Congratulations to FIDE Secretary General Ignatius Leong of Singapore on his wedding in Singapore last weekend to Celine Dao of Vietnam. Over 300 guests, including a delegation of 29 from Veitnam and representatives of ten federations from around Asia and Europe joined in celebrating their nuptials.
~ read the full article from FIDE website
True to chess, [...]

So far it looks like Izz is our best performer there for the Under-14 section. Not bad considering he goes in unrated.
Here’s the standings so far.
SNoNameRtgFED12345Pts.Rk.Krtg+/-Group
18Muhammad Izz Saifuddin0MAS½0½113.01000,00Open 14
7Tan Ken Wei1938MAS10½012.51600,00Open 16
18Kaushal Khandhar1911MAS001012.01700,00Open 18
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Here are 2 games taken from the ongoing 8th ASEAN AGE Group in Jomtien Thani Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand. Malaysia is represented by:

Kaushal Khandar (Under-18)
Tan Ken Wei (Under-16)
Muhammad Izz Saifuddin (Under-14)

Here are 2 games from that tournament.
[Event "8th ASEAN AGE - OPEN 14"]
[Site "Pattaya, Thailand"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Choo, Zhong-Sheng Amos"]
[Black "Muhammad, Izz Saifuddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount [...]

From Intchess Malaysia website:-
This follows a decision by the FIDE Presidential Board Meeting in Antalya, Turkey, from 26-28 January 2007 to appoint ASEAN Chess Academy (ACA) as its new Global Training Headquarters.
Global Chess Academy (GCA) was subsequently set up to give global focus and emphasis to the enterprise.
As FIDE Global Training HQ, GCA will deliver [...]

FIDE, the World Chess Federation, has opened a new office in Singapore.
The world body decided this at its Presidential Board Meeting held in Antalya, Turkey, from 26-28 January 2007.
FIDE did this after the Singapore Chess Federation tabled a proposal for such an office at the FIDE Congress held along with the Chess Olympiad in Turin, [...]

This was sent to me by Remis Aman this morning
Our Pak Lah is getting married Jeanne Abdullah today
at the PM’s official residence, Seri Perdana, in
Putrajaya at noon… Check out MIC President Datuk
Seri S. Samy Vellu’s poem for the couple
.
“From this day forward,
You shall not walk alone.
Her [...]

Wesley So is now Phillipines no 4 in the latest FIDE rating list. It’s impressive the Pinoys top 5 are all above 2500.
1 GM Rogelio Joey Antonio Jr. 2539
2 GM Mark Paragua 2532
3 GM Eugenio Torre [...]

14-year old Wesley So touted by GM Eugene Torre to be Phillipine’s next GM.

“What can I say, he’s showing a lot of promise,” Torre told The STAR the other day, referring to the Cavite-based teener. “He is the most likely player to become the country’s next GM.”

~ GM Torre
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