1 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last Sunday, 30 Sep 2012 the September Insofar Chess Tournament was held at the Arthur Tan Chess Center, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur. Zaidan Zulkipli won the September edition with a 5.5 score. A total of 28 players participated. With almost 90% of players winning one prize.
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29 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – During the recent Kuala Lumpur Open Chess or better known as the DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship 2012, the Indonesian youngster, Azarya Jody Setyaki (1928) created a stir when he starting winning against titled chess players of WGM and IM status. He did this beginning in round 3 and up to round 6. However his games fizzled out beginning round 7.
Position after black played 34…Rc1, white resigned.
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28 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In London, Boris Gelfand is leading the standings after round 6 last night at the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012. He drew with Ivanchuk and has scored 4.0 points. Three games drew and three games had decisive results.
(Photo by Ray Morris Hill, official website)
One of the decisive games involved GM Topalov Veselin, Bulgaria and GM Dominguez Perez Leinier of Cuba. The official website reported that The last game of the day sees Veselin Topalov facing Dominguez. Tonight, Silvio Danailov (manager of Veselin) arrives in London. Veselin is facing the 4…a6 Slav defence and decides to take immediately space with 7.Ne5 and 8.f4. Topalov took gradually the advantage, sacrificed a piece to win beautifully on the endgame.
Results of Round 6, FIDE GP London 2012:
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Position white played 49.Kc5 and black resigned.
Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page
26 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – All six games ended in a draw at the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012, round 5. Today is a rest day for the tournament. Round 6 will resume play on the 27 Sep 2012.
The official website reported that for the third time in the tournament, Giri is playing the Petrov’s defence. Adams surprised his opponent already after the 8th move, obliging the young Dutch prodigy to spend more than 20 minutes on his reply. Finally, Adams went for the usual long castling and actually had nothing significant out of the opening. Anish equalized and methodically exchanged the rooks on the “e” file, entering into a bishop endgame. Draw.
Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page
25 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Here is the round 1 game where GM Fabiano Caruana of Italy won against World No. 1, GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Final Masters Sao Paulo-Bilbao 2012 held in Brazil, which is being held in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo with the concluding round to be held in Bilbao from October 8 to 13, was played.
Chessdom.com reported that the great surprise of day one was the Italian-born American, Fabiano Caruana, who conquered after an exhausting match of more than five hours, the number one-ranked player Norwegian Magnus Carlsen.
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24 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 4 live game between Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Cuban Dominguez Perez Leninier in FIDE Grand Prix London 2012.
Results of Round 3 and Pairings of Round 4:
Standings after round 3:
Official website: http://london2012.fide.com
(Photo by Fred Lucas, official website)
24 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last Sunday, 23 Sep 2012 the DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship 2012 came to a close with GM Sergei Tiviakov of the Netherlands, the top favourite winning the trophy and prize money. The tournament was originally the Kuala Lumpur Open Chess was renamed earlier this year to DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship 2012. He scored 7/9 points from nine rounds of classical time control.
To read more, please visit www.klchess.com or click here.
Final Standings for top 20:
24 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In today’s Sinar Harian news portal, the news of the recently concluded DYTM Raja Dr Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship 2012 has been reported. GM Sergei Tiviakov of the Netherlands was declared the champion of the renamed KL Chess Open 2012. He received RM 10,000 with a trophy given away by the DYTM Raja Muda Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah.
To read more, please visit this link here: http://www.sinarharian.com.my/sukan/peserta-belanda-ungguli-catur-terbuka-antarabangsa-raja-dr-nazrin-shah-2012-1.87893
23 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the results of the SCC Grand Prix Serie D Finale from Kuantan Setia Chess. Abdul Haq Mohamed finished with a score of 6 points from six rounds of rapid play and was declared the winner held in Kuantan, Pahang today.
As usual, all top 5 from any series are banned from taking part in any remaining GP Series. Our last SCC Serie E will be held in November 2012. All the finalists will meet each other in the battle in Grand Finale 2012.
Fifth place - Sharif Muhd Zaki,
Fourth - Nur Farhana Atiqah,
Third - Muhd Husaini Hasnul
Second - Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli
First - Abdul Haq Mohamed
Best Ladies - Roslina Marmono
Best U16 - Muhd Nasrullah
Best U12 - Meor Airil Rahimi
Top 30 Final Rank SCC Serie D :
To read more please visit setia chess blog’s link : http://setiachess.blogspot.com/2012/09/ok-scc-grand-prix-serie-d-has-ended.html
To view the results on chess-results.com or click here.
(News courtesy of Khairun Nisaa’ Wahiduddin)
23 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 3 live game between GM Hikaru Nakamura, USA vs GM Peter Leko, Hungary in the Candidates FIDE Grand Prix 2012 in London, Simpson’s-at-the-Strand restaurant.
Position after white played 12.e4.
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[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "*GM_Nakamura"]
[Black "*GM_Leko"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 *
Position after black played 14…Qc7.
Official website: http://london2012.fide.com
(copy of game from ICC)
(Photos by Fred Lucas, official website)
23 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In London, two definitive results of round 2 were wins by Peter Leko over Ivanchuk and GM Nakamura over GM Kasimdzhanov. Other boards were drawn.
Here is the round 2 game between GM Peter Leko and GM Vassily Ivanchuk during the London Grand Prix 2012. The official website reported that Vasily Ivanchuk started his tournament with the black pieces twice in a row. The Ukrainian GM decided to go for the "French defence". It's well known that Vasily can play any opening against anyone! By taking the control of the "d4" square, it appeared that Leko had the situation under control. Peter mentioned after the game that the decisive mistakes of Ivanchuk were 32...Kf7 and 33...hxg5. The position was hopeless for Ivanchuk who resigned after 42 moves.
(show chess board)(hide chess board)Official website round 2 report: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page/1-news-en/141-round-2-report
23 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the Olympic Sports Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the final ninth round of the DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship 2012 is being held. Already on chess-results.com, some results are filtering in. IM Dableo Ronald of Philippines beat FM Lim Zhuo Ren of Malaysia, Masruri Rahman beats GM Ziatdinov Raset, Legaspi Rhobel beats G Vinod, Attwood James drew with GM Wong Meng Kong of Singapore.
Fong Yit San lost to Rom Jasper B, Ding Tze How Dilwen lost to Noguchi Koji on board 23. WFM Nur Najiha of Malaysia won against Chan Yi Meng Ryan on board 28.
Top eight boards no result as yet at 12.00 noon.
GM Tiviakov Sergei looks set to win and is the top favorite to win today. He meets IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam on top board of round 9. Five players are on 6 points. The group comprise of IM Nguyen Van Huy, GM Paragua Mark, GM Barbosa Oliver, GM Cao Sang and IM Nguyen Duc Hoa. Based on rankings, GM Cao Sang is ranked second below GM Tiviakov Sergei, Netherlands.
Top 33 after round 8:
Please visit chess-results.com for results or news from www.klchess.com or blog.gilachess.com
21 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 1 pairings of the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012. The official website reported that the first stage of the new FIDE Grand Prix will be held in London between the 20th September and 4th of October 2012.
Twelve top Grandmasters will launch an exciting series of six events with the first tournament being held in London. The City will be the centre of attention for the next two weeks as AGON organises a top chess event which forms part of the new World Championship cycle.
The organisers have had to effect a last minute replacement as GM Peter Svidler has had to withdraw from this leg due to family reasons. He has been replaced by UK number one player GM Michael Adams. The list of the twelve participating players are as follows:-
To read more, please visit the official website or click here.
Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page
