DATMO 2011 report by Andrew Ooi in chessbase.com!

DATMO 2011 report by Andrew Ooi  is published in the chessbase.com!

Read it here

DATCC Junior Weekend for U8 and U10

Folks

As we approach the final quarter of the year, and the year end long school break, DATCC begins its focus on providing more chess activities and competition to cater to our younger chess players. We started with the Super Kids weekend last week which was well received and moving forward with activities for the younger age groups – for U8 and U 10 in the second and third weekend of October respectively.

THE AMAZING KIDS CHESS WEEKEND – For U8

This is a 6 round Swiss System event with a time control of 25 minutes to finish. Event is schedule on Saturday, 8^th October 2011 with registration starting at 9:00am followed by Round 1 at 10:00am. Entry fees is set at RM10 and medals are awarded to the top 3 players (for Open and Girls players) and certificates to those finishing at the top.

To download the forms, please click HERE

THE BRILLIANT KIDS CHESS WEEKEND – For U10

This event uses the same format as the AMAZING KIDS event but is open to kids age 10 year and younger. The event will be held 1 week after the U-8 event on Saturday, 15^th October starting at 9:00am

To download the forms, please click HERE

For further inquiries, please contact the Mr Kabeer Azzad at +6012 617 8624 or write to him at info@chess-malaysia.com

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

Web: http://www.chess-malaysia.com

Blog: http://datcchess.blogspot.com

The 2nd National Rapid Championships 2011 in UTP, Tronoh is not a Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) Selection Event for MAS vs SIN Match 2012.

The 2nd National Rapid Championships 2011 in UTP, Tronoh is not a Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) Selection Event for MAS vs SIN Match 2012.

 Read the full detail at MCF's blog here

WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD (23 October - 01 November 2011 Kocaeli, Türkiye (Turkey)

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF)  announced that Malaysia will be represented by it’s best Under-16 juniors for the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad which will be held in Kocaeli, Turkey from 23 October - 01 November 2011.


Read the full details at MCF's blog here  

Answer for puzzle no. 24 

The position below arise from a game between L Aronian - A Karpov  Hoogeveen Essent Crown Group 2003

White to move and win!

 Answer: 32.Rd8! 1-0 if...

a)  32....Rxd8 33.Qxh6+ Kg8 34.Nxf6 mate

b)  32... Rh7 33. Qf3 f5 34.Qc3+ e5 (34... Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kh5 36. Qh3#) 35. Nxe5 f6 36. Qg3# ;

c) 32...Nc6 33.Rxh8 Kxh8 34.Qxh6+ Kg8 35.Nxf6#

Festival Catur Politeknik Merlimau 2011

Festival Catur Politeknik Merlimau 2011

Venue : Dewan Platinum Politeknik Merlimau , Melaka

 Dates : 9 October 2011 (Sunday)

 Time: 7.30 AM - 6.00 PM

 Format : 7 Round ,Swiss

 Time Control: 25 minutes

 Map to Politeknik Merlimau here

 For full details click tournament's publication here and entry form here 

Politeknik Merlimau Melaka offical site

 Source: Muhammad Khairi bin Jansar

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Chess Puzzle (24)

Try find the best move for white. If you want to test your tactical ability, try it on your own first before asking for assistance... especially from your chess computer program :)

White  to move and win!

INSOFAR 4 Events (25th September 2011)

INSOFAR

4 EVENTS

(CHOOSE ONE ONLY!!)

SUNDAY 25^TH SEPTEMBER 2011

ALL AT

DAT CHESS CENTRE

4^TH FLOOR, WILAYAH COMPLEX,

JALAN DANG WANGI, KUALA LUMPUR

1.  9.00a.m – 6.00p.m               Elite Open Final

2.  10.00a.m – 6.00p.m             Junior Prestige Final

3.  11.00a.m – 6.00p.m             1^st Open Scholarship Tournament ( Fees RM20)

4.  2.00p.m – 6.00p.m               6^th Junior Scholarship Tournament  

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Mind Chess Championship 2011

Time : Sunday, October 16 2011 (9:00am - 5:30pm)

Location : PCA Clubhouse, Bayan Baru,Penang.

(National Rated Individual Event) (National Rating: 1200 and above)
7 rounds Swiss,

Time control: 25 minutes

Closing Date: 15 Oct 2011 or the number of participants reach 80

Garry Kasparov Video Interview

An excellent interview by the famous Brazilian talk show host, Jô Soares.

p/s: You might want to skip the earlier part and go straight to 2 minutes 20 seconds where the interview with Kasparov really start. 



Interesting excerpt:- 

..."there was an experience run in Germany by one of the German universities. They had classes, two classes. One had extra hours of mathematics. Another class, the same class, parallel, had extra hours in chess. At the end of the year, they compared the results in... mathematics! The class with chess won'....

2011 KL Chess Video!

Jahongir Vakhidov - Mashafizul

IM  Jahongir Vakhidov (2392)  - IM Mashafizul (2413)
KL Open, Round 4, 6.9.2011

Analysed by Centaur (Hairulov+Houdini)

1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5

 
Black sac a pawn for development. 

Mashafizul-Wong Meng Kong

IM Mashafizul (left) against Uzbek IM - Jahongir Vakhidov in round 4. Photo from Andrew Ooi

Below is Mashafizul 3rd round game against Singaporean GM - Wong Meng Kong at the KL Open 2011. Mas had a slow start in this tournament, losing his first to games against Indian IM - Das Arghyadip (2461) and Uzbek GM - Tahir Vadhikov ( 2485)  respectively. In round 4 he lost to IM Jahonghir who now lead the event with maximum 4 points out of 4!

IM Mashafizul (2413) - GM Wong Meng Kong (2355)
KL Open, Round 3, 6.9.2011

1.e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nc3 Be6  4. d3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Qd7 6. Nd5 Na5 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. f4 Nf6 11. O-O c6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Be3 White didn't give black a chance to settle down with 15... O-O-O? Because black will lose a pawn after 16. Bxa7  

15...Qe6 16. b3 Be7 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Rf2 Kd7 19. Qe2 Kc7 20. Re1 Rgf8 21. Nf4

21...Qg8 Of course 21... exf4 ?? lost the queen after 22. Bb6+ axb6 23. Qxe6 

22. Nd3 White plans c5  

22...Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 24. c5 d5 25. Bd4!?

An interesting sacrifice but unfortunately not enough to win   

25...exd4  26. Rxf6 Rae8 of course 26... Rxf6??  would be serious blunder for e.g  27. Qe5+ Kd7 28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. Qxf6 white plan to penetrate black's defense with Re7-Qd6-Qc7++  

27. Qf2 Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qe8 30. Qf4+ Kd7 31. Kf1 Be4 32. Qf6 Qh5 1/2-1/2 Draw.

White knight is too far behind to join his queen to attack black's king so white will choose to give a perpetual with 33. Qg7+ Kc8 34. Qg8+ Kc7 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qg7+ Kc8

 Results at chess-results.com here

One from Zaidan

Sivanesan Subramanian (1763) - Zaidan Zulkipli (2069)
Ambank Chess Challenge, Round 9,  25.8.2011

Annotated by Zaidan Zulkipli

34.Qb6 white's threatening to capture the rook and also launches a deadly attack to Black's king with pawn on f7 as an attacking square, at this moment I had a very strong intuition and purpose to attack rather than to defence, I definitely believe Bxh3 will be decisive and will make white suffers to find a good defense.

34...Bxh3 Finally I played Bh3. What an EXHILARATING MOMENT!!!Tactically, If white recaptured h3 with the pawn, he will get mated with Qh2. If he plays slow move like Nxe5, he will get mated as well with Qxg2. And hence, the force move is to defence by stopping Black's queen from attacking along the 2nd rank. I got excited at this stage, I dont think about losing nor winning anymore, instead I just want to enjoy and feel the position to the fullest.

35. Rf2 Qc1+ 36. Bf1 36. Rf1 Qd2 37. Rf2 Qe1+ 38. Bf1 Rb7 39. Qxb7 Qxf2  

36... Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qg5+ 38. Kh1 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Bg3 still my rook was en prise, but Does white dare to capture it? Doesn't he? hehehe.   

40. Rg2 Bf4 if White captured Rc7, then Be3 is decisive with mating motifs.

41. Qf2 Qf6 42. Qb6 42. Rg4 g5 43. Rg3 Kg7 44. Rf3 h5

42... Rd7 43. Rf2 a blunder !!!

43...Qg5+ 44. Bg2 44. Rg2 Be3+ 45. Kh1 Qxg2+ 46. Bxg2 Bxb6   

44... Be3 45. Qxa6 b4 46. Kf1 46. Nxb4 Bxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Qd2+ 48. Kf1 Qxb4   

46... Bxf2 47. Kxf2 Qf6+ 48. Bf3 b3 49. Qd3 49. Qb5 b2 50. e5 Qh4+ 51. Ke2 Qh2+ 52.
Kf1 Qc2   

49... b2 50. Qb1 Rb7 51. Ke2 Qc3 52. Nd8 Rb3 0-1  Finally white resigns. And what a nice finish, with a few niche tactical plays and sound sacrifice.

Chess Puzzle (23) Solution

Answer for puzzle no. 23

The position below arise from a game between Chek Kin Keuw vs Masrin Erowan (2012) at the 6th AMBANK Chess Challange which concluded recently.

Chek Kin Keuw - Masrin Erowan (2012)
AMBANK Chess Challange, Round 7, 23.8. 2011

1.e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 h6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. O-O c6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Qc3 Nd7 14. a3 a5 15. Ba2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Rd3 Bb6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rd6 Bc7

White  to move and win!

20. Nf5+! 1-0  Black resign because if 20... gxf5  he will be mate on 2  after 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Rg6# checkmate.  fxg6 is not possible because the f-pawn is pinned by white's bishop on a2!

Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship (KL Open) 2011

The Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA)  with sponsorship from the Masterskill Education Group Berhad will organized  the  Raja Nazrin Shah International Open Chess Championship (KL Open) 2011     from 4th-10th September 2011.

This tournament will be held  under the auspices of the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) at the superior 4 star Swiss Garden Hotel and  Residences Kuala Lumpur located between Chinatown and the city's main Bukit Bintang shopping district.

The KL Open has been registered with the World Chess Federation (FIDE) as an international title and   rated tournament with  9 rounds,  using the FIDE Swiss System time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

For further details, visit klchess.com here

Maps to Swiss garden KL here

Source: klchess.com

2011 World Amatuer Championship

The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) will organized The World Amateur Chess Championship 2011 which will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from 30th September (Arrival) to 11th October (Departure) 2011.

The World Amateur Championship is open to all eligible players registered with their Federation. The participants shall have no FIDE title or published FIDE Rating (ELO) above 2000 at the start of the tournament nor have had such a Rating for at least 2 years prior to the start of the event.

For further details, visit the 2011 World Amateur Chess Championship Official Website

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MCF National Arbiters Seminar - 16 to 18 September 2011

Have you ever wondered:

·         What is the correct way to record your moves on the score sheets?

·         Is saying “Check” compulsory?

·         What happens if your opponent makes an illegal move?

·         Is touch move really touch move? What if I touch my opponent’s piece?

·         If I am a left hander and I have been assigned to play the black pieces, can I put the clock on my left?

·         Can I use both hands to play chess?

·         In the Swiss pairing system, why some players are assigned alternate colors while some play the same color twice?

·         I have been paired to play black 3 times in a row. Is this possible?

·         I share the same points with another player but why is he declared the champion?

·         I have been assigned to play white but I accidentally played black. What will happen to me in the next round?

These are common wonders asked by many players, parents and teachers who are involved in chess tournaments. And these are the questions that will be answered and explained when you attend the MCF Arbiter’s Seminar starting from 16^th September to 18^th September (Malaysia Day holiday weekend) at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Center (DATCC) in Kuala Lumpur.

Participants for the seminar will be taught the FIDE Laws of Chess, Swiss Pairing Regulations and other interesting tips in organizing and managing chess events and tournaments. Participants will also be tested on what they have learned and those who did well in the exams will be given a Certificate of Achievement by the Malaysia Chess Federation and recognized as an able Arbiter to conduct local chess events and tournaments.

The entry fees for the seminar is RM200 which includes MCF Certification fees and training manuals (NOTE: Participant are responsible for their own meal and accommodations).

An optional 1-day training program is also scheduled on 19^th September (Monday) for those who are interested to learn more about the Swiss Manager Pairing Program. During this training session, participants will learn how to upload FIDE and MCF rating list onto their computer, how to search for names in the list, deleting, changing and adding names, tie break systems used force pairing and many other interesting features offered by the program. In order to attend the program, participants must have a good understanding of the Swiss Pairing System as this is the basic requirement needed to attend the training program.

For those who attended the MCF Seminar, the fees to attend the optional training program is RM80 but for those who wish to attend only the Swiss Manager Pairing Program, the fees shall be RM 120 per person.

For further inquiries or information, please contact Najib Wahab at +6016 338 2542 or email najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com.

To download the registration form and the schedule for the seminar, please go to http://www.chess-malaysia.com/index_files/Page343.htm

Thank you and Warm Regards

Najib Abdul Wahab

Program Manager/Coordinator

Tel: +6016 338 2542

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

Web: http://www.chess-malaysia.com

Blog: http://datcchess.blogspot.com

Qin Huangdao Open, China 2011

Ok this is the first time i advertise a tournament outside Malaysia.

1st Qin Huangdao Open Chess Tournament 


Date: 1st-7th  October 2011 (registration 30th September 2011)

Venue: Qin Huangdao, Hebei, China

Format: 9 round Swiss

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment


For full details click  here 

Source: Gregory Lau ( MCF Honorary  Secretary)

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2nd National Rapid (Open & Age Group) at Universiti Teknlogi Petronas!

2nd National Rapid Chess Championship (Open & Age group)


Date: 1st-2nd  October 2011( Saturday and  Sunday)

Venue: Main Hall, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Ikandar, Tronoh, Perak

Format: 8 round Swiss

Time Control: 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment


For full details click tournament's publication here and entry form here


* Maps to Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS here


* Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS official website

Source: Zuraihah Wazir ( MCF Assistant Secretary)

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Chess Puzzle (23)

Try find the best move for white. If you want to test your tactical ability, try it on your own first before asking for assistance... especially from your chess computer program :)

The position below arise from a recent tournament.

White  to move and win!

UPSI OPEN 2011

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS (UPSI) 2011
Date: 15-16 October 2011( Saturday and  Sunday)

Venue: Bilik Seminar, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)

Format: 7 round Swiss

Time Control: 1 hour

Map to UPSI

For full details click tournament's publication here and entry form here

Source: Mohd Huzairi Bin Husin ( AJK UPSI Open 2011)

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