Friday, January 31, 2014

Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

1 February 2014, Kuala Lumpur – The Zurich Challenge 2014  is the first tournament in the history of chess to reach category 23 with an amazing average rating of 2801. The line-up is just impressive: World Champion and Numero Uno Magnus Carlsen; Number Two and recent winner of the Tata Steel Tournament Levon Aronian; U.S. #1 and World #3 Hikaru Nakamura; Italian superstar Fabiano Caruana; Israeli uber-strong GM Boris Gelfand and, last but not least, former World Champion Vishy Anand.

Here is a video stream of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 with some of the world’s top chess players.

 

Link : http://new.livestream.com/chess24/events

Saturday, January 25, 2014

First Saturday Chess At UTM Johor Bahru

25th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – University Technology of Malaysia (UTM) in Johor Bahru is organising the First Saturday Chess Tournament on the 1st February 2014, Saturday with the following details:-

TARIKH/DATE : 1 FEBRUARI 2014 (SABTU)
MASA/ TIME : 8.30 PAGI – 1.30 TENGAHARI
TEMPAT/VENUE : DEWAN SERI MERBAU,
KOLEJ TUN HUSSEIN ONN
UTM, JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR

A. PENYERTAAN/PENDAFTARAN
1. Terbuka kepada semua mengikut kategori yang telah ditetapkan
2. Pendaftaran awal sila SMS nama penuh, kategori yang hendak disertai dan no h/p kepada Azri, 012-7953806
3. Pendaftaran juga boleh dibuat terus pada hari pertandingan iaitu dari 8:30 pagi – 9:00 pagi (1 Februari 2014)

B. KATEGORI PERTANDINGAN
1. Terbuka
2. Bawah 16 Tahun
3. Bawah 12 tahun

C. ATUCARA
08.30 Pagi - Pendaftaran Pertandingan
09:00 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 1
09.45 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 2
10:00 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 3
11.15 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 4
12.00 Tghari - Pertandingan Pusingan 5
01.30 Tghari - Penyampaian Hadiah
- Main Catur/Catur Kilat/Sembang Catur
03:00 Petang - Bersurai
* Kawalan masa 20 minit/seorang

D. YURAN PENYERTAAN
1. Terbuka/Open = RM15.00
2. Bawah 16/Under 16 = RM10.00
3. Bawah 12/Under 12 = RM10.00

 

UTM First Saturday Chess 2014

For more details, please contact Azri, 012-7953806

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/127401217420796/

Jelvis Arandela wins Melaka Open 2014

25th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Latest chess news from  Air Tawar, Melaka, Chess Open 2014. The line of winners were:

1st – Jelvis Arandela 6/6

2nd – Masrin Erowan,

3rd – Rosdi Jamil,

4th - Syaahil,

5th – Mohd Zullghafari,

6th – Mazlan Harun,

7th – Lukman Sukarma,

8th – Kim Yew,

9th – Mat Salim,

10th – Razali Hamzah.

Congratulations to all winners!

(news courtesy of Zullghafari)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Calendar of Chess Activities for 2014 - MCF

22 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the calendar of chess activities as issued by Malaysian Chess Federation for 2014.

MCF Calendar of Events 2014

(source: Hairuluv’s blog)

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Karjakin vs Naiditsch in Tata Steel Masters 2014

19 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 6 game in the Tata Steel Masters 2014 in which Karjakin won against Naiditsch of Germany. Karjakin is lying in third place behind Aronian and Giri. Aronian is leading with 5.0 points, Giri and Karjakin with 4.0 points each.

The official website reported that joining Giri in second place was Sergey Karjakin, who defeated Arkadij Naiditsch after a long battle. From a Catalan Karjakin got a minute advantage in a queen-and-rook-ending, having the safer king. The resulting queen-ending proved favourable for the Russian grandmaster: “it should be a draw but it wasn’t so easy.” Naiditsch failed to find the right plan and after 64. …Qa1(see diagram)

64. ... Qa1 (Karjakin vs Naiditsch, Tata Steel 2014)

Karjakin struck with 65.Qb6+ Kh5 66.Qe3! threatening Qe8. Naiditsch had to pull back but then Karjakin’s passed a-pawn became the German’s downfall.

 

 
Standings after round 6 are shown below:-

Standings of Tata Steel Masters

    Score Rating TPR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Aronian, L. 5.0 / 6 2812 3007         1 1 ½ 1   ½   1
2 Giri, A. 4.0 / 6 2734 2849       ½   ½ 1   ½   ½ 1
3 Karjakin, S. 4.0 / 6 2759 2851         0   ½ ½ 1 1   1
4 Dominguez, L. 3.5 / 6 2754 2786   ½     1   0 ½ ½ 1    
5 Caruana, F. 3.5 / 6 2782 2804 0   1 0     ½   1   1  
6 So, W. 3.5 / 6 2719 2811 0 ½           ½   1 1 ½
7 Harikrishna, P. 3.0 / 6 2706 2752 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½       ½      
8 Nakamura, H. 3.0 / 6 2789 2757 0   ½ ½   ½         ½ 1
9 Van Wely, L. 2.0 / 6 2672 2613   ½ 0 ½ 0   ½     ½    
10 Rapport, R. 2.0 / 6 2691 2624 ½   0 0   0     ½   1  
11 Gelfand, B. 1.5 / 6 2777 2546   ½     0 0   ½   0   ½
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.0 / 6 2718 2492 0 0 0     ½   0     ½  

 

Tata Steel 2014 website: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Aronian's game against Nakamura, Tata Steel Masters 2014

16 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Today is a rest day at Wijk aan Zee. Let’s look at one of Aronian’s winning game against Nakamura played during round 4 yesterday in the Masters group of the 76th Tata Steel Chess 2014, Wijk aan Zee, Holland.

 

 

http://www.tatasteelchess.com

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Tata Steel Chess 2014 in Wijk aan Zee

16th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur - The 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from 10th through January 26th, 2014. This year for the first time the grandmasters of the Tata Steel Masters will play one round in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and one round in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. Aronian is leading with 3.0 points after four rounds of play. Here are the first four round results of the Masters Group:-
Round 1 - Saturday the 11th
Dominguez, L. - Giri, A.½-½
Van Wely, L. - Karjakin, S.0-1
Harikrishna, P. - Aronian, L.½-½
Caruana, F. - Gelfand, B.1-0
Rapport, R. - So, W.0-1
Nakamura, H. - Naiditsch, A.1-0
Round 2 - Sunday the 12th
Giri, A. - Naiditsch, A.1-0
So, W. - Nakamura, H.½-½
Gelfand, B. - Rapport, R.0-1
Aronian, L. - Caruana, F.1-0
Karjakin, S. - Harikrishna, P.½-½
Dominguez, L. - Van Wely, L.½-½
Round 3 - Monday the 13th
Van Wely, L. - Giri, A.½-½
Harikrishna, P. - Dominguez, L.1-0
Caruana, F. - Karjakin, S.1-0
Rapport, R. - Aronian, L.½-½
Nakamura, H. - Gelfand, B.½-½
Naiditsch, A. - So, W.½-½
Round 4 - Wednesday the 15th
Giri, A. - So, W.½-½
Gelfand, B. - Naiditsch, A.½-½
Aronian, L. - Nakamura, H.1-0
Karjakin, S. - Rapport, R.1-0
Dominguez, L. - Caruana, F.1-0
Van Wely, L. - Harikrishna, P.½-½

Standings of Tata Steel Masters

ScoreRatingTPR123456789101112
1Aronian, L.3.0 / 428122935½11½
2Harikrishna, P.2.5 / 427062844½½1½
3Karjakin, S.2.5 / 427592808½011
4So, W.2.5 / 427192828½½1½
5Giri, A.2.5 / 427342811½½½1
6Dominguez, L.2.0 / 4275427240½1½
7Caruana, F.2.0 / 4278227760101
8Nakamura, H.2.0 / 4278927570½1½
9Van Wely, L.1.5 / 426722651½0½½
10Rapport, R.1.5 / 426912680½001
11Naiditsch, A.1.0 / 427182562½00½
12Gelfand, B.1.0 / 4277725520½0½

To read more, please visit this link here - http://www.tatasteelchess.com