DATCC Chess League – 3rd Round

 

1 November 2011, Kuala Lumpur – For those participating in the 4th DATCC Kuala Lumpur Open Chess League 2011, the third round team pairings is as shown below and it will be held tonight, 1 November 2011, 7 pm at DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia Finished In 11th Spot

Pix 1. Mr.Lee Ewe Ghee and son, Elgin Lee Kah Meng. Photos from official website.

31 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Final Round results confirm that Malaysia beat Moldova 2.5-1.5 and that team Malaysia finished in 11th spot behind Kazakhstan, Switzerland, England, Slovakia, all of whom scored an extra 0.5 board point more than Malaysia’s 21.0 board points! Tough but that’s tournament life for you!

Final Round Results:-

Good news is that Roshan Ajeet Singh might just win a bronze medal for the Reserved Players list by winning five points out of 8 rounds of play.

Pix 2. Elgin, Roshan, Jianwen took a fun ride on the Free Day. Photos from official website.

Malaysia 2.5-1.5 Moldova, Final Round, WY U16

Pix 1. Yeap Eng Chiam, Malaysia. Photos from official website.

31 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, Malaysia lost to the top-ranked Russian team, 0.5 – 3.5 in round 9 of the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad. While in the final tenth round Malaysia is slated to meet Moldova, the 14th ranked team.

Pix 2. Malaysia team Jianwen, Yeoh Li Tian, Elgin Lee Kah Meng, Yeap Eng Chiam (round 9, World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2011). Photos from official website.

The World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad official website reported that 2011 World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad's ninth round has staged very surprising scores. The leader Armenia gave up 2,5 points against Kazakhstan, who started the olympiad on the sixth place with 2201 average Elo. In the clash of two players at first board, Alibek Igambergenov beat his opponent IM Karen Grigoryan. The struggle continued also at second board. Ayan Akhmetov also achieved to win against FM Hovhannes Gabuzyan. At the end they defeated one of the most strongest team in the Olympiad. As a result Armenia moved to the second place with 25 points.  At second table, Russia became proud victor in the game against Malaysia with 0.5-3.5 score. This satisfactory result helped Russia placed first before the final round. After  defeating  Georgia  with 3.5-0.5 the Iranian Team placed third with 24.5 points.

 

Pix 3. Malaysia team, round 10, World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2011 Turkey. Photos from official website.

Latest News: From live games, Malaysia won 2.5 – 1.5, Moldova with Yeoh Li Tian and Roshan Singh winning the board games while Eng Chiam (Pix 1)  the half-point on third board. Well done, team Malaysia!

This means, Malaysia have scored a total 21.0 points from the ten rounds of play. We should finish higher than Turkey-Red, who just lost 0-4 to India. Georgia won 3-1 against Syria giving Georgia a total 21.5 points. So we finish behind Georgia and above Moldova and Syria.

Link -  News from official website

Update on Asian Amateur!

31 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Here is an announcement from the organizers of Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2011 on the upcoming FIDE - Rated chess event.

As the event move into its final week before the 4th November closing date, more than 50 players from 6 counties - Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines and host Malaysia have submitted their registration forms to the organizing secretariat. There were also a few applications received from India and Sri Lanka which are awaiting approval from the respective Federations, with Australia and China in the midst of finalizing their representatives for the event.

For Malaysians, a few notable players who are right about the "ceiling mark" has confirmed their participation including another few who have voiced their interest to play. Zaidan Zulkipli (2069), blogger Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali (1984) and former National Player Ismail Ahmad (1989) have already committed to participate with Ahmad Fadzil Nayan (2009), Stonemaster Fadli Zakaria (2048) and Jax Tham (2076) looking almost sure to participate as well. The highest rated player so far registering for the event is Brunei's Aliuddin Azahari (2085) with local Zaidan Zulkipli (2069) ranked as second highest.

Notable juniors who are also bidding their inaugural appearance in this year's Amateur event are Wong Yinn Long, WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham, CM Amier Hamzah Mohd Zuhri and Mark Siew Kit-Tze.

With 5 more days to go before the closing date, the organizer is expecting a flurry of registration and participation to be received as they scramble towards the 4th November deadline. Players registering after the deadline are at risk of paying an additional USD25 as penalty for late registration.

With a total prize fund of USD7,000 for the eventual winners and USD1,500 for the winner, this will be one of the more lucrative prize fund ever offered to "normal chess players" - quoting Quah Seng Sun's words in his STAR column, "players who are just like you and me". With the ceiling rating is set at FIDE 2100, this is truly an "open" event where everyone has an almost equal chance to earn the coveted Asian Masters Title.

To add more carrot to the winner, in the recent ASIAN CHESS FEDERATION committee meeting, ACF has agreed to award the title ASIAN MASTERS to the 3 winners in each category - Open, Women and Unrated. Whilst the title may not be as well known as the GM or IM title, it is nonetheless a title to be proud of - to be known as the best Amateur Chess Masters in Asia. To attract more participation for the event, the MALAYSIAN CHESS FEDERATION will award each participant with the ASIAN AMATEUR OPEN & WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Certificate of Participation to all players in the tournament.

For more details on the event, please load the tournament brochure at www.chess-malaysia.com/AmateurInvite.pdf. Registration forms can be downloaded at www.chess-malaysia.com/AmateurRegister.pdf

Players who would like to stay at the 5-star Crown Plaza Mutiara - where the event is being held, can request for a booking form to reserve their room at a special rate by sending an email to the organizing secretary. Those who are from out of KL and would like to know more about other places to stay around the playing venue, please download the following brochure available at www.chess-malaysia.com/AmateurHotel.pdf which provides a list of several available hotels located within 15-30 minutes walk from Crown Plaza Mutiara.

For more information, updates and clarification, feel free to contact the Organizing Secretary, Najib Wahab at +6016 338 2542 or email him at najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com. You can also follow more news and information on this event, and any other events in KL via our Facebook link at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chess-Malaysia/168231673260531

Jax Tham Clear Winner DATCC SENIORS

31 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - The full results of the recently held DATCC SENIORS FIDE-Rated Tournament 2011 is now out. Jax Tham (pix above) comes out tops with 11 points from 11 rounds of play. In second place, Bernard Ng with 8 points, third - Woo Beng Keong with 7.5 points.




(source: Jax Tham)

Mike Angelo Palma Wins Frank Goon Cup!

30 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Breaking News! Mike Angelo Palma (PHI) won the Frank Goon Cup (Johor Open) with 6.5 points. His only half point that he conceded was against IM Mok Tze Meng. In second place fell to Muhd Shazwan Zulkifli after beating IM Mok in the last seventh round.. 3rd – Robert Suelo (PHI), 4th – IM Mok Tze Meng, 5th – Ali M. Konkar (IRQ), 6th – Nasrul Humaimi, 7th-Zarul Shazwan Zulkafli, 8th-Mohd Khairul Nizam Johari, 9th- Sai Jia Chuan, 10th – Nguyen Tien Thanh (VIE).

(Source: Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin, Johor)

Malaysia Won Vs Georgia

Pix 1. Roshan, Eng Chiam, Elgin, Jianwen (Malaysia, 8th Round, World Youth U-16) (Photos from official website)

30 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia won against Georgia in the 8th round of the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey, 2.5-1.5. The heroes were Yeap Eng Chiam and Roshan Ajeet Singh giving important points and the draw from Elgin Lee Kah Meng.

 

 Pix 2. Beradze, Georgia vs Wong Jianwen,Malaysia, Round 8, WY U16. (Photos from official website)

 

Pix 3. Jianwen, Elgin, Eng Chiam, Round 8, WY U16. (Photos from official website)

Here are two winning games of the 8th round, World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad between Malaysia and Georgia. Both Roshan and Eng Chiam’s games are shown below:-

[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "S.R.Ajeet (MAS)"]
[Black "N.Khomeriki (GEO)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Rd3 Qc7 14. Rg3 Kh8 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Be2 g6 23. Bc4 b6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bf6 Qd7 26. Be5 Bb7 27. Bf6 Bc8 28. Be5 Bb7 29. Qh6 Qf7 30. f3 Bc6 31. h4 Ra7 32. h5 Be8 33. hxg6 Qxg6 34.Rxg6+ Bxg6 35. Rc1 b5 36. a5 Rd7 37. Rc6 1-0

Diagram 1. White played 37.Rc6, exposing black’s weakness at a6, e6 undefended pawns. Earlier Black had lost its queen on the 34th move. Great play from Roshan!

 

[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "G.Burduli (GEO)"]
[Black "E.C.Yeap (MAS)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Qc7 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. Ne1 O-O 15.
f4 Bd6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Bd3 Re3 21. Qd2
Bf4 22. Qc2 Bg3 23. Bd2 Re7 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Ng1 Qg5 27. Ne2 Bd6
28. Rf3 Rfe8 29. Raf1 Re3 30. Qd1 g6 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Kf7
34. Qc1 Qh4 35. Qf1 Qe7 36. Qc1 g5 37. b3 Qe5 38. Qg1 Qb2 39. Qb1 Qd2 40. Kg2
Kf6 41. Qc2 Qe3 42. Qd1 h5 43. Ng3 Qe5 44. Nf1 Qd4 45. Bc2 Qe5 46. Qc1 Qe2+ 47.Kg1 Qxf3 48. Qe3 Qxe3+ 49. Nxe3 f4 50. Nd1 Bxh3 51. Nf2 Bf5 52. Bd1 g4 53. Kg2 Kg5 54. a3 f3+ 55. Bxf3 gxf3+ 56. Kxf3 a5 57. Ke3 h4 58. Kd2 h3 0-1

 

Diagram 2. Black is a piece up and the h6 pawn is two steps away from queening. Black has two bishops against white’s lonely knight.

 

Malaysia will now meet top ranked team Russia in the ninth round later today.

(games from official website)

Malaysia Drew Vs Switzerland, Won vs Georgia! WY U-16

Pix 1. Malaysia vs Switzerland, round 7, World Youth U-16 (Photo courtesy of official website)

30 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, the Malaysia-Switzerland game ended in a 2-2 draw. Roshan Ajeet Singh turned hero by saving the team with an emphatic win on board four. Wong Jianwen and Elgin Lee Kah Meng provided the draws on boards 1 and 3.

 

Pix 2. Roshan Ajeet Singh, Malaysia (Photo from official website)

Here is the winning game from Roshan Ajeet Singh (pix above) of Malaysia in the seventh round against Grandadam Patrik of Switzerland during the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "P.Grandadam (SUI)"]
[Black "S.R.Ajeet (MAS)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1 Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Bf1 Qc6 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. Bc4+ d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ e6 16. Bb3 Bxd4 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Qh4 Rf7 20. Qxe4 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Rf5 22. Nh3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nf4 Bc6 25. Qxf5 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 gxf5 27.Re3 Be4 28. Ne2 Qc6 29. Nd4 Qb6 30. f3 Rd8 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. fxe4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Kf2 fxe4 35. Bb3 Qxb2+ 36. Re2 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 c5 38. h4 c4 39. Bc2 e3 40. Kf3 Qc3 41. Bxh7 Qf6+ 42. Kg2 Qc6+ 0-1

 

 

Pix 3. Black played 42…Qc6+, white resigned. If white plays 43.Kf1, then black checkmates with Qh1#. If Kh2 or Kh3 or Kg1, black should play Qf3 followed by pawn push to e2 at the appropriate opportunity. Well done to Roshan for a beautiful finish!

After seven rounds, Malaysia has 15.5 points and in ninth position behind Switzerland. Russia is currently tops with 20 points, followed by Armenia, 19.5 pts, and Azerbaijan in third with 18 points.

Malaysia now plays Georgia in the 8th round.

A look at the live games on the official website indicate that the score is currently level at 1.5-1.5 after three boards have completed. Again Roshan Ajeet Singh is our saviour with a win on board 4, while Elgin gave us a half-point on board 2. The third board game has just concluded with a major win by Yeap Eng Chiam for Malaysia. This means Malaysia won 2.5-1.5 against Georgia!

 

To watch the live game, please visit this link here.

Malaysia Face Off With Switzerland, WY U16

Pix 1. Wong Jianwen, Malaysia (Photo from official website)

28 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Last night the Malaysia lost to a better Kazakhstan chess team, 1.5-2.5 but not without a good fight. Yeoh Li Tian and Wong Jianwen on second and first board gained some respect for the Malaysian team by winning some points off the sixth ranked Kazakhstan team.

Here is the winning game between Yeoh Li Tian of Malaysia playing white against A Akhmetov of Kazakhstan during the sixth round of the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 2011 in Turkey.

[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L.T.Yeoh (MAS)"]
[Black "A.Akhmetov (KAZ)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.10.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 Qd8 13. Bc1 Qc7 14. Bg5 O-O 15.
Bh4 g6 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qg7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bb5 Rf5 21. Nh2
Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Raf8 23. f3 Bc8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. Ne2 e5 27. dxe5
Rxe5 28. Rac1 Rfe8 29. Nf4 Qd6 30. Nd3 R5e7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Nb4 Bb7 33. Qd4
Re2 34. Nd3 Ba6 35. Nf4 Re7 36. b3 h5 37. Qc5 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Bb7 39. Nxg6 Re2
40. a4 Kf7 41. Nf4 Re5 42. b4 Kf6 43. b5 cxb5 44. Rxb5 Ba8 45. Ra5 d4 46. Rxa7
Bc6 47. Ra6 Rc5 48. Nd3 Rc4 49. f4 Kf5 50. Ne5 Bb7 51. Rb6 Rc7 52. Rb4 Be4 53.
Rxd4 Rc2 54. Nc4 1-0

 

 

 

Round 7 Pairings

Malaysia will now face-off with the Switzerland team in round 7 tomorrow morning. Both Malaysia and Switzerland have exactly the same number of points – 13.5 points.

Update On 3rd Ole Ole Shah Alam Chess Open 2011

28 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – A friendly reminder from the organisers of the upcoming 3rd Ole Ole Shah Alam Chess Open 2011 on the 12th November 2011 at the Ole Ole Shopping Centre, Section 18, Shah Alam.

Update on pre-registered participants follows:-

PARTICIPANTS

PRE-REGISTER 3rd OSACO, SHAH ALAM

NAME (OPEN) MCF Rating (Oct 2011)

1 IM MAS HAFIZUL HILMI AGUS 2252
2 AHMAD MALIKI MOHAMED 2112
3 NIK AHMAD FAROUQI 1948
4 AHMAD FADZIL NAYAN 1938
5 MUHD SYAZWAN ZULKIFLI 1875
6 ABDULLAH CHE HASSAN 1866
7 KAMALUDDIN YUSOF 1859
8 ZAIDAN ZULKIFLI 1854
9 ZARUL SHAZWAN ZULKAFLI 1807
10 FOO CHEE KIN 1800
11 MUHAMMAD ARSHAD 1781
12 SYED ABDUL RAHMAN SYED MOHD 1709
13 FIKRI SALEH 1698
14 AZHAR ABDULLAH 1686
15 IZUDDIN AHAYAT 1658
16 RAZALI HAMZAH 1654
17 A JALAL MD SHAH 1648
18 AHMAD FIRDAUS MOHD RODZI 1625
19 MOHD EZMI MAHMOOD 1621
20 MUHAMMAD ARIEZ AZMAN 1614
21 MOHD ZULHAIRI MOHD 1610
22 AMIRA SYAHMINA ZULKAFLI 1603
23 SAHIR SARIFDIN 1595
24 ABDUL SALAM MAAMUR 1583
25 NOOR HISYAM AHAYAT 1582
26 AINUL HAKIM ABDUL RAZAK 1542
27 ANIS FARIHA SALEH 1539
28 ISKANDAR RASHID 1536
29 MOHD KHAIRUL NIZAM JOHARIY 1536
30 MOHAMED ISMAIL 1527
31 MURIZA HAZRUL 1516
32 ZAHORINGE BASIRAN 1513
33 MUHD AMIR RIDHWAN MOHD ROHAIZAD 1489
34 SHAHARUDDIN SIDEK 1481
35 MUHAMMAD NOR HIZAD 1467
36 MOHD NIZAM YUSLI 1451
37 SALEH ABDUL LATIF 1430
38 NAYYEF ASHRAF NASRIN 1402
39 WONG GOON SHEK 1380
40 SHAMSUDDIN SABRI 1259
41 RUSHDA ADIBA 1214
42 NOR ZAIASRON YAHAYA N/A
43 CHENG SYAZRIN RAHMAN N/A
44 DEEPA A/P PERIMAL N/A
45 HAMIZAN YAACOB N/A
46 MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ ABDUL RAHMAN N/A
47 KHAIRUL AKMAL AZHAR N/A
48 RAJA ZULIZWAN RAJA ZAINAL N/A
49 AHMAD EFFENDI RIJALLUDIN N/A
50 MOHD NOR AZAM MOHD NOOR N/A
51 MOHAMAD FARIZAL HASSIM N/A
52 MUHAMMAD FIRDAUS N/A
53 NUR HANIM HAMIDON N/A
54 SHAHRIZAl SHAMSUDIN N/A
55 Sri Kembangan 1 (Wan) N/A
56 Sri Kembangan 2 (Wan) N/A
57 Sri Kembangan 3 (Wan) N/A
58 Sri Kembangan 4 (Wan) N/A
59 ALIAS N/A
60 AHMAD FAKRUDEN N/A
61 ABDUL LATIF MOHAMAD N/A
62 KHAIRUL NAJAH N/A
63 SOLOMON NYURANG JUK 1552

NAME (UNDER-12) MCF Rating (Oct 2011)

1 SUBRAMANIAM SIVANESAN 1712
2 NITHYALAKSHMI SIVANESAN 1631
3 FAHIM AL-FAQEH SALEH 1409
4 ZAINOOR IKMAL MAISARAH MOHD NOOR 1339
5 MUHAMMAD HILMI HAMIDON 1234
6 SARAH HANI RIDZAUDDIN 1187
7 AHMAD FAISAL HAKIMI RIDZAUDDIN 1172
8 ZAINOOR IKMAL MUNIRAH MOHD NOOR 1157
9 NUR ATINA ABDUL AZIZ 1144
10 AQIL HAZIQ HAIRULIZAM 1117
11 MUHD SYUKUR RAZALI 1041
12 KABILAN THANABALAN 1030
13 PAVITHRA THANABALAN 1024
14 ALIFF NAZMY AZHAR N/A
15 EISWARI A/P PERIMAL N/A
16 JANE WONG HUEY YUEN N/A
17 SUSENDRAN A/L PERIMAL N/A
18 MADHAVAN N/A
19 MUHAMMAD IZ TAUFIQ MUHAMMAD NASRUDDIN N/A
20 ZAFRAN SAHIR N/A

N/A= Not available in Database MCF Rating October 2011.

Additional Info: 3rd OLE-OLE SHAH ALAM CHESS OPEN 2011 or 3rd OSACO, is an annual chess tournament recommended and organized by My Chess Diary Ent. with cooperation and support from Ole-Ole Shopping Centre. The third edition offers two categories as in previous years, namely Open and Under-12. All participants and chess enthusiasts from around the country, especially from Shah Alam, Selangor is invited to accompany the 3rd OSACO.

For the first two editions, stands OSACC has been used to represent Ole-Ole Shah Alam Chess Championship. This year, the proponent will replace OSACC to OSACO. For knowledge, the runner for this event already apply to make 3rd OSACO is National Rated chess tournament that will be included in the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) consideration in order to determine MCF National Chess Rating. This is the main reason why the tournament is open to Malaysian chess player only.

2nd OSACC participant were most welcomed when all the participant last year received ad-hoc RM 50 voucher from the sponsors at the very last moment during the registration. This make 2nd OSACC very rare and special event, and hopefully this time, there is some more surprise and let us hoping that way

3rd OSACO heartened by the willingness of the countries number one player, IM Mas Hafizul which will also accompany the 3rd OSACO to threaten defending 2nd OSACC champion, Kamaluddin Yusoff and 1st OSACC champion, NM Zarul Shazwan Zulkafli. The presence of all three big names will be also accompanied by a large number of other players who play a major role in determining the final position of the top 10 places in the Open Category. For the Under-12, their inclusion is expected to make this new generation will be more advanced in chess in addition to taking the experience and get chance to see the country’s greatest chess players compete against each other.

Due to demand of using digital chess clock and tournament standard of chess set, the OSACO event will using both tools, which specially booked from very known chess center in Kuala Lumpur, DATCC.

May the upcoming 3rd OSACO become one of the favorite chess tournament crowd in Malaysia.

To read more, please visit the following links:-

http://whitenaval.wordpress.com/
http://whitenaval.wordpress.com/participants/

(source: Abdul Haq Mohammad@whitenaval)

Malaysia Win 4-0 Over Turkey-Turkuaz

Pix 1. Elgin Lee Kah Meng, Malaysia.

27 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, the Malaysian team had an overwhelming win 4-0 over Turkey-Turkuaz. Judging from the name and some pictures from the official website, this Turkish team is largely a girls team.

Anyway, congrats to the Malaysian U-16 team for a wonderful 4-0 win! The winning squad for the fifth round was Yeoh Li Tian, Lee Kah Meng Elgin (pix above), Yeap Eng Chiam and Roshan Ajeet Singh.

 

Here are two wins from the fifth round game between Malaysia and Turkey-Turkuaz in Turkey for the World Youth Under-16 Chess Team Olympiad.

[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Kocaeli"] [Date "2011.10.25"] [Round "5"] [White "L.T.Yeoh(MAS)"] [Black "B.Soydan(TUR-Turkuaz)"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2011.10.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Na3 Nce4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc2 Qa5 14. Ncd4 Rfe8 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. Rad1 a6 18. h3 Qc7 19. Nf5 Qc5 20. Ne3 d4 21. Ng4 d3 22. Qa4 Qd5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Nd4 Re7 26. Rxd3 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qe5+ 28. Rg3 Qf4 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Nf3 Ra1 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Nxd2 Rxa2 33. Rd3 Ne8 34. b4 Kf8 35. Ne4 Re2 36. Nc5 b6 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38. Nxb6 Rxf2 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Ra7 Ra2 41. Rd7 Rf2 42. Ra7 Ra2 43. Nc8 Kf6 44. b5 Rc2 45. b6 Rxc3 46. b7 Rb3 47. Rxa6+ 1-0

Pix 2. White played 47.Rxa6+ and black resigned. The white pawn along the b-file is almost about to queen with the white rook coming to its rescue just in time. White gained tempo with the check on the black king on the 47th move.

 
[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Kocaeli"] [Date "2011.10.25"] [Round "5"] [White "A.Yigit(TUR-Turkuaz)"] [Black "K.M.E.Lee(MAS)"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2011.10.26"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Nfe2 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf3 c5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Ka1 Nf4 25. Qf1 Nxd3 26. b3 Qd4+ 27. c3 Qxe4 28. bxc4 Qxc4 0-1

Pix 3. Black played 28…Qxc4, with mate in five or seven steps away. Next move for black, Qxc3+, then black rook moves to d6, b6+ encirling the embattled white king.

Up next is round 6 and Malaysia will play Kazakhstan.

Link: Official website here.

Nur Nabila Strong Finish Wins Stonemaster Pro!

27 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - At the DATCC was held the one day 7 round swiss System rapid tournament called STONEMASTER PRO 2011 organized by Cerdik Catur Enterprise. The event was won by Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham ( pix above ) scoring six points from 7 rounds.

Second place was won by Ahmad Fadzil Nayan and third, Kamaluddin b Yusof. Both scored 6 points from 7 rounds.

Sixty eight players participated in this event yesterday.





To read the full list of results, please visit this link here - http://chess-results.com/tnr58736.aspx?art=4&lan=1.

Malaysia Meets Turkey Turkuaz Team, WY U16

Gamze Nur Guney and Aleyna Yigit from Turkey Turkuaz Team, Photo from official website

26 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, the Malaysian squad has been drawn to meet with team Turkey Turkuaz. Turkey has three teams in this tournament. Two of this Turkey Turkuaz chess team are girls as shown in the above picture.

The teams will play one round tomorrow and will rest on Friday, 28 October 2011. The schedule of the tournament chess Olympiad is as shown below:-

The on-going play between Malaysia and Turkey-Turkuaz is currently being played as I write this post and the board pairings are shown below:-

Wong Jianwen is given a rest for this round and Yeoh Li Tian takes top spot followed by Elgin Lee Kah Meng on second, Yeap Eng Chiam on third board and Roshan Ajeet Singh on fourth board. Elgin is playing against a Turkish girl, Aleyna Yigit (pix above) while Yeap Eng Chiam is playing against another female Turkish player, Gamze Nur Guney (pix above).

Malaysia Drew 2-2, Fourth Round World Youth U16

 Pix 1. Wong Jianwen, Malaysia playing first board.

26 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, the Malaysian Under-16 squad played Syria in the fourth round today and managed a 2-2 draw. Yeap Eng Chiam and Yeoh Li Tian won their respective board games.

Here are the two winning board games from team Malaysia during the fourth round of the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 2011 in Turkey.

 

[Event "World Youth U16 Olympiad"] [Site "Kocaeli/Turkey"] [Date "2011.10.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Iyti, Basher"] [Black "Yeap, Eng Chiam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "2225"] [BlackElo "2150"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2011.10.26"] [WhiteTeam "Syria"] [BlackTeam "Malaysia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SYR"] [BlackTeamCountry "MAS"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 h6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ne5 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. e3 Be6 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Qh5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Bxc7 Na6 15. Bg3 Nb4 16. Kd2 Nxa2 17. Qe2 a6 18. Qd1 Rc8 19. c3 Qa5 20. Qc2 b5 21. Be2 b4 22. Rhc1 f5 23. b3 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Qb4 25. Rcb1 Rh8 26. Bxa6 Nc1 27. f3 Rh1+ 28. Be1 Bxb3 29. Rxb3 Nxb3 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. fxe4 Nxd4 32. Rxb4 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Nxc2+ 34. Ke2 Nxb4 35. Bc4 fxe4 0-1

Iyti, Basher, Syria vs Yeap Eng Chiam, Malaysia

 

Pix 2. Black played 35…fxe4 and white resigned.

 

 Pix 3. Yeoh Li Tian, Malaysia.

[Event "World Youth U16 Olympiad"] [Site "Kocaeli/Turkey"] [Date "2011.10.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Yeoh, Li Tian"] [Black "Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2147"] [BlackElo "1891"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.10.26"] [WhiteTeam "Malaysia"] [BlackTeam "Syria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"] [BlackTeamCountry "SYR"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. c4 Qd8 10. dxc5 Nb4 11. Be2 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Nd3 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Bd4 e5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bc3 f6 17. Bc2 Nxc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. c5 Nc7 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Nxc7 Bxc7 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd7 Rc8 26. Red1 h5 27. Nh4 Nh6 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Nf8+ Kg8 31. Nxe6 Re7 32. Nd8 a6 33. b5 axb5 34. Ba5 Nf5 35. Nxb7 1-0

 

 Yeoh Li Tian, Malaysia vs Chekh Adm Khedr Aram, Syria

Pix 4. White played 35.Nxb7 and black resigned.

Link: Official website - http://wyco2011.tsf.org.tr/

Ampangan Open Negeri Sembilan

26 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – The Negeri Sembilan Chess Association is organising two tournaments this coming weekend, 29-30 October 2011. The Age group (Under-12 and Under-18) category will be held on the 29 October 2011 and the Open Category on the 30th October 2011. Venue will be at Plaza Ampangan, First Floor, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Please contact Kamar Dani, hp 019-3445343, Amir, hp: 017-6180019 for details.

(flyer courtesy of stonemaster.info)

Round Two Results DATCC League

26 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the latest round two team results of the DATCC CHESS LEAGUE held last night at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur.


(results courtesy of Ng6 blogger)