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Vail Valley Getaway

2010-01-03T17:48:00.000-08:00

As seen in duPont registry, Who's who in luxury real estate exclusive partner, luxury travel magazine, The robb Report collection, Thesociety.com and The Wall street journal, Vail Valley Getaway has a world class ski resorts, played on one of the famous golf courses and have many unique shopping centers and restaurants.

The Vail Valley is not limited to just skiing as what it is famous for, it is also perfect for outdoor activities such as for bicycling and hiking navigating around the beautiful mountain trails.

Family activities such as Golf, kayaking, rafting, ice skating, hiking, snow shoeing or just sitting back and relaxing in the hot tub are just a handful of the activities to choose from. Family or individual can enjoy a great comfort of living by renting at the Vail Valley Vacation rentals at the All Vail valley Getaway properties. You can book and rent at the Vail vacation rentals privately-owned home or villa which is very comfortable, private, safe and much more cost-effective than a fully furnished hotel.

The accomodations rates for rentals can be found at the beaver creek vacation rentals. The page will show on the rates for rentals for bedrooms and locations.

So have fun and plan your trip with vailvalleygetaway.com

Repair your bad credit

2009-07-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Recession is pretty bad nowadays, in the United States alone has millions of people lose their jobs. And all of them have to deal with the headaches of bad credit.

How to fix this bad credit? A lot of people have been turned down for credit again and again. Its incredibly frustrating.

Dsi Solution customers will get you to discover a way to repair credit without a hassle. They can also help save tons of money by not having to pay crazy interest rates for credit repair. Finally they can help fix credit into new positive credit.

It doesnt matter what your history, background or credit record is. You will be amazed by Dsi Solution

Shopwiki clothing sale!

2009-07-26T07:41:00.000-07:00

Whats the different of shopping at a retail store and shopping online? Well, it is simple, shopping online saves you a lot of time to choose and very easy to search. Also, shopping online prices usually have discounts.

Fall is on its way! You are definitely going to need some new clothing to get you through the months ahead. There is a lot of new summer collection lists of clothing for women and clothing for men to choose from.

Do read about the latest trends for this fall so that you not left out this time. Read it at the fall style guide so that you will have a good idea on what bright colors, dramatic fabrics, patterns to choose from.

Visit shopwiki now!

Family day gifts ideas

2009-07-20T06:48:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a hamper or simple inexpensive gifts for a fun competition of family gathering games. Its better for you to get something that is useful rather than gifts that is just for display.

A good gift ideas would be giving something that they can use everyday. Example; Towel wrap, mug, shower gel, laundry bag, carpet, mat rolls, baby towels, and many other household items you can give.

A good gift is a type of gift that when someone receive it, it will be very usefull for them.

Bahrain the two seas

2009-07-07T00:36:00.000-07:00

Bahrain means " Two Seas " in arabic.

The focus is not the island’s minimal landmass, but the water that laps its shores. So shallow is the water lapping Bahrain’s coastline that the inhabitants regularly ‘reclaim’ pieces of land, filling in the gaps between sand bars, as if winning back lost territory.

Muharraq - Connected island northeast of the capital.

Manama - The capital area.

Northern Bahrain - Northwest, mostly urban area.

Central Bahrain - Just south of the capital area, mostly urban.

Southern Bahrain - The southern majority of the island, mostly rural.

Hawar Islands - Island group off the coast of Qatar.

What to do there?

1) Bahrain has history dating back 5000 years, from the ancient Dilmun period through the Islamic era. The country offers three forts which have been meticulously restored and opened to the public.

2) Bahrain National Museum, Qala'at Al-Bahrain, beit Sheikh Isa bin Ali

3) Bahrain's biggest yearly event is the Bahrain Grand Prix F1 race, held each April at the Bahrain International Circuit

4) Last but not least is the Al-Areen Wilflife Park and Reserve

These are the current top picks for Bahrain.

Reference:

Wiki Travel

Lonely planet

My TV Options

2009-06-07T08:15:00.000-07:00

My TV options is very flexible if you are moving out and getting to a new place. Its not that hard to find direct tv services with Mytvoptions.

Mytvoptions also provide a directtv service network where you can select your best channel that suits you well. So you dont have to pay extra for the HD, or Movies or International channel that you dont need.

After you have moved, you can easily check the Mytvoptions page by your local area, let say for Direct TV in California, or other cities. Its that easy!

Go to My TV Options now!

Hughes Net

2009-06-07T07:42:00.001-07:00

Satellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and in locations which move frequently. Satellite Internet services are almost limitless to every parts of the world. Internet access via satellite is available worldwide, including vessels at sea and mobile land vehicles.

Usually, people living in the rural areas were using dial-up through phone lines for accessing internet. Dial-up connections are slow and often unstable. But now, Hughes net satellite are offering a great deal for satellite internet access.

There are tonnes of benefits with Hughes net internet, its not only about fast connection speeds. HughesNet operates as a full ISP, meaning it offers all the great features of any high-speed Internet provider. Each plan includes email accounts with large storage capacity, spam and virus filtering, and technical support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

They also provide variety of satellite Internet deals for you to choose the plan that fits your needs. There are also unnlimited downloading during designated off-peak hours, Always-on connection and never have to wait for a connection again, 2 years parts and labor warranty, with additional triple Data Encryption Standard technology protects your private information.

These are excellent features, but the truly great benefit of HughesNet satellite Internet is that it’s available everywhere across North America – even in areas where cable and DSL aren’t available. All that’s needed is a clear view of the southern sky and a place to mount the satellite.

Holidays to Ibiza

2009-06-05T07:15:00.000-07:00

Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain. For a small island Ibiza has plenty to show you on your holiday; beautiful beaches, enchanting countryside, history and culture.

The main attraction in Ibiza for tourist attraction holidays would be Cova d'es Culleram which is a large beautiful cave with a lot of historical value for its treasures burrial.

Pasei Vara de Rey, a famous place especially in the evening for shoppings, Ponylandia for interesting items for sale such as vases, handicraft and ponies to ride for childrens. Es Vedra Rock, take a boat ride to get a beatiful view.

Travel to Poblado de Balafia if you would like to see famous ancient traditional architecture, such as houses, defence towers and historical houses at ibiza.

Remember, always plan early and book the hotels early, so you can save costs. Ibiza is a great place for sightseeing, shopping, partying and having fun!

One to know who called you?

2009-05-18T05:56:00.000-07:00

I found this site called "Reverse Lookup DB", this website is a website that gives users information about phone numbers. So when somebody called you and you somehow are interested to know who and where does the caller came from, you can do a reverse lookup to get information on the phone owners's name and his address. How cool is that?

Best of all, it is free!

To use the service, just visit the website, enter the area code followed by the phone number, and type search. There is also an advanced option to do a reverse phone lookup. This option will give you a much detailed information such as, the address.

It is so easy! you should give it a try!

Reverse lookup DB website

Gold Investment

2009-05-16T21:15:00.000-07:00

During the economic crisis in Asia in 1997, it was Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad which is the Prime Minister of Malaysia proposed introduction of Islamic gold dinar as currency for international trade in the Muslim world. It was intended to replace the United States dollar and, as a gold-based currency, provide a medium of exchange more stable than the dollar.

Effectively the use of the Islamic dinar will create an Islamic trading bloc. Such a trading bloc will be a powerful voice in International trading regimes and the shaping of the new financial architecture.

The gold currency was first used in 77AH,Many countries in the arab world have used dirhams or dinars as part of their currency systems as various times during the last two thousand years. The word dinar derives from the latin word denarius, which was actually a silver coin, and the origin of the "d" in the British "£.s.d" system, abbreviations for the latin words libra, solidus, and denarius.

The modern Islamic gold dinar (sometimes referred as Islamic dinar or Gold dinar) is a gold bullion coin made from 4.25 grams of 22-carat (k) gold that is a recent revival of the historical gold dinar which was a leading coin of early Islam. It is separate from the currencies of various states that use the dinar as a denomination.

According to Islamic law, the Islamic dinar is a coin of 22k (91.7%) gold weighing 4.25 grams. The Islamic dirham coin is 2.975 grams of pure silver. Umar Ibn al-Khattab established the known standard relationship between them based on their weights: "7 dinars must be equivalent (in weight) to 10 dirhams." This means you can buy gold with the amount of 10 silver coins.

Currently due to the rise of interest into buy gold coins and buy gold bullion due to the unstable economic crisis, there are a huge demand in buying gold coins. As the ultimate long-term store of value, gold coins and bullion may very well be the ultimate retirement asset. There are also advisors for investment retirement account (IRA) for gold IRA transfer. They accept Gold Coins, Gold Bullion, Silver and other type of precious Metals.

At Gold Coins Gain, the Aurum Advisors Website, is the online resource for gold coin and gold bullion acquisition. This website is a one stop center for easily accessible information on just about every physical gold topic under one roof.

Gold American Eagle, Gold Canadian Maple Leaf, Australian Gold Nugget, Liberty Quarter Eagle, Saint Gaudens Double Eagle and other precious metals for example American Platinum Eagle are some types of golds thats available at Gold Coins Gain.

Invest in gold now for a better future!

Bed and Breakfast Paris

2009-05-13T07:29:00.000-07:00

Backpackers get ready for some promotions! Are you planning on a trip to and need a Hotel Florence in Italy? Hotel Paris in France? or Hotel New York in the USA? Here is a few website that provides great offers such as no Booking charges! and secure online reservations!. Bedandbreakfastparis.biz, freereservation.com and hotelnyc.us. Visit these websites and do your reservations now! It will be an awesome trip!!

Dress Code

2009-05-13T06:24:00.000-07:00

Is there a any rules applied in chess for dresscode?

yes! there is! you must wear smart or smart casual. Team with matching shirts with logos, names and sponsors listed, or wearing a full suit with ties and cufflinks. The new dress code is as pleasant to the eye as useful in increasing the team’s name recognition and integrity.

The enforced dress code as a show of appreciation from the players to the sponsors and the venue itself. Usually when it comes to the dresscode, it will always depends on the organizer itself, let say i for an example, S Buckinghams is sponsoring the whole event, for sure the sponsors wants everybody to look smart doesnt it?

Sometimes, there are even teams that wears football jerseys for their uniform and traditional clothes as well, some even wears medieval clothing just to get in the mood.

So happy playing chess everyone!

Advantages of having a Direct TV

2009-05-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

Direct TV is the satellite TV leader. They offer the most programming to create the package right for you. DirectTv deals can cater to even the most hard to please viewer. Why settle for less? Direct TV packages offer you the best.

So what are the advantages of having a Direct Tv?

Cable TV and Internet TV have much of the same problem: they are more expensive than satellite TV, have less channels overall, and offer a less stable reception.

While Direct Tv System offers the lowest subscription price in the industry for hundreds of channels over 100 of which are HD only, and exclusive sports packages with the NFL.

Another feature worth mentioning is HD TV. Blu-Ray may give you tons of extra features on all your favorite movies, but a subscription to Direct TV Sevices can give you many more movies on a daily basis. HD TV channels with this satellite subscription also include channels that broadcast classic comedy, cutting edge cartoons, educational shows and hard-to-find sports coverage.

However, the best advantage to ordering Direct TV is in price. Customers are charged for a low monthly fee when compared to most cable providers, they also get a discount on free equipment when they sign a service contract.

This makes Direct TV the best choice for TV viewers who want the full experience in 2009, instead of settling for a digital tuner and maybe one extra digital channel besides local affiliates. For more information on Direct TV contact the website and see what specials the company is running for December-January.

Asian Cities Championship 2009

2009-05-05T07:14:00.000-07:00

Team Tehran did it! they won the Asian Cities Championship chess. The best thing about this tournament is, the fantastic view from Beirut, Lebanon. More on chessbase

Final Standing

1
Tehran (Iran)
17
273
2
Bangalore (India)
14
229½
3
Damascus (Syria)
13
187
4
Furn El Chebak A (LIB)
13
174½
5
Kathmandu (Nepal)
11
123½
6
Amman (Jordan)
10
182
7
Sanaa (Yemen)
10
170
8
Abu Dhabi (UAE)
10
116½
9
Baghdad (Iraq)
9
181
10
Aleppo (Syria)
9
153½
11
Sharjah (UAE)
9
146
12
Sulaimaniyah (Iraq)
9
110
13
Chiah (lebanon)
9
93½
14
Bandar Emam (Iran)
8
143
15
Beirut (Lebanon)
8
85½
16
Hazmieh (Lebanon)
6
103½
17
Dubai (UAE)
6
82
18
Al Quds (Palestine)
6
59½
19
Furn El Chebak B (LIB)
3
57½
20
Gaza (Palestine)
0
21½

Home Theatre System Tips

2009-05-05T07:06:00.000-07:00

Staying indoors in the comfort of your own living room might sound more appealing than getting in the car, driving to a theater chain and dealing with loud moviegoers who leave a mess and talk on cell phones during the show.

If you've ever thought about setting up your own personal movie theater, the amount of options can be mind-boggling there are tonnes of option if you are looking for LCD Televisions, HDTV, Blu-Ray or even AV Receivers. Whether you're looking for good sound for an equally good deal or even if you have millions to spare, buying a new home theater system is a big decision, and with so many options available, how do you decide which one is right for you?

I would suggest, for a home theatre system, make sure it includes THX, HDMI digital interface for Blu-Ray system and the overall speaker systems of 5.1 channel. If you want to save, just use a single speaker system.

Now that the high-definition DVD wars are over and Blu-ray is the sole provider of HD home video, you can expect a lot of systems, including laptop computers and video game consoles, to begin using the format. Home theater system producers have, of course, followed suit, and several in-the-box packages are showing up on the shelves.

In the end, my advice is Choose wisely!

Direct TV

2009-05-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

Direct TV provides television and audio services to subscribers through satellite transmissions. Services include the equivalent of many local television stations, broadcast television networks, subscription television services, satellite radio services, and private video services.

Subscribers have access to dozens or hundreds of channels, so its competitors are cable television service and other satellite-based services.

DirectTV Special Offer:

$21 OFF per month for 12 months

3 Months FREE of HBO®, SHOWTIME® and STARZ®

FREE HD, DVR or HD DVR RECEIVER UPGRADE‡

OVER 265 CHANNELS

66+ Premium Movie & Sports Channels

featuring Hollywood Hits, Classic, Independent and Original Movies, Original Series, and Specialty and Regional Sports Networks

The Local Channels you want

ADD HD Access

Nobody offers more HD than DIRECTV. Just $10 per month!

Consumers who purchased Direct TV service subscribe to various packages of DirecTV programming for which the subscriber pays a monthly fee. A subscriber also can order pay-per-view events and movies. DirecTV contracts with and pays program providers such as cable networks, motion picture distributors, sports leagues, event promoters, and other programming rights holders, for the right to distribute their programming to its subscribers.

All digital homes must have the latest Direct TV System. Choosing the proper satellite TV provider is an important decision that shouldn't be taken lightly, do carefully check your Direct Tv service provider packages offered by them.

Interior Design with Stainless Steel

2009-05-01T00:53:00.000-07:00

Interior design done by a professional is the dream of many home owners. The themes and trends evolve over the years and it blends from cultures all around the world.

The global internet boom has made interior designing to absorb many design type according to many culutures from around the world. Some design are good and some are aweful if the combination is not right. So the important thing in Interior Design is the right mix.

Usually, interior design is based on overall theme of the home. It would not do to decorate a traditional Malay wooden house with Scandinavian bare-all stainless steel interior furniture! The advice of a professional interior designer is thus very important to create the best ambiance for the mood that you want to create.

Modern design introduces many stainless steel products into modern houses. The solid design looks and its weather/corrosion resisting personality makes it favourable to most people. Nowadays there are even stainless steel mail box and stainless steel fireplace accesories such as the famous blomus stainless steel mailboxes and blomus stainless steel fireplace accessories.

A professional interior design is useful because it saves time and money in terms of mistakes that may be made by an amateur job. After all, like other jobs to be well done, it takes a lot of practice to be good.

Since you are going to live, sleep or work in a particular room, it might as well the place be as inviting as possible for the task. Once committed to a certain layout or theme, you would have to live with it for several years until it is necessary to change the function of the room again.

Office Design for increasing productivity

2009-05-01T00:24:00.000-07:00

Office interior design is important for maximizing productivity and reduce stress and increase inspiration and increase entrepreneurial spirit.You don't need to spend money on new expensive keyboards or mice, for most small business budgets, improving your office space comes down to a little ergonomic sense,a little artistic touch and some simple ideas can go far in boosting your business productivity.

An important element of business marketing is the branding and image of your company. Whether you entertain clients or not, your office design should match your brand. Successful branding requires you to look and "feel" the brand.

Noise in your office environment can have a greater impact on productivity than you may think. Turn down all volume by taking some necessary locical steps to reduce it.

Spending long hours in an unnatural environment can be hazardous to your health. Improper office ergonomic design can have a huge impact on productivity, injury prevention, and health. Consider these quick ergonomic checks.

Lighting in offices are very important. Improper lighting will reduce productivity and lightings also sets up the mood. Invest in some good lamps , lamps and lamp shades, table lamps, floor lamps, desk lamps and tochieres. This will deffinitely increase more productivity in your office.

Proton Exora MPV

2009-04-25T23:38:00.001-07:00

Yes! Malaysia Boleh!, the slogan means " Malaysia Can". Proton Malaysia launched the new MPV which is the first MPV model for the Malaysian Market.

The new Proton Exora is here and two variants will be available at launch time – a 1.6 liter automatic high-line and a 1.6 liter automatic medium-line, priced at RM75,998.00 and RM69,998.00 respectively OTR with insurance. Head on after the jump for the full scoop on the Exora.

The EXORA uses the new Campro CPS engine which produces 125 horsepower (127 PS) at 6,500rpm and 150Nm of torque at 4,500rpm.

The Proton Exora H-Line adds cruise control, the LCD screen with car DVD player for a great travel experience with the car audio and video and great car speakers, leather seats, and slightly different trim on the outside – chrome for the grille and rear, as well as blacked out B and C pillars using some convincing black stickers. The H-Line also provides GPS devices for travel convenience.

It’s good to know that the Bluetooth hands-free, car receivers and audio streaming functionality of the 2-DIN head unit has been retained in the M-Line. If you notice, the leather seats in the H-Line version have a combination material - there is a suede-like material at the sides, which according to Proton was intentionally left there so that the leather would be allowed to expand and contract in a certain way under the hot Malaysian climate and thus reduce the chances of them cracking.

yeay for Malaysian! Malaysia Boleh!

Travel Singapore

2009-03-04T06:56:00.000-08:00

One of Singapore's finest colonial structures, the Art Museum is devoted to the study and preservation of contemporary art of the Southeast Asian region. It has a collection of art works of historical significance and aesthetic value. They include art works by Singapore and the region's pioneering and established artists, as well as works by younger artists. It offers exhibitions, educational programs, and publications on visual arts from the regional and international scenes that aim to stimulate and enrich their cultural experience.

One of the main attractions is the E-mage Gallery, which features interactive programs. These programs aim to introduce the art histories and contemporary art practices of the Southeast Asian region. Through the programs, users will have access to digitized images of art works from the collections in the Art Museum, important public institutions, and private collections in Southeast Asia. Other facilities include the Museum Café and Museum Shop, which offers refreshments, souvenirs, and publications on the visual arts. On the other hand, the Museum Library is open to art researchers by appointment.

The Museum's 10,000 sq. meters floor area also houses climatically controlled storage and collection spaces, conservation laboratory, administrative offices, photography studios, and a patron's club. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and from Thursdays to Sundays. It is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Getting there : Walk towards Bras Basah road from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station.

Reference:

Marimari

Buy your chess sets online

2009-01-17T22:27:00.000-08:00

Good news to all chess tournament organizers, now you can purchase chess mats, chess books, chess sets and chess clocks at shopwiki. A good thing about shopwiki is that it will search every store on the internet by crawling like a google search engine. So instead of going through the websearch for you to choose, it is easier to use shopwiki as it will search and compile all the products you searched for and put it under one roof for you to choose and compare from different stores. Shopwiki will also display the average price and you yourself can set your own budget range, brands and even color. Isnt that great?

The prices ranges for a chessmat is from 6 dollars to 10 dollars, and manufactures are from different places you can choose from. The chess clocks vary from the normal analog to digital comprises of many different brands. The option for you to choose from the available stores from the search result by shopwiki makes it a lot more easier for you to make a good decision.

Besides chess products, you can also surf for other products too such car DVD players, mp3 players, playstation 3 and etc . After all it is a Wiki, where everything is under one roof.

Gift Cards for after Christmas sales

2008-12-29T21:51:00.000-08:00

Happy new year everyone!

Have you tought of your loved ones this new year? and you dont have any ideas what gift to give them, try sending gift cards instead. It is a great and simple idea. Guess what? everyone love cards!

At Gift Card Mall, there are plenty of varieties you can choose from and you can even create your own card from your own design.Gift cards continue to be the preferred gift this holiday. Deloitte’s Holiday Survey found for the fifth straight year that gift cards are expected to be the top gift purchase.

Markdowns are likely to continue after the holidays, especially with slow pre-Christmas sales. By giving gift cards this season, consumers will benefit from after Christmas sales, getting great deals on everything from clothing to electronics to household gear. This year let your gift cards buy even more and use them in January.

A great place for virtual socializing

2008-12-29T11:42:00.000-08:00

Hey fellas,

I found this site, it is a great place for socializing virtually, at KAKIIS.

You can first invite your friends to join a fun group set up by you yourselves, then you can interact with your groupmates by sending messages from the web to their own mobile virtual number. Your friends are now able to receive group messages on their PC and mobile phones.

Isnt that great? You can inform news quickly to your friends for a gathering, socializing, dinner or even announcement on anything for an example, upcoming chess competition

Visit to know more at www.kakiis.com.my

Johannesburg Hotels

2008-12-23T06:07:00.000-08:00

If Johannesburg is organizing a chess tournament, where would you stay? Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. Johannesburg is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills. The city is one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, Johannesburg is home to some of Africa's tallest structures, such as the Sentech Tower, Hillbrow Tower and the Carlton Centre.

Johannesburg

If you have the chance to visit Johannesburg,do visit the largest shopping centre is Sandton City, while Hyde Park is one of its most prestigious. Other centres include Rosebank, Eastgate, Westgate, Northgate, Southgate, and Cresta. There are also plans to build a large shopping centre, known as the Zonk'Izizwe Shopping Resort, in Midrand. "Zonk'Izizwe" means "All Nations" in Zulu language, indicating that the centre will cater to the city's diverse mix of peoples and races. Also a complex named Greenstone in Modderfontein has been opened and is intended to become the largest shopping complex in the southern hemisphere.

If you are wondering where you can finde cheap Johannesburg Hotels, dont worry because there are plenty there and you can always compare the price online. If you visit Sandton, which has the largest shopping center, you can try to find Sandton Hotels Johannesburg. Finally if you have the chance to visit Cape town, try to survey the price at Cheap Cape Town Hotels.

Lets setup a booth

2008-09-20T12:26:00.000-07:00

Dear Chessclub Members,

In order for us to be active again, it is better for us to have a good booth for a good publicity. The best is to make as professional like in the trade show booths at any trade show center like in PWTC, or Putrajaya convention center or MITC.

The good thing is, i found a good website for booth decorations and supplies. Camelback Displays sells all types of trade show booths for exhibiting at trade shows. They also sell a full line of custom printed table skirts for our tournament. We can have our logo, full color artwork or text message printed on them.

Camelback also carry every type of banner stands made. Haha, this reminds me of our odd looking banners we used to made by ourselves. Banners can be ordered with the hardware. Pipe and drape is used to make the booths used at trade shows.We will have our own space to exhibit at a show. Inside the booth, we can add a trade show display (aka: trade show booth), flooring, graphics, banner stands, etc...

So guys lets make it happen once again! Go Chess Club

Chess Club is now active again!!

2007-07-14T09:05:00.000-07:00

Dear members,

Our next activity will be on 16th of July(Monday at FBL 5033 5th floor).

Here is one new Tournament Coming up,

JOHOR CHESS OPEN 2007
> Venue : Level 35 Office Tower City Square,Jalan Wong
> Ah Fook 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor
> Time : 9.00am - 7.00pm
> Date : 21st July 2007 (Saturday)
> Organiser: Johor Chess Association
>
> Categories:1) Open Section RM20 Entry fee
> 2)under-16 RM 8 Entry fee
> 3)under-12 RM 5 Entry fee

This is the tournament of this month, those who are interested to go please come to the activity.

This week we will teach the newbies how to play chess or chinese chess.
and for those who think they are good, please do come to play with other players too, you may encounter better players.
Take this chance to improve yourself during the activity!!!!!!!!

Regards,
Goh Su Wang
012-2307678

Chess Rating 2007 Update list !!!

2007-05-18T00:51:00.000-07:00

Check it out, this is so cool!!

GILACHESS has uploaded the latest NATIONAL RATING LIST!!!

but before you download....

Thanks to Gilachess for all your hardwork, posting blogs everyday, updating chess scenes all over Malaysia...

ahoy MMU melaka chess club, wake up la... we need to get more active and more competitive.

Those who didnt memorize opening skills - do please2 study your opening repertoir, this can be improve if you just concentrate on ONE opening e.g - ruy lopez and play it over and over again everyday.

Middlegame - go solve more puzzles!!

Endgame - some of our members dont know how to checkmate? duh! go buy Fritz 9.0 and play endgame.

DOWNLOAD THE LATEST NATIONAL RATING

MMU International Chess Open

2007-05-06T03:30:00.000-07:00

Top 5 Winners. Photo © Alexander Loh, MMU.

MMU Malacca International Chess Open Tournament took place 14th-15th April 2007. FM Anas Nazreen Bakri won the event with a perfect score of 7/7.

Individual
Final Round 7 Standings
1 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 7.0;
2-4 Law Zhe Kang, Fariz Shafruddin, NM Kamalariffin Wahiduddin 6.0;
5-10 Kamaluddin Yusof, Chow Mon Ben, Abdul Khalid, Masrin Erowan, Lee Kwan Pin, Donny b Sudarno 5.5;
124 players.

Best U-18
Alia Anin Azwa Bakri

Best U-15
Joshua Lim

Team
1) Be Very Afraid
-Masrin Erowan
-Mohd. Fairin Zakaria
-Kamaluddin Yusof
-NM Kamalariffin Wahiduddin

2) UKM
-Chow Mon Ben
-Law Zhe Kang
-Aimi Nazri
-Mohd Azin

3) Knight Camp
-Kamal Azmi
-Abd Khalid B Musa
-Ali Akbar B Kuning
-Donny B Sudarno

Thanks to GILACHESS.COM for posting the results on your site, it really helps motivate us to do more tournaments in the future!!

MMU Open in Gilachess web click here!

TO the organizers,

congratulations!, may us work even more harder to revive mmu chessclub,

NEXT Project >>

2007 -2008 Annual Grand Meeting!

Sports Fiesta Chess Challenge 2007 (SFCC 07)

2007-03-03T19:56:00.000-08:00

Get yourself ready!!

Sports Fiesta is back pack with full of actions and thrills, kicking off with paintball challenge early this month and ends with a super grand Karnival Gemilang - 10 (10th MMU anniversary) opening ceremony.

Rules : Must Be MMU student! (Cyber or Melaka)

Details:

FREE T-SHIRTS !!!!!

International Chess

24th till 25th march
45 minutes per side ,( 90 minutes per game)
6 Swiss round, 3 games per day.
Winners are for 1st,2nd and 3rd placings only.

Registration booth AT PLAZA SISWA GROUND FLOOR!!!

only RM6!!!

Tentative

*For those who have exam, you can come at 11 am to pick up your t shirt and start game 1. All games will be starting at 1100 sharp, if you are late, you are given only 30 minutes before you are eliminated from

24rd March 2007 (Saturday) (GAME START AT 11 O' CLOCK because most student have exam on Saturday)

0730 - 0830 - T-Shirt pick up and briefing
1100 - 1230 - Game 1
1230 - 1245 - Break after Game 1
1245 - 1415 - Game 2
1415 - 1445 - Break
1445 - 1615 - Game 3

- End of day 1 -

25th March 2007 (Sunday)

0900 - 0930 - Pairing out for game 4 (come early)
0930 - 1100 - Game 4
1100 - 1115 - Break after Game 4
1115 - 1245 - Game 5
1245 - 1345 - Break
1345 - 1515 - Game 6 (Final Round)

- END -

*The prize giving ceremony will be during the opening ceremony for Karnival Gemilang 10 at 730pm @ 1930 hours.

Everyone are invited to come to join this glamorous and marvelous event!.

for more information please contact :

Noor Ashraaf (ash) - 013 342 8339
or email to noor_ashraaf@yahoo.com

www.sfcc2007.blogspot.com

Sem 3 Calender.

2007-02-11T00:03:00.000-08:00

Before anything, I would like to welcome the new members of Chess Club. We`re now unofficially 1 years old, and we reach a total membership of 177 members. (though most of them missing). The new family members are,

Waid Mustafa
Lesedi Makhosa
Kelvin Tan
Amiz Arsalan Kormi
Mustafo Awil Adam
Amir Zen
Charles ToolSeram Chan
Pang Shi Min
Ahmad Kamel Bin Md Nor
Muptadir Suwani
Soroush Rabiee
Ahmad Barhanudin Abas
Jagadis a/l Rajarathnam
Liew Ju Lung
Chua Teong Jiet
Kenny Wale
Rianto Juwano Elifas
Freedrick Waboya Molwantwa
Alsalib, Bilal Mohamed

Welcome, welcome. And here`s the calender.

7th February (Wednesday).
International Chess Trainning Session.Topic : End Games. Learn how to check mate,controlling the game with pawns and force stalemate.Admission : FreeTime : 8pmVenue : Sri Zamrud(Above main hall)

3rd March.- pending (Satuday)
Melaka-Cyber Friendly.
Selection will be done by theCommitee members.
Criteria : active participation.

14th March - pending (Wednesday)
Internal Chess Tournament.
Format : Blitz ( 5 minutes per side).
Venue : not confirmed
Time : 8pm-11pm.

31st March - 1st April
MMU Melaka Chinese Chess Open (Sat-Sun)
Venue : Exam Hall

14th-15th April (Sat-Sun)
MMU Melaka International Chess Open.
Venue : Main Hall.

21st-22nd April (Sat-Sun)
Malaysian Book of Records Largest Chess Tournament.
Place : Mid Valley Megamall.

MMU MELAKA OPEN COMING UP in APRIL 2007

2006-12-21T05:51:00.000-08:00

MMU MELAKA OPEN COMING UP in APRIL 2007

MMU Melaka Chess is planning to organize MMU MELAKA OPEN Tournament , Events are going to be held around 15-16 April 2006, (roughly) .

We need help from everyone/ Chess Association/ University Chess Clubs / Schools / to send their contacts to the emails below for an official invitation.

Alex Loh - keen1987@yahoo.com
Noor Ashraaf - noor_ashraaf@yahoo.com

Main Commitee has been set up,

Director - Alex Loh = 0123689082, keen1987@yahoo.com
Asst. Director - Chris Lim
Secretary - Noor Ashraaf = 0133428339, noor_ashraaf@yahoo.com
Treasurer - Eric Teoh

Sponsorship - Gwo Liang
Publicity - Jeff
Technical - Arvin
Resources - Khairi
Ceremony - Chong Siang

This event will held in MMU Melaka Campus

Details will be put up later...

CHess Booth for EVERYONE

2006-11-26T08:28:00.000-08:00

I seriously can`t believe that we haven`t been seeing any of the chess club members for months.
We will be having our chess activities in CLC concourse beginning from this week till the week after. Depending on the response; we`ll see how long we will last there.

We all miss you, come visit us at the booth. Hope to see you all there. Pictures will be uploaded soon.

MMU Closed Rapid Chess Tournamenet

2006-09-11T07:24:00.000-07:00

To every beginner, amature, pro and pro-wannabe chess players,

The Melaka Chess Club is proud to bring you our annual Closed Rapid tournament. It will be on the 23rd of Septemeber, which is the Saturday after next.
This is the format/details.

Time : 8am - 6pm
Venue : Main Hall.

Format
Category : International Chess and Chinese Chess. (choose only one as both tournaments will be conducted simultinously)

Number of rounds : 6 rounds,
Time per side : 30 minutes
Pairings : Swiss Pairings.

The best part of all is that it only cost RM 2 for Chess Club members while non-members will have to pay 1 ringgit extra, (so that makes it 3 ringgit).
We promise you we won`t only give medals for prize, and there are prizes till the 10th placing. So, do join, whether you know how to play or not. This is a perfect opportunity
for those who always wanted to play chess in a competitive arena but denied the chance to do so.

To register, please visit our booth at

FOSEE - 11th-15th Sept
CLC - 18th-21st Sept

or register online (pay later)

http://nexus.mmu.edu.my/forums/viewtopic.php?p=105239#105239

Should you have any doubts, pls call

Alex : 012 3689082

Hope to see many new faces in the chess community. Till then..

Yours sincerely,
Alexander Loh,
Director of MMU Closed Rapid Chess Tournament

Chess Booth in Old FOSEE Building

2006-08-21T03:42:00.000-07:00

1st day for our chess booth(some members don't even know the chess booth exists) and we had quite a number of people coming to play!
We have a quiz (photo taken in Chess Booth) for you guys to solve.
This match is been played by Alex (As White)

If White is to move, can u win or at least draw the game?

The picture is a bit blur (handphone with 1.3MP only) so i'll tell you the coordinates of th pieces.

White: (King G1) (Queen G4) (Rook A1)

(Pawn A2, B4, C2, F2, G2, H2)

Black: (King C8) (Queen A3) (Rook D7, E8) (Knight C5)

(Pawn A7, B6, H7)

If you, by any chance, can solve it, please don't hestitate on posting your answer in the comment column. Thanks. (PS: More quizes to come. So please visit chess site frequently)
:)

Long Live MMU Chess Club!!!

Man Vs Machine this November

2006-08-11T10:01:00.000-07:00

RAG Aktiengesellschaft

presents :
MAN VS MACHINE

Stock up popcorns,ice cream, Ais kacang, junk foods, and all fast food you can during this november and december!! Chess Super Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik VS Deep Fritz will be 2006 match of the year !!

MORE INFO

A little bit on Kramnik :

Vladimir Kramnik

	Born June 25,1975 in Moscow
	14th Classical World Chess Champion
	Three-time olympiad winner as a member of the Russian team
	Russian Honored Master of Sport
	From 1995 to 2004, Kramnik consistently took one of the top three spots in the world rating list
	Current ELO rating: 2743

The duel against Deep Fritz will revisit a match held in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2002, Kramnik played an impressive 4:4 match, dominating the machine and earning considerable praise from the chess community. Many experts – including the developers of Deep Fritz - agreed that, with his strong grasp of positions, Kramnik is probably the only human being who can still give the increasingly powerful chess computer a run for its money.

MORE INFO ON TOURNAMENT

MORE INFO ON RAG GROUP

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA KOLEJ CEMARA & AKASIA INTEC, UiTM

2006-07-24T22:55:00.000-07:00

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA KOLEJ CEMARA & AKASIA INTEC, UiTM

There will be a chess tournament in Shah Alam organised by UiTM on the 6th of August 2006.

Details:-

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA KOLEJ CEMARA & AKASIA INTEC, UiTM 2006

Tarikh	6 Ogos 2006 ( Ahad ).
Masa	8.00pagi hingga 6.00petang.
Tempat	Dewan Besar INTEC, Kampus Seksyen 17, Shah Alam. Selangor .
Sistem Pertandingan	Sistem SWISS 7 Pusingan, ( 25minit setiap pemain ).
‘Tie Break’	(1)Solkoff; (2)S/B; (3)Cumulative; (4)P/E(where applicable)
Yuran Penyertaan	RM 25.00, (Makanan tengahari dan minum petang disediakan.)
Tarikh Tutup Penyertaan*	Terhad kepada 140 penyertaan terawal sahaja. Sila hantar borang penyertaan kepada urusetia sebelum 2 Ogos 2006. (Tempahan awal tidak menjamin tempat kecuali* hanya pendaftaran telah berbayar sebelum tarikh tutup pendaftaran.Pendaftaran lewat hanya akan dilayan sekiranya ada kekosongan dengan denda lewat RM3.00. Masa melaporkan diri pada hari pertandingan adalah dari pukul 7.30pagi hingga 8.30pagi. Penghantaran melalui faks atau e-mail boleh dibuat.Sila rujuk maklumat dibawah. (Hubungi: Pn. Hamidah: 0193632177, Cik Kamsiah: 03-55227078 atau En. Amir: 03-55227081) Pembayaran penyertaan adalah dengan secara TUNAI / Wang POS, berpalang atas nama:- Bendahari INTEC dan dialamatkan kepada:- Unit Sukan, Bahagian HEP INTEC, UiTM Seksyen 17, 40200 Shah Alam. Selangor. No. Faks: 03-55227082 e-mail: amirs847@salam.uitm.edu.my e-mail: bakar585@salam.uitm.edu.my

Hadiah		Aturcara / Jadual pertandingan
Johan	RM 250 + Cenderahati + Sijil	7.30pg – 8.30pg	Pendaftaran
Kedua	RM 150 + Cenderahati + Sijil	8.45pg	Ucapan
Ketiga	RM 100 + Cenderahati + Sijil	9.00pg – 9.50pg	Pusingan 1
Keempat	RM 70 + Sijil	10.00pg – 10.50pg	Pusingan 2
Kelima	RM 60 + Sijil	11.00pg – 11.50pg	Pusingan 3
Keenam	RM 50 + Sijil	12.00tgh – 12.50 tgh	Pusingan 4
Ketujuh	RM 40 + Sijil	REHAT
Kelapan	RM 40 + Sijil	2.00ptg – 2.50 ptg	Pusingan 5
Kesembilan	RM 40 + Sijil	3.00ptg – 3.50 ptg	Pusingan 6
Kesepuluh	RM 40 + Sijil	4.00ptg – 4.50ptg	Pusingan 7
Wanita Terbaik	RM 40 + Sijil	5.30 ptg	Majlis Penutup / Penyampaian Hadiah / Jamuan.

PLEASE EMAIL them your NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, IC, and EMAIL

CHINESE CHESS SEREMBAN OPEN

2006-07-24T22:18:00.000-07:00

Recently, about a 3 days before the first MMU league,

Jeff represent MMU went to seremban for CHINESE CHESS Competition. Picture tells a thousand words :

JEFF is easily noticeable since he is wearing MMU shirt

Jeff in deep thought....shhh! be quiet!!

In control...in control ngeh3

As expected, most of the participants are veteran players...this makes the competition tougher!!

Well MMU students should be as high sprited like JEFF, he represents MMU, proudly wear MMU shirt and One of the Active Chinese Chess players in MMU.

LOoking forward for more active chess players this year!!!

HIDUP MMU MELAKA CHESSCLUB!!!

Chess League Session 1

2006-07-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

The first league session was sucessfully conducted today with a total participants of 32. Congrats to all winner of the day. But apart from all that, I would like to explain a little bit on the filtering which I propose to be implement on.

I think most of you have been test by the committee (those who were present on 12 July training session) before joining the league during last week qualifyer. Ppl ask, why the trouble, why so mafan, just let them all in la. Before you get on your nerves, let me reason it out k.

Reason no 1
To search for quality, not quantity.
This is not a competition where we want as many participants as possible. This is sort of a selection process where we are going to players going to represent MMU, bear the name of our club and play for us. So we would want to send our best teams there.

Reason no 2
To protect new learners.
Yes, by not allowing a certain of you to partipate, We are actually tying to help you guys. Among those we filter, there are ppl who fell for 4 move checkmate, doean`t know how to castle, doesn`t know touch move, doesn`t know where the king and queen should be. Now, you won`t learn much under a high tension match where games are rigid, with so much technicalities and all. Instead, they could learn much much more under normal trainning session, where you can undo, explain every single move and yada yada.

Reasons no 3
To achive a balance and fair match.
We would really hope to see everyone who`s in this league are up to a certain standard. What we would like to avoid is a very easy win. And it would be very unfair for those ppl who fought very hard against a strong opponent. Imagine you are being put on par with ppl who win in just 8-10 move and at the same time, ppl who spend a full 2 hour game cracking that brains out. So if everyone is on a fair playing ground, then this selection will be more meaningful.

Though we have tried out best, unfortunately, we did slip off some ppl into the tournament as we didn`t filter all of those who registered last minute. It sad to see certain certain ppl leave at 8.50 pm because there already finish 2 of their games. Guess, there is only so much we could do.

Lastly, I would really like to personally apologise to those who felt was offended with this mechanism. And especially to ashruff because everytime a person wants to register, I stoped him and did the filtering test. I know it`s annoying.. but it`s only fair to those who passed the filtering last week. So on my part, I`m sorry k? Hope this does not hamper our effort to work together.

Good luck for round 2. Maybe the best prevail.

Chess Club :: Interfaculty cum MMU Closed Selection 2006

2006-07-17T03:49:00.000-07:00

MMU Cyberjaya campus against representatives from MMU Melaka campus in conjunction with MMU's Convocation day which will be on the 5th of August 2006

So MMU malacca chess club members get ready!!!

We will Choose representatives from International chess and Chinese Chess !!!

SAPS points provided!!

SUBSCRIBE TO CHESS CAMP NOW !!

2006-07-09T03:44:00.000-07:00

CHESS MAKES YOU SMART !!

DONT LOSE THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY !!

JOIN CHESS CAMP NOW!!!

Subscribe to mmuchesscamp06

Email:

Browse Archives at groups.google.com

CHESSCLUB AGM + ICE BREAKING

2006-07-09T03:31:00.000-07:00

Annual Grand Meeting

This Year VS Last Year

First of all, all commitees did a good job!!! give yourselves a round of applause!! clap clap clap!! ...
From the first day of meeting....recruitment drives... and AGM, everyone still stick and worked out together and no one quits like years before...

AGM this year has improved a lot but still need to add some ingredients and spices, compared to last year it was like 1st day attending to class.

What we have improved
- Video presentation
- Commitees Introduction
- A little bit organized
- Everyone knows their roles
- Chess battles was good and need to be improved
- Attendance are noted :D for SAPS points

What we did last year
- Intro and just stand up to tell out names... duh!
- no activities at all

What we need more for next year
- Well professional commitees (dressing and mine your languages please! " i heard someone talking some ##### words...." ) - we must get proper training...
- For ice breaking, we can still play chess or any other games, but this time devide into smaller groups, assign one commitee per group, make sure mixed (racial integration) and we can have some group battles or so...
- More approach to chinese chess
- Extended Video presentations up to 10 - 15 minutes
- perhaps you guys can suggest it by posting some comments, or maybe well discuss it on upcoming meeting if we have time...

That is all :D

Recruitment drive

2006-07-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

RECRUITMENT DRIVE

First week of recruitment drive is over. The response for the first 2 days was good. Really good. These 2 days recruited more member than a whole week of last sem. However the next few days, the registeration rate decrease... a lot. Though we are dissapointed, but everytime we saw that there is a huge gathering around during breaks/lunch time.... we couldn`t help but feel proud. Our booth, center of attraction, leisure and skills.

2nd Week Of recruitment drive attracted another 150+ members, which is more than half of our target (300). This means chess club have improved !! yeay!!

Pictures Pictures Pictures :

Semester 1 2006

2006-06-23T00:09:00.000-07:00

Yeahhh Semester 1 is back again!!

MMU melaka chess is all fired up and ready for 300 students target mark!!!.

Some of the first meeting issue discussed;

Secretary write official letter to SRC to book an Operating Room
Booth design and slots booking
Discussed to held a Talk by GM, IM or NM or some chess lecturers
Tournaments
MERDEKA OPEN
League
Rating systems
AGM

*Pictures will be uploaded later..

p/s - Hicoms please be punctual for meetings XD.

Next project - Booth Design

HICOM JOBS DURING Trimester break

2006-05-21T04:36:00.000-07:00

Dear all beloved hi-coms of mmu chess club

during break.. please take sometime to think of these =

BOOTH DESIGN
ROOM BOOKING
REGISTRATION TARGET = 300 STUDENTS!!!
ICE BREAKING stuffs - how do we introduce ourselves to newbies? previous was lame..
TOURNAMENTs
PRIZES - MEDALS, CERT, HAMPER, PRIZE MONEY
SPONSORS - WE NEED SPONSORS ; sponsors please click here to contact us
DESIGN SOME FLASH INTRO OF OUR CLUB
DESIGN a NEW LOGO!!!!
NEW CONSTANT SYSTEM FOR TOURNAMENT
RULES AND REGULATION FOR TOURNAMENT
We need a plan where when commitee works they get payed (sikit pon okay la) so that it will be fair because they cannot join the tournament.

HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!

postpone of event....

2006-05-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

Take note that the Melaka Closed tournament originally scheduled to be held tomorrow (6th May 2006) has been postponed to next week on 13th May 2006 (Saturday).

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERTUTUP MELAKA 2006

2006-05-04T21:52:00.000-07:00

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERTUTUP MELAKA 2006

SEMPENA HARI POLIS DAN HARI MAJLIS PERBANDARAN ALOR GAJAH.

ANJURAN

IPD ALOR GAJAH DAN MAJLIS PERBANDARAN ALOR GAJAH

Pengelola : JK Teknik dan Pembangunan Catur MSSnM

Tempat : Dataran Keris / Dewan IPD, Alor Gajah

Tarikh : 6 Mei 2006 (Sabtu)

Kategori	Terbuka	Bawah 18	Bawah 12
Yuran	RM 20	RM 10	RM 5
Format	7 Pusingan Swiss	Kawalan Masa	25 minit
Pemutus Seri	Solkoff / SB / Kumulatif / PE
Syarat Penyertaan	Warga Melaka / Belajar / Bekerja / Menetap di Melaka
Tarikh Tutup Penyertaan*	Sila hantar borang penyertaan kepada urusetia di bawah selewat-lewatnya pada 5 Mei 2006.

* Terhad kepada 130 penyertaan terawal sahaja

Rebut hadiah wang tunai berjumlah lebih daripada RM1170.

Untuk sebarang pertanyaan, sila hubungi urusetia seperti dibawah :-

En. Sharol : 019 – 6565396
acak98@tm.net.my

En. Kelana : 012 – 2931798

En. Mazlan : 019 - 6280431
MH1960@tm.net.my

www.gilachess.com

MASUM Sports 2006

2006-05-01T00:23:00.000-07:00

14th - 24th May: Majlis Sukan Universiti-Universiti
Malaysia (MASUM) Sports 2006

"Universiti Institut Teknologi MARA (UiTM) will host
this year’s MASUM championship and the venues are
spread out to Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya , Putrajaya and
Kelana Jaya.

The sports complex in UiTM will be the main venue.
Twenty-one private and public universities will
compete in the championship and fighting for honours
in 19 sports.

Frisbee will be demonstrated for the first time. The
sports are archery, softball, kayak, rowing, silat,
tennis, volleyball, futsal, rugby, CHESS, handball,
taekwondo, cricket, golf, lawn bowls, basketball,
netball and tabletennis.

The universities competing are: UiTM, UUM, USM, UPSI,
UM, UKM, UPM, UIAM, UNIMAS, UMS, KUKUM, KUIM, KUiTTHO,
KUTKM, KUKTEM, KUSTEM, UNITEN, UTP, MMU and UTAR." ~
Malaysian Today (19/04/2006)

On our exam week? What la... is MMU even going to send anyone for any event?

CHESS MAKES U SMART!!!!

2006-04-17T20:20:00.000-07:00

Hi guys....

we are lucky coz we play chess and we have a club! , and we start early! ...whatever...

Chess makes u smart! <-- how does this apply in our life? If i am going to talk about this.... it will take more than 1000 pages of long boring article with proving some theory, relating it with psychological factors, environmental factors bla bla bla.... the point that i want to prove is; ask yourself this question, or somebody might ask you " why in the world are you addicted/like/ admire/ commited your life/ have a hobby of/ studying/ researching/love to chess'ing' your heart out?

i previously read numerous scholastic article on chess especially the psychological aspect/ mathematics/ people point of view just to prove that playing chess does have some brain improving + apply in daily life reason (not just strategy) but to say "chess makes you smart!", and it is not for NERDS!"...

Mozart makes music that somehow induces the brain to be more active and "more smarter", natural born geniuses uses the ability of seeing further and constantly indirectly train their subconcious mind by seeing things other common people dont see (be in their own world) " by looking in a broader point of view" << this is why they always seen blur2 :P and chess subconciously train ourselves indirectly in our daily lives, we may realize or not realizing it...but every brain cracking moves we made on the chessboard or some psychological crushing moves made by our opponents really changed our point of view on the chessboard...and somehow in our lives...

how did this happen? why?

yups , in psychological reason; of course because it hurts u internally and may embedded into your brain forever e.g " arrrghhh i didnt see that coming!!!, or arghh!!! i made a wrong move!!" ; this will make yourself improve and not wanting to repeat the same mistake again... this is one of the reason... but there is more.....Tera Billion Million whatever number on earth you call it .... of them..

reasons of proving this theory =

8 by 8 = 64 squares by 32 chess pieces = 2048 possible probability moves of each pieces placement on a square

There are 20 possible moves for whiteThere are 20 * 20 = 400 possible moves for black, depending on what white does. Then there are 400 * 20 = 8,000 for white. Then there are 8,000 * 20 = 160,000 for black, and so on. If you were to fully develop the entire tree for all possible chess moves, the total number of board positions is about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 10¹²⁰, give or take a few - www.howstuffworks.com

now imagine from that TERA Billion Million* position, how many lesson can you learn from that? (-_-*!)

chessbase article 18th april 2006 - chess and the law of physics- Two years ago we told you about a book in which Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize winning physicist, used the rules of chess to illustrate the laws of physics. Feynman was famous for his ability to explain complex subjects to a lay audience in a sparkling, entertaining fashion

"Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems."

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Statesman, philosopher, inventor, scientist, musician, economist

chesskids

In a 1977-1979 study at the Chinese University in Hong Kong by Dr. Yee Wang Fung, chess players showed a 15% improvement in math and science test scores.

and many more.....

ariticle to be continued...

NEW FORUM !!!!!

2006-04-12T02:32:00.000-07:00

I Have Created a New Forum for all of you !!!

Lock And Load Ready to Fire !!!

LEts Talk!!!

Commitee Discussions

AGM inputs
Ice Breaking Ideas
Organization Make Over
New Members Intake
Team Building
Seminars
Plans
Leadership Seminars Camps..

Members Discussions

Ratings
Session
Social Integrations
Culture Exchange
Chess Improvements
Chess Partner

CHESS TALK

Opening
Middlegame
Endgame

Upcoming Events

AGM
Ice Breaking
Chess Session
Chinese Chess

Upcoming Tournaments

Merdeka Open
IPTA / IPTS Open
MMU CLOSED
MMU OPEN
Team Selection

CLICK HERE !!!!

or at the navigation button on the left....

MMU CLOSED RAPID TOURNAMENT RESULTS

2006-04-08T02:33:00.000-07:00

MMU CLOSED RAPID TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Feww...at last the event has finished ....

28 Participants including pre register joined the tournament, but many didnt turn up for the tournament... maybe couldnt get up in the morning or something else...

OKay okay.... we show u guys the results

Congratulations to the winners =

1st - Mohammad Fuad 5.5 points 2nd - Noor Ashraaf 5.5 points 3rd - Soo wei pin 5.0 points

OKay now we proceed on how we organize this event, so we go wayyyy back 2 weeks ago , which is on 21 march 2006,

- 21 march 2006 -

Planning -

How much the first prize?, What type of tournament? Target participants? Booth? Promotions? Budget?? :D

- 26 march 2006 -

Stupid monitor can't turn on....haih....

Yi chong says - We should design a booth.... so me and eric made a design for the booth.... :P
it looked something like this...

This gam not strong enough pulak...

Eric working on the last minute design.... It look very attractive isnt it?

Haiya...dont just play la wei... do some promotion lar!! :P

It was great to have our own booth , thanks to Yichong and Gunaseelan for all their hardwork, .....

- 26th - 7th April 2006 -

almost towards the event, we suddenly have our own A3 poster for the tournament yeay!!

The sad thing was... we didnt get the Main Hall as our venue, more info - ask ICEMS guys...

but the design very nice wasnt it? :D

THANKS AGAIN !!

- Promotions such as - SPAMMING yahoo groups of club and society such as UPG, forwarding messages to Yahoo Messenger ,YM list and posting on Bulletin Boards (Nexus, MyMMU.net, ONLINE SYSTEMS)....with "permission"

- Thanks to Alex, And myself :D

later on 7th April 2006, night before tournament, we set up the rooms with "some" of our commitees until late... (arranging tables, choosing the best tables, and even find the best chess pieces for the table 1 board)...

later on 8th April 2006,

Morning - Call security to open door (FBL5034) , Switch on lights, aircond, pc, projector ....

i dunno what time - arrival of gwo liang... :P
845am- arrival of me... :P

930am - arrival of participants....

1010am - game starts....

Pictures..............

Nicely arranged....

Actually.... alex is playing warcraft...

First round.....

Guna "Arbiter of the day" ( Alex Vs Alireza)

Dr wong - psst.. move knight to c6.. :P

Dr wong in action.... Where is my opponent?

Ashkan - The Opening Master, Fuad - MMU closed winner

The Bishop Vs Rook!! Ashkan vs Ashraaf

I am about to fall asleep... Final Round Fuad vs Alex

Wow!! look at the hands... Fuad Vs Ashraaf

Special Thanks!!!

to our club advisor Mr Alan Tan for giving out Prices :D
(waa....only wear shorts :P probably after going to gym...)

To ALL COMMITEES, CONGRATULATION TO ALL !!
We made our first step, our first even successful without any problems!

Time To Concentrate on NeXt SemeSter !!!

Dont Forget We also hAVe FINAL EXAMS!! STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! everyone!!

See ya! :D

MMU CLOSED RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT

2006-03-28T08:29:00.000-08:00

Multimedia University (Malacca Campus) CHESS CLUB

Contacts = 0126109350 - Yi Chong; 0133428339 - Ash , 0162943719 - Guna, 0166254500 - Eric

Blogsite = http://mmumelakachess.blogspot.com, Email: mmu.chessclub@gmail.com

ENTRY FORMS - MMU CHESSCLUB - RAPID TOURNAMENT

8^th April 2006 (Saturday) - 0830 ~ 1730

Time Control : 25 minutes per side

6 Rounds Swiss

MAIN HALL

Registration : 0830 - Round 1 - 3: 1000 - 1300 / followed by Lunch / Round 4 - 6: 1400 - 1830

Prizes	Open
Champion	RM 100
Second	RM 75
Third	RM 50
Fourth - Tenth	RM 10

Total Prize Fund of RM 285 If entries exceed 100 players prize will be increased

Tie-Break (1) PE (where applicable) (2) Solkoff (3) S/B (4) Cumulative

Entry Fees: RM 6.00 - Members

RM 8.00 Non members + MMU Staff

RM10.00 LATE COMERS register on 8^th April 2006

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ENTRY FORM FOR MMU CLOSED RAPID TOURNAMENT

Name: Email:

Student ID: Tel:

I agree to abide by all decisions made by the Organizing Committee.

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Receipt : Received RM 6 / RM 8 from

As payment for Entry Fees for the MMU CHESS CLOSED 8th April 2006

SRC SPORT FIESTA CHESS CHALLENGE 2006

2006-03-20T19:45:00.000-08:00

SRC SPORT FIESTA CHESS CHALLENGE 2006

Top 3

Participants gather as early as 730am in the morning for aerobics, distribution of shirts and some simple cheap breakfast provided by SRC.

Well for some people including me, didnt show up at 730 am, of course... chess player? aerobics? watta?

Okay continue with the tournament, the organizer uses 5 round swiss system (manual) means on paper which is not accurate enough and the way they organize doesnt seems to be fair although it is not "kalah mati". Almost 20 players took part in the tournament. Representative from chess clubs are pathetic as only several showed up (sigh...).

Picture tells a million words...

Seri Emas Room outside view

Deep Thought

Yong talking to the arbiter...

Mubiin Kimura in winning position...

Time Pressure......

fuhh fuuhh! am i losing to this girl !?...

Chess Post - Mortem...

Chess post - mortem ...

Many people disagree on why the 5 rounds becomes only 4 rounds?, maybe the arbiter was lazy to do all 5 rounds....

The TOP 3

Congratulation to the winners!
1. Khairi
2. Benny
3. Noor Ashraaf

Where is Team MMU ?

2006-03-09T00:40:00.000-08:00

In recent UM open Team Tournament, there is no representative from MMU, not even a single player!!

9th College - UM Open Team Event
Chief or supervising arbiter : Hamid/Greg
Date : 2006/03/03
Table/tie-breaks

Rank	Team	1.Rd.		2.Rd.		3.Rd.		4.Rd.		5.Rd.		6.Rd.		Pts.	MP	BH.
1	Norula	17	b 4	16	w 4	25	b 4	3	w 4	2	b 3	5	w 3	22	12	93½
2	Petak 64	24	w 4	27	b 2½	23	w 3	15	b 4	1	w 1	9	w 4	18½	10	89
3	Rebel 4	58	b 4	26	w 4	5	w 2½	1	b 0	23	w 4	6	b 3	17½	10	84½
4	Akat Suki (MPK)	28	b 3	11	w 2	48	b 4	5	w 1	14	b 3	25	w 4	17	9	80½
5	Con Air	21	w 3½	49	w 4	3	b 1½	4	b 3	28	w 4	1	b 1	17	8	91
6	UKM (U)	19	w 3	36	b 4	10	w 3	9	w 2½	13	b 3	3	w 1	16½	10	87½
7	Nameless	12	b 4	23	w 1½	32	w 3	11	b 2½	25	b 2½	13	w 3	16½	10	82
8	UM A (U)	23	b 0	-	- 2	50	w 4	52	b 4	15	w 2	28	b 4	16	9	56½
9	StoneMaster Chess Team	13	w 3	39	b 4	29	w 3	6	b 1½	32	w 4	2	b 0	15½	8	84
10	UNITEN (U)	20	b 3	40	w 4	6	b 1	17	w 2	26	b 3½	11	w 2	15½	8	81
11	Team Menorva	14	w 3½	4	b 2	27	w 3	7	w 1½	17	b 3	10	b 2	15	8	90
12	Meijin Knight	7	w 0	59	b 4	37	b 4	25	w 1	41	b 3	18	w 3	15	8	65
13	Kool	9	b 1	42	w 4	35	w 4	18	b 4	6	w 1	7	b 1	15	6	83
14	PACC	11	b ½	21	b 2	54	w 4	33	b 4	4	w 1	27	b 3	14½	7	77½
15	Pn Zaza	18	w 2	30	b 3½	38	w 4	2	w 0	8	b 2	21	b 2½	14	8	83
16	Belia 4B Sri Pahang	51	w 4	1	b 0	31	w 3	32	b 0	38	b 3	41	w 4	14	8	75½
17	JPS	1	w 0	51	b 4	34	w 4	10	b 2	11	w 1	32	b 3	14	7	85
18	9th College (U)	15	b 2	43	w 4	22	b 3	13	w 0	19	b 3	12	b 1	13	7	80
19	Pantulan Keras	6	b 1	20	w 3	26	b 2	45	w 3	18	w 1	34	b 3	13	7	76½
20	Intergom 1 (S)	10	w 1	19	b 1	53	b 3	46	w 3	48	b 3	22	w 2	13	7	70
21	Spawn 2006	5	b ½	14	w 2	30	b 4	27	b 2	39	w 3	15	w 1½	13	6	80
22	UIA (U)	32	w 2	50	b 4	18	w 1	23	b 1	44	w 3	20	b 2	13	6	69½
23	GM Lubuk	8	w 4	7	b 2½	2	b 1	22	w 3	3	b 0	26	w 2	12½	7	94
24	Kamikaze	2	b 0	47	w 3	36	b 2	48	w 1½	45	b 3	44	w 3	12½	7	69
25	Gila Chess	52	w 4	34	b 4	1	w 0	12	b 3	7	w 1½	4	b 0	12½	6	91
26	Family Team Ahayat	33	w 4	3	b 0	19	w 2	43	b 4	10	w ½	23	b 2	12½	6	80
27	Chessnut (Fong) (F)	47	b 4	2	w 1½	11	b 1	21	w 2	29	b 3	14	w 1	12½	5	83
28	MES	4	w 1	44	b 3	49	w 4	29	b 4	5	b 0	8	w 0	12	6	81½
29	Bkt Bintang Mastermind (S)	44	w 3	56	b 4	9	b 1	28	w 0	27	w 1	39	b 3	12	6	67
	TBM (S)	53	b 2	15	w ½	21	w 0	54	b 4	37	w 3½	33	b 2	12	6	67
31	Hillcrest (S)	38	b 1½	57	w 3	16	b 1	41	w 1	40	b 2½	48	w 3	12	6	61
32	GBS Knights (S)	22	b 2	53	w 4	7	b 1	16	w 4	9	b 0	17	w 1	12	5	82
33	The Kamal	26	b 0	58	w 3	40	b 3½	14	w 0	55	b 3	30	w 2	11½	7	60½
34	Scarlet Johanson (S)	55	b 4	25	w 0	17	b 0	42	b 3	35	w 3½	19	w 1	11½	6	68½
35	Belon (S)	43	b 2	41	w 3	13	b 0	38	w 2	34	b ½	55	w 4	11½	6	64½
36	U 8 (S)	57	b 3	6	w 0	24	w 2	39	b 1	49	w 2	52	b 3	11	6	64½
37	Runescape (S)	40	b 1	54	b 2½	12	w 0	57	w 3	30	b ½	56	w 4	11	6	59½
38	UM B (U)	31	w 2½	45	w 3	15	b 0	35	b 2	16	w 1	40	w 2	10½	6	71½
39	Family Zullkifli	42	b 3	9	w 0	46	b 2	36	w 3	21	b 1	29	w 1	10	5	71½
40	B J Rions A (S)	37	w 3	10	b 0	33	w ½	53	b 3	31	w 1½	38	b 2	10	5	69½
41	STAJ 2	48	w 2	35	b 1	56	w 3	31	b 3	12	w 1	16	b 0	10	5	69
42	The Underdogs (S)	39	w 1	13	b 0	47	b 3	34	w 1	57	b 3	43	w 2	10	5	63½
43	SMK Saujana Utama	35	w 2	18	b 0	58	w 4	26	w 0	46	b 2	42	b 2	10	5	61
44	STAJ 1 (S)	29	b 1	28	w 1	57	b 3	56	w 3	22	b 1	24	b 1	10	4	63½
	UiTM Melaka Jr	54	w 3	38	b 1	52	w 2	19	b 1	24	w 1	47	w 2	10	4	63½
46	The Blues (S)	50	w 2	48	b 1	39	w 2	20	b 1	43	w 2	49	b 2	10	4	61
47	Shahbandaraya (S)	27	w 0	24	b 1	42	w 1	58	b 4	52	w 2	45	b 2	10	4	58
48	Chesnut (S)	41	b 2	46	w 3	4	w 0	24	b 2½	20	w 1	31	b 1	9½	5	74½
49	Success (S)	59	w 4	5	b 0	28	b 0	55	w 1½	36	b 2	46	w 2	9½	4	59½
50	Entiti (S)	46	b 2	22	w 0	8	b 0	51	w 3	56	b 2	54	w 2	9	5	63½
51	SMK S18 (S)	16	b 0	17	w 0	-	- 2	50	b 1	53	w 2	59	b 4	9	5	48
52	MPK Klang A	25	b 0	55	w 4	45	b 2	8	w 0	47	b 2	36	w 1	9	4	67
53	Dream Team (S)	30	w 2	32	b 0	20	w 1	40	w 1	51	b 2	58	b 3	9	4	60
54	Intergom 2 (S)	45	b 1	37	w 1½	14	b 0	30	w 0	59	b 4	50	b 2	8½	3	58½
55	Chess Veterans (S)	34	w 0	52	b 0	59	w 4	49	b 2½	33	w 1	35	b 0	7½	4	55
56	B J Rions B (S)	60	b 3	29	w 0	41	b 1	44	b 1	50	w 2	37	b 0	7	3	53
57	Fearless (S)	36	w 1	31	b 1	44	w 1	37	b 1	42	w 1	-	- 2	7	2	54
58	Kelab Catur Perimbun (S)	3	w 0	33	b 1	43	b 0	47	w 0	-	- 2	53	w 1	4	2	58
59	Crest (S)	49	b 0	12	w 0	55	b 0	-	- 2	54	w 0	51	w 0	2	2	49½
60	SM Methodist	56	w 1	-	- 0	-	- 0	-	- 0	-	- 0	-	- 0	1	0	7

TEAM NORULA
- FM NICHOLAS CHAN,
- FM MOK TZE MENG,
- FM LIM YEE WENG,
- NM RONNIE

The First place deserve for TEAM NORULA as they consist of 3 FIDE MASTERS (FM), and 1 NATIONAL MASTER (NM).

Hope to see MMU'ans participate in more Major chess events soon!!

MMU SPORT FIESTA CHESS CHALLENGE

2006-03-08T01:43:00.000-08:00

[SRC]: - MMU Sports Fiesta 2006

LET US ALL CHESS CLUB MEMBERS JOIN THIS EVENT !!!

Greetings,

SRC Melaka will be organizing an event called MMU Sports Fiesta 2006. The objective of this event is to develop unity and sportsmanship among students and clubs in MMU and at the same time it is to promote the spirit of integration and sense of belonging among students. The details of the event are listed below:

Theme : ýEmpowering Sportsmanship towards Harmonious Integrationý
Date : 18th and 19th March 2006
Venue : Main Field

We are inviting all MMU students to sign-up and register for our sports day. T- shirt will be given out and also the SAPS points for all participants. Games that will be played during the event are:

1) Football ý 7 A-side
2) Netball
3) Basketball ý 3 on 3
4) Badminton ý Single and Double
5) Bowling
6) Tennis ý Single, Double, and Mixed
7) Archery
8) Chess

Registration booth will be open starting from Monday (6th March 2006) until Wednesday (15th March 2006) at FSER Lobby.

Any inquiries, you can kindly contact:
Mohd Fairuz Sariz: 012-9746860
Mohd Nazri Zainuddin: 016-6323663

As the committee of MMU Sports Fiesta 2006, we are welcoming all to participate and join us to make this event more enjoyable.

Thank you.

Regards,
MMU Sports Fiesta 2006
Studentsý Representative Council
Multimedia University
Malacca Campus

I hope more members will join in to promote our club.

Regards,
Chong Yichong, President, Chess Club

LET US ALL CHESS CLUB MEMBERS JOIN THIS EVENT !!! SUPPORT MMU MELAKA CHESS CLUB !!!

2nd Chess Session

2006-03-07T10:57:00.000-08:00

This time the chess session wasnt like last week, everybody was frustrated and so sad.....
So we just have a normal session playing blindly with anyone who we want to play with.
This time, we had a chess session beside exam hall, because the venue FSER 3036 was not suitable for a session as it doesnt have any tables.....duh !!...

Concentrating....

Many didnt turn up at the exam hall, so we decided not to do any swiss rounds, nor any lecture on chess for today...

Hurm... i think this move is the best...

As for the commitee, we are discussing on the Rapid MMU closed Tournament after on second week of april and some future plans...

Some suggestion includes

> Rapid 25 minutes
> 7 or 6 Swiss Round format (not kalah mati)
> RM6 per member RM8 non-member and mmu staff
> Prizes are given up to 10th place
> SAPS point given
> Chess Ratings will be given
> Booth opening as soon as possible
> Banner Exchange on MMLS and MYmmu.net
> A fixed weekly Chess session venue

I wanted to introduce Chess Ratings for every player so that we will know our performance, and it will also attracts people to come for every session to improve their ratings!.

Lets Vote!!!!

First Friendly Tournament

2006-02-28T10:04:00.000-08:00

28th Febuary 2006

A good start for the chess club as they succesfully organize the first friendly tournament using the Swiss round format, 6 rounds for 10 minutes blitz. More than 20 chess fans gathered, some to listen chess lecture and some to compete. The funny thing is, it is Yichong (President) first time do a trial and error but somehow the software works just fine....

Intense game wasnt it?

Chess Lecture Session...

huh complete with a 8 cm thick chess book !!

Final Result

Zoomed Version...

This is how serius the president is !!

Welcome To MMU Malacca Chess Club Blogsite !!

2006-02-28T08:01:00.000-08:00

Welcome all !! Welcome all !!

After more than one and a half year the chess club have been inactive, now we have revived !!. We are going to organize more tournaments, have our own rating systems, weekly friendly tournaments, mmu closed, lastly mmu open.

1	Tehran (Iran)	17	273
2	Bangalore (India)	14	229½
3	Damascus (Syria)	13	187
4	Furn El Chebak A (LIB)	13	174½
5	Kathmandu (Nepal)	11	123½
6	Amman (Jordan)	10	182
7	Sanaa (Yemen)	10	170
8	Abu Dhabi (UAE)	10	116½
9	Baghdad (Iraq)	9	181
10	Aleppo (Syria)	9	153½
11	Sharjah (UAE)	9	146
12	Sulaimaniyah (Iraq)	9	110
13	Chiah (lebanon)	9	93½
14	Bandar Emam (Iran)	8	143
15	Beirut (Lebanon)	8	85½
16	Hazmieh (Lebanon)	6	103½
17	Dubai (UAE)	6	82
18	Al Quds (Palestine)	6	59½
19	Furn El Chebak B (LIB)	3	57½
20	Gaza (Palestine)	0	21½