I am now back from an unexpected visit to Dubai and from there on to Batumi and after recovering from 48 hours of travel, am fully recovered and teaching again.My weekend classes are broken down now to three levels i.e. Enjoy Chess 0-1400, Young Talent…
Malaysia is ranked 83rd in the World, and was seeded 107th at the Batumi Olympiad.We finished 93rd (tied 82nd-101st with a group of 20 teams on 11 points, a 50 percent score).R1: Loss: 0.5-3.5 vs Belarus, Europe/Ex-SovietR2: Draw: 2:2 vs Afghanistan, A…
4thASEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (OPEN/WOMEN) 2018 Regulations 1. Organization Organized by the Myanmar Chess Federation under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation. 2. EligibilityOnly players from the ASEAN member Federations can participate. ASE…
MenWith four rounds to go, Malaysia is in a large group of teams on 7 points and tied 79th to 104th.Our actual current ranking of 86th outperforms our seeding of 107th with the team playing to their “real” ratings against opponents between 2100-2200, a…
The Malaysian Men and Women team did well in dispatching Libya and Finland both with the same score of 3½ – ½ respectively. The men’s team is currently ranked 86/185 which is good considering the initial seeding of 107. The women’s team rank is 41/151. Their initial seeding is 68. The “yo-yo” effect is now less […]
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Malaysian men met a far superior Mongolian team so if they Malaysian had lost 4-0 it would not be a surprise. Instead Malaysia scrape thru with a 1-3 loss. FM Lim Zhuo Ren held Mongolia’s strongest GM, Batchukuub Tsegned to a draw playing White. Similiarly CM Fong Yit San’s draw vs the 300 ELO point […]
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Once again we have the monthly ranking of our players according to FIDE (World Chess Federation) and it is particularly relevant given it is coming out during the World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.Why? Well, because its as indicative as it can be…
A good analogy for our Malaysian team in the Batumi Olympiad is we that we are like gold fishes swimming in a sea of carnivorous fishes. India to Malaysia is like a pack of sharks! They have 2 GMS (not WGMS!) and 3 IMs (not WIMs) with a world renown coach – Jacob Aasgard in […]
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