31 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Wong Jianwen of Kuala Lumpur fell to Aron Teh Eu Wen of Perak while Fong Yit San of Perak strengthens his position with a win over Ismail Ahmad of Kedah. Both Aron Teh and Fong Yit San have scored identical 6.5 points.
Below are the picture grabs of the final positions of the top two boards of round 8 taken from www.kedaicatur.com website.
Results of Round 8:
Standings After Round 8:
29 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The round four results gave some interesting upsets as lower seeded Fong Yit San won his game against top seed Yeoh Li Tian during the National Chess Closed 2013 being held in University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu. Two players are in the lead with a perfect score of 4.0 points, namely, Masrin Erowan of Sabah and Fong Yit San of Perak.
The diagram below shows the final position after white played 60. g3 and black resigned. White has four pawns to black’s single pawn. A huge advantage to white and well done to Fong Yit San.
Round 4 Results:
To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.
To see live games, visit kedaicatur.com
29 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Seven players are in the lead with a perfect 2.0 points after two rounds of classical play in the National Chess Closed 2013 in Kuala Terengganu being held at University Malaysia Terengganu. In round 3, Yeoh Li Tian of Selangor will meet Mark Siew of Perak on top board and Masrin Erowan of Sabah meets Leong Mun Wan of Johor.
Standings After Round 2:
To read more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.
27 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In Kangar Perlis, the GULA Perlis Open was won by NM Timothy Evans with 6.5 points. In second, Nabil Azman Hisham of Selangor with 6.0 points and third, Anthony Liong Ing Kiat of Penang with 6.0 points. Meanwhile the Secondary School Category was won by Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham with a score of 6.5 points and in the Primary School Category was won by Tan Jun Ying with a score of 6.5 points too.
Open Category Results:
Secondary School Category 2013 Results:
Primary School Category Results:
24 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Results of rounds 1 and 2 at Thessaloniki FIDE GP 2013. All wins are by white pieces, interesting fact.
Standings After Round 2:
Official website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com
24 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Last weekend the 19th May 2013 Sunday in Putrajaya, The KPCMB Rapid Chess Open 2013 was held. The Putrajaya Chess Association in collaboration with Perbadanan Putrajaya organised the said chess event. IM MAS Hafizulhelmi walked away the winner with 6.5 points from 7 rapid rounds.
(Picture from Abdul Haq Mohamed’s facebook)
22 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The first round of the Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix 2013 has started and here is the game between Topalov and Grishchuk from chess bomb.
Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom
Round 1 Pairings:
Official website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com
(Picture from official website of Thessaloniki FIDE GP 2013)
22 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013 Standings after three tournaments in the series, namely, London 2012, Tashkent 2012, Zug 2013. Etienne Bacrot of France is playing at Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix 2013.
The players playing at Thessaloniki FIDE Grand Prix 2013 are as shown below:-
Thessaloniki website: http://thessaloniki2013.fide.com/en/round-reports/213-fide-grand-prix-2012-2013-standings
(Picture from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Bacrot)
18 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The Univeristy Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and National Youth Council of Malaysia (Majlis Belia Malaysia) are organising a chess tournament named REVOC Chess Genius Open Challenge this coming 25th May 2013. This is in conjunction with a Putrajaya Youth Festival.
Please contact Nor Azrina Ismail, 013-5944309 for more details.
Or Visit http://revocchessgenius.blogspot.com.
17th May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is one from DATCC many weekend chess tournaments. If you are a DATCC club member you get special discounts. Walk-in players pay more.
IT’S TIME FOR THE AMATEURS TO SHINE!!! This weekend event is catered especially for those who are UNRATED or have a National Rating of below 1600 only. Special prizes are allocated for Boys and Girls who are in the U16/U12/U8 age bracket in addition to the top 6 main prizes offered.
The single day 7 Round Swiss event offers cash prizes for the top six category winners with RM250 allocated for the Overall event Champion. Other cash prizes up for grabs are for the 3 top under-1400 players, best unrated, best veteran and best lady players.
For the best Boys and Girls in the U16, U12 and U8 age bracket, each top performer will earn a medal and certificate for their effort. As usual, two special prizes are allocated for DATCC Members top performers. Entries are limited to 80 players. There is no closing date but entries received on event day MAY NOT be entertained as it will depend on space/seats availability.
Time Control 25 minutes to finish
Playing Format 7 Round Swiss System Pairing
Tie Break i) Bucholz ii) Sonneborn Berger iii) Progressive Scores
Link to registration form: http://www.chess-malaysia.com/Amateur.pdf
Today is a rest day at the Norway Chess 2013 tournament.
Official website: http://norwaychess.com
(Photo from official website of the tournament, Norway Chess)
.jpg)
16 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In round 6 of the Norway Supertournament being held in Sandnes, Norway, GM Magnus Carlsen won his round 6 game against Radjabov. However, Sergey Karjakin is the sole leader with 4.5 points after round 6. In second place, Carlsen with 4.0 points.
The official website reported that just like in previous rounds of Norway Chess 2013, round 6 offered a lot of entertainment for the audience. We saw one pretty brutal win, one pretty boring draw, one exciting draw where none of the players ever seemed to get the upper hand, one nail biting draw where the worse side held on by the slimmest of margins and finally a totally exhausting end game squeeze where the relentless pressure eventually became too much for the defending side.
In other words, Hammer lost rather brutally to Aronian, Topalov and Wang Hao played a peaceful draw, Nakamura and Svidler both stayed in control in their sharp battle, Karjakin barely saved a draw against world champion Anand, and Carlsen managed to bank another full point in a long grind against Radjabov.
Official website: http://norwaychess.com
(Photo from official website)
15th May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The DATCC will be organising the First Ketoyong Classic Chess Tournament 2013. Ketoyong is a name of a village in Tanjung Malim, Perak. The event will be held over two days, 22-23 June 2013 (Sat.& Sunday). Time control is 45 minutes plus 30 seconds increment. Details follow:-
Registration Form:
(source: Hamid Majid)
Please call En Radhi, 011-29505059, En. Kamil Suffian, 019-5285491.
Or visit website : malaysianmasterchess.blogspot.com
13th May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The 3rd Lim Chong Memorial Chess has been announced to be held on 16th June 2013 (Sunday) at Arthur Tan Chess Center, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur. Details follow:-
Registration Form:
Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/LimChongMemorialChessChampionship2012
(source: Abdul Hamid Majid)
13th May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the third round game of the Norway Chess 2013 in Sandnes, Norway between current leader, Sergey Karjakin of Russia against China’s Wang Hao. For the record, Karjakin has scored four straight wins after four rounds of play.
The official website reported that the third round in a row with the same basic concept, which is: Five interesting and tense games are played, three of the five games will get a winner – and one of the three game winners will be Sergey Karjakin!
As his competitors are most helpful to defeat or at least draw each other, the 23 year old Russian is leading with a full point after winning a nice positional game as white against Hao Wang today. The tournament’s (and the World’s) top rated player Magnus Carlsen is unable to win (or lose) any of his games so far. World Champion Viswanathan Anand on the other hand efficiently used his chance today – defeating former World Champion Veselin Topalov with a nice attack.
Norway Chess 2013 (Sandnes NOR)
Wed 8th May 2013 - Sat 18th May 2013 - Official Site -Results - Live
Supreme Masters 2013 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Supreme Masters Bl (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:4m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Blitz Games
(photo courtesy of Official website of tournament)
12 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is one major chess tournament to be held in Johor Bahru, Office Tower City Square on the 16th June 2013.
JOHOR CATUR TERBUKA 2013
(PIALA FRANK GOON)
Tempat : Tingkat 35 Office Tower City Square,
Tarikh: 16 Jun 2013 (Ahad)
Pertandingan: 7 pusingan Swiss,
Kawalan masa 20 minit sehingga habis (Rating Kebangsaan)
Kategori Terbuka
Pertama : RM1000+Pingat
Ke2 : RM600+Pingat
Ke3 : RM400+Pingat
Ke4 : RM300
Ke5 : RM200
Ke6 - Ke10: RM100
* Veteran Terbaik: RM100
*Wanita Terbaik : RM100
* sekurang-kurang 2 orang peserta
Kategori Bawah 16
Pertama : RM300+Pingat
Ke2 : RM150+Pingat
Ke3 : RM80+Pingat
Ke4 : RM60+Pingat
Ke5 - Ke10 : RM50+Pingat
Perempuan Terbaik
Pertama : RM50+ Pingat
Ke2 : RM30+Pingat
Ke3 : RM20+Pingat
Kategori Bawah 12
Pertama : RM200+Pingat
Ke2 : RM120+Pingat
Ke3 : RM80+Pingat
Ke4 : RM60+Pingat
Ke5 - Ke10 : RM50+Pingat
Perempuan Terbaik
Pertama : RM50+ Pingat
Ke2 : RM30+Pingat
Ke3 : RM20+Pingat
Yuran Penyertaan
Kategori Terbuka : RM30
Kategori B16 (lahir pada/selepas 1997)
Kategori B12 (lahir pada/selepas 2001)
Veteren (lahir pada /sebelum 1957)
Cara Pembayaran
1. (Masuk bank) dan e-mel bankin slip kepada Johorchess@gmail.com
(tidak lewat daripada 11 Jun 2013)
Akaun Bank: Maybank Akaun Semasa 001271103730 (Cheong K L 016-727202272)
2. Penghantaran borang dengan wang tunai kepada Vincent Tham (07-2211989 ext 252) di City Square Atau kepada Azri Hohad (0127953806) di UTM.
Tarikh tutup 11 Jun 2013.
Penyertaan selepas 11 Jun 2013 akan diterima dengan persetujuan penganjur dan akan dikenakan bayaran surcaj RM10
If you wish to read more, please click here.
