Category Archives: Chess

Chess grand prix a grand success

Grand prix circuit is a grand success. AT THE last minute on Sunday, I decided to take a short drive down from Penang to look in at the fifth and final leg of the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng chess … Continue reading

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Rising stars add excitement to chess scene

INDIA, together with China, the Philippines and Vietnam, are considered among the great chess-playing countries in Asia, if not the world. I say this because these countries continue to produce some of the most exciting names in world chess. For … Continue reading

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Carlsen heads live rating list

Medias King’s tournament earns a spot in chess world. I STILL stand by my opinion that the Medias King’s tournament that ended in Romania last week wasn’t by far the most exciting chess event that I had been following recently, … Continue reading

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A Medias Kings tournament, minus the sparkle

FOR most of the past week, I’ve been trying to follow the Medias Kings tournament that was going on in Romania. The first time I heard about this tournament, I thought it would be an interesting event, seeing how the … Continue reading

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New edition of Malaysian chess fest

Chess players will be spoilt for choice come August and September. MANY chess players will be heaving a sigh of relief when they read this, and I mean a really big sigh. I know, because that was what I did … Continue reading

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Full house at MSSM chess tourney

The overwhelming response at this year’s MSSM chess tournament augurs well for the future of chess. IT’S not often that I get to attend an MSSM chess tournament, so the fact that it was being held in Penang this year … Continue reading

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Boris Gelfand the contender

Boris Gelfand has qualified as the official challenger in the current world chess championship series. BORIS Gelfand, the 42-year-old former Soviet chess grandmaster who emigrated to Israel in 1998, has earned the right to be the official challenger in the … Continue reading

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More prizes await women and junior players at chess tourney

WILL we ever get to see Hou Yifan, the women’s world chess champion from China, grace any of our local tournaments this year or ever again? I wonder. The first and last time that she played in this country was … Continue reading

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All eyes on Candidates tournament

Watch the thrilling finale live on the Internet. CHESSWISE, this has been a rather eventful fortnight. The field, which started out with eight players, has by now been whittled down to only two. In case you do not know what … Continue reading

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Tough chess selection trials for SEA Games

It was a tight race at the men’s and women’s selection trials for the SEA Games. LAST weekend, the national selection trials for the SEA Games continued from where it had left off two weeks earlier. When the men’s trials … Continue reading

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