kolkata open round 7

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son leads

after 6 rounds early leader and hot favourite GM Truong Son leads with 5 points

Malaysian masters quarter finalist Lee Kim Han Edward has 3.5 points(2089) after impressive win over Panggabean Hasian (2226)

Abdul Haq draws with Arbiter Najib and ismail ahmad also draws with Tan Li Ting in games involving only malaysians

ian Udani fine run was brought to nought by Megaranto Susanto . malaysian lady Haslindah Ruslan broke the duck with win over Timothy Chan

Missed tactical opportunities...

04.09.2009 – ... in games on the very highest level truly are a rare occurrence. Yet sometimes... Okay, this is what happened: 36.Nxf6+ Rxf6 37.Rxf6 Qxf6 38.gxf4 gxf4 39.Qe2 and soon after the peace pipe was smoked. How would you judge this sequence?
A) the moves were correct, so the draw was the logical result.
B) Black missed a forced win on the way.
C) using a little trick, White could have obtained a clearly better endgame.
The solution is here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram

source - chess base

kolkata open 6th round

how to lose a tempo and win

 

 

 

 

R. Réti, 1922

We have already made the point that the attacker is better off when the kings are on opposite sides of the pawn. This fact can lead to some subtle play.

1.Rd2! White can only win by losing a tempo with his rook, so as to gain the opposition at the critical moment. 1.Rd3! d4 2.Rd1 is equally good, but not 1.Rd1? d4 2.Kd7 Kd5 and now White is in zugzwang. After 3.Kc7 Kc5 or 3.Ke7 Ke5 Black can keep his king on the same side of the pawn as the white king, while 3.Rd2 brings the rook too close to Black’s king and leads to a draw after 3…Kc4 4.Ke6 Kc3 (gaining a crucial tempo) 5.Rd1 d3 6.Ke5 d2 7.Ke4 Kc2.

source: chess vibes

GM ziaur Rahman

GM Rahman who played in DATMO 2009 is in outstanding form at Kolkata open 2009 with 4points after 5 rounds .

results as following

win against WGM meenakshi Subbaraman (IND 2321)
win against Matta Vinay kumar (IND 2320)
draw against GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil (GEO 2613)
draw against GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar (IND 2634)
win against FM Grover Sahaj (IND 2288)

for the 6th round he is playing GM Laznicka Viktor (CZE 2634)

GM Ziaur Rahman








below is his game in the 5th round






point of note: In DATMO 2009 , Mok Tze Meng beat GM Ziaur Rahman


Below is the game



FM Mok Tze Meng (2343) vs. GM Ziaur Rahman (2538)
DATMO 2009, Round 2, 23.8.09
Modern defense

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. a3 !?
7...Nh6 8. Bd3 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. g4!
12...Qxd4? 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Be3 Qc4 15. O-O-O Bf8?! Nd7 16. Rd4 Qc5 17. Rxd5 Qc4 18. Rd4 Qe6 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Qg2 Qg6 21. Qd2 Na6 22. Rd7 Qe6 23. Rxb7 O-O
24. Qf2 Kh8 25. Rdd7 Bd8 26. Bxa7 Ba5 27. b4 Qc4 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 c5
30. bxc5 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rfb8 32. e6+ Kg8 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Nxb7 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxb7 32. e6+ Kg8
It's mate on 6 (maximum) 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. exf7+ 1-0 Black resign because he will be mate after 34...Kf8 35. Be5 Nxc5 36. Bd6+ Kg7 37. f8=Q+ Kg6 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qxh7#

todays games

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr25085.aspx?art=2&lan=4&turdet=YES&m=-1&wi=1000

Mas hafizul win

Banicky Kahanec 2009

Mas Hafizul(2404)-IM Tobias Hirneise (GER 2411)
round 2



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 Kh7 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. h3 a6 12. O-O b5 13. a3 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne8 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Na4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rab1 Nc7 20. Ba5 Bd7 21. b4 Qe8 22. Nb6 Bd4 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rb3 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Ba7 26. Rf3 Nb5 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. Rf4 Qa7 29. Bd2 Kg7 30. a4 Nc7 31. Bc3+ f6 32. Rg4 g5 33. h4 1-0

Mas won second round

2. kolo dna 2009/09/05 o 15.00
š. c. T Meno Výsledok T Meno c.
1 10 IM MAS Hafizulhelmi 1 - 0 IM HIRNEISE Tobias 6
2 7 GM KRIVOSHEY Sergei 1 - 0 IM MICHALIK Peter 5
3 8 IM SIMACEK Pavel ½ - ½ GM POLAK Tomas 4
4 9 FM CSIBA Dominik ½ - ½ FM TRUNSKI Andreas 3
5 1 IM JURCIK Marian ½ - ½ GM STOHL Igor 2

tough life in quest to be a GM

the reason for postponement of 1st game for MAS and why no live games
(from Mas hafizul)

Unfortunately the website i gave u is the only source i have.
The chess club is old and there is no electronic board so no live games.
I will only start playing today at 3pm (2nd Round) , my 1st round is postpone to restday.

Long story short, on the 3rd sept my SKYEUROPE flight amsterdam-vienna was doomed when wefound out from the internet (just few hours b4 flying time) that the Skyeurope stop operating since 1 sept(gone bankrupt or sumthing).We were rushing for alternative, i took 15 hours train amsterdam-vienna, the organiser pick me up in vienna to prievidza (3 hrs driving) reaching here less than 2 hrs b4 1st round starts. I was just tired and exhausted, luckily there was another player had some train problem, so we were paired 1st rd and onlyto play the game on rest day.Mas pairing:
Rd. Opponent Color
1. IM Jurcik B (To be played on 9/9)
2. FM Hirneise W
3. GM Stohl B
4. GM Krivoshey W
5. Strunski B
6. IM Simacek W
7. GM Polak B
8. FM Csiba W
9. IM Michalik B

kolkata open round 5 Live

BAnicky Kahanec 2009

[Event "Banicky kahanec XXXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Csiba, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.09.04"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.04"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Ne2
h5 16. Bc3 b4 17. Bb2 h4 18. Qd3 hxg3 19. hxg3 Nb7 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bh3 Ne3 22.
Qxe3 Bxh3 23. Rf2 Qd7 24. Rh2 Bg4 25. Nc1 f6 26. Nd3 Nd8 27. Nf2 Nf7 28. Rh4 f5
29. Nxg4 fxg4 30. Qe2 exf4 31. Bxg7 f3 32. Nxf3 gxf3 33. Qb2 g5 34. Rh2 Rfe8
35. Qf6 Qe7 36. Re1 Qxf6 37. Bxf6 Ne5 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rxe8 Rxe8 40. Bxe5 dxe5
41. g4 Rh8 42. Rf1 1/2-1/2





[Event "Banicky kahanec XXXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Strunski, Andreas"]
[Black "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.09.04"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.04"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nc2 d6 9. O-O Qa5 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Bc3 Bh3 14. Nd5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nb4 18. Qb5 Qc6+ 19. Kg1 Na6 20. Qg5 Rfe8
21. Nd5 f6 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qh4 Qd7 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rd4 Nc7 26. Nxc7 Rxc7 27.
b3 Rc5 28. e3 Re5 29. Rfd1 Qe6 30. Qh6 Rf8 31. h4 Rf7 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qxh5 f4
34. Qf3 fxe3 35. Qg4+ Rg7 36. Qxe6+ Rxe6 37. R4d3 Kf7 38. Rf1 exf2+ 39. Rxf2+
Rf6 40. Kg2 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rg5 42. Rd4 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 Rh5 44. a4 a5 45. Kf3 Kf6
46. Kg4 Rf5 47. Rd3 b6 48. Kh3 Ke6 49. g4 Rf7 50. Kg3 Kd7 51. Rd5 e5 52. b4
axb4 53. Rb5 Kc6 54. Rxb4 Rb7 55. Kf3 Kc5 56. Rb5+ Kxc4 57. Ke4 Rf7 58. Rxb6
Rf4+ 59. Ke3 Kd5 60. g5 Rxa4 61. Rb7 Rh4 62. Rd7 Ke6 63. Ra7 d5 0-1





[Event "Banicky kahanec XXXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.09.04"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.04"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Rg1 b6 10. h4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Ne4 Bb4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. O-O-O Bxd2+
15. Rxd2 N7f6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nd3 O-O-O 18. a3 Kb8 19. Kb1 e5 20. Rdd1 Rhg8
21. Rde1 Nc7 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. a4 Rgd8 24. a5 Na8 25. a6 Bc8 26. Nb4 Rd6 27. d5
cxd5 28. Bxd5 Bd7 29. Bxf7 Nc7 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Bc4 Be8 32. h5 Qh7+ 33. Rc2 Qe4
34. Rgc1 Rd1 35. Ka2 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qxg4 37. Bf7 Bb5 38. Bc4 Be8 39. Bf7 Bb5 40.
Bc4 Be8 1/2-1/2






[Event "Banicky kahanec XXXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michalik, Peter"]
[Black "Hirneise, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.09.04"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.04"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d4 Bd7 8. O-O
Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 h5 11. d5 Ne5 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h4 15.
h3 hxg3 16. hxg4 Rh2+ 17. Kxg3 Qxg4+ 18. Kxh2 O-O-O 19. Ng3 Rh8+ 20. Kg2 Qh3+
21. Kf2 Ng4+ 22. Kf3 Nh2+ 23. Ke4 Qxg3 24. Rg1 Qh3 25. Kd3 Nf3 26. Bd2 Nxg1 27.
Qxg1 Qf5+ 28. e4 Rh3+ 29. Kc2 Qh5 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Qg5 Qf3 32. Kc1 Qd3 33. Qg4+
Kb8 34. Qe2 Qg3 35. e5 Rh2 36. Qe4 a6 37. exd6 exd6 38. Ne2 Qf2 39. Qd3 Bf6 40.
Nc3 1-0

Mas Hafizul first game postponed

Sachovy Klub PrievidzaOlympionikov 4971 01 Prievidza
Slovak Republic







Ing. Ján HelbichmanagerTel. ++421 904 262 632E-mail: helbich@sachprievidza.sk


According to Mr Jan , Mas !st game was postponed due to delay in his travel and will be played in another day

he will play his second game today

results will be available from www.chess-results.com from tomorrow as there is a technical glitch

kolkata open chess

Live
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KL Open chess

The schedule

 

Friday 4 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 1
2.00 p.m. Round 2
Saturday 5 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 3
2.00 p.m. Round 4
Sunday 6 September 2009
2.00 p.m. Round 5
Monday 7 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 6
2.00 p.m. Round 7
Tuesday 8 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 8
2.00 p.m. Round 9
The prize giving and closing ceremony will be held together with a blitz tournament on the morning of 9 September and will certainly be graced by Kuala Lumpur Chess Association President Dato' Edmund Santhara.
In effect too will be the now "standard" time control of 90 minutes plus a 30 second time increment from move one

source:

http://www.klchess.com

 

Starting rank list as of 3.9.2009
No.         Name                        FED  Rtg

Starting rank list
No.  Name FED Rtg
1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2589
2 GM Thien Hai Dao VIE 2542
3 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2532
4 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2527
5 IM Vakhidov Tahir UZB 2520
6 GM Iuldachev Saidali UZB 2519
7 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2490
8 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2454
9 IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2429
10 IM Liu Dede INA 2419
11 CM Van Huy Nguyen VIE 2414
12 IM Tirto INA 2407
13 FM Wahono Awam INA 2393
14 FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy SIN 2363
15  Tolentino Rustum PHI 2362
16 FM Pak Yevgeniy KAZ 2348
17 FM Mahmud Syarif INA 2347
18 FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel SIN 2340
19 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2329
20 WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2320
21 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar IND 2284
22 IM Shetty Rahul IND 2270
23  T.L.S Aris INA 2241
24  Udani Ian PHI 2241
25  Panggabean Hasian INA 2226
26 CM Neubronner Jarred SIN 2220
27 CM Farid Firman Syah INA 2207
28  Legaspi Edmundo PHI 2158
29  Kalugampitiya R.S. SRI 2131
30  Eng Andre-Jerome SIN 2089
31  Ismail Ahmad MAS 2089
32  Lee Kim Han Edward MAS 2089
33 WIM Mendoza Beverly PHI 2060
34  Neubronner Shannon Scott SIN 2050
35  Foo Benjamin SIN 2037
36  Rahman Masruri INA 1987
37 WCM Sihite Chelsie Monica INA 1986
38  Ferdiman Tersiman INA 1979
39 WCM Medina Warda Aulia INA 1950
40  Abedin Md. Jaynul BAN 1947
41 WFM Dewi A. A. Citra INA 1931
42  Biswajit Bharadwaj IND 1920
43  Sathiyanarayanan R V IND 1822
44  Dissanayake  R.d.a.c. SRI 1811
45  Lee Kai Jie Edward SIN 1763
46  Wong Jianwen MAS 1763
47  Chen I-Chen TPE 1715
48  Haslindah Ruslan MAS 1698
49  Sean Winshand Cuhendi INA 1685
50  M. Vivek IND 1661
51  Chan Yi Jun Timothy SIN 1594
52  Jafar Sofyan INA 0
53  Mohamed Abdul Haq MAS 0
54  Oentoro Djoni INA 0
55  Tan Fischer SIN 0
56  Tan Li Ting MAS 0
57  Tanda Joni INA 0
58  Virda Riska Aulia INA 0

 

 

there are 2 Edward Lees in the list

one is a Singaporean (Edward

Lee Kai Jie   SIN 1763 ) who also played in DATMO2009

and the other is (NM Edward

Lee Kim Han    MAS 2089 )

our own who is studying in Singapore.

For Edward LKH , this tournament will give him a good exposure before meeting Lim Yee Weng

for a place in Malaysian Master Semifinals coming 15th and 16th September at DATCC 

source:

http://chess-results.com/tnr24792.aspx?lan=1

Kolkata open

The Grandmaster moves
Rauf(2626) vs Chandran(2532)

white play 48 Kb4





after 80 Ka3







the position does not change much after 32 more moves. Black continue to slog and finally win after 85...Nb3 0-1

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live games

game start at 4.30pm malaysian time

KL Open Chess

The schedule

Friday 4 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 1
2.00 p.m. Round 2
Saturday 5 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 3
2.00 p.m. Round 4
Sunday 6 September 2009
2.00 p.m. Round 5
Monday 7 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 6
2.00 p.m. Round 7
Tuesday 8 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 8
2.00 p.m. Round 9
The prize giving and closing ceremony will be held together with a blitz tournament on the morning of 9 September and will certainly be graced by Kuala Lumpur Chess Association President Dato' Edmund Santhara.
In effect too will be the now "standard" time control of 90 minutes plus a 30 second time increment from move one

source:

http://www.klchess.com

Starting rank list as of 3.9.2009
No. Name FED Rtg

Starting rank list
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2589
2 GM Thien Hai Dao VIE 2542
3 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2532
4 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2527
5 IM Vakhidov Tahir UZB 2520
6 GM Iuldachev Saidali UZB 2519
7 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2490
8 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2454
9 IM Irwanto Sadikin INA 2429
10 IM Liu Dede INA 2419
11 CM Van Huy Nguyen VIE 2414
12 IM Tirto INA 2407
13 FM Wahono Awam INA 2393
14 FM Chan Wei Xuan Timothy SIN 2363
15 Tolentino Rustum PHI 2362
16 FM Pak Yevgeniy KAZ 2348
17 FM Mahmud Syarif INA 2347
18 FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel SIN 2340
19 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2329
20 WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2320
21 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar IND 2284
22 IM Shetty Rahul IND 2270
23 T.L.S Aris INA 2241
24 Udani Ian PHI 2241
25 Panggabean Hasian INA 2226
26 CM Neubronner Jarred SIN 2220
27 CM Farid Firman Syah INA 2207
28 Legaspi Edmundo PHI 2158
29 Kalugampitiya R.S. SRI 2131
30 Eng Andre-Jerome SIN 2089
31 Ismail Ahmad MAS 2089
32 Lee Kim Han Edward MAS 2089
33 WIM Mendoza Beverly PHI 2060
34 Neubronner Shannon Scott SIN 2050
35 Foo Benjamin SIN 2037
36 Rahman Masruri INA 1987
37 WCM Sihite Chelsie Monica INA 1986
38 Ferdiman Tersiman INA 1979
39 WCM Medina Warda Aulia INA 1950
40 Abedin Md. Jaynul BAN 1947
41 WFM Dewi A. A. Citra INA 1931
42 Biswajit Bharadwaj IND 1920
43 Sathiyanarayanan R V IND 1822
44 Dissanayake R.d.a.c. SRI 1811
45 Lee Kai Jie Edward SIN 1763
46 Wong Jianwen MAS 1763
47 Chen I-Chen TPE 1715
48 Haslindah Ruslan MAS 1698
49 Sean Winshand Cuhendi INA 1685
50 M. Vivek IND 1661
51 Chan Yi Jun Timothy SIN 1594
52 Jafar Sofyan INA 0
53 Mohamed Abdul Haq MAS 0
54 Oentoro Djoni INA 0
55 Tan Fischer SIN 0
56 Tan Li Ting MAS 0
57 Tanda Joni INA 0
58 Virda Riska Aulia INA 0

there are 2 Edward Lees in the list

one is a Singaporean (Edward

Lee Kai Jie SIN 1763 ) who also played in DATMO2009

and the other is (NM Edward

Lee Kim Han MAS 2089 )

our own who is studying in Singapore.

For Edward LKH , this tournament will give him a good exposure before meeting Lim Yee Weng

for a place in Malaysian Master Semifinals coming 15th and 16th September at DATCC

source:

http://chess-results.com/tnr24792.aspx?lan=1

Kolkata open chess

round 1 :Negi-Kamble

good ol days

Kolkata Open Chess

4th Kolkata open chess tournament

A total of 116 players taking part in this years tournament including


GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar(2721)
GM Short Nigel (2706)
GM Ni Hua(2692)
GMTkachiev Vladislav(2669)
GMGuseinov Gadir(2667)
GMPostny Evgeny(2651)
GMAleksandrov Aleksej(2639)
GMGanguly Surya Shekhar(2634)
GMLaznicka Viktor(2634)
GMMamedov Rauf(2626)
GMNegi Parimarjan(2615) (winner of DATMO 2009)

click on to

http://www.alekhinechessclub.com/4kolkata/live/index.html

for live coverage

First friday

 

 

 

First Friday Classical Chess (September) 2009

FIRST FRIDAY CLASSICAL CHESS ( SEPTEMBER ) 2009
( EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH CALENDER MONTH ONWARD )
VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG, JALAN KELANG LAMA .POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR.

DATES:

ROUND 1 : FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 ( 7.00 pm to 11.00pm);
ROUND 2 : SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5 ( 10.00 am to 2.00 pm );
ROUND 3 : SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5 ( 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm );
ROUND 4 : SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 ( 10.00 am to 2.00 pm );
ROUND 5 : SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 ( 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm );

FORMAT : 90 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT EACH MOVE

ENTRY FEE : RM 35.00

OBJECTIVES : A CHOICE TO PLAN , PROMOTE AND IMPROVE CLASSICAL PLAY

MAIN PRIZES :
1st PRIZE : CRYSTAL TROPHY GOLD WITH NAME ENGRAVE
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from Slovakian chess website

Chess is more than a game

Chess has a long history of almost two thousand years. An old Indian wisdom says that chess is a sea where a fly can drink and an elephant can swim. There are many discussions about the real nature of chess. Is it a game? Chess is played by two opponents but it’s too serious for being a game. Is it a science? Chess needs scientific approach but it has no particular purpose like other sciences. Is it an art? Chess player puts his soul into each move and makes it aesthetic but the game depends on opponent’s replies. Is it a sport? Playing chess games that last up to six hours requires excellent physical condition, endurance and a strong desire to win. However, chess is not a sport.
Chess is a pleasure that develops creative thinking, memory, imagination, precision and will. 
The fascinating thing about chess is that it can be played by everyone, from small children to seniors.

Chess prepares for life

Complex and fast changing world requires still more from each of us. Quick orientation and decision making in difficult situations is the key to success.
The essence of chess is the assessment of current position and comparison to similar known positions followed by the decision making about the applicable plan and approach.  
Chess teaches thinking under unusual circumstances, analysing each problem, finding a realisable plan and following it. Every chess player learns to use systematic thinking in real life which is very important especially for children and youth. It prepares for solving problems in real life.

Chess is modern

Today there is much more money in chess than it used to be in the past. The most significant influence on popularisation and commercialising of chess had the world champions Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. Nowadays, chess professionals play several leagues in different countries, travel around the world from one competition to another, publish articles and books. Chess is a very hard profession but it offers all benefits of a modern civilisation including information and communication technologies. Computers and internet play an indispensable role in chess. In 1997 for the first time chess computer defeated even the human world chess champion. When preparing for a match, chess players are using databases of chess games and strong computer engines. It is possible to play chess both against computer and via internet against opponents from other countries. This is an important advantage of chess towards other sports like football or tennis that can be played on a computer only as a simulation.

Mas game in slovakia

 

 

Banicky Kahanec Closed Chess Tournament

4th Sept to 13th Sept 2009

 

GM Igor Stohl (SVK) 2543
GM Tomáš Polák (CZE) 2507
GM Sergej Krivoshey (UKR) 2497
IM Pavel Šimáček (CZE) 2499
IM Marián Jurčík (SVK) 2484
IM Peter Michalík (SVK) 2439
IM Tobias Hirneise (GER 2411
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS) 2404
FM Dominik Csiba (SVK) 2353
FM Andreas Strunski (GER) 2394

GM Igor Stohl               GM Tomáš Polák

          

 

GM Sergej Krivoshey             IM Pavel Šimáček

                  

 

IM Marián Jurčík

Banicky Kahanec Closed Chess Tournament

4th Sept to 13th Sept 2009

Mas hafizulwill be going to to Slovakia on the 3rd sept , n the tournament starts the next day.

http://www.sachprievidza.sk/index.php?lang=en&id=21&type=3

Queen Zig Zag

 

Black to move and win

 

FIDE September listings

 

malaysians list

 

 

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year 1 Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2416 18   2 Chan, Nicholas f MAS 2403 0   3 Lim, Yee-Weng f MAS 2376 0 1982 4 Mok, Tze-Meng f MAS 2343 0   5 Long, Peter f MAS 2331 0 1961 6 Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy m MAS 2299 0 1958 7 Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie   MAS 2281 0 1983 8 Chin, F   MAS 2223 0   9 Zakaria, Fairin   MAS 2188 0   10 Abdullah, Mohd Kamal   MAS 2177 0   11 Yeoh, Chin-Seng   MAS 2174 0   12 Yusof, Kamaluddin   MAS 2173 0 1967 13 Sabri, Mohd Saprin   MAS 2166 0 1972 14 Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin   MAS 2145 0 1972 15 Che Hassan, Abdullah   MAS 2142 0 1984 16 Loo, Swee Leong   MAS 2140 0   17 Liong, Ing Kiat Anthony   MAS 2135 0   18 Yeap, Eng Chiam   MAS 2108 0 1995 19 Pok, Wern Jian   MAS 2104 5 1987 20 Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal   MAS 2102 0 1972 21 Tan, Eu Hong   MAS 2101 0   22 Tan, Khai Boon   MAS 2095 0   23 Zullkafli, Zarul Shazwan   MAS 2094 0 1989 24 Abang, Mohd Reduan   MAS 2093 0   24 Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair   MAS 2093 0   26 Lee, Kim Han Edward   MAS 2089 3 1993 26 Ismail, Ahmad   MAS 2089 0 1963 28 Soh, Han Loong Gerald   MAS 2088 0 1985 29 Shafruddin, Fariz   MAS 2085 0 1987 30 Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi   MAS 2077 0 1982 31 Zakaria, Mohd Fadli   MAS 2073 0 1969 32 Tham, Tick Hong Jax   MAS 2069 0 1960 33 Soon, Wai Cheong   MAS 2068 0 1988 34 Subramaniam, Sumant   MAS 2064 16 1993 35 Lim, Zhuo Ren   MAS 2045 0 1992 36 Chua, Aaron   MAS 2040 0   37 Chew, Yaw Chong   MAS 2031 0 1963 38 Yap, Jinwei Abel   MAS 2028 0 1989 39 Erowan, Masrin   MAS 2025 0   40 Looi, Xin Hao   MAS 2022 0   40 Zullkafli, Nur Shazwani wc MAS 2022 0 1989 42 Amru, Muhd Tariq   MAS 2020 0 1992 42 Shaik Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin   MAS 2020 0   44 Ong, Way Justin   MAS 2018 0 1992 45 Capel, Evan Timothy   MAS 2017 0   46 Zulkipli, Zaidan   MAS 2007 6 1984 46 Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli   MAS 2007 0   48 Wong, Hao   MAS 2004 0   49 Nayan, Ahmad Fadzil   MAS 2000 0   50 Khandhar, Kaushal   MAS 1997 0 1990 51 Kamal, Rizal Ahmad   MAS 1995 0 1973 52 Harun, Mohd Hafez Hilmi   MAS 1994 0   52 Kz, Abdullah Khairi   MAS 1994 0 1989 54 Ahmad, Morsin   MAS 1976 0   55 Lim, Kian Hwa   MAS 1972 0   56 Giridau, Guadis   MAS 1971 0   57 Othman, Ahmad Rizal   MAS 1970 0   58 Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil   MAS 1969 0 1994 59 Ramli, Abdul Kadir Jailani   MAS 1965 0   60 Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan   MAS 1944 0   61 Tan, Ken Wei   MAS 1942 0 1992 62 Rosli, Ahmad Afiq Afyfy   MAS 1938 0   63 Siew, Kit-Tze Mark   MAS 1937 0   63 Yeoh, Li Tian   MAS 1937 0 1999 65 Lucas, Charles   MAS 1936 0   66 Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa   MAS 1926 0 1994 67 Saifuddin, Muhd Izz   MAS 1923 5 1993 68 Yusoff, Fairul   MAS 1921 0   69 S., Balendran   MAS 1916 0 1965 70 Low, Jun Jian   MAS 1907 0 1994 71 Mohd Noor, Ahmad Eizran Ezra   MAS 1886 0 1989 72 A. Nashir, Mohd Khairul Nazrin   MAS 1875 0   73 Ng, Kiang Fei   MAS 1874 0   74 Reduan, Japeri   MAS 1860 0   75 Nur, Nabila Azman Hisham   MAS 1854 0   76 Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer   MAS 1842 0 1994 77 Ismail, Norazman   MAS 1816 0 1966 78 Lee, Kah Meng Elgin   MAS 1811 0   79 Shah, Syed Iskandar   MAS 1806 0   80 Wan Razali, Wan Aizuddin   MAS 1787 0   81 Hussain, Mohd Nasir   MAS 1784 0   82 Wong, Jianwen   MAS 1763 0 1995 83 Mohamad Chan, Mahathir   MAS 1721 0 1983 84 Mohd, Munir Azmi   MAS 1720 0   85 Hamzah, Razali   MAS 1711 0   86 Haslindah, Ruslan   MAS 1698 0 1970 87 Zullkafli, Amira Syahmina   MAS 1692 0 1995 88 Yeop, Mat Zaki   MAS 1654 0 1958 89 Draup, Hj. Abang Azman   MAS 1650 0   90 Zamahari, Abang Draup   MAS 1601 0   91 Abd Rahman, Syazrin   MAS 1528 0

Malaysian teams ranking(MERDEKA RAPIDS)

 

 

 

Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	Pts.	MP
3	SMS Gold KLMN (M)	9	6	2	1	24	14
10	SMS Gold – MO (M)	9	4	3	2	22	11
12	Rorschach (M)	9	5	1	3	21½	11
13	UTM Alpha (M/I)	9	4	3	2	21½	11
14	Johor (M/N)	9	4	2	3	21½	10
15	Friends of Jenjosh (M)	9	6	0	3	21	12
16	Sabah (M/N)	9	5	2	2	21	12
18	Selangor (N)	9	4	1	4	21	9
19	Sarawak (M/N)	9	5	2	2	20½	12
20	ChessIsChess (M)	9	5	1	3	20½	11
21	MISC Bhd (M)	9	5	0	4	20	10
23	Penang (M/N)	9	3	3	3	20	9
24	Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (G)	9	4	1	4	20	9
25	The Four Seasons (M/6)	9	5	1	3	19½	11
26	Ipoh Limau Bali (M)	9	4	1	4	19½	9
27	University of Malaya 1 (M/I)	9	4	3	2	19	11
29	Nusa Mahkota Chess Club (M)	9	4	2	3	18½	10
30	Chung Ling A (M/S/6)	9	4	1	4	18½	9
31	Perak Junior (M/N/6)	9	4	2	3	18	10
32	17 Chess Club (M)	9	5	0	4	18	10
33	Royal Selangor Club (V)	9	3	2	4	18	8
34	Selangor Generasi 9 (M/N/6)	9	4	0	5	18	8
35	USM (M/I)	9	2	2	5	18	6
36	Penang Free School (M/N/S)	9	4	2	3	17½	10
37	Selangor Generasi 10 (M/L/N/2)	9	4	1	4	17½	9
38	Astro (M/L)	9	4	0	5	17½	8
39	Kids for Chess Independence (M/6)	9	3	2	4	17½	8
40	Chung Ling B (M/S/6)	9	4	0	5	17½	8
41	Dynamic (M)	9	3	2	4	17½	8
42	Sarawak B (M/N)	9	3	2	4	17½	8
43	UKM (M/I)	9	3	2	4	17	8
44	PCA Members (M/N)	9	3	2	4	16½	8
45	SMK St Paul (M/S/6)	9	3	2	4	16½	8
46	Persatuan Catur Bumiputra Sarawak (M/N)	9	4	2	3	16	10
47	UTM Beta (M/I)	9	4	1	4	16	9
48	MMU (I)	9	3	2	4	16	8
49	PCA Junior (M/N/2))	9	4	0	5	16	8
50	Chess Power (M/2)	9	4	0	5	16	8
51	Penang Free School Chess Club (M/S/6)	9	3	2	4	15½	8
52	Wonder Kids (M/2)	9	3	2	4	15½	8
53	Kids for Chess Freedom (M/6)	9	1	4	4	15½	6
54	Universiti Malaysia Pahang (M/I)	9	3	1	5	15	7
55	UTM Omega (M/I/L)	9	4	0	5	14½	8
56	Adults for Chess Muhibbah (M)	9	3	1	5	14½	7
57	University of Malaya 2 (M/I)	9	3	0	6	14½	6
58	Kids for Chess SG Girls (M/L/S/6)	9	3	1	5	13½	7
59	Karisma Knights (M/6)	9	2	2	5	13½	6
60	Jaffolea Juniors (M/2)	9	2	0	7	13½	4
61	SJK(C) Kepong 2 (M/S/2)	9	2	1	6	13	5
62	Kids for Chess SG Juniors (M/S/2)	9	3	0	6	12½	6
63	Kids for Chess Davidson (M/S/2)	9	2	1	6	11½	5
64	SK Satria Jaya, Kuching (M/S/2)	9	2	0	7	8½	4
65	Kids for Chess Future (M/2)	9	1	1	7	7	3
66	Sarawak U10 Team (M/S/2)	9	0	0	9	2½	0