Yeoh Li Tian Emerged Fourth Quarter Allegro Champion

 

28 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the Arthur Tan Chess Center today, the 13th CAS Fourth Quarter Allegro Chess Championship 2012 took place. Two categories were at stake.

In Category One, youngster Yeoh Li Tian, the top seed and favorite, won by scoring 5.5 points from six rapid rounds today. He beat 39 other players in category one.

In second place is Odyssey blogger, Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali with 5.0 points and third, another up-and-coming youngster, Sivanesan Subramaniam, also scoring 5.0 points.

In Category Two, Lim Kai Yuan emerged the champion with 5.5 points. In second, Sakthiveelan Balakrishnan with 5 points and third, Ms Joyce Tan Sue Lee with 5 points. 42 players participated in the category two chess tournament. Overall, about 82 players participated in the fourth quarter Allegro Chess Championship 2012 organised by the Selangor Chess Association (CAS).

Category One – Final Ranking:

Category Two – Final Ranking:

Chief arbiter was Mr. Lim Tse-Pin, secretary of Selangor Chess Association and the national rating officer for Malaysia.

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

Nakamura Wins Unive

28 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Hoogeveen, Netherlands, Nakamura was crowned as the new Unive Crown Group Champion 2012.

The official website reported that Hikaru Nakamura, the Unive Crown Group-playing the beautiful score of 4.5 out of 6. The American followed exactly the same tournament strategy as Vladimir Kramnik, the winner of last year: three wins with white, black with three draws. The reward itself: Nakamura brought home the first prize of 4000 euro cash and rose five precious Elo points in the international rating list.

The latter counts for him at the moment as much as a first prize. A poor performance in the recent Grand Prix tournament in London took twenty Nakamura rating points, which caused him to drop out of the global top ten. With five points in Hoogeveen, he lost ground still not well made, but it is a step in the right direction.

To read more, please visit the official website.

Official website: http://www.univechess.nl/

Here is one of the games that Nakamura won against Tiviakov at the 16e Unive Kroongroup 2012, Hoogeveen, Netherlands.

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Official website: http://www.univechess.nl/

(Game from playchess.com and results from Susan Polgar Daily Chess News blog.)

Sumant Wins Insofar October 2012

23 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Just received the final results of the Insofar October 2012 held last weekend at ATCC. Sumant Subramaniam scored 4.5 points and emerged as the Champion of the Insofar October 2012 edition. Second, Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar with 4 points and third, Aram Varahram with 3.5 points.

Meanwhile in the under-1600 rating category, Mohd Khairie Mazlan won with 4.5 points. In second, Mustafa Said with 4.0 points and third, Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsya with 4.0 points as well.

M Khairul Helmi Wins Mega Village Kuantan Rapid

 

22 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Cherating, Pahang, Muhd Khairul Helmi b Rosseli won the Mega Village 4th Kuantan Rapid Junior Chess Masters 2012 for the Under-20 category with 5 points and superior tie-break points.

Second, Umar Mukhtar b Umar Shukri with 5 points and third, Izzat Abdul Muhaymin b Jafri, also scored 5 points.

Thirty seven players participated in the Under-20 age category.

Meanwhile the Under-10 age category was won by Muhd Hijaz b Abdullah with 5 points, second, Zulkarnain b Safri and third, Muhd Harith Fahmi b Mohd Radzuan.

Twelve players participated in the under-10 age category.

To see more results for the U-10 girls, U-12 B/G and U-16 B/G age category results, please visit Setia Kuantan Chess blog or click here. Or you may visit chess-results.com or click here.

Mega Village Tournament In Kuantan – Some Pictures

Pix 1. Round 6 Scenario of Mega Village 4th Kuantan Rapid Junior Chess Masters 2012.

21 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Cherating, Pahang, the Mega Village 4th Kuantan Rapid Junior Chess Master 2012 took place. Some pictures of the on-going event courtesy of Nik Farouqi/ Khairun Nissa’.

From the Under-10 category round 6 pairings, 12 players are participating and two players have scored 4 points, namely, Muhd Harith Fahmi Mohd Radzuan and Muhd Hijaz Abdullah.

Meanwhile in the under-20, Sharif Zaki met Khairil Helmi (pi and a crowd of onlookers paid close attention to the board game which went to a wire in an endgame.

Pix 2. Sharif Zaki vs Khairil Helmi, Mega Village 4th Kuantan Rapid Junior Chess Masters 2012.

(Pictures courtesy of Nik Ahmad Farouqi/Khairun Nissa’)

Ahmad Fadzil Wins UNISZA Open 2012

21 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kuala Terengganu, the seven rapid rounds of the UNISZA Open 2012 was held yesterday (20 October 2012). Ahmad Fadzil Nayan the Asian Master won with 6.5 points from 7 rounds of play.

Second, Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli with 6.0 points, third, Marzuki Yaacob, also with 6.0 points.

97 players participated in the UNISZA Open 2012.

Round 7 Results:

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

National Rapid and Blitz Championship 2012@UTP, Perak

19 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur (Repost) – Latest rapid and blitz tournament from MCF and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS is the upcoming National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2012 to be held in the Main Hall of the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Bandar Seri Iskandar, Tronoh, Perak on 17-18 November 2012. Both Open and Age Group categories are available.

Please contact Hedzmy 019 4055440, Weng Soon 013 7787048, Velmurugan 013 521 2866 or visit their blog site: www.nrbcc2012.blogspot.com

(Apologies to Hedzmy for his wrong phone number earlier, don’t blame me. I just read the poster and the poster showed like it is 018. Anyway, I have corrected the post for Hedzmy, 019 – xxxxxxxx).

(source: Abd Ur-Rahman b Mohamed Amin)

Mega Village 4th Kuantan Rapid Chess Master 2012

16 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kuantan, the Kuantan Setia Chess is organising a new chess tournament this coming weekend, 21 October 2012 at the Kuantan MS Garden Hotel. Two age-group categories available. Details follows:-

Mega Village 4th Kuantan Rapid Chess Master 2012 (21/10/2012 – Sunday). 2 categories : A (age 20 n below), B (age 10 n below) Venue : MS Garden Hotel, Kuantan, Pahang.
Fee : RM20 (member) RM30 (non member).
Info : http://setiachess.blogspot.com. Limited to 150 paid registration. Payment made to Malayan Banking Berhad, MBB 106016376093 Khairunnisa. This is a NATIONAL RATED event!

Ian Udani – The Champ at UPSI Open 2012

14 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Tg Malim, Perak, Ian Udani, the winner and champion of the UPSI Open 2012. He scored unassailable 6.5 points. Nobody could match his score nor beat him over 7 rapid rounds over two days of tournament play.

Second, Nelson Villanueva with 6.0 points. He beat Muhd Syazwan b Zulkifli on second board on the final 7th round today. Third, Aram Varahram. Aram scored 6.0 points and beat Mohd Faizal b Roslan on third board of the final round.

Prize Winners List:

Rank/Category	Name	Hadiah (RM)
CHAMPION	IAN UDANI	1000
2	NELSON VILLANUEVA	500
3	ARAM VARAHRAM	400
4	IM MAS HAFIZULHELMI	300
5	YEOH LI TIAN	200
6	KAMALUDDIN BIN YUSOF	150
UPSI 1	IZZA HASRINA	150
IPTA 1	MUHD SYAZWAN BIN ZULKIFLI	150
7	MUHD FAIZAL BIN ROSLAN	100
8	SYAWAL AQMAR BIN SYAHRIR ARIFF	100
UPSI2	KWAN TSZEE YEUNG	100
IPTA 2	AHMAD FADZIL BIN NAYAN	100
UPSI 3	LEE SIM LIANG	70
9	MOHD KHAIRUL NIZAM JOHARIY	50
10	ABDUL HAQ MOHAMAD	50
11	NUR NAJIHA AZMAN HISHAM	50
12	MOHD RIZAL JUSAH	50
13	TAN JUN FENG	50
14	MOHD FAIZAL BIN JAMALUDDIN	50
15	CAMILIA JOHARI	50
GURU	AMIRUDDIN BIN ZAKARIA	50
WANITA	TAN LI TING	50
VETERAN >45	JAX THAM	50
IPTA 3	CHE MUHAMMAD HAFIZ CHE ISMAIL	50
<1700	KWAN NAM SANG	50
<1600	ASMAH AHMAD HAMBADLEY	50
<1500	MUHD KHAIRUL IDZAMUDDIN B MOHAMAD	50
UPSI 4	DAVEY TIOH	50
UPSI 5	KASWADI KAMARUDDIN	50
UPSI W1	NUR FARAHIN	50
UP7C 1	LOUIS MALISON	50
STAFF UPSI	NORFAIZI BIN OTHMAN	50
ALUMNI UPSI	MOHD HUZAIRI HUSIN	50
UPSI W2	NAJWA BINTI MOHD HASHIM	40
UP7C 2	ZULFAHMI BIN DARESHAH	40
UPSI W3	MIXVIANA WENTTY JOHNSON	30
UPSI W4	SYUHADA BINTI SELAMAN @ SULAIMAN	30
STAFF UPSI 2	MOHAMAD AZMIR BIN MOHAMMAD ZAMRI	30
UP7C 3	NORHIDAYAH BINTI YUSOF	30

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

Kamaluddin and Ian new leaders at UPSI Open 2012

13 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Tanjung Malim, Perak, the UPSI Open 2012 has completed four rounds of rapid play with an hour time control. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi played to a draw against Nelson Villanueva of the Philippines, the recent winner of the 13th CAS 3rd Quarter Allegro Chess Championship in early September 2012. As a result, Mas has scored 3.5 points.

The new leaders are Kamaluddin Yusof and Ian Udani, both scored four points and are sitting pretty at the top after round 4.

National Rapid and Blitz Championship 2012

13 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Latest rapid and blitz tournament from MCF and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS is the upcoming National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2012 to be held in the Main Hall of the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Tronoh, Perak. Both Open and Age Group categories are available.

Please contact Hedzmy 018 4055440, Weng soon 013 7787048, Velmurugan 013 521 2866 or visit their blog site: www.nrbcc2012.blogspot.com

Cmilyte’s Game vs Zhao Xue in Ankara Turkey

 

13 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a game from the FIDE Women Grand Prix in Ankara Turkey 2012 of round 3 where Viktorija Cmilyte won against the China’s Zhao Xue.

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(source: TWIC 933)

UPSI Open Begins Today!

13 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The UPSI Open is now currently on-going at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Tanjung Malim, Perak. It will be held over two days, 13-14 October 2012. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is playing as the top favorite for the tournament.

The results of round 2 is shown below up to board 23 :-

Top 35 Rank After Round 2:

To see pairings and results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

(Photos courtesy of Nik Ahmad Farouqi)

Age Group Chess Tournament Pre School Holiday 2012

11 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – A new chess tournament is being organised by Classical Chess in collaboration with Kinta Chess Association, Perak on the 4th November 2012 (Sunday) at the SK Cator Avenue Hall, Lebuh Cator, Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Five age categories will be available, namely, the Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16 age groups.

For more details, please contact classical chess 012-9944135 or email: classicalchess2012@yahoo.com.

(Information courtesy of SV Guna, Classical Chess)

Shivendran Gandhi – Most Improved Players July-Sep 2012

11 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The latest October 2012 chess ratings for Malaysian chess players is out! The verdict is that Shivendran Gandhi managed an amazing 586 points improvement in his latest ratings, jumping from a mediocre 1204 to 1790! Amazing.

The table above lists out the top 20 Malaysian players that have made tremendous improvements in their latest ratings. The improvements for the top 20 of the nation ranges from 586 points to 182 points.

Second in the list is  Ahmad Aiman Sahadi with 394 points jump from 1165 to 1559.

Meanwhile, the top 100 juniors indicate that NM Evan Timothy Capel is ahead at 2019 rating, followed by Yeoh Li Tian at 2002 ratings and third, Sumant Subramaniam at 1988.

The Top 25 Malaysia Juniors (October 2012):

To see your own ratings, please download this rating spreadsheet by clicking the link here.

Wang Yue vs Jakovenko Dmitry, Round 9 Live, 13th Karpov Poikovsky Russia

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7th October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the last round 9 live game between Wang Yue of China and Jakovenko Dmitry of Russia during the 13th Karpov Poikovsky International Chess Tournament, Russia 2012.

Live game link : http://www.chessdom.com/poikovsky-chess-live/

The 13th Karpov Poikovsky International Chess Tournament 2012

7 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The Thirteenth International Chess Tournament in Poikovsky, Russia has been renamed the 13th Anatoly Karpov Poikovsky International Chess Tournament 2012. The format is 10-player round robin with among others Ponomariov of Ukraine, Nigel Short of England, Wang Yue of China, and Viktor Bologan of Moldova.

After the 8th round played yesterday, 6th October 2012, Dmitry Jakovenko is leading with 5.5 points.

 

 

Here is a round 2 game between Nigel Short of England and the leading player, Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia during the 13th Karpov GM Poikovsky International Chess Tournament 2012, Poikovsky, Russia.

 

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Position after black played 51…g3, white resigned.

To read more, please visit the official website or go to chessdom.com or click here.

Official website (in Russian) : http://admoil.ru/chess_2012.html

Gelfand’s Round 11 win against Kasimdzhanov, FIDE GP London 2012

6 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last Wednesday, Boris Gelfand made a decisive last round win over Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Azerbaijan. This round 11 win gave Gelfand an important 1.0 point and scored an equal 7 points with two other players, namely, Topalov and Mamedyarov. This resulted in a three-way tie for the win in FIDE Grand Prix London. As there is no tie-break system enforced, all three players, Topalov, Gelfand and Mamedyarov are joint winners in London leg of the FIDE Grand Prix.

 

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Position after white played 48.Rg7+ and black resigned.

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page/

UTM’s First Sunday Chess Tournament – Oct 2012

6 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The UTM Chess Club, Skudai, Johor is organising their First Sunday Chess Tournament for the month of October 2012.

To get more details, please visit their website at http://kecas.fke.utm.my/

Ian Siah Jun Ren Wins MOHE-UM Invitational 2012

5 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – the recently concluded MOHE-UM Invitational Chess 2012 for the tertiary schools gave Ian Siah Jun Ren of UTM as the male winner with 4.5 points and Ms Alia Aznin bt Azwa of KMM from the female category with 4.5 points after five rounds of play.

There are as follows:
 Male Category – Final Rankings:
 

Rank	Name	IHL	Points
1	Ian Siah Jun Ren	UTM	4.5
2	Ahmad Zulhilmi b Sahadi	KMB	4
2	Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer b Azhar	KMB	4
2	Lum Zhun Hoong	UM	4
2	Tan Zhi Quan	UM	4
2	Lim Kim Siong	UM	4
7	Solomon Nyurang Juk	UiTM	3.5
8	Wan Ahmad Farid b Wan Abd Rahman	UIA	3
8	Noor Ahmad Fazilan h Mohamad Sahid	UIA	3
8	Syawal Aqmar b Shahrir Ariff	UiTM	3
8	Muhamad Al-Firdaus b Md Nazir	UiTM	3
8	Lau Tuck Khein	UTP	3
8	Yeong Jia Jie	TARC	3
8	Teh Wee Zhun	Sunway	3

 
 Female Category – Final Rankings:
 

Rank	Name	IHL	Points
1	Alia A. Azwa	KMM	4.5
2	Siti Nor Raihan Bt Mohamad Shaifuddin	UIA	4
2	Nurwahida Atira Bt Nordin	UIA	4
4	Siti Naqiah Binti Fami	UiTM	3.5
4	Jocelyn Teo Si Xian	UM	3.5
6	Najah Nasir	UTM	3
6	Nur Diyana Sakinah Bt Muhamad Rusdi	UiTM	3
6	Aliaa bt Khalid	UM	3
9	Norhaida Binti Hussin	UIA	2.5
10	Yeong Cui Qi	TARC	2
10	Izdiani Mohd Yatim	UTM	2
10	Nurhidayah Bt Mohd Amin	UiTM	2
10	Atiya Najihah  Bt. Ahmad Kamal	UiTM	2
10	Afifah Hanum M Azhari	UiTM	2

Here is a copy of the round 4 game of the two category winners shown below:-

 

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(results courtesy of Dr Ng Cheok Siew)