4/16/2010 – We recently reported
on this event, won by the 16-year-old "wonder-girl from China",
and shared the video reports produced by our colleagues at Europe Echecs with
you. Today we bring you regular pictorial impressions from the event in the
capital and largest city of Malaysia. They were shot by our roving reporter
WGM Yana Melnikova, to whose report we have added some spine-chilling videos.
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As previously
reported 16-year-old wonder-girl GM Hou Yifan was crowned champion of the
Third Kuala Lumpur Open Chess Tournament 2010, which concluded at Hotel Olympic
Sports on Monday. The Chinese girl became richer with the first prize of RM
10,000 (Malaysia Ringgits = US $3,100 or €2,300) and the glittering DYTM
Raja Nazrin Shah Trophy.
At the entrance to Batu Caves, a Hindu Murugan statue
IM Aleksandar Wohl, AUS and GM Thomas Luther in Batu Caves
Batu Caves is a limestone hill with a series of cave temples eight miles from
Kuala Lumpur
A coconut milk refreshment pause for Hou Yifan and Mikheil Mchedlishvili
The Kuala Lumpur Tower or Menara Kuala Lumpur
The KL Tower, completed in 1994, is 421 m (1,381 ft) tall, making it the eighteenth
tallest freestanding tower in the world. The upper area contains a revolving
restaurant, providing diners a beautiful view of the city. The tower also acts
as the Islamic falak observatory to look for the crescent moon to mark the beginning
of Muslim month of Ramadhan.
Spectacular: a view of the city and the Petronas building from the KL Tower
The city viewed from ground level (with the KL tower in the background on the
right)
the Tugu Negara, or National Monument
Tugu Negara is a sculpture that commemorates those who died in Malaysia's struggle
for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II.
The monument depicts a group of soldiers holding the Malaysian national flag
aloft. Every year on July 31, Hari Pahlawan (Heroes Day), the Prime Minister
and heads of military and the police pay their respects to the fallen heroes
by laying garlands at the monument.
China Town in Kuala Lumpur
Menara Berkembar Petronas – the famous Petronas Twin Towers
The Petronas Towers were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 (when
their height was surpassed by Taipei 101). The towers remain the tallest twin
buildings in the world. The 88-floor structures are constructed largely of reinforced
concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in
Islamic art. Another Islamic influence on the design is that the cross section
of the towers is based on a Rub
el Hizb (albeit with circular sectors added to meet office space requirements).
The Skybridge of the Petronas Towers
The towers feature a skybridge between the two towers on 41st and 42nd floors,
170 m (558 ft) above the ground and 58 m (190 ft) long. It is not firmly attached
to the main structure, but is instead designed to slide in and out of the towers
to prevent it from breaking during high winds. The skybridge acts as a safety
device, so that in the event of a fire or other emergency in one tower, tenants
can evacuate by crossing the skybridge to the other tower.
The Petronas Towers have other uses as well – watch at your own peril...
About the photographer
WGM Yana Melnikova, Russia, is:
a graduate of the N. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, management
faculty;
an organizers of chess events for the Moscow Chess Federation;
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