Gangsterism in Malaysian Chess.

Ref: Here.

Somebody in facebook said that using the word gangster is too strong. So lets examine this today.

In Malaysian chess, the decent people who follow the rules are totally quiet and disenfranchised. MCF is an NGO which is a public organisation and it is meant to serve the chess playing public. Yet the money goes into private bank accounts. There are no project accounts. They can intimidate you, harrass you and sabotage you with impunity.

At the senior level they tell you who should represent Malaysia. You are not allowed to test for yourself if their players are strong or if it a fairy tale that they have written. You just have to take their word for it. For the only one that was tested (out of 5) and lost 3 games, he is brought back as the President's choice. The back door. And if you question this you will be attacked.

Is this normal? Really, think on this. Is it normal that they can attack the kids and be proud of their achievements? Is it normal that you feed them at a private tournament and then they complain about the free food? Ref: Here.

So how did it get that way? Look carefully. The chief gangster with the public face is Jimmy. He is the one that can set up blog after blog to tell lies and MCF hails him as a hero and he is given his reward of playing the Olympiad by passing more deserving players. And his second is rewarded by him and his student going to the Olympiad for writing an email to spread lies. I am told that the reward was dangled in front of Zhou Ren till he broke down and cried.

See picture here. Second picture from the top. Look at the gangster pose. Perfected after many years of practising in front of the mirror. And his chess? Well we will see that at the Olympiad. I would like to see if that gangster look is going to intimidate anyone into throwing their game.

Our kids are learning that gangster type behaviour is well rewarded isn't it? Why train when this is the assured method to represent the Country. Isn't that what MCF is telling us? Ref: here. The deal. And now we have more Jimmy wannabes in Malaysian chess. Follow the Jimmy method, the officially sanctioned way to represent the Country. Is that how you want it? Or did you want them to learn the rich lessons of chess? And I mean these ones. Here.

Many of you have come to me to tell me "MCF" did this and that to you and then you tell me not to write about it. Let me tell you this now. I cannot write about it anyway unless you agree to witness.

Look at a gangster movie and see. The law is there. The law says they cannot do these things. They cannot extort money from legitimate businesses by harassing or intimidating them etc etc. But the law can also do nothing unless they have witnesses or there is solid evidence. And there is no solid evidence is there? Only circumstantial. So unless you stand up and say that this behaviour is not acceptable the law can do nothing, a blogger cannot write about it even. Only you can tell your story as I have told mine. And that is why they attack your kids isn't it?. To keep you quiet.

My question to you today is if you want your kids to grow up learning this way. If you train/improve your chess they will publicly attack you or ban you the moment you are strong enough to challenge for a place.

Write in to COS. Don't tell me your story. I cannot help you on my blog. Write in your complaints and then I can try to help. I can help to organise representation to COS to explain further to them about what is going on if we are not satisfied with the solutions offered, if any. But I cannot go there if there are no reports. And then the gangsters have won. The intimidation has worked. Nobody can help you. All the enforcement powers are useless unless there is a report of the crime. Ref: Here.

Normal behaviour is that we want a healthy environment for our kids/our players. Gangster type behaviour is not normal.

Remember this. They need the chess community and not the other way round. The chess community do not need Jimmy and his cohorts. We will be here long after we put them into retirement and we will be much much better off. We are also vastly superior in numbers than they are. They are just a small hand full. Very small. And we have the law on our side. So do this for the kids or for yourself. You deserve better. Write in to COS and lets tell them that these gangster methods are not welcome in chess.