3rd The Summit Juniors Chess Open 2014, 23 Aug 2014

28th June 2014, Kuala Lumpur – A new chess tournament in Subang Jaya this coming 23 August 2014 at Summit Subang USJ.

Once again on 23rd August, there is a National-Rated Age-Group event for Under-7, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16 players.

All chess players who wish to join the event, please fill up the form and email to tsepin@gmail.com. Payment instruction will be given.

 

 

The Prizes:

The Rules:

Registration Form:

Registration form link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9pzqdCr9X60UWtPSWY3dml1R3c/edit?usp=sharing

1st Johor International Chess Open 2014

24th June 2014, Kuala Lumpur – The Persatuan Catur Negeri Johor/Johor Chess Association are organising an international chess open from 1st – 6th December 2014. It will be 9 round Swiss System with a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds time increment.

PERSATUAN CATUR NEGERI JOHOR

JOHOR CHESS ASSOCIATION (JCA)

www.johorchessassociation.com

1^st Johor International Chess Open 2014

Johor Bahru City Square

1^st December – 6^th December 2014

 

 

Contact Person:

Mr Steven Cheong Tel: (60)167202272

Email: johorchess@gmail.com /steven52s@gmail.com

Carlsen wins Blitz World Champion 2014

22 June 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Magnus Carlsen won the Blitz World Chess Championship 2014 in Dubai UAE after collecting 17.0 points from 21 rounds of Swiss Pairings. The championship was held in collaboration with FIDE and Asian Chess Federation.

This means Magnus Carlsen holds three world chess titles – Blitz, Rapid and Standard World Championships, all three with different time controls.

Link: http://dubai2014wrb.com/en/result/ranking/2

Carlsen's rare loss in World Rapid Championship 2014 in Dubai

20th June 2014, Kuala Lumpur - Here is one of Carlsen's rare losses in the World Rapid Championship held in Dubai, UAE recently. He lost this game against his future opponent and challenger in the World Chess Championship, Vishy Anand, that's coming up later this year in November. Despite this loss, Carlsen won the gold medal and Vishy Anand the Bronze medal.

Link: http://dubai2014wrb.com/en/news/detail/39

World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014 (Dubai UAE)
Sun 15th Jun 2014 - Sun 22nd Jun 2014 - Official Site

World Rapid 2014 (122 players 15 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games

World Blitz 2014 (122 players 21 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Blitz Games | Live Blitz

Malaysian Chess Festival 2014 Schedules 12-22nd September 2013

6th June 2014, Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Chess Festival 2014 is coming. The chess festival will begin on 12th September and lasts till 22nd September 2014. The first part will entail the team events on 12-13th ASTRO Rapid Team Chess Championship 2014, 14th September 2014 – the 5th SWENSEN’s Age-Group Chess Championship 2014, 14th-21st September 2014 – simultaneously 11th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship 2014, 5th KLK Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng International Seniors Open Chess Championship and 9th AMBANK Malaysia Chess Challenge 2014. The venue of the tournaments will be held at the usual CitiTel MidValley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

For more information:

http://malaysianchessfestival.blogspot.com or http://datmo.net

For registration forms: link here.

Nimzo Indian countered by Viktor Bologan

6th June 2014, Kuala Lumpur - Here is a game between Viktor Bologan and Pavel Eljanov during the 15th Karpov Grandmaster tournament 2014 in Poikovsky, Russia.

Viktor Bologan is known for a somewhat unorthodox repertoire. On many occasions Bologan has defended the Benko Gambit or Black Knight's Tango. But in the Karpov Poikovsky tournament he took on the Ukrainian grandmaster Pavel Eljanov on classic territory in the Nimzo Indian. The game showcased important strategy for both sides, with the result showing that we should be careful not to judge too much from the result of a favorite game from history.