Nicholas Chan Wins His Match Against Yee Weng!

Nicholas Chan wins his match against Yee Weng !

The Finals between IM Mas who beat FM Mok and FM Nicholas Chan will be held on 18,19 & 20 December in Dato Arthur Tan Chess Center over 6 games to decide the Malaysian Champion for 2009 !

The Games:

(3) Lim Yee Weng - Nicholas Chan [B37] GAME 3

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3 0–0 8.Be2 d6 9.0–0 Nd7 10.Bd2 a5 11.Na3 Nc5 12.Nab5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Re8 16.Qd4 e5 17.Qe3 Qh4 18.Bf3 f6 19.g3 Qh3 20.Qd2 Qe6 21.Be3 Ra6 22.Rfd1 Rc6 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Qxd6 Qxc4 25.Qxf6 Qxc3 26.Bg2 Bg4 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Qg5 Be2 29.Rfc1 Qd4 30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.fxe3 Rfc8 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Rb1 b5 34.Bf1 Bxf1 35.Kxf1 b4 36.Rb2 Rc3 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.Kd2 Ke6 39.h4 Kd6 40.g4 Kc5 41.h5 Kb5 42.Rb1 Ka4 43.Rf1 gxh5 44.gxh5 Ra3 45.Rf7 Rxa2+ 46.Kd3 Rh2 47.Rxh7 Ka3 48.Ra7 a4 49.Kc4 b3 50.Kb5 b2 51.Rxa4+ Kb3 52.Rb4+ Kc2 53.Rc4+ Kd1 54.Rb4 Kc1 55.Kc5 b1Q 56.Rxb1+ Kxb1 57.Kd6 Rxh5 0–1

(2) Nicholas Chan - Lim Yee Weng [D29] GAME 2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 c5 8.0–0 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.a4 b4 11.a5 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.Bc4 0–0 14.Bd3 Rfd8 15.h3 Nd5 16.Ne4 cxd4 17.exd4 N7f6 18.Ne5 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf6 20.Bd3 g6 21.Be3 Rdc8 22.Rdc1 Qd8 23.Nc4 Nd5 24.Be4 Rab8 25.Bd3 Bc6 26.Ne5 Bb5 27.Bxb5 Rxb5 28.Qf3 Bf6 29.Rxc8 Qxc8 30.Rc1 Qe8 31.Ng4 Bg7 32.Nh6+ Bxh6 33.Bxh6 Rxa5 34.Qg3 Rb5 35.Qe5 f6 36.Qd6 Rb6 37.Qc5 Rb8 38.Qa7 Ne7 39.Rc7 Nf5 40.Rg7+ Kh8 41.Rxh7+ Kg8 42.Bf4 Ra8 43.Qb7 g5 44.g4 Qg6 45.gxf5 exf5 46.Qxa8+ Kxh7 47.Qb7+ Kh6 48.Bd6 a5 49.Qc8 Qf7 50.Qxf5 1–0

(1) Lim Yee Weng - Nicholas Chan [B36] GAME 1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9.Qd2 0–0 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Rc1 Ng4 12.Be2 f6 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Be3 Qa5 15.0–0 Be6 16.b3 a6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Qe2 Qh5 19.f3 Bh6 20.Nd5 Rfe8 21.Bxh6 Qxh6 22.Rc3 Kf8 23.Rcd3 Rc5 24.a4 Rec8 25.R3d2 R8c6 26.Nb4 Rc8 27.Nd5 R8c6 28.Nb4 ½–½

(source: En. Abdul Hamid Majid, arbiter of the event)