Chess is Chess

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54253511245347034992026-05-21T19:51:04.277+08:00Chess is ChessEverything chess, tips, games, news , online, blog, commentary and humour. This blog is dedicated to Malaysian chess.Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.comBlogger925125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-44681490187500760932020-09-03T21:00:00.003+08:002020-09-03T21:00:59.687+08:00Play chess for free

 Fancy playing chess over the board chess for a change? The "Chess For Fun Club - eat play laugh- Meetup group" is now, starting 5th Sept 2020, meeting every Saturday 3pm-5pm at A&W Off Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Bring a mask and yourself and play with other chess-loving students and working young adults. Why can't we make chess popular in Malaysia for the masses? Join us

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-72485482796744700112019-12-04T11:57:00.000+08:002019-12-04T11:57:02.949+08:00Incident at KL Chess Classic

My student was playing against the adult player, Lim Sim Leong A closed position was reached and both sides started repeating moves. Student offered a draws a few times, thinking that Lim Sim Leong could not make progress. Somehow Lim managed to break through but almost immediately blundered an exchange. Student now had a R vs B ending which was easily winning. As I was looking at the online

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-62303161581405654962019-11-28T10:36:00.000+08:002019-11-28T10:36:05.673+08:00Bullying in chess

This is a story about how a grown up man cheated an 8 year old kid of half-point in a chess tournament. My student (let's call him S, so clever of me) was playing against the adult (I call him A). now A is the number one seed but not doing so well in the tournament. A closed position was reached and both sides started repeating moves. S offered a draws a few times, thinking that A could not make

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-15995580386975356652019-10-07T12:27:00.001+08:002019-10-07T12:27:17.969+08:00Lesson on clock handling

Jimmy Liew- Cahyadi Diagram is my fifth round game at UniKL last Saturday. Both of us less than one minute left. I played Rc2 attacking his bishop and after his bishop moves, d3-d2 wins a piece. He kept thinking and thinking and after some time he moved Bd2-b4. I thought he must have lost on time, glanced at the clock and saw I actually was the one that lost on time! My opponent had just

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-48478404447776537432019-07-29T14:03:00.002+08:002019-07-29T14:03:41.267+08:008 year old wins Under 1600 tournament

8 year old Kavin Mohan has emerged as the U1600 FIDE Classica Edition 5 tournament at Institute of Chess Excellence today. This is the third tournament he has won consecutively. After 8 rounds, he scored 7 points, half a point ahead of Noor Akbar Daniel Iskandar who was the only player who beat Kavin and Benjamin Cheah the leader till the last round. Benjamin Cheah had 6.5 points against 6

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-76902659517313232202018-07-10T21:36:00.001+08:002018-07-10T21:36:47.070+08:00Simul with IM Yeoh Li Tian

Play simultaneous chess against IM Li Tian Yeoh ! Malaysia's highest rated player and international master Yeoh Li Tian will be at Summit USJ this Saturday 14th July 2018. Where: Summit at USJ, Concourse area Time: 2:00 PM Date: 14th July 2018 (Saturday) Participants: Free to all registered players for the 7th Summit Junior. For others, a nominal fee will be charged.

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-77812669793969725212018-06-12T09:06:00.000+08:002018-06-12T09:06:02.032+08:00Skyworld International Chess Competition 2018

Skyworld International Chess Competition 2018 Date : 23rd June 2018 Time : 9am to 6pm Entry fees : RM 30, lunch provided Category : U7/U8/U9/U10/U11/U12/U15 Registration form Venue: Skyworld Gallery @ Sentul, Jalan 1/48A, Bandar Baru Sentul, 51000 KL. Bank Detail: Public Bank Mega Chess Academy 3155813022

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-33441284497552745132018-06-12T08:40:00.001+08:002018-06-12T09:09:26.520+08:0015th Malaysian Chess Festival Announcement

15TH MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL 2018 (17TH – 27TH AUGUST 2018) DATO’ ARTHUR TAN CHESS CENTRE (DAT CHESS CENTRE) We are pleased to inform you that the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DAT Chess Centre) with endorsement from the Malaysian Chess Federation will be organizing the MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL 2018 at Cititel Midvalley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Details of the said event are as follows

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-52463702864963517522018-03-05T15:29:00.001+08:002018-03-05T15:29:26.360+08:00Eugene Torre FischerRandom Tournament

A Fisher Random tournament will be held tomorrow 6th of March 2018 at ICE, Bandar Puteri in Puchong at 8:00 PM. Entry fee is RM20. The living legend, GM Eugene Torre will be present, and the winner will receive an autographed book from him. Do not miss the chance to meet the legend in the flesh! Eugene Torre showed that he is still a top class player when at the Baku Olympiad in 2016 he scored

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-80511122616582606712017-09-27T08:54:00.001+08:002017-09-27T08:54:46.097+08:00Middle-game Strategy II

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-55066598853215236732017-09-16T10:17:00.002+08:002017-09-16T10:18:21.901+08:00Middlegame-Strategy II

White Knight Chess Academy in co-operation with Noble Minds Academy are pleased to present our Middlegame Strategy series of chess classes conducted by Malaysia’s first International Master and FIDE Trainer Jimmy Liew. The structure of the class will be a lecture on typical middle-game structures. In each class, IM Jimmy Liew will present two types of middle-games and show the ideas for each

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-2275542805652288182017-09-07T09:41:00.003+08:002017-09-07T09:41:59.819+08:00Penang is 4th in Asian Cities

The Penang team did very well to finish in 4th position in the Asian Cities Team Championship in India just last month. Their final score of 5 wins 2 draws and 2 losses puts them just behind Dhaka, thus missing a podium finish. The team was in third position after seven rounds. A round eight loss to final third placed Dhaka, denied them the bronze medal.   The team performance is

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-60201945163132054532017-08-05T00:30:00.001+08:002017-08-05T00:30:39.081+08:00Middlegame Strategy

I remember starting out in chess a long time ago. I had no opening and I was primarily a tactical player. I had no problem as long as there were some tactical possibilities in the middlegame. I got better and started studying openings and my results improved. Then I noticed something, there were some players that I always had difficulties with. I could never get the type of positions I liked with

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-43583205011857880852017-07-02T12:13:00.001+08:002017-07-02T12:13:25.702+08:00Summit Subang Juniors

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-80119887002091734192017-07-02T12:09:00.002+08:002017-07-02T14:39:44.637+08:00Dr. Cafe Rapid Tournament

The 1st Dr. Cafe Leisure Rapid Tournament will be held on 29th July (Agong's Birthday). There are Open, Under-18 and Under-12 categories. Lunch will be provided for participants. For the full prospectus click link below. DR-CAFE-ENTRY-FORM-FINAL

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-59489222353170547142017-05-05T19:02:00.003+08:002017-05-05T19:02:42.353+08:00Discount for Malaysian Chess Festival 2017

MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL - ANNOUNCEMENT There will be a 20% discount for all paid entry registration until 15th May for the following events: 28th Aug – 03rd Sep 14th IGB DATO’ ARTHUR TAN OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 8th IGB SENIORS OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 12th GOLDIS MALAYSIA CHESS CHALLENGE Exchange Rate for the US $ is 4.3. Bank Account: DAT Chess Centre   Maybank Current A/C No: 5145 &

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-46835610424111136742017-03-31T11:30:00.000+08:002017-03-31T11:30:30.145+08:0044th Selangor Open

The 44th Selangor Open is announced for 27th April to 1st May 2017. The venue is the same as for last year, the Grand Ballroom of the Cititel Hotel. There is the usual Open event and also the Challengers, the latter is only open to those with FIDE rating below 1900. The closing date is 24th April 2017 so hurry and register yourself today. Below are the prospectus. Selangor Open 2017

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-4478809992685887462017-03-23T10:04:00.001+08:002017-03-23T10:24:38.192+08:0014th Malaysian Chess Festival announced

Prospectus

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-60574459696267276982017-03-03T22:08:00.001+08:002017-03-03T22:08:49.068+08:00Zone 3.3 blunders

In many ways I was puzzled at what happened at the Zone 3.3 Championship. The top two seed, GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son was held to early draws while Filipino GM Julio Catalino Sadorra lost two consecutive games, one of them to a sub 2000 player. Malaysian FM Yeoh Li Tian is in the lead with 6/7 drawing two games. His success was probably due to the low number of inaccuracies in his games while

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-9781501298520630152017-01-02T16:39:00.001+08:002017-01-02T16:51:08.750+08:00Interview with IM Yeoh Li Tian

Yeoh Li Tian was already identified as a chess talent at a young age. At the age of 10 he was sent to a six week training stint in Beijing, China, sponsored by Dato' Tan Chin Nam. In the next four years, he came tantalizingly close to IM norms in several tournaments. In 2015 he finally made his first norm and last December, Yeoh Li Tian made back-to-back International Master norms at two

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-29964966535652237732016-12-27T13:59:00.000+08:002016-12-27T13:59:42.415+08:00Invitation from DAT

DAT Chess Center is issuing an open invitation to high tea in celebration of Yeoh Li Tian's IM title. There will also be a blitz event at the venue. Venue: DAT Chess Center F-03A-9 Starparc Point, Jalan Taman Ibu Kota, 533000 Kuala Lumpur Date: 7th January 2017 Time: 4:30 PM All are welcome!

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-52592084059861593722016-12-26T17:33:00.000+08:002016-12-26T17:33:13.087+08:00GACC Chess Championships

The GACC chess championship returns for the 21st Edition. There are three events - Open Age Group for Under 8/10/12/14/16/18 - Open and Team - Inter -Varsity The registration for Inter-Varsity is already closed. Registrations for the other two events  are open until 10th Jan 2017. See below for details.

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-3539235596737392802016-12-23T19:46:00.001+08:002016-12-23T19:46:27.998+08:00Play chess this New Year

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-34446392499983772882016-12-17T20:44:00.000+08:002016-12-17T20:44:21.174+08:00Congratulations IM Yeoh Li Tian!

Yeoh Li Tian is currently playing in the 2016 Australasian Masters Tournament in Australia. He now has 7 points, the required number for his final IM norm. In the penultimate round, he drew with FM Dusan Stojic to tally six wins and two draws and not losing any game. His close competitor GM Daryl Johansen lost to FM Liu Xiangyi and both have six points trailing Li Tian by one point.

Jimmy Liewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949363653282906421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425351124534703499.post-51341538394677572742016-12-17T09:48:00.001+08:002016-12-17T09:48:21.789+08:00Yeoh Li Tian closing in on IM title

Yeoh Li Tian currently playing in the 2016 Australasian Masters Tournament in Australia is closing in on his third (some say fourth) IM norm. He has 6.5 points from seven games, winning six and drawing one. He needs just another half point from the remaining two games. His score also means he is leading the tournament with his closest competitor half point behind. They are scheduled to meet

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