I haven't played FIDE rated tournament for donkey's years, and when I finally played one last month, I made an effort to find out about the way to calculate FIDE rating. After browsing through the materials, I found a website, ELO Calculator, which really helped me in this aspect. My calculation showed that I lost 3 points from my FIDE rating after the tournament. When the latest FIDE rating was published last September, I found mistakes, at least involving me and my teammates ratings. Here are the mistakes:Yours TrulyAccording to chess results, I played against 5 rated players with 4/5 results.… [...]

Do you believe in fairy tales? Even the most skeptical will surely gasp in awe for the achievement of this petite girl from Pasir Puteh. Why? Here is the story. Getting second place in the state selection was the start needed by Nik Nur Afifah Nik Mud. She and her teammates were then involved in the centralised training under the tutelage of Mr. Nik Mohd Nazri, the under 12 coach. Judging by the scores from the selection, Afifah and three others; Fatin, Haifa and Azreen; were equally strong. Coach Nazri and the head coach, Mr. Saufi decided the four of them… [...]

... but you should be aware that it is not like the traditional chess.However, you can still develop your pieces as usual-the knights to their usual c3 and f3 squares, the bishops need open lines and so on so forth. That was what I did playing this game for the first time, and luckily it still paid dividends. There were four colours - blue, red, green and yellow, and you couldn't choose what colour you would have in this chess.com board.When I was playing, I didn't really know the rules. But I learned as the game went along. One of… [...]

Lamo dooh tok berblog ni...ambo buat summary bergambar sajo lah dulu...pah baru pikir nok tulis ggapo...ambo buh gambar2 hok rare dulu lah...Rare bedooh ni, mitok autograph nge GM Anatoly KarpovYB Khairi yang sangat sporting...Masuk TV1 slot berita sukan, singkat tapi gak dei masuk TV suko lahBerdebar pun ado..mugo first time nok buat bendo lagu ni..Sidang media pasukan catur Para Asean 2017Bersama pasukan catur Maksak Johor dan PCNK di Kejohanan Catur Merdeka BerpasukanJohan Blitz SUKUM 2017 UTM buat pertama kali Johan Berpasukan Lelaki di SUKUM 2017 sejak UiTM monopoli kategori iniOk..situ dulu..daripada tok update, baik update lewat la...biar gambar berbicaro orei kato,… [...]

Yer, Kem Kita Juara 2017 adalah kem bagi persiapan atlet bagi menghadapi Sukan Para Asean 2017 yang akan berlangsung pada 17-23 September 2017. Ambo telah diberi peluang untuk menjadi sebahagian keluarga atlet catur negara kali ini. Syukur Alhamdulillah, ambo ni jenis sukakan cabaran dan pengalaman yang baru. Terima kasih atas kepercayaan ini dan ambo seperti biasa akan berdisplin dan akan memikul amanah ini dengan sehabis baik dan termampu. Ambo harap atlet2 boleh memahami "first timer" seperti ambo yang sememangnya banyak lagi nak keno belajar. Kem 3 telah selesai pada 10 Jun 2017 yang lepas bermakna tinggal 100 hari lagi untuk… [...]

Pado 18 Mac 2017, satu perlawanan persahabatan telah diadakan di Bilik Seminar KTHO, UTM, antaro UTM dan UTHM, bezanya UTM adalah staff manakala UTHM adalah dikalangan pelajar. Perlawanan ini adalah initiatif pasukan catur UTHM sebagai persediaan untuk MASUM 2017 yang di ketuai oleh Ms Sharina Husna. Kalah menang itu adat, diakhir permainan, kami bersama-sama membuat analisis game2 yang telah dimainkan dibantu oleh jurulatih otai UTHM, Cikgu Eddy Kwan.Keputusan pusingan pertama :Lelaki - UTM vs UTHM : 4 - 0Wanita - UTM vs UTHM : 3 -1Keputusan pusingan keduaLelaki - UTM vs UTHM : 3.5 - 0.5Wanita - UTM vs UTHM… [...]

Alhamdulillah kerana dimurahkan rezeki.Prize giving yang sempoiFinal Standing Crosstable Final round vs Mr. David TanPlaying white against Mr. David Tan [...]

Aduiii..hilang fokus...tu je unkapan...Hahaha..alasan... aduii..mcm2... turun doh rating... kena banyak training lagi ni.. training di stadium paling bagus utk biasakan dgn unsur2 gangguan... Round 4 of 6 Round 6 of 6 [...]

Salam..masih ado biso weh walaupun lamo x trening..adehhhh...koya slaluh... [...]

The best moment in the 15th Anniversary Year was performing Hajj in Mecca. It was our second being in both Mekah and Madinah after the first one being in 2005.HAJI 2010Di Kota MadinahDi TH Kelana Jaya, sebelum berangkatDi TH Kelana Jaya, sebelum berangkatDi TH Kelana Jaya, sebelum berangkat bersama anak2Di Jabal RahmahSelepas melontarTak ingat samada sebelum / selepas buat umrahDi luar Masjid NabawiCOUPLE PHOTO COLLECTIONPhoto 1Photo 2Photo 3Photo 4 - Di PerlisNotice the above Photo 2 and Photo 4? Hj Saleh aka GiLoCatur wore the same orange tshirt. Actually, the favourite tshirt was bought in Holland during Matrade overseas outstation.FAMILY… [...]

In the 13th year of Anniversary, GiLoCatur family had many chess trips. The trip to Temerloh Pahang was one of them. Temerloh Chess TripPhoto 1Photo 2Photo 3Photo 4Fikri, Anis and Fahim enjoyed informal learning experience like with animals as per the above pictures while taking part in local chess tournamentsChess Events.Fikri in his first MSSS eventIn 2008, Fikri made a maiden appearance in both MSSD and MSSS chess championship. Alhamdulillah, Fikri managed to be on the podium in the L12 category represented MSSD Petaling Peradana. Fikri N Anis in NAG 2008GiLoCatur and Fikri in Selangor OpenTokoh Nilam.Fikri FikriAnisAnisBefore chess, both Hj Saleh and… [...]

In the 11th year, so far can only share the following photos. It was during HeiTech Family Day event.Photo 1Photo 2Photo 3 [...]

Calendar of Chess  Activities Year 2020 (MCF website https://malaysiachess.org/mcf-chess-calendar-2020/) [...]

9th Feb 2020, Kuala Lumpur - team Fantatic Dynamite Reanimated wins the final round match against current leaders The Dream Crushers, 3-1, catapulting them to the top of the table and winning rostrum.Below is the round 7 final round team pairings results of the 24th GACC Team Chess Challenge 2020 held today :-To see more chess results for 24th Open Team Chess GACC Chess Challenge, please visit this link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr512330.aspx?lan=1 [...]

Chess for All 24th GACC Chess Championship – Chess For All29th Nov 2019, Kuala Lumpur – Tuanku Bahiyah Residential College, University of Malaya will be organizing an international chess championship for the 24th year in a row, known as 24th GACC Chess Championship to promote the culture of playing chess in the society of Malaysia. The event will take place from 8 February 2020 to 15 February 2020, at Dewan Tunku Canselor, University of Malaya. This year, there will be 4 main events to encourage participation not only for undergraduates but also chess players from the primary, secondary schools and also… [...]

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) Tiap-tiap [...]

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`)}); [...]

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 5 April 2020. Juara FIDE [...]

The Champions Chess Tour, launched by the Play Magnus Group, replaces the hugely-popular Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour put on earlier this year. [...]

22-years old Grandmaster Sanal Vahap defended the title of the Turkish Chess Champion, in the recently played Turkish Chess Championship, which took place from 13-21 November 2020 in Kemer, Antalya. Sanal Vahap won the event convincingly, as the top seed, scoring 7 points out of 9 played games. Second place came to IM Melih Yurtseven [...]

Ukrainian Open Chess Championship 2020 consisting of Classical, Rapid and Blitz events, currently is ongoing in Omelnyk, Ukraine, with participation of 38 players among the Ukrainian top. The event takes place from 17th-19th November and after three played rounds, seven players tie fro the top, scoring 2.5 points each. The first on the ranking list [...]

25 years ago I had one of the most frightening moment when suddenly, 25 years ago, in year 1990, my school discipline teacher by the name of Cikgu Rahimi called me. (We, form four student of Sekolah Sains Dungun believed that Cikgu Rahimi actually wants to be a green beret Commando but his eyesight prevents him of becoming one, but still he is a commando... that camouflage as a teacher....dangerous) When I was inside his room, Cikgu Rahimi appeared to be friendly , very friendly. Just when I thought that he is playing good cop-bad cop roles to ask for some information about cigarette activities of student, he suddenly asked me whether I am interested to play chess with his brother (named Rahim Ramli) who will be staying at his house.I immediately say “Yes!”That’s is how I first know and met Rahim Ramli.Rahim Ramli But of course Rahim Ramli has played chess earlier than year 1990.He first started playing chess in year 1972 (must be influence by Fischer vs Spassky match!) and used to play for Pahang during late 80s/ early 90s.His second best moment in chess is in year 2000, at Terengganu open he beats many players such as Mok, Fikrul,drew with Agus Salim and so on and emerged second place.His best moment in chess? That is something that will happen in future. So be careful ya! He is still hungry for chess success :)His worst moment in chess? It is a bit irony...in what probably could be his best result in chess (he is doing a ‘Caruana’, scoring perfect 5 points from the first 5 rounds at Melaka Open few years ago), when suddenly he received a bad news that his beloved mother has passed away, immediately, he withdraw from a tournament that he is leading and went home.As a person, if there is one word to describe him, it will be “careful” he is careful with what he said, careful with what he wear (always suavely dressed and shirt is nicely tuck in), careful with his appearance (well trimmed beard and moustache)…and with tall frame and handsome face and his senior position at UITM Dungun, I believed that he must surely and ocasionally received that naughty letters or flowers from his admiring, female student (or maybe from his female lecturer colleagues too...J ) !    But not to worry Mrs Rahimi, Rahimi that we know is a very loyal person. He is loyal to the game he loves, he even loyal to chess opening he loves (French Defense, Ruy Lopez Exchange etc). He just never changed his style, his opening etc from the first time we know him. He is that rare chess player that just stick to the one he knows and comfortable with! Other skills and interest...and one thing (few things actually) special about Rahim, he is not just good in chess, recently discovered, he also good in other things such as cooking or emceeing a wedding!...cooking here is not referring to that occasional weekend cooking that we do influence by Masterchef series, cooking that Rahimi occasionally do is cooking for a wedding complete with that special ‘pengantin’ dishes! sorry, 'pengantin' cuisine is a more correct term to use!  He is currently a mathematic professor at Uitm Dungun. His loved for logic/mathematic is obvious. On and off , on whatsaps group, he will asked a logic question that is mind boggling...and recently Arshad posted a magic trivia on whatsaps group that by performing a series of mathematic operations, our age will be known (but somehow this is only limited to a person with aged below 100). Not long Rahim came up with a theorem that explained the trick...and improvised it by creating a series of Mathematic operations that could know the age of someone up to 10,000 years!I suspect that should Rahim focused his energy on say...solving that haunting 300 years old Fermat’s Last Theorem (Guiness Book of World Record said it as most difficult mathematic problems), he could cracked it before Wiley’s did it in 1993....and his loved for fishing. Occasionally he will posted a picture of himself with big fishes that he caught. Guess that will be a story for another day.Rahim is now a President for Terengganu Chess Association and i have to say that now chess activities is booming, exploding at Terengganu. Take last month as an example, every week, there is a chess tournaments being held at Terengganu with average first prize of RM300. Every week!Chess Odyssey would like to take this opportunity to wish Rahim Ramli all the best in whatever he do (with usual frank remark, exception is when he play a game of chess with Nor Ilhamuddin) !  [...]

Flooded! No, I am not referring to a current flooded situation in Malaysia. I am referring to current chess tournaments that 'flooded' Terengganu's landscape. In a month's time Terengganu has quietly organized 3 chess tournaments! and this is just the beginning!Terengganu plan to organize up to 20 'mini' Blitz circuits this year. This is how it was started...Aha MomentLast month, out of blue, Norazmi Mohd Noor had his eureka moment and suggested 'Why don't we organized many small blitz tournaments, sponsored by a player in which all entrance fees will go to this player? It was just brilliant! Tournament is created,… [...]

'Emjee' is a moniker or nick name to Terengganu chess player, Fairul Yusof.Though probably not the strongest (sorry, Emjee...) among Terengganu chess players, Fairul Yusof is definitely the most popular among us with his ready positive opinions/ probabilities even when odds are heavily against him... his lyrical, poetry and detailed description or analysis of situation... his flamboyant style when he is winning or find brilliant moves in friendly games...All above and more makes we (Terengganu  chess players) all loved him!'Emjee' as a friend (in need) I first met him some 25 years ago at now the legendary Kedai Aziz. He… [...]

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Meriahnya Catur di Malaysia ini. Terbukti bilamana setiap pertandingan catur yang dianjurkan pasti sambutan penuh mennggalakan. Misi mencari GM pasti akan diteruskan melalui usaha2 murni penganjur2 budiman serta meraka yang secara langsung atau tidak langsung, walau apa pun rintangan mendatang. Baru2 ini kita dikejutkan dengan langkah pengambilan lesen pemain oleh World Chess Federation (FIDE) melalui `Handbook' mereka memaksa `FIDE Rating Player' membayar yuran tahunan sejumlah matawang mereka. Sedikit sebannyak ini boleh membantutkan sedikit pembangunan catur tanahair. Namun kita tak akan melatah, dengan undi yang MCF ada mungkin membolehkan mereka/kita bersuara menyatakan hasrat pembatalan yuran tahunan untuk pemain. Siapa lagi yang… [...]

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