24 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Results of rounds 1 and 2 at Thessaloniki FIDE GP 2013. All wins are by white pieces, interesting fact.
Standings After Round 2:
Official website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com
24 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Results of rounds 1 and 2 at Thessaloniki FIDE GP 2013. All wins are by white pieces, interesting fact.
Standings After Round 2:
Official website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com
24 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Last weekend the 19th May 2013 Sunday in Putrajaya, The KPCMB Rapid Chess Open 2013 was held. The Putrajaya Chess Association in collaboration with Perbadanan Putrajaya organised the said chess event. IM MAS Hafizulhelmi walked away the winner with 6.5 points from 7 rapid rounds.
(Picture from Abdul Haq Mohamed’s facebook)
22 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The first round of the Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix 2013 has started and here is the game between Topalov and Grishchuk from chess bomb.
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Round 1 Pairings:
Official website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com
(Picture from official website of Thessaloniki FIDE GP 2013)
22 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013 Standings after three tournaments in the series, namely, London 2012, Tashkent 2012, Zug 2013. Etienne Bacrot of France is playing at Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix 2013.
The players playing at Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix 2013 are as shown below:-
Thessaloniki website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/en/round-reports/213-fide-grand-prix-2012-2013-standings
(Picture from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Bacrot)
18 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The Univeristy Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and National Youth Council of Malaysia (Majlis Belia Malaysia) are organising a chess tournament named REVOC Chess Genius Open Challenge this coming 25th May 2013. This is in conjunction with a Putrajaya Youth Festival.
Please contact Nor Azrina Ismail, 013-5944309 for more details.
Or Visit http://revocchessgenius.blogspot.com.
17th May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is one from DATCC many weekend chess tournaments. If you are a DATCC club member you get special discounts. Walk-in players pay more.
IT’S TIME FOR THE AMATEURS TO SHINE!!! This weekend event is catered especially for those who are UNRATED or have a National Rating of below 1600 only. Special prizes are allocated for Boys and Girls who are in the U16/U12/U8 age bracket in addition to the top 6 main prizes offered.
The single day 7 Round Swiss event offers cash prizes for the top six category winners with RM250 allocated for the Overall event Champion. Other cash prizes up for grabs are for the 3 top under-1400 players, best unrated, best veteran and best lady players.
For the best Boys and Girls in the U16, U12 and U8 age bracket, each top performer will earn a medal and certificate for their effort. As usual, two special prizes are allocated for DATCC Members top performers. Entries are limited to 80 players. There is no closing date but entries received on event day MAY NOT be entertained as it will depend on space/seats availability.
Time Control 25 minutes to finish
Playing Format 7 Round Swiss System Pairing
Tie Break i) Bucholz ii) Sonneborn Berger iii) Progressive Scores
Link to registration form: http://www.chess-malaysia.com/Amateur.pdf