Organiser : The tournament is organised by the Johor Chess Academy and JB Chess
Association
Venue : Plaza Pelangi, Johor Bahru
Date & Time : Sunday, 22nd June 2008
Time Control : Swiss system of 7 rounds with 25 minutes per player to complete the game
Catagory : 3 catagories, namely Open, Under 16 & Under 12
Entry Fees : Open […]

From Page 12 of The Star (Metro) - 10/05/2007

To sign up for the event, those interested can call Teh at 06-761 9188 or Karisma Tuition Centre at 06-764 8918. The closing date for registration is May 14.

FIDE April 2008 Malaysia Top Active Players

1 IM Mas Hafizulhilmi 2396
2 FM Lim Yee Weng 2349
3 FM Mok Tze Meng 2308
4 IM Jimmy Liew Chee Meng 2306
5 NM Ronnie Lim Chuing Hoong 2276
6 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 2270
7 Leong Mun Wan 2232
8 Fairin Zakaria 2220
9 WIM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi 2218
10 Mohd Saprin Sabri 2201

The […]

There is a new chess association in the Klang Valley. The newly formed Kuala Lumpur Chess Association or KLCA has started a membership drive amongst young players with MSSKL.
And to kick off a planned extensive calendar of events, KLCA has organised the launch at the KL International Book Fair at PWTC of ‘Start to […]

Pusat Minda Terengganu (MINDCeT) dengan kerjasama Persatuan Catur Negeri Terengganu (PCNT) akan mengadakan pertandingan di 3 daerah berikut:-
Tarikh: 22 Mac 2008,
SMK Tg Ampuan Intan, Hulu Terengganu
hubungi Cikgu Zubir 019 9144820
SMK Chukai, Kemanan
Hubungi Cikgu Wan Md Zani 013 93221107
SMK Tg ampuan Intan, Setiu
Hubungi Cikgu Zaharuddin 013 9188040
Info: http://caturterengganu.blogspot.com/
Related article in Utusan Malaysia:-

Please take note that this event has been cancelled.

Event Name: 22nd Royal Selangor Juniors OpenDate: 2nd March 2008
(Sunday)Venue: Sunway University College, Bandar Sunway
 
Category: UNDER-12; UNDER-16
Prizes: RM 2,000 in total value (10 prizes for Under-12, 10 prizesfor
Under-16)==> 20 prize winners!!!!!
 
Payment: 02ND MARCH (Before 9am)
No. or rounds: 7
Time control: 25 minutes per player
 
Entrance Fee: RM 15 (CAS Members), RM 20(Parent is CAS Member {limitto
2 children […]

Today (Feb 24) is FM Lim Yee Weng’s birthday!!

Happy Birthday !!
FM Johan Iskandar

It looks like double good news for chess enthusiasts. Not only is Chess back in The Star. Mr Quah’s column has appeared twice in two Fridays meaning it has gone WEEKLY!!
The story is about IM Mas’s quest for the GM title. Good read!!
Go out and buy The Star now!!

Download the forms here.

Happy Birthday to Malaysia’s first NWM and NM twins

Good news!! After over a year, Mr Quah Seng Sun’s chess column is back in it’s usual slot on Friday today.
If you haven’t yet got a copy, go out and buy it now!!

Whitenavel just published the new elected committee members of PCMM elected just last week.
You can find it on http://whitenaval.googlepages.com/chess

Congratulations to the new PCMM President Encik Johari Hassan.

 Today is IM Mas Hafizulhelmi’s birthday. Join me and wish Malaysia’s future GM a very
H A P P Y     B I R T H D A Y  ! !

Not only did our Malaysian representatives performed well in the recent Korat Games, another piece of good news from OCM is that Dato’ Tan Chin Nam has just been inducted into OCM Hall Of Fame on Monday (Feb 4, 2008).Here’s the excerpt from News Straits Times:-
10 former sports officials and athletes were inducted into […]

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 […]

Official Site:http://www.delhichess.com/Commonwealth07.asp
From the pairing list, we can see Malaysians:-

IM Mas Hafizulhilmi (2372),
Lim Kian Hwa (2062) &
Sumant Subramaniam (1956)

The event is from the 2nd December to the 10th December.