Olympiad R1: Malaysia wins
| Bo. | 74 |  Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | - | 115 |  Libya (LBA) |
Rtg | 3½: ½ |
Bo. 74 Malaysia (MAS) Rtg - 115 Libya (LBA) Rtg 3½: ½
38.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - Homrana Mustafa 2001 1 - 0
38.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - Elbaruni Mohamed 2072 ½ - ½
38.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2314 1 - 0
38.4 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 - FM Asabri Hussien 2191 1 - 0
Malaysia managed to win round 1 with a 3.5points over 0.5 against a lower seeded Libya.
Up next, Malaysia will be playing against Jersey on table 18 and hopefully another win against another lower seeded team…
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Olympiad R1: Malaysia vs Libya
Malaysia will be playing Libya on table 38 on the first round of the chess Olympiad.
| Bo. | 74 | Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | - | 115 | Libya (LBA) |
Rtg | 0 : 0 |
38.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - Homrana Mustafa 2001
38.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - Elbaruni Mohamed 2072
38.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - FM Chahrani Ibrahim 2314
38.4 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 - FM Asabri Hussien 2191
All the best to the Malaysian team!!
View Round 1 pairings and results at Chess-Results.info
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Nanjing Super GM
There is a Super GM Tournament in Nanjing, China taking place place 10th - 22nd December 2008. Six-player double round robin event.
Players: Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791; Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786; Levon Aronian g ARM 2757; Movsesian Sergei g 2732 SVK; Peter Svidler g 2727; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714.
Further info: http://www.64ge.net/ and Gujuan Tzu’s Chessnews Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews
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Malaysian @ Chess Olympiad 2008
There is a Malaysian team at the Dresden Olympiad.
It is however weird that Edward Lee is listed as unrated?! Do they key in a wrong name?!
Anyway, all the best to our Malaysian team!!
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Chess Olympiad 2008
The year 2008 edition of Chess Olympiad will start in a few moments.
Visit the official website, www.dresden2008.de for latest updates.
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Penang Age Group Chess Championship
For those interested in playing for Penang in National Age Group events in year 2009, please register yourself to play in Penang Age Group Chess Championship. Register here.
List of registered players is available at Chess.EuHong.NET.
Good luck to all the players!
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Status: Off
Will be off from competitive chess and chess training for some moments. 
Next event for me would be Penang Chess League, I hope.
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