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Questions Answered!

2008-03-11T13:36:00.002+08:00

I had talked to several people with more experiences and more senior than me and the conclusion is that I am just being paranoid with those What IF questions and my dilemma.

Ok, questions answered!

Next step is to work toward my goals!

May the force be with me! =D

Dilemma

2008-03-11T10:00:00.002+08:00

20080308 marks itself as a very important day in our history. This however created a lot of "What IF" questions for me to answer on crafting my future career path... :-|

Or may be I simply think too much?

Let's hope we will have a better future!

May the force be with us!

29th Feb 2008

2008-02-29T23:41:00.002+08:00

Today is 29th Feb which is only once in every 4 years!

Let's use this extra 24 hours to make the earth a better place to live in.

May the force be with us.

=D

Infected

2008-01-08T10:12:00.000+08:00

Whoa! Work station infected with viruses and Trojans...

Removal was successful but registry was then contaminated with avwghmn.dll, jsqxbyc.dll and the list goes on...

In the end almost a full working day was wasted to kill, Kill and KILL!!!

Still searching and scanning...

What should I do to marry a rich guy?

2007-12-08T21:45:00.001+08:00

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

2007-12-08T21:42:00.001+08:00

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!

2007-12-08T21:40:00.000+08:00

Long time no blog.

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

I soaked my pen drive with soap!!

2007-10-15T02:20:00.000+08:00

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

2007-08-29T14:08:00.000+08:00

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

2007-08-22T11:30:00.000+08:00

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!!

Untitled3

2007-08-22T11:16:00.000+08:00

Previously, Untitled1; Untitled2.

And now...

How To?

2007-08-17T12:13:00.001+08:00

How to turn

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be the solution??

Demotivated

2007-08-17T12:02:00.000+08:00

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

2007-08-13T16:01:00.000+08:00

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

2007-08-10T14:49:00.000+08:00

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

2007-08-09T22:51:00.000+08:00

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

2007-08-01T15:36:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-31T12:07:00.000+08:00

For those planning for a trip

2007-07-31T12:06:00.000+08:00

Motorists Beware

2007-07-31T12:05:00.001+08:00

Is Your Printer Spying On You?

2007-07-31T09:22:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-25T16:24:00.000+08:00

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!!

2007-07-11T15:54:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-11T15:43:00.000+08:00

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!

2007-07-11T14:24:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-11T14:18:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-04T23:04:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-04T17:16:00.000+08:00

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

2007-07-04T17:11:00.000+08:00

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

2007-06-27T15:12:00.000+08:00

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

2007-06-18T16:05:00.000+08:00

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

2007-06-15T16:19:00.000+08:00

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

2007-06-15T16:05:00.000+08:00

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

2007-06-15T15:57:00.000+08:00

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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2007-06-12T11:02:00.000+08:00

Untitled1

2007-06-12T10:58:00.000+08:00

Ages

2007-06-12T10:57:00.000+08:00

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

Laser Jet or Bubble Jet?

2007-06-07T09:18:00.000+08:00

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

2007-06-07T09:15:00.000+08:00

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

Working Day

2007-06-05T12:41:00.000+08:00

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

Daily Report of National Closed 2007

2007-05-28T22:53:00.000+08:00

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!!

2007-05-25T17:13:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-22T21:24:00.000+08:00

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?

2007-05-15T15:52:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-10T13:54:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-10T13:52:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-07T16:03:00.000+08:00

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!!

Done

2007-05-04T10:28:00.000+08:00

Previous Post:
My Website, Almost There, Almost Done

Site Map:
a) Chess Website:
1) News + Online Registration for Tournaments (if applicable)
2) Articles
3) Forum
4) Shop
b) Chess Improvement Blog

Progress: ..|||||100%|||||..

Next Step:
Post initial contents and announce it to the public over the weekend.

P/S: Kindly contact me at euhong@gmail.com if you are interested to become a journalist for the news/articles section.

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Champion Finally!!!

2007-05-02T12:12:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-30T22:00:00.001+08:00

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

I am the culprit

2007-04-30T18:54:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-30T13:45:00.000+08:00

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

Replay the game here:

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

replay the game here:

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

replay the game here:

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

replay the game here:

Last day to declare income tax

2007-04-30T13:25:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-27T09:05:00.000+08:00

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

Replay the game here:

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

Replay the game here:

Rusty

2007-04-26T14:02:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-26T09:10:00.000+08:00

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

Replay the game here:

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

Replay the game here:

Watch the game live at The Official Website.

Vlagyimir vs Léko Péter - Opening Ceremony

2007-04-26T08:48:00.000+08:00

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

30th of April
(Sunday) Departure.

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

Almost Done

2007-04-24T15:08:00.000+08:00

The coding and configuration of my website for chess is more or less done and even some content is up already for the launch on 1st of May 07.

Site Map:
1) News - Done
2) Articles - Done
3) Forum - Done
4) Shop - Done
5) Online Registration for Tournaments (Pending)

Progress: ..|||||90%||||-..

P/S: Kindly contact me at euhong@gmail.com if you are interested to become a journalist for the news/articles section.

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

National Closed 2007 in USM, Penang

2007-04-24T10:03:00.000+08:00

National Chess Championship 27-31 May
Venue: Banquet Hall, USM, Penang.
Closing date: 19 May 07
Jointly organized by :
Penang Chess Association
Malaysia Chess Federation
Kelab Bridge dan Catur Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Please visit PCA Official Website for more information.

To Perlis Rapid Open, I am Going

2007-04-24T08:52:00.000+08:00

This Saturday will be the first time I am going to Perlis for a chess tournament as I have not been to Perlis for years not to mention playing in a chess tournament over there.

The objective is high as I think master would not want to play in an event with RM80 as first prize but this tournament will be serving as a testing ground for my openings so things might turn out ugly.

Some details of the event:
Organiser: Sek Men Keb Syed Hassan & Persatuan Catur Prestij Perlis
Venue: Kantin SMK Syed Hassan
Date: April 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 8.00am – 6.00pm (Round 1 start at 9:00am)

Please visit GilaChess.com for more information.

Old Pictures on Stage

2007-04-22T23:33:00.000+08:00

Just "discovered" that I did copy a few old pictures of me from PCA last month.

Chung Ling Butterworth Open 2006, 3rd Placing

StarWalk Chess Tournament 2006, 4th Placing

USM Open Invididual Chess Tournament 2007, 8th Placing

I do look different in each picture, don't I?

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Almost There

2007-04-20T14:22:00.000+08:00

The construction of my website for chess is more or less finalized and now is the time to put in the initial contents for the launch on 1st of May 07.

Planned contents:
1) News
2) Articles
3) Forum
4) Shop
5) Online Registration for Tournaments

Excluded Contents:
1) Shout Box

Progress: ..|||||70%||---..

P/S: Kindly contact me at euhong@gmail.com if you are interested to become a journalist for the news/articles section.

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Malaysia National Rating List - April 07

2007-04-16T10:27:00.000+08:00

The April version of Malaysia Chess National Rating list if finally out. I had no rated game played over the Jan~Apr period so my rating stays at 1680. Too bad all of the 4 tournaments that I had played in Penang was not rated (USM Individual, Team, PFS Open, CLHS Open) or else I would had my rating >1700 as I finished top 10 in the events and losing only 4 games in total...

Until then,
Eu Hong

Important Notice for all Jit Sin Students

2007-04-16T10:13:00.000+08:00

Excerpt from blog by Jynee read as follow, sorry for some foul language in following text I think the guy was quite pissed.

This is a letter from Chee Yang. According to Boon Pin, Seow Meng from my batch, graduated 2001 become one of the victim last month as well. My fellow friends, please be aware and inform your family immediately. Don't let those bad guy misused our graduate magazine.

Hi all,
My name is Choo Chee Yang, and I graduated from SMJK Jit Sin at 1999, currently stay in singapore . However, my parents are still stay in BM.

Last friday morning, i received a phone call from my mum, said a guy called and claimed that he was my classmate, named Han Ping or You Peng. Told my mum that he wants to send the wedding invitation card to me.

That time i only recalled i got a classmate called Han Ping who is now working in Singapore as well. So i told my mum i don't know and thought mayb he'll mail to me, I wasn't vigilant enough to tell my mum to beware since it maybe a stranger.

But, this guy showed himself at my house in BM and wanted to hand over the invitation card to my mum, my mum got to let him enter to show politeness and my mum said he ' s looks smarter than me (good looking guy not bad guy's mentality).

After he entered, started to tell a lot of stories to distract my mum, such as my school time's stuff. After awhile, he complaint he was thirsty and required a drink. At 1st he said he can't take cold drink, so my mum went in dining room to pour warm water for him, unnoticely he followed behind and then suddenly changed his mind that he wanted cold drink. So my mum went to fridge to get some cold drink.

At this time, this f**ker told my mum said his b**** mother was waiting outside and he want to fecth her outside. So this fucker walked out in the seconds. Before my mum noticed something wrong. This bloody cb f***er took away my mum ' s hand bag and a new mobile phone that i gave my dad during chinese new year.inside my mum hand bag there's a old hand phone and rm40++. Although i am very very frustrated, but the loss was not too great. Just a new samsung mobile most.

But, whati most t*l** was this bloody cb f**ker went to another friend of mine called Teh Chee Hong's place. Headdressed himself the same name as he told my mum, and he's able to tell Chee Hong ever met in the motorcycle's accident during in the school time and he's currently in Japan. As usual, Chee Hong's mother believed what he said and let him enter. The details of these incident I was not too clear because it was told from my neighbour Ming Hong to my mum who is very closed to Chee Hong. All I knew is this time, this cb f**ker really cheated her that he knows the methods to clean to golden chain and jewellry etc. So she brought out all her jewellry to let the f**ker clean it. And this f**ker really took away a total cost of rm7000 from her!!!!!

Friends from Jit Sin,i suspect some organisation has used our graduation book to get our address and house phone no. And they maybe had monitored our residents a long period of times. So i am here as a victim to warn you all, to tell your family not to open the gate to a stranger who claimed he's your old schoolmate. Because this maybe the wolf within a sheep's outfit, this f***ker is look alike my friends in the graduation book's photo. This incident I have told my friend Chau Chong, Han Ping, Aik Keong, Koon Chuan, Kean Kun etc. And I'll make more calls to others.

To prevent this syndicate still active, I pleased that all mates could take this incident seriously and I want this cb f**ker get arrested. I hope BM police force and school administration can notice this issue.
Last, please help me pass this message to other Jit Sin pals and wish there's no more victim from now on.

Newspaper, Kwong Wah Yit Poh did report on this issue.

So guys and girls, please beware!

Best regards,
Eu Hong

1,000

2007-04-16T09:49:00.000+08:00

This blog was launched back in Dec 06. Originally I was thinking of only writing something for myself but later, around mid of January, I changed my mind to announce it to Stonemaster and Gilachess. Then the counter of visitors started on Jan 14th 07 and finally reach 1,000 visitors after 3 months.
And the 1000th visitor is
Not a great archievement though, but at least I got some regular readers.. Thanks for the support. =)

Cheers!
Eu Hong

老朋友

2007-04-09T22:29:00.000+08:00

有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎? 半年没见了,她依然那么迷人...
周末午时突然接获短讯,知道她已人在槟城, 于是互通短讯约好周日午餐时相见...
迷迷糊糊过了一天,很快到了周日午时.好不容易来到PC Fair现场,寻着了她, 无奈她却忙着,午餐延迟至三时...
终于见面了,不管三七二十一地把她载到最远处(来回50公里)只为了午餐.半年不见,咱们没放过一分一秒,沿路谈个不停.也许把午餐延迟让大家都饿了,两人共吃了六盘!!
夕阳无限好,只是近黄昏.. 不得已, 咱们踏上归途. 沿途还买了不少快餐.
把她送到PC Fair现场,而我却独自踏上归途...

Idiot

2007-04-06T14:37:00.000+08:00

Who is the idiot? He is non other than yours truly, me, myself. Well I installed PostNuke as the CMS (Content Management System) for my website but could not manage to configure it in such a way that it act the exact way I want. Finally, I had to write my own CMS with PHP, create the MySQL database and design my own template which is ugly, well I am no designer and always get complain since years ago.

Am I am too stupid to use a system or am I simply too choosy?

Cheers!

More photo on Penang Bridge incident 2 days ago.

2007-04-06T14:31:00.000+08:00

ABC from far away

2007-04-05T17:04:00.000+08:00

I had to travel more than 300km as a driver last weekend. On the way back, my friend suggested to stop and take an ABC** at the side of the road. While it ain't so delicious as compare to what I can get in Penang but it was from far away.
Guess where was the place.

**ABC? ABC == Ais Batu Campur == Ais Kacang (please refer picture above).

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Disturbing News

2007-04-05T16:32:00.000+08:00

Excerpt from The Stars Online

Thousands caught in jam after bridge closure
PENANG: Thousands of Penangites were caught in a massive evening jam when the Penang Bridge was closed for more than two hours after police received a call that there was a bomb on the bridge. Read more...

Bloggers may have to register
AT THE DEWAN RAKYAT
BLOGGERS using locally hosted websites may be asked to register with the authorities, Read more...

Threaten

2007-04-03T16:43:00.000+08:00

Someone just walked over and asked me "Did you mess up with my friend?" during lunch hour, Date 20070403 and Hour 1310. Can we call this a threat? May be I should file a police report on this...
Someone just does not ask a friend to threaten me like this, this is not the way. If someone does not like me, just tell me and we can sort this out the other way but not by telling someone else and let the someone else threaten me...
I know I joke a lot but I always tell out my words with a smile and that means big jokes. May be some people does not like that. I remember joking around and a friend told me he did not like that so I sort of keep it serious with him after that...
But this time...

Still Active

2007-04-03T08:40:00.000+08:00

I had not been playing in any FIDE rated event and get rated (I do play in Malaysian Chess Challenge which was rated but never paired with any of the rated players.) As a result, my FIDE rating should be inactive according to the rules of FIDE. My record however is still active when I check on the latest FIDE rating list this morning.
My rating card as follow or available at FIDE (World Chess Federation) official website.

My world ranking is of 5 digits as shown here or figure below.

Well, I should start finding a few days off my work commitment and join 1 or 2 FIDE rated events later this year or else I will be inactive soon...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Dinner @ Little Kitchen Restaurant

2007-04-01T18:54:00.000+08:00

Gathering became the theme last night when we (3 people only) gathered at Little Kitchen Restaurant for dinner and later went for movie, Meets the Robinsons. We all ordered a set dinner that is different from each other and as usual we took photos. Well, ladies first so here we go the photo of the girl with her main course.Next myself with 70% cooked steak.Finally, the guy with pasta.The dessert!
The food was good and the atmosphere was great. For those looking for a great place for dinner (candle light dinner) can look for the restaurant at Bandar Sunway, Prai, Penang.

Until then,
Cheers,
Eu Hong

NEC Computers Community Open House 2007

2007-04-01T18:26:00.000+08:00

The year 2007 edition of NEC Computeres Community Open House concluded successfully last weekend (23-24 Mar). I was helping on the game booth to let the visitors complete a puzzle and get a free PS2 Optical mouse. We gave out several dozens...

On the mean time, I managed to take some times to take some pictures with people around. For the opening, here is a picture between me and a pretty lady. Guess who is she? She is one of the models for NEC Computres!!
Nothing particular happens after that as day 1 was only a few hours and after that, we went to Penang for dinner. As a record, we ordered 10 dishes for 12 people!The people just could not wait for me to finish with the photo.

Day 2, and my colleagues insisted that I should meet an ex-colleague... as they say..
Do we look like brothers? They all say that, what do you think?

Well, that's all for NEC Open House as some other photos are...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

updates on Amber Chess 2007

2007-03-29T23:04:00.000+08:00

I think Kramnik just won the event earlier. Latest results shows at AmberChess website shows Kramnik drew, Anand drew and Ivanchuk lost so that means Kramnik going into the final round with 2 points advantage wins the event before last game!

Congratulations to Kramnik!!

Mission Accomplished!!

2007-03-28T22:23:00.000+08:00

Bravo!! as I managed to accomplish the project of automation downloads of reports from SSL web applications! Well, nothing new about the technology except I am the first one from the company that managed such project! Congratulations to myself! :D =)

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Streamyx finally...

2007-03-28T00:08:00.000+08:00

Finally got my streamyx installed and now posting my first post with streamyx. Not so good but not so bad as well cause its far better compare to dial up. At least I got to do something I wish for a long time ago. Now I can play chess online, play online games and can proceed to develop websites.

Just finished playing a few games at FreeChess.org just now. The last time I played online was 2,3 years ago. Finally I could play some blitz...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

34th Selangor Open

2007-03-26T09:40:00.000+08:00

CAS is organising the 34th edition of the Selangor Open at Wilayah
Complex, 2nd floor. Champion will receives RM 1,800 Cash, 2nd
position will receives RM 1,200 cash, 3rd prize is RM 700 cash, and
up to other cash prizes up to 10th position.

27th April (Fri) Rd 1 @ 6.00 PM (After Office hours)
28th April (Sat) Rd 2 @ 9.30 AM (Weekend)
28th April (Sat) Rd 3 @ 3.00 PM (Weekend)
29th April (Sun) Rd 4 @ 9.30 AM (Weekend)
29th April (Sun) Rd 5 @ 3.00 PM (Weekend)
30th April (Mon) REST DAY (Working / Schooling Day)
1st May (Tue) Rd 6 @ 9.30 AM (Public Holiday i.e. Labour Day & Wesak
Day)
1st May (Tue) Rd 6 @ 3.00 PM (Public Holiday)
2nd May (Wed) Rd 8 @ 9.00 AM (Public Holiday i.e. Labour Day & Wesak
Day)
2nd May (Wed) Rd 9 @ 2.00 PM (Public Holiday)

Entry Fee for this FIDE rated event: RM 50 (CAS Members/FIDE-
rated/Ladies) OR RM 80 (Others)

For pre-registration >> email your name to selangorchess@gmail.com

Insufficient Energy...

2007-03-25T21:42:00.000+08:00

Working overtime and playing in chess tournament the next day is always a bad choice and combination as I was almost energy-less by round 7 of the 8 rounds tournament. Luckily my round 8 opponent was kind enough to offer me a draw and thus we finished the tournament with 3rd for him and 9th for me...

The 1.5 days of NEC Computers Community Open House 2007 finishes successfully where I had worked overtime for 2 days... More pictures to come for this event...

My aim for for CLHS Open was quite low as I had exhausted myself with the works but the end result was fine except the terrible lost on round 6.

Until then,
Eu Hong

My WebSite

2007-03-22T08:54:00.000+08:00

Dear All,

I am in the process of creating my own website and planning to add a dedicated subdomain for chess. eg. chess.domainname.com

The initial plan is as follow:
- news about local events and foreign events.
- chess columns
- chess discussion forum

Please leave your suggestions on what you think about this and any other improvement or content.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Tan Eu Hong

Another Sad News

2007-03-22T08:32:00.000+08:00

A news from ChessBase.com mentioned about a chess column on Washington Post had been cut short. Another lost for the chess fans.

Read the full story at ChessBase.com.

New Highest Tactics Rating

2007-03-21T13:50:00.000+08:00

It had been exactly 3 months ago when I achieved my highest rating at Chess Tactics Server with 1667 on 20 Dec 06. Today, I done it again to reach 1677 after struggling around 1600~1650 for 3 months. Higher rating come along with high solving speed and of course higher accuracy of solving it. My success rate thus increase to 80.4% after 10,995 tries. This however does not always reflect in actual over-the-board play especially in shorter time control games as I lost all my 5 minutes blitz against Chuah and Khai Boon during PFS open... I think I cannot play blitz... hehehe...

My latest CTS ProfileLatest ranking among Malaysian Tacticians
Top 10 ranking among all active tacticiansand finally I am ranked 207 in the "world".

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

NEC COMPUTERS COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE - 23 & 24 MARCH 2007 - Everyone's Invited

2007-03-20T11:51:00.000+08:00

NEC COMPUTERS ASIA PACIFIC
COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE 2007
At
Plot 119, Jalan Perusahaan, Bukit Tengah Industrial Park,
14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang
On
23 MARCH 2007 FROM 3:00 PM TO 7:00 PM
24 MARCH 2007 FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM

THIS INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO YOU and YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, RELATIVES, FRIENDS & BUSINESS CONTACTS
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE EVENT.Location Map:See you there!!

Nemesis Broken!!

2007-03-19T10:06:00.000+08:00

Penang Free School Open (PFS Open) was over yesterday. The event was carried out successfully except the number of participants was lesser than what usually expected. Only 80+ turned up and the organiser was very generous having giving out a total of 40 prizes!

The tournament started with Tan Khai Boon as first seed, Chuah Heng Meng second, me third, Lim Cheng Teik forth and Victor Hong fifth. The top seed was upset on round 3 while I later lost at round 4. Cheng Teik later lost to Chuah and finally we went into the final round with me playing white against Chuah while Cheng Teik taking White against Khai Boon. My game was an early draw while Khai Boon and Cheng Teik play out until they reach a K+Q+P vs K+Q+2P with favor to Khai Boon but both players is having time trouble and had to settle for a draw when Cheng Teik gives perpetual checks.

For myself, I had my nemesis of not winning any prize at PFS Open broken when I finished 4th on the final standing due to better tie breaks, the prize we get for 4th-6th is the same, so make no difference. However, I created another nemesis when I lost to Holmes again! This is the third time in a row I lost to him and that sum up to 1 win and 3 loses for me. Hmm...

Well, I had my pre-tournament objectives and goals met so I can conclude that the tournament result is good for me except without any remarkable win over any of the strong players, I guess that happens when there are only 7 rounds and the top seeds had some upset result in the earlier rounds...

Top 6 Standing of PFS Open 2007:
Champion: Chuah Heng Meng, 6.5/7
2nd: Victor Hong, 6/7
3rd: Steven Hoh, 6/7
4th: Tan Eu Hong, 5.5/7
5th: Lim Cheng Teik, 5.5/7
6th: Tan Khai Boon, 5.5/7

Coming up next: CLHS Open 2007 on 25th March which means this coming Sunday.
Refer PCA Official Website for more on results and new PCA tournaments.

Until then,
Eu Hong

PFS Open 07 tomorrow

2007-03-17T21:31:00.000+08:00

PFS Open is tomorrow! I have not play in any tournament since USM Open Team 07 which was 2 months ago. I guess I am kind of rusty consider my amount of time spent with chess lately. No game played for the 2 months' period, only solving puzzles at CTS on irregular basis... too bad...

By the way, my progress at Chess Tactics Server (CTS) for the pass week.
Standing among registered Malaysian tacticians.
Hence, the objective for me on PFS Open 07 is to squeeze into top 10 of final standing. No more no less.

May the force be with me.

Best regards,
Eu Hong

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 6

2007-03-14T22:33:00.000+08:00

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 6
Previous installment, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.

Previously on part 5, our friend went missing.

Here I had a new mission, namely to find the missing soul! After wondering around the crowd for awhile, I found the pro hiding, aiming and shooting again. (shooting picture of course). On the same time, another guy just call him via cellphone and ask him to go home... However, we still took pictures along the way back to the spot to gather.

To the place our car was parked, an ancient looking door which is still under decoration
The parking area was still very crowded and we had to help looking around for our driver to move the car out. For his hardwork, the driver deserve a picture.
There we go, moving down hill slowly as cars were going up and down on a very narrow road so everyone must drive slowly to avoid collision.Scene with heavy traffic and the clock showing 10.45pm

Midway thru, at the mid-hill area again.This time we were moving fast so most of the image I got was blur which made another kind of art...
Gate and roof with "moving" light.

Before the exit, there was a stagewith people performing, singing I assumed but the quality was......

We were on the main road now, and a final view of Kek Lok Si from far.This picture was taken while the car was still moving. Not bad right? my technique... :P Notice the photo, it looks like Kek Lok Si was "floating", the hanging garden? No, the blue and yellow light accross and the lamp posts was just a few meters from our car while Kek Lok Si was actually around a kilometer away and the dark area at the bottom indicate the cliff of the hill where Kek Lok Si located.

Finally, that's all of the interesting views from my Chap Goh Meh spent at Kek Lok Si.

Until then, more posts to come on my next visit to other interesting place.

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Advertisement of Something About Everything

2007-03-13T17:22:00.000+08:00

I just discovered this item while surfing earlier. May be some advertisement can boast the traffic?? Time will tell...

MCC Round 8 - Lucky Win

2007-03-12T23:33:00.000+08:00

It had been some moments ago since I was seriously involved in my daily activities. Today, many activities was resumed as well as workout and chess. Here is my first win at Malaysian Chess Challenge 06 after playing badly for days.

Tan Eu Hong (2043) - Sri Shiva Kumar [B18]
AMBank Malaysian Chess Challenge, 25.08.2006

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 Caro-Kann Defence again. Incidently, I had some discussion on this variation with my teammate during Merdeka Open a week ago. That descussion ended in my favour with my pawn on d4-c5 squares and knight on d6 which was dominating. Few days later at the penultimate round of the Merdeka Open, I won again with such configuration though that was only a rapid game. Here, today, my 1600 national rated opponent allowed that to happen again providing me another win (though some luck was finally required) which sum up to 4 wins against the Caro-Kann Defence including round 1 of this event and my practice game against my friend.

6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 [7.Ne5 Nf6 (7...Bh7 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qf3 f6 10.Bc4 e6 (10...fxe5 11.Qf7+ Kd7 12.Qe6+ Ke8 (12...Kc7 13.Qxe5++- ) 13.Ne4 Na6 14.Qxe5 g5 15.Qxh8 Bxe4 16.Qxg8 Qxd4 17.Qf7+ Kd7 18.Qe6+ Kc7 19.c3+- ) ) 8.Nxg6 fxg6 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Bxg6+ Kd8 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Re1+- ]

7...Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 I avoided the mainline which usually had this position 2 moves later where White's pawn on h5 and Black's knight on f6 or d7. White's pawn will be slightly over-extent and is harder for a player of my standard to play for a win as Black only need to defend accurately, exchange into endgame and pick up the h5-pawn.

9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Rfe1 Ne7?! [12...Ngf6 this is better as White cannot play Ne4 without allowing the knight to be exchanged off. The Black's knights can later move toward the centre, for example ...Nd5, ...N7f6 with an equal position.]

13.c4 0-0 14.Ne4! White is playing toward the aforementioned plan. Black is playing too passively.

14...Qc7 15.c5 Nd5 16.Nd6?! Too soon. White should had prepared b4 first then only Nd6 when the knight will be standing even firmer on d6. Black to Move.

16...b5? [16...b6! challenging White's grip of the position at its root, namely the c5-square to prove that 16Nd6 was only an illusion and clearly doubius! 17.b5 is now impossible and White will be forced to play 17.Qc4.]

17.Qd2 a5 18.Kh1?! [18.Ne5 is better. White started to play aimlessly after achieving a slight plus.]

18...N7f6 19.Ne5 Rad8 20.Rac1 a4 21.Rc2 Ne8Black to move.

22.Rec1 f6? [Discouraging: 22...Nxd6 23.cxd6 Rxd6 24.Nxc6?/a> White's strong knight had disappeared but gained a newly opened c-file thus compensate for the isolated queen pawn.]

23.Ng6 Nxd6 24.cxd6 Rxd6 25.Nxf8 Kxf8+/= White is only slightly better after winning the exchange (N+P vs R) due to the isolated Queen pawn and Black's undisputed knight on d5-square.

26.f4?! [26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Qd7 28.Ra2 Ne7 29.Qe2 Rxd4 30.Qh5= ]

26...Ne7 27.Qb4 Qd7 28.Rd1 Nd5 29.Qd2 Ne7 30.Qf2 Nf5 31.Rcd2 Rd5 32.g4 Ne7 33.b4 axb3 34.axb3 Qd6 35.Qe3 Kf7 36.Re1 g6 37.b4 f5 the position become more and more complicated and I am running low on time. I think the position is only slightly better for White given the various conditions.
White to move.

38.h3 fxg4 39.hxg4 h5 40.f5 e5?? The move that loses the game. [40...exf5 41.gxh5 f4 42.hxg6+ Nxg6 43.Qe8+ Kf6 44.Rc1+/- I was not able to see this move (44.Rc1!) threatening to win the Queen, in time trouble.]

41.dxe5?! Time trouble! [41.f6! Ng8 42.dxe5+- Black can already resign.]

41...Qxb4 42.fxg6+ Nxg6 43.e6+?! it happened that I kept playing those doubious moves in time trouble. [43.Rxd5 cxd5 44.Qf2+ Ke8 45.gxh5 Ne7 46.e6+- ]

43...Kg7 44.Rxd5 cxd5 45.e7 Qxe7 46.Qxe7+ Nxe7 47.Rxe7+ Kf6White to move.

48.Re3? I thought I cannot catch the pawns!!! [48.Rd7 Ke6 49.gxh5! and White either take all the pawns or queen if Black take the rook!; 48.Rb7 hxg4 49.Rxb5 Ke5 50.Kg2 Ke4 51.Kg3 d4 52.Rb8 d3 53.Re8+ Kd4 54.Kf4 mate in 18 as Fritz9 says.]

48...hxg4 49.Kg2 White chosen a wrong plan that actually throw away the win if Black knows how to continue.

49...Kf5 50.Kg3 d4 51.Rb3 Ke4 52.Rb4 Ke3 53.Rxb5 d3 54.Re5+ Kd4 55.Re8 d2 56.Kf2 I played this move and pray for miracle to happen. [Not 56.Kxg4?? d1Q+ when Black is suddenly winning!]
Black to move. Find the drawing continuation!

56...Kd3?? [56...d1N+= Black can start to claim for a draw from the arbiter in charge!] now Black loses.

57.Rd8+ Kc2 58.Ke2 Black resigned. Afterward my opponent told me that he did not know endgame with K+R vs K+N+P was theoritically drawn and all the while he was only thinking of promoting to a queen. I am so lucky this time! I am now back to even score with 4/8 by winning the this game. 1-0

Replay the game here:

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

New Tournament: PFS Open 2007, this Sunday

2007-03-12T23:17:00.000+08:00

PFS Open 2007
Venue: PFS, Penang
Date: 18th March 2007
Picture below is the details of the event. Visit PCA Website for more details.

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 5

2007-03-12T22:50:00.000+08:00

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 5
Previous installment, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

It had been awhile since I last thought of moving up the stairs but here again we got distracted by some cute little "pets".So here we are, decided to take another group photo. Our very hardworking and proffesional photographer setting up his tools.Opps, he runs out of charges.

From where we were standing, we can actually had a bird eye view of the lower part (the part where we took photos).The parking area was also visible.The main spot of attraction, the KuanYin.The place is still however under construction as there will be actually at roof as indicated by the poster.
On the mean time, someone from Aiyer Item area was doing some fire work and the sound was audible. Fortunately I discovered the event quick enough and had the time to take a few pictures of it.I initially intended to take video of it but was too late...

Back to the scene, here, we had a wishing tree.The colourful tree leaf was actually hanged by visitors where they first wrote down their wishes over the piece of cloth and then hang it on the tree. I overheard a conversion where a lady mentioned about "the higher you can hang your wishes, the better it will come true!!", true or not, I don't know.

Finally, on the wallwe got a Buddha's Holy Script.

Looking at the watch, it was then 10.30p.m. and the girl in the gang suggested that we should start moving home as all of us will need to work the next day. Yet again, our "proffesional" had gone missing...

To be continue...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

New Tournament: CLHS Open 2007

2007-03-11T23:34:00.000+08:00

Name: Kejohanan Catur Antarabangsa Terbuka CLHS 2007
Date: 25 Mac 2007
Venue: Dewan SMJK Chung Ling
Fees:
PCA Member: Open/Lady/Veteran RM15; U18/U15 RM10; U12/U10 RM10
Non-PCA: Open/Lady/Veteran RM20; U18/U15 RM15; U12/U10 RM15
Registration: Register before 6pm 23 Mac 2007.

Entry fees can be paid via:
(a) Sundays to Mr. Tan Eng Seong at RABB, Bayan Baru or
(b) on 24 Mac at Dewan SMJK Chung Ling from 5.00pm -6.00pm
All payment must be made latest by 6pm, 24 Mac 07.
Time control: 25 minute per player.
For registration, please contact:
Tan Eng Seong 012-4299517 estan64@streamyx.com
Lim Wei Yang 04-6598199 wylim1990@gmail.com

Schedule on 25-3-07:
0740-0810 Registration
0830-0920 Round 1
0930-1020 Round 2
1030-1120 Round 3
1130-1220 Round 4
1220-1330 Rehat
1330-1420 Round 5
1430-1520 Round 6
1530-1620 Round 7
1630-1720 Round 8
1745-1815 Prize Giving Ceremony

Prizes : Open Category
1st RM200
2nd RM150
3rd RM100
4th RM 90
5th RM 80
6th RM 70
7th RM 60
8th RM 50
9th RM 50
10th RM 50
and Group Prizes for age groups, Best Veteran, Best CLHS Player, Best Former CLHS Player, and Best Lady.

* The numbers of prizes given out is subjected the number of participants. The organizer has the right to make any amendments.

Download the entry form at the official PCA Website.

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 4

2007-03-11T23:10:00.000+08:00

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 4
Previous installment, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Bird Eye View
of Aiyer Item Area from Kek Lok Si

I was about to move to another place when I noticed that I can take a few pictures of Aiyer Item from the parking area.
An Bird Eye View.

Another view but from different angle. Notice the ship-like building and the building on bottom-right corner, I am about to zoom in using the combination of optical zoom and digital zoom.

First try which is about 10x(3.6x optical + 6x digital)

Maximum zoom, 20x!!

The best I can do with my camera. I think my "professional-looking" friend had a better set of pictures. Hopefully I can get a hand on them and post it here.

Finally the ship-like building which is actually another temple...

Stay tuned...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Malaysian Double Triumph at All England

2007-03-11T23:05:00.000+08:00

Great news! The Malaysian double that had advanced to Final of All England Men's Double Badminton Championship had the World Champion pair, Cai Yun and Foo Hai Feng beaten in just 38 minutes!

Result:
Koo Kean Keat, Tan Boon Heong vs Cai Yun, Foo HaiFeng 21-15, 21-18

The two won the first game within 16 minutes. 2nd round was tougher as they had to struggle thru to reach 18-18 and finally triumph the 21-18!

Bravo!!

Cheers!
Eu Hong

Anand Wins Linares 2007

2007-03-11T22:28:00.000+08:00

Anand finished clear first after drawing with Ivanchuk! Carlsen was beaten by Leko and joined by Morozevich at second place. The later finish with another win by beating Svidler. It is remarkable that Morozevich managed to come back from the bottom of the table to join second.

Round 14: Result
Peter Leko 1-0 Magnus Carlsen
Peter Svidler 0-1 Alex. Morozevich
Veselin Topalov ½-½ Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Vishy Anand

More details at ChessBase.com

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 3

2007-03-11T02:01:00.000+08:00

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 3
Previous installment, Part 1, Part 2.

Moments ago I went on to take pictures of my friends and on the mean time, our "professional-looking" friend went missing into the crowd with his "professional-looking" camera and tripod...

The guy was later found adjusting his camera and shooting around.

Take a look at next 2 photos Notice the different? The photos was actually taken from the same angle between a few seconds time gap where the first one was taken without flash light and the second was taken with flash light. Which is better? What do you think?

The place where I was previously standing.

Another shoot with flashStanding next to the cliff (there was actually a fence composed by trees), we can still see cars moving towards the top of the hill.Mid-hill from top-hill with trees and leaves preventing a clear view.

Looks like scene from Hong Kong's Kung Fu movies right?

I was borned in the year of Dog on Lunar Calendar so "legally" I have to take a few photo with the "star".(including the "Confused Dog" from previous post. :P)
The lovely dogwith me posting.

Moving on, we are moving to highest point of this spot to take more photos at
and
Stay tuned...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Linares 2007

2007-03-11T01:17:00.000+08:00

I was busy with activities over Friday and Saturday. So was not around to read or post anything... Too bad...

Round 13 of Linares was played out on Saturday with Morozevich beating then former FIDE Champion, Topalov while the rest of the games were drawn. The game between the 2 was interesting with a lot of useful lesson. First White went into the endgame with a microscopic advantage where draw is a most likely result, then Topalov fight on and White gets an outside passed pawn. Later the game turn into a K+Ps vs K+Ps endgame then K+Q+P vs K+Q+P and finally K+Q+Q vs K+Q+P where Topalov finally resigned.

The final position of the game.
Replay the game here.

Pairing of Round 14 which is probably going on now but I had to wait until hours later to know the result. =( Arghh, I am getting nervous...

Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen
Peter Svidler - Alex. Morozevich
Veselin Topalov - Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk - Vishy Anand

Condi Chess

2007-03-09T10:24:00.000+08:00

Chess has been a game where 2 people sit quietly and crack their head to come out with the best move. An article from ChessBase.com introduced Condi Chess. Condi chess is another way of making the game fun. The clock is about ten meters away from the board, and every time anyone makes a move, he or she has to run to the clock. Imagine we play Condi Chess in blitz mode, that will actually turn out to be a workout on both mentally and physically! Good idea hey? May be I should try this out to lose some weight while being able to play chess on the same time... hmm...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Computer and Chess

2007-03-09T09:12:00.000+08:00

2 stories on human vs machine on chess.

Story #1
Checking on 1 of my e-mail boxes, I found the latest newsletter from TWIC on GM Ehlvest vs Rybka Engine with the computer playing white in all 8 games on a 4 processor machine, giving odds of 1 pawn on a different position on a 8 games match. The time control is 45 minutes + 10 seconds for each move. Sadly, the final score is 5.5-2.5 in favour of the computer...
More information is available at GM Ehlvest's blog.

Story #2
One of the headlines on ChessBase.com shows "Man vs Machine, Zap!Chess vs Erwin L'Ami 1:1". Yes another match and this time, the games were played with time odds: the computer got 30 minutes (and no thinking on the opponent's time), vs 4½ hours for the human.
Zap!Chess is the commercial version of Zappa, the 2005 World Computer Chess Champion.
The complete story on the ChessBase.com website.

Ever since the Reign World Chess Champion GM Vladimir Kramnik was beaten by Fritz10, the Computer has been dominating human on chess. Nowadays, they are event unbeaten with odds given to our human GM... Will the scenario from movie, The Terminator actually happen to us one day? It seems like...

Happy Birthday to Me

2007-03-08T23:35:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to Me

Today of 25 years ago was a special day for my parents as I was then introduced to this world by my mother. Today of present day is a special day for me as I celebrated my 25th birthday.

I woke up this morning at unusually early moment of the day and found several messages pending on my received sms, including a sms that came all the way from Italy! How touching!

Moving on, I went to work as usual except with greetings coming via my phone on a free flow pace. While it had been a tradition in my department that we celebrated birthday once a month for all colleagues that had their birthday fall on the month. March is my turn and incidently the celebration falls on my birthday itself well this is the second year I get to celebrate my birthday with my colleagues.

Some moment that was taken by one of the girls.
waiting with anticipation for the cakes!

birthday boys and girl.

cakes with candles. Lovely isn't it?

1...2...3... blow... after everyone sings the birthday song its time...

The ceremony with Syah and me holding a knife each.

Okay, enough of ceremony, now we divide the cakes for realas everyone will get at least a pair of Chocolate and Fruit cakes!

and someone is too shy to show herself in front of the camera...

Finally, we pack and clean up the place. I got to bring home a few slice of cakes as we did not manage to finish off everything...

At home a few moment ago... my mother surprised me with no cakes but 2 red eggs!

Yeah!! Happy Birthday to Me!!

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Chap Goh Meh - Kek Lok Si - Part 2

2007-03-08T23:24:00.000+08:00

Previous installment, Part 1.

We were finally at the place and immediately we noticed a lot of people moving around, taking photo of the site and people. Honestly, I had never been here at this hour, in fact, I never came to the top of Kek Lok Si before. It is a shame to tell others that I come from Penang. :P

Before going into another series of pictures, let's have a little review of my camera. I bought this camera back on September, 2006. It is Panasonic Lumix FX01 with 6.0 MegaPixels. As the be shown later, it is still ok for an amatuer photographer like me. :P
More details from the Panasonic Website.

First sight of the area.

There was another place higher than where I was standing but that's later. For the moment, I needed to wonder around where I was standing and I started to move among the crowd.

Pictures taken where always in 2 modes, 1 with flash light and another 1 without flash light. Just to make sure that I don't miss out anything.This was taken without the flash light. It looks more natural compared to the previous photo where flash light was applied(it looks more yellow-brownish) but some editing work need to be done in order to see "clearly".

A confused dog when my camera flashed!

A series of pictures was taken from different angle:
A)Under the roof:
B)Front View:
C)Moving away:

After this I went on to take pictures of my friends and on the mean time, our "professional-looking" friend went missing into the crowd with his "professional-looking" camera and tripod...

To be continue...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong