Of playing venues and hotels
The Penang Open Chess Tournament, a prestigious event in the Malaysian chess calendar, has seen several venue changes over the years, each bringing its own set of challenges and opportunities. Initially, the tournament was held at the Red Rock Hotel, a…
Increase rating. What now?
FIDE recently gave every rated players below ELO 2000 a rating boost. What exactly is this and why did FIDE do this:WHAT IS THIS? These changes are designed to enhance the accuracy of the rating system and provide a fairer representation of players’…
Why chess blogging?
Started chess blogging two decades ago. Am still blogging. Iniitial reason was have a chess scrapbook. It was just newspaper cuttings from newspapers like Utusan Malaysia, The Star, News Straits Times and Malay Mail. Every scrap of chess news from the…