Do you own this book? I have a paper back copy of this. Bought this in MPH Singapore in 1990. The pages are beginning to turn yellow.

Back then it was only RM 25. Now that Bobby is gone, the price of the book has also shot up. USD 76.99 on Amazon.com. There is… [...]

I’m looking for a good solid defence as Black vs d4.
I gave up the King’s Indian because of the Bayonnet attack 9.b4 where White attacks on the Queen side and this usually results in Black’s king side attack losing to White’s Queen side demonstrations. Looking through the database, this happens surprisingly very often. But [...]

This is a fantastic new site I found on the net. Bookmooch.com
It’s a great idea and concept. You trade books you have but don’t want with books that you want.
There is no money involved. You can even try out books you trade. If you don’t like it you pass it on by trading again. The [...]

Yeah no kidding. I really played against Wesley. The 12-year old kid in DATMO that just missed a GM norm and had to settle for an IM norm. I even missed a “winning move” in this game !
Anyway, I lost. (no surprise there)
This game was played on WorldChessNetwork.com on April 2006. You’d see I played [...]

Posting this for Rizal Ahmad Kamal. He has a list of books for sale.… Continue reading

Not pirated DVDs but original chess DVDs.

Besides DVDs, there are is also an updated price list for chess books and equipment.
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One thing that I lack is new chess books. Almost none of my training time involve reading a chess book. So it’s now back to old tech - reading chess books. I’m now reading this book by Mihai Marin. It was more or less chosen because the author won some book award at Chess [...]

This is the book I was reading at Border’s books store for about an hour. RM 79 (USD 22).
My 2 cents: Insightful book for me. Would have bought it if my wallet was not depleted this month.… Continue reading

Tonight I stopped by at KL’s Berjaya Mall’s Borders bookstore to check out their chess books collection.… Continue reading | 3 Comments

Never Say I Assume ! a memoir of Dato’ Tan Chin Nam

I saw this book 2 weeks ago in Popular book store and I’m sure it’s available in all major bookstore too. Haven’t bought it yet but I’ve browsed thru it a few times during lunch time.… Continue reading | 1 Comment