Three of the best local chess columnist I know of is Peter Long (NST column), Lim Chong (Malay Mail) and Quah Seng Sun (The Star). The first 2 columns have been discontinued many years ago.
I’m happy that Lim Chong’s writing is revived in a section in the DATCC blog – titled “Chess Overboard !”.
Go over and have a read and don’t forget to bookmark it like I have.
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The coming weekend is packed with chess!
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Ignore the title (it should be “after Round 2”)
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I think Yee Weng will have a hard time today to make up for yesterday’s loss. Although he surprised Nicholas by playing something out of the ordinary by steering the game into a Queen’s Gambit Accepted. The computer engines evaluated Nicholas slightly worse as White but that quickly changed to equal in the middlegame. After some time Nicholas broke through with his Queen and Rook moving in dangerously into Black’s camp and the game was quickly decided. Check out DATCC blog for the Round 2 game.
There is no live broadcast but there should be periodic updates from DATCC blog.
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I’m now at the Hari Raya Haji Tourney at Excel Chess, OUG.
I know today is also the 3rd and 4th round of the Malaysian Masters 2009 between IM Lim Yee Weng and FM Nicholas Chan but I wish I can be at two places at the same time. I have to give the Malaysian Masters a miss this time and I’m sure someone else will cover the event.
About 34 players are taking part in this tournament including Mohd Syakir, Jax Tham, Mohd Nabil, Mark Siew, Nur Nabila, Mohd Irman, Wong Jianwen, Low Jun Jian, Mohd Ali Chor, Puteri Rifqah, Nur Najiha, Joshua Foong, and Low Jun Keat.
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The first game between IM Lim Yee Weng vs FM Nicholas Chan ended in a draw by repetition. Yee Weng played against Nicholas Sicilian Dragon, an opening which Yee Weng gave a short training seminar during the DATCC weekender tournament.
IM Lim Yee Weng – NM Nicholas Chan (Game 1)
Second game will commence at 3.00 pm.
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VENUE: EXCEL CHESS ACADEMY, 26A. JALAN HUJAN EMAS 4, OUG. JALAN KELANG LAMA .POSKOD 58200 KUALA LUMPUR. 
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Final Ranking Rank SNo. Name Rtg Pts BH. IRat-Ø W Ra Rp 1 3 Che Hassan Abdullah 2109 7 50 1858 4.0 2029 2078 2 13 Thian Loon Ong 1649 7 45 1761 2.0 2100 1981 3 1 Yusof Kamaluddin 2177 6 50½ 1875 3.5 2006 2000 4 4 Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali 2044 6 47½ 1752 2.5 1975 1877 5 15 Shih Chieh Alfred Ting 1586 6 42 1734 3.0 1906 1859 6 2 Lee Kim Han Edward 2114 5½ 50½ 1785 3.5 1986 1865 7 7 Jun Jian Low 1896 5½ 50 1836 2.5 2089 1916 8 5 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 2000 5½ 50 1798 2.0 2057 1878 9 17 Jun Keat Low 1531 5½ 41 1697 2.0 1952 1777 10 18 Mohd Ali Chor 1529 5 46 1780 2.5 1970 1823 11 25 Guo Jie Yat 1368 5 43½ 1775 3.0 1904 1818 12 14 Hisyam Ismail 1636 5 43 1619 2.0 1825 1662 13 12 Sahir Sarifdin 1649 5 40½ 1705 2.0 1928 1748 14 6 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli 1944 4½ 45 1681 0.0 2112 1681 15 16 Joshua Foong 1543 4½ 40½ 1693 1.5 1938 1693 16 8 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 1870 4½ 40 1643 1.0 1876 1643 17 22 Lim Chong 1419 4½ 39 1551 0.5 1773 1551 18 10 Ruslan Haslindah 1705 4 39½ 1467 1.0 1802 1424 19 11 Mat Zaki Yeop 1650 4 38 1570 0.5 1935 1527 20 9 Francois Wolfaardt, 1802 4 37 1561 0.5 1896 1518 21 23 Saleh Fikri 1417 4 34 1511 0.5 1788 1468 22 24 Saleh Anis Fariha(U-12) 1374 4 34 1458 0.5 1754 1371 23 20 Yong Zhao (U12) Tan 1495 3½ 39½ 1502 0.5 1825 1422 24 28 Mohd Fadhrullah Mohd Sani 1297 3½ 32½ 1461 0.0 1705 1418 25 26 Shamsuddin Sabri 1352 3 30½ 1458 0.0 1726 1265 26 27 Jun Yi Low 1301 2½ 33½ 1461 0.0 1650 1210 27 29 Yu Kang Yang 1191 2½ 31 1485 0.5 1754 1319 28 19 Sri Shiva Kumar 1508 2 40½ 1772 1.0 1953 1700 29 21 Mohd Zullghafari Saparmin 1457 2 34 1599 0.0 1907 1326 30 30 Iskandar Danial Adam 0 0 27 1374 0.0 0 697
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1st – Abdullah Che Hassan
2nd – Ong Thian Loon
3rd – Kamaluddin Yusof
4th – Nor Ilhamuddin
5th – Alfred Ting Shih Chieh
6th – Edward Lee
7th – Low Jun Jian
8th – Mark Siew Kit-Tze
9th – Low Jun Keat
10th – Mohd Ali Chor
Best Under-12 – Tan Wei Hao
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Let’s have some background on the current leader of the 1st DATCC weekender tourney, Ong Thian Loon. He hails from Alor Star. He is this year’s Klang Open champion (ahead of Anas and Mok!) and a team member of Rorshach – winner of the UM team open this year (info from Remis Aman)
In the DATCC weekender he beat NM Edward Lee in Round 7.
Abdullah (‘Dollah’) Che Hassan looks on anxiously as Ong Thian Loon takes on Kamaluddin Yusof on board one using the Black pieces. Dollah is doing fine and is already up a pawn against Yat Guo Jie.
Can Ong draw and become DATCC 1st Weekender Champion ?
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Ong Thian Loon is the surprise leader going into Round 9 with 6.5/9. He just needs a draw to take clear first place. However he may find the going hard against battle hardened Kamaluddin Yusof in the final round. Abdullah Che Hassan on the other hand is just half a point behind Ong and may just overtake the latter to become champion should Ong lose to Kamaluddin.
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Bo. Name Pts Pts Name 1 Che Hassan Abdu 4½ 3½ Nor Ilhamuddin Sha 2 Thian Loon Ong 4 4 Lee Kim Han Edward 3 Yusof Kamaluddi 3½ 3½ Kit-Tze Mark Siew 4 Mohd Ali Chor 3½ 3½ Hisyam Ismail 5 Joshua Foong 3 3 Muhd Syazwan Zulki 6 Shih Chieh Alfr 3 3 Jun Jian Low 7 Mat Zaki Yeop 2½ 2½ Wei Hao (U12) Tan 8 Sahir Sarifdin 2½ 2½ Lim Chong 9 Jun Keat Low 2½ 2½ Yong Zhao (U12) Ta 10 Guo Jie Yat 2½ 2 Francois Wolfaardt 11 Sri Shiva Kumar 2 2 Mohd Fadhrullah Mo 12 Saleh Fikri 1½ 1½ Shamsuddin Sabri 13 Jun Yi Low 1½ 1½ Saleh Anis Fariha( 14 Yu Kang Yang 1 1½ Ruslan Haslindah 15 Iskandar Danial 0 1 Mohd Zullghafari S
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Abdullah Che Hassan takes over as the new leader after Edward Lee drew with Kamaluddin Yusof.
Abdullah currently has a total of 4/5 keeping him a narrow half point away from the rest of the pact which includes NM Edward Lee, Kamaluddin Yusof, Mohd Ali Chor, Mark Siew, Nor Ilhamuddin, and Hisyam Ismail.
Round 5 Bd Name Pts Res. Pts Name 1 Lee Kim Han Edward 3½ ½-½ 3 Yusof Kamaluddin 2 Jun Jian Low 3 0-1 3½ Che Hassan Abdullah 3 Mohd Ali Chor 3 ½-½ 3 Kit-Tze Mark Siew 4 Thian Loon Ong 3 1-0 3 Shih Chieh Alfred Ti 5 Nor Ilhamuddin Sha 2½ 1-0 2½ Guo Jie Yat 6 Hisyam Ismail 2½ 1-0 2½ Mat Zaki Yeop 7 Muhd Syazwan Zulki 2 1-0 2 Sri Shiva Kumar 8 Wei Hao (U12) Tan 2 ½-½ 2 Sahir Sarifdin 9 Joshua Foong 2 1-0 2 Francois Wolfaardt, 10 Ruslan Haslindah 1½ 0-1 1½ Jun Keat Low 11 Yong Zhao (U12) Ta 1½ 1-0 1½ Saleh Fikri 12 Lim Chong 1½ 1-0 1 Mohd Zullghafari Sap 13 Shamsuddin Sabri 1 ½-½ 1 Jun Yi Low 14 Mohd Fadhrullah Mo 1 1-0 1 Yu Kang Yang 15 Iskandar Danial Ad 0 0-1 ½ Saleh Anis Fariha(U-
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Came back to KL just in time to witness the DATCC Weekender which is a FIDE rated individual tournament running over two weekends.
The response is pretty good for a first weekend rated event with about 10 rated players taking part. It’s a good opportunity for unrated players to gain an international rating. Altogether there are 30 players are taking part.
As can be seen from the table below, after 4 rounds, we have two joint leaders in
Abdullah Che Hassan
and NM Edward Lee
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Also check out the interactive table which now includes pictures of the player when you mouse over the name or result.
Coverage of the event can be found at the DATCC blog, Gilocatur and Fiery Rook.
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For the latest updates on the DATCC Individual tournament visit http://datcchess.blogspot.com
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