KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA PARLIMEN DUNGUN TAHUN 2011

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA PARLIMEN DUNGUN TAHUN 2011

Piala Pusingan : Sumbangan YB Ahli Parlimen Dungun

Anjuran Bersama :

1.       Pejabat YB Ahli Parlimen Dungun, Terengganu

2.       Mayang Sari Resort, Dungun

3.       Terengganu Chess Association (TCA)

Maklumat Pertandingan:

Tarikh :                6 – 7 Mei 2011

Hari :                      Jumaat dan  Sabtu

Tempat :              Mayang Sari Resort,Dungun.

Ian Udani win Lim Chong Memorial

Ian Udani win the 1st Lim Chong Memorial Chess Championship which was successfully held at the Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC) today. The tournament saw many big names such as IM Mashafizul Helmi, IM Jimmy Liew, IM Tan Lian Ann (Singapore), FM Ooi Chern Ee, newly crowned National Master - Lim Zhou Ren, NM Yeoh Chin Seng, CM Fadli Zakaria just to name a few. All in all, 70 players took part in this  6 rounds event with 25 minutes time control.

Ian Udani with the trophy

Full results is at chess-results.com

Penang will represent Malaysian in the 17th Asian Cities Chess Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia (21-29 April 2011)

Dubai Cup

Penang State Team has confirmed and will represent Malaysian in The 17th  Asian Cities Chess Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia from  21-29 April 2011.  This is as accordance to MCF Selection Guidelines March 2010.

38th Selangor Open offer big money!

The 38th Selangor Open will be held from 28th April till 2nd May 2011 at the Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC), Wilayah Kompleks, Kuala Lumpur.  For further details, click Chess Asssociation of Selangor's blog here

The total prize fund  is RM 7,500 and the Champion will  receive RM 2,500 cash! I bet many strong players will turn up for this event.

INSOFAR 2ND ELITE OPEN (Preliminary 4)

LAST CHANCE!!

INSOFAR

2^ND ELITE OPEN

(Preliminary 4)

DATE: Saturday 26^th March 2011

Swindle blues

Sabahan player - Masrin Erowan had a lucky moment when he managed to swindle a losing position against National Junior player - Mark Siew Kit Tze in the recently conclude - National Closed Championship.

Masrin Erowan - Mark Siew Kit Tze

Round 6, National Closed, 18.3.2011

White to move

Below is the important stage in the game. White is threatening to destroy black's defense with fxg6 while black is threatening Nf3+.

 27. fxg6?!  White mixed up the move order. He should have play 27. Qf4 first before playing fxg6. Now black will get white's queen after...


27... Nf3+ Looking at his face during the game, i believe Masrin had commit a mistake.


28. Qxf3 White will simply lost a piece if he choose to move his king  for e.g 28.Kg2 or 28.Kh1 will be answer with 28...Nxd4 so white decide to sac his queen to complicate matters.    


28...Bxf3 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxf3+  Black has managed to capture white's queen but the game is far from over. White pieces is all in active position.


30... Kg8 31. Nd5 Masrin told me after the game that he think he had a good compensation here.

31....Kg7?  Actually 31... Kh8  will give black the advantage. Play might continue 32. Rh3 Rcd8! 33.Rxh5+ Kg7 and now white bishop on e3 and knight on d5 is in danger.   32. Nf6 

32...h4?? This is a serious  blunder. 32... Rxe3 giving back some material  or 32... Re7 and the game is still unclear.


33. Rd7+ Now black is clearly lost.


33... Kf8 33... Kg6 is no good for e.g  34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rf6+ Kh5 36. Rh7+ Kg4 37. Rf4+ Kxg5 38. Rfxh4+ Kg6 39. R4h6+ Kf5 40. Rh5+ Ke4 41. Rxa5 win


34. Ng4+ 34.g6 threatening 35.g7++ checkmate is stronger but white is winning anyway.  


34...Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Bd4+ Re5 36... Qe5  cannot change what is in store for  37. Rf8+ Mate attack 37... Rxf8 38. Bxe5+ Rf6 39. Bxf6#


37. Bxe5+ 1-0 Black resign because he will lost the queen and the game after 37. ... Qxe5 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nxe5

Lim Zhuo Ren and Nur Nabila Azman Hisham is the new National Master and National Women Master!

NM Lim Zhuo Ren

20th March 2011 - Lim Zhuo Ren win the 2011 National Closed  which conclude today at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur. Lim will be our 29th National Master (NM) and this victory is another great results for him after winning the National Junior Master last year.

WCM and NWM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham

In the women section, WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham is hail as this year champion. She will be  the 12th National Women Master (NWM).

Congratulation to both champions!

Open Final result is here

Women Final result is here

Official site is here

Round 5 : NM Edward Lee - IM Jimmy Liew : 1-0

NM Edward Lee beat top seed - IM Jimmy Liew in round 5, National  Closed which was yesterday. This is Jimmy  first lost against the juniors in this tournament. Although by age, Edward is still a junior, he can actually be considered as a senior because of his National Master title. He has also played with Jimmy  at  the 2008 Dresden, Olympiad.

One of my friend told that Jimmy is showing a good example by particapting in this tournament. He is willing to risk his rating -2302 . Second seed - NM Edward Lee is 128 points less then him!

NM Edward Lee - IM Jimmy Liew

National Closed 2011, Round 5, 17.3.2011

Analysed by centaur (Hairulov+Fritz)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. bxc3 Is the main line but Jimmy must have preapred this sideline.

6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 My friend Rizal Ahmad Kamal said he prefer the more aggresive 7. Qg4

7... Qc7 8. Nf3 Ne7  9. Qd4 Theory recomend 9. Bd3 giving the c3 pawn for development. 9... Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qc7

9... Nbc6 10. Qc5 b6 11. Qd6

11...Qxd6 12. exd6 This pawn looks weak but actually it did discoordinated black pieces.

12... Ng6 13.h4 O-O Maybe black doesn't need to castle king side. Alternative is 13...Kd7 14. h5 Nge5 15. Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 e5 17. Be3 Bb7 (17... Kxd6 ? 18. Bxb6)

14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. h5 Nh8 Maybe this knight did' not wish to come here.

17. h6!

17...g6 Now it is more difficult for black to manuever the knight on h8.

18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Ng4 f6 20. f4?! 20. Rh3 f5 21. Ne5 Nf7 $11 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. Nxf7 Kxf7

20... Bd7? Black can win the d6 pawn with 20... f5! 21. Ne5 Rfd8

21. Bb2 e5 22. Ne3 Be6? 23. fxe5 fxe5 23... Nf7 24. O-O-O 

24. Rd1 24. O-O-O! is also strong

24... Nf7  25. Nxd5 Nxd6?  I think this is the crucial mistake. 25... Bxd5 would allow Black to play on 26. Rxd5 Rac8

26. Nc7! Now black will lose material. 26...Nc4 27. Nxa8 27. Nxe6! is stronger. 27...Nxb2 ( 27... Rf6 28. Ng5 Nxb2 29. Rd7!) 28. Rb1  Rf6 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nd5 Rf7 ( 30... Rd6?? 31. Ne7+) 31. Rxb2

27... Nxb2 27... Rxa8  probably offere more resistnace. For e.g 28. Bc1 $14 Bg4 29. Rd3 Bf5  and black is threatening to take the c2 pawn.

28. Rd6 Bf5 29. Nc7 Nc4 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Nb5 Be6 32. Rd3 32. Rd1 Ne3 33. Rd6

32... e4? 32... Bf5 is better 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Kf7

33. Rd4 e3 34. Ke2 34. Rf1 keeps an even firmer grip  34...Bf5 35. Nxa7 Ra8 36. Rxc4 Rxa7 

34... Ne5?  34... a6 35. Nd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 

35. Re4 Bg4+ 35... Bc4+  will be a answer with 36. Kxe3 Ng4+ 37. Rxg4 Bxb5 38. Kd2 

36. Kxe3 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 Bd7 38. Nd4 Kf7 39. Rhe1 Kf6 40. Re7 Rd8 40... g5+  cannot change destiny 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Rg7 

41. Rxh7 41. Nf3  threatening 42.Ng5 and 43.Rf7++ checkmate is stronger.

41... g5+ 42. Kg3 Nd6 43. Rhe7 a5 44. h7 Nf7 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. R7e3 46. Nc6 seems even better 46...Bxc6 47. R1e6+ Kg7 48. Rxc6

46... Rh8 47. Rf1+ Kg6 48. Re7 Be8 49. Re6+ Kg7 50. Nf5+ The end is near.

50...Kf8 51. Nd6! Black resign. because after 51. Nd6 Kg7 52. Nxe8+ 1-0



Attractive prizes money for local tournament

Do you remember when the last time a local chess tournament (individual)  offered RM 2,000.00 cash prizes for the champion? If i'm not mistaken - Royal Selangor (Selangor Open) did gave good prizes money before.

Recently  INSOFAR organized the 1st INSOFAR Elite Open which offered attractive prize money. Mohd Saprin Sabri - The 1st INSOFAR Elite Open Final  received RM 2,000 as the champion!

How did INSOFAR can offer such attractive prizes? According to INSOFAR owner - Mat Zaki Yeop, the prizes come from generous  companies below :-

1. IBSUL HOLDING SDN BHD

2.HARRIS GROUP OF COMPANIES

3. AMPAC (AZ ZAHRAH MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE ACADEMY)


Prizes winner for the 1st INSOFAR Elite Final ( 13th February 2011)

Champion - Mohd Saprin Sabri Saprin(left)   received  RM 2,000 from IM Mashafizul who is the special guest at the final. Organizer - Mat Zaki Yeop (centre).

Scholarship from INSOFAR to junior chess players!

Kids and parents take note!  INSOFAR chess academy will organized chess tournaments which offered  chess scholarship to juniors chess players.

2ND

INSOFAR

JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP

TOURNAMENT

Date        : Saturday 26^th March 2011

Time                        : 2 -6 pm

Time Control    :25 minutes (4 round Swiss)

Place               : DATCC

                        4^th, Floor Wilayah Complex,

                        Jln Dang Wangi, KL.

Fees                        : RM 50 (Pay on tournament day)

Participant       Below 20 years old on 1^st Jan 2011

Registration     : By sms name, age & name of tournament to

                         017 – 203 2051 (Insofar Chess Academy)

LIMITED TO 16 PLAYERS ONLY

2ND. INSOFAR ELITE OPEN TOURNAMENT (2011)

2^ND.

INSOFAR ELITE

OPEN

TOURNAMENT

(2011)

QUARTER FINAL

                        DATE: SATURDAY 26^th March 2011

                        PLACE: DATCC 4^th. Floor, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur 

TIME: 2-6pm (6 round.Swiss 20 minutes)

Round 3 : Nor Ilhamuddin - Yeoh Li Tian : 0-1

Nor Ilhamuddin - Yeoh Li Tian
National Closed, Round 3, 17.3.2011

Analysed by Centaur (Hairulov+Fritz)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3

 

White play ala Blackmar Diemer Gambit. He sac a pawn for quick development. 4...exf3 5. Nxf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 Theory recommend 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 9. Be3 White sac two pawns for initiative and development. 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 Bh5?! With hindsight, this move looks dubious because after 10. Qh4 Bxf3 Probably Li Tian realised that his original  plan to play 10... Bg6 is not possible because of 11. Bxg6 fxg6  black defense is seriously weaken. (11...hxg6?? 12. Qxh8+) Another normal option - 10...0-0 will be answered with an interesting combination 11. Bxh7+!? Kxh7 12. g4 and white will regain the piece with strong initiative. 11. Rxf3 Nd5 12. Qg3 Nxe3 13. Qxg7 Of course 13. Rxe3? will be a mistake because black solve his problem with 13...Qxd4 14. Kh1 g6 13...Rf8

Round 2 : Looi Xin Hao - Edward Lee : 0-1

Looi, Xin Hao - NM Edward Lee, Kim Han
National Closed 2011, Round 2, 16.3.2011

Analysed by Centaur (Hairulov+Fritz)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. g4!?

White shows that he is in aggressive mood. He will push his kingside pawns towards black's kingside - ala Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack.9... Na6 10. Ng3 Nb4 A strategic square for black's knight. Now white have to think twice if he want  to castle queenside. 11. Qd2 e5 12. d5 Qe7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Ra3

Is she Mrs. Topalov ?

As we already know, former World Champion - Veselin Topalov has married last year. However there's no coverage about the wedding accept that few comments in the net from his manager - Silvio Danailov about Veselin performance ...(chess performance of course :)) ... drop after his marriage.

Danailov, mentioned in an  interview last year  that Topalov married and was “enjoying life a little bit,” adding, “He is not motivated to play tournaments right now.”

In the recent SuperGM tournament - Amber, Topalov was spot with a beautiful lady and i belief  the lady is his wife. I did some googling and found that his wife is a Spanish name Christina.

Additional Rules and Regulations, and Conduct Code for Players/Chaperons 2011 NAG

Najib Abdul Wahab - the 2011 National Age Group Chess Championship's Chief Arbiter has made an  announcement for the tournament participants. The tournament will be held from tommorow (12th March) till 13th March 2011 at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Tronoh Perak.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PLAYERS/CHAPERON PARTICIPATING IN THE

2011 NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

ADDITIONAL RULES and REGULATIONS including CONDUCT CODE for ALL PLAYERS/CHAPERONS for the 2011 NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP are as detailed below. Additional Rules and Regulations and Conduct Code maybe added from time to time by the organizers (MCF), host (UTP) and/or Arbiters throughout the duration of the event. As the event is being hosted by the University Technology Petronas, Players/Chaperons are required to adhere to all the University rules and regulations while they are within the University’s compound. Failure to comply these rules and regulations may jeopardize the smooth running of this event, and any other future chess events.

Additional rules and regulations, and conduct code for the NAG participants are:

1)    Players are required to dress properly for the event. Young participants who wish to wear shorts are required to wear shoes with socks. Players wearing singlet, t-shirts/attires with offensive wordings, skimpy/revealing clothing, torn jeans/shirts, slippers and the likes will not be allowed to enter the playing area and will be requested to change into proper attire at the cost of their own time.

2)    Only single score sheets are given for players to record their moves. Players who wish to get a copy of their score sheets are advised to use carbon paper, or copy their moves on a separate sheet AFTER their game has concluded. Photocopy or computer services maybe provided by the organizer but will be at a minimal cost for the players to use.

3)   Any player not able to record their moves will be penalized with severe playing time reduction penalty.

4)    Mobile phones and all electronic devices are strictly prohibited in the playing hall except with the permission from the Arbiters/Organizers. Any players caught using a mobile or electronic devices whilst his/her game is still ongoing, shall be declared to have lost his/her game and maybe barred from continuing in the event.

5)    Any players caught providing assistance to any other players, or discussing an ongoing game where one of the players is still playing, maybe barred from continuing in the event.

6)    All decisions made by the Arbiters are deemed to have been final.

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

source: Najib Abdul Wahab

Hou Yifan - 150 Women Who Shake the World!

I received my Newsweek copy today and found that Women World Chess Champion - Hou Yifan is listed in the 150 Women Who Shake the World. More about it here

I remember that our formerprodigy - WIM Siti Zulaikha once beat Hou Yifan in World Ladies Tournament ( 3 Arrows Cup) in Jinan, China  5 years ago. Below is the game:-

National Age-Group Chess Championship 2011

For details, click MCF's blog here

INSOFAR PRESTIGE JUNIOR (KUALA LUMPUR) on 6th March 2011

INSOFAR

PRESTIGE JUNIOR

 (KUALA LUMPUR)

QUARTER FINAL

2ND. INSOFAR ELITE OPEN TOURNAMENT (2011) on 6th March 2011!

2^ND.

INSOFAR ELITE

OPEN

TOURNAMENT

(2011)

Lim Chong Memorial Chess Championship

The late Lim Chong. Photo from nst.com.my

LIM CHONG MEMORIAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011

In recognition of Lim Chong  vast contributions to Malaysian chess, the Lim Chong Memorial Chess Championship will be held at the DATCC in Wilayah Kompleks on March 27th. Read the full article at NST.com.my here

I have always admire Lim Chong's  writing  in newspaper and in the net. As written in NST, i found that i had a similiar situation with him. Read the excerpt below:-

"Lim Chong's interest in chess was sparked in the early 1970s after coming across a book written by world champion Alexander Alekhine on his best games at the Klang public library. Realising he could not ever play like Alekhine, Lim Chong made his next best move -- writing about chess in The Malay Mail"

I think i had more or less,  the same situation with him. Realizing that i can't afford  to play competitive chess anymore due to job and family commitment, i decide to share about chess related things trough my blog.  As a tribute to Lim Chong, i have registered to play in the tournament. See you there!

DATE : 27th March 2011 (Sunday)

TIME : 9.00 AM – 7.00 PM  (ROUND 1 AT 9.15AM )

FORMAT : 7 ROUND

TIME CONTROL : 25 Minutes

VENUE : Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, Wilayah Kompleks, Kuala Lumpur

Click the full details and entry form here

Source: Abdul Hamid Majid

Round 2 Juniors vs Senior at National Closed 2011: IM Jimmy Liew...The Senior To Beat!

National Closed 2011

In the previous post, i wrote about the juniors losing 0-3  to the senior (IM Mashafizul) at Maverick Rapid . The juniors will have a chance to 'amend' the round 1 result as  IM Jimmy Liew (photo above) has confirmed to play at the coming National Closed. This time, he will be 'The Senior To Beat"!