Mas has a chance for GM norm
Mas is playing at the 41st Biel International Chess Festival and has scored a fantastic 6.5/9 rounds and now faces GM Evgeny Gleizerov ( FIDE 2549) in round 10 (For GM Evgeny’s photo go to http://hairulovchessmaniacs.blogspot.com/ ) .I am guessing that the game should start around 8pm Malaysian time.
I spoke to Mas this morning & was glad to hear that a win in this round would give him a GM norm! Otherwise a draw with GM Evgeny followed by a win in the last round would also be sufficient.
As far as I can recall, I am not aware of any other Malaysian that had come this close before (Maybe Zi Jing?). Rightfully, we should all feel excited. Unfortunately, the games are not live but the results will be out by the morning at http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=144&Itemid=169
One of my favorite games was Mas vs GM Ulbin in round 3. You may replay the game at http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/cms/uploadfiles/games/dgt_chesstheatre.htm & see how he completely demolished a GM. Mas had informed me that when the game ended, he had about 50mins while GM Ulbin only had 10seconds!
That’s posted by Lim Yee Weng on the newsgroup today. It’s certainly a big deal as Mas is very close to a GM norm. Too bad there’s no live games or reports. We will have to wait till tomorrow morning then.
Best of luck in tonight’s game, Mas!
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