Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
13 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur -Last night Puteri Rifqah Fahada Bt Azhar finally got it right by winning the precious gold medal for team Malaysia at the 5th APSSO chess rapid individual girls category. Rifqah scored 5.5 points from 7 rounds of rapid play held over two days. She managed to reduce her
11 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Latest News Chess: In the upcoming SEA Games to be held in Palembang, Indonesia from 10th – 22nd November 2011, chess will have 9 gold medals at stake. Malaysia will be participating in all the chess events as scheduled and shown below:-Mixed Pair Standard Chess :
12 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Here is a rapid tournament to be held over two weekend Sundays at Royal Selangor Club, Bukit Kiara Venue: ROYAL SELANGOR CLUB, BUKIT KIARA (1st Floor) Sunday October 30th: 9 am to 1.00 pm ( 3 rounds) Sunday November 6th: 9 am to 2.00 pm (4 rounds) : Prize-giving &
12 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - IM Jimmy Liew (pix above) wins the INSOFAR 2nd Open (Adult) Scholarship 2011 held at DATCC last Sunday, 9 October 2011. He scored 3.5 points from four rounds of play. In second place, Abdul Haq Mohamad with 3.0 points and in third place Chek Kin Keow. (source: Azhar S
UPSI OPEN UPDATE!13 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - The organizers of the UPSI chess tournament to be held this weekend (15-16 October 2011) in Tanjung Malim, Perak has issued the following players registration list for the open, secondary school and primary school categories:- SENARAI PEMAIN KATEGORI
Asian Amateur Open, Women Chess 20118 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Latest News : The event is now confirmed—Malaysia will be hosting the ASIAN Amateur Open and Women Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur starting with player’s arrival on Friday, 25th November 2011 until the last round on 30th November
4 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the announcement from Johor Chess Association for the upcoming Johor Chess Open 2011 to be held on the 30 October 2011 (Sunday) at Tower City Square, Johor Bahru. Closing date is on the 24th October 2011.Pls contact Dinesh 014-6115256.