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

This is just my simplistic view but looking at different countries and the effect of chess politics we can see how detrimental it’s effect can be to a nation’s effort in chess development.ChinaAlmost no politics and their country policy on chess developement is clear. There are today one of the chess giants of the world.USAAs [...]

Found this old picture GM Wang Hao vs Singapore’s FM Goh Wei Ming from last year’s GACC tournament website.GACC is just around the corner too. Check out their official site at gacc-chess.com Continue reading

I know you guys are excited over the latest FIDE rating updates and also the coming National rating list. For me, I’m more interested in the Google PR update which is long overdue. I just had to find out if there is any increase in my ranking.This blog sadly won’t see any increase in PR. [...]

I asked the question whether we can emulate the success of Intchess Singapore exactly a year ago. Right after Intchess Malaysia opened shop and it was received with much suspicion and negative response. Some even went as far as predicting that Intchess will close down in a few months time. Well I don’t want to [...]