Malaysia vs Canada games of round 7 Olympiad!

11 September 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Here is the round 7 games of the Malaysia vs Canada match played by the ladies. In this tie, WFM Nur Najiha played top board, WCM Fong Mi Yen on second board, WCM Tan Li Ting on third and WFM Camilia Johari on fourth. Nur Nabila Azman Hisham was rested in this round. Malaysia won this tie 3-1.

Peter Long has written an interesting article about his struggles of training the Malaysian ladies chess team into shape and ready for the chess battles of the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012 Istanbul, Turkey. He has penned down his thoughts of the future of Malaysian chess and what it takes to take on the giants of global chess powers in Tromso, Norway in two years’ time. To read his article, please visit this link here.

 

WFM Nur Najiha won this top board game against the more experienced Natalia Khoudgarian of Canada. She had two pawns and a rook against black’s lone pawn and a rook.

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Fong Mi Yen played black against Jackie Peng of Canada in round 7 of the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. Mi Yen lost this game playing the black pieces.

 

[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "0:26.57-0:16.11"] [Date "2012.09.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Peng, Jackie"] [Black "Mi Yen, Fong"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2009"] [BlackElo "1885"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Kanada"] [BlackTeam "Malaysien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"] [BlackTeamCountry "MAS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Na5 Ne7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 Nd7 25. Rd5 Qe6 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Nd4 Qc8 28. Nf5 Rb8 29. Qxf4 Rxb2 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nc4 Rh5 33. Nxb2 Rxh6 34. e5 Be7 35. Nd3 Rg6 36. Qf3 Bg5 37. Kh2 a5 38. Qe4 Qa6 39. Rb1 h6 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Qd5 Rc6 42. Rd8 1-0 (show chess board)(hide chess board)

 

 

Tan Li Ting played on third board and took on Alexandra Botez who has a much higher rating than her and won this board game for Malaysia.

[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "0:08.03-0:01.07"] [Date "2012.09.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Li Ting, Tan"] [Black "Botez, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1834"] [BlackElo "2009"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Malaysien"] [BlackTeam "Kanada"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 h6 11. Nd2 f5 12. f3 g5 13. Nc4 f4 14. Ba3 h5 15. b5 Rf6 16. Qb3 Rg6 17. b6 axb6 18. cxd6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nxb6 Rb8 21. Nca4 g4 22. Nxc8 Nxc8 23. Rab1 Bf6 24. Rfc1 Qa5 25. Nc3 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Bd8 27. Qb5 Qd4 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qxd8 g3 30. hxg3 Rg7 31. Nd1 fxg3 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8 Qa7 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. Rc1 b6 36. Rc8 1-0 (show chess board)(hide chess board)

Camilia Johari played on fourth board and had the black pieces and won this fourth board encounter with Iulia Lacau-Rodean of Canada. She had three black pawns a bishop and a rook against white’s lonely rook. She had material advantage and easily winning.

[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "0:23.35-0:35.56"] [Date "2012.09.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Lacau-Rodean, Iulia"] [Black "Johari, Camilia"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1999"] [BlackElo "1778"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Kanada"] [BlackTeam "Malaysien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"] [BlackTeamCountry "MAS"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. c3 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bc2 b6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Bf4 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. gxf4 Bb7 20. Ng5 Rh8 21. Nh7 Rxh7 22. Bxh7 Rh8 23. O-O-O Rxh7 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qg5+ f6 26. Qg6 Qxf4+ 27. Rd2 Qh6 28. Qxh6 Rxh6 29. c4 Ng7 30. f4 Nf5 31. Re1 Kf7 32. c5 Rh4 33. Re4 Ba6 34. Kc2 Bc4 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Kc3 Bd5 37. Ree2 Rxf4 38. Rf2 Rh4 39. Rfe2 Nd6 40. Kc2 Nc4 41. b3 Nxd2 42. Rxd2 Rh3 43. Kb2 Be4 44. Re2 f5 45. Rf2 Rd3 46. h4 Rxd4 47. h5 Rd8 48. a4 Rh8 49. Rh2 Bf3 50. h6 Kg6 51. Rh3 Bd5 52. b4 Rxh6 53. Rg3+ Kf7 54. a5 bxa5 55. bxa5 Rh2+ 56. Kc3 c5 57. Rg5 Ra2 58. Rh5 Rxa5 59. Rh7+ Kf6 60. Rc7 Ke5 0-1 (show chess board)(hide chess board)

To read Peter Long’s interesting article on training the Malaysian ladies chess team for Olympiad, please visit this link here.

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(Games from official website of the 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, Turkey)

Congrats to newly FIDE Titled Malaysian Players!

11 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the conclusion of the 40th Chess Olympiad, the Malaysian open team finished on the 64th rank while the women finished on the 61st rank.

The Open team won five matches, drew two matches and lost four other matches. Meanwhile the ladies team won five matches, draw one match and lost five other matches.

   

Congratulations is in order for the new FIDE Master (FM) Lim Zhuo Ren, Women FIDE Master (WFM) Camilia Johari and Women Candidate Master (WCM) Tan Li Ting.

Women Candidate Master (WCM):

Of FIDE Titles to Malaysian Players!

11 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the conclusion of the 40th Chess Olympiad, the Malaysian open team finished on the 64th rank while the women finished on the 61st rank.

The Open team won five matches, drew two matches and lost four other matches. Meanwhile the ladies team won five matches, draw one match and lost five other matches.

Congratulations is in order for the new FIDE Maste (FM)r Lim Zhuo Ren, Women FIDE Master (WFM) Camilia Johari and Women Candidate Master (WCM) Tan Li Ting.

Of FIDE Titles to Malaysian Players!

11 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the conclusion of the 40th Chess Olympiad, the Malaysian open team finished on the 64th rank while the women finished on the 61st rank.

The ladies team won five matches, draw one match and lost five other matches.

Congratulations is in order for the new FIDE Maste (FM)r Lim Zhuo Ren, Women FIDE Master (WFM) Camilia Johari and Women Candidate Master (WCM) Tan Li Ting.

Round 2 Women, Malaysia vs Japan, Olympiad 2012

9 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a series of four board games from round 2 of the women’s games between Malaysia and Japan during the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. The board games involves WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham, WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham, WCM Fong Mi Yen and Camilia Johari. Malaysia won this tie 4-0.

 

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This is the third board game between Emi Hasegawa of Japan and Fong Mi Yen of Malaysia. Fong Mi Yen checkmated the Japanese player in move 16. Nge#.

 

 

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Camilia Johari won on board 4 in a gruelling endgame with white having a queen and a pawn against black’s lonely king.

 

 

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Malaysia meet Thailand, Estonia! Last round Olympiad!

 

9 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Today is the last round of the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey and the men play Thailand and we are already 2-0 up after IM Lim Yee Weng won his board and Lim Zhuo Ren on fourth board.

In the ladies, Malaysia play Estonia and the fourth board has been declared a draw where Camilia Johari played against WFM Tuuli Vahtra. Malaysia 0.5-0.5 level! Three boards still playing.

Latest News: Malaysia win against Thailand in the open category. IM Mok, IM Lim Yee Weng and Lim Zhuo Ren won their board games except for IM Liew Chee-Meng who went down to a lower rated player on third board.

Meanwhile the ladies had a tough night tonight as they went down 1-3 to Estonia. Our points came from Tan Li Ting and Camilia Johari on boards 3 and 4. Our top boarders, Nur Najiha and Nur Nabila got whipped. Nur Najiha had 2 pawns and a rook against white’s four pawns and a rook. Najiha’s pawns has no clear path to queen while the pawns were swarming around. While Nur Nabila had fallen into a mating net. The white queen checked black on the e6 square forking the undefended black rook on c8 at the same time.

Malaysia win over Japan, draw with Philippines!

8 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Istanbul, Malaysia won against lower seeded Japan, 3-1 in the open category while the women Malaysia had to settle a 2-2 draw score with the Philippines.

In the men’s game, IM Mok Tze-meng and IM Liew Chee-meng got the knock out points, while IM Lim Yee Weng and Yeoh Li Tian the draws.

Meanwhile in the women’s match, Tan Li Ting gave the board win while Nur Najiha and Nur Nabila the half points on the top two boards. Last night Camilia Johari had a rare lost game but against a highly rated player.

Game Plan for round 10 vs Japan, Philippines!

7 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – After round 9 double defeat for Malaysia, we prepare for round 10 tonight against Japan (Open) and Philippines (Women). In the open category, Malaysia has rested Lim Zhuo Ren and allowed IM Liew Chee-Meng on fourth board.

As Japan is rated lower than Malaysia in the open, in theory, Malaysia are the favourites for this tie and should win. While the ladies are again the under-dogs in the tie and are expected to lose. That’s only the theory as reality indicate differently as the ladies continue to baffle the favourites and beat them fair and square.

In the women, WCM Fong Mi Yen is rested and in comes back on first board is WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham.

Round 10 begins!

Minutes ago, Malaysia’s women Nur Nabila drew her board and Camilia Johari resigned her fourth board. Malaysia is 0.5-1.5 down against Philippines!

Meanwhile Yeoh Li Tian is making some headway on his board. Li Tian is playing the black pieces. Both IM Lim Yee Weng and IM Jimmy Liew on boards 2 and 4 are also making steady progress on their boards. They both have a lead in development and attack.

In the women’s, Tan Li Ting has a winning endgame on board 3. Her passed h pawn is two steps away from queening and the white’s pawns are nowhere near their middle positions. Looks like Malaysia will get her first board win against Philippines.

Latest news: Tan Li Ting just won her third board play as her opponent resigned minutess ago. Malaysia 1.5-1.5 draw! Nur Najiha now has control on the destiny of this Malaysian chess team! Can she deliver the winning point?

Latest news: Just minutes ago, IM Lim Yee Weng drew on second board. It was a bit drawish position anyway. IM Mok appears to be ahead in an endgame of six black pawns against six white pawns. While Li Tian still ahead in positional advantage as is IM Jimmy Liew. Malaysia level 0.5-0.5.

Just minutes ago, IM Mok Tze-Meng of Malaysia won his first board game against FM Kojima Shinya of Japan. Malaysia 1.5-0.5!

Minutes ago, IM Jimmy Liew just gave Malaysia the winning board point on fourth board. By playing 50. Bd5+ helped push the black king back to 50…Kd7 allowing the white king to push to 51. Kd4 and eventually to win black’s f5 pawn and black’s pawns will fall apart.

Well done Jimmy, Malaysia win 2.5-0.5! Though we still have Li Tian’s game to complete and he has a slight advantage. Let’s see if he wins.

 

 

Finally, Li Tian got a draw on third board. A fair result. Malaysia win 3-1 over Japan.

Finally for the women, Nur Najiha had a drawn game on first board against the higher seeded Philippines. Malaysia 2-2 draw against Philippines.

To watch the men’s team play live between Malaysia vs Japan, please click here.

To watch the women’s team play live between Malaysia vs Philippines, please click here.

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