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Meet 15-year-old Poh Yu Tian, arguably Penang's greatest chess player of all time—a true GOAT. Never before has there been so much excit...

Food-wise, yesterday was one odd, crazy day—completely unplanned, utterly random, and I only realised the pattern while driving back from th...

I’m writing this short note on the winter solstice, the day when the sun reaches its southernmost position in the sky before making an about...

My recent trip to Singapore wasn’t entirely about chess—those moments were reserved for the late afternoons and evenings. So, what did I do ...

At last, the full moon—99.8% illuminated—emerges above Bukit Mertajam, breaking free after weeks of hiding behind the rain clouds! The sky i...

It is not widely known that, as a nine-year-old, Gukesh Dommaraju participated in the 13th Malaysia Chess Festival in 2015. Having left scho...

Recently, I spent an engaging four days in Singapore to attend Days Four, Five and Six of the World Chess Championship match between the def...

I would want to congratulate Gukesh Dommaraju, who, at the age of 18, has become the 18th FIDE World Chess Champion. He triumphed over the d...

Over the past 24 years, there have been five or six reunions of the former staff of the now-defunct Ban Hin Lee Bank. I can’t quite recall t...

A 92-player field for The Old Frees' Association Rapid Chess Open Tournament last Sunday far exceeded my expectations. Barely a week bef...