Malaysia Went Down To Finland, Moldova

1 September 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last night both Malaysian teams in Istanbul suffered losses. In the men’s we lost 0.5-3.5 to Finland, completely outplayed on three boards with IM Mok pulling back some pride. While the young ladies of the Malaysian team managed to draw on three boards but lost on second board with a checkmate in 4. We lost 1.5 - 2.5 to Moldova.

Malaysia will meet Finland in the fifth round for the women’s team. While the men’s team will meet team Suriname on board 50.

 

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(Games courtesy of Playchess.com)

Round 4 Games Started!

31 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Round 4 games have started and Malaysia has Finland for company. The status of the games are shown in the diagrams above (open) and below (women’s).

Malaysia just lost board 2 to Moldova, 0-1 down to Malaysia. Fong Mi Yen facing checkmate in 4 against Baciu.

(Diagrams of games from official website and playchess.com)

Line Up for Round 4, Malaysia meets Finland, Moldova

31 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s fourth round opponent will be Finland, a 52nd seeded team, in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. Finland had met Japan in the third round and drew 2-2 with Japan. Finland has 1 GM, 1 IM and 2 FMs. IM Jimmy Liew comes in on 4th board for Malaysia and Lim Zhuo Ren is rested in this round.

Our young Malaysian ladies will meet Moldova, a 41st seeded team, in the fourth round. Nur Najiha Azman Hisham is rested and in comes Camilia Johari on fourth board. Moldova has 1 IM, 1 WFM, 1 WGM on their team. Moldova drew with Ecuador 2-2 in the third round.

After three rounds of play, the Chess Olympiad Open category indicate that team USA and China are on same 6 MPs and 28 board points. Germany is third with 6 MPs and 26.0 board points. The top seeded team Russia is currently lying in tenth position with 6 MPs and 22.0 board points.

In the women category indicate that team India is top with 6 MPs and 26.0 board points. Second, Russia and third Czech Republic.

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Two Board Points in Round 3 vs Egypt!

31 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – For all Malaysians, I wish you a happy 55th Merdeka Day celebrations! Here are two of the won games played by IM Mok Tze-Meng and IM Lim Yee Weng of Malaysia against the two Grandmasters of the Egyptian chess team during round 3 of the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey last night.

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( Games courtesy of playchess.com)

Malaysia draw with Egypt! Meets Finland next!

31 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur - At the end of the third round, Malaysia scored an important draw 2-2 against a higher seeded team, Egypt! The board wins coming from IM Mok and IM Yee Weng. A good score for Malaysia.

Meanwhile our young ladies won 3-1 against Bolivia. The board points coming from Nur Nabila, Fong Mi Yen and Tan Li Ting. Well done team Malaysia! Malaysia Boleh!

Malaysia will meet Moldova in round 4 women’s. While the men’s team will meet Finland in round 4.

 

(Photos and diagrams from official website of Chess Olympiad 2012 Istanbul)

Malaysia is 2-0 up against Egypt! MAS 1-0 up vs Bolivia!

30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The round 3 match against Egypt has started and Lim Yee Weng has a strong lead in his game. Mok’s and Li Tian has a small advantage in their positions. Zhuo Ren is slightly behind in advantage.

IM Mok Tze-Meng continues to strengthens his lead and looks good for a win. Yee Weng still has the lead. Wow! Both playing against GMs! IMs doing better on those boards. Meanwhile Zhuo Ren has a small advantage but Li Tian slightly behind. Anybody’s game at this point. I’ll be happy if team Malaysia gets a 2-2 score in this round.

Lim Yee Weng’s checks Adly Ahmed with 25…Qa6+ and a mating net sets in. Looks winning for Malaysia on that board!

Lim Yee Weng has just won on board 2 against GM Adly Ahmed with 28.. Re4+ with mate next move for black. If 29. Nxe4 Qe2# or if 29. Kd1 Qf1#. Well done IM Lim Yee Weng of Malaysia! 1-0 up!

To watch the Malaysia vs Egypt chess match on official webpage please visit this link here.

IM Mok’s position looks even. Mok’s castle is gone! But Mok has two passed pawns with White’s King very active. Danger is queenside pawn storm from black. If the pawns start to roll for black, it could be dangerous for Malaysia. Meanwhile Zhuo Ren’s position looks tenuous but Li Tian looks promising for a turn in the tide. If Malaysia wins 3-1, it will be a major upset for the seeded Egypt team.

Latest: IM Mok has won his top board game against Amin, so Malaysia is 2-0 up! Our IMs beat Egypt’s two GMs! Fantastic!

Women: Malaysia has won on third board against Bolivia. Fong Mi Yen did us proud with a win over Samantha Mendoza Acuna, Bolivia.

To watch women’s Malaysia vs  Bolivia match on official website, please click here.

Malaysia is 1-0 up against Egypt!

30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The round 3 match against Egypt has started and Lim Yee Weng has a strong lead in his game. Mok’s and Li Tian has a small advantage in their positions. Zhuo Ren is slightly behind in advantage.

IM Mok Tze-Meng continues to strengthens his lead and looks good for a win. Yee Weng still has the lead. Wow! Both playing against GMs! IMs doing better on those boards. Meanwhile Zhuo Ren has a small advantage but Li Tian slightly behind. Anybody’s game at this point. I’ll be happy if team Malaysia gets a 2-2 score in this round.

Lim Yee Weng’s checks Adly Ahmed with 25…Qa6+ and a mating net sets in. Looks winning for Malaysia on that board!

Lim Yee Weng has just won on board 2 against GM Adly Ahmed with 28.. Re4+ with mate next move for black. If 29. Nxe4 Qe2# or if 29. Kd1 Qf1#. Well done IM Lim Yee Weng of Malaysia! 1-0 up!

To watch on official webpage please visit this link here.

Game plan against Egypt

30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The round 3 match against Egypt has started and Lim Yee Weng has a strong lead in his game. Mok’s and Li Tian has a small advantage in their positions. Zhuo Ren is slightly behind in advantage.

IM Mok Tze-Meng continues to strengthens his lead and looks good for a win. Yee Weng still has the lead. Wow! Both playing against GMs! IMs doing better on those boards. Meanwhile Zhuo Ren has a small advantage but Li Tian slightly behind. Anybody’s game at this point. I’ll be happy if team Malaysia gets a 2-2 score in this round.

Line Up For Round 3, Malaysia vs Egypt

30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has its hands full tonight with 2 GMs and 2 IMs in the Egypt men’s chess team. On paper, we are the under-dog. We hope the Malaysia has an ace up their sleeve to conjure an upset. Malaysia has put in Yeoh Li Tian on third board while IM Jimmy Liew is rested.

Next up Egypt and Bolivia, Round 3

Pix 1. Malaysia vs Netherlands, Round 1. (Photo courtesy of IM Jimmy Liew’s blog)

30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In the third round of the 40th Chess Olympiad, Malaysia will now meet Egypt, the 37th seeded team in the Open while the women’s will meet Bolivia, the 64th seeded women’s team.

Last night, Malaysia overcomed Monaco 2.5-1.5 in the Open and the women’s team beat Japan 4-0 in the second round of the Olympiad.

 

Two Important Games for Malaysia of Round 2!

30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are two of the important board points won by the Malaysian Open team against team Monaco last night in round 2 of the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey.

The first game is between IM Lim Yee Weng of Malaysia against Pierre Villegas of Monaco. And the second game is between IM Jimmy Liew of Malaysia against Jean-Philippe Gentilleau of Monaco.

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(Photos from Official Website of 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, photos by Arman Karakhanyan and David Llada)