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

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

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 […]

Open Category
Champion : IM Julio Catalino Sadorra - 6.5 points

Second : FM Anas Nazreen Bakri -5.5
Third :Michael Siong -5.5
Fourth :Clyde Seruelo -5.5
Fifth :Abd Haq Mohammed -5.5
Sixth :Abd Khalid Musa -5.5
Seventh :Abdullah Che Hassan -5.0
Eighth :GM Bong Villamayor -5.0
Read More The Star (29/12/2007) & News Straits Times article (26/12/2007):-

Ahmad Fadzil Nayan scored a perfect 6/6 to win the event. Read more about it at Eddy Fong’s blog here

This article on the ASEAN+ Youth Team Chess Championships came out in today’s News Straits Times:-

Mohd Hafez Hilmi Harun emerged champion in the Stonemaster Amateur Championship 2007. He finished unbeaten after 7 rounds with a total of 6 ½ points.
Juniors Tan Ken Wei and Wong Jianwen also finished with 6 ½ points but had to settle for 2nd and 3rd place after the tie-break.
There were 4 players with 6 points […]

Zhang Jing from China is unrated yet she had a good performance with 5/11 in the Malaysian Open.
Here’s one of her games vs former World Police Champion, Ismail Ahmad.
Zhang Jing vs Ismail Ahmad game (with Deep Fritz 10 analysis)
Update:
Zhang Jing is now playing in Tehran for the Asian Women Chess Championship. See her […]

After 7 rounds and 3 draws in the top 3 boards, there is no clear leader for the Malaysian Open.
9 players tie for top spot with 5.5 points out of 7. They are:

WGM Li Roufan

GM Zhang Zhong

Li Chao

IM Wang Rui

Wan Yunguo

Ziaur Rahman

Zhou Weiqi

7th round results

DATMO 8th round pairing

The event was held on Sunday, August 12, 2007 in Giant SouthernCity, Taman Suria, Johor Bahru.
1. Abdullah Che Hassan
2. Jonathan Tan (S’pore)
3. Micheal Siong (S’pore)
4. Norazman Ismail
5. Ahmad Jais
6. Rabbani Che Hassan
7. Zarul Nizam
8. Akmal Salleh
9. Herman
10.Muhammad Suhaib Azmi

The Penang Closed Chess Tournament 2007 took place in PCA Clubhouse, Bayan Baru, July 8th & July 22nd, 2007. Tan Khai Boon took clear first place half a point clear of Anthony Liong Ing Kiat, Tan Eu Hong and Evan Timothy Capel.
View Full Results at PCA website HERE.
Read PS Lim’s reports:-
Penang Closed Chess Tournament 2007, […]

Open Section
1. IM Julio Catalino Sadorra 7pts Rtg2421
2. Soh Zee Wee 6pts Rtg2025
3. Abdullah Che Hassan 6pts Rtg2111
4. Ahmad Rubel 5.5pts
5. Akmal bin Salleh 5.5pts
6. Ong […]

PIALA PUSINGAN DATUK HJ DATU NASRUN BIN HJ DATU MANSUR
PEMBANTU MENTERI KEPADA KETUA MENTERI
MERANGKAP DUN 50 LAHAD DATU (21-22hb JULAI 2007)
KATEGORI TERBUKA.
1 Akhmad Wadudi, 7 (Lahad Datu)
2 Adam Ulamah, […]

Tan Khai Boon emerged champion with 6/7 winning the tie-break from Anthony Liong Ng Kiat who also finished on 6/7. Here is the full results from the tournament.

News taken from The Star (15/07/2007)
THE date 07.07.07 was special for the junior chess teams from SM La Salle Klang and SM Methodist Girls School Klang as they emerged champions in the boys and girls categories at the inaugural Gambit Publications Star Open 2007 chess competition.
Organised by the chess club of Sekolah Tengku […]

Report by IA Lim Tse Pin (CAS Secretary):
The 1st leg of the RSGP had a total of 101 participants took part. This strong number is among the highest ever recorded in RSGP history since the inception in 1996. CAS would like to thanks all parents and schools for the support towards this Developmental Programme that […]

19 players participated in the 1st Russian Embassy Chess Open on Sunday, the 17th of June 2007. Participation was by invitation only.

The event was held at the Russian Cultural Centre along Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur,

The invited participants were Tham Tick Hong (MAS), IM Jimmy Liew/NM Tony Tay (MAS) , Dr Wahid Karim (MAS), NM Yeoh Chin Seng (MAS), Gregory Lau (MAS) , Steve Retallick (AUS), Ng Ek Teong (MAS) , Bernard Ng (MAS) , Zinyaddin Akiyev (AZE), Cornelius Bong (MAS), Seto Kwai Mun (MAS), Leo Belov (RUS) , Chan Mun Fye (MAS) , Anthony Tan (MAS) , John Law (MAS) , Sergey Drobyshevsky (RUS) , Andrey Stephanov (RUS), Nikolay Savenko (RUS).

Here are the results for the Under 18 category of the Klang Parade tournament held on 23rd June 2007 (Saturday). Abel Yap was the champion for this category.

Here are the results for the Klang Parade Open held on 24th June 2007 (Sunday). Fariz Shafruddin emerged champion with 4.5 points.