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CNY activities - Chess!!

6th days into CNY, it’s time to play chess!! After the shocking results at USM Team, it’s time to do something on it.

Hand exercises at FICS and brain exercises at CTS~

Overall active players ranking at CTS~

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Stats:

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Let’s see if these exercises change something at USM Engineering Open.


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Chess Reloaded

Restarted my chess activities just now..

Need to brush off my rustiness..

First step to restart after 1.5years..

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NM Tan Khai Boon, NWM Fong Mi Yen

National Championship 2010 concluded with Khai Boon finishing first with 8/9 while Fong Mi Yen winning the Woman’s category with 7.5/9!

Final Cross Table at ChessInMalaysia. Detail coverage at Malaysia National Chess Championship Blog.

Congratulations to NM Tan Khai Boon and NWM Fong Mi Yen!!


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20,000 tries!

This marathon was completed the night before the UHS Open. Practices make oneself fresh the day before a tournament.

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And I managed a 200 tries in 1 night!

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NAG Summary after 2 days

Dear readers,

I got some comments that the content / pairing / ranking on this website is unreadable and are very messy. My apologies for the mess.

Here are the summary:

U08
Boys: Round 7 Pairing, Ranking after Round 6
Girls: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5

U10
Boys: Round 7 Pairing, Ranking after Round 6
Girls: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5

U12
Boys: Round 7 Pairing, Ranking after Round 6
Girls: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5

U14
Boys: Round 7 Pairing, Ranking after Round 6
Girls: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5

U16
Boys: Round 7 Pairing, Ranking after Round 6
Girls: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5

U18
Boys: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5
Girls: Round 6 Pairing, Ranking after Round 5

Cheers,

Eu Hong


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National Age Group Round 1

Pairings for NAG is up!

Pairing:
U08B - Round 1
U08G - Round 1
U10B - Round 1
U10G - Round 1
U12B - Round 1
U12G - Round 1
U14B - Round 1
U14G - Round 1
U16B - Round 1
U16G - Round 1
U18B - Round 1
U18G - Round 1

Note:
All the Girls are playing 7 rounds only 3 on Sunday, 2 Monday, and 2 on Final day.
Only boys U18 are playing 7 rounds – follow Girls schedule.
The rest of the other sections are playing 8 rounds as per schedule.

All the best to everyone!

See you at Dewan Sri Pinang!


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National Age Group 2010!

Forget about all the serious stuff for now. Enjoy watching the kids play chess at National Age Group 2010!

The tentative pairing is coming out later today! Visit http://chess.euhong.net or http://penangchess.com for pairings!


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Warming Up!!

Okay, I got started, now I need perseverance! Step 2 is reading! I organized my books before CNY and had my to-read list going again. After reading a game from Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings, I started to have some feel for chess again.

Meanwhile, sense of tactics are still not coming back.

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More works have to be done!

Upcoming tournament:

Union Open 2010 on March 21!


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Let’s get started!

Following the tragedy, I started to solve some puzzles today and I need to keep this up! Tournaments are coming at Penang here throughout March to April, I am yet to see the details of the events but I am sure I am playing!! The plan is to practice in these weekends tournament and excel during a FIDE rated event I am planning to play this year…

Today, I started step 1, there are other activities including studies of books, openings, analysis of own games and masters’ games and play a lot of online games!

Step 1: Chess Tactics Server

Today’s practice:

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Previously:

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Tragedy @ Chess

First of all congratulations to the winners at USM Team tournament 2010. My performance was disastrous scoring only 5/7 playing at the lower tables (mostly around table 10-20) and giving a free queen in the final round!!

No more excuses for myself. The only way to still continue to survive in chess is to start practising! It’s time to go home a draft out a training plan and throw away all my bad habits throughout last year…


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