Date : 17th-24th August 2008. (1st round on 18th August)
Venue: Bintang Ballroom, Cititel MidValley Kuala Lumpur.
Tournament Regulations:
1. This 11 Round, individual tournament is open to all players.
2. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations will apply. The tournament will be FIDE rated.
3. The Swiss Manager Program will be used for pairings.
4. The games will be [...]

OPEN
Champion : Aaron Chua 6.0 points
Second : Calvin Choong 6.0
Third : NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah 6.0
Fourth [...]

MALAYSIA vs INDONESIA ( Friendly Chess Match – Ladies Team ) - 30 April 2008 – Wilayah Kompleks

PLACE : Bazaar MAINS
DATE : 28 June 2008TIME : 10.00 a.m startsFees : RM 25 (dewasa), RM15 (under-18)Registration due on : 25 June 2008
Prize : RM 500 for championCall Kamar Dani (013-6405845)  now for registration

10th CAS –OCTAGON
Third Quarter Allegro Championship 2008

“National-rated event”
Date : 13th July 2008 (Sunday)
Venue : The Chess Network, 2nd Floor, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah
Time Control [...]

Here are the details for Taylor’s Annual Chess Challenge:

Date
22nd June 2008

Day
Sunday

Registration
0800-0900

Round 1
0900-0950

Round 2
1005-1055

Round 3
1110-1200

Lunch
1200-1300

Round 4
1300-1350

Round 5
1405-1455

Round 6
1510-1600

Round 7
1615-1705

Closing ceremony
1730

 
Prizes :
1st prize- RM250 cash + food voucher
2nd prize- RM150 cash + food voucher
3rd prize- RM100 cash + food voucher
4th prize- RM50 [...]

Sarawak Chess Association will be organising 2008 Sarawak chess Closed Championship at Borneo Chess Academy, Jalan Song, Kuching from 27-30 June 2008.. The championship is open to all Sarawakians and the top 4 players from this event will be sent by SCA to represent Sarawak in the Merdeka Team(Standard) Chess Championship which will be held [...]

It is feared up to 1 million people may have died in this disaster, and although this is disputed, if Nargis did kill this many people, it would be the deadliest cyclone ever recorded, and the third deadliest natural disaster ever recorded in history, behind the Yellow River floods of 1887 and 1931 in [...]

RSC CHESS BLITZ OPEN TOURNAMENT

Venue: Royal Selangor Club, Dataran Merdeka (Card Room)
Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008
Time: 8.00 am to 9.00 am (final registration)
9.30 am to 12.00 pm (preliminary rounds)
1.00 pm to 3.30 pm (final rounds)
Time control; 5 mins chess
[International Blitz Rules apply]

Alia Anin Azwa Bakri is 2008 National Women champion with an overwhelming score of 6/7, one and a half point ahead of her nearest rivals.
Final Ranking
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED [...]

Pictures from the National Closed 2008 prize giving :-

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Thanks go to Aleya d Genius for kindly sending me most of the above pictures.

Seremban Parade Age-Group (U-12 & U-18) Championship
Date: 07 June 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 0930 - 1800
 
Seremban Parade Open Chess Championship
Date: 08 June 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 0930 - 1800
 
Only the First 100 entries will be accepted
Seremban Parade: Tel 06 7648282 - Fax:: 06 7619177 (Ms Shenny ) / Kamar Dani 017 2769129
Venue: Concourse Area, Seremban Parade
No: Jalan Dato’ Bandar [...]

Kuala Lumpur Chess Association Dengan Kerjasama MSSMKL
TEMPAT : Dewan Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan Cochrane
TARIKH : 7 Jun 2008 ( Sabtu )
Masa : 9 am
Makan tengah hari disediakan.
NOTA: Rating pemain adalah berdasarkan kepada Senarai Rating Kebangsaan/ FIDE terbaru yang dikeluarkan oleh MCF
9 Pusingan Swiss : 15 minit
Sistem Pemutus : (i) Solkoff (ii) SB (iii) Kumulatif (iv) P.E.
Yuran [...]

Edward Lee is the new Malaysian National Champion 2008. 15 year old Edward Lee finished unbeaten in the National Closed held at Wilayah Complex from the 31st May to 4th of June. The following are Edward’s opponents:-