Collection of Malaysian Chess news and happenings
Five rounds into the 2026 UzChess Cup Masters, and this event is delivering exactly the kind of chess you want to watch. Of the 20 games played so far, 13 have ended decisively — draws have basically been the exception, not the rule. Sitting alone at the top of the standings is local favorite GM Sh
Online Rating to OTB FIDE Rating? Here is the real deal!Believe it or not, something massive just dropped in terms of chess rating this June 2026. For years, I’ve seen local players grinding on screens, getting their online ratings up to 2000+, but when they show up at DATCC or the Malaysian C
CM Chow Yi Chen, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and FM Kavin MohanYes all of them are National Champions (too obvious) but other than that they were all record breakers in terms of age when they became champions.1. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (The 31-Year Benchmark)Year He Won: 1994 (Malaysian National Closed Ch
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Malaysian chess organisers love flyers. tournaments distributed via image-only flyers and that's a problem : Search engine indexing and overall event visibility. The core problem is real. When organisers post tournament information exclusively as graphic flyers—JPEG or PNG files—the text inside tho
Before catur there was GilaChessI lost GilaChess.com in the late 2000s because I procrastinated in renewing the domain and totally lost the name, coupled with my disappointment with Exabyte my webhost that allowed malware to attack their computers. It was a nightmare experience.I have not recovered
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There are 2 chess tournaments held at the same time on Sept 7-14. The Blue Chevaliers in Phuket and Berjaya Global in Johor Bahru. So I told Gemini AI to evaluate and help me choose. Gave Gemini the fact that I am an ELO 1870 rated player and asked it to choose mainly b