http://blog.euhong.net ~ Eu Hong's Road to Chess Improvement ~ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:19:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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!! http://blog.euhong.net/2010/06/20/nm-tan-khai-boon-nwm-fong-mi-yen/ This marathon was completed the night before the UHS Open. Practices make oneself fresh the day before a tournament. And I managed a 200 tries in 1 night! http://blog.euhong.net/2010/03/29/20000-tries/ 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 ... http://blog.euhong.net/2010/03/16/nag-summary-after-2-days/ 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 ... http://blog.euhong.net/2010/03/13/national-age-group-round-1/ 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! http://blog.euhong.net/2010/03/13/national-age-group-2010/ 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 ... http://blog.euhong.net/2010/02/22/warming-up/ 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 ... http://blog.euhong.net/2010/02/02/lets-get-started/ 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 ... http://blog.euhong.net/2010/02/02/tragedy-chess/ The just past CLHS Open 2009 was quite successful with >150 registered players and saw players like Ronnie Lim, Marcus Chan, Chuah Heng Meng, Tan Khai Boon and etc playing. Sadly, I missed the tournament and might do so more often in future... Congrats to CLHS! http://blog.euhong.net/2009/07/06/clhs-open-2009/ According to the FIDE tournament report, I am gaining 4 Elo points thanks to the Penang Heritage City International Chess Open. That will slightly increase my rating to 2101. http://blog.euhong.net/2009/06/25/4-elo-points/