What should I do to marry a rich guy?

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I ' m going to be honest of what I ' m going to say here. I ' m 25 this year. I ' m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I ' m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I ' ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.

I ' m here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I ' ve met a few girls who doesn ' t have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty


Here ' s a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I ' m not wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you ' re trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money ": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there ' s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can ' t be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It ' s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position ". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased ". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do contact me
signed, J.P. Morgan

[Source: Forwarded Email]

GrandPa

A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side.. A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone..

He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats. he sits down and thinks of how he can get the hats down. While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same.

Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea came to him, he took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So he finally managed to get all his hats back.

Fifty years later, his grandson, also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather. One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor.

He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree. He remembered his grandfather's words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed. He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed. Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, he threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise the monkeys still held on to all the hats. Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and said.............

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"You think only you have a grandfather?"

Pen Drive is working!

Long time no blog.

Btw, my soaked pen drive is still working... :D

I soaked my pen drive with soap!!

Yes! I just did that. Forgotten to take it out from my pants, I soaked my pants together with my pen drive!

Let's hope it will still be working after it dry up in a day or 2...

Last Day @ Camping

I started to camp at my boss' place since First Day @ Camping 3 weeks ago. Today is the last day I should camp here...

Following is 5 days of holidays + chess tournament.

Finally, I will be sitting "in open space" or "in the middle of the road" after my holidays. Pity me......

USM Convo 2007

Last weekend was the convocation for USM students and some friends asked me along to visit the convo session of Saturday evening at USM campus, Penang.

We went there prepared with flowers.



Arriving at the hall, we can see the place already crowded with friends and families of the graduates waiting...The crowd is still waiting...

The venue: Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra

Finally, the long awaited graduate
Cute isn't she?

However, I want to spoil the scene...

Here I am, creating Beauty and the Beast...

For chess playing friends, guess who I met there...




Congratulations to all graduates!!

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Demotivated

I got a letter from the HR. Excited, I read the content but yet again, they let me down. A series after the incident of a Bad Day.

Luckily I got my leave application for 30th August approved. A good news out of all bad news.

It seems like now I had to put all my attention at chess in order to squeeze some motivation out of it.

Well, I guess I need to go after the phrase "Happy Go Lucky"~~

May the force be with me~~

First Day @ Camping

Well, cubicle demolished and today is my first day camping at my boss's place. It will be a few more weeks before my place is ready...

Happy camping...

Last Day

2 years! I had been sitting in this cubicle for 2 years! Today is my last day here. I will be "homeless" starting next week since the new place is not yet ready and I will need to move myself out. Why? What happened? Read "Bad Day" for details.

The department is expanding and is running out of space but since I am dispencable, I am forced to sacrify my cubicle so that people can build more cubicle out of it...

Incidently, my boss is on his long vacation starting next week, and the homeless me will hide in his place for now...

Pity...

How Lian

I got some feedback from the others today. Guess what, one of the feedbacks about me at my work place is that I am "how lian". Erm, for those who don't know, how lian means arrogant.

I also don't know why I got this comment but this is what the other sees, so I will try to sort this out and become not how lian.

Cheers!

Bad Day

Today, first of August is a bad day.

0945: Your are too young to get promoted even if your boss agrees...
WTF? Does age matters with efficiency and ability?

1230: Ok, we will demolish your cubicle and you will share a long table, ops, "small cubicle" with everyone starting next month.
Well, I cannot say too much on this since I am lucky not to get demoted.

1500: Your leave application for 30/8/07 is on hold for further consideration...
Ok, this is not acceptable and I will be off on this day at all costs.

What else? So many BAD NEWS in one short. A sign that I am no longer needed and should be looking for new challenge?

May be I should start to distribute some resume...

For those getting married

For those planning for a trip

Motorists Beware

Is Your Printer Spying On You?

Is your printer spying on you? But how? Is it going to watch you while you are sleeping? No! Definitely not. But it is spying on you on a more scary way.

Finding by EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation shows that every time you print something with your color laser jets, a secret code is actually embedded along with the printout.

Take a look at the following picture. these yellow dots which are invisible for naked eyes is embedded on the printout by most of the laser printer model. However, not all model is associated with this function or a least the searching by EFF that comes with the list of printers shows some printers does not spy on you. Or do they?

Pretty scary hey?

For poor people like me that is using an inkjet will have little to worry about this since the printing that I normally get is not-too-clear to able to embed yellow dots...

Getting Married

Just got a call from a friend. He is getting married next month!! My friend is same age with me and he is getting married while I am still single and available... Whoa!

Something is inside!!

Take a look at these pictures:

and



See what's inside?

Mouse?! Correct! This mouse was eating my breakfast inside the container when my mom first found them. 1 managed to run but this 1 was trapped!

Nowadays, the mouses are becoming more and more "intelligent"! They managed to push the top cover of the container and run inside! So they did evolved and may be later transformed?!

No wonder they survived till today while their comtemporary dinosaurs died out centuries ago......

Kittens

Not sure whether these kittens are still alive, hopefully they are, but the time when they are saved from the drain they were almost drown. They were then found crying in the drain outside the PCA club house during heavy down pour before lunch on the Penang Closed Chess Tournament. Luckily!!


Notice the hand?



And the hands?



The owners of the hands, please claim back your hand. :P


Chess players were also kind-hearted people after all......

Cheers!
Eu Hong

Autobots, roll out!

Finally!! I got the chance to watch the movie, Transformers!!. Life had been busy for me lately but I am from the generations that grown up watching the cartoon of Transfomers so watching the movie is kind of a must. This time, I managed to watch the movie at BJ after the Penang Closed Chess Tournament. The initial plan was to watch at Queensbay Mall but the mall was too crowded...

Another screen shot of the movie.

Registered

Registered!! Yes, I am registered on 070707!!!






But not those marriage related registered but now I am registered to do something. =)

Getting out of the picture

Once upon a time, we got
still remember what is this? I got a bunch of them stored some where in my room. Whoever interested please get from me...

Bill Gates No Longer Richest

Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim has taken the crown with a net worth of $67.8 billion, according to estimates by a respected financial news site in Mexico, as reported by multiple news services.

Sources indicate that Bill Gates is no longer the richest person in the world. Read more on Slashdot and seattlepi.

Defensive Piranhas

Just read an article from Yahoo.com saying that Piranhas gather in order to defend themselves from dangers, for example being eaten by larger predators.
In the past the public always thought that the Piranhas are actually gathering to attack which is false......

Jit Sin High School

Finally, I visited Jit Sin High School during my lunch hour earlier today. It had been ages since I last visited Jit Sin High School. I think almost 6 years ago. Today, I was there to bring some news to their chess club on Penang Age Group Chess Tournament 2007 and Penang Closed Chess Tournament 2007.
While managed to visit some teachers that had knew me, and still knows me (I guess) the building of the school had not changed much, >50% of the teachers are new to me. I guess 7 years (I graduated at year 2000) is a long time.
Things changed as time moved on...

Fantasy

My friend originally wanted to go for Ocean's Thirteen but for some reason, the cinema that we were heading toward stopped showing the movie even though it is only 2 weeks old so we were left with "no choice" but to watch Fantastic 4. My favor remember? Hehehe...

I wonder why the reviewer that I had mentioned in my previous post write off the Fantastic 4 but personally, I think it is not bad. The computer graphic is great too. May be the reviewer does not like fantasy...

Kulim Career Expo 2007

For those who are currently looking for a job, here is a great opportunity:

Kulim Career Expo 2007
Date: 30 June (Sat) - 1 July 2007 (Sun)
Time: 10am - 6pm
Venue: Kulim Golf & Country Resort, Kedah [map]
Admission: FREE

What's in store for those who turn up?

Lucky Draws (a total value of RM10,000 up for grabs!) sponsored by major corporations.
Grand Prize - Diamond Energy Water System, Diamond Master Filter & Diamond SPA
Do not miss this opportunity to meet some of the most "sought after Employers" in the northern region of Malaysia.

More information at JobStreet.com

Road map to the location:

Movie - Ocean's Thirteen

Review from Cinema Online, Malaysia give an Overall rating of 3 stars. This time Danny Ocean's:

Danny Ocean's (George Clooney) band of ethical bandits congregate once more after one of their original members, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), was double-crossed by risque hotelier and casino owner, Willy Bank (Al Pacino).

I did not have to chance to watch Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve but my friend favor this movie so the final decision - watch Ocean's Thirteen... Anyone willing to watch Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer with me? :P

Movie - Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

Review from Cinema Online, Malaysia comes with a short synopsis as follow:

The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.

Although the reviewer does not favor this movie, the genre of the movie: Action/Fantasy/Science/Fiction + Jessica Alba meets all my requirements!

Well, who want to watch the movie with me?

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Ages

It had been ages since I last post anything over here... :D

Laser Jet or Bubble Jet?

Ok. My current printer is dead halfly. Why halfly? It can make color printing but not mono-tone printing?!?!

Which is better? Or more economy? Laser Jet? Bubble Jet?

Hmm...

NEC Computers Annual Dinner Tomorrow

PARKROYAL PENANG, Grand Andaman Ballroom
Date : 08 June 2007, Friday
Time : 1830 sharp ~ 2400pm.
Theme : R & B ( Red & Black)

Working Day

Sadly, I need to come back to work again after the long holidays of 10 days... =(

Daily Report of National Closed 2007

Daily Report of National Closed 2007 is available at Chess.EuHong.NET and there will be a comprehensive report following the end of the event. Stay Tuned.

10 days holidays start now!!

Yes, my 10 days long holidays start now!!

Things to do during the break:
1) National Championship from 27 - 31 May
2) Travel with parents for the rest of the break.

Do watch out for my daily update on the National Championship on my website at EuHong.NET.

Have a nice days!!

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Counting Down

3 more working days before my 10 days holidays!!

Haven't been blogging over here for quite some times. I was and still is busy with various commitments on job and chess. I had to strive for a balance between these 2 as they both leads to different future...

For the moment, chess is more important but job is taking more of my time. National Championship is only 4 more days away but I am yet to do revision on things...

Anyway, just go to have fun and try not to lose too many games as possible.

Looking forward for the 10 days break too...

Cheers!
Eu Hong

Manual Entry or Automation?

Lately, my boss had us involved in a project to produce a process where if successful will be able to replace a few human data entry clerks.

The project is now in the mids of its development life cycle were we are cracking our head to figure out all the possible and necessary scenario for exception handling. Exception handling does not just involve syntax or programming error, but they involved error message return from the destination system, for example, invalid entry or missing compulsory entry...

Besides all the difficulty in the coding, I see bright future for the project! Another part of the project where the engine login to destination system and request data/report was already done and implemented!

Hopefully the pending parts can be done before my approved holidays from 26 May to 4th June so that I can go on holidays without any worries...

May the force be with us!

Eu Hong.

Blog.EuHong.NET

My new blog on chess improvement can be found at Blog.EuHong.NET.

With that I would like to slight change the nature of this blog Something About Everything to a more general purpose blog where I will post on anything that I came accross and found it interesting. Though most of the posts will still be on chess...

Do drop by and support my new websites.

The screen shot of the blog:


Thank you.

Best regards,
Tan Eu Hong

Chess.EuHong.NET

Introducing my chess website at Chess.EuHong.NET.
The site will include
1) News + Online Registration for Tournaments (if applicable)
2) Articles + Annotated Games
3) Forum
4) Shop

The screen shot of the site:

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Aronian - Kramnik, Aronian won with 4:2

Game 1 Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 1-0 45 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Qf2
Nd5 21. fxg4 Qxg4 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Qc2
Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qg4 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qb3 Nf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxb3 31. axb3 Bxf4
32. Rxa6 Rc8 33. Nc5 Kf7 34. Nd3 g5 35. Nxf4 gxf4 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Kxf4 Kd6
38. c4 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kb6 41. Rxh7 Rf1 42. Rh6 Kb7 43. Rh5 Rb1
44. Kd3 bxc4+ 45. Kc2 1-0
Replay:


Game 2 Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 76 D17 Slav Defence
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14.
h4 Rc8 15. Ba2 h6 16. Rc1 Rg8 17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nb1 Ke7 20.
Rxc5 Nxc5 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Nd2 g6 24. hxg6 Rxg6 25. Kf2 Rg5 26.
Rc7 b5 27. a5 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. b4 Nd7 31. Nb3 e5 32. Nc1
f5 33. Nd3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Nf6 35. Nc5 Bg6 36. Bb3 Ng4+ 37. Kd2 Nf6 38. Bc2
Kc6 39. Bd3 Nd7 40. Nxa6 Bf7 41. Be2 h5 42. g3 Bg6 43. Ke3 Bf7 44. Kd2 Bg6
45. Bd3 Bf7 46. Bf1 Be6 47. Kc3 Bg4 48. Bd3 Bf3 49. Bc2 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kc6 51.
Bb3 Kb7 52. Be6 Nf6 53. Nc5+ Kc6 54. Ke3 Bg4 55. Bf7 Bc8 56. Bb3 Bh3 57.
Bd1 Bg4 58. Bc2 Bc8 59. Bd3 Ng4+ 60. Ke2 Nf6 61. Nb3 Be6 62. Nd2 Ne8 63.
Nb1 Nc7 64. Nc3 Bd7 65. Kd2 Be8 66. Be2 Bf7 67. Nd5 Bxd5 68. exd5+ Kd6 69.
Bxh5 e4 70. Bf7 Na6 71. Kc3 e3 72. Bh5 Kxd5 73. Be2 Nc7 74. Bf3+ Ke5 75.
Bb7 Kf5 76. Kd3 1-0
Replay:


Game 3 Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 0-1 77 A30 English Symmetrical
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14.
Qxe4 Ra7 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. b3 Re8 17. a4 Qc5 18. Ra2 Qh5 19. Bf3 Qe5 20. e3
Rc8 21. Qb1 Rac7 22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. Qa2 Qg6 25. Rcd2 Nc5 26. Ne2
Nd7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Qxa5 Nc5 29. Nc1 h5 30. Rd4 Qc2 31. b4 Qa4 32. Qxa4
Nxa4 33. Ne2 Nb2 34. Ra1 Bf6 35. Rxd6 Nxc4 36. Rdxa6 Bxa1 37. Rxa1 Rb8 38.
Rb1 Na3 39. Rb3 Nb5 40. Bf3 g6 41. h4 Rc4 42. Nf4 Rc3 43. Rb2 Na3 44. Be2
Rc2 45. Rb3 e5 46. Nd5 Rxe2 47. Rxa3 Kg7 48. Rb3 Rd2 49. Nc7 Rc2 50. Nd5
Ra8 51. Nc3 Rc8 52. Ne4 R8c4 53. Nd6 R4c3 54. Rxc3 Rxc3 55. b5 Rd3 56. Nc4
f6 57. Kf1 Rb3 58. Nd6 Kf8 59. Ke2 Ke7 60. Nc8+ Kd7 61. Na7 Rb2+ 62. Kf3
Ke6 63. e4 Kd6 64. Nc8+ Ke6 65. Na7 f5 66. exf5+ Kxf5 67. Ke3 Rb3+ 68. Kd2
Ke4 69. Kc2 Rf3 70. Nc6 Rxf2+ 71. Kc3 Rf1 72. Kb4 Rc1 73. Ne7 Kf3 74. Nxg6
e4 75. b6 e3 76. Ne5+ Kxg3 77. Nd3 e2 0-1
Replay:


Game 4 Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 43 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nd5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bd2 b6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. e4 Nb4 13. Qb3 c5 14. Bxb4
cxb4 15. O-O a6 16. Qe3 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. g5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Bb1 Rfd8
21. h4 Nf8 22. h5 Rc7 23. Qf4 Bd6 24. e5 Be7 25. Be4 Bc8 26. Bb1 Bb7 27.
Be4 Bc8 28. Kh2 Rcd7 29. Bb1 Bb7 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 g6 32. hxg6 Nxg6 33.
Qe3 Bf8 34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Rh1 Qb8 36. Rc1 Qa7 37. Rh3 Rxd4 38. Rd1 Nf4+ 39.
Kh2 Ne2 40. Rd2 Bxe5+ 41. Nxe5 Qc7 42. Bxh7+ Kf8 43. Rxe2 1-0
Replay:


Game 5 Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 1/2 47 A60 Modern Benoni
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Nd2 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nc7 8.
Bxa8 Nxa8 9. b4 c4 10. a4 Bxb4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Ngf3 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Qb2 Qf6 15. Qxb4 Qxa1 16. O-O Qa6 17. Bb2 f6 18. Ba3 d6 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Rb1
O-O 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qxb7 Qxa3 23. Qxc7 Qc5 24. Rb7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 d5 26.
Nf5 Na6 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Ra7 Nb4 29. Rc7 h5 30. Kg2 Re8 31. e3 Nd3 32. f4
Ra8 33. Kh3 Ra5 34. Kh4 Rc5 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Kxh5 Kf8 37. Nd6 c3 38. Kg6 Rc6
39. Kxf6 Kg8 40. Kg6 Kf8 41. Kf6 Kg8 42. g4 Nc5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Kf7 Rc7+
45. Kf6 Rc6 46. Kf7 Rc7+ 47. Kf6 Rc6 1/2-1/2
Replay:


Game 6 Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 55 D12 Slav Defence
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qe7 14.
Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Nc5 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Nfd7 18. Ne4 e5 19. a3 Qe7 20.
Re1 Nf6 21. Ng5 exd4 22. exd4 Qd6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Re5 Nfd7 25. Ra5 a6 26.
Rd1 Rbd8 27. Bf1 Re7 28. Rg5 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rde8 30. h4 Qe6 31. a4 Qe4 32. Qc1
f6 33. Ra5 Qe6 34. Qc2 Qe4 35. Qc1 Kh8 36. Re1 Qg4 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bxc4
Nxc4 39. Qxc4 Qe4 40. Qb3 c5 41. dxc5 Qc6 42. Qc3 Re2 43. b4 Ne5 44. b5 Qe4
45. c6 Nd3 46. Qxd3 Qxd3 47. cxb7 Re8 48. bxa6 Qb3 49. Rc5 Kh7 50. Rc8 Rg8
51. Nd4 Qb6 52. Rxg8 Kxg8 53. Kg1 Kh7 54. Nc6 Qb1+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2
Replay:


Have Fun!!

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My Website, Almost There, Almost Done

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Site Map:
a) Chess Website:
1) News + Online Registration for Tournaments (if applicable)
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3) Forum
4) Shop
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Next Step:
Post initial contents and announce it to the public over the weekend.

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Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Champion Finally!!!

Finally!! I get to taste the feeling of being top seed and winning the champion title at an event. Well, I have not get first prize in any open tournament before and this is the first time!! And the champion is... Tan Eu Hong.

So the opening testing did not turn ugly and I started the event smoothly winning the first six games and drawing the last game to finish first.

Perlis Rapid Open 2007
Top Prize Winners:
1. Tan Eu Hong 6.5
2. Md Hairi Md Hussain 6
3. Lim Poay Sim 5.5

Complete result at GilaChess.com

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Coming Soon

Coming soon as the name says... its coming soon...

I am the culprit

I was the culprit in my attempt to declaring my income tax successfully as I cannot login with my digital signature properly. And the reason is... the language of the OS was set to a native language instead of English (US). So for those having the same error "error 5, invalid procedure call or argument", please proceed to change your regional and language settings to English (US).

Cheers!!

Vlagyimir vs Léko Péter - Kramnik won with 4.5-3.5

Kramnik won the rapid match with Leko with 4.5-3.5. Following is the replay...

Game 5 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 57 A30 English Symmetrical
Game 6 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 49 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Game 7 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Game 8 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen

Round 5
Kramnik,V vs Leko,P
Result 1-0
A30 English Symmetrical

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2
Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 O-O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Ke1 e5 19. e3
Kb6 20. Bf1 Bb5 21. Bc4 f6 22. Ke2 Rd7 23. Rc2 a5 24. Rhc1 Ne7 25. Bxb5
cxb5 26. a4 Rhd8 27. axb5 Kxb5 28. Ne4 Ra7 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Kb6 31. g5 hxg5
32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Rg1 Rc8 34. Rd2 Nc6 35. Rxg5 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Nd6 Rc7
38. Ne8 Rca7 39. Nxg7 Ra2 40. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 41. Kf3 Kc5 42. Nf5 Nb4 43. Ng3
Kd5 44. Ne4 Ra8 45. Nf6+ Ke6 46. Ng4 Nd3 47. Rg6+ Kf5 48. Rf6+ Kg5 49. Rd6
Rf8+ 50. Kg3 e4 51. Rd5+ Rf5 52. f4+ Kg6 53. Rd4 Nc5 54. Ne5+ Kg7 55. Rc4
Nd3 56. Nxd3 exd3 57. Rd4 1-0

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Round 6
Leko,P vs Kramnik,V
Result 1-0
C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Bd2 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Nd7
21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nde5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qc2 Ra7 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Nf1
Bh6 27. N1d2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rd7 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. h3 Qc7 31. Rf1 Nd8 32. Rdf2
Qd6 33. Qc1 Nf7 34. Nh2 h5 35. Qe3 Ree7 36. Rf3 c4 37. dxc4 Qd2 38. Qb6 Ng5
39. Re3 Rf7 40. h4 Rb7 41. Qc5 Rb2 42. Qxe5+ Kh7 43. Qxg5 Rxf1+ 44. Nxf1
Qf2+ 45. Kh2 Qxf1 46. Rg3 Qf7 47. c5 Re2 48. Qe5 Qb7 49. Rxg6 1-0

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Round 7
Kramnik,V vs Leko,P
Result 1/2-1/2
D43 Anti-Meran Gambit

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4
8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Qd1 e5 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 exd4 22. exd4 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. b3 Rg6+
26. Kf1 Rg5 27. Rd3 Rh5 28. Kg2 Rg5+ 29. Kf1 Rh5 30. Kg2 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

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Round 8
Leko,P vs Kramnik,V
Result 1/2-1/2
C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8.
c3 h6 9. a4 Rb8 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bg4 14. Be3
d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Na3 exd4 19. cxd4 Be4 20. Bc2
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rad1 c5 24. Nb5 Rxb5 25. Qd3 g6 26.
Qxb5 Nf4 27. Qc6 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

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Last day to declare income tax

Just back from the income tax office (LHDN) where the area including the roads to there and the parking area was full of people. No camera around to take any photo though. I just parked my car 500M away, rush to the office, get my Pin and run home to finish the final step...

Vlagyimir vs Léko Péter - Day 2

Day 2 saw Kramnik winning game 3 and taking the lead of the match with 2.5 - 1.5

Result:
Game 3 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 44 E15 Queens Indian
Game 4 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 52 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed

Round 3
Kramnik,V vs Leko,P
Result 1-0
E15 Queens Indian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4
Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1
b5 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bb7 g6 29. h4 Rfe8 30. Qa4 Qd2 31. Qc6 a5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8
33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rc2 Qd3 35. Rc5 a4 36. Qxa4 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Qc2 h5 39.
Kg2 Qd6 40. Qb2+ f6 41. Qc2 Kf7 42. Qc4+ Kg7 43. Rc6 Qd7 44. Qc5 Kf7 1-0

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Round 4
Leko,P vs Kramnik,V
C88 Ruy Lopez Closed

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Ng3 Rfb8 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Bb2 Rc2 23. Rad1 Qa7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26.
Bxe5 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Be5 Ra2 31. Rd3 a5 32.
bxa5 Bxa3 33. Rb3 Bc5 34. Rxb5 Bxf2+ 35. Kh2 Be1 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Bxf6 gxf6
38. Rb6 Bxa5 39. Rxe6 Bc7 40. Re3 Ra4 41. Rf3 h5 42. Kg1 Bb6+ 43. Kh2 h4
44. Nf5 Bc7+ 45. g3 hxg3+ 46. Nxg3 f5 47. Kg2 f4 48. Nf1 Kf5 49. Ne3+ Ke4
50. Ng4 Ra2+ 51. Nf2+ Kf5 52. Rb3 1/2-1/2

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Rusty

The last time I sign in to Chess Tactics Server was 1 month ago on 27th Mar 2007. Details as shown:
The consequences of being inactive for 1 month is RUSTY and hence I got following rating and success rate:
60 rating points missing, 1664 -> 1604 and 0.1% success rate missing, 80.2% -> 80.1%.

Well, it's terrible as even at some point, my rating drop till below 1600, 1570+ to be exact!! So chess require constant practice~~ Practice make perfect~~

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Vlagyimir vs Léko Péter - Day 1

Day 1 saw 2 draws from the match with following results:
Game 1 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 A33 English Symmetrical
Game 2 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 51 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed

Round 1
Kramnik,V vs Leko,P
Result 1/2-1/2
A33 English Symmetrical

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Qa5
8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nxe7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b6
14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Be2 Bb7 16. e4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Rhg1 Rac8 19. Rd2 Kf8
20. g3 Ke7 21. Re1 Nd6 22. b3 b5 23. Red1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Kb2 1/2-1/2

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Round 2
Leko,P vs Kramnik,V
Result 1/2-1/2
C88 Ruy Lopez Closed

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. g3 g6 20. h4 Rc8 21.
b4 Qb6 22. h5 cxb4 23. axb4 Nf6 24. c3 Ng7 25. h6 Nge8 26. Bd2 Nxe4 27.
dxe4 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Be3 Qb7 30. Rc1 Bd8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qxb4 33.
Rb1 Qxc4 34. Rc1 Qxc1 35. Bxc1 Bb6 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Nf6 38. Qa4 e4 39.
Qxa6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rc2 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Rxd5 43. Qc4 Kf7 44. Qc7+ Ke6
45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Kf1 Rc5 47. Qb7+ Ke6 48. Ke2 Rf5 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Ke6
51. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

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Vlagyimir vs Léko Péter - Opening Ceremony

Vladamir Kramnik vs Peter Leko, another world championship match? No, this time an exhibition rapid 8 games match takes place from April 23 and 30 in Miskolc, Hungary.
Some pictures from the Press Conference.





Hungarian Champagne.

Schedule of the event:
24th of April
(Tuesday) 16.00 Press release int he Oval Room of CityHall
18.00 Opening ceremony and hosting of the draw

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25th of April
(Wednesday) 16.00 The first game of the match.
17.30 The second game of the match. After finishing, the two grandmasters give a short press conference of 10-15 minutes.

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26th of April
(Thursday) 16.00 The third game of the match.
17.30 The fourth game of the match. After finishing, the two grandmasters give a short press conference of 10-15 minutes.

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27th of April
(Friday) Rest day. 16:00 - 18:00: The two grandmasters are available to meet fans (venue: International Trade Center Miskolc)

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28th of April
(Saturday) 16.00 The fifth game of the match.
17.30 The sixth game of the match. After finishing, the two grandmasters give a short press conference of 10-15 minutes.

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29th of April
(Sunday) 16.00 The seventh game of the match.
17.30 The eighth game of the match. After finishing, the two grandmasters give a press conference of about 30 minutes.
19.00 The closing ceremony of the match, result announcement

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30th of April
(Sunday) Departure.

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Source/Original Post:
ChessBase.com
Offcial Website:
www.lekokramnyik.hu, English Version.