This patzer managed to draw against an ELO 2000+ player.
Here is the game.

[Event "2nd DATCC League"]
[Site "GilaChess"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew Ooi"]
[Black "Nur Ilhamuddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Qg3 Bf5 8.
Bd3 Bg6 9. Bf4 Bxd3 10. cxd3 g6 11. [...]

It’s only 4 days into the new year but with so many rubbish games I’ve been playing this is considered good against someone rated higher than myself.
[Event "Excel Firs Saturday"]
[Site "OUG"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ooi"]
[Black "Joshua Foong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 Nf6 6. [...]

This is a nice variation of the Sicilian used by GM Saidali in the last round of the Kuala Lumpur Open 2009.
[Event "Kuala Lumpur Open Chess Championship 200"]
[Site "Shah's Village Hotel, Petaling"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Farid, Firman Syah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.09.08"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 [...]

One of the reason Exabyte shut me down earlier was because of my PLIGG website. PLIGG is a DIGG clone and the site I used it on was a chess news website. Unfortunately my PLIGG version had weaknesses that allowed spammers to flood my website with spam content. I believe the spam was automated and [...]

Got closed down by Exabytes again. This time it was for CPU overload abuse and the website is my main chess website - www.GilaChess.com. I have been warned and my website temporarily disabled a few times before and after reducing my Wordpress plugins, I have been pretty confident that I’m not threading on broken glass. [...]

This is my second Celcom broadband speedtest (using Speedtest.net) :-

Location is still the same at Ikea cafeteria on a Sunday morning.… Continue reading

It’s nice to see chess personalities embrace the use of new technologies like Twitter. In case you don’t know, twitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows people to blog about what they are doing using the web, SMS or via instant messenger services. It’s a quick way to get out a message or tell your [...]

I just repaired my Dell 640m and bought a new battery to replace the dying one.
Now testing the Celcom broadband connections speed in Ikea. Also having their cheap 99 cents breakfast at the same time. 
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I am happy to see any promotion to scholastic chess in Malaysia. Particularly when learning centre offers scholarship to junior players to advance their chess skills:-
Chessmate Academy Scholarship
We are seeking 2 (two) enthusiastic junior chess players to be coached by our dedicated coaches.
Our experienced coaches are passionate in teaching enthusiastic juniors.
The objective of the [...]

Here’s some information about Chinese Yang Kaiqi current playing in the Open section of the KL Chess Open 2008.

 
Yang Kaiqi (Chinese: 杨凯淇; born 1988) is a Chinese chess player, who won the First (Hi Seoul) Korea Open Chess tournament held at the… Continue reading

(China’s Zhang Jing vs Vietnam’s GM Dao Thien Hai - Round 1)
I have to admit that the reports coming from KL Chess Open 2008 unofficial blog is very unstructured and messy with some grammar/spelling mistakes here and there. The blog also is seriously lacking in terms… Continue reading

This is just my personal opinion and I say nay.
For a total or RM 2376 it is NOT worth it for me. Also take note that the Maxis broadband that is included is only for six (6) months. 
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This year has been great for me as I got to see many major chess tournaments such as the DATMO, Philippines Open and the World Youth in Vietnam. That has come at a cost because I’ve passed over several lucrative web projects. Basically I’ve been trading my time for money in chess.
However, with the cold [...]

I noticed a jump in my traffic for my chess blog yesterday.

That was about 350 visits which is the highest in 30 days. The reason was simple. People were searching for the record of the games played in the current Chess Olympiad held in Dresden Germany. From what I read, the official website… [...]

Malaysia did well against Libya winning 3½ - ½.
Board Pairings
Round 1 on 2008/11/13 at 15:00 Bo. 74   Malaysia (MAS) Rtg - 115   Libya (LBA) Rtg 3½: ½ 38.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - Homrana Mustafa 2001 1 - 0 38.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - [...]

Downloading the CD version (about 700Mb) and not the DVD version. I would have liked to download the DVD version but don’t have the patience to wait that long
It’s been over a years since I tried the last version of Ubuntu. Can’t wait to see how the new version looks like. Particularly interesting… [...]

Back in 1997 I was a programming lecturer and very interested in teaching using computers particularly via the internet. I experimented with tutoring my students by giving extra notes and exercises via email. Even in practical classes I wrote computer quizzes which I made my students take after a lesson. They would answer the… [...]

More than 4 months ago, the camera I rely so much to take pictures during chess tournaments went dead. I was sad because it was really good for taking above average pictures for all my blogs. No surprise I became less active in making blog posts because it’s just plain boring to post articles without [...]

That’s the download speeds I’m getting while connected to WiFi in a hotel in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
I’m in Vietnam to help out with the chess tournament website. Wish I had such download speeds back in Malaysia … Continue reading

Another 13.3 inch from Dell and they more or less look pretty much standard by now. The specs are not too impressive but for basic work and chess I think it’s more than enough.
Also at around RM 2000+ it’s getting competitive to the popular netbook prices like the Asus EEE PC.
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