Here is the results of the 2008 Royal Selangor Open 2008:-

There will be a chess tournament in Perlis held at Dewan SMK Putra, Kangar, Perlis on the 17th and 18th of May. It’s 7 rounds with 1 hour time control.

 
A poor showing with only 40 players taking part in the tournament. However, the number of strong players made it a very tough tournament. Kamaluddin Yusof emerged champion for the CAS first allegro held in Kompleks Wilayah on the 7th April 2008.
He lost one game to Fariz Shafruddin but won all his other […]

The Champion for this 9 rounds FIDE-rated event will receives RM 2,200 cash plus Royal Selangor Pewterware. The event: 30th April to 4th May 2008 @ Royal Selangor HQ, Setapak Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Entrance Fee for CAS Members only >> RM 70, while Others >> RM 110.
For pre-registration, please send an email to selangorchess@gmail.com
or
click on 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 […]

Full crosstable results below:-

Boys
Girls

Under 8
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U8B Selection 2008
Final Ranking

R No Name FED 1234 Pts SB. Res.
1 2 Danish Hamzah MAS * * 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 10.00 0
2 1 Tan Yong Zhao MAS 0 1 * * 1 0 1 1 4 9.000
3 4 Eng Ying Xuan MAS […]

1. Anthony Liong Ing Kiat 8.5/9;
2-4: IM Mas Hafizulhilmi, Victor Hong Wee Liam, Tan Khai Boon 8.0;
5-7: Abdul Haq Mohamed, Ian Udani, NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah 7.5;8-10:
Nik Ahmad Farouqi, Muhd Nabil Azman Hisham & Mohd Johan Jamil 7.0 pts;
263 players.
Full results: http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/ 

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!!

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 […]

Here are the results and pictures of the USM Team tournament which took place on 19th and 20th January.

Format Pertandingan GP 1
Kejohanan GP 1 akan diadakan sebanyak 4 kali dengan 7 pusingan setiap satu GP dalam masa dua hari.
GP 1 akan diadakan mulai jam 11.00 pagi pada hari pertama iaitu Sabtu (2hb. Februari 2008) dan akan berakhir pada jam 5.00 petang.
Pada hari kedua iaitu Ahad (3hb. Februari 2008), pertandingan akan dijalankan tepat pada […]

Players in Action. Photo © Dr. George Ha.

Dear chess friends,
2007 Sarawak Chess Open Championship had attracted 72 players from all over our nation and neighbouring countries. The breakdown are as below:
Brunei 12
Singapore 2
KL 2
Perak 8
Sabah 5
Kuching 7
Sibu 23
Miri 8
Sarikei 3
Bintulu 1
Kapit 1
Among them, there are 16 FIDE rated players.
The results of this 9-round event are […]

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 […]