lim yee weng - Nicholas game 2

Nicholas (photo left) win the second game in style.

FM Nicholas Chan (2402) - IM Lim Yee Weng (2336) [B00]
Malaysian Master semifinal (Game 2), 27.11.2009

Analysed by Hairulov and Rybka

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. h3 Nd5
My opening book give 15... h6 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. exd4 N7f6 18. Ne5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bd3 g6 21. Be3 Rdc8 22. Rdc1 Qd8 23. Nc4 black plan the obvious Nb6 forking black rooks 23...Nd5 24. Be4 Rab8 25. Bd3 not 25. Bxd5?! because after 25...Qxd5 black threaten mate on g2 and black have no serious problem after 26. f3 Rc7 25... Bc6 26. Ne5 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Qf3 Bf6 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rc1 Qe8 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Nh6+ Bxh6 33. Bxh6 Rxa5

Although black is a pawn up, he has serious weakness on his king side's dark square 34. Qg3 Rb5 35. Qe5 f6 36. Qd6 Rb6 37. Qc5 Rb8? Yee Weng mistakenly let white's queen to penetrate black 7th rank 38. Qa7 white simply threaten mate on g7! 38...Ne7 39. Rc7 Now come another major pieces into black 7th rank ! 39...Nf5 40. Rg7+ ! This tempo gaining move is probably missed by Yee Weng. Maybe he taught that Nicholas will fall into a perpetual after the greedy 40. Rxh7 Ra8 41. Qb7 Rb8 42. Qc7 Rc8 = draw 40... Kh8 of course 40... Nxg7 ?? 41. Qxg7# checkmate 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 Now the bishop is free to move with a tempo 42. Bf4 Ra8 43. Qb7 Black does not have the perpetual 43...Rb8 because white's bishop simply guard the b8 square 43...g5 44. g4 Qg6 of course not 44... gxf4?? 45. gxf5 Qf8 46. Rh4 and black can simply resign 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Qxa8+ Kxh7 47. Qb7+ Kh6 48. Bd6 a5 49. Qc8 Qf7 50. Qxf5 1-0

Lim Yee Weng - Nicholas Game 1

Nicholas start his semifinal match with a psychological "win" against IM Lim Yee Weng. He bravely invite his opponent to play against the Sicilian Dragon which his opponent know inside out. In the end, Nicholas managed to draw the game with black !

IM Lim Yee Weng (2336) - FM Nicholas Chan (2402) [B00]
Malaysian Master semifinal (Game 1), 27.11.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6

This is a suicide attempt or act of a sheer bravery . Nicholas must have already know that his opponent has just deliver a seminar recently on the Sicilian Dragon. With 4...g6, he invite Yee Weng to fight against his own opening!? 5.c4 A psychological win for Nicholas ? Yee Weng avoid 5.Nc3 which can lead into the Dragon Variation but instead opt for the boring but effective - Maracozy Bind formation. 5...Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9.Qd2 0–0 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Rc1 Ng4 12.Be2 f6 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Be3 Qa5 15.0–0 Be6 16.b3 a6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Qe2 Qh5 19.f3 Bh6 20.Nd5 Rfe8 21.Bxh6 Qxh6 22.Rc3 Kf8 23.Rcd3 Rc5 24.a4 Rec8 25.R3d2 R5c6 26.Nb4 Rc5 27.Nd5 R5c6 28.Nb4 ½–½

Nicholas beat Yee Weng to proceed to the Final !

FM Nicholas Chan beat IM Lim Yee Weng in the Malaysian Master 2nd Semifinal Match which ended today. The Dr. to be lead 1.5 -0.5 yesterday and conclude the match by winning the third game today . With this win, Nicholas will meet IM Mashafizul in the final of the Malaysian Masters final which will be played over six rounds ( best of 6). In the event the score is tied the organizers will arrange for a play off as per FIDE regulations. The details of the Final is as follow:-


Date

20 th Dec 2009 Friday 7.00 pm round 1

21 st Dec 2009 Saturday 10.30am round 2

21st Dec 2009 saturday 3.00pm round 3

22nd Dec 2009 Sunday 10.30pm round 4

22nd Dec 2009 sunday 3.00 pm round 5

* In the event no definite results over 5 rounds the six round schedule will be announce in due course .

Venue

DATCC 4th Floor Wilayah Complex

all games will have live coverage and all are invited to watch these games


* Mas Hafizulhilmi will be playing in Vietnam and Singapore before his match with Nicholas.

Nicholas is currently doing his final year medicine in Malacca and sitting for his final papers in February.

source : DATCC blog

AU vs Nusa Mahkota

Goldis and SMS Gold was the top team in the first DATCC Team league which concluded a few months ago. In the second edition , two team - AU and Caviaga is the teams to be beaten. They are the favourite to win this league. In round 1, my team Nusa Mahkota was grown down 0-4 to the AU team. I myself lost to "Jax Attack" on board 3.

Hairulov - Jax Tham [A90]
2nd DATCC Team League (Round 1)

The position ( see diagram below) is more or less equal but i blunder big time with...

26.Ra2? This is the decisive mistake. I should not abandon my last rank and should choose 26.Rf1 instead 26...fxg3 27.hxg3 27.Qxg3 will not fair better for e.g 27...Qc1+ 28.Bf1 with the threat like 28...Rf5 and Rg5 look dangerous for white 27...Qc1+ 28.Bf1 Rf3 At first i didn't noticed the dangerous coming from this move 29.Qb2 Rxg3+! I completely missed this move 30.Kh2 ...This position deserve a diagram... 30...Qh6+! 31.Kxg3 Jax sacrifice a rook for mating attack 31...Qf4+ 32.Kh3 Bf5+ 33.Kg2 Be4+ 34.f3 Qxf3+ 35.Kh2 Qxf1 36.Rxb7 Qh1+ 37.Kg3 0–1

Yours truly - Jax Tham 0-1

2nd DATCC Team League - Round 3

Round 3

Nusa Mahkota - DATCC 3-1

1 NM Kamal Arifin Wahiduddin (2119) vs Ooi Boon Seng Andrew (1834 ) 1-0

2 Rizal Ahmad Kamal (1995) vs Roslina Marmono (1951) 1/2-1/2

3 Baharin Samsul vs Yat Guo Jie 1/2-1/2

4 Hamzah Razali (1675) vs Najib Wahab 1-0

17 Chess Club vs X - Factor 1/2 - 3 1/2

1 Kamaluddin Yusof (2177) vs Fm Tze-Meng Mok (2389) 0-1

2 Mat Zaki Yeop 1650 vs Kanagenthiran Premnath 0-1

3 Ismail Mohamed Bin vs Kumar Sri Shiva 1/2-1/2

4 Salleh Akmal vs 1 Parimanan Paul 0-1

Caviaga 4 - 0 4 EON Bank Berhad

1 IM Lim Yee-Weng (2336) vs Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali (2044) 1-0

2 Che Hassan Abdullah (2109) vs Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor (2012) 1-0

3 Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi (2092) vs Prabha Rajendran 1-0

4 Soh Gerald Han Loong (2088) vs Saparuddin Noorazhar Shah 1-0

Team AU vs Storm Warriers 4-0

1 FM Ooi Chern Ee (2357) 1 : 0 Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan 1944 1-0

2 Zakaria Mohd Fairin (2201) vs Lee Boon Why 1-0

3 Tham Tick Hong Jax (2074) vs Mohamad Radzi Ahmad Firdaus 1- 0

4 Ibrahim Mohd Irman vs Joon Yi Koh 1-0

Pricewaterhouse vs Tan & Tan 4-0

1 Husain Hazril vs Ismail Hisyam 1-0

2 Chong Hean Ooi (2106) vs Chan Mun Fye 1-0

3 Cheok Fung Cheah (1994) vs Dato' Tan Chin Nam 1- 0

4 Yaw Chong Chew (2009) vs Chong Lim 1-0

World Cup 2009 - Round 1, Negi Parimarjan-Vadim Milov

DATMO 2009 champion - Negi Parimarjan (photo right) win his first round game against strong Swiss GM - Vadim Milov. Below is the game.

Negi Parimarjan (2620) vs Vadim Milov (2652)

World Cup 2009, Round 1, Game 1, 21.11.09

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5

8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 b6 14. a4 Ne7

15. Rfe1 c5 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. h4 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bf5 19. h5 Ne7 20. Rd2 Rg8 21. Nf4

Be6 22. c4 Kb7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. Re4 Re8 26. Rg4 Kc8 27. Rd3 Ne7

28. Kf1 Nf5 29. Nf3 Rd8 30. Ke2 Be7 31. Rg6 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 Bf8 34.Rxe6 !? An interesting move. Negi surely have consider that his rook will be trap after... 34...Ne7 35. Nh4 Kd7 36. Rg6 Nxg6 37. Nxg6

Although white is an exchange down, his kingside pawn majority give him a strong play . On the other hand, black queenside pawn majority is only artifical and his pieces is passive.

37...Ke8 38. f4 Be7 39. g4 c6 40. Bc3 Kf7 ?

Black should have defend passively with 40...Rd7 and pray for the best . 41. e6+ ! Kxe6 42. Bxg7 Bf6 43. Bxh6 Kf7 44. Bg5 Re8+ 45. Kf3 Bd4 46. Be7! 46.Ne7! also win 46... b5 46... Rxe7 47. Nxe7 Kxe7 48. g5 b5 49. f5 [white doesn't have to entertain black's pawn , for e.g 49. cxb5 ? cxb5 50. Ke4 (50. axb5 c4 51. bxc4 a4) 50... bxa4 51. bxa4] 49... bxc4 50. bxc4 47. f5 bxa4 48. bxa4 Rb8 49. h6 Rb3+ 50. Ke4 50. Rc3 51...Re3+ 51. Kf4 Rxe7 52. Nxe7 Kxe7 53. g5 win 51. g5 Rxc4 ? 52. Ne5+ ! Bxe5+ 53. Kxe5 Kxe7 54. h7 Rh4 55. g6 Kf8 56. f6 1-0

World Youth 2009 Round 10 update

The Malaysian players will play their last round game today. Below is their last night performance.

Round 10 results

Under 8

Amier Hamzah win against Ramazan Zhalmakhanov ( Kazakhstan)

Teh De Juan lost to Kucuk Dogokan (Turkey)

Summary

Amier Hamzah has 7.5 points points , 8th place, and will meet Tanuj Vasudeva (USA) in round 11

Teh De Juan has 5 points , 67 th place, and will meet Ayhan Kocacoglu (Turkey) in round 11

Under 8 (Girls)

Teh De Zen win against Cigdem Onur (Turkey)

Summary

Teh De Zen has 6 points , 24th place, and will meet Mariyain Manannikova (Russia) round 11

Under 10 (Girls)

Nur Najiha Azman win against Mihaela Blazeka (Crotia)

Summary

Nur Najiha Azman has5 points , 44th place, and will meet Strgacich Aylen (Argentina) in round 11

Under 12

Mohd Irfan Azhar win agaisnt Abe Mahiro (Japan)

Summary

Mohd Irfan Azhar has 4.5 points , 98th place, and will meet Zmushko Filipp (Belarus) in round 11

Under 12 (Girls)

Nur Nabila Azman lost to WCM Sarah Chiang (USA)

Camilia Johari lost to Daria Rodionova (Russia)

Summary

Nur Nabila Azman has 6.5 points , 13th place, and will meet Patel Yesim (Turkey) in round 11

Camilia Johari has 4 points , 73rd place, and will meet Wertz Clara (Belgium) in round 11

Under 14

Wong Jianwei lost to Lars Rindlisbacher (Switzerland)

Elgin Lee lost to Diyap Buyukasik (Turkey)

Summary

Wong Jianwei has 5 points , 79th place, and will meet ...in round 11

Elgin Lee has 4.5 points , 86th place, and will meet Murchadha Oissine (????) in round 11

Under 14 (Girls)

Hoh Tjin Li draw against Ekaterina Beshukova (Russia)

Summary

Hoh Tjin Lee has 3.5 points , 88th place, and will meet Ismailov Mukhit (Kazakhstan) in round 11

Under 16

Sumant Subramaniam draw against Samir Oglu Huseyn Orkhan (Azerbaijan)

Summary

Sumant Subramaniam has 4.5 points , 81st place, and will meet Kerigan Demre (Turkey) in round 11.

p/s: Demre Kerigran is my friend in Internet Chess Club! We play blitz games before !

source: official site

FIDE World Cup 2009 start !

The World Chess Cup 2009 is being in Khanty-Mansiysk from 20 th of November to 15 th of December, 2009. The World Chess Cup (World Cup) is an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011.

There are 128 qualifiers (in order of priority): World Champion + four (4) semi-finalists from the World Cup

2007, Women's World Champion, World Junior U-20 Champions 2007 & 2008, twenty (20) rated players as rating of July 2008 plus rating of January 2009 divided by 2,

ninety (90) players from Continental Championships, six (6) FIDE President nominees, four (4) organiser nominees.

128 participants from all over the world will clash their brain in this knock out event to determined the sole champion which will qualified to Candidates stage of the World Championship cycle 2009-2011.

There shall be six (6) rounds of matches comprising two (2) games per round, with the winners progressing to the next

round, plus the final seventh (7th) round comprising of four (4) games.

The schedule of the World Cup 2009:

20 November: Opening Ceremony / Players Meeting
21 November: Round 1 - Game 1
22 November: Round 1 - Game 2
23 November: Tiebreaks
24 November: Round 2 - Game 1
25 November: Round 2 - Game 2
26 November: Tiebreaks
27 November: Round 3 - Game 1
28 November: Round 3 - Game 2
29 November: Tiebreaks
30 November: Round 4 - Game 1
01 December: Round 4 - Game 2
02 December: Tiebreaks
03 December: Round 5 - Game 1
04 December: Round 5 - Game 2
05 December: Tiebreaks
06 December: Round 6 - Game 1
07 December: Round 6 - Game 2
08 December: Tiebreaks
09 December: Free Day
10 December: Round 7 - Game 1
11 December: Round 7 - Game 2
12 December: Round 7 - Game 3
13 December: Round 7 - Game 4
14 December: Tiebreaks / Closing Ceremony
15 December: Departures

official site here

source: FIDE

Nur Nabila Azman lost to WCM Chiang Sarah

Nabila lost to American - WCM Chiang Sarah (photo right) in round 10, World Youth 2009 (under 12 girls).
According to chessbase.com past article :-

Sarah Chiang from Texas is World Youth 2007 (Under 10) silver medalist . It is the first medal for a USA girl in history! Sarah is also fierce off the board – she has a black belt in karate!


WCM Chiang Sarah - Nur Nabila Azman Hisham [A40]
World Youth (Under 12 Girls) Round 10, 21.11.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0–0 7.Bd3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Rc1 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Na4 Theory recommend 12.Qe2 12...Rc8 13.Bf5

13...Rc7?!

correct is 13...Ne4 . Now black will be attack by white's bishops 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Ne5 c4 16.Nc3 g6 17.Bh3 17...Nxe5? Black can still save the rook with 17...Rc5 and white advantage is minimum 18.Bxc8 Nf3+ 19.Qxf3 Qxc8 20.Qe2 White obviously ahead in material 20...Rd8 21.Rfd1 Qc6 22.f3 Nh5 23.Be5 Ng7 24.Rd2 White missed the strong move 24.e4! dxe4 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Nxe4 24...Ne6 25.Rcd1 Qc5 26.Kf2 f5 27.f4 Kf7 28.Kf1 better is 28.g4! opening lines towards black's king 28...Nf8 29.Qf3 Ba8? 29...Nd7 is better 30.Nxd5 Qb5 31.Kg1 Bc5 32.Kh1 White's wisely release her king from being pinned 32...h5 33.e4 fxe4 34.Qxe4 Re8 35.Qc2 Bxd5 black is losing 36.Rxd5 Re6?! 37.h3 Re8 38.Bd6 Nd7 39.f5 g5 40.Qd2 Qc6 41.Bxc5 Nxc5 42.Rd6 Qe4 43.Qxg5 1-0 It's mate in 9 (maximum) according to Fritz

Sarah Chiang photo from chessbase.com

Haji Rapid Chess and First Saturday (Classical)

Jax Tham will organised two chess event - Haji Rapid (28th-29th November 2009 ) and First Saturday (Classical) on 5th and 6th December 2009. Both event will be held at the Excell Chess Academy, Jalan Kelang Lama, Kuala Lumpur. Click the link provided for details.

DATCC Individual Round 5

20th November 2009 - The round 5 of the DATCC Individual FIDE Rated event saw Abdullah Che Hassan leading the pack after victory against Low Jun Jian. He is now the new leader with 4.5 points followed by NM Edward Lee who have 4 points after splitting the points with the first seed- Kamaluddin Yusof.

Below is Round 5 photos and game analysis.

1st seed - Kamaluddin Yusof vs second seed- NM Edward Lee ended in a draw

Francois Wolfaardt -(right) from South Africa lost to Joshua Foong

Low Jun Jian - Abdullah Che Hassan

DATCC Individual, Round 5, 20.11.09

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 Did Abdullah went to Yee Weng Sicilian Dragon seminar !? 6. f4 A good chooice by white. He opt for lesser known (studied) -The Levenfish Variation . Everybody knows that the Yugoslav Attack formation with Be3-f3- Qd2-Bc4 is the main line and surely been studied throughly by any Dragon practitioner. 6...Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd4 So far so theory, however 11...Nf6?! A normal looking move to protect the rook on h8 but actually it is not accurate . Theory "said" that black should "defense" the rook with 11... Bg7 ! 12. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Rf8 followed by wild lines which you all can check on your own :) 13. Re1 Bg7? black should play 13... Be6 blocking the e-file and protecting the d5 pawn

Low on his way to play 14.Qa4?!

14. Qa4?! White can win instantly with 14. Nxd5!! for eg. 14...cxd5 [if 14... Nxd5 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Bb5 cxb5 (16... Nxe3 17. Bxc6+ Bd7 18. Bxa8) 17. Bc5]15. Bd2 Qxe1+ (15... Ne4 16. Qxg7) 16. Bxe1 winning) 14... O-O Now black King is safe , Abdullah start his own active play 15. Qxc6 True to his style, Abdullah doesn't mind giving pawn(s) as long as he has the initiative/attack . In this case, white will be heavily pressured along the a1-g7 diagonal and on the b- file after...15...Rb8 16. Qc5 Qb7 Of course black prefer to keep his queen rather then exchange it 17. Nd1 ? Black choose a passive defense. He should opt for a draw possibilities by offering a queen exchange with 17. Qb5 Qa8 (if 17...Qc7 18.Qc5) 18. Qc5 ) 17... Ne4 ! The Gufeld bishop has alive ! White fell the pressured on b2 18. Qa3 Bf5 19. Ba6 Qc6 20. Bd3 d4 21. Bg1 Nc5

21... Rfe8 is probably better 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bf2 Rfc8 24. Kb1 Ne4 24... Na6!

keeps an even firmer grip for e.g 25. Re2 Nb4! 25. Re2 ?! black must block black's d pawn with 25. Qd3 25... Rb7 Abdullah missed 25... d3! 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Qa3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Qb5+ 31. Kc1 Qxe2 26. Rhe1 Rcb8 27. b3 Rc8 28. g4 d3 29. cxd3 Nxf2?! Black should have mantain the pressure with 29... Qb5 and not worried if black 30.dxe4? because he has the desicive 30...Qxc2+! 30. Nxf2

30....fxg4? During the game, i was shock when Abdullah pick this move. He voluntarily give white's knight a new life 31. Nxg4 White not only get an active knight, he has also a possible attack on the g-file-thanks to Abdullah 3oth move. 31...Qd7 32. Nf2?! To be fair for the players, they are in time trouble at this point, if not white probably can find 32.Qa6! attacking the b7 bishop and threatening Nf6+ . Black can't play 32...Rb6 because white has 33.Qxc8+!! Qxc8 34.Re8+ winning ! 32... h6 33. Re4 Rbc7 34. Qa5? White should not let black's rook enter the 7th rank even at the cost of giving his queen for two rook for e.g 34. R1e2 Rc1+ 35.Qxc1 Rxc1 36.Kxc1 and it's white who has the upper hand! 34... Rc2 Now black regain his advantage 35. Re8+ Kh7

Low Jun Juan on his way to play 36.d4

36. d4 probably white have better chance to save the game with 36. R8e2 Bc3 37. Qh5 Bxe1 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Kxc2 Bxf2 although i doubt he can safe the game 36... Rxf2 37. R1e7 For fun sake, if white choose 37. R8e7 black has interesting line involving a temporary queen sacrifiece 37...Qh3 38. R7e3 Bxd4!! 39. Rxh3 Rb2+ 40. Ka1 Rxb3+ 41. Rc3 Bxc3+ winning

37...Qxe8 Black is clearly winning but with Abdullah , he always opt for fancy alternative. Fritz 11 however announce mate in 15 (maximum) with 37... Rf1+! 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qa5 Ree2 41. Qc3 Rf1+ 0-1

Rank after round 5

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd. 2.Rd. 3.Rd. 4.Rd. 5.Rd. 6.Rd. Pts BH.

1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 2109 MAS 7 b 1 3 w 1 12 b 1 2 w ½ 9 b 1 6 w 4½ 17½

2 2 Lee Kim Han Edward 2114 MAS 15 w 1 21 b 1 10 w 1 1 b ½ 5 w ½ 3 b 4 15½

3 13 Thian Loon Ong 1649 MAS 23 w 1 1 b 0 24 w 1 20 b 1 10 w 1 2 w 4 12½

4 5 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 2000 MAS 18 b 1 8 w 1 9 b 0 6 w 1 7 b ½ 5 b 3½ 16

5 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 2177 MAS 11 b 1 19 w 1 6 b ½ 9 w ½ 2 b ½ 4 w 3½ 16

6 4 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 2044 MAS 20 w 1 14 b 1 5 w ½ 4 b 0 13 w 1 1 b 3½ 14

7 18 Mohd Ali Chor 1529 MAS 1 w 0 23 b 1 21 w 1 16 b 1 4 w ½ 8 w 3½ 14

8 14 Hisyam Ismail 1636 MAS 29 w 1 4 b 0 13 w ½ 15 b 1 14 w 1 7 b 3½ 12

9 7 Jun Jian Low 1896 MAS 17 b ½ 11 w 1 4 w 1 5 b ½ 1 w 0 10 b 3 17

10 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 1586 MAS 30 b 1 25 w 1 2 b 0 12 w 1 3 b 0 9 w 3 13

11 16 Joshua Foong 1543 MAS 5 w 0 9 b 0 22 w 1 23 b 1 21 w 1 12 w 3 12½

12 6 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 1944 MAS 28 w 1 16 b 1 1 w 0 10 b 0 20 w 1 11 b 3 12½

13 25 Guo Jie Yat 1368 MAS 25 b ½ 17 w ½ 8 b ½ 18 w 1 6 b 0 21 w 2½ 13½

14 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 1650 MAS 27 b 1 6 w 0 18 b ½ 17 w 1 8 b 0 19 w 2½ 13½

15 17 Jun Keat Low 1531 MAS 2 b 0 26 w 1 17 b ½ 8 w 0 25 b 1 18 w 2½ 12½

16 12 Sahir Sarifdin 1649 MAS 22 b 1 12 w 0 28 b 1 7 w 0 19 b ½ 17 w 2½ 12

17 22 Lim Chong 1419 MAS 9 w ½ 13 b ½ 15 w ½ 14 b 0 28 w 1 16 b 2½ 11

18 20 Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 1495 MAS 4 w 0 29 b 1 14 w ½ 13 b 0 24 w 1 15 b 2½ 11

19 8 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 1870 MAS 24 w 1 5 b 0 20 w 0 28 b 1 16 w ½ 14 b 2½ 10

20 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 1508 MAS 6 b 0 27 w 1 19 b 1 3 w 0 12 b 0 22 w 2 14½

21 9 Francois Wolfaardt, 1802 RSA 26 b 1 2 w 0 7 b 0 27 w 1 11 b 0 13 b 2 13

22 28 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 1297 MAS 16 w 0 28 - - 11 b 0 26 b 1 29 w 1 20 b 2 8

23 27 Jun Yi Low 1301 MAS 3 b 0 7 w 0 30 b 1 11 w 0 27 b ½ 26 w 1½ 12½

24 23 Saleh Fikri 1417 MAS 19 b 0 30 w 1 3 b 0 25 w ½ 18 b 0 27 w 1½ 11

25 10 Ruslan Haslindah 1705 MAS 13 w ½ 10 b 0 26 w ½ 24 b ½ 15 w 0 29 b 1½ 10½

26 24 Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 1374 MAS 21 w 0 15 b 0 25 b ½ 22 w 0 30 - + 23 b 1½ 9

27 26 Shamsuddin Sabri 1352 MAS 14 w 0 20 b 0 29 w 1 21 b 0 23 w ½ 24 b 1½ 9

28 21 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 1457 MAS 12 b 0 22 - + 16 w 0 19 w 0 17 b 0 30 b 1 13

29 29 Yu Kang Yang 1191 MAS 8 b 0 18 w 0 27 b 0 30 w 1 22 b 0 25 w 1 10½

30 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 MAS 10 w 0 24 b 0 23 w 0 29 b 0 26 - - 28 w 0 8




DATCC Individual Weekender 2009

Round 6

Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.

1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 4½ 3½ Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 4

2 13 Thian Loon Ong 4 4 Lee Kim Han Edward 2

3 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 3½ 3½ Kit-Tze Mark Siew 5

4 18 Mohd Ali Chor 3½ 3½ Hisyam Ismail 14

5 16 Joshua Foong 3 3 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 6

6 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 3 3 Jun Jian Low 7

7 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 2½ 2½ Wei Hao (U12) Tan 8

8 12 Sahir Sarifdin 2½ 2½ Lim Chong 22

9 17 Jun Keat Low 2½ 2½ Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 20

10 25 Guo Jie Yat 2½ 2 Francois Wolfaardt, 9

11 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 2 2 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 28

12 23 Saleh Fikri 1½ 1½ Shamsuddin Sabri 26

13 27 Jun Yi Low 1½ 1½ Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 24

14 29 Yu Kang Yang 1 1½ Ruslan Haslindah 10

15 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 1 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 21

DATCC Individual Weekender 2009

Lim Yee Weng is officially an International Master !

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Malaysia welcomed another International Master (IM) - Lim Yee Weng ! Click here to see his FIDE chess profile.

Out of book as early as move 4 !

Below is my game against Frankie Lee (Pricewaterhouse) in the 2nd round of DATCC Team League held last Tuesday.

Frankie Lee (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) vs Hairulov (Nusa Mahkota)

2nd DATCC Team, Round 2, 17.11.2009

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 The first time i faced the Bishop Opening in serious game. After the normal 2.Nf3 , i have played the Petroff 2...Nf6 in the past. 2...Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5


Rizal Ahmad Kamal - After that night, I recalled besides the normal theoretical 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 (as I pointed out) and 4.Bxf7+ as we analyzed, there is also the more reliable 4.Qh5!? Nd6 5.Bb3 etc. I shall not gove the details of theory here, but it is a worthy line to be studied


Hairulov- the line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 4.Qh5!? Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 is call Frankenstein-Dracula Variation of the Vienna 


 4. f4 Believe it or not, i've already out of book after only move 4. During the game, i consider two option - 4...exf4 and 4...d6, however i choose the third option 4...Bxg1 Probably not the best move but i enjoy seeing White's king stuck in the centre and losing the right to castle on the king side 5. fxe5

The computer prefer 5.Rxg1 and as my friend Rizal said, the position looks like the Keres Attack ( Sicilian Defense)! 5...Bd4 Fritz gave 5... Nxe4! as the best move 6. Nxe4 Qh4+ 6. exf6 Qxf6

7. Rf1 White's attack on f7 looks decisive at first but my king found a "shelter" on the d8 square !? 7...Qh4+ 8. g3 Qxh2 9. Bxf7+ Kd8 I forgive all of you for thinking that this game is between two beginner. We both seems not to know the rule of castling! 10. Qg4 h6 This tiny little move is to stop white from playing 11.Qg5+ Bf6 12.Rxf6! 11. Ne2 d6 12. Qf3 During the game, i taught my queen will be trap after white play Rh1 next, fortunately i found a resource to save "my lady" 12...Nc6! 13. Rh1

Ne5 14. Qf1 Of course 14.Rxh2 lost to 14...Nxf3+ 14...Qf2+!

I think Frankie missed this move because he spend a lot of time over it. 15. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rf8 black regain the piece and we agreed to split the point 1/2-1/2

2nd DATCC Team League : Round 2

Below is the second round result for the 2nd DATCC Team League held on Tuesday, 17th November 2009.


Round 2

1.1 1 Pricewaterhouse 2½ - 1½ 10 Nusa Mahkota

1 Hazril Husain ½ : ½ Kamalariffin Wahiduddin

2 Cheah Cheok Fong 1 : 0 Rusdi Sidi

3 Frankie Lee ½ : ½ Hairul Abdul Hamid

4 Chew Yaw Chong ½ : ½ Samsul Baharin

1.2 2 Tan & Tan 0 - 4 9 Team AU

1 Subramaniam 0 : 1 Ooi Chern Ee

2 Hisyam Ismail 0 : 1 Mohd Fairin Zakaria

3 Chan Mun Fye 0 : 1 Jax Tham

4 Abd Hamid Majid 0 : 1 Khausal Khandar

1.3 3 Storm Warriers 0 - 4 8 Caviaga

1 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 0 : 1 Lim Yee Weng

2 Lee Boon Why 0 : 1 Edward Lee Kim Han

3 Mark Siew 0 : 1 Abdullah Che Hassan

4 Chuan Haw Wooi 0 : 1 Yeap Eng Chiam

1.4 4 EON Bank Berhad 1½ - 2½ 7 17 Chess Club

1 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali ½ : ½ Kamaluddin Yusof

2 Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor 1 : 0 Mat Zaki Yeop

3 Tan Chee Hock 0 : 1 Mohamed Bin Ismail

4 Sri Raman S Sreenivasan 0 : 1 Sabir Sarifdin

1.5 5 X - Factor 2½ - 1½ 6 DATCC

1 Premnath 1 : 0 Andrew Ooi

2 Sri Shiva ½ : ½ Shamsudin Sabri

3 Paul Paramarajan 0 : 1 Roslina Marmono

4 Lim Teng Soon 1 : 0 Yat Guo Jie

Round 2

No. SNo. Team Res. Team SNo.

1 1 Pricewaterhouse 2½ - 1½ Nusa Mahkota 10

2 2 Tan & Tan 0 - 4 Team AU 9

3 3 Storm Warriers 0 - 4 Caviaga 8

4 4 EON Bank Berhad 1½ - 2½ 17 Chess Club 7

5 5 X - Factor 2½ - 1½ DATCC 6

Nurnabila Azman - Nicolas Zapata LIVE

Thanks to Marcus Yeoh who sms me about this live game which can be view from the official site here

Nur Nabila Azman Hisham - Nicolas Zapata
World Youth 2009, Round 5, Girls (Under 12) 16.11.2009

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 Gruenfeld Defense has regained it popularity - thanks to the recent Kasparov-Karpov match ! 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qb3 Theory recommend 10...Be3 10...Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Qa3 Bg4 Black intention is clear, she's willing to sac her c5 pawn to target white's d4 pawn. At the same time her g7 bishop @ Gufeld bishop help to control the a1-h8 diagonal and eyeing white's rook on a1 13. Qc1 I think white has spend to much time with her queen in the opening stage. Probably taking the pawn with 13.dxc5 is better 13...Rac8

Sorry guys, i won't be able to proceed with the live commentary. Follow the game live at the official site or go to Marcus Yeoh blog here

PC Problemo!

As some of you may have noticed recently, this blog has not update important tournament such as the Malaysian junior progress in World Youth 2009 in Turkey and the Tal Memorial 2009.

Unfortunately the reason is because my home PCs and wireless network was infected by spy ware and it has effect my Internet connection. I have send my PC to my good friend - Rusdi Sidi who own a computer shop in Bangi. I hope he can fix it as soon as possible because i know he is one of my "fanatic" blog follower !

For local readers who are (always) hungry for update especially on Malaysian juniors progress in Turkey, you can follow this blog - Malaysian at World Youth Chess Competition 2009 by Azman Che Doi who is there as the coach and accompanying parent! For the FIDE rated DATCC Individual and Team league, followed DATCC blog.

I will be updating... of course F.O.C :) for you all as soon as my PC problem being fix, thank you for all your encouragement and support.

By the way, i found that the shout box is recently full with racist and unhealthy discussion...as you all know, i will not tolerate and will delete/ban comment which didn't follow my shout box etique and rules.

Malaysian Masters (SEMI FINAL) - IM Yee Weng vs FM Nicholas Chan

The Malaysian Masters Semi Finals Knock Out Match between newly crowned IM Lim Yee Weng vs FM Nicholas Chan will be played over 2 days as follows:


Friday, 27 Nov 2009

Game 1 0930
Game 2 1500

Saturday, 28 Nov 2009

Game 3 0930
Game 4 1500

In the event there is a tied (2-2) result, then the playoff rapid match will be held on Sunday, 29 Nov.

All games will be held in Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Center in Wilayah Kompleks. Spectators are welcome to watch.

Wonderkids ( Li Tian & Li Ting) Training in China !

11th November 2009 - Two Malaysian wonder kid and potential GM and WGM – Yeoh Li Tian and NWM Tan Li Ting will be send to Beijing to undergo a 6 week chess training under the surveillance of the coaches from the new chess powerhouse country – China !

A sending off dinner for NWM Tan Li Ting and Yeoh Li Tian being held today at the CitiTel Hotel, Kuala Lumpur .

Dinner Attanded by Dato’ Tan Chin Nam, Dato’ Alan Tong Kok Mau, Ibrahim Abu Bakar, Abdul Hamid Majid MCF Vice Presedints, Gregory Lau Secretary, IM Giam Choo Kwee, Lim Tse Pin – Selangor Chess Assistant Secretary. Parents of Tan Li Ting, and Yeoh Li Tian and theirs family.

Source: Sirajuddin

IM Lim Yee Weng Sicilian Dragon Seminar Update!

I received and email from IM elect - Lim Yee Weng regarding his IM title. According to him, FIDE has just informed that his title has been confirmed and the international chess body will update on his status in FIDE's website.

Below is one of his game as a preview/appetizer for the upcoming lecture on the Sicilian Dragon.

Anonymous vs Lim Yee Weng

Royal Selangor Juniors (Under 12) 1993

As an introduction to my favorite opening, the Dragon, I would like to show

one of the interesting games that i played as a 11 year old boy against a top

Malaysian player. Hopefully, it will inspire you to pick up this fantastic

opening too. Well, if Radjabov & Kasparov's pupil, Magnus Carlsen plays it on

a regular basis too - why not you? 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6

5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 Why is this opening

called the Dragon? Just take a look at Black's pawn structure? What does it

resemble? 10. O-O-O

The incredibly complicated & interesting

Yugoslav Attack - used by World Champions such as Fischer, Karpov & Anand as

White! 10… Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5

This is my preferred move. However, in the

World Championship match in 1995 against Anand, Kasparov (playing the Dragon

as Black) opted for 11....Rc8 and won the game after only 31 moves! (11... Rc8

12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 Qa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.

Nf4 Rfc8 19. Ncd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Re1 Rb8 23. b3 Rc5 24.

Nf4 Rbc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. a3 Kg7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. b4? axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Nb6

?? Rxb4+ 31. Ka3 Rxc2

0-1 Anand,V (2725)-Kasparov,G (2795) 12.

Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. g4 Rac8 A standard position has arose

here where White opts to pawn storm the Black King on the Kingside & Black

counterattacks the White King with his pieces on the Queenside 16. Nb3 (16. h5

usually transposes back to the main line with Rxc3!

Yes! Again the same combo! 17. Nb3 ? (17. bxc3 Bxg4 ! 18. hxg6 (18. Nb3 Qa6

19. fxg4 Nxe4 see actual game) (18. fxg4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Nxc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxa2+ 21.

Kb2 Rc6 22. Kb1 Rb6+ 23. Nb3 Rxb3+ 24. Qxb3 Nc3+ 25. Kb2 Nxd1+ 26. Kc1 Nxe3)

18... hxg6 19. Bh6 Bh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf5+ gxf5 22. Rdg1+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Ke8

24. Rxh5 Qb6+ 0-1 Grey,P-Hoffman,A Reno 1999.) 17.. Qa6 transposes back to

the actual game but maybe Black should try the aesthetic looking 17... Nxe4 !

(17... Qa6 18. bxc3 Bxg4! see actual game) 18. fxe4 (18. Nxa5

Nxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Rxc2 black have big advantage ) 18... Rxb3!

19. axb3 or (19. Qxa5

Rxb2+ 20. Ka1 (20. Kc1 Rcxc2#) 20... Rb5+ nets the queen.) 19... Qxd2 20.

Rxd2 Bxg4with slight advantage to black 16... Qa6 17. h5 Bxg4!

18. e5!

In the actual game, White played 18. fxg4 Rxc3!

and received a nasty shock when I played 19. bxc3 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nxc3+

21. Kc1 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Nxd1 23. Kxd1 Qxa2

and White resigned a few moves later 18... Bxf3 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. hxg6 hxg6

21. Bg5 White seeks to exchange of Black's dark square Bishop as

it is the most important piece here. Why? It plays a dual role by defending

Black's King & at the same time also assist in attacking White's King! Bxc3

22. bxc3 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxc3! After either 24.Qh2 & 24. Bf6 it appears that

White threat of checkmate is unstoppable. Is there any counterblows you can

think of for Black? Here are 2 tactical puzzles FOR YOU TO SOLVE 24. Qh2

24. Bf6 does it REALLY end with 24... Kf8? 25.

Qh8# Well stay tuned cause the answer will be revealed in due course . I

hope you have enjoyed this game. There are many more of these interesting &

inspiring Dragon games to come on Sunday, 16 November 2009. Don't forget to

book a place for yourself early! 0-1 - from IM Lim Yee Weng

Carlsen-Aronian, Kramnik- Svidler - Tal Memorial

According to source, several players of the Tal Memorial have been infected with flu. Among others is Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik. Will this effect their play in round 4? Lets see…

GM Magnus Carlsen (2801) – GM Levon Aronian (2786)
Tal Memorial, Round 4, 8.9.09

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nd2

Flu variation ? This move looks odds but a 2800+ player must know what he’s doing 9…Bb7 10. Nce4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nb3 c5 14.dxc5 Qd5 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Qe5 17. Qe1 Bd5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21.b4 Nxc3 22. Kf2 a5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Bxc5 25. Bb2 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Bb4 27.Ra1 Rd2+ 28. Kf1 Rxb2 29. a6 Bc5 30. Rc1 g6 31. Rxc5 Ra2 32. Rxb5 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

GM Vladimir Kramnik (2772) – GM Peter Svidler (2754)
Tal Memorial, Round 4, 8.9.09

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 Svidler stay loyal with his favourite opening – Gruenfeld although he suffered terrible beating by the World Champ- Vishy Anand last night! 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Na6 12. h4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. h5 Rad8
15. hxg6 Bxg6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Rf6 18. Ne5 Qa4 19. Qe3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg5 Re4+ 24. Be2 Kf6 25. Rh5 Kg6 26. g4 Rf8 27.Rd1 Rf6 28. Rh8 Kg7 29. Rd8 Rb6 30. f3 Re3 31. Rd3 Re5 32. Kf2 Rh6 33. Bf1 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. d6 exd6 36. R3xd6 Re7 37. R6d7 1-0

DATCC vs NMCC friendly on the news !

I missed to buy The Star last Friday but when i “glanced” trough the online version, i noticed that Quah Seng Sun has publish an article on the recent NMCC-DATCC friendly match. Seng Sun - a respectable chess columnist ask me to send the friendly match photo last two week and i’m happy to see the photo was included in his article.

My previous article on the friendly match is here

Anand-Svidler Round 3, Tal Memorial

Anand- Svidler

Tal Memorial, Round 3, 7.11.09

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 Svidler is a well known expert in Gruenfeld Opening. 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 It seems that nowadays top layer prefer to avoid the main line of Gruenfeld Defense. The 5.Bd2 is a rather off beat system. White’s idea is to capture at c3 with his bishop after black play  Nxc3 5…Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 However black’s is not force to take at c3. After 6…Nxc3 7.Bxc3 black bishop on g7 is neutralised! 7. Be3 Now there is no more Bc3 option, white bishop move to a more decent square and protect his d4 pawn.  7…O-O 8. h3 White prevent Bg4 8…e5 8…f5 is another strong option 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qe7 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nb4 14. Rc1 Be6 15. b3 a6 16. Be2 Nc6
17. O-O f6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bf7 20. Nh2 Be6 21. f4 Nd4 22. f5 Bf7 23. Ng4
gxf5 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qf2 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd6 ??

A serious blunder which will cost black more or less a piece after 27. Rd1!  c5 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. b4!

Black knight at d4 and b6 is hanging for e.g after  29…Rc8 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Rexd4 Qxc3 32.
Rd8+ *