For someone like me, it’s pretty safe to say I will not attain a “formal” FIDE title, even a low tier one like FIDE Master (FM) . I have been most of my life at ELO 1700 only recently been bumped up to ELO 1800 because of FIDE rating “adjustments”. An FM title requires at…
The trend today is doing chess exercises or puzzles/tactics on online platform such as LiChess or Chess.com. It is convenient and fast. There are several reasons why puzzle books curated by humans tend to be superior to automatically generated or selected puzzles and tactics from databases: Context and relevance: Human curators can carefully select puzzles…
The beginning of 2024 was kinda stressful for me. My websites were all attacked by malicious codes and brought down by DDOS (Denial of Service) attacks. Imagine my webserver as my cozy home, a place where I host various websites and folders. Each room represents a different corner of my online world. Now, picture a…
MAIN PRIZES (TOP 5) Rank Name Rtg Rating FED Birth Pts BH 1 GM Villamayor Buenaventura 2311 SGP 1967 7½ 46 2 IM Gunawan Ronny 2223 INA 1960 6½ 47 3 IM Lioe Dede 2299 INA 1970 6 46 4 GM Fominyh Alexander 2203 FID 1959 6 44.5 5 IM Bancod Ronald 2174 PHI 1971…
The 2023 Malaysian Open Championship was won by Grandmaster Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden. Four players tied for first place with 7 out of 9 points, but the incumbent champion of Sweden won owing to superior Buchholz tie break. The 18th Malaysian Chess Festival, financed by the FIDE Aid Package, took place in Kuala Lumpur from…
After the first three rounds of the 2023 Malaysian Open are over, six leaders emerged with a perfect 3 out of 3 score. They are as follows: IM ConcioMichael Jr.GM Sivuk VitalyIM Nitin S.Mark BacojoIM Siddharth Jagadees When they drew their Round 2 games, Jay Dhiaulhaq, Zacky IM Siddharth, Jagadees top and second seeds GM…
With the exception of the following, round 1 results were as expected, with the stronger ELO players overwhelming the weaker. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy was forced to a draw by Kaushal Khandar, who was playing Black. FM Wong YInn Long was tied by WFM Diajeng Theresa Singgih. The WFM is underrated, having lost ELO points over…
To be precise, the proper name is “8TH JOHOR INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023”. But to make it simple I’ll just refer to the tourney as Johor Open. It consists of 2 section the Masters and Amateurs section. The biggest difference this year compared to the past is that is now a part of the…
IM Pitra Andyka After 6 rounds, there are 3 joint leaders for the 47th Selangor Open Chess Tournament. There are International Master Pitra Andyka, International Master Oleg Badmatsyrenov and FM Christopher Castellano. All 3 are tied at 5 points out of 6. However the leaders are closely followed by 10 players following closely just half…
IM Oleg Badmatsyrenov (top seed)chess results from https://chess-results.com/tnr767689%20.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&turdet=YES%20&flag=NO
