Archive for April 27th, 2008

Mas vs Wesley

This is a game from Tarakan Indonesia.
[White "IM Mas"][Black "GM Wesley So"][Site "Tarakan 18/1/08"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 h5 13. Be2 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 [...]

Picture of the day

Ian Udani vs Ismail Ahmad in Round 2 of the CAS Allegro

Udani finished 2nd behind NM Nicholas Chan in the latest MMU Open in Melaka. Full results at Eu Hong’s website.

Wesley starts off hot in Battle of Grandmasters

GM Wesley So started his first round in the Battle of Grandmasters tourney with a strong win vs Julio Catalino Sadorra.

[Event "Battle of Grandmasters"][Site "CITYSTATE Hotel"][Date "2008.04.25"][Round "1.4"][White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"][Black "So, Wesley"][Result "0-1"][ECO "E25"][WhiteElo "2455"][BlackElo "2540"][PlyCount "72"][EventDate "2008.04.03"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 [...]

WIM Audrey Wong

Back in June 1985, Wong was in uncharted waters when she set out for Adelaide, Australia. As the national women’s champion then, she represented the country at the Asian under-20 girls’ chess championship. It was a 13-round event with chess players from around Asia taking part.
Wong astounded the field with a flying start that saw [...]

KLCA Chessmaster 2008 Open results

Place Name Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

1 Sarudin Mappa, 6 [...]