Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Kastam Wilayah Tahun 2015–1 Jan 2015

24 Disember 2014, Kuala Lumpur - Penyertaan masih terbuka. Hanya warga negara Malaysia sahaja. Yuran adalah RM40.00. (Bwh 12 RM 20.00) sehingga 31 Disember. Pendaftaran (walk in) pada hari pertandingan adalah RM50.00 kepada semua (not negotiable)- tertakluk kepada jumlah maksimum 80 peserta. Penganjur berhak menambah hadiah sekiranya sambutan menggalakkan. PM saya di FB atau sms/whatssapps hphone saya seperti dalam borang untuk pendaftaran +pembayaran. Pendaftaran tanpa pembayaran dianggap tidak lengkap

Catur Terbuka Kastam Wilayah Tahun 2015

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Carlsen wins 11th game, WCC 2014

25th Nov 2014, Kuala Lumpur – In Sochi, Russia, Carlsen won the 11th game giving him a convincing 6.5-4.5 win over the challenger Anand. Here is the 11th game review by This Week In Chess as in game below:-

 
The following table shows the various openings played over the eleven games of the World Chess Championship 2014.
Anand-Carlsen Openings and Score
 

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Zadano Kelantan Chess Open 2014

Zadano Kelantan Open 2014 http://fireyrook.blogspot.com/2014/11/zadano-kelantan-open-2014.html

Friday, November 14, 2014

World Chess Championship 2014–Quick Highlights

15th Nov 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the quick highlights of the current World Chess Championship 2014 between reigning world champion, GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway and the challenger, GM Vishy Anand of India in Sochi, Russia. The current score after game 5 is 2.5-2.5.

A quick recap of the action so far is in order.

GAME 1

The opening was the Grunfeld Defense from Carlsen, in response to Anand’s 1. d4 “Queen’s Pawn” opening. very popular at the Grandmaster level these days. It came down to a tough position for Anand, who had to find a good move toward the end of the game to secure a “fighting” draw. Score: 1/2-1/2.

GAME 2

A Ruy Lopez opening flowing from Carlsen’s 1. e4 “King’s Pawn” opening — the centuries-old “Spanish” game. Anand countered with the “Berlin Defense,” commonly regarded as the best “drawing” weapon at the GM level. However, Carlsen smashed the “Berlin Wall” to pieces and won the game, continuing a refutation of Vishy’s Berlin (he also took a game from Anand in the Berlin last year). A crushing loss for the challenger. Score: 1.5-0.5.

GAME 3

Anand storms back as white, drowning Carlsen in a bottomless pool of theory after a “Queen’s Pawn” opening that developed into the much studied “Queen’s Gambit Declined.” Anand basically fried Carlsen’s brain, no easy achievement. Score: 1.5-1.5

GAME 4

Game on from Anand! With black, he answers Magnus’ 1. e4 with c5 — the “Sicilian Defense!” Black’s most aggressive reply to the King’s Pawn opening shows that Anand isn’t going to get busted in another Berlin. The positions are initially sharp, but Carlsen doesn’t take the bait and go for the attacking lines. He’s no slouch in the Sicilian himself. Another draw, in another deeply theoretical contest. Score: 2-2.

THE QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE!

In Game 5, Anand again started with 1. d4. Carlsen rolled out a new response, the “Queen’s Indian Defense,” playing his knight to the f6 square and, on the next move, the conservative yet very solid pawn move e.3. The QID is one of a cluster of so-called “Indian” defenses (and attacks — maybe on the difference between the two if the openings go that way) that are played under the general heading of “hypermodern” chess.

Carlsen-Anand Game 5 QID

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The Queen’s Indian Defense.

Quickly, hypermodern openings, as either white or black, typically avoid the classic idea of occupying the center of the board with pawns. These openings were developed in the early 20th century and have gained currency in recent GM play. By opening with the QID, Carlsen was “giving” Anand the center, with the goal of destroying it later. Those pawns in white center become targets for black’s pieces. 

The Indian openings usually feature a move called the “fianchetto,” with the bishops being tucked in front of the knights and the rooks. From this position, they can slash across long diagonals and rake the middle of the board, sort of like machine-gunners. 

Carlsen-Anand Fianchetto Game 5

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The white bishop on g2 and the black bishop on b7 have been “fianchettoed.”

For quite some time, I often played an Indian opening as white — the King’s Indian Attack (KIA) — but I never play the QID against 1. d4; I’m more comfortable with the Grunfeld, which featured in Game 1. One of the great things about the Indian openings is that because they aren’t about thrusting into the center and engaging in an immediate battle, you don’t have to study the early lines quite as deeply and can simply put your pieces on “good” squares and start thinking later.

That’s why Carlsen was able to play at a fast clip for the first half hour so of the match. When I play the KIA, I can finish my opening development in less than a minute, as long as my opponent as black doesn’t do anything nutty.

GAME 5 RECAP

So, Queen’s Indian Defense. Play hummed along, as Carlsen executed his preparation and Anand consumed some thinking time trying to manage his own lines on the white side.

But then something weird happened. Anand wound up with a well-placed bishop in the middle of the board and a pair of rooks. Carlsen also had a pair of rooks, but his knight was on the edge of the board:

Carlsen Anand Game 5 Central Bishop

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White is looking good here.

There’s a famous adage in chess: a knight on the rim is grim. Such was the case for Carlsen here. He had two main problems.

First, white’s pieces — as GM Peter Svidler, commenting for the official online broadcast pointed out — are in control of pretty much the entire board. 

Carlsen Hand Head Game 5

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Carlsen…thinks…very…deeply.

Second, Anand has a chance to mess with Carlsen’s head by leaving the pawn on b2 undefended as a temptation for black queen to capture it. Anand did this in the game by playing Qf3, offering to exchange queens — and eliminating an important black defender of his king, with an entire piece, that knight on the rim, out of the game.

Carlsen took the pawn, but then he had to waste a move jumping back to the original square. So the exchange of queens happened anyway, and Carlsen ended up with “doubled” pawns on the f-file, a liability in the endgame.

Carlsen-Anand Game 5 Qxb2

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A critical move from Carlsen in the game.

Carlsen-Anand Game 5 Qf6

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Carlsen plays the queen back to f6.

Carlsen Anand Game 5 QxQ

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Anand takes Carlsen’s queen with his queen.

Carlsen Anand Game 5 Doubled Pawns

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And Carlsen takes back, ended up with “doubled” pawns on the f-file.

Anand had the option to go for a win at this point. It would have taken a while. He would have wanted to get all the rooks off the board and go for his bishop versus Carlsen’s knight in the endgame.

And Carlsen would have needed to cooperate with this plan. 

Screw up and it’s still a draw.

Kind of a classic risk-reward setup for Anand. He has a very slight advantage. And at the Super-Grandmaster level, slight advantages are the stuff of wins. 

But the wins can consume hours. And if they don’t come off, the result is still a half point. So Anand decided to pack it in, traded down to a rook endgame, and the draw was agreed upon.

 

You can watch the replay of Game 5 here.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Lye Lik Zang Wins KTJ Chess 2014 In Under - 19

2nd November 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the official prize winners of the Inaugural KTJ Chess Tournament 2014 held in Mantin, Negeri Sembilan. Six age-groups were played simultaneously – namely, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-13, U-15, U-19.

Lye Lik Zang scored 6 points from 7 rounds of rapid play in Group B and was declared the winner in the Under-19 age group. Meanwhile Padathmaruben Kumar scored 6.0 points from 7 rounds of play in Group A for the Under-12 age group

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Group A – Final Ranking Results

 

Final Ranking Rd7 KTJ Group A 2014

Group B – Final Ranking Results

Final Ranking Rd7 KTJ Group B 2014

(results courtesy of Jax Tham)

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Round 1 Pairings of KTJ Chess Tournament, 2nd Nov 2014

Pairing of round 1 of KTJ GROUPA

Table  White                     - Black                                Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round  1

  1    Mahesh Siva         ( 0 ) - JAGATHEES GUNABALAN ( 0 )    32-  1        .

  2    TAN YONG HAU        ( 0 ) - Mao Jit Tao         ( 0 )     2- 33        .

  3    Mohammad Shahir  Sal( 0 ) - Muhammad Luqman Alif( 0 )    34-  3        .

  4    amir faiz amirul    ( 0 ) - NAUFAL AIZAT NAZLI  ( 0 )     4- 35        .

  5    Nur Arfin Najat     ( 0 ) - ISKANDAR HAKIMI ZULK( 0 )    36-  5        .

  6    MUHD ILHAN MANSIZ HA( 0 ) - PADTHMARUBEN KUMAR  ( 0 )     6- 37        .

  7    PRAVEEN MAHINDRAN   ( 0 ) - Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan( 0 )    38-  7        .

  8    AMIRA FARHANA       ( 0 ) - Pavan Kandiah       ( 0 )     8- 39        .

  9    R.Dinesh            ( 0 ) - KABILAN THANABALAN  ( 0 )    40-  9        .

 10    YASMIN IRDINA KULKIP( 0 ) - SHAMALAN GANESAN    ( 0 )    10- 41        .

 11    SHANTI THANAPALAN   ( 0 ) - QUAH SHUN KHAI      ( 0 )    42- 11        .

 12    Ryan Seow Chun Hong ( 0 ) - SIVARAMAN           ( 0 )    12- 43        .

 13    SUCHINDRA RAMESWARAN( 0 ) - S. AJAIRAM          ( 0 )    44- 13        .

 14    Ameer Irfan  Araman ( 0 ) - Samuel Khor Wei Xian( 0 )    14- 45        .

 15    Suvanesh A/L Prakesh( 0 ) - Amrit Kaur(K)       ( 0 )    46- 15        .

 16    Amuthavisagan Sundar( 0 ) - Tan Cae-Lyn         ( 0 )    16- 47        .

 17    Vasanthakumar Vasuth( 0 ) - DANIEL KHOR WEI EN  ( 0 )    48- 17        .

 18    Danial Mifzal b. Amr( 0 ) - Vidhya Mahindran    ( 0 )    18- 49        .

 19    adie alfie Najat    ( 0 ) - Darneetha A/P Ramesw( 0 )    50- 19        .

 20    Ghuhan Naidu        ( 0 ) - arif danish         ( 0 )    20- 51        .

 21    bharathi mahindran  ( 0 ) - Hor Sze Wei (K)     ( 0 )    52- 21        .

 22    Hyunho Jeon         ( 0 ) - danish naufal  amril( 0 )    22- 53        .

 23    iskandar haikal zulk( 0 ) - Hyunseok Jeon       ( 0 )    54- 23        .

 24    Joshua Lee Shan Chen( 0 ) - khasvin A/L rameswar( 0 )    24- 55        .

 25    kheishav kumar sarav( 0 ) - KAMALESWRAN RAJAN   ( 0 )    56- 25        .

 26    KINISHAA TAMIL SELVE( 0 ) - megat imran         ( 0 )    26- 57        .

 27    megat zaid          ( 0 ) - Kohilavanan A/L Chan( 0 )    58- 27        .

 28    LINUS DENGAH        ( 0 ) - miithran guna balan ( 0 )    28- 59        .

 29    muhd nur daie masli ( 0 ) - Lee Yan Huen        ( 0 )    60- 29        .

 30    M. KHIRTIK VARMAN   ( 0 ) - nicholas khow?      ( 0 )    30- 61        .

 31    s. anchana ramya    ( 0 ) - MOHD SAMEER SALEEM  ( 0 )    62- 31        .

 

Bye            : 63 tan kye ren               ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pairing of round 1 of KTJ GROUPB

Table  White                     - Black                                Results

----------------------------------------------------------------------- round  1

  1    Kajendrra A/L Ramais( 0 ) - lye lik zang        ( 0 )    29-  1        .

  2    Nithyalakshmi Sivane( 0 ) - Kaysern Kumar  Sarav( 0 )     2- 30        .

  3    LEE CHE WEI(K)      ( 0 ) - SUBRAMANIAN SIVANESA( 0 )    31-  3        .

  4    Rosamund Koo        ( 0 ) - LEE DAW-ZEN(K)      ( 0 )     4- 32        .

  5    Lim Juan Teng       ( 0 ) - ng jen sheng        ( 0 )    33-  5        .

  6    JONATHAN AUGUSTINE  ( 0 ) - Lim Lui Long        ( 0 )     6- 34        .

  7    MUHAMAD KAREEM(K)   ( 0 ) - muhd luqman iskandar( 0 )    35-  7        .

  8    yee jian yang       ( 0 ) - Mao Jit Seng        ( 0 )     8- 36        .

  9    Mao Jit Swen        ( 0 ) - bausch koh          ( 0 )    37-  9        .

 10    melanie koo         ( 0 ) - Muhd Azim Ismail    ( 0 )    10- 38        .

 11    NG GUO SHENG(K)     ( 0 ) - bryan yap chuan yoon( 0 )    39- 11        .

 12    loo hsien rong evan ( 0 ) - Ng Wei Bin          ( 0 )    12- 40        .

 13    Nur Nadhira Bt Nasar( 0 ) - JESSICA AUGUSTINE   ( 0 )    41- 13        .

 14    Gohshalan Naidu     ( 0 ) - Nurul Aina Akmar Bt ( 0 )    14- 42        .

 15    RYAN LEE(K)         ( 0 ) - AIDA IZZATI HUSIM   ( 0 )    43- 15        .

 16    Amiesha Bt Kamal Sat( 0 ) - SIM MON SIR(K)      ( 0 )    16- 44        .

 17    Sayshan Kumar  Sarav( 0 ) - Aqilah Bt Nazri     ( 0 )    45- 17        .

 18    Christine Lee       ( 0 ) - TOH JIA YING        ( 0 )    18- 46        .

 19    Thariq Syaikhan Satr( 0 ) - DAYANG SUHANA AZHAR ( 0 )    47- 19        .

 20    Darmaneesha         ( 0 ) - Ting Zheng Yu       ( 0 )    20- 48        .

 21    UZAIR NOR JASMIN    ( 0 ) - Edward Looi Khai Mun( 0 )    49- 21        .

 22    Ernest Lee(K)       ( 0 ) - Wong Jun Loong      ( 0 )    22- 50        .

 23    joshua michael heihr( 0 ) - Gan Yi Feng         ( 0 )    51- 23        .

 24    Giam Kee Wern       ( 0 ) - r.shobana           ( 0 )    24- 52        .

 25    s.taneswaran        ( 0 ) - JEREMIAH JONATHAN(K)( 0 )    53- 25        .

 26    JOHN LEE(K)         ( 0 ) - veeralachimy ganasee( 0 )    26- 54        .

 27    wong kah hing       ( 0 ) - JONATHAN LIM(K)     ( 0 )    55- 27        .

 28    Kaarthik Mahindran  ( 0 ) - yap seng kuang      ( 0 )    28- 56        .

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Pertandingan UPSI Catur Terbuka 2014 Di Awalkan SeJam


SALAM,

DI SINI, SAYA INGIN MEMAKLUMKAN BAGI PIHAK PENGARAH PROGRAM UPSI OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 BERKAITAN TENTANG PERUBAHAN JADUAL UPSI OPEN 2014. DI SINI SAYA LAMPIRKAN JADUAL TERBARU KEJOHANAN. PUSINGAN PERTAMA AKAN DIADAKAN PADA PUKUL 9.30 PAGI DAN BUKANNYA PADA PUKUL 10.30 PAGI. DIHARAPKAN PIHAK TUAN DAPAT MENGHEBAHKAN MAKLUMAT INI KEPADA PARA PESERTA YANG AKAN DAN INGIN MENYERTAI UPSI OPEN 2014 MELALUI BLOG CATUR PIHAK TUAN.
TERIMA KASIH.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka UPSI 2014, 1-2 November 2014

11th October 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Upcoming UPSI Chess Tournament in November 2014. Details of the Open Chess event follows:-

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA UPSI 2014 (NATIONAL RATED EVENT)
TARIKH: 1 & 2 NOVEMBER 2014
MASA: 8.00 am to 6.00 pm
TEMPAT:DEWAN KONVENSYEN, E-LEARNING, UPSI, TG.MALIM, PERAK
YURAN: OPEN(RM40), SEKOLAH MENENGAH(RM15) DAN RENDAH(RM12)
TARIKH TUTUP PENDAFTARAN: 28 OKTOBER 2014
JUMLAH HADIAH KESELURUHAN: RM 7230 (JUARA RM 1500)
PENDAFTARAN: SHARIL (017-4730593) atau FARAH (013-5025153)

Terbuka UPSI 2014

PrizesUPSI2014

To get a copy of the registration form, please visit this link here.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Politeknik Increases Prize Winnings

22 September 2014, Kuala Lumpur – The upcoming chess tournament called Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Politeknik Malaysia 2014 to be held on 27-28 September 2014 at Politeknik Muadzam Shah, Pahang has announced an increase in total prize money to RM14,000 in value. The tournament will be held at the Library of Politeknik Muadzam Shah with an 8 round rapid Swiss System and a 45 minutes time control. Four rounds will be held on each day.

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Registration Form Catur Politeknik Malaysia 2014 Muadzam Shah Pahang

Please contact En Mohd Faiz b Razali hp: 019-7119369 or email: faizrazali@pms.edu.my

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Syakir Shazmeer Wins Bukit Kiara Malaysia Chess Challenge 2014

21st September 2014, Kuala LumpurThe Bukit Kiara Malaysia Chess Challenge 2014 was won by Malaysian, Muhd Syakir Shazmeer b Azhar with 7.5 points. Second, Samantila Daryl Unix of Philippines and third, Lorena Carlo of Philippines.

Bukit Kiara Malaysia Chess Challenge 2014

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Lists Starting rank, Alphabetical list of players, Statistics, Playing schedule
  Final Ranking after 9 Rounds, Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds, Starting rank crosstable
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Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 2   Azhar Muhd Syakir Shazmeer MAS 2000 7.5 53.5 42.5 43.50
2 9   Samantila Daryl Unix PHI 1931 7.5 51.5 40.5 41.00
3 119   Lorena Carlo PHI 0 7.0 55.5 44.0 40.75
4 112   Camposano Agrifino PHI 0 7.0 55.5 43.0 41.25
5 115   Hudallah INA 0 7.0 54.5 43.0 40.25
6 124   Tarigan Gilbert Elroy INA 0 7.0 49.0 38.5 35.25
7 122   Rosaupan Carlo Magno PHI 0 7.0 47.0 36.5 35.75
8 7   Fong Yit Ho MAS 1962 6.5 56.0 44.5 39.25
9 123   Prasetyo Sugeng INA 0 6.5 55.0 43.0 38.00
10 113   Gaticales Martin PHI 0 6.5 50.0 38.5 34.75
11 114   Gonzales Ireneo PHI 0 6.5 49.5 42.0 33.50
12 23   Kalivanan Suniil MAS 1746 6.5 47.5 37.0 31.00
13 16   Sivanesan Subramanian MAS 1804 6.5 47.0 37.0 33.00
14 12   Sanjay Chhabra IND 1848 6.5 46.5 36.0 31.00
15 5   Chek Kin Keuw MAS 1974 6.0 52.5 41.5 32.50
16 29   Lik Zang Lye MAS 1706 6.0 51.0 40.0 30.50
17 11   Lamahewa C SRI 1854 6.0 49.5 37.5 31.75
18 27   Tan Jun Ying MAS 1708 6.0 48.5 37.5 28.50
19 21   Syah Mohd Irwan MAS 1769 6.0 48.5 36.5 30.25
20 13   Lim Kim Siong MAS 1847 6.0 44.5 34.0 25.50
21 22   Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi MAS 1747 6.0 44.0 33.0 25.25
22 18   Lum Zhun Hoong MAS 1795 6.0 43.0 32.5 27.00
23 20   Mohammad Hasan BAN 1775 6.0 42.0 31.5 26.50
24 4   Erowan Masrin MAS 1994 5.5 51.5 40.5 29.50
25 8   Chan Sheng Yip MAS 1937 5.5 50.0 40.5 25.75
26 15   Teh Wee Zhun MAS 1818 5.5 48.0 37.5 26.00
27 14   Limono Handjojo INA 1823 5.5 45.5 35.0 23.25
28 45   Quizon Daniel PHI 1491 5.5 44.5 34.0 25.25
29 44   Koo Wei Wei Melanie MAS 1508 5.5 44.0 34.5 24.25
30 71   Chee Pang Low MAS 1512 5.5 41.0 31.5 22.00
31 26   Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahr MAS 1731 5.5 39.5 29.5 21.25
32 32   Tan Soon Wei Dawson MAS 1688 5.0 49.5 38.0 24.25
33 61   A Rajah Abdul Shukor MAS 1860 5.0 48.0 38.0 22.00
34 38   Singgih Diajeng Theresa INA 1615 5.0 47.5 37.0 22.50
35 49   Chan Kim Yew MAS 1459 5.0 46.5 37.5 22.25
36 30   Mohd Syaahil Hamid MAS 1705 5.0 46.5 36.0 21.75
37 10   Kamal Rizal Ahmad MAS 1928 5.0 45.5 36.0 22.75
38 34   Zainuddin Azizul Azlan MAS 1669 5.0 45.0 35.5 21.50
39 6   Foo Chee Kin MAS 1969 5.0 44.5 35.0 22.50
40 17   Hanif Mollah BAN 1797 5.0 44.5 33.5 22.50

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