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.