What did we learn from SEA games selection? Part 2.

Over the years certain seniors have discovered how to get to represent the Country without a fight. Without even training. As we heard in the last Olympiad, it has become a holiday for them. All they need is fat numbers which they have spent a lot of time figuring out how to achieve from select tournaments.

And how not to play in certain tournaments that will expose their true strength.

In fact until SEA games selection they rarely even play in the Country.

Now understand this. This is what made them weak over the years. And now some of them want our current juniors to join this "elite" crowd with their methods.

And so they needed to attack the players who were training, who dare to take the fight to them. But the attack is not on the chess board. The attack is from their blogs, from whisperings that we will drop you from the squad, from rejection from the Team, from "banning".

They are crying, become like us or we will break you. Go for the fat numbers. Read all about it. "How to play for the Country without selection?" No real chess needed. Psycho 101 by Jimmy Liew.

Did we not see that from the SEA games selection? If they are really that strong, it will be a walk in the park for them to win selection isn't it?

And so from the 3 IM's that got through selection, we see Mas and Yee Weng back in the fight. Playing strong tournaments. Isn't that good? And we saw Jimmy playing in the Veterans at Malaysian Open as per his "book" on how to get fat numbers.

So can we now see that very soon we will see a change in the senior squad. Those that fight will continue to grow and have good chances to represent the Country. And those that have given up will be gone soon.

All we need is a few more years of proper selection. And then we will be sending strong fighting players to represent Malaysia in the senior team. Players that are current, players who train and who fight. Players that can make Malaysia proud.