Mas in First Saturday

Posted by GilaChess

July 17, 2008

Mas is playing in the Hungary’s First Saturday GM Tournament. So far he is doing well and after 12 rounds he appears to be in sixth place.

All the results here was taken from the official website at : http://www.freeweb.hu/firstsaturday/0807/gm.htm

Games from the tournament can be downloaded here.

Ranking after round 12 of First Saturday GM tournament July 2008
No.  PNo.  Name                       Score  rat.  TPR  W-We
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  1.    7  Ilincic, Zlatko             9.0   2519 2623 +1.56
  2.    4  Hou, Yifan                  8.0   2557 2569 +0.17
       14  Prohaszka, Peter            8.0   2509 2555 +0.72
        9  Boros, Denes                8.0   2472 2567 +1.53
  5.    1  Varga, Zoltan               7.5   2479 2539 +0.93
  6.   13  Mas, Hafizulhelmi           6.5   2386 2473 +1.43
  7.   11  Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy      6.0   2477 2441 -0.58
        2  Berczes, David              6.0   2458 2440 -0.29
        3  Rajlich, Iweta              6.0   2417 2441 +0.42
 10.    8  Fogarasi, Tibor             5.5   2429 2424 -0.12
 11.   12  Duong, The Anh              4.0   2445 2315 -2.07
 12.    5  Toth, Ervin                 3.5   2409 2284 -1.95
        6  Kjartansson, Gudmundur      3.5   2328 2295 -0.52
 14.   10  Kislik, Erik Andrew         2.5   2302 2214 -1.23

Here's a summary of his round results:-
First Saturday 2008 july GM  2008

Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Berces,David             2458   0-1
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Rajlich,Iweta            2417   1-0
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Hou,Yifan                2557   ½-½
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Toth,Ervin               2409   1-0
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Kjartansson,Gudmundur    2328   1-0
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Ilincic,Zlatko           2519   0-1
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Fogarasi,Tibor           2429   ½-½
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Boros,Denes              2472   0-1
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Kislik,Erik Andre        2302   1-0
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Nguyen,Huynh Hui         2477   ½-½
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Duong,The Anh            2445   ½-½
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Prohaszka,Peter          2509   ??
Mas,Hafizulhelmi    2386 - Varga,Zoltan             2749   ??

Interesting to see that girl wonder Hou Yifan is taking part too.

Here’s a sample game from the tournament:-

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 a5 10. O-O Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nd1 Rb6 19. b3 Rb4 20. Nf2 f6 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Nd3 Rf7 23. Bc3 Bf8 24. h3 c5 25. Qe1 c4 26. Bxa5 Qc6 27. Nb4 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 Rfb7 29. c3 cxb3 30. Qd1 Qxe4 31. Qxb3+ Kh8 32. Rad1 Qc6 33. Qa2 Rd7 34. a5 Nc7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qe2 Rd8 37. Ra1 h6 38. a6 Ra8 39. a7 Ne6 40. Qg4 Qc6 41. Rd1 Ng5 42. Qd7 Qb6 43. Ra1 Ne4 44. Qd5 Rxa7 45. Rxa7 Ng3+ 46. Kh2 Nf1+ 1/2-1/2

Here’s another game where Mas won:-

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Toth, Ervin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Re1 e4 15. Qh5 h6 16. h4 Qe5 17. Be3 Rg8 18. f4 Qg7 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 Rxg6 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. c4 dxc4 23. h5 Rh6 24. Na5 Be6 25. Nxb7 Bd5 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. cxd6 Rxh5 28. Rad1 g4 29. Kf2 g3+ 30. Kxg3 Kd7 31. Kg4 Rh6 32. Kf4 Rg6 33. g4 Kxd6 34. g5 Ke6 35. Re3 Rb8 36. Ra3 Rb7 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Bf6 1-0

Malaysian Chess, Mas

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