FIDE Rating March 2010 is out. My rating dropped again. This time from 2009 to 1985, 24 points less :(. Very disappointing, hopefully, can improve in the future. Anyway, if IM Lim Yee-Weng can drop 41 points, how about patzer like us. Haha.

Latest Rating is avaiable from the links at the right-hand side of this page.

40 players took part in this event.  It was won by top seed Abdullah Che Hassan, a regular in this type of allegro events. The top 10 finishers are:

1. Abdullah Che Hassan 5.5

2. Abdul Haq 5

3. Chew Yaw Chong 5

4. Shahanizam Bin Salleh 4.5

5. Roslina Marmono 4.5

6. Suhaimi Mustafa 4

7. Shahbudin Sobki 4

8. Amiruddin Abu Kasim 4

9. Hamdan Abdullah 4

10. Ismail Bin Hashim 4

Stonemaster, Fadli Zakaria who was seeded 2nd only managed 4 points and ended at 12th place with the lowest tie-break.

Read more about it from it’s blog!

Microsoft has removed one group of patches it released as part of this week’s Patch Tuesday — MS10-015 (KB977165) – from its Windows Update service until it can investigate reports by some users that it is causing havoc with their PCs

CHESS MAKES YOU SMART !!

The Perak International Chess Association (PICA) with sponsorship from Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad  will be organizing a series of Rapid Chess events in the ten districts of Perak, called the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Perak Grand Prix (GP) Chess Championship 2010. The Grand Final of the nine GP events will be held in December 2010.  GP points will be given in the Open section for the top ten on a sliding scale (i.e. Champion = 10 pts, Second = 9 pts, Third = 8 pts  up to Tenth position = 1pt). The Finals will carry the same points. For a player to qualify for the GP Prize, he must play a minimum of at least 4 legs. The GP prize will be RM 500, 300 & 200

1st Leg - Kinta (Dewan Serbaguna, Kompleks Belia & Sukan, Jalan Ghazali Jawi, Ipoh)  07 March 2010
2nd Leg - Chinese Recreation Club (CRC) Taiping 11 Apr
3rd Leg - Parit Buntar, 25 Apr*
4th Leg - Lumut, 16 May*
5th Leg - Parit, 27 Jun*
6th Leg - Teluk Intan, 11 Jul*
7th Leg - Tapah/Kampar, 01 Aug*
8th Leg - Grik, 26 Sep*
9th Leg - Kuala Kangsar, 17 Oct*
10th Leg (Grand Finals) - Ipoh 19 Dec 2010*

(* Dates subject to confirmation)

The prize fund for the event will be as follows:

   
OPEN                                                 

1    250 + medal + certificate

2    200 + medal + certificate

3    150 + medal + certificate

4    100

5    80

6    70

7    60

8    50

Under - 16
1        100 + medal + certificate

2        80 + medal + certificate

3        60 + medal + certificate

4        50

5        40

Best Girl U-16

1        40 + medal + certificate

2        30 + certificate

3        20 + certificate

Under 12

1       80 + medal + certificate

2       60 + medal + certificate

3       50 + medal + certificate

4       40

5       20

Best Girl U-12

1       40 + medal + certificate

2       30 + certificate

3       20 + certificate

SCHEDULE                     

Registration                      0830

Round 1 - 4                      O930 - 1330

Break                               

Round 5 - 7                      1400 - 1700

Closing / Prize Giving         17 15

ENTRY FEES             

Open                                   25

U-16                                    15

U-12                                    10

Perakians/Pica (Open)           20

Perakians/Pica (U-16)           10

Perakians/Pica (U-12)           5

Time CONTROL : 25 mins TO FINISH

TIE-BREAK: SOLKOFF, SB, CUMULATIVE

LATE ENTRIES SURCHARGE RM 5, PICA RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ENTRIES

Contact Person for 1st Leg in Ipoh, Perak ( Yunus - 013-3908129 )

For entry form & more details go to:

http://www.datcchess.blogspot.com/

http://perakchess.blogspot.com/

Despite having a good lead in the 1st round of classical Chess, Malaysia lost the rapid time control in the 3rd and 4th round and threw away her best chance to win the trophy after losing for many years. In fact it was quite a surprise as Singapore had said that they were no longer interested since they had won it for many years and Malaysia in no longer a challenge.

Rebuilt my notebook using Windows 7.

Wishing everyone  a Happy and Healthy CNY or Spring festival.

My Windows Vista clashed this morning after patches upgrade?? Up to now, I had not fully re-setup my system yet. Bill Gate says he is leaving most his wealth to charity after he died and somehow I agreed with him. He OWE the whole world all the times wasted waiting for Windows to boot-up and Shut Down.

Wishing all my Hindu friends a Happy Thaipusam.

This year’s Malaysia vs Singapore Challenge is scheduled to take place on 15 to 17 Feb 2010 during the Chinese New Year? I wonder when were it scheduled during previous years and any reasons to do it during CNY. I also wonder will Singapore able to send a strong team during festival season, unless they think they can still win with reserve strength?

Anyway, I must salute those who sacrifice their festival for this event.