My Chess @ 2009
2008 saw a decreasing number of tournaments played by me compared to 2007 especially toward the second half of the year.
It is now 7 days into 2009. Let’s make a wish list instead of to do list for my chess. Wahaha…
- Participate in more than 1 FIDE rated events. Still considering whether going for Thailand Open or not… There are some possibilities of end up playing 0 event.
- Improve my play… Improvise some training plan? Practice more, read more, and play online?
- Revamp some opening!
Ok, wish is wish, action is action… chess must sometimes give way… 
Life…
Happy New Year!!
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PERCAK
Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa mesyuarat Agung Kali Pertama Persatuan Catur Kedah akan diadakan pada Sabtu - 24 Januari 2009 Jam 12.00 tengahari.
Tempat : Sungai Petani. Alamat lengkap akan dimaklumkan kemudian.
Sehubungan itu, pemain dan peminat catur yang berasal/dilahirkan di Negeri Kedah dan/atau bertugas atau pemastautin di Negeri Kedah Darul Aman dijemput hadir untuk menjadi ahli dan bermesyuarat bagi melantik Jawatankuasa Persatuan Catur Kedah.
Sempena mesyuarat tersebut, satu pertandingan catur Kedah Open akan diadakan. Semua hadiah wang tunai dan piala akan disumbangkan/ taja oleh Jaffolea Enterprise.
Pertandingan akan dilangsung dalam 6 pusingan serentak untuk 2 kategori: Kategori Junior untuk peserta bawah 12 tahun dan Kategori Open. Detail hadiah akan diumumkan kemudian.
Tentatif pertandingan.
8.30 pagi Pengesahan penyertaan
9.00 pagi PUSINGAN 1
10.00 pagi PUSINGAN 2
11.00 pagi PUSINGAN 3
12.00 tgh Mesyuarat Agung Kali Pertama
Persatuan Catur Kedah
2.30 petang PUSINGAN 4
3.30 petang PUSINGAN 5
4.30 petang PUSINGAN 6
5.45 petang Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah
Bersurai.
[Source: Ahmad Fuad @ Chess-Malaysia]
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Penang Chess League R4
Round 4 pairings for PCL 08 is up. Play2Win is paired against Rebel 4. 
I lost to GM Bong Villamayor in round 3 and will be playing against Ian Udani. Seems like I am quite “successful” in playing all the Phillipinos in the tournament.
I am on 2/3. 1.5 away from 3.5/7. So I will need a 1.5/4 tomorrow. hehehe…
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The Return of Play2Win
Yea~ finally decided to play in the upcoming 2008 Pesta Pulau Pinang Chess Open Tournament and the team name is still Play2Win!! This time however, we had some changes to the line up and members.
I am kind of on a suicidal mission to play on board 1 after staying away from any training/playing of chess for more than 2 months!! With few days to go, no Fritz/Chessbase installed and a few dateline to achieve, how will I do?
3.5/7? or 0/7??
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Penang Events - Updates
Some updates about events and tournaments in Penang:
Penang Chess League (13,14 Dec):
Online Registration || Registered Teams
- Team Composition: Open teams can consist of any players as long as the 3 players playing in any round must not exceed 1900 National rating.
- 1900 rating cap: Restriction: The average players rating (MCF Chess Rating) during play should be less than 1900.
Note: The MCF Chess Rating is approximately 250 points below FIDE elo rating. Player is allowed to register using MCF rating or FIDE rating minus 250 points whichever is lower. e.g.
Player 1, FIDE 2500: 2250 (2500-250)
Player 2, National rating: 1800
Player 3, National rating: 1600
Average = 1883
PISA Chess Simul (21 Dec)
Certificate of Participation will be given!
Online Registration || Registered Players
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Olympiad R11 Updates
| Bo. | 73 |  Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | - | 105 |  Guatemala (GUA) |
Rtg | 2 : 2 |
1.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - IM Juarez Flores Carlos A 2358 1 - 0
41.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - FM Lorenzana Wilson Estuardo 2202 0 - 1
41.3 FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 - Quinones Centeno Carlos 2127 0 - 1
41.4 Edward Lee Kim Han 2054 - Galvez Dastin Eduardo 2178 1 - 0
Top 3 of the open section:
1) Armenia, 19 pts
2) Israel, 18 pts
3) USA, 17 pts
Please visit Chess-Results.info for more results.
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Olympiad Updates
Round 10:
| 48 | 65 |  |
ECU | Ecuador | 17½ | 8 | : | 8 | 15 | Malaysia | MAS | |
73 |
Round 9:
| Bo. | 125 |  Liechtenstein (LIE) |
Rtg | - | 73 | Malaysia (MAS) |
Rtg | ½ :3½ |
54.1 Mannhart Marcel 2154 - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 ½ - ½
54.2 Frick Renato 2145 - FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 0 - 1
54.3 Guller Andras 2117 - FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 0 - 1
54.4 Muendle Kurt 1928 - IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 0 - 1Round 8:
| Bo. | 73 | Malaysia (MAS) |
- | 76 |  IPCA (IPCA) |
1½:2½ |
72.1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 - IM Obodchuk Andrei 2434 ½ - ½
72.2 FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 - IM Mikheev Stanislav 2329 0 - 1
72.3 IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 - IM Yarmonov Igor 2322 1 - 0
72.4 Edward Lee Kim Han 2054 - IM Bondarets Vadim 2345 0 - 1
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Olympiad R7: Egypt 4 vs Malaysia 0
Malaysia lost round 7 0-4 to Egypt…
| 32 | 49 |  |
EGY | Egypt | 13 | 6 | 4 | : | 0 | 6 | 10 | Malaysia | MAS | |
73 |
Up next, Malaysia drop to table 72 and is paired against IPCA.
| 72 | 73 | |
MAS | Malaysia | 10 | 6 | : | 6 | 13½ | IPCA | IPCA | |
76 |
Hopefully the Malaysian team can finally score a win after 2 consecutive loses.
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Olympiad R6: Slovenia 3.5 vs Malaysia 0.5
Malaysia lost 0.5 - 3.5 to Slovenia with FM Lim Yee-Weng scoring his 6th draw.
| Round 6 on 2008/11/19 at 15:00 |
18.1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2619 - IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2439 1 - 0
18.2 GM Lenic Luka 2569 - FM Lim Yee-Weng 2396 ½ - ½
18.3 IM Borisek Jure 2548 - FM Mok Tze-Meng 2308 1 - 0
18.4 IM Skoberne Jure 2501 - IM Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2306 1 - 0
Complete Olympiad Round 6 results at Chess-Results.info
Up next, Malaysia will be paired against Egypt on table 32.
| 32 | 49 | |
EGY | Egypt | 13 | 6 | : | 6 | 10 | Malaysia | MAS | |
73 |
Complete Olympiad Round 7 team pairing at Chess-Results.info
All the best to Malaysian team!!
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Olympiad: Statistic after 5 rounds
After 5 rounds of games the Chess Olympiad have a rest day before going into the 6th round.
Overall, our Malaysia team done OK. Let’s wish them all the best for the remaining games!!
Up next, Malaysia will be playing Slovenia on table 18!
| 18 | 28 |  |
SLO | Slovenia | 11½ | 6 | : | 6 | 9½ | Malaysia | MAS | |
73 |
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