Saturday, October 03, 2009

October 2009 Updates!

What is going on in the month of October 2009? Will the months of competitive rapid chess happens again till the end of year?

Saturday, 3rd October 2009, Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) at 4th Floor Car Park, Kompleks Wilayah, Kuala Lumpur will be organising its Hari Raya Open House! And due to that there will be a Blitz Chess happen on the day with a time control of 5min + 2sec increment! (wish I could be there too.. but due to the unforeseen circumstances I have to cancel my plan to KL for the event.. yesterday evening, my boss said I need to be in the office today to monitor the progress of the new system that will go live on sunday.... sad huh?!)

Those who are interested to take part, kindly be there at 12 noon to register, the game shall start at 12.30pm at the same venue! All the best to the players taking part.. and Happy Hari Raya!

Johor will be hosting its Johor Closed today, a selection tournament for the Sarawak Team Open that will be held this coming December. All States are invited to take part in the Team Tournament, as team of 4 will only need to pay for the airfare and f&b only, the accomodation is provided by the host!

UIAM Open will be on 17 & 18 October 2009. On the 17th October, the game for U-12 and U21 will be schedule on that day, while on the 18th October, the game for Open will kick off on that day. I dont have the details for the event, but you can check it out at this blog

The latest updates that excites me the most is that the chess legend, Garry Kasparov is coming to Malaysia! YESSSSS!!! it has been publicised here with the link
in The Star . And you can join too at here