Grischuk and Galliamova crowned as Russian champions

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Grischuk and Galliamova crowned as Russian champions Wednesday, 30 December 2009 07:41 The Superfinals of the men and women Russian Championship were held on 19-29th December at the Big Hall of the Central Chess Club in Moscow. Both events were 10-player round robin tournaments, with players qualified from the Higher League and last year championships. Alexander Grischuk preserved the lead gained after the 5th round and claimed the Championship with 6.5 points from 9 rounds. Five-time champion Peter Svidler finished second half a point behind, while Nikita Vitiugov took bronze medal. The women championship was marked with incredible comeback by Alisa Galliamova, who was almost forgotten after her long break from tournament practice. Following a powerful start with five wins from five rounds, Galliamova had a full point advantage ahead of Nadezhda Kosintseva, practically her only opposition for the title. She skillfully maintained the margin and won the Championship by collecting a fantastic 7.5 points from nine games. Nadezhda Kosintseva was second and Valentina Gunina is third. Alexander Grischuk Peter Svidler Nadezhda and Tatiana Kosintseva Final standings (men): 1. Alexander Grischuk - 6.5 2. Peter Svidler - 6.0 3. Nikita Vitiugov - 5.0 4-5. Dmitry Jakovenko and Evgeny Alekseev - 4.5 6-8. Denis Khismatullin, Alexander Riazantsev and Evgeny Tomashevsky - 4.0 9. Artyom Timofeev - 3.5 10. Sanan Sjugirov - 3.0 Final standings (women): 1. Alisa Galliamova - 7.5 2. Nadezhda Kosintseva - 7.0 3. Valentina Gunina - 6.0 4. Tatiana Kosintseva - 5.5 5-6. Anastasia Bodnarukand Elena Zaiatz - 4.5 7. Natalia Pogonina - 3.5 (-2) 8. Tatiana Stepovaia - 3.0 9. Maria Manakova - 2.0 10. Marina Romanko - 1.5  (source: fide.com)

Judit Polgar No. One and Koneru Humpy is second!

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FIDE Top 100 Women January 2010 Nothing has changed: Judit Polgar is still almost 70 points ahead of her nearest rival, Indian GM Koneru Humpy. Chinese wonder talent Hou Yifan continues to move slowly towards the 2600 mark and we can expect her to soon be the third female player in history to achieve this.           Picture 1. Judit Polgar. Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1  Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 4 1976 2  Koneru, Humpy g IND 2614 8 1987 3  Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 14 1994 4  Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2545 7 1979 5  Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2533 9 1985 6  Cramling, Pia g SWE 2528 4 1963 7  Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2523 25 1990 8  Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2523 10 1984 9  Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2518 16 1989 10  Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2515 8 1986 11  Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2514 0 1961 12  Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2512 4 1991 13  Sebag, Marie g FRA 2510 8 1986 14  Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2506 19 1987 15  Zhao, Xue g CHN 2504 4 1985 16  Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2503 9 1982 17  Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 0 1985 18  Danielian, Elina m ARM 2495 11 1978 19  Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2493 7 1984 20  Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2489 9 1983 21  Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2487 0 1980 22  Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2484 9 1985 23  Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2479 2 1987 24  Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2478 3 1976 25  Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2471 11 1991 26  Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2470 16 1976 27  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2470 9 1968 28  Zhu, Chen g QAT 2470 4 1976 29  Qin, Kanying wg CHN 2466 0 1974 30  Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2466 0 1978 31  Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2464 3 1991 32  Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2462 8 1979 33  Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2461 8 1988 34  Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2457 8 1983 35  Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 0 1976 36  Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2455 13 1981 37  Krush, Irina m USA 2455 5 1983 38  Tairova, Elena m RUS 2455 0 1991 39  Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2452 6 1985 40  Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2452 0 1978 41  Socko, Monika g POL 2450 14 1978 42  Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2448 7 1989 43  Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 0 1985 44  Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2447 0 1992 45  Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2445 0 1982 46  Shen, Yang wg CHN 2444 2 1989 47  Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2440 10 1967 48  Huang, Qian wg CHN 2439 3 1986 49  Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2438 7 1985 50  Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2437 24 1989 51  Repkova, Eva m SVK 2434 0 1975 52  Romanko, Marina m RUS 2433 6 1986 53  Melia, Salome m GEO 2431 9 1987 54  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2428 4 1974 55  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag wg MGL 2427 15 1987 56  Moser, Eva m AUT 2424 8 1982 57  Li, Ruofan m SIN 2423 0 1978 58  Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2415 0 1982 59  Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2414 13 1975 60  Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2414 0 1977 61  Cori T., Deysi wm PER 2412 33 1993 62  Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2411 7 1978 63  Savina, Anastasia   RUS 2407 20 1992 64  Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2407 9 1983 65  Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2405 11 1987 66  Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2404 13 1983 67  Jackova, Jana m CZE 2403 16 1982 68  Tsereteli, Tamar wg GEO 2403 9 1985 69  Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2402 16 1986 70  Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2402 9 1968 71  Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 18 1980 72  Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2401 0 1977 73  Tania, Sachdev m IND 2398 11 1986 74  Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2391 19 1987 75  Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2391 4 1969 76  Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2391 0 1978 77  Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2391 0 1969 78  Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2389 8 1965 79  Molchanova, Tatjana wm RUS 2388 8 1980 80  Maric, Alisa m SRB 2387 9 1970 81  Turova, Irina m RUS 2386 8 1979 82  Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2385 7 1969 83  Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2384 9 1971 84  Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2384 2 1987 85  Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2382 9 1974 86  Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2382 0 1982 87  Galojan, Lilit wg ARM 2374 8 1983 88  Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2374 7 1978 89  Majdan, Joanna wg POL 2374 7 1988 90  Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2372 2 1992 91  Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2371 0 1977 92  Gara, Anita m HUN 2370 17 1983 93  Michna, Marta wg GER 2370 8 1978 94  Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2369 17 1979 95  Iljushina, Olga wg RUS 2367 0 1981 96  Goletiani, Rusudan m USA 2366 0 1980 97  Girya, Olga wg RUS 2365 23 1991 98  Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2360 9 1941 99  Calzetta Ruiz, Monica wg ESP 2359 8 1972 100  Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2359 0 1978 (source: Chessbase.com)

Magnus Carlsen is number one!

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31.12.2009 – FIDE has just released its January 1st 2010 rating list, and it has the 19-year-old Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen with 2810 in the number one slot, five points ahead of number two Veselin Topalov, and twenty points above World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Magnus is the youngest player to cross the 2800 mark and to top the world rankings. Congratulations! FIDE January 2010 Rating List Magnus Carlsen gained nine rating points in his last sixteen games to come in at 2810 Elo points and to occupy the number one slot in the world rankings. Below is this prodigy's rating progress in the last nine years. In second place is Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov, who lost five points in four games (at the European Team Championships in Novi Sad), followed by World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who lost two points in nine games. Vladimir Kramnik is number four, having won a whopping sixteen points in sixteen games. Kramnik displaced Levon Aronian, who lost five points and is now in place five in the world rankings. Other notatble changes at the top: Vassily Ivanchuk has gained ten points and is once again in the top ten. So is Chinese GM Wang Yue, who gained fifteen points. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov gained 22 points, while Peter Leko lost 13, Teimour Radjabov 15 and Alexander Morozevich 18 points. FIDE January 1st 2010 – Top 100 Players Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1  Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2810 16 1990 2  Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 4 1975 3  Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 9 1969 4  Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 16 1975 5  Aronian, Levon g ARM 2781 17 1982 6  Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2761 25 1968 7  Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2759 21 1986 8  Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2749 13 1969 9  Wang, Yue g CHN 2749 8 1987 10  Svidler, Peter g RUS 2744 27 1976 11  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2741 19 1985 12  Leko, Peter g HUN 2739 9 1979 13  Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2737 25 1983 14  Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2736 14 1983 15  Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2736 8 1983 16  Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733 13 1987 17  Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2732 19 1977 18  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2730 21 1990 19  Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2730 17 1983 20  Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 19 1972 21  Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2720 12 1990 22  Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2716 15 1980 23  Wang, Hao g CHN 2715 10 1989 24  Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2713 18 1983 25  Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2712 4 1983 26  Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2710 7 1976 27  Navara, David g CZE 2708 15 1985 28  Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2708 7 1987 29  Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2708 2 1978 30  Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2705 14 1987 31  Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2705 10 1982 32  Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2704 15 1983 33  Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2703 13 1985 34  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2702 2 1979 35  Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2697 6 1979 36  Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2697 4 1974 37  Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2697 0 1973 38  Short, Nigel D g ENG 2696 7 1965 39  Adams, Michael g ENG 2694 17 1971 40  Kamsky, Gata g USA 2693 6 1974 41  Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2692 8 1987 42  Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2692 8 1986 43  Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2692 6 1971 44  Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2687 13 1985 45  Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2686 0 1978 46  Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 4 1976 47  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2681 12 1976 48  Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2680 12 1983 49  Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2678 10 1971 50  Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2677 0 1980 51  Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2675 18 1992 52  Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2673 6 1985 53  Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2672 0 1965 54  Harikrishna, P. g IND 2672 0 1986 55  Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2670 12 1981 56  Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2670 6 1986 57  Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 4 1975 58  Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2668 13 1989 59  Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2668 11 1968 60  Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2668 10 1985 61  Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2665 4 1977 62  Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2662 2 1973 63  Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2661 0 1985 64  Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2660 20 1978 65  Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2660 15 1986 66  Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2659 9 1985 67  Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2659 4 1976 68  Meier, Georg g GER 2658 12 1987 69  Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2658 10 1990 70  Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2657 18 1953 71  Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2657 10 1985 72  Ni, Hua g CHN 2657 10 1983 73  Smeets, Jan g NED 2657 10 1985 74  Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2657 9 1977 75  Roiz, Michael g ISR 2657 8 1983 76  Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2656 8 1978 77  So, Wesley g PHI 2656 8 1993 78  Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2656 0 1963 79  Fridman, Daniel g GER 2654 8 1976 80  Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2654 4 1983 81  Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2654 2 1978 82  Grachev, Boris g RUS 2653 18 1986 83  Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2653 4 1981 84  Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2652 16 1988 85  Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2652 4 1985 86  Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2651 16 1984 87  Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2650 9 1969 88  Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2649 12 1968 89  Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2649 6 1985 90  Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2649 2 1960 91  Korobov, Anton g UKR 2648 17 1985 92  Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2648 7 1981 93  Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2647 20 1991 94  Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2647 6 1987 95  Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2645 10 1972 96  Milov, Vadim g SUI 2644 6 1972 97  Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2643 13 1985 98  Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 10 1966 99  Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2643 9 1973 100  Socko, Bartosz g POL 2643 8 1978 (source: Chasebase.com)

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Interview with IM Mas Hafizulhelmi

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On the evening of the 29th December 2009, fireyrook had an opportunity to talk to one of Malaysia’s top chess players, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, the new reigning Malaysian Masters 2009 Champion. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi revealed a few interesting facts about what he has achieved and his thinking for the future. He also talks about Malaysia’s chances for the SEA Games in Indonesia come the year 2011.

Picture 1. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is the new Malaysian Masters Champion 2009.

How is your journey to become first GM of Malaysia?
I am reaching the end of my two-year period of break and will be returning to work with Petronas very soon. I would say that I have gained valuable exposure over the last two years and participated in many chess tournaments abroad to try to gain my GM-norm.

Have you achieved any GM-norms to-date?
I have had a few near misses but no norm yet. Certain criteria need to be fullfilled to obtain a GM norm in a tournament, such as the minimum 3 GM opponents, a score of about 70% of games played (this is also relatively dependent on your average opponents rating) and other related critirea. And 3 norms are needed for the full GM title. At the same time, the player needs to achieve a FIDE rating of above 2500.

How will you achieve your GM status from here onwards?
I will continue to participate in more future chess tournaments, here locally and abroad. This is of course, time permitting and work permitting. Generally, it takes 5-7 years to become a GM (This is what GM Ian Rogers told me when I started this Tiger Project, and to do it in 2 years was almost an impossible task) I have read somewhere, statistically to be a GM, it is as tough as doing a double PHD.
If a Malaysian needs to achieve a Grandmaster norm, I think it would be an advantage to stay in Europe for a period of time and participate in chess tournaments there. Still this is not easy, it is just that more tournaments mean you get more chances to improve your level and more opportunity to go for the norms.

Yes, We have seen how the Indian World Champion, Anand, who has stayed in Germany to stay focused in professional chess and participate in as many chess tournaments as possible to achieve his World No. 1 status as World Champion in chess. Next question: Recently, we have heard that Indonesia will become the next host for the SEA Games in 2011 and chess is included. Do we have a chance to win any medals in chess in the coming SEA Games in 2011?
In the South-East Asia region, there are three big chess giants. They are Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. Each of these countries have many grandmasters in chess and even more International Masters and FIDE-Masters amongst them. On paper, it won't be easy for Malaysia to win a medal (but we did win bronze medal in Vietnam SEA games some years ago) but it would be worthwhile for our Malaysian chess players to use it to try for IM/GM-norms, a spring board to their own titles. Once, Malaysia starts to have players with GM-titles, the pool of titled chess players will increase dramatically, almost exponentially! To start having one GM is the most difficult part that Malaysia has to undergo.

Thank you for your time to have a conversation with me. We wish you all the best in your struggle to achieve your Grandmaster norms and eventually a full GM title.
(interviewed and posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

Round 8 Results, Team AU Prevails In 2nd DATCC Chess League 2009, 29 December 2009

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The eighth round of the 2nd DATCC Chess League 2009 took placed at the 4th Floor, Car Park, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur in the evening of the 29th December 2009.

In the clash of titans, Team AU prevailed with a 2.5:1.5 win over Caviaga. Three boards ended with draws. It was the third board between Abdullah Che Hassan and Soon Wai Cheong, which decided the match. Abdullah lost to Soon Wai Cheong.

Two matches ended in identical draws of 2-2. These were between EON Bank Bhd and Nusa Mahkota, and between Price WaterHouse and 17 Chess Club.

Meanwhile X-factor had to struggle to get a 2.5:1.5 win over Storm Warriors. Mok Tze-Meng and Lim Zhou Ren made sure of their respective board wins for X-factor.

Bottom of the table match between DATCC and Tan & Tan was a let down as DATCC won three forfeit board wins against the non-attendance of Tan & Tan players. The lone third board play between two well-known chess arbiters, Najib Wahab (DATCC) and Abdul Hamid Majid (Tan & Tan) ended in a draw giving DATCC a 3.5:0.5 win over Tan & Tan.

The following two table summarises the team standings and team results after round 8 play on the 29th December 2009.

 

The last ninth round of the chess league will be played next Tuesday, 5th January 2010, 7 pm, DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.

(source: En. Abdul Hamid b Majid, arbiter of the event) (posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

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Picture Gallery of Round 8, 2nd DATCC Chess League 2009, 29 December 2009

Here are some random pictures of round 8, 2nd DATCC Chess League 2009 which took place at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, Level 4, Car Park, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur on the 29th December 2009.

(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

2010 New Year Countdown Blitz

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

New Year Countdown Blitz @ Excel

In celebrating the coming in of the new year 2010, Excel Chess Academy is organising a 2010 New Year Countdown Blitz chess tournament with the following details below:-

Venue	Excel Chess Academy 26A Jln Hujan Emas 4, OUG, KL.
Date	31st December 2009
Time	Come before 8.00pm. (The centre is open from 5pm onwards)
Time control	5 mins
Entrance fee	RM 20
Prize fund	90% of entrance fee will go into the prize fund.

Please contact Jax Tham, h/p: 013-3232280, email: jaxtham@hotmail.com.

All chess enthusiasts that are free and available for the evening are cordially invited to participate this blitz chess tournament at Excel Chess Academy.

The organiser is promising an additional air-condition unit will be installed on its premises for added comfort of participating players.

(source: Jax Tham, Excel Chess Academy)

Nik Faruki wins Blitz, Malaysia Inter State Chess Championship 2009

The full results of the blitz tournament in conjunction with Malaysia Inter-State Chess Championship 2009 in Sibu, Sarawak just popped in into my email box, courtesy of En. Abdul Hamid Majid, arbiter of the event. Congratulations to the Blitz Champion, Nik Ahmad Faruki!

A total of 42 players participated in this blitz side show to the main team event of the Inter-State team chess championship.

Nik Faruki turn out tops with 8 points from 9 rounds of blitz chess game. In second place is Abdul Haq, third, Lim Zhou Ren, both with 7 points from 9 rounds. 4th-10th were as follows:- Kamaluddin Yusof, Abd Sahim, Leong Mun Wan, Fairin Zakaria, Ahmad Afiq, Ong Thian Loon and Tan Ken Wei.

Abdullah Che Hasan, Caviaga team player, was in 15th position with 5 points. Syed Iskandar, our northern region chess blogger, ended with 4 points in 27th position, Lim Kim Hwa, the organiser from Sarawak, with 3 points in 35th position.

Congratulations to all winners and participating players at the Malaysia Inter-State Chess Championship 2009 held at Sibu, Sarawak from 25th – 27th December 2009. Hope that you had all enjoyed yourselves at the tournament and blitz side show in Sarawak.

(source: Abdul Hamid Majid, arbiter of the event)
(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)

A Single Rook Move

A single rook move

For years the favorites to win the European Championship have not changed: Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, this time Ukraine had to play without Ivanchuk. This year after an exciting tournament - and for the first time - Azerbaijan won gold in this four board team event. Silver and bronze went to Russia and Ukraine. A single rook move proved to be crucial - and was made by Daniel Stellwagen against Vugar Gashimov in the last round match between The Netherlands and Azerbaijan. Actually, before the last round it seemed as if Russia would safely win but the Russians failed to achieve more than a draw against Spain. Now Azerbaijan had a chance to win gold - if the team managed to beat The Netherlands. With a match score of 1.5:1.5 Gashimov and Stellwagen found themselves in a complicated, objectively drawish rook endgame. Now Stellwagen made the crucial mistake, which helped Azerbaijan to win gold.

Gashimov,V. - Stellwagen,D
17.ETCC 2009 Novi Sad, (9.2), 30.10.2009

So far Stellwagen had defended excellently. But now he played 70...Rf4? [Correct was 70...Re4] 71.Ke6 h4 [Now after 71...Re4+ White would play 72.Kf5 Tc4 73.f7 +-] 72.f7 Kg6 73.f8D Txf8 74.Txf8 Kg5 75.Ke5 1–0

This win made super GMs Vugar Gashimov and Teimour Radjabov new European champions - and like an impressive number of top players they annotated some of their games for the December issue of the Chess Base Magazine.

(source: December 2009 issue of ChessBase Newsletter)

India A and Vietnam are the Team Champions.

India A and Vietnam are the Champions.
Kolkata, 28th December, 2009

India A men’s team annexed the gold in the Tata Steel Asian Chess Championship which concluded at the Town Hall on Monday. The premier Asian team event was organised by Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy and All Sport Management. In the final round India A overwhelmed Sri Lanka 4-0 to take their match score to 14 points well ahead of Vietnam and Iran who finished on 11 match points.India A were the only team to win all their matches. Vietnam took the silver on the basis of better tie-breaking points while Iran had to be content with the bronze.

In the women’s section, overnight leaders, Vietnam crushed tail-enders Nepal 4-0 to total 11 points and get the gold. The India A women, who had got a bye in the final round ended on 10 points to take the silver in this section. India B women,went down to Iran 3-1 to spoil their chances of getting the silver. They ended on 9 match points along  with Iran and were placed 4th on tie break losing the bronze to Iran in this section.

(source: http://www.asianteamchess09.com/news.asp)

India A assured of Gold (Men), Vietnam In Sight of Gold (Women)

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India A assured of gold in Men’s section.
Vietnam insight of gold in Women’s section.
Kolkata, 27th December, 2009

The India A men’s team were assured of the gold medal after the completion of the 6th and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship at Town Hall on Sunday. The premier Asian meet is being organized by Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy and All Sport Management and will conclude on Monday.

The India A beat Singapore 3.5 –0.5 and took their match score to 12 points to take the gold. On the top board, GM P Harikrishna the lone Singapore GM convincingly while GM Parimarjan Negi too, had little difficulty against low-rated Lo Kin Mun Dominic.

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy  was held to a draw by Tan Weiliang who has an Elo of only 2168. The captain, Sasikiran, surprisingly faced stiff resistance from FM Chua Zheng Yuan Terry but finally prevailed after a prolonged struggled.

Vietnam outplayed Indonesia 4-0 to take their match score to 9 points, while Iran crushed Sri Lanka 4-0 to take their match score to 9 points as well. A point behind them is India B on 8 points. They beat tail-enders Yemen  3-1, but surprisingly conceded two draws.

In the women’s section, Vietnam is well placed to pick up the gold as they have 11 match  points and need only a draw against minnows Nepal in the last to confirm their gold medal.

India A women’s team took their tally to 9 match points by beating Bangladesh 4-0 but got the dreaded bye in the last round and will get only 1 point. India B outwitted Sri Lanka and also took their tally to 9 match points. They meet Iran in the final round and a win should get them the silver ahead of India A.

(source: http://www.asianteamchess09.com/news.asp)

Winners of Malaysia Inter-State Championship 2009 in Sibu, Sarawak

Breaking news from Syed Chess:
Inter-State Winner
Champion:RM2000 + Trophy (Penang)
Runner Up:RM1500 + Trophy (Selangor)
3rd:RM1000 + Trophy (Kuala Lumpur)
4th:RM500 + Trophy (Kedah)
Individual Winner
Champion:RM2000 + Medal (Tan Khai Boon)
Runner Up:RM1500 + Medal (Loo Swee Leong)
3rd:RM1000 + Medal (NM Ng Tze Han)
4th:RM500 + Medal (Abdullah Che Hassan)
5th - 10th:RM200 each (Taulani Bin Tukiran,Ong Thian Loon,Amri Ibni Hajar,Tan Ken Wei,Lim Zhuo Ren & Ismail Ahmad)
Inter-State Winner Photos

Champ Penang Team 22 Points

2nd Selangor Team 18.5 Points

3rd Kuala Lumpur Team 17.5 Points

4th Kedah Team 17.5 Points
Lain-Lain Team
5.Sarawak
6.Sabah
7.Johor
8.N.Sembilan
9.Kelantan
10.Labuan
(source: http://syedchess.blogspot.com)

Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2010 @ 28 Feb 2010

Sepertimana yang kita sedia maklum, pada bulan Mac 2009 telah diadakan Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2009. Jadi, sebagai acara tahunan, pihak kami sekali lagi mengadakan pertandingan ini. Oleh itu, kami menjemput anda yang berminat untuk bermain catur menyertainya bagi menjayakan Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2010.

Berikut adalah maklumat tentang pertandingan berkenaan:

Tarikh: 28 Februari 2010
Masa: 8 pagi – 9.15 malam
Tempat: Kolej Kesembilan, Kolej Tun Syed Zahiruddin, Universiti Malaya

Syarat-syarat penyertaan:

1. Terbuka kepada semua lapisan masyarakat tidak kira umur.
2. Terbuka kepada peserta sama ada mahasiswa/i UM atau mahasiswa/i bukan UM, bukan pelajar universiti, i.e., pelajar sekolah menengah, pelajar sekolah rendah, guru-guru, ahli keluarga, etc.
3. Pertandingan ini diadakan secara berkumpulan, iaitu empat (4) orang setiap kumpulan tanpa pemain simpanan.
4. Bagi kumpulan Universiti atau Kolej, semua peserta haruslah terdiri daripada pelajar sahaja. Staf atau pensyarah tidak dibenarkan.
5. 50 kumpulan yang awal mendaftar akan berpeluang bertanding. (First come, first serve basis)
6. Bayaran penyertaan RM 90 bagi setiap kumpulan. (cara pembayaran akan diberitahu kelak)
7. Borang penyertaan akan diedarkan kepada sesiapa yang berminat melalui emel dengan cara file attachment.
8. Tarikh tutup penyertaan ialah pada 21 Februari 2010.

Jadi, adakah anda berminat?
Jika YA, berikan maklumat tentang kumpulan anda seperti:

1. Nama Kumpulan
2. Nama Penuh Setiap Peserta
3. No Kad Pengenalan Setiap Peserta
4. Universiti @ Kolej yang anda wakili
5. No Telefon Ketua Kumpulan (agar mudah pihak kami berkomunikasi)
6. Alamat emel Ketua Kumpulan

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Disediakan Oleh,
Sharifah Itasha Jamalullai binti Syed Nushadil
Pengarah,
Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Tun Syed Zahiruddin 2010
Kolej Kediaman Tun Syed Zahiruddin,
Universiti Malaya
013-7686940

How to get to 9th College, University of Malaya, look for on this map:

UM Main Entrance   Academy of Islamic Studies   9th College   PJ Entrance   Rimba Ilmu   3rd College   Faculty of Dentistry   Institute of Postgraduate Studies   4th College   University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)   Centre for Foundation Studies in Science   7th College   Faculty of Medicine   Faculty of Law   8th College   Faculty of Built Environment   Library   10th College   Faculty of Engineering   Dewan Tunku Chancellor (DTC)   5th College   Faculty of Business and Accountancy   Chancellery / Administration   11th College   Faculty of Economics and Administration   Examination Building   12th College   Faculty of Education   University Guest House   1st College   Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences   Museum of Asian Art   2nd College   Faculty of Languages and Linguistics   Perdanasiswa & Cultural Centre   6th College   Faculty of Science   Asia-Europe Institute (AEI)         Academy of Malay Studies   Sports Centre         Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology

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