In conjunction to our country independence day celebration, there will be chess camp organise at Wilayah Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur  from 18th-21st August 2008.
The camp will be conducted on different level of chess learning covering all aspect from beginners to developmental.
For more details please contact:-

Marcus Yeoh (012-4723873) and
Zuraihah Wazir (017-6930519).

The registration [...]

Newly formed PERCAWI held their first tournament on last Sunday (27/08/2008) with 240 participants taking part. There were 166 players in the age-group and 74 in the Open section. The tournament offered cash prizes totalling RM2,500.

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA UUM 2008 - Round 7(Final Round)

Standings
Place Name Score Buch. Berg. Progr.

1 Syed Iskandar Shah Syed H 6.5 30.0 27.00 27.5
[...]

Date : 10th August 2008Venue : Multi Purpose Hall UTP
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Date:  27th July 2008 (Sunday)
Time:  9 am to 5 pm
Venue: The Chess Network, Wilayah Complex,

Jalan Dang Wangi, K. L. 
Organiser : Percawi (Kuala Lumpur Federal

  Territory Chess Association)  
Events: OPEN section  Age-group Under-9 (boys and girls)

Age-group Under-12 (boys and girls)

          Age-group Under-15 (boys and girls) 
Format: 6 Rounds Rapid play (30 minutes each). 
Entry [...]

 
The Brunei-Muara District Executive Chess Championship 2008 Committee for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s 62nd Birthday Celebration and the Brunei Chess Federation (BCF) yesterday announced that the first ever Brunei Internet Chess Blitz will be held on July 15 at 2 pm (GMT +8:00 or 2:00 ICC server time).
Registration for [...]

Majlis Tindakan Pelancongan Negeri Kelantan will organise Kelantan Open Chess tournament on 11th to 12th July at Stadium Sultan Mohd IV.For registration kindly contact Muhammad Arshad at 012 9210841.Here are details of the event :-

Date of event :11th and 12th July 2008 (Friday and Saturday)

Organiser : Majlis Tindakan Pelancongan Negeri Kelantan

Place ; Sultan Mohd [...]

Sarawak Chess Association will be organising Medan Departmental Store 1st Sibu Open Chess Championship at First Floor, Medan Mall Commercial Centre, Jalan Wong King Huo, Sibu from 26-27 July 2008. The fixture is as follows:
26 July 08, Saturday 12:30 Registration
13:15 Opening ceremony13:30-15:00 Round 115:00-16:30 Round 218:00-19:30 Round 319:30-21:00 Round 427 July 08, Sunday 10:30-12:00 Round [...]

As highlighted recently by Chew Yaw Chong in his blog Wise Pawn
Congratulations to 18 players who had made it in the latest FIDE Rating List:-
David Chin (2089)
Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali (2059)
Ralvin Manikam (2005)
Loo Pak Kwan (1986)
Zaidan Zulkipli (1975)
Ahmad Afiq Afyfy (1929)
Faeznor Razali (1927)
Ahmad Eizran Ezra Mohd Noor (1921)
Cheah Cheok Fung (1919)
Yeoh Li Tian (1905)
Tan [...]

MBSSKL held a age group tournament with a big turnout of 200 participants from 4 age groups namely U10, U12, U15 and U19.
Summary of top 3 winners from each age groups are as follows:-
Under 19

Yew Chow Kuan
Alvin Ang Keming
Latifah Syamimi

Under 15

Yeap Eng Chiam
Latifah Kaisyah
Lynette Wong Xun Peng

 
Under 12

Daniel Iskandar Noor Akbar
Low Hong Jin              
Albert Ang Keliang         [...]

Malaysia  (Active players) 

#
Name
Title
Rating
G
B-Year

1
Mas, Hafizulhelmi
m
2386
47
 

1
Chan, Nicholas
f
2386
8
 

3
Lim, Yee-Weng
f
2367
7
1982

4
Long, Peter
f
2353
11
1961

5
Mok, Tze-Meng
f
2308
0
 

6
Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy
m
2306
0
1958

7
Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie
 
2287
8
1983

8
Bakri, Anas Nazreen
f
2270
0
1991

9
Zakaria, Fairin
 
2220
0
 

10
Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha
wm
2218
0
1988

11
Leong, Mun Wan
 
2214
14
 

12
Yeoh, Chin-Seng
 
2184
7
 

13
Sabri, Mohd Saprin
 
2158
6
1972

14
Yusof, Kamaluddin
 
2155
6
1967

14
Che Hassan, Muhd Aizuddin
 
2155
4
1985

16
Abdullah, Mohd Kamal
 
2153
15
 

17
Tan, Khai Boon
 
2133
8
 

18
Che Hassan, Abdullah
 
2131
11
1984

19
Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal
 
2121
1
1972

20
Au Yoong, Yow Loo
 
2113
0
 

21
Ismail, Ahmad
 
2111
13
1963

22
Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin
 
2110
7
1972

23
Soh, Han Loong Gerald
 
2109
0
1985

24
Tan, Eu Hong
 
2097
6
  [...]

Malaysian Chess Festival 2008

28th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Chess Championship 2008
15 - 17 Aug 2008
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IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008
18 - 25 Aug 2008
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3rd AmBank Group Malaysia Chess Challenge 2008
18 - 25 Aug 2008
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Malaysian Blitz Chess Championship 2008
       24 Aug 2008

28th ASTRO Merdeka Open Team Chess Championship 2008
30 Aug - 01 Sept 2008
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1 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi                   2386
2 FM Nicholas Chan                      2386
3 FM Lim Yee Weng                       2367
4 FM Peter Long                             2353
5 FM Mok Tze Meng                       2308
6 IM Jimmy Liew Chee Meng        2306
7 NM Ronnie Lim Chuing Hoong 2287
8 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri              2270
9 Fairin Zakaria                               2220
10 WIM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi          2218