue reading

Happy Birthday to the terror twins… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Our regular columnist is back!! Just got an SMS from Remis Aman that Quah Seng Sun’s chess column is back in The Star. I immediately rushed out to a sundry shop (just beside the cafe I’m blogging from) to get a copy of The Star. To tell you the truth I’ve been boycotting The [...]

Hilmi has changed the orientation of his blog from personal to serious chess trainingI guess that puts me to shame as my own Patzer blog has been inactive for a long time :(Anyway, you can find Hilmi’s Training in Chess here.It’s good to see more local serious chess bloggers :)PS: That blog is also part [...]

Whitenavel just published the new elected committee members of PCMM elected just last week.You can find it on http://whitenaval.googlepages.com/chessCongratulations to the new PCMM President Encik Johari Hassan… Continue reading

I’ve been working hard at creating new websites in Cameron Highlands and it’s incredible that I can sit in front of the notebook working 10 hours straight. Probably it’s the fresh air and weather here.Didn’t have time to work on my chess though ..After that it’s always some big feast of a dinner at my [...]

Take a look at the site (China Digital Times) and you would not guess it was running on WordPress.It goes to show you can run any website (including chess websites ) using WordPress. I’ve always believed that it is very extensible and for a news site it fits perfectly.They have just migrated over from [...]

 Today is IM Mas Hafizulhelmi’s birthday. Join me and wish Malaysia’s future GM a very H A P P Y     B I R T H D A Y  ! ! Continue reading

I’m holidaying in Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands right now and I don’t want to come back to KL
I’m using this tool called PixAround for the above panoramic view of Tanah Rata… Continue reading

Apple just announced an upgraded model to their iPhone model. It now has 16Gb instead of 8Gb and priced at USD 499. Although the iPhone is not officially launched in Malaysia, it’s been selling in shopping complex like Sungei Wang and Low Yat Plaza in the locked and unlocked version. It’s still my dream gadget [...]

Last month there was the first 2008 Google Page Rank update.
Basically FIDE and Chessbase website remain the only top 2 with the highest PR after TWIC fell one rank to PR5. I don’t see any blog or website getting a PR promoted except for Zhang Jilin’s blog’s new entry at PR3.
PR6FIDE.com ChessBase.com
PR5TWIC (previously [...]

Abdullah Che Hassan  (7pts)

Ian Udani  (5.5pts)
FM Lim Yee Weng
FM Mok Tze Meng [...]

This is my bit torrent speed:

It’s good that Streamyx speeds are back to normal after the slowdown on 23rd Jan… Continue reading

I really wanted to go for the Chess Masters tournament in Cochrane today but after a look at my desk, I’m going to take the whole day reorganising my things. What a mess!!
Also, I will be cleaning up on all my other blogs including looking at Stonemaster.biz bugs later today. There is also a ton [...]

After over 2 years of using the same theme, I’m changing the theme to the one you are seeing now. So how is it? Better?Less Ads!Also, in the past I went crazy with ads and had over 10 ad networks plastered all over the blog !! I have decided to reduce it to only 3 [...]