Easy Internet Security - Keep your computer secure

I have created a new guide on how to keep your computer secure on the internet. It's a basic guide to help get beginners around the common terms and the protection issues. Click here to go to Easy Internet Security - Keep your computer secure.

Australian Chess News Launched!

The Australian Chess section of this blog has branched to become its own blog. At Australian Chess News, you will find updates on Australian chess, specifically regarding results.

Labels corrected

The labels on this blog have been corrected. I have labeled every post on this blog with one of these labels:

personal
cadets
chess (includes international chess)
Australian chess
websites

Previously, I did not know how labels worked. But now I have read about them, and I have made a few corrections. The vast majority of labels on this blog are useless and only lead to one or two posts, but it would take too long to remove them all. The labels above are the ones to use in order to distinguish posts about different subjects.

2008 Australian Junior Lightning Championship U18

I recently went to Sydney to see my dad. While there, I also competed in the 2008 Australian Junior Lightning Championship. I came 2nd overall and claimed the under 16 title.

Here are the results:

2008 Australian Junior Lightning Championship U18 - Round 11

Standings

Place Name                    Feder Loc  Score Progr. Buch.

1   Ikeda, Junta            ACT   2065 11      66.0  78.5
2   Lin, Zhigen Wilson      VIC   1635 9       51.0  75.0
3-5  Harris, Benjamin        NSW   1949 8       51.0  80.0
   Illingworth, Max        NSW   2247 8       49.0  82.0
   Schon, Eugene           VIC   1626 8       48.0  72.0
6   Cohn, Jason             NSW   1443 7.5     43.5  65.0
7-14  Antolis, Cedric         VIC   1491 7       50.0  77.5
   Yu, Derek               VIC   1718 7       48.0  77.0
   Dyer, Alastair          TAS   1661 7       46.5  73.0
   Wu, Edwin               NSW   1589 7       45.0  74.5
   Wallis, Christopher     VIC   1885 7       43.0  72.0
   Kong, Adrian            NSW   1554 7       43.0  65.5
   Yu, Sally               VIC   1422 7       41.0  66.5
   Guo, Emma               ACT   1510 7       38.0  63.0
15-19 Nakauchi, Gene          QLD   1506 6.5     48.5  78.5
   Choong, Yita            WA    1972 6.5     42.0  71.0
   Yuan, Yi                ACT   1697 6.5     39.0  66.5
   Ng, Deborah             NSW   1480 6.5     38.0  61.0
   Papantoniou, John       NSW   1535 6.5     38.0  60.0
20-29 Jule, Sebastian         QLD   997  6       41.5  68.0
   Yuen, Jonathan          NSW   1830 6       41.0  68.0
   Brown, Andrew           ACT   1690 6       39.0  61.0
   Gearing, Michael        QLD   1458 6       38.0  71.0
   Cameron, Alistair       SA    1145 6       36.0  68.5
   Wei, Robin              QLD        6       35.0  62.0
   Tan, Justin             VIC   1006 6       33.0  60.0
   Encel, Benjamin         NSW   1147 6       32.0  57.0
   Chibnall, Alana         ACT   1173 6       30.0  61.5
   Beilby, Kieton          QLD   941  6       30.0  53.0
30-36 Grigg, Sam              QLD   1435 5.5     40.0  70.0
   Shi, Dawen              NSW   1275 5.5     37.0  65.5
   Morris, Gill            NSW   1205 5.5     36.0  66.0
   Diemer, Tim             NSW   749  5.5     33.5  63.5
   Muller, Jonas           QLD   1422 5.5     32.5  61.0
   Briant, James           TAS   1169 5.5     31.5  60.0
   Coy, Rupert             NSW   799  5.5     25.5  50.0
37-45 Chau, Adrian            NSW   1379 5       35.5  64.0
   Gray, Daniel            NSW   1421 5       34.0  57.0
   Bonch-Osmolovskiy, Ilya NSW   982  5       29.0  59.0
   Searle, Zachary         SA    1368 5       29.0  57.0
   Deen-Cowell, Nicholas   NSW   1074 5       28.0  58.0
   Setiabudi, Allen        ACT   983  5       27.5  60.5
   Anderson, Kaidon        QLD   816  5       26.0  51.5
   Boni, Christopher       WA    1378 5       25.0  46.0
   Saroha, Chirag          WA    1081 5       22.0  48.0
46-51 Van Rys, Hayden         NSW        4.5     33.5  66.0
   Jack, Curtis            QLD   868  4.5     31.0  61.0
   Tan, Kevin              NSW   1073 4.5     29.0  58.5
   O'Flynn, Alexander      QLD   1178 4.5     27.5  57.0
   Hoey, Penelope          NSW   1062 4.5     27.0  51.5
   Hendrey, Kevin          TAS   1192 4.5     24.0  52.0
52-57 Tsang, Matthew          NSW   761  4       24.0  54.5
   McCrow, Callum          ACT   474  4       24.0  50.0
   Peck, Robbie            QLD   769  4       22.0  50.5
   Ang, Stephanie          VIC   762  4       22.0  50.5
   Leung, Stephanie        NSW   848  4       22.0  49.0
   Lakshman, Vinay         VIC   381  4       16.0  40.0
58-59 Webb-Liddle, Miranda    VIC   705  3.5     19.0  46.5
   Knapp, Katrina          SA    1005 3.5     19.0  41.0
60-61 Gilchrist, Marc         NSW   417  3       16.0  46.5
   Thornley, Max           VIC   138  3       15.0  43.0
62   Yum, Winnie             QLD   286  2       10.0  44.0
63   Atherton, John          QLD   712  1.5     11.0  42.5
64   Davis, Kieran           TAS   968  1        4.0  42.5

You can see a crosstable of the event by going to the NSWJCL website.
The main event is currently underway. You can see the pairings on the Draw and Results page of the official Australian Juniors website.

Novotel Melbourne City Trip

I have just come back from a 5-day stay in Melbourne's Central Business District. We stayed at a Novotel hotel on Collins St. Click here to see TripAdvisor's article on "Novotel Melbourne on Collins". The service, facilities and location of the hotel were very good. We took a lot of pictures and visited famous places like Crown Casino and Dymocks Booksellers.

I completed two things I really wanted to do. I ate Peking Duck (or Peking Roast Duck) and I took a black and white picture of myself using Portrait Studio.


Peking Duck, or Peking Roast Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty, now considered one of China's national foods.

Chessmaster XI: Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition (PC) and Chessmaster: The Art of Learning (DS) have been released!

Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition for PC and Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for Nintendo DS have been released! This new Chessmaster game was released by Ubisoft in October. Users can play chess against the chess engine called The King, do chess drill, listen to chess lectures and more.

- The old Chessmaster 10th Edition

To go to the Chessmaster homepage, visit http://chessmaster.uk.ubi.com/xi/index.php.

To see what's new in the 11th edition of Chessmaster, go to http://chessmaster.uk.ubi.com/xi/whatsNew.php.

GeniusProphecy.com Holiday Plans

GeniusProphecy.com has undergone some major changes in the last few weeks and we have big plans to come.



Here are some of the things recently completed:
1. A new sitemap has been created
2. The article on why should people play chess
3. The real estate page has had a makeover
4. The RuneScape tips page has been updated with the latest information
5. The 10 Useful Programs for Your PC page has been introduced
6. An introduction on the most recent Star Wars games specifically light-saber wielding and with excellent effects