2nd DATCC Kuala Lumpur Commercial & Recreational Chess League

2nd DATCC KUALA LUMPUR COMMERCIAL
& RECREATIONAL CHESS LEAGUE


With the success of the 1st DATCC KL Open Chess League, The Dato Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC) will organize
The 2nd DATCC KL Open Chess League Team Championship 2009
in the DAT Chess Centre, Lot 4.20CS, 4th Floor Car Park, Kompleks Wilayah, No 2, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, 50100 K.L, Malaysia
Tel. 019 3158098 - Fax. – 03 40244337 - Email: aham@pc.jaring.my

SCHEDULE & REGULATIONS:

This team event, restricted to only 20 teams, is scheduled for every Tuesday night from 19:00 – 22:00 & the 18/19th weekend. The event will be FIDE Rated. It will be played in a swiss format (or Round Robin depending on the entries) over 9 rounds as per the schedule below. No more than 2 players above the rating of 2300 will be allowed in a team. Depending on the number of entries, the organizers will decide on the format of the event. In the event that 20 teams are registered for the event then a robin tournament conducted in 2 groups (Premier & Regular) will be held.

The Prize Fund will be 60% of the total collection. In addition vouchers for dinner & room nights from the CHM Hotel Chain (CitiTel Midvalley, CitiTel Express KL, Boulevard Hotel, Pangkor Beach Resort, CitiTel Penang, CitiTel Express Kota Kinabalu will be given. Details of the prizes will be announced before thestart of the event.

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 sec increment from move 1) and will kickoff from Tuesday, 10 November 2009. Schedule as given below:

Tuesday 10 November 19:00 – 22:00
Tuesday 17 November 19:00 – 10:00
Tuesday 24 November 19:00 – 10:00
Tuesday 01 December 19:00 – 10:00
Tuesday 08 December 19:00 – 10:00
Tuesday 15 December 19:00 – 10:00
Saturday 19 December 14:00 – 18:00
Sunday 20 December 09:00 – 13:00
20 December 14:00 – 18:00 followed by the Prize Giving



To allow for flexibility for working staff and students, a team can register up to 8 players, but only 4 players will be playing each match.


Entry Fees: RM 300 (4 players) –- additional players will be charged RM 50 per player
Junior (Under -16): RM 200 (4 players) - additional players will be charged RM 25 per player

CLOSING DATE: SUNDAY, 07 NOVEMBER 2009.
ENTRIES AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE SURCHARGED RM 100. TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY, ADDITIONAL PLAYERS CAN BE REGISTERED EVEN AFTER THE START OF THE EVENT. CHANGE OF BOARD ORDER, CHANGE OF NAMES etc. WILL BE SURCHARGED RM 20 per change.

Tournament entry fees must be paid before the closing date.For further details call
Abd Hamid Majid - Tel: (60) 3 40219576 Mobile: (60) 19 3158098 - Fax: (60) 3 40244337 Email: aham@pc.jaring.my

ENTRY / REGISTRATION FORM

2nd DATCC KUALA LUMPUR COMMERCIAL & RECREATIONAL CHESS LEAGUE 2009

Players should be registered as per board order upon submission. Changes in board order, change of names etc. will be surcharged @ RM 20 per change. Entry forms will not be accepted without the entry fees.

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Mok - Mas Game 4 LIVE !

Game 4 start now!

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FM Mok Tze Meng - IM Mashafizul Hilmi
Malaysian Master (Semifinal), Game 4, 31.10.09

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 both player repeat game 2 move. Will Mok play 3.Bb5+ Moscow variation? 3.Bb5+ Yup. Mok choose to divert from yesterday theoretical game. 3...Nd7 Kasparov favourite choose. He prefer to keep the double bishop. Alternative is 3...Bd7 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Note : According to the Arbiter Mr. Hamid, if game 4 draw, the tie break will be held tomorrow. 6...b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.Nc3 One interesting line is 10.c4!? sacrificing the e4 pawn 10...Nxe4 11.f3 Nef6 12.Nf5! e6 13.Nxd6 and get the pawn back with initiative 9...e6 10.Bg5 Rybka opening book give 10.g3 Be7 11.Bg2 10... h6 11.Bh4 g5 Mas played aggresively. He can opt for safer option with 11...Be7 12.Bg3 Ne5!? Mas doesn't mind to double his pawn for double bishop after 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Nf3 Qc7 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.a4 Be7 15.Ra3!? A surprise move by Mok. Is he planning Rb3 later? 15...Nh5 Rybka give a wild suggestion 16.Nb5! axb5 17.Nxe5 Nxg3 18.Bxb5 16.Nxe5 Nxg3 17.Nb5! Thing is getting hotter and hotter plus the air-condition in the computer room in DATCC where i'm blogging live is not working :) ..Ok now the air condition is working but the game is still hot. Mas spent quite sometime to reply to Mok interesting sacrifiece. 17...Qb8 Mas choose not to take the bait. If 17...axb5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Nd7+ Kg8 20.Rc3 Qd8 21.hxg3 and white have strong initiative. Meanwhile NM Yeoh Chin Seng and his son Yeoh Li Tian is playing chinese chess . Probably they decide to take a rest from kitbizing the wild position in Mas and Mok game right now :) 18.Rc3! the knight on g3 can wait ( to be capture!) Mas has to be carefull. He is walking in a dangerous field full with minesweeper! 18...dxe5 The only move. Others lead to disaster. 19.Nc7+ Kf8 20.Nxa8 Rybka suggest 20.hxg3 instead for e.g 20...Bb4 21.Nxa8 Bxc3 22. Nxb6 Qc7 ( not 22...Bxe1?? 23.Nd7+ win the queen1) 20...Nxe4 21.Nxb6 21.Rxe4 is stronger according to Rybka for e.g 21...Bxe4 22.Qd7 threatening Rc8! 21...Nxc3 Now black is ok 22.bxc3 Mok have 24 minutes and Mas 26 minutes. 22...Qc7 23.Nd7+ Kg7 24.Nxe5 Bf6 25.Nc4 Rd8 Mok has 14 minutes and Mas 25 minutes. Gentlemen note that there's mistake on the 25 move. Mas actually play 25...Rd8 not 25...bxc3 26.Qb1 Bxc3 27.Rd1 Bd4 28.c3 there's trap here 28...Bxc3?? 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Qxb7 and black will lose 28...Bf6 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.a5 Bd5 31.Qb4 Bf6 32.h3 Mok make a luft probably to avoid back rank mate. Just in case ! 32...Qc6 33.Kh1 Anyone know the idea behind this move? It actually my Rybka second chooise. Now Mas is behind on time ! Mok 3 minutes and Mas 2 minutes 33...Qc7 34.Kg1 draw? 34...Qc6 35.Kh1 1/-2 1/2 draw ..so see tomorow. The players will play two rapid game 25 minute + 10 second increment. The game will start at 9 am. If still draw then blitz game will decide the winner.

Mas beat Mok Game 3 , Malaysian Master 2009 (semifinal(

I'm at DATCC to cover the 3rd game - Mas vs Mok . The game is rescheduled to start at 2 pm, however Mas is now stuck in traffic jammed somewhere in KL so probably we have to wait a little bit longer. Stay tune !

There's many visitor today! NM Yeoh Chin Seng, Yeoh Li Tian, Chuah Heng Meng, Hisyam Ismail Ahmad ...etc...

IM Mashafizul Helmi vs FM Mok Tze Meng
Game 3, Malaysian Master (Semifinal),31.09.10

Will Mas play 1.d4? Mok think Mas will play 1.e4 but he said the question is whether he will play Mo(k)dern or not? To fuel thing up ..i said to Mok who patiently wait for Mas that Mas will play Nf3-g3 1.d4 so both of us wrong. Mas played 1.d4. The question now is whether Mok will play Mo(k)dern or Benko Gambit ? 1...g6 "hari-hari pun Mo(k)dern - Sirajuddin! 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 with this Mok will not have the c6-d5 option. The game now can transpose to Pirc 4.Be3 if Mas play f3 the game will lead to English attack set-up 4...e5 Now this is not in the book! As game 1 yesterday, Mok prefer to divert from normal path at early stage. We will see how Mas react. 5.dxe5 dxe5 Mok willing to lose his castling option after 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 probably because without the queens , the need of castling is not that important 7.0-0-0 Nd7 8.Bc4 f6 9.h4 c6 10.h5 g5 11.a4 Kc7 12.Nge2 Nh6 13.f3 Re8 14.Ng3 Yeoh Chin Seng is not really sure about this move. Rybka suggest 14.Rd3 followed by 15.Rhd1 - doubling the rook on d-file 14...Nb6 Mok intention is clear. He will play Be6 next to exchange his passive bishop 15.Bb3 Yeoh Chin Seng think that black will play 15...Be6 then 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 and then white will play 17.b3 to prevent black's knight to go to c4. Mok has already take a long time over this move, about 30 minutes. What is he thinking? Meanwhile, we got more visitor..Mr.Ibrahim (MCF Vice President), Mr.Wong (father of IM Wong Zi Jing). 15...a5 Probably Mok choose to prevent a4-a5 first and then only play Be6 16.Rd3 Mas played this instantly. He got 1 hour and 14 minutes and Mok only 30 minutes! 16...Bf8 17.Rhd1 Mas played this instantly but Rybka suggest nice sacrifiece with 17.Nb5+! 17...cxb5 18. Rc3+ Kb8 19.Bxb6 17...Bb4 18.Na2?! Mas should have play 18.Bxb6! Kxb6 then 19.Rd8! penetrating black position with his rooks 18... Be7 Now he can't play Rd8 19.Nc3 Mok really down on time. He has 11 minutes only and Mas got 1 hour! 19...Nd7 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Ne4 Be7 24.g4 h6 25.Be6 Bxe6?! Rybka didn't like this move. Mok should have play 25...Kb6 26.fxe6 Rad8 27.Rd7+ Rxd7 28.Rxd7 Now white penetrate black's position 28...Kc8 29.c3 Kb8 30.Kc2 Mas improve his King position. He got all the time in the world 30...Kc8 31.Kb3 Kb8 Mok's King is oscillating between b8-c8 without any clear direction but probably he want to gain more time. 32.Kc4 Kc8 33.Ng3 Bd8 34.Rh7 Rxe6 35.Rxh6 White's passed h- pawn will win the game 35...b5+ 36.Kd3 Rd6+ 37.Kc2 bxa4 38.Rg6 Rd7 39.h6 1-0 Mok resign. The last game will be interesting ! Game 4 will start at 6.15pm

Mok draw first blood!

30.09.2001 - The underdog-FM Mok Tze Meng produced a stunning result by winning the first game (as black!) against Malsyian no.1 - IM Mashafizul in the Malaysian Master (semifinal match) held in DATCC, KL . Mok show no fear by playing his beloved opening - Mo(k)dern Defense which his opponent must have studied it deeply before the match. Instead Mok come with a new "dubious" looking move (6...e6) which manage to confuse Mas who failed to choose the correct plan against it. With Mas looking clueless in the middlegame, Mok slowly but steadily invade Mas position. Somewhere in the middle game, Mas blundered a pawn and his position getting worse move after move. In the end, Mas had to resign due to black's passed pawn armada which is hard for him to handle.

IM Mashafizul Helmi vs FM Mok Tze Meng

Malaysian Master (Semifinal) Game 1, 30.09.2009

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Be3 e6?! Voluntarily restrict the mobility of his light square bishop which look like a dubious looking plan but Mok has his own idea! 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qd2 Ba6 An original way to dispose his passive piece. 9. O-O-O Nh6 10. g3 Bxf1 11. Rdxf1 Nd7 12. h3 b5 13. Rfg1 Nb6 14. Bf2 Nc4 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Nd1 Rb8 18. g4 Rb6 19. Be1 b4 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Rg2? Mas main problem start here. He should have play 21.Bxe7 21...Ra6 22. Qb3 Bxh4 23. Nxh4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4! Mas probably missed this cute tactic. 25.Rxg4? is of course lost to 25...Nd2+ and white lost his queen. 25.Kc1 Qxa2 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 27. Kb1 Nge3 28. Re2 Nxd1 29. Kxa2 Ndxb2 30. Kb3 Kd7 31. Ree1 a5 32. Rb1 a4+ 33. Kxb4 Rb8+ 34. Kc3 a3 35. Ra1 Na4+ 36. Kd3 c5 37. Nf3 Ke7 38. dxc5 Nxc5+ 39. Kd4 Ne4 40. Rhb1 Rb2 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. Ne1 Rh8 43. Nf3 Rb8 44. Rab1 Rb2 45. Ne1 Ned2 46. Ra1 Rb8 47. Nd3 Rh8 48. Rh1 Rc8 49. Nb4 Rc7 50. Rh8 g5 51. f5 Nf3+ 52. Kc3 Nfxe5 53. fxe6 fxe6 54. Rg8 g4 55. Rh1 Kd6 56. Rd8+ Rd7 57. Ra8 Rc7 58. Ra6+ Nc6 59. Kb3 Kc5 60. Nd3+ Kd4 61. Rh4 e5 62. Rxg4+ e4 63. Ra4 Rb7+ 64. Nb4 Nxb4 65. c3+ Kd3 66. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 67. cxb4 e3 0-1

Malaysian Master Semifinal (Mas vs. Mok) Start Tommorow!

The first Malaysian Master Semifinal Match between IM Mashafizul and FM Mok Tze Meng will start today at Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC), Kuala Lumpur. Two round to be played on the first day followed by another two tomorrow. Mas and Mok are good friend so it's interesting to see who will draw the first blood !

30th October 2009 (Friday)

round 1 : 9 AM to 1 PM

round 2 : 3 PM to 7 PM

31st October 2009 (Saturday)

round 3: 9 AM to 1 PM

round 4: 3 PM to 7PM

Read IM Jimmly Liew match preview here

DATCC-NMCC Friendly

Round 1, Aziz Shukor (NMCC) with his lovely daughter. Far right - Ilhamuddin

25th October 2009 - Neo Manhattan Chess Centre (NMCC) beat DATCC in a friendly match held at DATCC , Wilayah Kompleks, Kuala Lumpur. The match was held in two rounds and the time control is 45 minutes + 5 seconds increment. Six table was played each round. In the first round, DATCC powered by their first board - Ismail Ahmad win with a close score 3.5-2.5 but in the second round, NMCC fight back and trashed the generous host team 5-1 !

DATCC

1. Ismail Ahmad
2. Kaushal Khandahar
3. NWM Tan Li Ting
4. Hisham Ismail Ahmad
5. Lim Chong
6. Abu Mansor Basir
7. Tan Jun Feng

NMCC

1. Nor Ilhammuddin
2. Abd Aziz Shukor
3. Hairulov
4. Shamsol Bahrin
5. Razali Hamzah (Ng6)
6. Rusdi Sidi
7. Firdaus
8. Prabhaharan Rajendra

Round 1

Board 1 : Ismail Ahmad vs Ilhamuddin 1-0

Board 2 : Aziz Shukor vs Kaushal Khandahar 0-1

Board 3 : NWM Tan Li Ting vs Hairulov 1/2-1/2

Board 4 : Razali Hamzah (Ng6) vs Hisham Ismail Ahmad 1-0

Board 5 : Lim Chong vs Shamsol Bahrin 0-1

Board 6: Firdaus vs Tan Jun Feng 0-1

While waiting for my teammates to arrive before the first round, i noticed "unfimiliar" face of our opponent line-up . It seems that DATCC has "borrowed" players from other teams - Ismail Ahmad (SMS Gold), Kasuhal Khandahar (The Spawn), NWM Tan Li Ting (PCWM), Lim Chong (Tan&Tan) and my teammate Ilhamuddin joked that it seems that NMCC will face "The Rest of The World" as the famous - Russia (USSR) vs The Rest of The World Match ! . However as in football, DATCC probably got the players from the transfer market after the 2009 DATCC Team League ended few months ago :)

DATCC win in the first two board - Ismail beat Ilham and Kaushal beat Aziz. Yours truly draw against NWM Tan Li Ting although my teamate said my position is winning in the final position in mutual time trouble . Razali Hamzah (Ng6) win against the rusty Hisham . Hisham is Ismail Ahmad son. He's a strong players but seldom plays nowadays . Shamsul beat Lim Chong and Firdaus lost to Tan Jung Feng.

Round 2

Board 1 : Ilhamuddin vs Kaushal 1-0

Board 2 : NWM Tan Li Ting vs Hairulov 0-1

Board 3 : Shamsol Bahrin vs Hisham Ismail Ahmad 1-0

Board 4 : Lim Chong vs Razali Hamzah (Ng6) 1/2-1/2

Board 5: Rusdi Sidi vs Abu Mansor Basir 1/2-1/2

Board 6: Tan Jun Feng vs Prahba 0-1

DATCC choose to rest their dark horse - Ismail Ahmad and Kaushal was promoted to the first board against Ilhamuddin . In the early phase of the game, Kaushal seems to have the upperhand but misplayed the position and lost on time in the end. Yours truly beat the lovely NWM Tan Li Ting after she missed a tactic at the aearly stage of the game which cost her the exchange.

Razali draw a difficult rook endgame against Lim Chong, Abu Mansor Basir escaped with a draw against Rusdi who is completely winning and on the last board Prahba beat Tan Jun Feng.

Below is one of yours truly game.

NWM Tan Li Ting vs Hairulov

DATCC - NMCC Friendly Match,

Round 2, 25.10.09

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 Gruenfeld Defense. Inspired by the recently concluded Kasparov-Karpov Match, i play this opening for the first time in my life . 4.Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. a3 Bg4 In the first round against the same opponent and same opening i choose to fianchetto my light square bishop only to get a rather cramped position which fortunately ended in a draw. This time i choose to trade the bishop with white's knight which have a strong potential outpost on e5. 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O e5 After this move i think black already equalise. 12. dxe5?! Better is mantaining the tension on d- file with 12. Rd1 12... Nxe5 Now white has to concede her bishop pairs after 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qe7 15. b4?

15...Ne4 16.Nxe4 Li Ting said that she only consider 16. Bb2 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 but missed the knight fork 16... Nd2 16... Bxa1 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bg7 I choose to keep the "Gufeld Bishop" rather then to trade it with 19.Nd4 Bxd4. and white can play Bh6 later and threatening mate on g7 with her queen . 19. Qb3 Qe4 20. Ng3 Qd3 Ahead in material, i offer a trade which is of course... 21. Qa2 rejected by my opponent 21...Rd7 With the idea of tripling on d- file. 22. Ne2 Rfd8

23. Nd4 Bxd4 Here i choose to trade my "Gufeld Bishop" and believe that white mating threat on g7 is only artifical. 24. exd4 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qe5 26. Qe2 Qe4 27. Qb2 Rd1 When ahead on material, trade piece but not pawn. 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd5 30. Qc1 h5 31. Bc5 Qe5+ 32. Kg1 Rd3 33. Be3 Qc3 I missed the simple and a quick win with 33... Qd6! 34. Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Bxa7 Rxa3 36. Bc5 This endgame is clearly winning. Just put your piece and pawns on light square and restrict white's king. 36...Ra2 37. Kh2 f5 ?! 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kf4 Re2 40. Kf3 Re4 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. g3 g5 0-1 White resign

Photos

Round 1 in progress

International Arbiter (IA) Hamid Majid (right) - arbiter of the match

Kaushal Khandahar with his new secret weapon - "straight hair style variation"

Shamsol Bahrin vs Hisyam and far right: Razali Hamzah (Ng6) vs former Malay Mail chess columnist - Lim Chong

1st DATCC INDIVIDUAL (FIDE RATED) !

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1st DATCC INDIVIDUAL (FIDE RATED)

A CHANCE TO GET A FIDE RATING or INCREASE YOUR FIDE RATING !!!!!

The Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC) will organize the first individual FIDE rated 9 Round Swiss Tournament as per the schedule below:

Saturday 14 November 14:00 – 18:00 Round 1

19:00 – 22:00 Round 2

Sunday 15 November 09:00 – 13:00 Round 3

14:00 – 18:00 Round 4

Friday 20 November 19:00 – 2200 Round 5

Saturday 21 November 14:00 – 18:00 Round 6

19:00 – 22:00 Round 7

Sunday 22 November 09:00 – 13:00 Round 8

14:00 – 18:00 Round 9 followed by the Prize Giving

All games will be held in the DAT Chess Centre, Lot 4.20CS, 4^th Floor Car Park,

Kompleks Wilayah, No 2, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, 50100 K.L, Malaysia

Tel. 019 3158098 - Fax. – 03 40244337 - Email: aham@pc.jaring.my

SCHEDULE & REGULATIONS:

The Prize Fund will be 60% of the total collection or RM 2,000 (whichever is more). In addition vouchers for dinner & room nights from the CHM Hotel Chain (CitiTel Midvalley, CitiTel Express KL, Boulevard Hotel, Pangkor Beach Resort, CitiTel Penang, CitiTel Express Kota Kinabalu will be given. Detailed prizes will be announced before the start.

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 sec increment from move 1) and will kickoff from Saturday, 14 November.

Entry Fees as follows:

IM, GM	FOC	FIDE Rtg > 2000	RM 50
FIDE Rtg > 2300	RM 20	FIDE Rtg <>	RM 75
FIDE Rtg > 2200	RM 30	No FIDE Rating	RM 100
FIDE Rtg > 2100	RM 40	All Under 16 players will get a 25% discount

CLOSING DATE: 12 NOVEMBER 2009.

ENTRIES AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE SURCHARGED RM 50

Tournament entry fees must be paid before the closing date.For further details call

Abd Hamid Majid - Tel: (60) 3 40219576 Mobile: (60) 19 3158098 - Fax: (60) 3 40244337 Email: aham@pc.jaring.my

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