Only 2 days away from Astro Merdeka Team tournament!!
I’m very excited. All the top players from all over the country will come to KL tomorrow ( a day before) and battle it out in Mid Valley Mega Mall on Saturday and Sunday. My ‘preprations’ for the tournament include getting extra batteries for my camera - [...]

This list is taken from the official MCF website :-
This is the updated list of participants for the Malaysian Chess Festival 2006 as of 10th August 2006.
Please take note that the deadline for registration is already over and late entries (if accepted) will be levied
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Browsing thru the participant’s list I am happy see that one of my chess heroes, Mark Paragua, is going to play in the Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open. If you remember, Mark is the super GM who came here last year and won the Zonal 3.3 finishing joint first with GM Utut Adianto. I [...]

Finally finished formatting the list of names of the Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Open (DATMO) 2006. Again, as a disclaimer, this is the tentative, updated list as of 9th August 2006. There may be changes later on.
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I just realised this morning … It’s only 2 days before the closing date for all 3 events for the Malaysian Chess Festival (DATMO, MCC, Merdeka). Remember the closing date is 10th of August!!! Register now to avoid disappointment !!
I better register my 2 teams for the Merdeka too. Continue reading

One of the most often asked question I received is “do you have the Malaysia Open playing list?”. Yeah, I’m itching to see the list too. I promise to publish it as soon as I receive it from MCF.
In the meantime, there’s a strong possibility of World Junior Champ Koneru Humpy playing here in [...]