tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197096292024-03-06T20:27:31.118-08:00Chess TalkA chess amatuer sharing his experience over the chess board in hopes in will benefit others like himself. Using audio, podcast and video to illustrate games and ideas.GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-32187178284976769192014-12-08T16:29:00.002-08:002014-12-08T16:29:29.802-08:00Exabytes woes againIf you noticed I haven't been using my own domains glitchess.com and maribelajar.com for a very long time because of the malware headaches I got the last 2 years from Exabytes.<br />
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Just at a critical time during this Penang Open, my own blog at blogspot - gilachess.blogspot.com gets this unexpected and rude warning.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjSsLu_vIlUhBQR4qdShVqz5LP19ZNfKY67vTJFhyYfjTwZHVi_gsj0eiB8U2NQojoRfLeIz9lQORTlM0jEL5NftmV8FAi81xQa2xAJkcWlGCH7ezwlJaoaJ8EZ2GpYWel_3d/s1600/malware.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjSsLu_vIlUhBQR4qdShVqz5LP19ZNfKY67vTJFhyYfjTwZHVi_gsj0eiB8U2NQojoRfLeIz9lQORTlM0jEL5NftmV8FAi81xQa2xAJkcWlGCH7ezwlJaoaJ8EZ2GpYWel_3d/s1600/malware.jpg" /></a><br />
It seems my interactive table that I link to is in maribelajar.com and that in turn has been hit by malware.<br />
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Anyway I have removed all links to maribelajar.com so the issue should be solved in a day or two.<br />
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In the meantime I will rely on my other blogs for updates.<br />
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P/S: The renewal for my domain and website at Exabytes is coming up at the end of December. Guess who will not be renewing ?GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-39321790624703545262014-08-27T22:02:00.000-07:002014-08-27T22:02:02.112-07:00Get ready for Malaysian Chess Festival 2014It will be from September 12 to September 21.<br />
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Official tournament site:<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/%C2%A0http://datmo.net%C2%A0"> http://datmo.net </a><br />
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Tournament blog:<br />
<a href="http://malaysiachessfestival.blogspot.com/">http://malaysiachessfestival.blogspot.com</a>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-52900341975423025382009-04-29T19:26:00.001-07:002009-04-29T19:26:27.545-07:00INITIAL Thoughts: Blunder Save<p>I played team chess league tournament - the DATCC Chess League 2009. I won a pawn, then a piece and then  blundered the piece back. Here's how I saved the game. </p> <p>The reason I created this video because it is my initial feeling of the game. I've heard an advice from a coach that you should make your initial analysis WITHOUT the use of chess engines or even consultation so as to record as many of your thoughts that were going thru your head during the game. IF you delay the analysis after even a day, there may be "thought contamination" and your analysis will contain biases since you have had time to have a secondary analysis either from yourself, opponent and/or chess engine.</p> <iframe src="http://videos.maribelajar.com/datccr02/datccr02.html" width="430" height="498"></iframe> GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-66533415639292028102008-11-25T07:46:00.000-08:002008-11-25T07:49:59.394-08:00Saavedra Endgame StudyThis was the endgame study I posted as a puzzle on my other chess blog but no one found the solution after 3 days. Here's a video explaining the famous endgame study:-<br /><br/><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w48IBJ2gNyM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w48IBJ2gNyM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br/><br/><br />Also for a change I put this video in YouTube (for the first time) instead of Flash videos. At least with YouTube it has a bigger exposure and I don't need to have my own webspace to host Flash files as I did with my older videos.GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-39439556769003008212008-06-12T08:52:00.001-07:002008-06-12T08:55:35.602-07:00Donations for China Earthquake victims<p>This is my second post on natural disasters and the human tragedy that resulted. I'm talking about the recent quake in China and my heart sank when I saw the pictures of the children killed by falling buildings. Even though I don't live in China, I am Chinese and I do have relatives living in Hainan, China. Thankfully that was not the area hit by the quakes.</p> <p>I'm also heartened by the fact that a <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/blackjack.html">online casino</a> website is helping out with donations to the victims of the quake. I'm talking about <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/"><b>BackgammonMasters.com</b></a> which is an <a href="http://www.BackgammonMasters.com">online backgammon</a> site that also host <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/blackjack.html" target="_blank">blackjack</a> tournaments.  It is commendable that they are channeling proceeds of prize money from the blackjack and backgammon tournaments directly to UNICEF organization.</p> <p>For every $1 donated from a months worth of tournament buy-ins, Backgammon Masters will be donating <strong>$5. </strong>That's very generous of them and I salute their efforts.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gammonish.com">Online backgammon</a> and blackjack tournaments will be offered for the whole month, 24/7 to help towards this cause. So if you are into Blackjack or Backgammon, do drop in, register with the <a href="http://www.gammonish.com/blackjack.html">online casino</a> website and join the online tournaments with buy-ins that ranges from $4.50 and $200. Where else can you have a good online game of backgammon and contribute to a good cause at the same time?</p> GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-11833760474506408002008-06-12T08:17:00.001-07:002008-06-12T08:17:03.452-07:00Myanmar/Burma disaster<blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/gilachess/SFE91UMYhqI/AAAAAAAAAzs/33NCAQ6NVgs/s1600-h/image3.png"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="484" alt="image" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/gilachess/SFE97SfKU7I/AAAAAAAAAzw/Zj41A6FFNF8/image_thumb1.png?imgmax=800" width="360" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>It is feared up to 1 million people may have died in this disaster, and although this is disputed, if Nargis <i>did</i> kill this many people, it would be the deadliest cyclone ever recorded, and the third deadliest natural disaster ever recorded in history, behind the Yellow River floods of 1887 and 1931 in China. At least 10,000 people have been reported to have perished in the delta town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogale">Bogale</a>.One aid worker has claimed that the death toll from the cyclone and its aftermath may reach 300,000; if this was correct it would be the 2nd deadliest cyclone and fourth deadliest natural disaster.</p> <p>~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Nargis" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Got an email from Fide Trainer / FM Peter Long relaying the appeal by Myanmar Chess Federation for donation.</p> <p>Here's a quote from the email:-</p> <blockquote> <p>I just met Maung Maung Lwin, President of Myanmar Chess Federation at the ASEAN Age Groups in Danang, Vietnam <a href="http://www.aseanagegroups.blogspot.com">www.aseanagegroups.blogspot.com</a> and he asked me to help circulate the attached appeal to the chess world.</p> <p>Maung has tirelessly and singlehandedly kept Myanmar chess alive for over 20 years and despite losing all his businesses (factory, restaurant, etc.) in the recent Cyclone Nargis he is more concerned about his people's plight and is still helping promote chess by agreeing to be our Chief Arbiter here!</p> </blockquote> <p>More information at <a title="http://www.thefidetrainer.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.thefidetrainer.blogspot.com/">http://www.thefidetrainer.blogspot.com/</a></p> GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-35071797388288342922008-05-09T00:01:00.001-07:002008-05-09T00:01:28.173-07:00Backgammon Masters to enlist MIT "21" team<p>There's a new movie coming out called “21” starring Kevin Spacey which features MIT “Blackjack Teams” of students who are able to beat the odds in the Las Vegas Casinos.</p> <p>Back in real life, BackgammonMasters the makers of <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com">backgammon</a> online games, has decided to put their <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/blackjack.html">blackjack</a> software to be tested by the real-life MIT "Blackjack Teams" to see how they measure up. Yes they actually exist and The MIT Team will be using their unique strategies to increase their odds of winning in the online game. The results should be very interesting to see.</p> <p>In addition, Backgamomon Masters is allowing <a href="http://www.gammonish.com/blackjack.html">Blackjack</a> enthusiasts to "Tell a Friend Bonuses" so that more people can test the system.</p> <p>One distinct difference between online Blackjack and the real casino version is that the online game rooms will have  an innovative basic Blackjack calculator allowing players to see the statistics and hence, increase their odds of winning. Of course this is not allowed in real casinos!</p> GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-83703082765489981462008-04-19T22:15:00.000-07:002008-04-19T22:17:50.298-07:00Matrix ChessSince it's a nice quiet Sunday, let's just take a break from serious chess study and enjoy this animation ... :)<br /><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XJ2N8xGxyrM&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XJ2N8xGxyrM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425" ></embed></object><div id="zemanta-pixie" style="margin: 5px 0pt; width: 100%;"><a id="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"><img id="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixie.png?x-id=eadb6da0-0a41-4194-b4b9-aa9f68697855" style="border: medium none ; float: right;"></a></div>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-19468575358863812892008-03-20T00:37:00.001-07:002008-03-20T00:37:33.542-07:00Backgammon and chess<p>Backgammon is yet another board game like chess but it's quite different. Like chess, backgammon has been subjected to extensive computer analysis and that has resulted in backgammon software that is capable of beating world-class human players. </p> <p>One major difference is backgammon has more of an element of chance in it compared to chess so it's quite popular as a online betting game.</p> <p>One such site that has <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com" target="_blank">backgammon</a> as it's main game online is <strong><a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com">http://www.backgammonmasters.com</a></strong>.  This site has a very international approach as they have included multilingual features into their website where their game lobby supports <strong>14 different languages</strong> including French, German, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Danish, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and now Bulgarian. Even their online support which currently supports English will be manned by multilingual operators in future.</p> <p>Besides <a href="http://www.gammonish.com" target="_blank">backgammon</a>, the site also offers <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/blackjack.html" target="_blank">blackjack</a> and poker software. Of course, this means the site is an online betting site so it's similar to casino/gambling site where real money is used. It's also natural for the site to support multiple currencies like USD, Euros, GBP and Canadian dollars.</p> <p>So if you are into entering online backgammon tournaments with money at stake then take a look at backgammonmasters.com.</p> GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-7594371136580217992008-03-11T08:33:00.001-07:002008-03-11T08:33:30.311-07:00How to create a chess blog in 10 minutes<p></p> <p>Here's a new video created specifically to encourage the chess community to take up blogging. </p> <p>Chess is such a small niche that if only a few of my regular blog readers start up their own blog, it would mean a big percentage of increase in the chess blogosphere. </p> <p>This video starts from the very basics:</p> <ul> <li>registering an email from Gmail, </li> <li>register a free blog at blogger.com, </li> <li>choosing inserting a picture and even </li> <li>inserting a whole playable javascript chess game diagram. <br /></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.gilachess.com/ext/videos/chessblog-under10min/10minblog.html" target="_blank"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="257" alt="10min-chess-blog" src="http://lh5.google.com/gilachess/R9amSM_eGuI/AAAAAAAAAlA/RI2VU3rmN-w/10min-chess-blog%5B5%5D" width="388" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>All that in under 10 minutes.</p> GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-23696758747082088162008-02-15T03:12:00.000-08:002008-12-08T21:20:04.599-08:00Review: Backgammon website<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIJINSdydEU12cQDCrThZHtp58ANUE0wc7EznolaGk7qPDCtHfB0ym-2C9u521IoSiQepazrqrNJyDe4tCMXbZjVBo8yMmS117HgH5srGOrt1yxvLJ3XxD0B-BkfuRw8IhKEc/s1600-h/backgammon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIJINSdydEU12cQDCrThZHtp58ANUE0wc7EznolaGk7qPDCtHfB0ym-2C9u521IoSiQepazrqrNJyDe4tCMXbZjVBo8yMmS117HgH5srGOrt1yxvLJ3XxD0B-BkfuRw8IhKEc/s400/backgammon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167163776680953474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'm looking at other boardgames sites offering online games other than chess for once. I chose to look at <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/">backgammon</a> as it is the closest boardgame to chess (other than draught).<br /><br />The site that turned up often on the search engine is BackgammonMasters. A close cursory glance at the site, I think to myself that more chess sites should follow them in terms of marketing and site design.<br /><br />BackgammonMasters Game Lobby looks simply enticing. Besides backgammon they also offer games such as <a href="http://www.backgammonmasters.com/blackjack.html">blackjack game</a> online as well as poker online. Of course, you play against other human opponents.<br /><br />The good thing for beginners is the help resources where you can read up and learn some <a href="http://www.gammonish.com/blackjack.html">blackjack basic strategy</a>. That's important for any online game to get beginners by providing good materials for them to read first.<br /><br />As for me, I'm not much of a gambler but I am interested in <a href="http://www.gammonish.com/blackjack.html">blackjack game</a> online. Perhaps later I can do a more detailed review on this site when I've got my feet wet.<br /><br />The website itself has undergone a major revamp where they've introduced a new look as well as improved user navigation. From what I can see from first looks, they have done a pretty good job.GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-1147665361238559572006-05-14T20:52:00.000-07:002006-05-14T20:56:01.246-07:00Chess Talk # 3This is my third <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chess Talk</span> video post.<br /><br />The game is between a Danish chess friend I got to know <a href=http://www.chessvideos.mylivepage.com/>Tobias Lindegaard</a><br /><br />Tobias is Black playing the Sicilian Pelikan.<br /><br /><br /><a href=# onClick="myRef=window.open('http://maribelajar.com/ext/chesstalk/ctv003.html','ChessTalk003', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');myRef.focus()"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1251/514/400/eyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" />View ChessTalk#003</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="tag_list">Techorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Chess+Video" rel="tag">Chess Video</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Video," rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess," rel="tag">Chess,</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess" rel="tag">Chess</a><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag">Blog</a></div>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-1144808989704830992006-04-11T19:26:00.000-07:002006-04-11T19:32:19.580-07:00This blog is alive again!This blog has not been updated in months.<br /><br />The reason is that I was not happy with problems with the last 2 videos that I produced.<br /><br />If you've seen them you noticed that at some point the audio and video goes out of sync.<br /><br />Well I've experimented with another recording software and finally resolved this sync problem.<br /><br />Here's my test video:<br /><br /><a href=# onClick="myRef=window.open('http://videos.maribelajar.com/ctv002/ctv002.html','ChessTalk002 test', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');myRef.focus()"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1251/514/400/eyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" />View Judit vs Kasparov game (test video)</a>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-1134642234151793782005-12-15T02:23:00.000-08:002006-02-22T23:36:46.440-08:00How to combine PGN filesI made this over a year back to combine some <a href="http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html" target="_blank">TWIC</a> PGN files into one big database so it would be convenient to search games.<br /><br />I know many people have easier ways of doing this but this is MY WAY. And I like it :)<br /><br />Not officially a Chess Talk video as there is <b>no audio</b>.<br /><br /><a href=# onClick="myRef=window.open('http://maribelajar.com/ext/chesstalk/combinepgn/combinepgn.html','How to combine PGN', 'left=5,top=5,width=795,height=595,toolbar=1,resizable=0');myRef.focus()"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1251/514/400/eyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" />View how to combine PGN files</a><br /><br /><div class="tag_list">Techorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Chess+Video" rel="tag">Chess Video</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Video," rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess," rel="tag">Chess,</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess" rel="tag">Chess</a><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag">Blog</a></div>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-1134196244262259812005-12-09T22:28:00.000-08:002005-12-15T02:11:19.310-08:00Chess Talk # 2This is my second <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chess Talk</span> video post.<br /><br />Being unrated in the <a href=http://tcn.sourceforge.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=39>Chervrolet Open</a> played and defeated an <a href=http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=5701848>ELO 1934 player (Chan Tze Chen)</a>. <br /><br />I was white and it features an interesting <span style="font-weight:bold;">anti-French variation</span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href=# onClick="myRef=window.open('http://maribelajar.com/ext/chesstalk/ctv002.htm','ChessTalk001', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');myRef.focus()"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1251/514/400/eyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" />View ChessTalk#002</a><br /><br /><br />Credits goes to Dennis Monokroussos for the article with analysis of the opening variation that I actually used in the game. I thank you !!<br /><br />His blogs is at:-<br /><li><a href=http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/>http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/</a><br /><li><a href=http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/>http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/</a><br /><br />Also credits to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ching Kim Lye</span> who suggested that I use this particular anti-French variation.<br /><br /><div class="tag_list">Techorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Chess+Video" rel="tag">Chess Video</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Video," rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess," rel="tag">Chess,</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess" rel="tag">Chess</a><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag">Blog</a></div>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709629.post-1134100240792803192005-12-08T19:43:00.000-08:002005-12-13T21:37:30.823-08:00Chess Talk # 1Please take note that I'm only a patzer but I do enjoy chess and would like to share games that I've played in my own words (sort of like <a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1890085022/gilachess-20?creative=327641&camp=14573&adid=1T6NT9ZMCB53VYRBF45M&link_code=as1>The Amatuer's Mind by Jeremy Silman</a>). <br />The games are in flash video with audio commentary by me. Please don't laugh as this is my first effort.<br /><br /><a href=# onClick="myRef=window.open('http://maribelajar.com/ext/chesstalk/CT001.htm','ChessTalk001', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');myRef.focus()"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1251/514/400/eyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" />View ChessTalk#001</a><br /><br /><div class="tag_list">Techorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Chess+Video" rel="tag">Chess Video</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Video," rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess," rel="tag">Chess,</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Chess" rel="tag">Chess</a><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag">Blog</a></div>GilaChesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478596350967034213noreply@blogger.com2