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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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:-

CM Colin Madhavan story on The Star (Metro section) page 13.
 

Link to original article here.

Open Category
1: Nur Ahmad Faiz Mohd Azmi 6.5/7;
2-3: Anthony Liong Ing Kiat, Tan Khai Boon 6.0;
4-9: Nazri Ismail, Evan Timothy Capel, Amrie Ibni
Hajar, Marzuki Mat, Lim Poay Sim, Muhammad Taufiq
Osman 5.5;
10: Ahmad Nurdin Mohd Azmi 5.0;

More pictures here.
Ranking after round 7 of PORT KLANG OPEN 2008
No. PNo. Name [...]

Ranking after round 7 of PORT KLANG OPEN 2008 ( UNDER 12 )
No. PNo. Name Score WP [...]

Event: Johor Closed
Date: 24th May Saturday
Time: 9.00am-7.00pm
Venue: City Square Tower 35th Floor,Johor Bahru.
Estimated number of participants: 20 to 30 players
Tournament information

Date: 25th May Sunday
Time: 9.00am-7.00pm
Venue: City Square Tower 35th Floor,Johor Bahru.
Estimated number of participants: 100 players
Tournament information

In today’s News Straits Times (16 May 2008)

Please take note that the Shah Alam Tourney organised by Kelab Shah Alam Selangor is postponed to the 31st May 2008, Saturday.