Malaysia’s 1st Round Games vs England, Chess Olympiad 2010

22 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – Here are two of the first round games of the Malaysian Chess Team against the English Grandmasters found on the playchess.com server for chess enthusiasts to replay on their own.

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi [Malaysia] – GM Michael Adams [England]
[Event "39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. a3 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Nge2 Be7 11. b3 g5 12. Bg3 Qa5 13. f3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15.Rfb1 h5 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. b4 Qd8 19. a5 g4 1/2-1/2 .


NM Tan Khai Boon [Malaysia] vs GM David W L  Howell [England]
[Event "39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tan, Khai Boon"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8.Rc1 b6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Bd5 Qc7 12. O-O e6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. d5 Na5 16. dxe6 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 fxe6 18. Ng5 Re8 19. f4 h6 20. Nxe6 Qf7 21.f5 Bc8 22. Bb2 Bxe6 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rcd1 Rxe4 26. Rd7 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Rd6 Kf7 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Be5 33. Rd8 Ke6 34. Rg8 Rh7 35. Re8+ Kd6 36. Kg1 Rh4 0-1 .

The match ended with a win for the GM-powered English chess team 3.5-0.5 over Malaysia.