tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57177771038221740372024-03-13T07:40:20.376-07:002010 Chess OdysseyIlhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-61759739745987710122015-05-08T19:57:00.000-07:002015-05-08T19:57:30.252-07:00THE MULTI TALENTED MR RAHIM RAMLI<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><w:WordDocument><w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel><w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery><w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>2</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery><w:DocumentKind>DocumentNotSpecified</w:DocumentKind><w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>7.8</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing><w:View>Normal</w:View><w:Compatibility></w:Compatibility><w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom></w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">I had one of the most frightening moment when suddenly, 25 years ago, in year 1990, my school discipline teacher by the name of Cikgu Rahimi called me. (We, form four student of Sekolah Sains Dungun believed that Cikgu Rahimi actually wants to be a green beret Commando but his eyesight prevents him of becoming one, but still he is a commando</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">...</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> that camouflage as a teache</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">r....</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">dangerous) </span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">When I was inside his room, Cikgu Rahimi appeared to be friendly , very friendly. </span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Just when I thought that he is playing good cop-bad cop roles to ask for some information about cigarette activities of student, he suddenly asked me whether I am interested to play chess with his brother (named Rahim Ramli) who will be staying at his house.</span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">I immediately say <span style="font-family: SimSun;">“</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes!</span><span style="font-family: SimSun;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">He first started playing chess in year 1972 (must be influence by Fischer vs Spassky match!) and used to play for Pahang during late 80s/ early 90s.</span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">His second best moment in chess is in year 2000, at Terengganu open he beats many players such as Mok, Fikru</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">l,</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">drew with Agus Salim and so on and emerged second place.</span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">His best moment in chess? That is something that will happen in future. So be careful ya! He is still hungry for chess success</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> :)</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">His worst moment in chess? It is a bit iron</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">y...</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">in what probably could be his best result in chess (he is doing a <span style="font-family: SimSun;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Caruana</span><span style="font-family: SimSun;">’</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, scoring perfect 5 points from the first 5 rounds at Melaka Open few years ago</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">)</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">, when suddenly he received a bad news that his beloved mother has passed awa</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">y, </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">immediately, he withdraw from a tournament that he is leading and went hom</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">e.</span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">…<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and with tall frame and handsome face and his senior position at UITM Dungun, I believed that he must surely and ocasional</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">l</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">y received that naughty letters or flowers from his admiring, female student (or maybe from his female lecturer colleagues to</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">o...</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">J</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"> ) ! </span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">But not to worry Mrs Rahimi, Rahimi that we know is a very loyal person. He is loyal to the game he loves</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">he even loyal to chess opening he loves (French Defense, Ruy Lopez Exchange etc). He just never changed his style, his opening etc from the first time we know him. He is th</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">at </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">rare chess player that just stick to the one he knows and comfortable with! </span><span style="font-family: 'SimSun'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"></span></div>
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-20418226210861482712015-01-17T20:59:00.000-08:002015-01-17T20:59:40.213-08:00CONTINUE FIGHTING, FADZIL NAYAN...It comes as a shocking news to me on this calm, lazy, Sunday morning when I heard that currently Fadzil Nayan is currently fighting on his biggest challenge of his life...<br />
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From a very reliable sources, i was informed that Fadzil Nayan is now at Intensive Care Unit of KPJ, Ipoh due to heart complication...<br />
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A few hours ago, when we are all heartily devouring our breakfast with our loved one, Fadzil's heart stop beating for a moment...Thanks God, doctors managed to resuscitate his heart and now put him in 24 hours sleep and on round the clock observation.<br />
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First sign of this problems are shown when in on of the recent local tournament, he withdraw halfway citing a health problem.I never know that 'health problem' is actually a heart problem....<br />
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That's Fadzil, sharing his laugh and joy with friends...privately keeping to himself on his problems...<br />
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I still remember 15 years ago, when i was being 'interviewed' by my future father in law who is coming from Parit, Perak. He asked me that since i claimed that i played chess, i must surely know one Cikgu from Perak named Cikgu Nayan...and must know also Cikgu Nayan's son. I said yes, i have heard about Cikgu Nayan and i know his son personally (Fadzil Nayan).<br />
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Having establish my credibility as chess player by personally knowing Fadzil Nayan, the son of Cikgu Nayan...the 'interview' went well after that...<br />
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Fadzil Nayan is best known as Asian Amateur Champion, fine running in many local tournaments and also fine showing in recent Olympiad. Well, just too many to mentions.<br />
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His best tournament? His best tournament will be the one in future. He will rise again like phoenix from ashes and like Mikhail Tal, who conquered his kidney problems to produce success in chess. <br />
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Continue fighting, Fadzil Nayan...get well soon and continue to play chess again!<br />
<br />Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-6364700794642001472014-12-31T07:08:00.001-08:002014-12-31T07:11:28.639-08:00TOURNAMENT OF THE PLAYERS, BY THE PLAYERS AND FOR THE PLAYERS.<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Flooded! </b></span><br />
No, I am not referring to a current flooded situation in Malaysia. I am referring to current chess tournaments that 'flooded' Terengganu's landscape. In a month's time Terengganu has quietly organized 3 chess tournaments! and this is just the beginning!<br />
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Terengganu plan to organize up to 20 'mini' Blitz circuits this year.<br />
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This is how it was started...<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Aha Moment</b></span><br />
Last month, out of blue, Norazmi Mohd Noor had his eureka moment and suggested 'Why don't we organized many small blitz tournaments, sponsored by a player in which all entrance fees will go to this player? <br />
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It was just brilliant! Tournament is created, players can take part in blitz chess tournament and sponsor can hope to profit via cash collected from entrance fee and by winning cash prizes.<br />
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Lean and mean, no excess fees to pay organizer, arbiters etc. All are done by the players.<br />
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Norazmi naturally let the ball rolling by sponsoring first tournament (with first prize of RM120, cash prizes up to number 10) and now this tournaments has snowballed into the fourth edition blitz (will be held at UITM, Dungun this Sunday)<br />
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Those interested to take part (and wish to play hot, hellish fast chess in heavenly tropical beach surrounding Dungun, you may contact Mr Abdul Rahim at 013-9390419 for more info.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>To Register </b></span><br />
No, you don't have to pay entrance fee in advance, fax the deposit slip, later still need to fill up the form etc which we all know is really troublesome...All you have to do is just go to UITM Dungun on 4th January 2015 before 9.30 am, smile, exchange pleasantries and shake hands...done! you are registered already! (ofcourse, after that and before the start of round one you still need to pay the entrance fee of RM10, cannot escape ya!) <br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Previous Winners</b></span><br />
For record below are the winners of the previous 3 editions.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">First Edition</span><br />
1.Fairul Yusof<br />
2. Mubin Norazmi <br />
3. Heng Aik Kiat<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Second Edition</span><br />
1. Fairul Yusof<br />
2. Norazmi Mohd Noor<br />
3. Heng Aik Kiat<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Third Edition</span><br />
1.Syazwan Zulkifli<br />
2.Mohd Arshad<br />
3. Norazmi Mphd Noor<br />
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So that is how the Blitz Tournaments are created in Terengganu.<br />
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In an immortal words of Abraham Lincoln...Tournament of the players, by the players and for the players.Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-35190013222509262582014-10-30T06:11:00.000-07:002014-10-30T06:11:11.074-07:00SECOND REVIVAL OF TERENGGANU CHESS<span style="color: #cc0000;">Hat-trick </span><br />
With this posting, looks like i have posted about Terengganu chess for 3 times in a row. A hat-trick. But i cannot help it, not with these so much interesting and positive developments that currently happened in Terengganu chess.<br />
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I called this phenomena as Second Revival of Terengganu Chess. <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">First Revival</span><br />
To me, the First Revival of Terengganu Chess happened in mid 80s to mid 90s when chess is being recognized as sport by Terengganu State Goverment. Terengganu Sports Council generously sponsored many tournaments as well as sponsored players that represent state in tournaments such as National Closed, Merdeka Team Event, Selangor Open etc. 'Sponsored' here is not referring to give a paltry sum of RM50 to players. Sponsored here means that our (state players) hotel, travelling fee, entrance fee are taken care of. We are also given generous pocket money and jackets/ wind breaker, at one time it was a coat! We are the envy of other players who needs to fork out their own, hard earned money to enter tournament at Kuala Lumpur :)<br />
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<a href="http://2010chessodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/03/sachlin-mail.html" target="_blank">Pak Sachlin Mail</a>, our head honcho then, even let half of his house as sanctuary to us, chess refugee/ addict.<br />
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Of no surprise we are able to produce national players such as Ghalam and Norazmi and dozens other players that able to keep breathing fire at their neck!<br />
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After that, and for next 20 years, Terengganu chess is sort of in doldrums...<br />
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Yes, there are activities, players etc but somehow ( to me) the passion is just not there...<br />
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Now it is about to change... The passion is back!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Second Revival</span><br />
Part of it is no doubt due to Ruzenan's effort in gathering most of Terengganu players from 3 generations (Sargon Generation, Mephisto/Novag Generation and Fritz/Chessbase Generation) under Whatsaps Group called 'GanuMaster'...with aptly 'GM' as abbreviation!<br />
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From this group, many old warriors are manage to be seduced...and lured to play chess again. Most notably is the comeback of many players that have retired from the game for a long, long time. The players from 'Novag/ Mephisto' era such as Lim Sim Leong, Adnan Salleh, Azli, Lutfi Amir, Cikgu Hafez and Heng Aik Kiat etc. From these list, many i know are opening their dusty and yellowish chess books again and some even started to enter tournaments after tournaments like man possessed! <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Unity in chess</span><br />
Talked about Heng Aik Kiat or better known as Franco Heng, two weeks ago he is the undisputed winner of tournament he entered, an Inter Mosque Chess Tournament. Only in Terengganu, non-muslim entered chess tournament organized by a mosque (and win!). Chess here after all manage to do what politicians in this world tried to do (but failed), unite all regardless of race and religion.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Passion </span><br />
Talked about passion or love of chess, last night we, GanuMaster's citizen, are shocked to know about one of Terengganu player (Khairul Hafiz), met with an accident that resulted in his car spinning turtle many times over. Condition of his car is total wrecked (but thank God, he is ok) and an hour or two after this nerve wrecking accident, and due to perhaps without his car, he can be seen busy arranging for his transport to his next chess tournament at Tronoh.<br />
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An hour after accident (that could easily be fatal), Hafiz is thinking and worried about his next chess tournament! :)<br />
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This morning, he went to the accident site to recover his chess set and clock! <br />
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What a passion!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Activities</span><br />
Place to play chess are also mushrooming. Every now and then there are news on new chess center being open...<br />
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Tournaments are now also many. From planned tournaments to 'spontaneous' tournaments, from offline to online...its everywhere.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Ganumaster 2014 </span><br />
Talked about tournament, Ruzenan is now busy preparing to hold a lucrative year end tournament called Ganumaster 2014 with thousands in total prize fund.<br />
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Want to enter this tournament? Sorry! This tournament is by invitation only and limited to top 32 players...Top 32 Terengganu players that is! :)<br />
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...and i just yesterday manage to get my leave approve to enter this tournament.<br />
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All in all, it is now definitely a good time for chess in Terengganu... <br />
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-1944001649077582262014-10-08T04:49:00.001-07:002014-10-08T04:49:11.836-07:00'EMJEE''Emjee' is a moniker or nick name to Terengganu chess player, Fairul Yusof.<br />
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Though probably not the strongest (sorry, Emjee...) among Terengganu chess players, Fairul Yusof is definitely the most popular among us with his ready positive opinions/ probabilities even when odds are heavily against him... his lyrical, poetry and detailed description or analysis of situation... his flamboyant style when he is winning or find brilliant moves in friendly games...<br />
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All above and more makes we (Terengganu chess players) all loved him!<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>'Emjee' as a friend (in need) </b></span><br />
I first met him some 25 years ago at now the legendary <a href="http://2010chessodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/09/kedai-aziz.html" target="_blank">Kedai Aziz</a>. He is then working at RHB Bank. Though relatively latecomer to the game, he quickly grasp the idea of the game and in no time become one of the Terengganu's top player. This is of no surprise since he is blessed with brilliant mind and naturally he is very excellent academically (especially in advance mathematics) and was shortlisted to further his study in US before some nasty twist in kaleidoscope shattered it to pieces.<br />
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But Emjee is a fighter...<br />
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Above is not the only life test he faced. I have witnessed many occasions in which world seems totally against him but slowly and surely he rises again like phoenix rise from ashes.<br />
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For record he is now a (very) successful Terengganu's 'keropok keping' producer. Good chances if you are eating Terengganu's genuine 'keropok keping', it is probably produce by his company!<br />
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One thing i could not forget is how before i started working, some 17 years ago, i realized i probably do not have enough cash to live at KL before i got my first salary. I asked him whether he could help me, quickly he lend me RM300 and a month later, i gladly, upon received my first salary, first things i do on lunch time is went to nearest RHB bank and deposited back RM300 to his RHB's account.<br />
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Thanks Emjee! <br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>'Emjee' as a chess player </b></span><br />
But let's talk about him as chess player.<br />
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As a player, he is aggressive player with plans always involved some hacking, more hacking and never shy to murder his pieces if that could bring him closer to opponent's king. If there is a combination in a position, somehow he could sense and detect it like any phone could sense and detect a WI-FI signal...<br />
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His opening is well...a bit suspect since he always played same openings year in, year out. But then again this could be the thing of a past since what i heard he just installed Chessbase on his smart phone and religiously devoted about 4 hours a day improving his opening. (Whoops! i better be careful now!)<br />
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Though he is aggressive as player, outside the game (and maybe to stranger) he is a shy person. Once, few hours after drawing his game against IM Jimmy Liew no less, i saw that IM Jimmy and IM Mok is analyzing this game's ending. I quickly waived at Fairul and asked him to join in the analysis but he refused. Perhaps in this area i wished him to be more extrovert...<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>The origin of 'Emjee's name</b></span><br />
Some times ago, when Ghalam still playing active chess, most of Terengganu players dream of becoming a GM (who don't? ) and foolishly started to put 'GM' in front of our name. For variety some put G-OM and Fairul chose 'MG', under reasons best known by him. After some times all these GM-pretend-names disappeared but 'MG', now spelling evolve to 'Emjee', stays! <br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Lastly </b></span><br />
Chess Odyssey take this opportunity to wish Emjee a successful quest to become Terengganu's first titled player... and speedy recovery from high fever! Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-65918456080315233552014-09-08T05:58:00.004-07:002014-09-08T05:58:50.332-07:00TIME TRAVEL DEVICE (1CATUR TRG)I am now fully believed that time travel device has been created and it is called Whatsapp...<br />
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A month ago i joined my primary school Whatsapp Group and off...i went back to 1984 when i am still schooling in Kajang. <br />
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Thanks to Arshad and Ruzenan (Administrator), I joined a Terengganu chess players Whatsapp group called 1Catur Trg last week and I swear, immediately, I am off to a place 300 miles away and i could feel that i am at that <a href="http://2010chessodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/09/kedai-aziz.html" target="_blank">Kedai Aziz</a> again.<br />
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Here, at 1catur Trg, sweet bantering are common...exchanging of jokes are norm...the
friendly teasing...the live telecast of chess matches...pictures of players. Man, I love this group!<br />
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Here we talked chess and only chess, and we do this in our unique and
private Terengganu Chess languages that have been evolved and developed
over the last 30 years. Example are 'kena pepoh' (severely beaten) or 'sippang kuda' (keep the knight) or 'nok mussing' (want to castle) and so on.<br />
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What I like here is, unlike my other half dozen Whatssap Group, here we talked pure chess...no advice to be a better person....no request for donation...no silly jokes/ videos...no mentioning about expensive gift received from hubby,...no picture of dining at that exclusive restaurant...no. Just a bit of chess, a sprinkle of caissa, a dose of catur and lots and lots of friendship.<br />
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<br />Here, we are known via our moniker. We have here Mexico, Papa Midnite (me!), German, Franco, Pracih, England and ofcourse, the group favourite player, emjee!...and few more. Just too many to mentioned. <br />
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Now while i am writing this post at one of cybercafe at Setiawangsa, I glanced at my phone and see all that incoming messages from 1Catur Trg...i swear, though my body is at Kuala Lumpur, i could somehow hear that China Selatan's wave come crushing the white sandy beach of Terengganu...and I suddenly inhale that salty air again (instead of carbon monoxide air of KL) <br />
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Whoever that created Whatssap. Thank you very much!<br />
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You are really one hell of Dr Emmet Brown! (That absent minded doc we all love from Back to the Future films) Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-70376136208776034572014-07-29T00:06:00.001-07:002014-07-29T00:06:29.761-07:00K VS K (PERSONAL OBSERVATION)<span style="color: red;"><b>From end of 20th century </b></span><br />
Over the last 40 years, chess world is being blessed (or cursed, depends) with K vs K battles. In 70s we have Korchnoi vs Karpov, in 80s Karpov vs Kasparov, in 90s its Kasparov vs Kramnik, <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>...to the beginning of 21st century</b></span><br />
Move over to 21st century the K vs K battle spilled out of the chess
board...we have Kirsan vs Karpov and now it is Kirsan vs Kasparov. Now the stake is higher, instead of to determine who is the champion of 64 squares, now it is to determine who is the champion of 196 countries.<br />
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In all of these battles (with exception of Kasparov vs Kramnik), challengers always lost on their first encounters, challengers are also always facing an uphill, unfair task of fighting the champion. Who could forget what Korchnoi faced when playing against Karpov in 1978 (his family is still in Soviet Union then), or what Kasparov faced when playing against Karpov in 1984 (FIDE stop the match when Karpov starts losing game after game).<br />
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Now i believed Kasparov is also facing an uphill task to beat Kirsan. This syndrome of unfair treatment to chess challenger is well rooted in chess tradition. No surprise here, aren't we are not the only sports that set up the weird conditions to suppress challenger ? (Equal points-champion keep the title...challenger needs to win extra game to be a champion...challenger needs to win hundred of battles before 'qualified' to challenge champion...and the list goes on)<br />
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Hmm, strange to think that chess as an intellectual games comes up with all these non intellectual, nonsense rules... and chess as a game that supported fairness (both black and white pieces carry the same height, weight and speed, each player can moved equal number of moves etc), suddenly in the biggest chess battle, unfairness can be seems everywhere.<br />
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So true is what Orwell said in Animal Farm. "All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others" <br />
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Kirsan got the advantage no doubt about it. If these are an hypothecal chess match, i put Kasparov's rating at 2850 and Kirsan at 2820 BUT...Kirsan is a defending champion and Kasparov needs to win that extra game (assume this is old rule) to clinch victory, and Kirsan is well supported by the best seconds and best super computers, and it is played at Kirsan's country. <br />
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But still i am supporting Kasparov...but with my unenviable track record of always support person who later lost tragically ( i supported Zuhri for MCF President...and also supported Hamid Majid for FIDE General Secretary, i supported Spain in World Cup ...and psst, i also supported Dyana Sofya...), not sure whether Kasparov's Team appreciate my support... <br />
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ALL THE BEST KASPAROV!Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-43190784480786054912014-02-03T02:34:00.000-08:002014-02-03T02:34:27.975-08:00MY ANOTHER 10 'BUCKET LIST' WISHES<br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG">11.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--></span></b><span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">To
have a chess opening named after me.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Almost impossible to achieve. I mean even
Kasparov do not have Kasparov opening and of all the World Champions, only one
WC has opening named after him (Alekhine) and some do not even have a variation
named after them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">But here lies my advantage against World Champions.
World Champions mostly played mainstream openings (Read: heavily analyzed
opening where there is a name even for sub, sub, sub, sub variation!) while for
me, i always played an underground/ alternative/ coffea shop opening! (Read:
less analyzed opening where sometimes even there is no name for a variation!).
He he he :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">But then again the advantage of World Champions
against me is obvious. He needs to play only once or two of these less played
opening and good chances his name stuck...while for me, even if i played the
opening for life (and my next life too), no guarantee it will stuck! Huh! :( <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Maybe to be more realistic...i should aimed for
a sub-variation of chess opening, named after me.Example Blackmar Diemer
Gambit- Gunderam Defence - Ilham Attack...Hmm that will be just fine...as long
as not a blunder named after me. (Ilham’s folly or something like that...that i
don’t want)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG">12.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--></span></b><span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">To
write an article for Chessbase.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Chessbase to chess world, is what Wall Street's Journal to business world...high quality articles, globally read etc. Really
hope that one day i could publish my article at <a href="http://www.chessbase.com/">www.chessbase.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG">13.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--></span></b><span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">To
watch a game of World Chess Championship match live.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">For one in my lifetime, i need to watch World
Championship live...to feel the tension at the playing hall...hear the
commentary/post mortem of the game live and hopefully be part of a memorable
game (like Karpov-Kasparov 16<sup>th</sup> game, 1985 -The Octopus Knight game
or like Kasparov-Anand 10<sup>th</sup> game, 1995 - The Amazing Open Spanish
Novelty game etc) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What i don’t intent to be is to be part of a
game like Anand-Carlsen 1<sup>st</sup> game, 2013...draw in 16 moves! Yuck!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG">14.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--></span></b><span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">To
post 1000 articles for this blog.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">This posting is posting number 252. Say i post
about one article per week...i shall achieve this 1000 postings in next 30
years time...Nope! I will not be 70 then...by that time, just like today, i
will still be 20 years old (with 50 years experience) -wink! ;-) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">When it come to blogging...I am very much a
seasonal animal...sometimes in active, mating mood, 3 articles in a
week...sometimes in lazy, hibernating mood. 0 article in 3 months...To
overcome this and for more consistency...maybe i should stick with current
arrangement...I informed what i want to write next...so i am sort of under ‘obligation’
to produce and post that article.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play blitz at Central Park, New York. </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">There are so much legends surrounding blitz
game at Central Park, New York....How young Fischer amazed everyone by beating
adult here...The shooting of Waitzkin’s ‘Searching for Bobby Fischer’...how a
regular here, a homeless hustler is actually some East Europe Champion...how a very
impressed Brazilian IM withdraw from a tournament at NY after being beaten by a
street hustler in blitz...how GM Roman give odd 5 minutes to one, and still
wins...and the list goes on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">I want to be part of these too so i could one
day say “Blitz at Central Park? Been there...done that!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play a game of chess with GM Hikaru Nakamura.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">The most exciting player around, i hope one day
i could play chess with him...shall gladly anticipate weird move such as Qh5 after
1.e4 e5...or his full chagrin expression when (hopefully) i play something
unexpected...:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play a game of chess with Garry Kasparov.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Unlucky for me Kasparov is now retire from
competitive chess...lucky for me Kasparov still play chess (exhibition game,
simultaneous game, social game etc).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Kasparov, like Fischer, is said to have a
strong ‘aura’. An unexplained ‘energy’ that terrified opponents before even he
make his first move. Kramnik, during his 2001 World Chess Champion match even
refused to look at Kasparov during the game. Wise move.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">I know i will be whacked mercilessly by him, no
doubt about it...all i want out of this game is just to feel Kasparov’s
invincible aura or what Jedi said, his ‘force’...and at the same time to enjoy
a game of chess with one of the world Greatest Player.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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interview Nafisa Muminova for this blog.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Bigfoot don’t exist...Lochness Dino don’t
exist...UFO, maybe exist, maybe not but angel? Angel do exist...i know...I have
seen one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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own a DGT Board</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">In my room, i write on my white board a Buffet’s
quote...”If you buy things you don’t need, soon you will have to sell things
you need”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Problem with me to achieve this...I am a firm believer on why
spend more? If the cheap one can works just fine...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">But a DGT Board?...a ‘Vertu’, a ‘Roll Royce’ of
chessboard. ...I need to have this luxury, as a way to pamper me...as an
offering to Caissa, even though i already have like 4 chess sets (5 if include
that cheap, glass set) that ‘works just fine’...DGT Board is different, an
exception to my principle on why spend more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">But again i am a strange person. I am
‘calculative’ when it comes to spending money on myself...generous (or so i
would like to think) when spending money on my loved ones. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Example is on my laptop. Since the old one is
‘kong’ already...i fully dream to get a high end laptop...perhaps a RM3000
ACER?... or maybe that sleek, RM3,500 ASUS?. So last month i went to Lowyat’s
and after perusing laptops for half a day there, i finally bought this
laptop...the one i am using now...RM1000 Toshiba Satellite. (almost bought
RM900 Samsung laptop)...and it works just as fine!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">However, not to worry <a href="http://kedaicatur.com/" target="_blank">Arshad</a>, though you very
well know my principle in this...one fine day i will buy one DGT Board from
you....one fine day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG">20.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></b><span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">To
represent Malaysia in Chess Olympiad</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Chess is a sport (we have all sort of ‘coach’
in chess, we sweat when we are losing, we need to practice and spend crazy
amount of times to be good in it and so on) and as such i consider myself as a
sportsman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">...Every sportsman dream of taking part in
Olympic and me too, dream of taking part in Chess Olympiad as a player.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">I know this is hard to do but if Hamid Majid (no
offence, ya :)) and one unknown Anwar Zainal could do it...why can't me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Yeah, indeed. Why can't me...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">NEXT POSTING: <u><span style="color: yellow;"><b>MALAYSIAN CHESS SUPERSTAR</b></span></u></span></div>
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-55731679074224767972014-01-31T02:36:00.000-08:002014-01-31T02:36:33.283-08:00MY CHESS 'BUCKET LIST' WISHES<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">John ‘Indiana
Jones’ Goddard...</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Via
Discovery Channel Magazine (Issue 1307), i was introduced to John ‘Indiana
Jones’ Goddard, adventurer and explorer who died at the fruitful age of 88 on
May 2013.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">What
interesting about John Goddard is when he was 15 (!), he listed 127 things that
he wants to do (Bucket List) before he died and some 73 years later, he manage
to achieve 112 of it!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Among his
Bucket List that he manage to achieve are #40: Learn to fly a plane, #47:
Retrace travels of Marco Polo and Alexander the Great, #101: Run 1.6 KMs in 5
minutes, #117: Milk a poisonous snake and so on.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Me...</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">That
article makes me think...what actually i really want to do in chess...what
actually i want to achieve in chess...What is my chess ‘Bucket List’? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">After few
months consideration... few months thinking of it...few days flirting with
it....and few nights sleeping with it... i finally come up with my 20 Chess
Bucket wishes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
beat a GM</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">I have never beaten any GM...not even during simultaneous game. Well, i have beaten few IMs but GM...never. To beat a GM in a
single game i know i have to win 4 times, one in opening...one in
middlegame...one in endgame and the last one, the most crucial one, is to win
against my own self/ desire to offer GM a draw when i am winning. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: yellow;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
enter a chess tournament in Moscow.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Chess player’s life is not complete if he/she
never compete in a chess tournament in Moscow, the unofficial state capital of
the Chess Republic. Simple.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
visit London Chess Center, London.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Hairulov has done this few years ago...me?...no. I fully intent to do this <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>before
i am 50. I can imagine that i will be like a kid in candy store ( or like a
lady in <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>LV store...) when i visit
London Chess Centre....heaven!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: yellow;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
visit Marshall Chess Club, New York.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Marshall Chess Club...a place where Fischer
played his Game of the Century...and <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>almost
every who’s who of the chess world has at least once, visited this historic
club. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Though i am not the known
‘who’s who’ but rather an unknown ‘who?’ in chess world, i really want to <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>at least once visit this club.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: yellow;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
open my very own chess center.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">I dream of one day to open up my very own chess
center that open 7 days a week for chess players and chess lovers to come and
play anytime they like...there will be a library...hall to organized a
tournament...a study room etc. <s>It will be like Papa Midnite’s Night
Club...no!...</s>it will be more like Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca. Everyone is
welcome at 1940s Rick’s Cafe ...from German’s Nazi to US Spies to ugly,
opportunist swindlers to pretty, young lady in distress (especially!) etc...a
sanctuary from the brutal, warring outside world. How nice if this could be a
reality one day!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
write a chess book.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">I don’t know what will be the title of the book
or on what topic it will covered but i know there is at least one chess book
inside me waiting to be unleash! If one fine day this will become reality, it
will not be crammed with opening theory or endgames analysis etc (who wants to
read Ilham’s analysis of Albin Counter Gambits?...further more, i also want to
‘cari makan’ in tournament and why should i share my secret with you? :)
)....that is just not me. It will be something light and easy or perhaps a
reminiscent of good old days of chess in Malaysia/Terengganu...something like
that!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
play through all Fischer’s games.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">This is (in theory) realistically
achievable.From 1955 until 1992, Fischer played <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>about 800 chess games...Say i play about a game a day, it
will take me about 2 and a <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>half
years to achieve this. Actually some 20 years ago, when i was still a
University <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>student, i have tried to
achieve this from a photocopy book of Fischer’s games collection and manage to
go until Fischer’s early 1960’s games <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>before
i just stop. I tried this again few years ago (started again from his 1955
games and this time from Karsten Muller’s book on Fischer) but this time only
manage to go until year 1957...Pathetic. Warm, warm chicken’s shit
(Hangat-hangat tahi ayam...)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
organized a FIDE Rated tournament ‘Bak Memorial’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Bak is one of the regular chess player at <a href="http://2010chessodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/09/kedai-aziz.html" target="_blank">KedaiAziz</a>,...short in height, he is tall with humors...his National chess rating
maybe zero (Strength wise, he played at earthly low 1600 level...stratosphere high of 2400 if
allowed to take back moves), he is rated out of this world 2800 when it comes
to cracking jokes and smiles...we all love him....we all really, really love
him. He died due to asthma in late 90’s, We, the Kedai Aziz’s citizen deeply
missed him and if i ever be a multi millionaire, i shall organized one tournament in
his memory...least i can do to remember a great friend he is and ofcourse,
during tournament there will be a free flow of ‘Kopi O’ to players (Bak’s
favourite drink!) and players are allowed to smoke (but only Gudang Garam
Surya’s cigarette. Bak passionately called Gudang Garam Surya as his
lover...his ‘Suraya’. Sorry, mainstream cigarettes are not allowed to be smoke
during games, no 'Peter', no 'John', no 'Kent'...only ‘Suraya’)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
be a National Champion </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Most politician entered politic to hopefully
one day to become a Prime Minister. Most private sector staff worked in a company to
hopefully one day to become a CEO and i, as a chess player, naturally play
chess to hopefully one day to become a National Champion...and with it carry a
limited two alpha characters ‘NM’, for life, in front of my name and unlimited
bragging rights, also for life, that i am the best Malaysian player in year so and so. Closest i get to this nirvana is placing top 5 in 1991 National Closed at
Kota Bharu. (maybe i finished in top 3, i could not remember...all i remember
in 1991 National Closed is champion went to Kamal Ariffin...and before the
start of this tournament, we tried to call Ghalam who initially said he is
interested in entering this tournament, he didn't turn up...from a bulky car phone that belongs to
father of one of the contestant...at that time i was like...wah car phone!, so
rich, so canggih!)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">To
have the autograph of World Champions.</span></span></div>
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<s><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Good </span></s><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Great to have autograph of World Chess
Champions...knowing that World Chess Champions have once spent few seconds of
their historic life (and few joule of their energy), to write something to
me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Next
Posting</b></span>: <span style="color: yellow;">MY ANOTHER 10 'BUCKET LIST' WISHES</span></span></div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-63225765809615840792014-01-17T02:28:00.001-08:002014-01-17T02:28:50.938-08:00MALAYSIAN CHESS: WHAT TO WATCH IN YEAR 2014<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: red;">The rise
and rise of young guns...</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Yeoh Li
Tian</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Li Tian’s
chess rating can be describe like a marathon runner....steadily moving at
cruising speed of 30 or 40 ELOs a year (he seems to be not in hurry) and now he
has breaching 2300 for first time in year 2013...What to watch in 2014 is will
he ready for 2350 assault and starts collecting norms in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Aron Teh</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Aron Teh’s
chess rating can be describe like a sprinter...zooom!! (boy o boy, he seems to
be man in a hurry) Where is he, ah?...cannot see already. So fast...He gained
about 300 points in single year and what to watch in 2014 is whether he still
got that inhuman energy to repeat this performance and breach 2300...or maybe
2400 who knows?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Fong Yit
San</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Yit San’s
chess rating can be describe like a middle distance runner....for a few years
running at a steady cruising speed but last year saw he is increasing his speed
(gaining more than 100 points in single year, suddenly... he seems to be man in
a hurry). What to watch in 2014 is whether he will continue progressing at this
rate and breach 2250...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: red;">The rise
and rise of Cerdik Catur Enterprise...</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Cerdik
Catur Enterprise, lead by Mr Fadli, is no doubt the most active chess organiser
around. His tournaments is everywhere...from city center to forest
reserve...and easily attracts 200 or 300 contestants per tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is whether he will be progressing outside KL/ Selangor...and also
on his political ambition... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">His other
initiative, CCR Rating, is also fast gaining popularity and now being use by
even non Cerdik Catur organizer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">National
Rating vs CCR reminds me of MS Office vs OpenOffice...for a long time local
rating is being monopolized by MCF’s National Rating...like MS Office, it is
not free and of Premium Quality. Suddenly last year, Fadli produce CCR...its
free (i think so) and works just as fine and now fast challenging National
Rating as rating of choice for local events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is whether CCR will continue progressing and being adopted into
more local tournaments..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: red;">The fall
and fall of chess centers...</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Heard that
DATCC has closed its operation on 1<sup>st</sup> January 2014 and <a href="http://setiachess.blogspot.com/2014/01/2014.html" target="_blank">Khairun Nisha</a>
is seriously toying with the idea of closing her chess center too...it is a sad
period to chess centers operators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">To me,
chess centers to chess community is like ports to trading civilization...it
must exist in order to prosper!...and i hope magical economic law of supply and
demand will work and produce new centers...(demand in chess centers will result
in the creation of chess centers (supply))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is whether there will rise a new and better chess center after
this sad chapter...a new center that rise like a phoenix rise from ashes...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">MCF’s
official website...</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Shortly
after MCF’s AGM, a demo or prototype of MCF website is being shown...from what
i read and heard about this website, i am impressed but after that silent....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is whether this much awaited MCF’s website will finally be on line and
running...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: red;">First GM...</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">There is
saying that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. First GM, arguably the
most vocal blogger in 2013, championing (among others) for correct chess
training while at the same time criticizing other chess players/ coaches
methods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">As such
naturally (and unfortunately too) the spotlight will be on First GM’s student,
Mark Siew who so far performed within close band of 2000 elo (plus minus 10
points)...not bad but not impressive either...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is the effectiveness of FGM’s training method via Mark Siew’s
performance...and whether he can breach 2050 to be in Malaysia’s Top 25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: red;">Players for
Tromso Olympiad...</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">In about
200 days from now, 2014 Chess Olympiad will be held at Tromso. Tromso Organizer
is now busy recruiting volunteer for this event and naturally MCF should also
by now be busy in determining the criteria to represent Malaysia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is how the players will be chosen and who will be chosen...is it
MAS (Mana Ada System) style? or is it MCF (My Chess Friends) style?... I don’t
know and i hope not...what i hope is MCF’s Committee for National Player
Selection (headed by Mr Ghalam Sani) will come up with guidelines on the
criteria to represent Malaysia in Olympiad 2014. Amin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">(Well,
actually I have a list of players for My Dream Team but that is story for another
day....)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG"><b><span style="color: red;">The fate of
Malaysian Open...</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">Just like
previous year...and years before it...there is always rumours that there will
be no Malaysian Open but somehow...abracadabra!...Malaysia Open is magically
being held promoting players such as Irene Karisma and Nafisa Muminova to come
and play here. I thank God for it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">This year
again i heard a scary rumors that maybe there will be no Malaysia Open, and
with closure of DATCC ,this rumors might be frighteningly true...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG">What to
watch in 2014 is whether there will be 2014 Malaysian Open this year ( i hope
yes, it must be held in 2014 Visit Malaysia years and that rumor will be just
rumor...an unfounded rumor...how come we deny pretty, young players from especially Indonesia
or Uzbekistan not to come and play here especially during Visit Malaysia Year?
)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-82027826493490760942014-01-14T04:41:00.000-08:002014-01-15T03:07:46.886-08:002013: ILHAM CHESS IN REVIEW<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><strong><span style="color: red;">THE QUIET
PART</span></strong></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...me and
my wife<strike> when</strike> went our separate ways in end 2012. As such in 2013... every afternoon,
going back to my empty home with no Astro, no TV, half broken laptop (heck, i do not have
even a proper radio!) and no kids laughter to greet me...not an easy period, i have to admit... but i guess rather than thinking about it....i guess i better use
this quiet period by studying chess.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...during
this time i managed to finish about ten chess books from cover to cover ( Capablanca’s
Chess Fundamentals, Euwe’s Judgement and Planning in Chess, Chernev’s Most
Instructive Chess Games, Franco’s Chess Self Improvement etc)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...i also
managed to half finished a dozen of chess books ( My System, Study Chess with
Tal etc)...fully intent to finish these books this year. Amin!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...most of
it is a classic books...with the idea of building up my basic chess foundations
(at young age of 39!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...its really a
quiet period of my life...suddenly i found that i study chess not only to
remember the theory but also to forget all the memory...the painful memory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><strong><span style="color: red;">THE NOT SO
QUIET PART<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...just
when i planned to have a faithful relationship and undivided devotion to Chernev’s, Nunn’s, Nimzovitch’s
etc, suddenly i found myself being seduce by Ayn Rand’s, Twan Eng’s and my
usual mid night partners (Grisham’s, Crichton’s, Archer’s, Puzo’s etc)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...and also
all of sudden i found my interest zip zap everywhere...from Theology to
Teohlogy...from Mexican’s marathon runners to Blackjack strategy...from
Quantitative Trader to Quantum Physic....its just everywhere (pss...i also read
Richard Dawkins' book!..just curious to know about the arguments from ‘the
other side’) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...and yes,
i bought 42 inches TV two months ago at RM1500 ( Finally!...after<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>surviving a year without TV and after
bargaining for half an hour from original price of RM1800)...feel damn good
about it (Ha ha...big TV at RM1500...) but later discovered same TV set is priced at
RM1200 at Jusco...Grrrr<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">With this
TV suddenly i found my interest change again...now my aim is to watch all the
movies under Top 100 Movies of All Time (so far manage to achieve 20 %
success...ET, Godfather, Casablanca, Gone with the winds, Star Wars, 2001:Space Odyssey etc)...still have like 80 films to go...sigh!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...Well,
all these (and the friendly calls, SMSes, comments on this blog, e-mails...you
know who i am referring to here and for that TQVM) help me went through this
lonely chapter...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...and all
above (Books, Films) i guess is good to make me a more ‘rounded’ person but it
comes at the cost of my chess study....how?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><strong><span style="color: red;">TO CUT A
LONG STORY SHORT....<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Chess
wise...I consider 2013 as a successful year for me...i manage to increase my
ELO Rating from 1994 to 2023 (highest at 2034...before Malaysian Open...before
Nafisa Muminova), a gain of 29 points in one calendar year. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Well,
progressing at a cruising speed of 29 points a year, i should be an IM in 10
years time and a GM in 20 years time...just in time for that GM BY 58! (...or
maybe not, in future good chances that IM and GM ‘marks’ will be move forward
to reflect the inflation)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...In 2013, in most
of the tournaments i manage to perform better than my seeding (my usual bench
mark) and as a result i manage to gain positive return on my entrance fee
investment...sometimes double or triple it (though occassionally zero or
negative returns).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">My biggest
‘win’ is RM500 cash...not due to top finishing but via winning lucky draw for
eligible contestant at one of the INSOFAR events!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Ha! ha! I
love Insofar events! Full of surprises! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Next
Posting: <strong><span style="color: yellow;">MALAYSIAN CHESS: WHAT TO WATCH IN 2014.</span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-3958380452902330512014-01-08T08:01:00.001-08:002014-01-08T08:07:31.588-08:002013: TERENGGANU CHESS IN REVIEW<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Terengganu
chess in year 2013 is best be described as per Star Wars original trilogies' titles (with slight changes, Chess Odyssey style!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">A New Hope</span></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8LG6a6mRFNM/Us1xVBauRUI/AAAAAAAAAb8/96pLzmSfRiM/s1600/star_wars_iv___a_new_hope___movie_poster_by_nei1b-d5t3cw9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8LG6a6mRFNM/Us1xVBauRUI/AAAAAAAAAb8/96pLzmSfRiM/s1600/star_wars_iv___a_new_hope___movie_poster_by_nei1b-d5t3cw9.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Watch out
Syazwan!...since Terengganu now got a new young star in the form Muhd Aiman
Zakwan Azmi...relatively unknown outside Terengganu, he just keep a low profile
and among his notable success is winning MSSM Individual (Under 18) title in
year 2012. First Terengganu to achieved this!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">His last
tournament is last month Kuala Terengganu Open. Seeded number 7, he emerged as
a champion ahead of his more well known opponents such as Fairul ‘Gambit’
Yusof, Norazmi, Rahim Ramli etc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">(Definitely
Aiman Zakwan is a New Hope for Terengganu chess!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Kuala
Terengganu Strikes Back</span></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FStL1qp93pk/Us1xuxxMRHI/AAAAAAAAAcE/h7slH8zDYN4/s1600/star_wars_v_empire_strikes_back_movie_poster_2_by_nei1b-d5w3mt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FStL1qp93pk/Us1xuxxMRHI/AAAAAAAAAcE/h7slH8zDYN4/s1600/star_wars_v_empire_strikes_back_movie_poster_2_by_nei1b-d5w3mt4.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Terengganu
Chess Association is divided by two teams, the Dungun Team and the Kuala
Terengganu Team, but unlike politics that normally refer teams as something that is divisive in
nature, ‘teams’ in Terengganu chess galaxy are mostly due to logistic reasons. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">So this year it is time for Kuala Terengganu chess to be in power...Its very
friendly change of power and chess players/officials are really like one big
family.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Before this
Terengganu Chess Association centered in Kuala Terengganu, then few years back
it was Dungun, now its back to Kuala Terengganu. There is no fighting for
power, no lobbying for post etc. Previous President (Rahim Ramli) feels it was
time for others to lead and voluntarily steps down paving the way for Dr Mohd
Pouzi Hamzah to be new President.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Rahim is
still supporting Terengganu Chess though he no longer President, organising
tournaments here and there...all for love of the game and genuine interest to
see chess prosper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Friendship,
sharing common passion, harmony, respect for each other....all these and more
makes me proud to be part of big, Terengganu chess family. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">(Above
aggressive and combative sub title (Kuala Terengganu Strikes Back) is for
gimmick purpose only and not in anyway reflect the competition or rivalry
(there is none!) at Terengganu chess galaxy.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Return of
the Ghalam</span></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-QJx4efMrk/Us1yGmLDgXI/AAAAAAAAAcM/bKeHIa657GI/s1600/star_wars_vi___return_of_the_jedi___movie_poster_by_nei1b-d5t3b8d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-QJx4efMrk/Us1yGmLDgXI/AAAAAAAAAcM/bKeHIa657GI/s1600/star_wars_vi___return_of_the_jedi___movie_poster_by_nei1b-d5t3b8d.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Ghalam
Sani, Terengganu chess legend, make a come back to chess in 2013 after god
knows how many years of retirement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Ghalam
Sani reminds me of Fischer...tall, skinny, endgame artis,...active, succesful
chess career...legend status in their respective mother land... Retirement...
Reclusive... comeback again after 20 years of retirement etc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...anyway
his come back is not as a player (that i hope for )but more as a chess
official. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">He is
currently Terengganu Chess Association’s Deputy President.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">He is also
of course MCF’s Vice President. Winning it by the highest votes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">(But unlike
Fischer, i hope that Ghalam did not disappear again into oblivion after this
comeback...someone quick grabbed his shirt, glued his shoes to the floor before he dissappeared again!)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">I naturally
have no choice but to end up this posting with this wish....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-SG">May The Force Be
With Terengganu Chess!</span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Next
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-75071180022864435932013-12-25T00:44:00.000-08:002013-12-25T00:44:07.623-08:002013:MALAYSIA CHESS IN REVIEW<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Previous
posting is about Mother Earth, now lets move to Mother Land! (a.k.a. Malaysia)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">2 major
stories for 2013:</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1) </span></span><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">AGM</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">MCF’s AGM
this year is a very interesting affair when President post is being contested
by Zuhri. There are lots of campaigns, manouevres, dramas, reports etc.
Interesting! How i wished Malaysian chess performance could be as interesting
as MCF’s AGM.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Still for
year 2014, all the best MCF!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2) </span></span><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Aron Teh</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Virtually
unknown in January 2013, Aron Teh is now a feared name in December 2013.
National Champion, Malaysia Master Champion and strings of fine performance in
couple of international tournaments...as a result in January 2013 his rating is
1949 and now his rating is 2272...a massive increase of <span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">323</span></span> in a year time...
WOW! If he continued to improve like this, by end of next year his rating will
be almost 2600!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">(But is he
really that strong? I am not sure since he never become Malaysian Junior
Champion and ratings can be inflate by entering selective tournaments so said
the wise man of chess...and his opening repertoire is a bit suspect too...hmm.)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">No...just
kidding Aron Teh. You are a strong player (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise)
and if there is such a thing as a 2013 Malaysia Chess Player of the Year...it
is yours definitely!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">All the
best NM Aron Teh!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Other
interesting stories are</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Malaysian
chess team won a medal in SEA games. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">This
achievement, just like that half empty/ half full glass, bring different
meaning to different people. Half full because we have a medal...half empty
because we could increase the chances of more medals with better strategy. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Still we
have won something here. I consider this achievement , just like that Appolo 13
flight, as MCF’s “successful failure”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Cerdik
Catur introduce CCR</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Frustrated
in seeing so many red tapes for organizer to use National Rating in their
tournament, NM Fadli takes the matter into his own hand by introducing CCR
(Cerdik Catur Rating). Initially i am a bit sceptical but now i am full of
praise to Fadli. He walk the talk!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">...and so
far CCR is doing quite well too!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">All the
best Fadli!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Li Tian
breached 2300 barrier.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Now without
PMR to distract him, can Li Tian say breach 2400 in year 2014? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">All the
best Li Tian!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">DATCC</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Beginning
2013 Najib got many plans for DATCC but somehow towards end of 2013, Najib is
no longer in charge with DATCC.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">What really
happened here? No wonder there is almost no news about chess activities held at
DATCC.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Still for
2014, all the best DATCC!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">Next
posting. <u><b><span style="color: yellow;">2013: TERENGGANU CHESS IN REVIEW</span></b></u></span></div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-56777531021299625522013-12-22T21:07:00.000-08:002013-12-22T21:07:37.941-08:002013: WORLD CHESS IN REVIEWIts that time of the year again...time to reflect what a year 2013 was to chess of Earth , Malaysia, Terengganu and Ilham (myself)...Hmm, the acronym of these 4 doesn't sounds good (E.M.T.I), since its rhymes with empty...Caissa! are you tried to tell me something here? <br />
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Lets begin with 2013: Mother Earth! <br />
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I shall remember 2013 with 5 events. Not under particular order these events are:<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>1. Carlsen become a World Champion!</b></span><br />
Finally!...I was seriously consider posted an article about this under titled "MC hammered Anand"...words play based from that 90's rapper, MC Hammer. MC here is ofcourse referring to Magnus Carlsen and hammer is a favourite weapon of Thor, superhero that is always been associate with Carlsen....and i intended to close the articls with MC Hammer's famous song ( I imagined Carlsen singing 'You can't touch this!' to his fellow chess rivals while holding World Champion trophy)<br />
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You can't touch this!...<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>My, my, my moves hits him so hard<br />
Makes me say "Oh my Lord"<br />
Thank you for blessing me<br />With a mind to rhyme and two hype hands...</i></span></div>
<br />
but that posting is not meant to be...procrastination got better of me! :)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>2. Cheating in chess</b></span>.<br />
<ul>
<li>A player who is playing amazing chess has been subjected to details search, suspect of cheating.</li>
<li>Moral of the story: Don't play chess 400 points above your actual rating and if you do, make sure you wear a nice pair of stocking. </li>
<li>However, it is generally acceptable to play chess 400 points below our strength. </li>
<li>Chess is opposite to football and other sports where in football, suspicious is if you play way below your strength (you might fix the game)...in chess it is suspicious if you play way above your strength. </li>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>3. The emerging of GM Wei Yi</b></span><br />
<ul>
<li>GM at 13...youngest player to breach 2600...increase his ratings by 200 elo in slightly over a year...i foresee him as a future star and maybe the one to challenge MC in the future.</li>
<li>...and he played aggressive chess too! i have a theory that World Chess Champion will most likely be defeated by a younger player with opposite playing style...Smyslov lost to Tal...Tal lost to Petrosian...Petrosian lost to Spassky...Spassky lost to Fischer...Karpov lost to Kasparov...Kasparov lost to Kramnik...Kramnik lost to Anand...Anand lost to MC. </li>
<li>See my points! As such i have a feeling that player that will beat Carlsen is someone who is young and play aggressive. I predicted GM Wei Yi will be serious challenger to MC five years from now. </li>
<li>or maybe it will be me! ... since i played aggressive chess too...but damn it!, i cannot since i am two years older than Carlsen :(</li>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>4. Kasparov is eyeing for chess Presidency</b></span><br />
<ul>
<li>I supported Kasparov not so much because i believe in Kasparov will do a better job ( after all, looks at PCA and GMA) but i believed FIDE, like MCF too, need a breath of fresh air. </li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>5. Tania Sachdev is a commentator for Anand vs Carlsen Match.</b></span><br />
<ul>
<li>Exactly the reasons why i left office at 5.45 sharp, brave heavy traffics and occassional KL's evening storm just to watch Anand vs Carlsen match at the comfort of my house. </li>
<li>Still remember till today her soft voice commenting the game... :) </li>
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Next Posting: <span style="color: yellow;"><u>2013: MALAYSIA CHESS IN REVIEW</u></span>Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-34782460231005604482013-10-07T08:38:00.001-07:002013-10-07T08:38:37.528-07:00WORST TOURNAMENT EVER?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="color: red;">THE PROBLEM TOURNAMENT</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">1.</span>Both
Tournament Director (lets call him Mr O) and Chief Arbiter (lets call him Mr B)
have been working together for a long time...yes, occasionally there are
problem but they could resolve it for the benefits of the chess participants.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">2.</span>But now TD
and Chief Arbiter have a dispute on last round pairing...and worst, both have a valid
argument to support their points.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">3.</span>The
dispute went on unresolved...and now it has passed the schedule last round...Chief
Arbiter then decided not to issue last round pairing...all players are angry and restless
now.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">4.</span>But both
TD and Chief Arbiter just don’t care. Both are in fact not talking to each
other! It is what we chess player call it, ‘Stalemate’.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">5.</span>Stalemate
has been going on for 6 hours...and now the time for prize giving ceremony is
about to start. Prize winners are very worried since they have a flight to
catch<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> and maybe they will not get back their hard earned money. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">6.</span> Tik Tok Tik Tok...will this be a worst tournament ever?</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>THE PROBLEM
GOVERNMENT</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">1.</span>Both
President (Obama) and House Speaker (Boehner) have been working together for a
long time...yes, occasionally there are problem but they could resolve it for
the benefits of the US Citizen.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">4.</span>But both
Obama and Boehner are not talking to each other! It is what press call it ‘Government
Shutdown’.</div>
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their debtors are looming ahead. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Markets
are now very worried because should US Government default, the effect will be
worse than subprime crisis few years back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: yellow;">6.</span> Tik Tok Tik Tok...will this be a worst financial crisis ever?</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>NOTE</b></span></div>
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Above drama is
still on going as at now at Washington DC...Obama blamed Boehner for being selfish...Boehner
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Well, lets
grab a soda (extra large!)... and popcorn (with caramel!)... and see how this drama unfold in real time!</div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-85673243174500798732013-10-06T08:55:00.000-07:002013-10-06T08:55:14.836-07:00PROFESSIONAL CHESS PLAYER?...SERIOUSLY?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>PROFESSIONAL
VS AMATEUR</b></span></div>
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Everybody
wants to be a professional in their own chosen field. Footballer wants to be a
professional footballer, hair stylist wants to be a professional hair
stylist...even killer (assassin) also wants to be known as professional killer
(who wants to be known as amateur killer?) because being professional<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in chosen field means excellence quality, reliable,
superior and etcetera. Where as amateur portray incompetent, unreliable,
inferior workmanship etc.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Hence everybody
wants to be a professional or wants a service of professional. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Ask ourselves
whether we want an amateur doctor or professional doctor to perform our heart
surgery. The answer is obvious. </div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>PROFESSIONAL
CHESS PLAYER ?!</b></span></div>
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But funny when
it comes to chess, only few wants to be a professional chess player. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only few wants to devote one's life to chess and sadly
many that did that...regret it after few years.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Reason is crystal clear...minus world’s
top 20 players...money is just not here. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Not before,
not now and most probably not in the future too...sad.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>GM KENNETH
ROGOFF</b></span></div>
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All this
talks reminds me of GM Ken Rogoff, US chess player in 1970’s, at 15, drop out from high
school to be a full time chess player. He went to Yugoslavia in order to
improve himself further (even though at that time he already among strongest
chess player in USA after Fischer and easily in the world’s top 40) but
suddenly he totally abandoned chess, studied Economics and now he is a world
famous Economic Professor. He is among rare few that correctly predicted US subprime financial crisis few years back.</div>
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<br /></div>
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He said it
is not easy to leave chess because chess is very addictive. (Totally agreed)...and once he has decided to leave chess, he totally leave chess.</div>
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<br /></div>
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And now according
to him, he always received letters from World Top chess players seeking advice
on how to quit chess...(Wonder who?)</div>
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<br /></div>
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But what he
did is an extreme decision (Totally abandoned chess). I cannot do that...</div>
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<br /></div>
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So i guess for
me maybe it is not a bad idea to be an amateur player, like most of people
around me...average in chess, average in life.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>ME,CHESS PRO
WANNABE</b></span></div>
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Well for me,
I used to dream of being a chess professional (Ok, please don’t laugh) myself
because i love chess so much...i love to play chess, i love to be surrounded by
chess players, i love to study chess, The ‘<a href="http://2010chessodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/09/kedai-aziz.html" target="_blank">Kedai Aziz</a>’ factor...in simple words i
just went crazy over chess. Yeah, ‘addict’ is just the correct word to describe
my relationship with chess and at that time i am just willing to lead a very
frugal lifestyle just as long as i could satisfy my ‘addiction’.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Once I even
seriously consider to drop out from University so that i could be a chess pro
(crazy, right?) but i did not dare to do that (... and not because of fear
about my future but more towards fear to my father’s backlash)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Now fast
forward twenty years to 2013, here i am... chess amateur... and to be frank i
like my status now since i could enjoy the benefits of both worlds....I am
enjoying a stable income from work and enjoying pleasure of playing chess
during weekend or as and when i feel like playing.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Heaven...! :)</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>AMATEUR’S
PROBLEMS</b></span></div>
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But amateur
chess is not all rosy...nowadays amateur chess is not without its problems or
pitfalls...when we are playing terribly (we are selling our game), when our phone
rang during game (we throw away game) and should we are playing fantastically
(we are cheating).</div>
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<br /></div>
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Hmm, not
easy to be an amateur chess player....</div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-44824247565730995102013-09-28T19:13:00.000-07:002013-09-28T19:18:20.122-07:00GRRR....<span style="color: red;"><b>Grrr....</b></span><br />
<br />
Above four letter word is the best way to explain my feeling now.<br />
<br />
I have planned to take part in today's Royal Selangor Club Chess Tournament organized by Jax Tham, S Balendran, Hamid Majid and few others.<br />
<br />
I have SMSed Hamid to register myself for this event and just cannot wait to use this tournament to try out my new 'Professional' approach to chess.<br />
<br />
Okay, before this, my approach to chess tournament is very amateur...i will normally stay until 3am playing blitz online to 'prepare' my self. As a result i will normally wake up late, skip breakfast and played first few rounds with music coming from my stomach (Luckily there is no rule that stated your stomach make a sound, you lose!...or maybe not yet) <br />
<br />
The good thing (maybe only good thing) about this amateurish approach is i have insurance against bad outing ( Oh, i cannot think, i slept at 3 last night!) and the right to brag on good outing ( i am sleepy but still manage to do well!) <br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>RUSH</b></span><br />
Anyway after watching 'RUSH', a very good film about Formula One rivalry between James Hunt (Flamboyant, Playboy, Party Animal...imagine Tal, you'll get the picture) and Niki Lauda (Serious, Professional, Family Man...imagine Botvinnik, you'll get the picture) i was just totally impressed with Niki's approach to his sport and i have decided i should do the same with my chess.<br />
<br />
So few days ago I have come up with new training regime to overcome my chess 'fear/phobia', do the victory visualization to boast confidence and no, no more blitz party till i got chess drunk...and yes, last night i slept at 10 pm...I wake up fresh at 6am. Thank you! <br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Man planned...</b></span><br />
...but just now when i entered KL there are road blocks everywhere (There is a big marathon event today with finishing line at Dataran Merdeka). Panic, i called Hamid but he did not answer my call. I tried several alternative road but all roads to Dataran are closed. Air tight closed!<br />
<br />
I tried calling Hamid again and this time he answered informing that there will be a first round delay to 10am. <br />
<br />
Should i wait or should i just withdraw my participant?<br />
<br />
There is no guarantee that the roadblock will be off before 10am and furthermore i am no longer in the right frame of mind (my calmness has been replace with anger). My professional instinct say that i should give this tournament a pass...<br />
<br />
Finally i reached out my handphone and texted Hamid and informed him that i withdrawn from the event and apologized for the inconvenience.<br />
<br />
Grrr. Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-54407864575701437612013-08-21T10:25:00.001-07:002013-08-21T10:25:49.941-07:00TEAM TERENGGANU: OUR STORY<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">1.</span> It is simple. After few phone calls and SMSes and we already manage to
assemble a team for a dangerous mission...to win Best State Team in Merdeka
Rapid!</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">First Board <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mohd Arshad</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">2. </span>Based on our average chess rating, we are seeded number 32 out of
104 teams. Not bad but I guess we could be seeded higher if seeding is based on
age average…and definitely will be in top ten should it is based from waistline
average! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">3. </span>We know the odds stacked heavily against us. After all we are like
those bunch of retired killers/soldiers in The Expendables film, stood against active, fit,
lean mean professionals. At 39 years old, I am the youngest, the baby boy of
the team. We know it will be difficult but we also damn sure we are going to
have a lot of fun here.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">4.</span> Other than chess skills, each player got their own unique skills and duties for
the mission to win best State Team:</span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-US">Mohd Arshad a cameraman and finder of best place to eat." To enjoy good food, just follow me" For record his favourite restaurants are Nando's or Chicken Rice Shop.</span></li>
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<li><span lang="EN-US">Rahim the mathematic professor, he contribute by giving his
mathematical analysis/targets on the team’s performance. "We should got at least 12 points from first day to be among the contenders" etc. For Record we scored 11.5 from first day but manage to recover the lost ground on second day by beating two teams 4-0, drawing one and lost one to Coup de Grace.</span></li>
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<li><span lang="EN-US">Fairul the motivator, contributed by always giving the optimistic view of the situation
when everything seems bleak. " Don't worry. I will contribute 9 points and we should be State Champ"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> etc. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">For record he really scored 9 points...but 9 terbaliklah (6 points)! :)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am in charge to buy morning breakfast and by virtue of being the
only player with a pen, I am unofficially the team captain with duty to write
down the player's name and signed the result. After few rounds I ‘delegate’ the duty to
Mohd Arshad since being on Board 1, he stood the nearest to the Result Sheet. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Still if you asked me who is the captain? I will say he is Rahim...the most respectable player/ person in the team.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">5.</span> Our first round opponent is a Collin Madhavan’s junior team. Before
the start of game, Collin said please be gentle with his boys. I replied ‘No,
the boys should be gentle when playing against old uncle like us” Anyway, for
record we managed to beat them 4-0.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">6.</span> In second round we face Philippine Team and we lost 0-4. Hmm, our
performance is just like Malaysian Team at Olympiad, beat weak team 4-0 before
being whitewashed by stronger team 4-0. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">7.</span> But still, to my curious (and delight), for most the rounds when we
played we always facing All Ladies Team…whether they are in front of our
table…or next to our table…always FACING them! Pairings done in Heaven...Hmm, God works in mysterious
way!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">8. </span>After the end of the round 8, we have surprised even ourselves <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>when we got 11 points and we ARE the best state team at that
time. Mission almost accomplished and how we wished Merdeka Rapid is played over just 8 rounds. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Even mighty Penang stood at 10 points. At
the Hotel Lobby I asked Chuin Hong how is his team (Penang) doing? Chuin Hong
then replied ‘We are now 10 points, just like you guys (Terengganu).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I then smiled and replied “I am sorry but we are not 10 points, we
are 11!” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ha! Ha!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">9.</span> Still at the end of the day, Penang (and Penang CLOBA) beat his last
round opponent while we lost to Mok’s Coup de Grace. Penang entitled for one of
those Best Malaysian prize while Penang CLOBA snatched the Best State Team. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Looks like Penang, sorry…Penangs, are the ones who have the last
laugh…Grrrrr! :(</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">10.</span> All things considered, it is a good outing for us. Each players
contributed between 5 and 6 points out of 9 rounds…there is no star and no failure
in the team and we have performed better than expectation.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Each players got their very own moment in the sun…Arshad, when he
manage to beat Max…Rahim, when he manage to draw with Jamals Henry from Jakarta and drew with Kamaluddin Yusof
…Fairul Yusof, when he beat NM Kamal Ariffin and drew with WIM Upi Tamin. Me? I guess, my moment in the
sun is when I beat <span style="color: red;">RED FM</span>* Ooi Chern Eei (with indirect help from one angel...)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yeah, we have our moment of failure too but I guess it is too few to
mentions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">11.</span> Terengganu will send a team to Sabah next month but I will not be in
the team (and Rahim too)…I am not sure who will be playing but looks like the
line up will be Syazwan, Arshad, Fairul and Suhaidi.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Take this opportunity to wish you guys all the best!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">*Movie buff will know that <span style="color: red;">RED</span> here stands
for "Retired, Extremely Dangerous."</span></div>
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-29130603813553027212013-08-19T10:50:00.000-07:002013-08-19T10:50:21.009-07:00MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL: SWAN SONG(S)<ol>
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<ul>
<li>This could only happened in the magical Malaysian Chess Festival...in round 8th of Ambank Open, Anand met Alekhine in which Alekhine won after a tough fight.(Thanks Mok for the info)</li>
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<li>Eid Fitr mood blanketed the hall...There is 'Kuih Raya' at Arbiter's table...Ezmi Mahmood can be seen wearing a black songkok (quite a sight for Kelantanese since most of them prefer to wear white kopiah) and ofcourse Nabil, Azman Hisham, Shakir and few others can be seen in full Baju Melayu gear!</li>
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<li>In third round i played against WGM Ding Yixin, who is also a current China Champion (Woman Section). Below is the position after white's 4th move Ng5 </li>
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<ol><a href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-diagram-generator.php?fen=r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p1N1/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R"><img src="http://www.chessvideos.tv/bimg/3kpxjq3ghk39.png" /></a>
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I played the rare and the confusing 4. ..Nxe4 ?! which cause my opponent to think about half an hour. Not everyday you could make China Champion to think for half an hour on move 4 by playing a sacrifice move!<br />
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For record her replied is not the best replied (or perhaps not the one that i scared most) and by move 14 i (think) i already had the advantage and i offered her a draw. She remained stony silence.<br />
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Unfortunately in chess peace proposal, silent mean NO! (unlike married proposal in which silent mean YES!!!YES!!!), ...she later outplayed me in the endgame. :(<br />
<ul>
<li>In Blitz Event Nicholas 'Supersonic'Chan left with 2 seconds against his GM opponent 13 seconds (some swear GM opponent got something like 17 seconds, depend on who you talk to). Nicholas is a pawn up and offered a draw but his opponent refuse. Both players then continued blitzing for about a dozen moves before his GM opponent lost on time! ...Nicholas clock still left with that 2 second...scary...in fact scarier than The Conjuring. ...Until today no one at Planet Earth know for sure how Nicholas did that...many theories surfaced from broken clock to Nicholas somehow manage to freeze time with his light year speed in making move (Einsten's relativity...time stop when you reach light year speed...and Nicholas's time did stop!) All i can say to you, Nicholas, you do this witch act 200 years ago you risk being burnt to death by a scared public.</li>
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<li> Talk about The Conjuring, few National players (ladies) went to see the film (which belongs to above 18 years old category), all passed as 18 years old and managed to enter the GSC cinema with the exception of Tan Li Ting who failed to slip in. :) ...in a words of Cindy Lauper <span style="color: yellow;"><b>"but girls just want to have fun!"</b></span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li> In Team Event, Khairun Nisha can be seen giving her team mate (Team aptly named 'All Ladies'...and may I add, All pretty) a cup cake. Such a friendship gesture ...in a word of Dione Warwick and Stevie Wonders <span style="color: yellow;"><b>"That's what friends are for, keep shining, keep smiling, knowing you can always count on me..."</b></span></li>
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<ul>
<li> Talk about song, all players song a Happy Birthday song to a birthday boy, Mok Tze Meng, before the starts of penultimate round in Team Event. Mok then generously thanking everyone but not generous with the chess point when he beat my team mate (Arshad) in his usual Mok's grinding technique. <span style="color: yellow;"><b>" Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you"</b></span> </li>
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<li>Talk about event before the starts of penultimate round, Kabir and Khairunisha introduce me to Nafisa from Uzbekistan. Kabir even snapped a picture or two of me and Nafisa... i spend few sweating moments talking to angelic Nafisa and asked few unintelligent questions...damn! i just got weak in presence of beauty! There are thousand questions i want to really asked her but i am afraid i might ruining everything. Beauty and Brain (and soft velvet voice too that could melt steel, let alone my heart)...a very lethal combination that somehow inspired me to do well in my last game against a strong Ooi Chern Ee...and win i did against Ooi, could you believe that? To Nafisa... a song from Three Degrees is for you <span style="color: yellow;"><b>"Precious moment...when will i see you again?" </b></span></li>
</ul>
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<li>Last but not least...to all the memory, to all the friendship, to all the games...its so hard to say goodbye to chess festival...in a words of Boyz to Men <span style="color: yellow;"><b>" How do I say goodbye to what we had?...
The good times that made us laugh ...
Outweigh the bad."</b></span></li>
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-24748649578139125902013-08-13T21:24:00.000-07:002013-08-13T21:42:19.388-07:00IMO,IMO<ol>
<li>Above stands for IGB Malaysia Open,In My Opinion. Sorry could not help it!</li>
<li>It is a very strong tournament. How strong? Well, all I can say Fischer is not even among Top 100.</li>
<li>As at time of writing, 5 rounds have been played. Best Malaysian so far are Dr Ronnie and Evan Capel, raking 3.5 points so far out of five.</li>
<li>Most impressive Malaysian so far is our little darling, our little hope, Tan Li Ting, raking 34 Elo gains so far from her 3 points out of five.</li>
<li>Best Malaysian we know, most impressive Malaysian we know but guess who is the most profitable Malaysian? Most profitable Malaysian is no doubt Mr Jax Tham, raking few hundreds Ringgit out of 4 days so far from selling chess books outside the hall. I could see some players bought two plastic bags full of books!</li>
<li>"Why are you not playing, Jax?" I asked him. "I am not qualified in Veteran...I am not qualified in Ambank...and the fee for Open is expensive. Might as well I am manning my stall here"...very true Jax, and ofcourse you are not qualified in Swensen! </li>
<li>Talk above (expensive) fee. This year Blitz Fee is RM35 for initial 9 rounds. I have heard some unhappy voices but for me, i will still play and support this event...not everyday you can play blitz against GM (and hopefully, against WGM or WIM! :) )</li>
<li>Many familiar faces around, Greg can be seen talking to Raymond Siew, Kamaluddin is here on third day, I saw Peter Long, Muammar is here, Fadzil Nayan is here everyday giving his undivided support to...we all know who! :) Mok is here too.</li>
<li>Ah...Mok Tze Meng! Mok can be heard engaged in 'passionate' discussion about local chess outside the hall, clearing some misconception on issues that involved him. He also told a story on how to deal with a rude chess player...we all just laughed listening to him! :)</li>
<li>Chied Arbiter, Mr Najib, informed players on dress code during the event, no slippers, no shorts. Well, i agreed with no slippers ruling but i disagree on no shorts ruling!</li>
<li>There are many more to see and learn...so what are you waiting for? Quickly go to Cititel Midvalley to watch all the actions live!</li>
<li>...but make sure you go to level 5 and not Level 3. For at Level 3 I have made to understand ( I have never been there, ok!) there is also a tournament, you pay entrance fee depend on type of event you want to participate, heck...here you can also chose your opponent and time control! But believe me, tournament at Level 5 is more exciting!</li>
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-52380702834510777812013-08-12T18:14:00.000-07:002013-08-12T18:20:30.907-07:00CHESS HURTS...<span style="color: red;"><b>OPEN</b></span><br />
I currently took part in MCF OPEN (No, not that MCF...after all MCF is not really open, rite), MCF OPEN here stands for Malaysian Chess Festival Open!<br />
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Initially seeded number 69 (Hmm, a naughty number according to my best friend Fairul Yusof!), on a tournament day i was seeded number 77, even better i guess, double seventh heaven!<br />
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I jokingly said to Raymond Siew before the start of first round, 'Mark should performed well in this tournament'. 'Why?' asked a puzzled Raymond. 'He is blessed with seeded number 88!'<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>CHESS HURTS</b></span><br />
...but this tournament is not really a seventh heaven experience for me, more like baptism of fire.<br />
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Example is in my round 5 game against WIM Zhai Mo (Rated 2312). Below is the diagram and i played white. <br />
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What else can i say? I am winning no doubt about it, two pawns up in the ending...one pawn already at seven rank and my opponent now left with about 5 minutes and mine still have 58 minutes!<br />
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I already dream of collecting about ten ELO points...and wonder who will my next round opponent will be...WGM Irene perhaps? :)...or will it be Nafisa Muminova ?<br />
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Then i played a stupid blunder Ne4 ????????, she captured it with Ne4 then i realised i cannot captured it my rook (Re4) because of Ng3+<br />
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...i resigned a few moves letter, broken hearted.<br />
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Chess hurts....<br />
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I spend most of last night listening to Nazareth's classic Love Hurts, but ofcourse 'love' can very well be replace with 'Chess'.<br />
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..licking my wounded heart all alone in my apartment.<br />
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Chess hurts, chess scars<br />
Chess wounds, and marks<br />
Any heart, not tough<br />
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To take a lot of pain<br />
Take a lot of pain</div>
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Chess is like a cloud<br />
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Chess hurts<br />
Chess
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I'm young, I know<br />
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I know a thing or two<br />
I learned, from you</div>
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I really learned a lot<br />
Really learned a lot</div>
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Chess is like a flame<br />
It burns you when it's hot</div>
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Chess hurts<br />
Chess hurts</div>
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Some fools think of happiness<br />
Blissfulness, togetherness<br />
Some fools fool themselves I guess<br />
They're not foolin' me</div>
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I know it isn't true<br />
I know it isn't true<br />
Chess is just a lie<br />
Made to make you blue</div>
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Chess hurts<br />
Chess hurts<br />
Chess hurts</div>
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I know it isn't true<br />
I know it isn't true</div>
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Chess is just a lie<br />
Made to make you blue</div>
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Chess hurts<br />
Chess hurts<br />
Chess hurts</div>
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Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-46569935657040686312013-06-30T22:01:00.000-07:002013-06-30T22:01:00.646-07:00DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?<b><span style="color: red;">Book</span></b><br />
Above is a title for satirical best selling book written by Michael Moore about 10 years ago that really 'hantam kaw-kaw' President Bush and US Policy.<br />
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A good book (if you are not President Bush) with many LOL moments and need to read with open mind so they said.( I am yet to read the book) <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Chess Rating</b></span><br />
That titled aptly described my amusement today when i went to FIDE's website to see the latest rating of Malaysian players.<br />
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There is no Malaysia there on latest FIDE Rating (Country Section).<br />
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Dissappear!...hilang ghaib!... Xiāoshī!...marai!....e'lek!<br />
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Dude, where's my country? <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Wonder why?</b></span><br />
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Is it because someone did not pay up the fee because MCF do not have money? Hmm, cannot be since inside MCF (and outside MCF too...) is just full of rich and respected people that surely can give temporary clean loan should there is ever a cash flow problem....<br />
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Maybe it is there (Malaysia in the list) but because of haze i cannot see it clearly...but haze API is now below 100... <br />
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Wait! Aha!...Maybe it is done on purpose! So that when someone condemned that we are number 80+ on the list..we can proudly say "No, not true. Show me latest evidence that Malaysia is number 80+". Poor person that condemned Malaysia is of course unable to 'prove' his claim!....hmm, devil you! :)<br />
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Whatever the reasons, jokes aside, this 'BLACKOUT 107' is really bad for Malaysian chess.Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-67190755050770450272013-06-27T05:18:00.000-07:002013-06-27T05:18:16.616-07:00AN EVENING IN PETALING STREET -PART TWO<span style="color: red;"><b>SACRIFICE</b></span><br />
Yesterday i went to Malaysian Master again...feeling adventurous, i tried different road and parked my bike at one of the back lane there.<br />
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Queens (or rather Kings that camouflage as Queens) greeted me, offered to sacrifice themselves for few pawns...Thanks, but no thanks...this world's oldest sacrifice is one sacrifice I don't accept. (or so i would like to believe... smiley wink!)<br />
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On my way to Swiss Inn, i passed through rows of restaurants, stalls, bookshops and pet shop.<br />
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Pet shop !? ...but how come there are so many tables and chairs in this pet shop? Ahh, then i realised...pets that are keep in aquariums and cages here is not meant to be keep...but is meant to be sacrifice!<br />
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it is not pet shop but a restaurant! <br />
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...Colourful and vibrant Petaling Street! Not for faint hearted!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>THE HALL</b></span><br />
Reached the tournament hall at about 6.30pm. Only two games that are still in progress...Yit San is attacking Roshan's King and Chuin Hong is trying to break Aaron Teh's solid defence.<br />
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Not so long Roshan's resigned and that left only Aaron vs Ronnie...i could see that Aaron's is offering a draw by crossing his fingers after making a move but Ronnie did not gave any response.<br />
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After a long thought Ronnie suddenly making a move (hence voiding the peace offer), pressed the clock and circled the table like a cage panther sizing his victim...on and off i saw Aaron's do the same though not as frequent as Ronnie's.<br />
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Dr Ronnie is in dilemma...to take a risk and sacrifice a piece for breakthrough or just to play it safely...squeezing and squeezing and hopefully he can penetrate without the sacrifice.No luck. <br />
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Dr Ronnie did not do the sacrifice <br />
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The game finally ended in the draw. <br />
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To view this game (and game in which Mas' lost to Aaron in 20 moves) you can view it at this excellent posting by Junior Tay <a href="http://kgwm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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Ronnie can be heard congratulating his young opponent and mentioned that he dare not go all out (take risk by sacrificing)...not under his current chess performance.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>OTHERS </b></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;">1.</span> Not many people here and place is kind of deserted...There is Peter Long, Yit Ho, Eddy Fong, Sumant etc....all male :(<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">2.</span> Peter Long when he saw me, smiled and commented something on my previous posting. Ok, i would rather prefer Peter Long to comment my posting than Mas! :)<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">3.</span> Mas, though his game has ended earlier, is still here and so all other players (Jimmy, Tze Han, LZR etc) On and off players checked on Aaron vs Ronnie's game. Mas can be seen with his sleek Asus Touch Screen laptop.Kinda cool... Maybe i should get one for myself...Let see how Airasia X's IPO performed next month!<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">4.</span> On the white board there listed many future big tournaments with comments. Pre SEA Games, SEA Games, IGB Open, World Youth, Indonesian Open and etc. Notice Sabah Open is there too (dated 15 and 16 September 2013). Hmmm....Sabah Open...Arshad!, Gambit!...How?<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">5.</span> Peter Long, Mas and Yee Weng can be seen engaging in serious chess discussion. Slowly i joined the discussion and Peter informed me that he is planning to organize a round robin event (Grouping based on rating) in which local players can cross sword with other Asean players. Good idea...Err, can i take part?<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">6.</span> Mas, ever a gentleman, said that he is proud to lose to young talent...and when on to mentioned he lost two games against Li Tian last year and this year he lost to Aaron Teh. Whoo aaa My respect to Mas grows by few hundred rating points after hearing such a words...Hats off! <br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">7.</span>Talked about young talent, previously we have Mas Chern Eei pair...now looks like we have Li Tian Aaron Teh (LTAT). In finance (stock market) LTAT refers to Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera, a fund manager that able to move and shake market.<br />
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In chess now we have our own LTAT that is able to move and shake local chess scene. Not to mentioned, able to shake and rattle the heart of their future opponent. <br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">8.</span> Last but not least, congratulations to all winners (for games well played) and organizer (for job well done) Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-59825275354397598982013-06-25T09:00:00.000-07:002013-06-25T09:00:04.650-07:00AN EVENING IN PETALING STREET...<span style="color: red;"><b>SONG</b></span><br />
Yesterday I went to Petaling Street to watch Malaysian Master. Braving KL's traffic jam, hazardous haze ( in which newspaper say only below 200...is it?) and Petaling Street Taikor, I arrived at Swiss Inn at about 6.30pm and somehow Mohamad Rafi's 1967 hit Hindustani song...An evening in Paris...keep on playing in my head. Hence, title above.<br /><br />
Well, many Hindustani faces manning the stalls ofcourse further added to the beauty of the song!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>AT THE HALL</b></span><br />
Saw many familiar faces, apart from player's Mama and Papa, there Sumant in his aviation shirt...Greg can be seen busy writing something at the corner....Zuraihah busy typing something in her laptop...Haslindah is also here and few others<br />
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3 games have finished when i entered the hall. Bumped into Chuin Hong in which he smiled and shaking his head..."I played badly in this tournament" he said.<br />
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Of interest is in top two players, <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Aaron vs Mas</b></span>, Aaron won in 20 moves, it is a beautiful game in which Aaron sacrifice his queen to force a massive winning of materials...beautiful!<br />
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Someone can be seen replaying this game from his memory...zap! zap! zap!...and only pause (Diagram moment) before asking many spectators what is white next move (a queen sacrifice...queen take rook!).<br />
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More spectators gather to see the massacre (aren't we all vampires love blood!). Someone asked for the replay of the game in which he again obligingly show it all zap! zap! zap! and again pause at Diagram Moment...more smiles and shaking of heads from spectators when the Queen Sacrifice Act is being played.<br />
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Ofcourse above happened when Mas is not aroundlah...if he is around i guess we are too polite to publicly show his game in which he lost beyond recognized...Can you recall games in which solid, positional and Capablanca-like Mas lost in 20 moves?...i can't<br />
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Other decisive result of the round is between bottom two players, <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Chuin Hong vs Jimmy</b></span> in which Chuin Hong won decisively (and uniquely too)...in final position both Jimmy's rook and bishop still glued in its original square!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>OTHERS</b></span><br />
1. Mas is kind enough to show his two games from KL Masters to Chuin Hong (and in which i also tumpang sekaki to watch it) in which he made a blunder in winning position against GM Tiviakov (game draw) and GM Luther (Mas lost). According to Mas GM Luther profusely apologized to Mas after the game for winning in a game in which its all Mas. <br />
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Watching Mas replaying his games...accurate with analysis and flowery comments (Chess is beautiful! etc)...i have the feeling Mas have spend many hours studying the games...far cry from when amateur (read:me!) replaying the game, full of errors and uncertainty.<br />
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2. Aaron's performance (Ok, maybe still too early to say this) reminds me of young Kasparov at Banja Luka 1978...almost unknown, the youngest, yet he emerged as most impressive player. <br />
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3. 3 players coming all the way from faraway land...Yee Weng (Singapore), Aaron Teh (China) and Lim Zhuo Ren (UK) <br />
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4. Jimmy has a tournament he rather forget...but still at least as at now he already obtained a point (and will not do the Wong Meng Kong!)<br />
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5. Who will win this tournament? too close to call but i have a feeling it will be Mas (again).<br />
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I left the tournament hall at about 7.30pm.<br />
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Outside, again, many Hindustani faces greeted me.<br />
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Deko...Deko...Deko...Deko...Deko....An Evening in Petaling Street.....<br />
Ilhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717777103822174037.post-53004573680339534022013-06-13T04:23:00.000-07:002013-06-13T04:23:01.562-07:00THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ET (ENDGAME TABLEBASE)
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1.</b></span> In 70’s,
when chess programmer manage to come up with 4 pieces tablebase, it
shed a new light on how chess players looks at endgame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Example
is on Queen vs Rook ending in which previously thought as easy win
for superior side. Not true, win, yes…easy win, no as what GM
Walter Browne discovered when he failed to win in Q vs R against
computer’s perfect defense in 70’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Makes me
wonder,</span> should I spend hours and hours studying Q vs R ending with
good chances of drawing the inferior side since GM Walter Browne is
having difficulty winning…good chances Malaysian player is having
difficulty winning it too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>2. </b></span>The
progress in this field grow steadily…in 80’s we have 5 pieces
tablebase, in 90’s we have 6 pieces tablebase and recently we have
7 pieces tablebase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Makes me
wonder</span>, when will programmer could come up with 32 pieces tablebase?
Which also mean solving chess…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>3. </b></span>The
effect in this ever increasing power of tablebase is both amazing and
scary. When 6 pieces tablebase first went out, some position that is
thought to be draw…ET informed that actually there is a win in 150 moves!</span></div>
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…<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
when 7 pieces tablebase went out recently, it has been discovered
that certain position in which believed to be draw, there is a hidden
win in 540 moves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Makes me
wonder</span>, will computer (via say 8 or pieces tablebase), find a win in
1000 moves?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Makes me
wonder </span>too, say in tournament with time control of 2 hours and 30
seconds increment, a 540 moves game that started at 9 o’clock in
the morning will finished at about 10 o’clock at night! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There
goes the next round schedule at 3 pm!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>4. </b></span>Question:
There is CD for millions of chess games (Chessbase)…there is CD for
chess programs with playing strength of 3000 ELO…How come I never
saw any players or shop having this tablebase CD?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Answer:Are
you crazy to have all this crammed into CD? </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">5 pieces
TB required about 7GBs of memory, </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">6 pieces
TB required 1 terabyte (1000 GBs of memory) </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">7 pieces
TB required about 50 to 200 Terabyte of memory (or about 200,000
GBs of memory)...an that's huge! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Makes me
wonder</span>, The memory of 8 pieces tablebase once it is completed…is
it like 50,000,000,000 GBs ?</span></div>
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…<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">how
about the memory for 32 pieces tablebase then?</span></div>
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