AmBank Round 9 Results and Round 10 Pairing »
By GilaChess on Aug 25, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Archive for August, 2007
Wesley So is ok »
By GilaChess on Aug 25, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Sir, thank you very much for your interest to my son Wesley. He is
okay now. He has only a mild chickenpox. He was ready for the Malaysian
Open actually. Anyway, goodluck to all chessplayers. -mom of Wesley So.
Just read this in my comment section. Good to hear that Wesly is fine and recovering. Hope to see [...]
Round 7 highlight: FM Lim Yee Weng defeats GM Utut Adianto »
By GilaChess on Aug 25, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
GM Utut Adianto lost to FM Lim Yee Weng in Round 7.
Chief Arbiter »
By GilaChess on Aug 24, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Malaysian Open Chief arbiter Encik Najib Wahab (wearing tie)
Beside him is Hadi (left) and Encik Ibrahim Abu Bakar (right)
DATMO Round 7 results and Round 8 pairings »
By GilaChess on Aug 24, 2007 in Tournament Results | 1 Comment
After 7 rounds and 3 draws in the top 3 boards, there is no clear leader for the Malaysian Open.
9 players tie for top spot with 5.5 points out of 7. They are:
WGM Li Roufan
GM Zhang Zhong
Li Chao
IM Wang Rui
Wan Yunguo
Ziaur Rahman
Zhou Weiqi
7th round results
DATMO 8th round pairing
AmBank Savers pictures »
By GilaChess on Aug 24, 2007 in Chess Pictures | 0 Comments
The fourth day (23rd August 2007) was a rest day for DATMO participants. The tournament hall was used to host another tournament - AmBank Savers Gang for juniors. Here are the pictures from that event::-
IM Gary Lane defeats GM Murray Chandler (Round 6) »
By GilaChess on Aug 24, 2007 in Featured Game, Malaysian Open | 3 Comments
[Event "4th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Chess Open"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur MAS"]
[Date "2007.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "IM Lane, Gary W"]
[Black "GM Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "129"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11. [...]
DATMO Round 6 featured game »
By GilaChess on Aug 23, 2007 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments
This game is of interest because of the last few moves where Black misses a win on move 37. Can you spot it ?
DATMO Round 6 summary report »
By GilaChess on Aug 23, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
After round 6, China players take the top 4 spots. They are Zhou Weiqi, WGM Li Ruofan, GM Zhang Zhong and Li Chao. All four have 5 points out of a possible 6. The top 3 Malaysian players are IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (3.5 points), FM Mok Tze Meng (3 points) and FM Anas Nazreen Bakri [...]
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