1 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – GM Dmitry Jakovenko defeated GM Fressinet Laurent in the last and final round of the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 giving him the winner’s rostrum and an unassailable 8.5 points. The other top boards drew their games and Jakovenko stood out alone on 8.5 points.
Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr66864.aspx?
Final Standings:
(Picture and results from Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News blog)
31 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the International Islamic University Open 2012, Kamaluddin Yusof and six other players have scored two full points from two rounds of play. 64 players are registered for the Open Category. Five rounds will played today and the remaining three rounds tomorrow, Sunday, 1 April 2012.
Two other categories, Under-21 and Under-12 age-categoires, are concurrently being played at the tournament hall in IIU. In the U-21, Muhd Syakir Syazmeer b Azhar is the top seed with 110 players registered for that category. While in the U-12 category, Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar is the top seed with 38 players registered in that category.
To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.
Ranking After Round 10:
Here is Jakovenko’s 10th round win against Kobalia Mikhail of the 13th EICC, Plovdiv Bulgaria. Jakovenko played with the white pieces and won with a piece ahead.
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu
Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.
13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live
European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live
Ranking After Round 9:
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu
Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.
13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live
European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live
30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur (repost) – This is a special announcement meant for Malaysians Only (Melaka Chess Festival). Kadar Istimewa Penyertaan Festival Catur Melaka 2012 ditawarkan kepada rakyat Malaysia dengan syarat-syarat khas berikut seperti dalam Pengumuman dibawah:-
Untuk pos yang sama di biro catur wanita MCF, sila klik di sini.
Untuk lihat pos-pos berkaitan tajuk “Melaka Chess Festival 2012”, sila klik disini, atau
pos-pos berkaitan “Malacca Chess Festival 2012” sila klik disini.
30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are some news from Polgar Chess Asia on the performance of their students and some upcoming chess lessons and activities.
Dear Friends,
The months of April to June will be abuzz with various activities, most importantly the MSSM tournaments that will be played out throughout the Malaysian national schools. The final round will be held in Terengganu coming June 2012.
1. CONGRATULATIONS to our high achievers in the recently completed National Age Group 2012:-
ROSHAN AJEET SINGH - Champion (Under 16 Category)
LUCAS MATTHEW DUTTON - 11th (Under 16 Category)
CHEONG JIE YAO - 2nd (Under 14 Category)
DILWEN DING - 4th (Under 14 Category)
WONG ZI YUE - 6th (Under 8 Category)
CHEAH KAH HOE - 7th (Under 8 Category)
and those who went in with their fighting spirit...
NEO XUE WEI
NAVHIN KUMARASEN
HO EU SHENG
SHIVENDRAN GANDHI
NEO XUE WEN
NEO XUE ERN
WONG GOON SHEK
WILFRED ANG
AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL
HO LI-ENN
AMIRA FARHANA AMIRUL
and those who competed in MSSMKL Sentul Zone:-
Kong Dak Nam (3rd, U12)
Nhavin Kumaresan (5th, U12)
Shobhanah Ramesh (2nd, U12 Girls)
Khirrtini Muraleetharan (5th, U12 Girls)
Zetty Humairah Mohd Zambry (6th, U12 Girls)
Nur Fatin Farhana Khairullah (8th, U12 Girls)
Anis Sofiya Hajaludin (9th, U12 Girls)
Trina Kaur (10th, U12 Girls)
Nur Najiha Hisham (12th, U12 Girls)
Renukha Devi (13th, U12 Girls)
Sushmita Shyla Kaur (14th, U12 Girls)
Irdina Izman (3rd, U10 Girls)
Nur Sabrina Abd. Ghafur (5th, U10 Girls)
Jessica Tan (6th, U10 Girls)
Roshini Devi (7th, U10 Girls)
NurAdriana Sofea (9th, U10 Girls)
Thisha Archana (11th, U10 Girls)
Nur Nazirah Hisham (14th, U10 Girls)
Joelle Tan (15th, U10 Girls)
2. NEW CLASSES -
Beginners (Level 1) for absolute beginners:-
Start Date: 7 April 2012 (every Saturday)
Time: 10-11amLevel 2 Beginners
Time: 10 - 11.30am (every Saturday)
2 - 3.30pm (every Saturday)
4 - 5.30pm (every Saturday)
10 - 11.30am (every Sunday)
Level 3 Beginners
Time: 2 - 3.30pm (every Saturday)
3. NEW PARTNER @ Taman Menjalara, Kepong
We will be sending our coach to Lexian Playhouse, a child enrichment centre based in Taman Menjalara to reach out to the community at Bukit Maluri, Desa Park City, Kepong, Menjalara & Bandar Sri Damansara. Please email me if you are looking to send your child to the centre.
Start Date: 4 May 2012 (Friday)
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
4. ACTIVITY - May Day Chess Challenge 2012
Date: 29 April 2012 (Sunday)
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Closing Date for registration: 20 April 2012
Enclosed is the registration form.
All the best to those who are currently playing or will be playing soon in the district level MSSM tournaments!
Kind regards,
Louisa Yip
Polgar Chess Asia
22-1 Jalan 27/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +60 3-2300 1680 Fax: +60 3-2300 1689
www.polgarchessasia.com
30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – A new tournamen in Ipoh Perak is being jointly organised by Classical Chess and PIBG Sekolah Kebangsaan Tasik Damai. It will be held on the 1st May 2012. There will be three categories, Open, U-12 and U-18 with a six Swiss-System Rounds.
The details are shown below:-
29 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – This special announcement is meant for Malaysians Only (Melaka Chess Festival). Kadar Istimewa Penyertaan Festival Catur Melaka ditawarkan kepada rakyat Malaysia dengan syarat-syarat khas berikut seperti dalam Pengumuman dibawah:-
29 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Cerdik Catur Enterprise is organising another chess tournament in Klang Parade on 7-8 April 2012. The flyer and registration form is shown below:-
Tournament Title : Klang Parade Chess Championship 2012
Date : 7 April 2012 (Saturday)“ Under 12 dan 18 Age Category”,
8 April 2012 (Sunday) “Open Category”.
Time : 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (Prize Presentation will be on 8 April 2012
@5.30 pm)
Venue : Concourse Area, Klang Parade, No.2112, KM 2, Jalan Meru,
41050 Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Please contact:
(source: email from cerdikcatur@yahoo.com)
29 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – After the completion of round 8 of the 13th EICC 2012 in Plovdiv Bulgaria, three players comprising of GM Malakhov Vladimir (Russia), GM Matlakov Maxim (Russia) and GM Akopian Vladimir (Armenia) are leading jointly. They have scored 6.5 points. The tournament is still so close and anyone in the top 50 can still win this tournament depending how the rivals perform.
Trailing behind in a big bunch of 17 players with 6.0 points are Jones, Kuzubov, Vitiugov, Bacrot, Fressinet, Inarkiev, Andreikin, Kobalia, Vachier-Lagrave, Jobava, Vallejo, Azarov, Sokolov, Korobov, Volokitin, Khenkin, dan Istratescu.
Results of Round 8:
The official website of 13th EICC reported that Sergei Azarov 2667 (BLR), ranked 32 in the starting list, is the sole leader with 6.0/7.0 after beating Arkadij Naiditsch 2702 (GER). 
The leader of the German national team played inaccurately in the middle game and his position was already lost on move 30. Azarov chose a slower but secure continuation and won the game in 73 moves. The rest of the top board games were drawn. The struggles of the seventh round have become more intense, which is evidenced by the fact that not a single game ended in less than two hours while most of the draws were made after more than four hours of play.Top Bulgarian GMs Ivan Cheparinov 2664 (BUL) and Kiril Georgiev 2671 (BUL) drew as White against Dmitry Jakovenko 2729 (RUS) and Tamas Banusz 2583 (HUN)accordingly.Talented hope of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalibor Stojanovic 2471 (BIH) made his seventh consecutive draw against significantly higher rated Aleksander Delchev 2622 (BUL).
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu/
(Photo from tournament website)
28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, GM Azarov Sergei of Bulgaria is leading the European Individual after the seventh round of play. He scored 6.0 points. He beat Naiditsch on top board of round 7.
Meanwhile 12 players are bunched just behind him at 5.5 points. The players in this bunch comprise of Kuzubov, Jones, Fressinet, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Malakhov, Vachier-Lagrave, Bologan, Matlakov, Korobov, Akopian and Istratescu.
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu/
28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The upcoming Melaka Chess Festival 2012 or called Melaka 750th Years International Chess Festival 2012 will comprise of three major tournaments from the 20th April until 1 May 2012. The details are as follows:-
Festival Date: 20 April –1 May 2012
1st Event : Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship (20 – 22 April 2012)
Prize Fund: USD 20,000
Time: 25 minutes
Rounds: 11 rounds ( 2 days)
2nd Event: Historical Melaka International Chess Event (23-30 April)
Prize Fund: RM 40,000
Time: 90 min+ 30 sec
Rounds: 9
3rd Event: Challenger (Below 2000 FIDE rating)- 23 -30 April
Prize Fund: RM 10,000
Time: 90 min+ 30 sec
Rounds: 9
4th Event: 28 April 2012 - FREE DAY ( Local Chess Activity)
Schedule Of Event:
To get links of the documents above:
a. International Form – click here;
b. Challenger Form – Click here;
c. Campomanes Rapid Form – click here;
d. Prospectus – Click here.
Official website: www.melakachess.org
Biro Catur Wanita : http://birocaturwanitamcf.blogspot.com/2012/01/melaka-750-years-international-chess.html
27 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – On the fidetrainer’s blogspot, the latest preregistered list of players has been published for the upcoming Brunei Campomanes Memorial Open Championship from 7-12 April 2012. From Malaysia, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is participating and so are four other Malaysians which includes Yeoh Li Tian, Yit Ho San, Yit Ho Fong and Ding The How Dilwen.
Peter Long will be the chief arbiter for the event in Brunei.
(source: http://thefidetrainer.blogspot.com/)
Game courtesy of Internet Chess Club.
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu
13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live
European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live
25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - a few readers asked for the MASUM Chess schedule in UNIMAS, Sarawak from 7-15 April 2012 to allow them to plan for travel purposes. Here is the tentative schedule from the organizers:-
7 April: Afternoon-Manager's meeting
8 April: Round 1 & 2 in the morning and afternoon
9 April: Round 3 in the morning. Afternoon is the opening ceremony or maybe preparation for the opening ceremony.
10 April: Round 4 and 5 in the morning and afternoon
11 April: Round 6 and 7 in the morning and afternoon and probably followed by the closing ceremony.
(source: Siew Cheok, University Malaya)
25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Fressinet Laurent of France is the new leader. Bunched up at 4.5 points after round 5 are Fressinet, Kuzubov Yuriy of Ukraine and Gawain Jones of England.
Jones drew his game with Vitiugov Nikita on top board, while Fressinet Laurent won against Timofeev Artyom on third board and Kuzobov Yuriy won against Viktor Bologan on fifth board.
Here is the fifth round game between Laurent Fressinet of France and Artyom Timofeev of Russia during the 13th EICC, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Fressinet won it with white pieces. With this win, it significantly pushed Fressinet to the top of the leader’s board at Plovdiv.
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu
13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live
European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live
25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Gawain Jones of England has taken sole lead after round 4 in the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. He beat Boris Savchenko of Russia on fifth board.
The official website of the European Individual Chess Championship 2012 reported that Gawain Jones 2635 (ENG) defeated Boris Savchenko 2580 (RUS) on board five and has become a sole leader with a perfect score after today’s fourth round achieving the fantastic rating performance of 3317. All other games on the first twelve boards were drawn, however not without lots of interesting collisions lasting for more than five hours.
In the Plovdiv hall of Novotel Plovdiv there was not a single game to finish before the first two hours. The first score was registered in the "Moscow" Hall on board 117 between Romain Edouard (FRA) and Nicolas Grandadam (SUI), which ended in less than 1.5 hours.
The game that focused the attention of the local fans was played on board six between Bulgarian champion Julian Radulski and top seed Fabiano Caruana from Italy. In a worse position, playing black, the Bulgarian GM defended cleverly and drew the game in 72 moves.
Most of the top Bulgarian GMs also had a successful day today.
Aleksander Delchev 2622 (BUL)performed active play with the black pieces and drew his game against Etienne Bacrot 2706 (FRA). Ivan Cheparinov 2664 (BUL) won convincingly against Aleksandr Shimanov 2591 (RUS). Also Kiril Georgiev 2671 (BUL) defeated with the black pieces Alexander Ipatov 2561 (TUR).
Boris Chatalbashev 2570 lost against Vladimir Malakhov 2705 (RUS) while Petar Drenchev 2499 (BUL) drew against Viktor Erdos 2631 (HUN). Julian Radulski and Ivan Cheparinov have 3.5/4.0 points followed by Kiril Georgiev and Alexander Delchev with 3 etc.
Romanian WGM Irina Bulmaga 2307 continued her successful race by winning this time against Hungarian Robert Ruck 2579. Bulmaga has now 3.0/4.0 points and is the best performing woman so far.
Antoaneta Stefanova 2531 (BUL) has 2.5/4.0 after defeating with the black pieces Asaf Givon 2340 (ISR) in only 18 moves.
Bartosz Socko 2647 from Poland played unconvincingly and lost against Hovhannes Gabuzyan 2441 (ARM). Also Vladimir Onischuk 2516 (UKR) suffered defeat against 14-year-old youngster Alexander Donchenko 2309 (GER) while Dragan Solak 2602 (TUR) lost against Kirill Alekseenko 2367 (RUS).
Gawain Jones 2635 (ENG) takes sole lead after the fourth round with 4.0/4.0 followed by nineteen players with 3.5/4.0 etc.
In the fifth round Gawain Jones will play against Nikita Vitiugov. Some other pairings:
Kiril Georgiev 2671 - Illya Nyzhnyk 2585
Julian Radulski 2552 - Ivan Cheparinov 2664
Alexander Delchev 2622 - Francisco Vallejo Pons 2693
Momchil Nikolov 2550 - Eltaj Safarli 2645
Antoaneta Stefanova 2531 - Andrei Istratescu 2633
Here is the fourth round game between Savchenko and Jones which gave Jones an unassailable 4.0 points from four games of play. Jones plays black.
Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu
13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live
European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live
23 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - As the closing date of 9 April 2012 is drawing nearer, here is the view of the official blog for the upcoming Melaka International Chess Festival 2012 from the organizers.
The Melaka Festival offers 3 major events which are the Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship, the Historical Melaka International Chess Championship and the Historical Melaka Challenger Chess Championship. The Campomanes Memorial offers a total prize fund of USD20,000, the Melaka International RM40,000 and the Melaka Challenger RM10,000
To get links of the documents above:
a. International Form – click here;
b. Challenger Form – Click here;
c. Campomanes Rapid Form – click here;
d. Prospectus – Click here.
Official website: www.melakachess.org
20 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, chessdom.com reports that the European Individual Chess Championship 2012 takes place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), March 19 – April 1, 2012. It is part of the World Chess Championship cycle as the top 23 players qualify for the World Cup.
For that reason we see a total of 300 titled players, 175 of which GMs and 70 IMs. Top seeded is GM Fabiano Caruana, who was also one of the main participants at the same venue during the 2008 edition of the competition (photo here). Scroll down for the full list of participants.
Expect live games daily with analysis by Houdini and special photo reports, as well as the most interesting news from the championship on the pages of Chessdom.com.
Note: See photo galleries of EICC 2008 in Plovdiv here and the ECC 2010 here, while detailed view of the venue is at this gallery.
The championship will be organized in 11-round Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and FIDE Laws of Chess. The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
Here is a live round 1 game involving GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands.
Official website : http://www.eicc2012.eu
19 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The PERCAWI Labour Day Team Chess Tournament 2012 has been announced by KLFTCA and will be held on 22nd April 2012 (Sunday) at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur.
Closing date is set on the 20th April 2012 (Friday).
Please contact Collin Madhavan, 016-2123578 or Bob Yap, 012-2878378.
Or visit www.kids4chess.com for more information.
