Kasparov beralih daripada dunia catur ke arena politik

December 30, 2007 by remisaman  
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oleh Ziauddin Sharuddin (dipetik dari Berita Harian, 23/12/2007)

SIAPAKAH pemain catur yang paling anda kagum? Jika soalan ini ditanya kepada pemain atau sesiapa yang mengikuti perkembangan dunia catur, sudah tentu antara nama yang akan meniti pada bibir mereka ialah Garry Kasparov.

Taktik bijak dan agresif menyebabkan anak kelahiran Baku, Azerbaijan, diiktiraf sebagai pemain catur terhebat sepanjang zaman.

Kasparov yang kini berusia 43 tahun menguasai dunia catur selama dua dekad hingga bersara pada 10 Mac 2005.

Dilahirkan dengan nama Garri Weinstein, dia mewarisi darah Yahudi di sebelah bapanya, manakala ibunya berketurunan Armenian. Pada usia 12 tahun, dia menggunakan nama keluarga ibunya, Kasparyan yang kemudian diubah suai kepada versi Russia, Kasparov.Bakatnya sebagai pemain catur terserlah sejak kecil apabila mampu menyelesaikan masalah permainan itu yang dikemukakan ibu bapanya. Pada usia tujuh tahun, dia bermain catur secara serius.Tiga tahun kemudian, Kasparov menyertai sekolah catur Mikhail Botvinnik yang banyak mengajarnya pelbagai taktik hebat Read more

January 2008 FIDE Rating list

December 30, 2007 by remisaman  
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FIDE Jan 2008 Malaysia Top Active Players

1 IM Wong Zi Jing 2414
2 IM Mas Hafizulhilmi 2382
3 FM Nicholas Chan 2380
4 FM Mok Tze Meng 2346
5 FM Lim Yee Weng 2338
6 IM Jimmy Liew Chee Meng 2309
7 Ronnie Lim Chuing Hoong 2276
8 Ahmad Maliki 2254
9 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 2253
10 Jonathan Chuah Jin Hai 2250

The above list shows the Country top 10 active players. For complete list (incl. inactive players) click here.

Congratulations to UTM lecturer Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood (1981) , Justin Ong Way (1829) & Lim Zhuo Ren (1796) who had made it in the FIDE Rating List.

11th Chessmaster Bandaraya Johore Open – Results

December 25, 2007 by remisaman  
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Open Category

Champion : IM Julio Catalino Sadorra – 6.5 points

Second : FM Anas Nazreen Bakri -5.5

Third :Michael Siong -5.5

Fourth :Clyde Seruelo -5.5

Fifth :Abd Haq Mohammed -5.5

Sixth :Abd Khalid Musa -5.5

Seventh :Abdullah Che Hassan -5.0

Eighth :GM Bong Villamayor -5.0

Read More The Star (29/12/2007) & News Straits Times article (26/12/2007):-
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Justin Ong – Singapore Challengers 2007 Champion

December 21, 2007 by GilaChess  
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Credits to hairulov chessmaniacs for spotting this piece of juicy news.

Malaysian Justin Ong won the Singapore Challengers ahead of many Singaporeans one point ahead of his nearest rival.

Justin was only seeded 64 (lucky number?) in the tournament and he started it with a first round loss against WFM Victoria Chan Wei Yi .

However he won ALL of his other games to finish an outstanding 8/9!! He finished ahead of Indonesian Kaiser Jenius Hakiki and Setiawan Iwan whom he defeated in the last 2 rounds.

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Clearwater Sanctuary International Chess Tournament (23/12/2007)

December 16, 2007 by remisaman  
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Ahmad Fadzil Nayan scored a perfect 6/6 to win the event. Read more about it at Eddy Fong’s blog here

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