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DATCC Round 15: Clash of the Titans 31 July 2009 at 11:18 pm by GilaChess

Board 1

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[Event "DATCC League Round 15 Board 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ooi Chern Ee"]
[Black "Lim Yee Weng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qd7 15.
Qf4 Nfxd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Qh4 Qc6 20. f4 Bxb2 21. f5 Bxg2 22. Be7 Be5 23. f6 Kh8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Bc4 Bf3 26. Rd3 Bd4+ 27. Kf1
Bg2+ 28. Ke2 d5 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Bd3 Be4 31. Rc1 Qe6 32. Kd2 Bxd3 33. Kxd3 Rac8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Ke2 Qc4+ 36. Kf3 Qxa2 37. Bf8 Qb3+ 38. Kg4 Qd1+ 39. Kh3
1-0

 

Board 2


 

[Event "DATCC League Round 15 Board 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jimmy Liew"]
[Black "Mok Tze Meng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.29"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Be3 h4 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ne2 b5 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Bf8 15. Bf2
Qd7 16. Kh2 Nf5 17. c3 Be7 18. Ng1 Kf8 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. Nf3 a5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qe1 Qd8 23. Rc2 a4 24. Rb1 Rh6 25. Nd2 Rg6 26. Nf3 Rh6 27. Nd2 Qd7 28. c4 axb3
29. axb3 dxc4 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Qxc4 Qe4 34. Qxc6 Qxf4+ 35. Kh1 Ra3 36. Qb7 Bd8 37. Rf1 Rg6 38. Rc8 Bb6 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Qxa8
Bxd4

0-1

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Board 3

 

[Event "DATCC League Round 15 Board 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soon Wai Cheong"]
[Black "Abdullah Che Hassan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.07.29"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Qe1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Qg3 g6 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2 b3 15. cxb3
Rb8 16. Nc1 f5 17. e5 Na7 18. Be1 Bb7 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Nc4 Nc6 21. Qf2 Rg8 22. Bd2 g5 23. g3 g4 24. Qe1 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Kf2 h5 27. Ke2 h4 28. Kd2 hxg3
29. hxg3 Rh8 30. Kc2 Rh2+ 31. Rf2 Rh1 32. Qd2 Bf3 33. Kb1 Rxb3 34. Ka2 Rb4 35. b3 Bc6 36. Rh2 Rxh2 37. Qxh2 Kd7 38. Kb2 Qb8 39. Kc2 Qa8 40. Na2 Rb8 41. Qd2
Bd8 42. Rf1 Bc7 43. Nc1 Rh8 44. Rf2 Rh3 45. Ne2 Bf3 46. Qe1 Bxe2 47. Rxe2 Qf3 48. Nd2 Qxg3 49. Qxg3 Rxg3 50. Rh2 Rh3 51. Rxh3 gxh3 52. Nf1 Bd8 53. Kd2 Bh4
54. Ke2 h2 55. Nxh2 Bg3 56. Nf3 Bxf4 0-1

 

Sorry. Perhaps the most interesting game of all was between Ian Udani and Nicholas Chan which I am not yet able to get. Will publish that as soon as I can.

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+ Colle System By GilaChess 30 July 2009 at 6:51 pm and have 2 Comments

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How does one pronounce this? I always thought it was pronounced “Collie”. However at least two chess coaches pronounces it “Coal” system.

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+ DATCC Round 15 Results By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 11:32 pm and have No Comments

"Clash of the Titans" results:-

Board 1: Ooi Chern Ee beats Lim Yee Weng.

Board 2: Jimmy Liew lost Mok Tze Meng

Board 3: Soon Wai Cheong lost to Abdullah Che Hassan

Board 4: Ian Udani beat Nicholas Chan

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No. SNo. Team Res. Team SNo.
1 8 SMS Gold 2 – 2 GOLDIS 10
2 7 Tan & Tan ½–3½ DAT Chess Centre 9
3 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers 1 – 3 Nusa Mahkota Chess Club 1
4 5 786 Chess Club 3½–½ Persatuan Catur Wanita Malaysia 2
5 4 Spawn 2009 4 – 0 MBS Kuala Lumpur 3

How’s that for my first prediction. At least 3 out of 5 of my predictions were right !

I predicted a win for Nusa but got the margin wrong.

Also, I underestimated my own team result vs Tan & Tan. :) . They didn’t field their strongest lineup so we were lucky, I guess.

Photo report after the jump..

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+ Mas finishes undefeated in the Zonal 3.3 By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 5:07 pm and have No Comments

 

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Photo courtesy of Trung (Vietnam Chess webmaster) 

Results  taken from Chess-Results.com:-

Name Mas Hafizulhelmi
Title IM
Starting rank 18
Rating 2391
Rating national 0
Rating international 2391
Ratingperformance 2493
FIDE rtg +/- 0,0
Points 6
Rank 6
Federation MAS
Ident-Number 0
Fide-ID 5700507

 

 

Rd. SNo   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. we w-we K rtg+/-
1 45   Nguyen Hung Cuong 2035 VIE 3,5 w 1 0,89 0,11 0 0,00
2 3 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2592 VIE 6,0 s ½ 0,24 0,26 0 0,00
3 15 IM Duong The Anh 2440 VIE 5,5 w ½ 0,43 0,07 0 0,00
4 37   Tran Ngoc Lan 2176 VIE 5,0 s ½ 0,77 -0,27 0 0,00
5 4 GM Torre Eugenio 2560 PHI 4,5 s ½ 0,28 0,22 0 0,00
6 34 FM Ton That Nhu Tung 2227 VIE 5,0 w ½ 0,72 -0,22 0 0,00
7 7 GM Bui Vinh 2517 VIE 4,0 w 1 0,33 0,67 0 0,00
8 27 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam 2320 VIE 5,0 s ½ 0,60 -0,10 0 0,00
9 14 IM Nguyen Thanh Son 2444 VIE 5,5 w 1 0,43 0,57 0 0,00

 

The 6th place finish is one of Mas best results so far. Mas played against 3 GMs with 2 draws and one win. Will this be good enough for a GM norm?


Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds
Rk.   Name Rtg 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd 7.Rd 8.Rd 9.Rd Pts.
1 GM Laylo Darwin 2494 19w1 18s1 17w1 25s1 2w½ 3s½ 5w1 10s1 8w1 8,0
2 GM So Wesley 2646 28s½ 20w1 11s1 26w1 1s½ 8w½ 4s½ 16w1 3s½ 6,5
3 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2592 12s1 6w½ 41s1 8w½ 4s½ 1w½ 30s½ 26w1 2w½ 6,0
4 GM Paragua Mark 2487 38s1 15w1 8s½ 27w½ 3w½ 25s1 2w½ 9s0 21w1 6,0
5 GM Megaranto Susanto 2534 34w1 31s1 25w0 18s½ 19w1 17s1 1s0 20w½ 16s1 6,0
6 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2391 44w1 3s½ 10w½ 19s½ 27s½ 20w½ 33w1 21s½ 9w1 6,0
7 GM Dao Thien Hai 2552 36s½ 28w½ 12s1 22w1 10s½ 16w0 21w½ 37s1 20s1 6,0
8 GM Zhang Zhong 2613 14w1 35s1 4w½ 3s½ 17w½ 2s½ 26w½ 30w1 1s0 5,5
9 IM Nguyen Thanh Son 2444 29w1 25s0 26w0 38s1 14w1 18s½ 13w1 4w1 6s0 5,5
10 IM Duong The Anh 2440 50s½ 46w1 6s½ 34w1 7w½ 33s1 16s½ 1w0 15s½ 5,5
11 CM Nguyen Van Huy 2414 53w½ 21s1 2w0 51s1 18w½ 13s½ 25w½ 33s½ 29w1 5,5
12 CM Tran Thanh Tu 2258 3w0 44s1 7w0 47s1 22s0 45w½ 38s1 32w1 35w1 5,5
13 FM Nguyen Duc Hoa 2331 48s½ 39w½ 47s1 16w0 36s1 11w½ 9s0 28w1 30s1 5,5
14   Le Quang Long 2279 8s0 47w0 40s1 43w1 9s0 38w½ 45s1 27w1 26s1 5,5
15 FM Kojima Shinya 2323 54w1 4s0 34w0 29s½ 53w1 42s1 23w½ 18s1 10w½ 5,5
16 IM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy 2500 37w1 26s½ 22w½ 13s1 25w½ 7s1 10w½ 2s0 5w0 5,0
17 IM Bitoon Richard 2495 42s1 32w1 1s0 28w1 8s½ 5w0 20s0 19w1 24s½ 5,0
18   Vo Thanh Ninh 2340 43s1 1w0 39s1 5w½ 11s½ 9w½ 27s½ 15w0 36s1 5,0
19   Tran Ngoc Lan 2176 1s0 43w1 24s1 6w½ 5s0 35s½ 31w1 17s0 33w1 5,0
20 FM Ton That Nhu Tung 2227 33w1 2s0 23w½ 53s1 35w½ 6s½ 17w1 5s½ 7w0 5,0
21 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam 2320 39s½ 11w0 46s1 41w½ 34s1 22w1 7s½ 6w½ 4s0 5,0
22 FM Pham Chuong 2364 52w1 27w½ 16s½ 7s0 12w1 21s0 29w½ 25s1 23w½ 5,0
23 IM Nolte Rolando 2458 41s½ 36w½ 20s½ 32w1 26s½ 30w½ 15s½ 24w½ 22s½ 5,0
24 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2474 25w0 29s½ 19w0 46s1 50w1 37s½ 34w1 23s½ 17w½ 5,0
25   Bao Khoa 2161 24s1 9w1 5s1 1w0 16s½ 4w0 11s½ 22w0 31w½ 4,5
26 FM Chan Wei-Xuan Timothy 2344 40w1 16w½ 9s1 2s0 23w½ 27w1 8s½ 3s0 14w0 4,5
27 GM Torre Eugenio 2560 51w1 22s½ 30w½ 4s½ 6w½ 26s0 18w½ 14s0 45w1 4,5
28 FM Ly Hong Nguyen 2302 2w½ 7s½ 37w1 17s0 42w½ 29s½ 35w½ 13s0 43w1 4,5
29 FM Lo Kin Mun Dominic 2154 9s0 24w½ 48s½ 15w½ 32s1 28w½ 22s½ 41w1 11s0 4,5
30 FM Batchuluun Tsegmed 2384 46s½ 50w1 27s½ 42w1 33w½ 23s½ 3w½ 8s0 13w0 4,5
31 FM Chan Yi-Ren Daniel 2358 45s1 5w0 38s1 33s0 37w½ 41w½ 19s0 49w1 25s½ 4,5
32 FM Watanabe Akira 2339 49w1 17s0 51w½ 23s0 29w0 53s1 42w1 12s0 37w1 4,5
33 GM Bui Vinh 2517 20s0 48w1 36s1 31w1 30s½ 10w0 6s0 11w½ 19s0 4,0
34 CM Baba Masahiro 2229 5s0 45w1 15s1 10s0 21w0 43w1 24s0 38w0 49s1 4,0
35 IM Tu Hoang Thai 2405 47s1 8w0 42s0 45w1 20s½ 19w½ 28s½ 36w½ 12s0 4,0
36 CM Nguyen Van Hai 2249 7w½ 23s½ 33w0 49s1 13w0 44s½ 46w1 35s½ 18w0 4,0
37 FM Chua Zheng Yuan Terry 2226 16s0 40w1 28s0 48w1 31s½ 24w½ 41s1 7w0 32s0 4,0
38 CM Nguyen Van Thanh 2173 4w0 54s1 31w0 9w0 52s1 14s½ 12w0 34s1 39w½ 4,0
39   Nguyen Minh Tuan 0 21w½ 13s½ 18w0 50s0 44w0 40s1 43s½ 46w1 38s½ 4,0
40   Le Minh Hoang 1941 26s0 37s0 14w0 44s0 54w1 39w0 -1 47s1 48w1 4,0
41   Nguyen Manh Truong 2160 23w½ 53s1 3w0 21s½ 51w½ 31s½ 37w0 29s0 44w½ 3,5
42   Tran Quoc Dung 2196 17w0 49s1 35w1 30s0 28s½ 15w0 32s0 45w0 50s1 3,5
43 CM Le Huu Thai 1873 18w0 19s0 44w1 14s0 47w1 34s0 39w½ 52s1 28s0 3,5
44   Nguyen Hung Cuong 2035 6s0 12w0 43s0 40w1 39s1 36w½ 49s0 48w½ 41s½ 3,5
45 FM Vuong Trung Hieu 1964 31w0 34s0 54w1 35s0 49w1 12s½ 14w0 42s1 27s0 3,5
46   Nguyen Sy Hung 2013 30w½ 10s0 21w0 24w0 48s1 50w1 36s0 39s0 54w1 3,5
47   Dang Duy Linh 2084 35w0 14s1 13w0 12w0 43s0 49s0 54w1 40w0 52s1 3,0
48   Do Hoang Lam 0 13w½ 33s0 29w½ 37s0 46w0 52s½ 53w1 44s½ 40s0 3,0
49   Nguyen Van Toan Thanh 1813 32s0 42w0 52s1 36w0 45s0 47w1 44w1 31s0 34w0 3,0
50   Dang The Nam 2124 10w½ 30s0 53w0 39w1 24s0 46s0 52w½ 54s½ 42w0 2,5
51   Srivachirawat Kannapon 2256 27s0 52w1 32s½ 11w0 41s½ -0 -0 -0 -0 2,0
52   Wiwatanadate Poompong 1979 22s0 51s0 49w0 54s1 38w0 48w½ 50s½ 43w0 47w0 2,0
53   Nguyen Huu Hoang Anh 2086 11s½ 41w0 50s1 20w0 15s0 32w0 48s0 -0 -0 1,5
54   Le Dinh Nguyen Anh 0 15s0 38w0 45s0 52w0 40s0 -1 47s0 50w½ 46s0 1,5

Annotation:
Tie Break1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break2: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points)


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+ Syuen Grand Prix 2009 By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 1:50 pm and have No Comments

image Perak Chess blog has just posted about the Syuen Grand Prix to be held at Syuen Hotel, Ipoh on 16th August 2009. Sponsored by Tenby Education Schools the event offers RM 1000 as first prize for the Open category. There are three categories : Open, Under 15 and Under 12.

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+ IM Jimmy Liew’s blog By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 1:30 pm and have No Comments

jimmy-liew-blog

URL: ChessIsChess.blogspot.com (Chess Is Chess)

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+ DATCC Round 15: GilaPredictions By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 1:24 pm and have No Comments

I have refrained  from predictions particularly because I’m part of a team in the DATCC league. But since other blogs are also making predictions, here’s my own (with no facts or analysis to back them up :) ) :-


No. SNo. Team Res. Team SNo.
1 8 SMS Gold 2 – 2 GOLDIS 10
2 7 Tan & Tan 2 – 2 DAT Chess Centre 9
3 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers 1½ – 2½ Nusa Mahkota Chess Club 1
4 5 786 Chess Club 3½ – ½ Persatuan Catur Wanita Malaysia 2
5 4 Spawn 2009 4 – 0 MBS Kuala Lumpur 3

SMS Gold and GOLD IS is said to be the “clash of the titans” but I do not think so. Both teams are strong and their results will be close. Either a draw or a narrow win (2.5-1.5) for either team. The tournament champion will be decided by how these two teams fare against the weaker teams.

Tonight’s match result however depends on whether  SMS Gold bring in their secret weapon from Melaka (Nicholas Chan) to tilt the scale.

Thoughts:

lt would be fun if we could have a prediction feature on the blog where visitors will make each individual predictions and see who predicted most accurately.

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+ Who Played Who By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 12:53 pm and have No Comments

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Just improved my “interactive crosstable” program to include Swiss Manager.

Previously my script worked only with Swiss46. As many events now use Swiss Manager to do the pairing, many results could not be displayed in the “interactive” format.

I have always wanted to add in support for Swiss Manager but never got around to doing it. I am happy that this morning I finally ported over a new version that can now work for both pairing programs.

Tried it out with the recent KL Young Talent 2009 results. Check it out:-

Tell me if you find any errors in the above pages as these are fresh changes.

Probably the next improvements to make are:-

  • faces of opponents as a small thumbnail picture beside the list of opponents
  • read the results directly from www.chess-results.com and create the “interactive” results on the fly.
  • collect a database of chess player’s faces for the program to use
  • index page for all past “interactive” results

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+ KL Young Talent 2009 Photo Report (part 2) By GilaChess 29 July 2009 at 12:19 pm and have No Comments

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Pearl Point, KLCA, MCF and PCU as parties contributing to the successfully run Kuala Lumpur Young Talent Chess Championship 2009 held last weekend in Pearl Point Shopping Complex.

“Young” is the keyword here as there is no participants over the age of 13.

Let’s see some of the young talents…

 

 

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+ KL Young Talent 2009 winners picture By GilaChess 26 July 2009 at 6:21 pm and have No Comments

Have not got the full list of winners. Here are pictures of the champion first.

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+ KL Young Talent Chess Championship By GilaChess 26 July 2009 at 2:52 pm and have No Comments

I totally forgot that this event was even on until I took a look at my Google chess calendar. Looking at the time I think I can just make it to catch the last two rounds of the competition.

There is 121 participants taking part in 3 age groups namely Under-13, Under-11 and Under-9.

The event is unique as other than the offers cash prizes and trophies to the winners, the organisers also promises the following for the top 3 winners:-

  1. 12 weekend training sessions throughout the year.

  2. Free entry to KL Open and representation of KLCA in team competitions where possible.

  3. Special 4 day boot camp during long school terms break.

  4. Financial support in consultation with MCF if selected to represent Malaysia in designated ASEAN/Asian/World Youth competitions.

 

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+ Sumant wins UTP Chess Open By GilaChess 26 July 2009 at 8:57 am and have No Comments

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Fresh from winning the under-17 MBSSKL Invitational last week, Sumant won the UTP Chess Open ahead of Ian Udani, Tan Khai Boon, Evan Timothy Capel, Ahmad Faizal Nayan.

Full results here.

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+ DATCC Round 14 By GilaChess 25 July 2009 at 10:19 am and have No Comments


GOLD IS new T-Shirt. They are the only team that night with all their members in ‘uniform’. 

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+ National Closed Bulletin sent By GilaChess 24 July 2009 at 9:06 pm and have No Comments

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For those who bought the National Closed bulletin, I have to say sorry because it was just mailed yesterday. All the photostated copy had a page that was blur so I reprinted that one page, tore off the original staple binding and bought a comb binding machine to reinsert that page. That was a lot of work!

Anyway you should expect the bulletin in the mail in 3-4 days from now.

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+ Puzzle: Mate in one By GilaChess 24 July 2009 at 5:03 pm and have No Comments

Mate in one.

White to move.

mate-in-one

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