Czebe Attila Melaka International 2012 Champion!

 

Pix 1. GM Czebe Attila, Hungary, Melaka International Champ!

(Photo from thechessconnections.blogspot.com)

1 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The Historical Melaka International Open 2012 was won by GM Czebe Attila of Hungary with unassailable 7.5 points. The score is 1.5 points ahead of the nearest challenger, GM Laxman R R of India at 6.0 points and third, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J of India.

Pix 2. Endang Andrian, Indonesia, Challenger’s winner.

(Photo from Chess Malaysia’s facebook photo albums)

Meanwhile contrary to earlier leads, Endang Andrian claim the Challengers title by winning his last round against Yusoff Fairul on second board and Gatot Suyono of Indonesia lost dramatically to Fong Choong Ee of Malaysia on top board. Endang scored 7.5 points with higher tie-break points and declared the winner. Gatot also scored 7.5 points but ended in second place. In third place is Wakoko Enos of Ugandan with 7.0 points. He beat Latifah Kaysiyah bt Mohd Latif of Malaysia on third board.

(source: thechessconnections.blogspot.com)

Final Ranking Melaka International 2012:

Final Round 9 Melaka International Results:

Final Ranking Melaka Challengers:

Final Round 9 Melaka Challengers Results:

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

Some Games Of Round 7, Melaka International Open 2012

 

Pix 1. GM Arun Prasad, India.         Pix 2. GM Alfonso Romero Holmes, Spain.

( Photos by Najib Wahab)

28 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – It is a free day for the Melaka Chess Festival 2012 players. However, let us look at a few games of round 7 of the Melaka International Open 2012 held yesterday in Melaka.

 

Here are two games of round 7, the first game is between Arun Prasad of India with the white pieces

 

White has the slight edge with an extra pawn. Both have a bishop and a rook. But white’s pawns comprised of three connected pawns against black’s two connected pawns.

 

 

  Pix 3. Yeoh Li Tian, MAS.                 Pix 4. WGM Nadig Kruttika, INDIA.

  (Photos by Najib Wahab)

 

Yeoh Li Tian (pix left above) caused a stir yesterday by winning against the beautiful WGM Nadig Kruttika of India. The game of round 7 is shown below:-

 

 

Yeoh sacrificed his queen at b8, 24.Qb8+, then if black plays 24…Nxb8, then 25.Rc8 # mate!

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Czebe’s game against Fominyh, Historical Melaka International 2012

 

26 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a round 5 game between Czebe Attila and Fominyh Alexander of the Historical Melaka International Open 2012. Czebe played the white pieces and won.

 

See chess-results.com or click here for more games of the Historical Melaka International Open 2012.

(Photos from Najib Wahab)

After round 6 today, Czebe Attila is the sole leader with 5.5 points. He beat IM Rathnakaran K of India on top board today. Trailing by a full point behind are GM Richard Bitoon of Philippines and GM Romero Holmes Alfonso of Spain with 4.5 points. Both Bitoon and Romero won their respective round 6 games.

Round 5 Results:

 

Round 6 Results:

Ranking After Round 6:

To see more reviews of the Melaka Chess Festival 2012, please visit the chessconnections blog or click here.

For local fans of IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, Malaysia’s de facto No. 1 player, here is a game of the round 5 game between Mas and Dimakiling in which the Filipino player won playing white.

[Event "Historical Melaka International Chess Ch"] [Site "Hang Tuah World Heritage Hotel"] [Date "2012.04.25"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Dimakiling, Oliver"] [Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2012.04.23"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MAS"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be3 e5 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Qb3 Bg6 10. Bd3 Ngf6 11. g3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb6 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bh4 Qd7 20. a5 Nd5 21. Kh2 Kh8 22. Nc4 Bh7 23. g4 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Qe7 26. Bg3 a6 27. Ra4 Nd5 28. f3 e3 29. f4 Rae8 30. f5 h5 31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qd8 33. Rb4 h4 34. Bf4 Qxa5 35. Rxb7 Qa4 36. Qf2 Kg8 37. b3 Qa1 38. Nxc6 Re1 39. Be5 Rf7 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Rb8+ Kxe7 42. Qxh4+ Rf6 43. Bxf6+ Kd7 44. Rd8+ 1-0

Bitoon Richard Wins Melaka Campomanes Rapid 2012

22 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the final top 24 players of the just concluded Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship 2012 750 Years Melaka International Chess Festival.

The champion of the Rapid belongs to GM Bitoon Richard (pix above) of Philippines with 8.5 points after the completion of 11 rounds of rapid play. Second, IM Dimakiling Oliver of Philippines, also scored 8.5 points. Third, GM Iuldachev Saidali of Uzbekistan with 8 points.

The highest Malaysian finisher goes to 14th ranked IM Mok Tze-Meng with 7 points.

Round 11 Results (Top 25 boards):

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

Czebe Attila, Leader After Round 8, Melaka Campomanes Rapid 2012

22 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In the Melaka Campomanes International Rapid 2012, GM Czebe Attila (pix above) of Hungary was in the lead with 7 points after eight rounds of rapid play. He beat IM Rathnakaran K of India on top board. Rathnakaran was in second place behind Czebe with 6.5 points.

Five players are bunched up at 6.0 points. They are GM Megaranto of Indonesia, GM Bitoon Richard of Philippines, IM Karthikeyan P of India, GM Laxman RR of India and Malaysia’s IM Mok Tze-Meng.

 

Results of Round 8:

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

Latest News: It is reported that GM Richard Bitoon of Philippines managed to top the table and appears to be the No.1. Meanwhile second spot belongs to IM Oliver Dimakiling of Philippines. Malaysia’s IM Mok Tze-Meng was reportedly to have finished in 14th spot. All results however are unofficial and requires confirmation from the organisers of Melaka Chess Festival 2012.

Melaka Chess Festival On Chessdom.com!

22 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – We found that Chessdom.com helped publicised the Melaka Chess Festival 2012 on their official website.

Thank you to Chessdom.com !

Rathnakaran In The Lead, Melaka Campomanes Rapid 2012

 

21 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Melaka, the Campomanes Rapid has a new sole leader after the the sixth round. He is IM Rathnakaran K (pix above) with 5.5 points. Rathnakaran beat GM Dzhumaev Marat of Uzbekistan on top board of round 6.

Rank After Round 6:

To see more results, please click here.

Horvath In The Lead, Campomanes Rapid 2012, Melaka

21 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In the Melaka Chess Festival, Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship 2012 750 Years Melaka International Chess Festival, GM Horvath Adam of Hungary, GM Vakhidov Tahir of Uzbekistan, IM Rathnakaran of India, GM Megaranto Susanto of Indonesia and GM Iuldachev Saidali of Uzbekistan are jointly leading wtih 3.5 points after the fourth round of play.

69 players are playing in the Campomanes Rapid 2012 event.

To see more results, please visit this link here.

Pre-Registered List of Players – Campomanes Rapid 2012

19 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the latest list of pre-registered list of chess players for the upcoming Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship 2012 in conjunction with the Melaka Chess Festival 2012. A list of 97 players have registered for the 11 rounds of rapid chess over two days, 21-22 April 2012.

Players’ meeting will be at 9 pm, 20 April 2012 at Hang Tuah World Heritage Hotel, Melaka.

Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship 2012
No.	SNo.		Name		NRtg	IRtg	FED
1	64		Abd Rahim Nur Syazwani		0	0	MAS
2	65		Abdul Aziz Nur Aina		0	0	MAS
3	63		Abdul Hakim Noordin		1318	0	MAS
4	66		Ali Ahmad Afiq Syazwan		0	0	MAS
5	60		Aminuddin Muhd Faris		0	1560	MAS
6	3	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr		0	2557	PHI
7	67		Anuar Muhd Afifuddin		0	0	MAS
8	68		Arjunaidi Nur Fatin Izzati		0	0	MAS
9	5	GM	Arun Prasad S		0	2517	IND
10	52	WFM	Bakri Alia Anin Azwa	F	0	1975	MAS
11	69		Berahim Adilah		0	0	MAS
12	16	GM	Bitoon Richard		0	2455	PHI
13	70		Bulan Indah Firmanti		0	0	INA
14	35	IM	Chiong Zacarias Romero Luis		0	2301	PHI
15	11	GM	Czebe Attila		0	2477	HUN
16	13	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J		0	2461	IND
17	17	IM	Dimakiling Oliver		0	2447	PHI
18	57		Ding Tze How Dilwen		0	1739	MAS
19	24	FM	Djuraev Sokhib		0	2377	TJK
20	7	GM	Dzhumaev Marat		0	2494	UZB
21	37	CM	Farid Firman Syah		0	2251	INA
22	50		Ferdiman Tersiman		0	2009	INA
23	1	GM	Filippov Anton		0	2637	UZB
24	8	GM	Fominyh Alexander		0	2488	RUS
25	49		Foo Chee Kin		0	2019	MAS
26	58		Goh Xin Yen	F	0	1627	MAS
27	34	WIM	Gong Qianyun	F	0	2302	CHN
28	29	FM	Hamdani Rudin		0	2322	INA
29	71		Han Tong Joon		0	0	SIN
30	9	GM	Horvath Adam		0	2487	HUN
31	44		Ibrahim Mohd Irman		0	2104	MAS
32	51		Ismail Ahmad		0	2007	MAS
33	14	GM	Iuldachev Saidali		0	2459	UZB
34	61		Jonathan Chuah Jin Hai		2169	0	MAS
35	19	IM	Karthikeyan P		0	2414	IND
36	2	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas		0	2595	KAZ
37	43		Kharitonov Igor		0	2106	RUS
38	72		Koh Nisban		0	0	SIN
39	45		Lam Daniel King-Wai		0	2084	HKG
40	18	GM	Laxman R R		0	2415	IND
41	59		Lee Qing Aun		0	1573	SIN
42	38		Leong Voon Choon		0	2240	BRU
43	36	IM	Liew Chee-Meng-Jimmy		0	2297	MAS
44	31	FM	Lim Chuin Hoong Ronnie		0	2317	MAS
45	54		Lim Kian Hwa		0	1891	MAS
46	53		Limono Handjojo		0	1950	INA
47	73		Low Wei Yang Nicholas		0	0	SIN
48	74		M Rosli Muhd Fiqree Hameez		0	0	MAS
49	75		M. Rusaimi Mohd Norizarul Hisyam		0	0	MAS
50	55		Mahmood Mohd Ezmi		0	1805	MAS
51	48		Manaog Stewart		0	2043	PHI
52	23	IM	Mas Hafizulhelmi		0	2377	MAS
53	4	GM	Megaranto Susanto		0	2528	INA
54	76		Mohd Fauzi Muhd Syakir		0	0	MAS
55	77		Mohd Kamal Amirul Akmal		0	0	MAS
56	78		Mohd Shabri Affan		0	0	MAS
57	79		Mohd Zin Nursyamimi		0	0	MAS
58	27	IM	Mok Tze-Meng		0	2354	MAS
59	12	GM	Murshed Niaz		0	2462	BAN
60	39	WGM	Nadig Kruttika	F	0	2238	IND
61	47		Ng Jimmy		0	2072	SIN
62	80		Ng Wee Hong Brendan		0	0	SIN
63	81		Ng Wee Lok Bryan		0	0	SIN
64	82		Nik Mohd Nasir Nik Nur Aina Nafisah		0	0	MAS
65	15	IM	Nolte Rolando		0	2456	PHI
66	33	FM	Novita Anjas		0	2304	INA
67	62		Nur Syawaludin Muhd Khairul		1519	0	MAS
68	56		Ooi Zhi Yang		0	1769	MAS
69	32	FM	Pitra Andika		0	2305	INA
70	28	IM	Praveen Kumar C		0	2343	IND
71	83		Rambli Ahmad Afiq		0	0	MAS
72	20	IM	Rathnakaran K		0	2410	IND
73	6	GM	Romero Holmes Alfonso		0	2501	ESP
74	84		Saadon Muhd Luqman		0	0	MAS
75	85		Saadon Umi Sofiah		0	0	MAS
76	86		Sabudin Ahmad Shahir		0	0	MAS
77	26	IM	Senador Emmanuel		0	2357	PHI
78	30	FM	Sonjaya Deni		0	2321	INA
79	87		Tan Jun Yi Royce		0	0	SIN
80	42		Tan Poh Heng		0	2139	SIN
81	46		Tay Shi Hao		0	2077	SIN
82	88		Tri Astuti Stephanie Dian Cherry		0	0	INA
83	22	IM	Vakhidov Jahongir		0	2396	UZB
84	10	GM	Vakhidov Tahir		0	2481	UZB
85	89		Van Holland Marnix		0	0	NED
86	21	IM	Wahono Awam		0	2405	INA
87	90		Wan Ismail Wan Ahmad Haninul Ihsan		0	0	MAS
88	91		Wan Mohd Fadlan Wan Mohd Faiz		0	0	MAS
89	92		Wan Ruselam Wan Muhd Nabil Adham		0	0	MAS
90	93		Yeo Kok Wei Adrian		0	0	SIN
91	41		Yeoh Chin-Seng		0	2144	MAS
92	40		Yeoh Li Tian		0	2204	MAS
93	94		Yeremian Ed		0	0	MAS
94	95		Yulia Lilis Herna		0	0	INA
95	96		Yussof Pg Abd Rahman		0	0	BRU
96	97		Zaidi Muhd Nur Ikram		0	0	MAS
97	25	GM	Ziatdinov Raset		0	2368	USA

 

The list will also appear on www.melakachess.org (official website for Melaka Chess Festival 2012)