I’ve never been able to find the right look for GilaChess.com.That’s why you’ve been seeing changes in the last several months to the site. I’ve been experimenting with many designs. None of them looked suitable. Here’s the latest ‘look’ I’ve chosen. I need GilaChess readers input on this.Personally, I like the top tabs where I [...]

One of the more popular belief to boost Malaysian chess development is for the country to get our very first GM.
Can a Malaysian GM really make such a difference?
Morale boost
A GM will give an overall morale boost to the Malaysian community . So far the title is something so elusive, many people are starting to [...]

I predict a narrow win for Malaysia. What’s yours ?
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This event is coming up soon on the Dec 15 to 16. Is Malaysia ready to fight? Can we get back our former glory?Realistically speaking I’m not sure. I think we have added new strong juniors into our arsenal. But Singapore has some really strong addition too. They have a couple of new titled players [...]

After looking at feedback about Kontera from local blogs such as LiewCF, 5xmom, Home With Andrew (not me but a friend of mine ), Ades Blog, I’ve decided to experiment again with Kontera ads. I removed it the last time around because it conflicted with my other sponsored post.Now that I’ve found a way [...]

Being at the receiving end last year for lousy coverage for the Malaysian Open 2006 I’ve learnt my lesson. As a webmaster for a major tournament website, there is a big responsibility to get the news out there for the many chess enthusiasts who follow the tournament news from afar. That is why I’m quite [...]

IA Foong Chee Leng’s words still ring in my ears - “Don’t play against computers”. According to him playing against humans was more beneficial in terms of learning and chess improvement. But that was over 15 years ago.I think there are more benefits in using computers today.Benefits of computers:-

Like a flashlight, it illuminates the best [...]

Go visit the new GilaChess if you have not seen it yet and come back here to tell me what you think?
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I’ve been undecided lately about how to go about upgrading GilaChess.com. Currently it runs on the old version of a software called PostNuke.
I’ve looked at major Content Management Systems (CMS) out there such as Drupal, Xoops, Joomla and the new PostNuke. It was a hard decision but I finally settled (or so I thought) on [...]

The comments on The Youngest GMs again shows the recurring topic always strike a chord with some people. It’s about wasted talents, not enough support given by X party, why Malaysia does not have a GM yet etc.
So I guess I’ll make this Saturday post an open forum for discussion.
What do you think?
Are people [...]

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If you were part of the Malaysia vs Singapore 2005 contingent, you would have visited IntChess Asia ’school of chess’.

They are a success as they have produced many strong young juniors. This was clearly shown in how Singapore junior players outclassed Malaysian junior players in that ‘friendly’ match. What’s more is that S’pore didn’t [...]