Thematic Tournament by FGM

30th August 2013, Kuala Lumpur – For those serious chess players intending to improve your chess game, the thematic tournaments is being organised by FGM in Ipoh, Perak on 5-6th October 2013.

First GM Thematic Chess Tournament

5 & 6 October 2013

Day 1 - Saturday, 5 October 2013
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Round 1	10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON Short talk on purpose of Thematics followed by Q&A session. Refreshments provided.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Round 2
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Round 3
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Round 4
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM	Round 5
Day 2 - Sunday, 6 October 2013
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Round 6
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Round 7
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Round 8
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Round 9
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM	Round 10

Prize Champion of higher rated category RM 300

Tournament venue Syuen Hotel Ipoh

Accommodation Special rates for Syuen Hotel - check-in 4 Oct / check-out 6 Oct (noon)

RM 99 per day* (no meals) OR RM 139 per day* (with breakfast)

*Booking via First GM only - first come first serve basis. Payment to hotel on check-in.

Registration fee RM 50 - tournament only

RM 75 - tournament + material on French Defense

Payment info Maybank A/C name: FIRST GM CHESS ACADEMY

Maybank A/C no: 508289109255

Closing date 12:00 noon - 28 September 2013

*Please email registration form + bank-in slip to siewts1959@gmail.com before closing date. Raymond Siew h/p 016-5117308 for further information.

Registration Form
Name:	National rating:
Address:
Mobile No:	Email:
Syuen Hotel booking: ¨ RM 99 per day (no meals) ¨ RM 139 per day (w/ breakfast) ¨ I don’t need a room

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The French Defence will be the upcoming thematic starting position.

Thematic Tournaments By FGM

25 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a new tournament to be held at Excel Chess Academy on the 24-25th April 2011. Pencil in those dates on your calendar and have some fun at OUG, Kuala Lumpur. The announcement from First GM blogger follows:-

FGM is starting a series of thematic tournaments starting with Ruy Lopez. I am hoping this will be a monthly affair and will be followed by Najdorf, Dragon etc.
The idea is that there will be a short talk on the various lines in Ruy Lopez, with notes and the players will have 10 rounds over the weekend to deepen their knowledge. Format is 10/20/30. ie 10 rounds of 20 mins with 30 sec increment.
Excel is a good place for this as interested players will be able to stay over and continue the discussion informally over the night. I will also be inviting the trainer to stay for the tournament and I encourage sharing throughout the 2 days.
What I found is that it is difficult to find games based on themes as you need the cooperation of your opponents thus leaving many lines and variations untested. Therefore, as part of our aim is to increase the array of stress tested weapons, I would like to limit the places to players with national rating of 1500 and over if possible.
It is my hope that these series of tournaments will fill a niche and be fully supported.
Thank you. More details to follow.

(source: Raymond Siew, FGM)