IM Mas and IM Yee Weng win their Round 8 games In Vietnam

In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009 has just completed their eighth round of play today, 7th December 2009. Our Malaysian chess players won their respective round 8 games, ending with 5.0 points and 4.5 points for IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and IM Lim Yee Weng respectively.

Table 1. IM Mas is now ranked 8th with 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. Meets IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy in the final 9th round tomorrow.

In round 7, IM Mas lost his first game of the tournament against GM Dao Thien Hai, Vietnam (2524) who is seeded second in the tournament. While in round 8, he won against WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim giving IM Mas five full points after eight rounds and is now ranked 8th overall.

  Table 2. IM Lim Yee Weng is now ranked 15th with 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 loss. He will meet IM Duong The Anh, Vietnam (2426) in the final 9th round tomorrow.

IM Lim Yee Weng met FM F D Howard, Singapore (2230) and drew the 7th round game, while winning against FM Chan WX Timothy, Singapore (2384) in the 8th round game. If he can further improve his seeding in the ninth round tomorrow against IM Duong of Vietnam, it will help push his rating higher. At the moment his tournament performance is at 2256, which is lower than that of his international rating of 2336.

Table 3. The full pairings for the 9th round of the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009.

(source: chess-results.com)

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Muhd Izz Saifudin Crowned Champion Of First Saturday Classical Chess 2009

Muhd Izz Saifuddin draws his last game and wins the First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009 over 23 other challengers for this six round Swiss system Classical Chess held over 5-6 December 2009 at the Excel Chess Academy, Kuala Lumpur. In second place is Abdullah Che Hassan, followed by Yeap Eng Chiam and Low Jun Jian, all with 4.5 points.

Picture 1. Muhd Izz Saifuddin, The First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009 Champion! Receiving the winner’s cash prize from Jax Tham. (courtesy of Gilachess.com)

Abdullah simply could not win the last game when it mattered and the young talented Muhd Izz Saifuddin seized the oppportunity as black and crowned as Champion of the First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009.

Even Muhd Nabil, Jax Tham and the Azman Hisham’s siblings, Nur Nabila and Nur Najiha are all left wondering what happened to their own fortunes, simply out-gunned and out-maneuvred by Muhd Izz Saifuddin.

Fantastic, close and exciting finish to the six round Classical Chess organised by Excel Chess Academy. Next stop for the juniors are the National Juniors Championship from 16-20th December 2009 at Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur. If this Classical Chess tournament is a mirror of what is to come, I am sure chess fans and enthusiasts have plenty of action and slug-fest waiting for them, then!

Congratulations to all winners, participating players for the wonderful competition to this Classical Chess series and, of course, to the organiser, arbiter and player of the event, Jax Tham, owner of Excel Chess Academy! Well done!

Ranking after round 6 of FSCC12
No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
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  1.    5  MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN           5.0  22.5  18.00  19.0  1777 2024 +1.76
  2.    1  ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN         4.5  24.0  17.25  17.5  1915 1946 +0.24
        2  YEAP ENG CHIAM              4.5  21.5  14.75  18.0  1906 1951 +0.30
       11  LOW JUN JIAN                4.5  17.5  11.50  15.0  1639 1807 +1.32
  5.    4  MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER        4.0  23.5  14.25  16.5  1835 1846 +0.04
        7  MUHD NABIL AZMAN            4.0  21.5  12.50  14.5  1745 1813 +0.52
       10  WONG JIANWEN                4.0  20.0  12.25  13.5  1651 1795 +1.18
        8  MARK SIEW                   4.0  17.0   9.50  13.0  1712 1735 +0.16
  9.    6  JAX THAM                    3.5  19.0   9.00  11.0  1767 1637 -0.94
       23  NUR NAJIHA AZMAN            3.5  17.0   8.50  11.0  1571 1616 +0.38
11.    3  LIM ZHOU REN                3.0  21.5   8.50  13.0  1882 1654 -1.74
       12  ALBERT ANG                  3.0  19.5   6.50  12.0  1624 1555 -0.60
       18  LIM JING HONG               3.0  18.5   5.50  10.0  1458 1496 +0.30
        9  NUR NABILA AZMAN            3.0  17.5   6.25  10.5  1697 1550 -1.20
       16  ANDREW OOI                  3.0  13.5   5.75   7.5  1507 1496 -0.12
16.   14  JOSHUA FOONG                2.5  17.5   3.50   8.0  1543 1549 +0.04
       17  GABRIEL SOONG               2.5  16.5   4.00   7.0  1464 1453 -0.14
18.   19  ANDREW SOONG                2.0  17.0   3.50   8.0  1404 1405 +0.02
       21  YAT GUO JIE                 2.0  17.0   4.00   8.0  1368 1440 +0.50
       15  LOW JUN KEAT                2.0  15.0   2.00   5.0  1531 1366 -1.36
21.   22  HEW ZHEN JING               1.5  16.0   3.00   7.0  1324 1399 +0.48
22.   24  ALEXANDER HOON              1.0  14.5   1.00   4.0  1221 1223 -0.02
23.   13  ZZZ                         0.0  18.0   9.00   0.0  1571  -   +0.00
       26  YYY                         0.0  18.0   9.00   0.0  0000  -   0   
       25  YAP WING HENG               0.0  13.0   1.00   0.0  1158  853 -0.40
       20  SOOI CHING WEI              0.0  11.5   1.00   0.0  1394  792 -1.60

Ranking and Games after round 6 of FSCC12
No.  PNo.  Name                          R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6       Score
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  1.    5  MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN            18w1  12b1   6w1   2b«   4w1   1b«    0   5.0
  2.    1  ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN          14w1   7b1   4w«   8b1   2w«   5w«    2   4.5
        2  YEAP ENG CHIAM               15b1   9w1   3b1   5w«   1b«   7w«    0   4.5
       11  LOW JUN JIAN                 24w1   4b0  18w1  14b1   7b«   3w1    0   4.5
  5.    4  MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER         17b1  11w1   1b«   3w1   5b0  10b«   -2   4.0
        7  MUHD NABIL AZMAN             20w1   1w0  10b1  12b1  11w«   2b«    0   4.0
       10  WONG JIANWEN                 23b«  19w1   7w0   6b1   9b1   4w«    0   4.0
        8  MARK SIEW                    21b1   3w0  17b1   1w0  19b1  12w1    0   4.0
  9.    6  JAX THAM                     19b«  23w1   5b0  10w0  14b1  15w1    0   3.5
       23  NUR NAJIHA AZMAN             10w«   6b0  15w1  22b1  12w0  18b1    0   3.5
11.    3  LIM ZHOU REN                 16w1   8b1   2w0   4b0  22w1  11b0    0   3.0
       12  ALBERT ANG                   25b1   5w0  21b1   7w0  23b1   8b0   -2   3.0
       18  LIM JING HONG                 5b0  25w1  11b0  17w1  21b1  23w0    0   3.0
        9  NUR NABILA AZMAN             22w1   2b0  14w«  16b«  10w0  21b1    0   3.0
       16  ANDREW OOI                    3b0  21w0  25b1   9w«  17b«  19w1    0   3.0
16.   14  JOSHUA FOONG                  1b0  20w1   9b«  11w0   6w0  24b1    0   2.5
       17  GABRIEL SOONG                 4w0  24b1   8w0  18b0  16w«  22b1    0   2.5
18.   19  ANDREW SOONG                  6w«  10b0  22w«  24b1   8w0  16b0    0   2.0
       21  YAT GUO JIE                   8w0  16b1  12w0  20b1  18w0   9w0    2   2.0
       15  LOW JUN KEAT                  2w0  22b0  23b0  25w1  24w1   6b0    0   2.0
21.   22  HEW ZHEN JING                 9b0  15w1  19b«  23w0   3b0  17w0    0   1.5
22.   24  ALEXANDER HOON               11b0  17w0  20b1  19w0  15b0  14w0    0   1.0
23.   13  ZZZ                            r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    0   0.0
       26  YYY                            r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    0   0.0
       25  YAP WING HENG                12w0  18b0  16w0  15b0    r0    r0    0   0.0
       20  SOOI CHING WEI                7b0  14b0  24w0  21w0    r0    r0    0   0.0

(source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

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2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009

 

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi drew his 6th game with Tu hoang Thai . In the 7th round he will play GM Dao thien Hai (2524)

Mas is with 4 points after 6 rounds(+2 =4)

meanwhile Another Malaysian IM Lim Yee Weng who has 3 points meet  Singaporean FM Fernandez Daniel Howard (2230) in the 7th round

Hot Favourite Le Quang Liem , Calcutta 2009 open champion is cruising with 6 points in 6 rounds and 2 points clear of no 2 placed  GM Nguyen Anh Dung who he meets in the 7th round

Muhd Izz Takes Over The Lead After Round 5 In The First Saturday Classical Chess 2009

Today at the Excel Chess Academy, the competition is so fierce, the lead has been constantly changing every round of play. And the new leader after the fifth round of play is Muhd Izz Saifuddin with 4.5 points from five rounds of play in the First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009.

This is a six round tournament using the Classical Chess clock time of 90 minutes + 30 second increment. This is the most competitive tournament yet that I have witnessed held at the Excel Chess Academy with friendly competition among the fantastic group of young, keen chess players participating in this First Saturday tournament.

Following close behind is Abdullah and Yeap at 4.0 points and Muhd Syakir, Muhd Nabil Azman, Wong Jiawen and Low Jun Jian are all at 3.5 points. Any slip-ups by the current leader will cost him the winner’s rostrum for the First Saturday Classical Chess 2009.

Muhd Izz Saifuddin will meet Abdullah Che Hassan in the top of the board clash and will definitely decide the champion of the First Saturday Classical Chess December 2009. If it is a draw, the following group of talented young players at the back can just overtake this two players. Muhd Izz and Abdullah must both go for a win! Nothing less! Period! As always white has first mover advantage and Abdullah gets to play white. May the best player wins! Wish you luck, guys!

Ranking after round 5 of FSCC12
No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
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1. 5 MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN 4.5 16.0 14.00 14.0 1777 2084 +1.60
2. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 4.0 15.5 11.75 13.0 1915 1988 +0.40
2 YEAP ENG CHIAM 4.0 15.5 11.25 13.5 1906 2000 +0.50
4. 4 MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER 3.5 16.5 10.00 12.5 1835 1884 +0.30
7 MUHD NABIL AZMAN 3.5 14.5 8.75 10.5 1745 1794 +0.30
10 WONG JIANWEN 3.5 12.5 7.75 9.5 1651 1786 +0.90
11 LOW JUN JIAN 3.5 12.5 7.25 10.5 1639 1709 +0.45
8. 3 LIM ZHOU REN 3.0 14.0 6.50 10.0 1882 1729 -0.90
8 MARK SIEW 3.0 12.5 5.50 9.0 1712 1679 -0.20
12 ALBERT ANG 3.0 13.0 5.00 9.0 1624 1596 -0.20
18 LIM JING HONG 3.0 12.0 4.00 7.0 1458 1553 +0.65
12. 6 JAX THAM 2.5 14.0 5.00 7.5 1767 1589 -1.15
23 NUR NAJIHA AZMAN 2.5 12.5 5.25 7.5 1571 1579 +0.05
14. 9 NUR NABILA AZMAN 2.0 12.5 3.25 7.5 1697 1514 -1.25
15 LOW JUN KEAT 2.0 9.5 1.50 3.0 1531 1364 -1.15
16 ANDREW OOI 2.0 9.0 2.25 4.5 1507 1442 -0.45
19 ANDREW SOONG 2.0 11.5 3.00 6.0 1404 1463 +0.40
21 YAT GUO JIE 2.0 11.5 2.50 6.0 1368 1467 +0.65
19. 14 JOSHUA FOONG 1.5 12.5 1.50 5.5 1543 1533 -0.05
17 GABRIEL SOONG 1.5 12.5 2.00 4.5 1464 1398 -0.45
22 HEW ZHEN JING 1.5 11.5 3.00 5.5 1324 1468 +0.75
22. 24 ALEXANDER HOON 1.0 9.5 0.50 3.0 1221 1246 +0.10
23. 13 ZZZ 0.0 12.5 6.25 0.0 1571 - +0.00
20 SOOI CHING WEI 0.0 8.5 0.25 0.0 1394 792 -1.60
25 YAP WING HENG 0.0 10.5 0.25 0.0 1158 853 -0.40
26 YYY 0.0 12.5 6.25 0.0 0000 - 0
Pairing of round 6 of FSCC12
Table White - Black Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 6
1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 4 ) - MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN ( 4ｫ) 1- 5 .
2 YEAP ENG CHIAM ( 4 ) - MUHD NABIL AZMAN ( 3ｫ) 2- 7 .
3 WONG JIANWEN ( 3ｫ) - MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER( 3ｫ) 10- 4 .
4 LOW JUN JIAN ( 3ｫ) - LIM ZHOU REN ( 3 ) 11- 3 .
5 MARK SIEW ( 3 ) - ALBERT ANG ( 3 ) 8- 12 .
6 LIM JING HONG ( 3 ) - NUR NAJIHA AZMAN ( 2ｫ) 18- 23 .
7 JAX THAM ( 2ｫ) - LOW JUN KEAT ( 2 ) 6- 15 .
8 YAT GUO JIE ( 2 ) - NUR NABILA AZMAN ( 2 ) 21- 9 .
9 ANDREW OOI ( 2 ) - ANDREW SOONG ( 2 ) 16- 19 .
10 HEW ZHEN JING ( 1ｫ) - GABRIEL SOONG ( 1ｫ) 22- 17 .
11 ALEXANDER HOON ( 1 ) - JOSHUA FOONG ( 1ｫ) 24- 14 .
Loss by default: 13 ZZZ , 20 SOOI CHING WEI , 25 YAP WING HENG , 26 YYY
(Information: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)
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Mas Won 5th round

 

Malaysian IM Mas Hafizulhilmi won the 5th game against CM
Nguyen Hoang Nam and will now meet another vietnamese,           Tu Hoang Thai(2380) in round 6.

Another Malaysian IM  Lim Yee Weng lost to FM Dominic Lo Kin Mun (2174)of Singapore

World cup quarter final-1st tie break

Ruslan Ponomariov -Vugar Gashimov

Black to play. position looks equal.Black can play 1…Nd6 2.Qxd6 Rxb7 3.cxb7 Qxc7+ 4.f3 etc.for Q+3pawn drawn endgame

Black played 1…e5?? and what White moves to win the game?

source: chess vibes

Yeap and Izz Co-Leaders In First Saturday Classical Chess 2009

At the end of the first day of plays in the First Saturday Classical Chess 2009 held at the Excel Chess Academy, Yeap Eng Chiam and Muhd Izz Saifudin are co-leaders after three rounds.

Abdullah Che Hassan and Muhd Syakir Shazmeer are trailing by half-point behind the leaders.

Twenty four players are participating in this classical chess tournament, the biggest group so far for the classical chess series conducted by Excel Chess Academy.

Catch the action tomorrow at the Excel Chess Academy, Overseas Union Garden, Kuala Lumpur where three more rounds will be played to decide the winner of the first of the series of First Saturday Classical Chess 2009.

Ranking after round 3 of FSCC12

No. PNo. Name Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We

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1. 2 YEAP ENG CHIAM 3.0 3.5 3.50 6.0 1906 2380 +0.72

5 MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN 3.0 4.5 4.50 6.0 1777 2293 +0.87

3. 1 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 2.5 6.0 4.75 5.5 1915 1981 +0.19

4 MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER 2.5 5.5 4.25 5.5 1835 1946 +0.37

5. 3 LIM ZHOU REN 2.0 6.0 3.00 5.0 1882 1833 -0.19

7 MUHD NABIL AZMAN 2.0 4.0 1.50 4.0 1745 1778 +0.11

8 MARK SIEW 2.0 4.0 2.00 4.0 1712 1696 -0.07

11 LOW JUN JIAN 2.0 4.5 2.00 4.0 1639 1630 -0.04

12 ALBERT ANG 2.0 4.0 1.00 4.0 1624 1559 -0.25

10. 6 JAX THAM 1.5 5.5 2.00 3.5 1767 1584 -0.72

9 NUR NABILA AZMAN 1.5 6.0 2.25 3.5 1697 1591 -0.42

10 WONG JIANWEN 1.5 4.5 1.75 3.5 1651 1573 -0.33

14 JOSHUA FOONG 1.5 4.0 0.75 2.5 1543 1669 +0.51

22 HEW ZHEN JING 1.5 2.5 0.50 2.5 1324 1544 +0.84

23 NUR NAJIHA AZMAN 1.5 3.0 0.75 2.5 1571 1650 +0.33

16. 16 ANDREW OOI 1.0 3.0 0.00 1.0 1507 1344 -0.65

17 GABRIEL SOONG 1.0 5.5 1.00 2.0 1464 1464 +0.01

18 LIM JING HONG 1.0 5.0 0.00 2.0 1458 1400 -0.23

19 ANDREW SOONG 1.0 4.5 1.50 2.0 1404 1456 +0.19

21 YAT GUO JIE 1.0 5.0 1.00 2.0 1368 1489 +0.43

24 ALEXANDER HOON 1.0 3.0 0.00 1.0 1221 1374 +0.49

22. 13 ZZZ 0.0 4.5 2.25 0.0 1571 - +0.00

15 LOW JUN KEAT 0.0 6.0 0.00 0.0 1531 923 -1.20

20 SOOI CHING WEI 0.0 4.5 0.00 0.0 1394 826 -1.05

25 YAP WING HENG 0.0 4.0 0.00 0.0 1158 853 -0.30

26 YYY 0.0 4.5 2.25 0.0 0000 - 0

Pairing of round 4 of FSCC12

Table White - Black Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 4

1 YEAP ENG CHIAM ( 3 ) - MUHD IZZ SAIFUDIN ( 3 ) 2- 5

2 MARK SIEW ( 2 ) - ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN ( 2ｫ) 8- 1

3 MUHD SYAKIR SHAZMEER( 2ｫ) - LIM ZHOU REN ( 2 ) 4- 3

4 ALBERT ANG ( 2 ) - MUHD NABIL AZMAN ( 2 ) 12- 7

5 JOSHUA FOONG ( 1ｫ) - LOW JUN JIAN ( 2 ) 14- 11

6 JAX THAM ( 1ｫ) - WONG JIANWEN ( 1ｫ) 6- 10

7 HEW ZHEN JING ( 1ｫ) - NUR NAJIHA AZMAN ( 1ｫ) 22- 23

8 ANDREW OOI ( 1 ) - NUR NABILA AZMAN ( 1ｫ) 16- 9

9 LIM JING HONG ( 1 ) - GABRIEL SOONG ( 1 ) 18- 17

10 ALEXANDER HOON ( 1 ) - ANDREW SOONG ( 1 ) 24- 19

11 SOOI CHING WEI ( 0 ) - YAT GUO JIE ( 1 ) 20- 21

12 LOW JUN KEAT ( 0 ) - YAP WING HENG ( 0 ) 15- 25

13

Loss by default: 13 ZZZ , 26 YYY ,

(source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

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GACC Inter-Varsity Chess Championship 2009

Here is a snapshot of the top 11 chess teams that participated in the recently concluded GACC International Inter-Varsity Chess Championship 2009 held at University of Malaya from 28 Nov – 5 Dec 2009 in Kuala Lumpur.

The top three teams were University of Calculatta with 28.5 points, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 25.5 and in third place, International Islamic University Malaysia, Team A (IIUMA) with 23.5 points.

Table 1. Top Eleven Chess Teams in GACC Tourney 2009.

More news from http://stonemaster.info where it is reported that Stonemaster is the official chess coach for team IIUM.

Further details from http://selchess.blogspot.com whose webmaster is the pround parents to the Zullkapli’s siblings – Zarul Shafiq and Zarul Shazwan.

Well done to the winners and all participating Malaysian chess players and organisers for making the event a success!

(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

 

Q-finals World Cup game 2

Mamedyarov –Karjakin

Mamedyarov who lost game 1 need to win to force play offs. he got his only chance and played 30. Re3-e2. the game was drawn and Mamedyarov lost the chance to go to the semi finals.  what did he missed??

 

Promotion to a Knight- Svidler Swindled!!

 

In the FIDE World Cup Quarterfinals between Svidler and Malakhov,     Svidler sacrificed material for an attack but malakhov just took everything for something nice at the end of a long variation.The position is still good for White with a possible mate in 6!!

BUT ITS BLACK’S MOVE

Black plays dxe1(N) + and Svidler resigned. The readers can easily spot a mate in 5!! (Kamaluddin Yusof will be proud of this!!)

SOURCE CHESS VIBES

IM Lim Yee Weng wins his 2nd Game in Vietnam

The third round pairings of the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009 are up and the second round results indicate that IM Lim Yee Weng won his second round results while IM Mas Hafizulhelmi drew his second game in Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam. IM Mas drew with Nguyen Minh Tuan (2082), Vietnam and IM Yee Weng won against WIM Bui Kim Le.

 

Table 1. Snapshot of the ranking cross-table after Round 2.

Based on the statistics below, there are actually six countries participating. I had missed out Netherlands. However, the majority of them are from Vietnam. In terms of titled players, 29 have titles which includes 4 GMs, 1 WGMs, 9 IMs, 5 WIMs, 7 FMs, 1 WFM and 2 CMs.

Table 2. Important Statistics of the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open.

(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

IM Mas Wins First Round In 2nd Dragon Capitol Vietnam Chess Open 2009

Based on feedback received, I have checked out the chess-results.com website for the first round results in the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open tournament in Vietnam. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and IM Lim Yee Weng are participating. There are 38 players participating from India, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa and Vietnam.

The ranking crosstable after Round 1 shows that IM Mas has won by beating WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim, Vietnam (2221) and IM Lim Yee-Weng lost to a local Vietnamese player, Dang Hoang Son (2082).

Let’s hope our two Malaysian players will fare better in future rounds. The tournament runs from the 3rd December 2009 to the 8th December 2009. By next Tuesday, we shall soon know their fate and their final performance in the tournament.

(source: chess-results.com)

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so close

MANILA -- Wesley So’s astounding run in the 2009 World Chess Cup came to an end after the Filipino grandmaster lost his playoff match against Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov in the fourth round of the competition in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
So (ELO 2640), who twice held Malakhov (ELO 2706) to a draw, yielded to the Russian GM in three straight tie-break matches of rapid chess.
The Bacoor-based chess player yielded to the 22nd-seeded Russian in 55 moves using the black pieces during their first-tie break match. This was followed by another win by Malakhov after 61 moves in the second match.
The 59th-seed So tried to fight back in the third game but Malakhov took advantage of the momentum to win the round in 32 moves.
The score was 4-1 in favor of the Russian.
Thus ended So’s campaign in this year’s World Chess Cup, which saw him winning over two chess heavyweights on his way to the fourth round.
Prior to facing Malakhov, So shocked Chess Cup defending champion super GM Gata Kamsky of the US in Round 3. He also pulled the rug from under World No. 12 GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in Round 2.
So, who is already assured of $30,000prize money for reaching Round 4, also defeated GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan in Round 1.
Best showing for RPSo’s fourth-round finish is arguably the country’s best showing in World Chess Cup history, surpassing the efforts of his compatriots, GMs Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Mark Paragua.
Antonio and Paragua reached the second round of the competition.
GM Eugene Torre, Asia’s first GM, reached the quarterfinal stage under a different elimination format.
So earlier said he will be working to achieve super GM status by breaking the 2700 ELO barrier.
"I dream that sooner or later, I will come to the magical point 2700. I don't know how much time I will need for that," he said.
as of 12/02/2009 10:36 PM

abs-cbnNEWS.com

Jax lucky win

4th Round DATCC

Prabha Rajendran- Jax Tham

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Nb3 0-0 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Be2 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.g4 Bxb3 12.cxb3 Qa5 13.0-0 h5 14.g5 Nh7 15.f4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.Rf3 e5 18.Rc1 Qa5 19.f5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.h4 Qe5 22.Rc4 d5 23.exd5 Rfe8 24.Bd3 Nf8 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Bf1 Qxd5 27.Rxd4 Qc5 28.Kg2 Kg7 29.Bc4 b5

 

30.Rd5 ?  [ 30.Rf7+ Kh8 31.Rd5 Qb6 32.Qa1+ Kg8 33.Qg7# ]

30...Qe7 31.Qd4+ Kh7 32.Bd3 [ 32.Qf2 Ra7 33.Rxb5 axb5 34.Bxb5 ]

 

32...Rad8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Qf2 Qb4 35.Qc2 [ 35.Qa7+ Kh8 36.Qxa6 Qd2+ 37.Kh3 Qd1 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Bf1 ]

35...Qg4+ 36.Rg3 Qxh4 37.axb5 axb5 38.Bxb5 Ne6 39.Qc1 Qe4+ 40.Rf3 Rf8 41.Bc6 Qg4+ 42.Kf2 Qh4+ 43.Kg2 Qg4+ 44.Kf2 Qh4+ 45.Kg2 Rxf3 46.Bxf3 Nxg5 47.Qc7+ Kh6 48.Qd8 Qh3+

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Official Full Results Of Round 4, 2nd DATCC Chess League 2009, 1st December 2009

 

Here are the official full results and cross-table from the arbiter of the event, En. Abdul Hamid b Majid for the round 4 of the 2nd DATCC Chess League 2009 held last night on the 1st December 2009 at the DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

 

2nd DATCC Chess League 2009

Round 4

3.1 2 Tan & Tan 0 - 4 10 Nusa Mahkota

1 Lian Ann Tan 2238 0 : 1 Kamalarifin Wahiduddin 2119

2 R. Subramaniam 0 0 : 1 Rizal Ahmad Kamal 1995

3 Ismail Hisyam 0 0 : 1 Sidi Rusdi 0

4 Chan Mun Fye 0 0 : 1 Hamzah Razali 1675

3.2 3 Storm Warriors 1½ - 2½ 1 Pricewaterhouse

1 Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan 1944 0 : 1 Husain Hazril 0

2 Lee Boon Why 0 0 : 1 Chong Hean Ooi 2106

3 Chin Kenneth Choong Wee 0 ½ : ½ Cheok Fung Cheah 1994

4 Joon Yi Koh 0 1 : 0 Frankie Lee 0

3.3 4 EON Bank Berhad ½ - 3½ 9 Team AU

1 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 2044 0 : 1 Im Hafizulhelmi Mas 2419

2 Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor 2012 0 : 1 Zakaria Mohd Fairin 2201

3 Prabha Rajendran 0 0 : 1 Tham Tick Hong Jax 2074

4 Tan Chee Hock 0 ½ : ½ Soon Wai Cheong 2057

3.4 5 X - Factor ½ - 3½ 8 Caviaga

1 Fm Tze-Meng Mok 2389 ½ : ½ Udani Ian 2279

2 Kumar Sri Shiva 0 0 : 1 Lee Kim Han Edward 2114

3 Parimanan Paul 0 0 : 1 Che Hassan Abdullah 2109

4 Lim Teng Soon 1882 0 : 1 Yeap Eng Chiam 2118

3.5 6 DATCC 2 - 2 7 17 Chess Club

1 Shamsuddin Sabri 0 0 : 1 Kamaluddin Yusof 2177

2 Haslindah Ruslan 1705 1 : 0 Ismail Mohamed Bin 0

3 Sirajuddin Mohd 0 0 : 1 Sahir Sarifdin 0

4 Yat Guo Jie 0 1 : 0 Ahayat Izuddin 0

(source: email from En. Abdul Hamid b Majid, arbiter of the event)

(posted by firey_rook, http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

Yeoh Li Tian’s Win In Training

Subject: Beijing Chess Training 2009

Received this game by email from En. Abdul Hamid Majid regarding the progress of Yeoh Li Tian’s chess training in Beijing, China. Here’s one game that he has won against one Woman FIDE-Master Ding Yixin for your viewing.

Game 7 Yeoh Li Tian-WFM Ding Yixin (2317) 1-0

1 e4 c5,2 c3 d5,3 ed5 Qd5,4 d4 Nf6,5 Nf3 Bg4,6 Be2 e6,7 h3 Bh5,8 0-0 Nc6, 9 Be3 cd4,10 cd4 Be7,11 Nc3 Qa5,12 Qb3 Qb4,13 Qb4 Bb4,14 Rac1 0-0,15 Rfd1 Rfd8,16 g4 Bg6,17 Ne5 Ne5,18 ed5 Rd1,19 Rd1 Bc3,20 bc3 Nd5,21 Bd4 Nf4,22 Bf1 h5,23 f3 a6,24 Kf2 Rc8,25 Rd2 Rc7,26 a3 Rd7,27 Kg3 Nd5,28 Bf2 Kf8,29 c4 Nb6,30 Rd7 Nd7,31 Bd4 Ke7,32 Kf2 hg4,33 hg4 Kd8,34 Ke3 Ke7,35 Bc3 Bc2,36 f4 Bd1,37 Bh3 Nb6,38 Kd3 Kd7,39 Ba5 Na4,40 Bb4 Bf3,41 f5 Nb2,42 Ke3 Bd1,43 Kd2 Ba4,44 Bf1 Bc6,45 f6 g6, 46 Kc2 Na4,47 Bd3 b6??,48 Bg6 Ke8,49 Bh7 Bf3,50 g5 a5,51 Bd6 Nc5,52 Kb2 Be2,53 Kc3 Kd8, 54 Kd4 Ke8,55 Be7 Resigns

Append a copy of the analysis of the game by Fritz to illustrate how good our young friend, Yeoh Li Tian is.

[Event "Beijing Chess Training 2009"]
[Site "Beijing, China"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yeoh Li Tian"]
[Black "WFM Ding Yixin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4

 

Picture 1. The Sicilian was played. Black played 5…. Bg4. Pinning the white knight to the queen.

6.Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4

Picture 2. Black played 12…Qb4. The queens stands-off and white took the black queen with 13.Qxb4.

13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Rfd1 (15. a3 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. b4 Rac8 18.g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 Ne7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bg5 Bb8 22. Bf3 Rd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd7 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bf4 28. Bf3 b6 29. Ne5 Bc1 {Meier,L (1844)-Sondergaard,T (1998)/Helsingor 2008/CB32/1/2-1/2 (33)})

 

Picture 3. Black played 15..Rfd8 challenging white’s defence of d4-pawn. The Knight at f3 and rook at d1 plus the bishop at e3 protects this d4 pawn.

15...Rfd8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 N(17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bb5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Ncxe7 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Ne2 Nb4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. a3 Nbc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd2 Nd5 27. Kg2 Nb6 28. Kg3 Kf8 29. Kf4 Ke7 30. Ke4 Kf6 31. h4 Rc8 {Smirnov,A (2193)-Fazulyanov,S (2247)/Rybinsk 2001/EXT 2002/0-1 (43)})

 17...Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 {White has the pair of bishops} Nd5 21. Bd4 (21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Kf8 $14) 21... Nf4 {Black threatens to win material: Nf4xe2} (21... Rc8 22. Kh2 $14) 22. Bf1 (22.Bf3 Rd8 $14) 22... h5 += 23. f3 {Controls e4} a6 {Consolidates b5} (23... Rd8 24. Kf2 +-) 24. Kf2 +- Rc8 (24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Bc2 26. Rd2 +-) 25. Rd2 (25.c4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Bc2 $16) 25... Rc7 $2 (25... hxg4 26. fxg4 b5 27. a4 $14) 26.a3 (26. c4 $5 hxg4 27. hxg4 $18) 26... Rd7 (26... hxg4 $5 27. hxg4 b5 $14) 27.Kg3 $16 Nd5 28. Bf2 Kf8 (28... b5 $5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 a5 $16) 29. c4 Nb6 30. Rxd7 (30. Rd6 $5 Rxd6 31. exd6 $16) 30... Nxd7 $14 {A minor pieces endgame occured} 31. Bd4 Ke7 32. Kf2 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kd8 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Bc3 Bc2 36. f4 Bd1 37. Bh3 Nb6 {Black threatens to win material: Nb6xc4} 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Ba5 Na4 40. Bb4 Bf3 41. f5 {This push gains space} Nb2+ 42.Ke3 Bd1 43. Kd2 Ba4 44. Bf1 Bc6 (44... b5 45. cxb5 Bxb5 46. Bxb5+ axb5 47. Ke3=) 45. f6 g6 46. Kc2 {White threatens to win material: Kc2xb2} Na4 47. Bd3 b6?? {Covers a5+c5} (47... g5 += {would keep Black in the game}) 48. Bxg6! +- {the final blow} Ke8

Picture 4. White played 48.Bxg6! If black f-7 takes the white bishop at g6, f-pawn queens with support from the black-squared bishop at b4. Great play by Li Tian!

(48... fxg6 49. f7 {Passed pawn}) 49. Bh7 Bf3 50.
g5 a5 (50... Nc5 51. Bxc5 bxc5 52. Kb3 +-) 51. Bd6 Nc5 52. Kb2 (52. Bc7 +-) 52... Be2 ?? {the position is going down the drain} (52... Be4 $142 53.Bxe4 Nxe4 $16)

 

Picture 5. Black blunders on the 52nd move when she played 52..Be2?? leaving the g6 unguarded by black and leaving white to occupy it and attacks the black f7 pawn.

53. Kc3 (53. g6 $142 {and White can already relax} fxg6 54.
Bxg6+ Kd8 $18) 53... Kd8 (53... Bh5 +-) 54. Kd4 Ke8 (54... Nb3+ {
does not win a prize} 55. Ke3 Bh5 56. g6 Bxg6 57. Bxg6 +-) 55. Be7 (55. Be7 Bh5 56. Bxc5 bxc5+ 57. Kxc5 +-) 1-0.

Picture 6. The black King cannot stop the queening of the f6 pawn with two white bishops supporting it and a third force coming from the g5 pawn. White wins the end-game, 1-0.

With this winning game, Yeoh Li Tian has demonstrated the depth of his chess prowess beating a Chinese WFM-titled player while in training in Beijing. If his strength in chess is nurtured and groomed further, there is no doubt that Li Tian has the potential to become a future Malaysian GrandMaster in chess. A dream for most chess players in Malaysia to achieve.

(information from En. Abdul Hamid Majid, MCF)

(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

DATCC League

 

Round 4

Nor Ilhamuddin –IM Mas Hafizulhilmi

 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 f5 8.Nc3 e5 9.Qd3 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Qf5 Qd7 13.Qxf6 Rg8 14.Be3??

[ 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Rg1 Be4 16.Rg3 Bf5 17.Ne4 Rxg3 18.Nxg3 ] 14...Rxg2 15.Nh4 Rg8 16.Rf1 Be7 17.Qh6 Qg4 18.Qxh7 Bxh4 19.h3 Qxc4 20.Rc1 Qb4+ 21.Bd2 Qe4+ 22.Qxe4 Bxe4 23.Rc4 d5

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DATCC League

Round 4 EON Bank vs TEAM AU

1.12.2009

Soon wai Cheong-Tan chee Hock

French Defence

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qe2 c6 9.Bd2 Bf4 10.Bc3 Qe7 11.0-0 Nd7 12.a3 Nf6 13.Ne5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 0-0 16.c4 Nf6 17.Qe3 Qc7 18.b4 b6 19.c5 Bb7 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.Rfd1 Rfe8 22.h3 Nd7 23.Nc4 Nf6 24.Nd6 Rxd6 25.cxd6 Qxd6 26.Qe5 Qd7 27.Be2 Rd8 28.Bf3 a6 29.a4 Ba8 30.Rc2 Qe7 31.Qe1 Qd6 32.Rdc1 Nd5 33.Rc4 g6 34.Qe5 Qe7

 

35.b5?

[ 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Qb8+ Qd8 37.Qxd8+ Rxd8 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 Kf8 40.bxc6 ] with a passed pawn and a clear win for white

 

 35...axb5 36.axb5 cxb5 37.Rc8 Bb7 38.Rb8 Rxb8 39.Qxb8+ Kg7 40.Bxd5 [ 40.Ra1 Bc6 41.Ra7 Qf8 42.Qe5+ Kg8 43.Be4 Ne7 44.Rxe7 Bxe4 45.Rd7 Qc8 46.Rc7 Qa8 47.Qf4 Bf5 48.Qxh6 ] again a clear win for White

40...Bxd5 41.Rc8 Qg5 42.Rg8+ Kf6 43.Qd8+ Kf5 44.g4+ Ke4 45.Qc7 Kxd4 46.Rc8 Qd2 47.Qxb6+ Ke5 48.Qc7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+ Ke5 50.Qc7+ Kd4 51.Qc5+ Ke5 52.Qc7+ Kf6 53.Qd8+ Ke5 54.Qc7+ Kd4 55.Qc5+ Ke4 56.Qxb5 Qe1+ 57.Qf1 Qxf1+ 58.Kxf1 Kf4 59.Rh8 Kg5 60.Kg1 f5 61.gxf5 gxf5 62.Kh2 h5 63.Rd8 Be4 64.Rd4 Kf4 65.Rd6 e5 66.Rb6 h4 67.Ra6 Kf3 68.Kg1

1/2-1/2

 

CHRISTMAS RAPID CHESS (10.20.30) 2009, 26-27 December 2009

CHRISMAS RAPID CHESS( 10.20.30. ) 2009

A new rapid chess is being organised by Excel Chess Academy this coming Christmas Holidays, 26-27 December 2009. Those chess enthusiasts who would like to try their hands at a 20 minutes plus 30 second time increment are welcomed to join.

VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG. JALAN KELANG LAMA .POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR.

DATES:

ROUND 1 : SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 ( 9.30 am to 11.00 am )

ROUND 2 : SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 ( 11.15am to 12.45 pm )

ROUND 3 : SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 ( 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm )

ROUND 4 : SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 ( 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm )

ROUND 5 : SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 ( 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm )

ROUND 6 : SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 ( 9.30 am to 11.00 am )

ROUND 7 : SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 ( 11.15am to 12.45 am )

ROUND 8 : SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 ( 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm )

ROUND 9 : SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 ( 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm )

ROUND 10: SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 ( 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm )

FORMAT : 10 ROUNDS OF 20 MINUTES PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT EACH MOVE

ENTRY FEE : RM 35.00 ( DISCOUNT GIVEN FOR MORE THAN ONE PLAYER. )

MAIN PRIZES :

1^st PRIZE : RM 180.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

2^nd PRIZE : RM 120.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

3^rd PRIZE : RM 80.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

4^th PRIZE : RM 60.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

5^th PRIZE : RM 40.00 + CRYSTAL TROPHY

6^th to 8^th PRIZE : CRYSTAL TROPHY

SPECIAL PRIZES : ( MINIMUM 3 PLAYERS IN AGE-GROUP )

BEST UNDER- 16 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 14 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 12 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 10 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

BEST UNDER- 8 ( BOY AND GIRL ) CRYSTAL TROPHY

REGISTRATION by HP SMS 013-3232280 ( JAX ) OR EMAIL jaxtham@hotmail.com

CLOSING DATE 27 NOVEMBER 2009 (FRIDAY )

ENTRY FORM : NAME: __________________________________

TEL: _________________

D.O.B./ I.C.NO __________________________

SCHOOL : ____________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS : ___________________________________________

(N.B.THIS EVENT WILL BE NATIONAL RATED. LODGING CAN BE ARRANGED)

(source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

datcc suprise!!

results of the 4th round DATCC league

DATCC suprisngly drew 2-2 with 17 chess club with Haslinda and Yat winning

Price Water house won 2.5-1.5 against Storm Warrior

Team AU won 3.5-0.5 against Eon Bank with Soon Wain Cheong drew,Mas playing first game for Team AU won against Nor Ilhamuddin. Aziz of Eon lost To Fairin And Jax overcome Prabha as Prabha failed to convert the advantage of time and position.

Caviaga was impressive in demolition of pretenders X Factor3.5-0.5 as Mok drew with udani and Edward, Abdullah and Yeap Eng Chiam winning for Caviaga ,IM Lim Yee Weng was absent as he is away to Vietnam and Udani played the top board

Tan and Tan with IM Tan Liang Ann on board 1 failed to impress as they lost 4-0 to Nusa Mahkota. Captain of NMCC himself was suprised with the result and promised a big feast for the team.
Kamarul Ariffin , Rizal, Rusdi and supersub Razali all winning and Razali was totally pleased with himself as his win is second in 2 games.

DATCC 2nd League: 4th Round

Hairulov is here too!

Mas making his first appearance in the DATCC 2nd League.

Nor Ilhamuddin’s Queen “looks” menacingly at Mas’ exposed King but it’s only looks so. Can Ilham get an attack or an advantage in this position? We’ll see..

Mas leaving for Vietnam tomorrow. He took the time to earn one point for his team tonight

 

Tan & Tan finally fielding one of the International Masters

Another chess blogger Ng6

MAS DEBUTS IN DATCC LEAGUE 2nd edition

 

 

 

IM Mas hafizulhilmi who is going to participate in a tournament in vietnam will leave Vietnam tomorrow

Today he may find time to play a game in the DATCC LEAGUE for TEAM AU and most likely meet Nor Ilhamuddin who plays for EON Bank

Rakan Muda GACC International Inter-Varsity Chess Championship 2009

The GACC International Inter-Varsity Chess Championship 2009 is currently being held from 28 November 2009 to 5 December 2009 at University of Malaya and organised by the Tuanku Bahiyah Residential College (formerly known as Second Residential College). The above table summarises the week-long programme of the chess tournament.

Interested chess enthusiasts can follow the event at the following link http://gacc-chess.com/.

(posted by firey_rook, http://fireyrook.blogspot.com/)
Links: Chess News, GACC Inter-Varsity Chess 2009.

Malaysian Masters – organiser’s point of view

A few important points of view from the perspective of the organisers' of the Malaysian Masters 2009 are as follows:-

1. To promote chess- make it a viable sports and attractive to be Malaysian champion;

2. A match of this nature, promotes top players and encourages them to play their best;

3. The selection on who will represents Malaysia, in a certain sense resolves the selection procedure;

4. Generates excitement and interest over a period of time;

5. Practically, all the events in Malaysia are on a Swiss-type format, hence this KO-type format is good for a change;

6. A mixture of young talented players who have the opportunity to play their best against the top players;

7. A chance to really prepare for the game, knowing who exactly the opponent is;

8. A flexible schedule so that all the best players are given the opportunity to play at the time best suited to them, knowing the fact that there are no professionals in Malaysia and all the players are busy with their work or studies;

9. More spectators can look forward to analysing the games, as few games are played at any one time; and,

10. Players will be more committed to the game.