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I've read an interesting article in Journal Straits Branch  R.A. Soc., No.77, 1917 by R.O Winsdtedt about Rules in Malay Chess . He got a copy of Malay chess as played at Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan. The rules are as below (in Malay):- (1) Tiap-tiap buah yang telah di-usek, buah itu-lah juga akan di-jalankan. (2) Boleh di-makan buah apa apa suka, jika bergaul sa-kalipun. (3)

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Round 7 FIDE Candidates 2020 semalam menemukan Juara Perancis - Maxime Vachier Lagrave atau lebih dikenali sebagai MVL dengan pendahulu kejohanan - Ian Nepomniachtchi dari Russia. Ada dua fakta yang agak menarik di sini. MVL sebenarnya tidak layak bermain di Candidates 2020, namun disebabkan seorang peserta iaitu Teimur Radjabov dari Azerbaijan menarik diri kerana bimbang mengenai isu Covid-19,&

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Selepas Round 6 FIDE Candidates 2020 , Ian Nepomniachtchi mendahului dengan 4.5 mata. Peserta terdekat ialah Maxime Vachier Lagrave dengan 3.5 mata. window.addEventListener("message",e=>{e.data&&"6557772"===e.data.id&&document.getElementById(`${e.data.id}`)&&(document.getElementById(`${e.data.id}`).style.height=`${e.data.frameHeight+30}px`)});

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Round 4 FIDE Candidate 2020 menemukan juara Perancis Maxime Vachier Lagrave dengan pemain nombor satu Russia - Alexander Grischuk .   window.addEventListener("message",e=>{e.data&&"6553280"===e.data.id&&document.getElementById(`${e.data.id}`)&&(document.getElementById(`${e.data.id}`).style.height=`${e.data.frameHeight+30}px`)});

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Logo dari FIDE Kejohanan Catur Dunia 2020 akan menjadi perlawanan catur antara penyandang gelaran Juara Dunia Catur -  Magnus Carlsen  dan seorang pencabar  dari FIDE Candidate untuk menentukan Juara Dunia Catur. Pencabar untuk Magnus Carlsen akan ditentukan melalui  kejohanan double robin lapan pemain yang berlangsung  di Yekaterinburg, Rusia, dari 15 Mac hingga

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Malaysian welcome our new WIM - Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa binti Azhar who won the Girls Under 16&18 category at the 4th  Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship in Bangkok today. She won with 7.5 points out of 9 round. Munajjah become Malaysian 3rd WIM after WIM Audrey Wong Su Yi and WIM Siti Zulaikha Foudzi - both has retired from tournament play. Full results is  here

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A complete disaster happen to Alexander Grischuk in his game against Fabiano  Caruana in 2019 Altibox Norway Chess Tournament yesterday. Grischuk, who have 8 minutes in his clock compare to 5 minutes and 15 seconds for  Caruana , blunder a full bishop or to be precise ..he give the bishop with 17.Bh6??  for free without any compensation . Watch the video above. The

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NM Kamal Abdullah (left) vs Looi Xin Hao. Photo from Azhar Said Looi Xin Hao (2157)-   NM Kamal Abdullah ( 2095)  Malaysian Chess Championship Round 7, 1.6.2019, Kuantan, Pahang 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Xin Hao loyal to his Veresov Opening 3...Nbd7 4. e3 g6 Unlike Xin Hao previous opponents , Kamal choose the fianchetto setup - a loyal padawan to his late Master - 

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NM Kamal Abdullah ( 2095) -   Yeap Eng Chiam (2074)  Malaysian Chess Championship Round 6, 31.5.2019, Kuantan, Pahang NM Kamal Abdullah (left) vs Yeap Eng Chiam . Photo from Azhar Said 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 The Maroczy Bind  This is a positional approach against  a counterattacking opening like Sicilian Defense.  3...Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O

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Yeap Eng Chiam (2074) vs   Looi Xin Hao  (2157)  Malaysian Chess Championship Round 5, 31.5.2019, Kuantan, Pahang Yap Eng Chiam (left) vs Looi Xin Hao. Photo from Azhar Said 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4  The London System. About 5 years back this was basically considered an amatuer opening but after top guns like Carlsen, Grischuk played it occasionally in recent years, this

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Looi Xin Hao  (2157) - Brien Foo Jiu Weir (1720) Malaysian Chess Championship Round 4, 2019.05.30, Kuantan, Pahang 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e4 Xin Hao repeat the same line he play against Hafizul in round 2 but this time his opponent play  4...d5 4... d6 is played by Hafizul in Round 2 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5? Brien want to transpose into a French

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Tin Shan Wen  (1870) vs Looi Xin Hao  (2157) Malaysian Chess Championship Round 2, 2019.05.30, Kuantan, Pahang 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 This idea of this pawn structure c6-d5 is to blunt white's bishop on g2  4. O-O Bg4 Black develop his light square bishop outside his pawn structure (c6-d5)  5.b3 a very tame line. So far, all Xin Hao opponents from round

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Looi, Xin Hao  vs Mohd Hafizul Ishak Malaysian Chess Championship Round 2, 2019.05.29, Kuantan, Pahang 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3  The Veresov Opening. A favorite of IM Jimmy Liew in the past. He wrote a nice book on this opening 2...e6 3. Bg5 the game tranpose into French Defense after 3. e4 d5 3... Be7 3... d5 again , the game can still transpose into French Defense 4. e4 d6

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NM Kamal Abdullah -  Kamal Azmi Wahiduddin  Malaysian Chess Championship Round 1, 2019.05.29, Kuantan, Pahang NM Kamal Abdullah  is facing NM Kamal Arrifin and NWM Khairunnisa elder brother - Kamal Azmi. Azmi  is local born player. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 The Hungarian defense. Quite tame and not that popular. Main line is 3... Bc5 and 3... Nf6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6

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Hassan Basri, Muhd Ariji - Hao , Looi Xin  Malaysian Chess Championship Round 1, 2019.05.29, Kuantan, Pahang 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 unusual line  6...Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Nxc6  too early to exchange the knight. 8...bxc6 capture toward the center. Black have more pawns on the centre and also the open b-file for his rook. 9. Ba4 Bg7

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The Malaysian Chess Championship 2019 will  start today  Wednesday, 29th May 2019 till 2nd June 2019  at the Grand Continental Hotel Kuantan, Pahang. Round 1 start at 9.00 am latest pairing @  chess-results.com follow live game@  followchess

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