Grand Prix 2nd Leg 25.3.2007 (Sun)
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Just a reminder that this is the year 2007 record breaking chess event!
The registration form is now available for download Continue reading

As reported by Mr Quah from The Star, the MCF calendar is out. Take note that there are more events not yet entered from state affiliates (I believe there will be a flood of events for 2007!!). Here’s the calendar so far. Events will be added to this caledar as well as the calendar you [...]

Sorry about not posting this earlier (TMNet at home not working - no surprise there eh? ). The deadline for the CFSIUUM tourney is 9th February. And at the time of this posting it’s over already. If it’s any consolation, I did not get to register on time either. I’ve submitted my pre-reg anyway [...]

The month of February is surely one of the busiest month for Malaysian chess as there are 13 events. Truly a GilaChess month !

Check it out at GilaChess.com Continue reading

KL RAPID 1 2007 Prize Winners
Open
01 Kamaludin Yusof RM 200
02 Fariz Shafruddin RM 100
03 Kamal Arifin RM 70
04 Tan Ken Wei RM 50
05 Fadli @ [...]

Chess Coach / Chess Player - Mohd Fadli Zakaria (or better know as the Stonemaster)
He has his own website on www.stonemaster.biz
You can find his chess coach credentials here Continue reading

Challenger Category Prize
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1) Kaushal Khandhar gold medal
2) Tan Aik Mund silver medal
3) Liew Zhen Lead bronze [...]

The next tournaments will be the CAS 1st Allegro and PCNS Seremban Open both held on the coming Sunday (28 Jan,2007).… Continue reading

Remember the disaster of a tournament held at Perak last year? The organisers actually managed to get their entry into the Malaysian Book of Records despite the public complaints and unhappiness over how the tournament was handled.
Anyway, the following tournament organised by the MBSSKL will hopefully erase that record and also the bad memories that [...]

I was curious to see if the negative sentiments posted on my shoutbox on IntChess was shared by the majority the blog readers. Here’s the results :-… Continue reading | 3 Comments

Held on the eve of Christmas, quite a good turnout with some 72 participants.
This the final event for PICA year 2006.The PICA President Dr Yee, hopes to send his young players to KL for training to break the KLang Valley dominance in chess.

~Encik Ahmad Shafruddin (CAS President) … Continue reading | 1 Comment

The appearance of IntChess in the local chess scene has been a catalyst for lots of changes taking place.
I have to say that it appears to be positive changes. One parent I talked to told me that he welcomed IntChess here not so much for the coaching / training opportunities that it will provide [...]

Ok I know I’m going to risk being called someone’s publicity agent again but what the heck..
I have to say that I first got interested in chess reading Peter’s articles in News Straits Times over 20 years ago. At that time, I couldn’t believe that anyone could write so daringly and critically in any newspaper [...]

In the 1st clock match between IM Jimmy Liew and 10 juniors, Jimmy Liew recorded 10 wins as he beat this group of aspiring junior chess players.

To make the match interesting, the International Master played 5 Whites and 5 Blacks. The players who took part in the match were Lee Joo Hui, Joshua Teo, [...]

According to the krazl’s post on Stonemaster.biz the Negeri Sembilan will be on the 28th January. That will clash with the CAS 1st Allegro 2007 also on the same date. You can see the clash on my GilaChess Google Calendar Continue reading | 3 Comments

Category 1
Name Score POSITION
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Soon Wai Cheong 6.5 CHAMPION
Pok Wern Jian [...]

There was a small mistake in the Malaysia vs Singapore 2006 results where a win for Malaysia was incorrectly registered as a loss.
So the official score is 60.5 -79.5 in favour of Sngapore.
The deficit is actually 19 points.
Corrected results here and also at MCF website Continue reading | 2 Comments

I just checked my web database and saw that the very first posting I made for GilaChess was on 13th December 2000. I think I’ll make this date the official date GilaChess website first started.
That’s exactly 6 years from today! Here’s my very first post on GilaChess :-

My 18th post about a year later..

Hmm..18 posts [...]

IntChess club is having a friendly playing session this coming Friday (15th Dec).

The ASEAN Chess Academy is pleased to announce the opening of Club Intchess this coming Friday 15 December 2006 at the academy’s centre in Desa Sri Hartamas.
Club Intchess membership is open to all sincere and dedicated chess enthusiasts (current students and trainers enjoy [...]