Hastings Masters, Howell Leads

31 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – At the Hastings Masters Chess Tournament, the top seed is David Howell. 109 players have registered for the Hastings Masters 2010-2011. David Howell has won all three rounds so far. This is a 9 round Swiss chess tournament.

 

Here is the third round game between GM David Howell and Ramnath Bhuvanesh of the Hastings Masters 2010-2011. The Caro-Kann Opening transpired. Black ends with a win.

To see the full rankings table, please click here.

Official website : http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/default.asp

Vallejo Leads Reggio Emilia, Italy

Pix 1. WGM Olga Zimina, WGM Yulia Kochetkova, and WGM Martha Fierro (picture courtesy of chessdom.com)

31 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – At the 53rd Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament in Italy, Vallejo Pons Francisco (pix left) beats Navara David of Czech Republic in the third round. Meanwhile Short suffered a loss at the hands of Caruana Fabiano of Italy, as a result, the third round leader is now Vallejo Pons Francisco with 2.5 points.

Cross-table (after round 3):

The diagram above demonstrates the ending of the Caruana-Short chess game during the third round of the 53rd Reggio Emilia 2010-2011 Italy. Despite black having the  extra pawn, it did not help matters as white has an advanced c-pawn at the seventh rank. White played 59.Qd7 allowing the white pawn to reach its queening square, c8 and taking the pin out while giving white a gain in material.

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17chessclub Blitz

31 Disember 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Berita terkini daripada Syazrin Abdul Rahman mengenai pertandingan catur blitz pada lewat petang, 9 Januari 2010 di DATCC, Kuala Lumpur.

17chessclub blitz@datcc open

17chessclub blitz @ datcc open
(Kawalan Masa 5 minit seorang)

9 pusingan
Tarikh:  9hb January 2011
Tempat: DATCC 4 Floor Wilayah Complex,KL
Masa:   0630 ptg- 0930 mlm
Yuran:   RM10

Jadual pertandingan
0630-0715Pusingan 1 hingga 3
0715-0745 Sembahyang Maghrib/Rehat
0800-0930 Pusingan 4 hingga 9

Format hadiah seperti berikut;
Hadiah hanya tempat pertama,kedua dan ketiga sahaja
*Hadiah mengikut bilangan peserta.

Matlamat pertandingan adalah untuk menajamkan lagi 'opening' para peserta,mendedahkan lagi keseronokan aktiviti catur di kalangan masyarakat.

Sila SMS nama pada Syazrin Abd Rahman 0126091898 atau register pada 9hb January 2011 pada pukul 1 tengahari hingga pukul 5 petang

Who Said Chess Isn’t Sexy

31 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – It’s the last day of the year folks and tomorrow we usher a new year – 2011 and enjoy the youtube video on the former Women’s World Chess Champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk exploits in chess.

Malaysia’s Top 100 Chess Players

1 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – FIDE has just released the latest FIDE Rating List for all countries including Malaysia. Here is the top 100 FIDE Rated Malaysian chess players for the January 2011.

#	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	G	B-Year
1	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	m	MAS	2418	9
2	Mok, Tze-Meng	m	MAS	2394	0
3	Chan, Nicholas	f	MAS	2375	0
4	Ooi, Chern Ee	f	MAS	2349	0
5	Lim, Chuin Hoong Ronnie	f	MAS	2335	0	1983
6	Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy	m	MAS	2302	0	1958
7	Ng, Tze Han		MAS	2285	9	1981
8	Long, Peter	f	MAS	2282	0	1961
9	Lim, Yee-Weng	m	MAS	2248	0	1982
10	Law, Zhe Kang		MAS	2215	0
11	Chin, F		MAS	2211	0
12	Zakaria, Fairin		MAS	2198	0
13	Yeoh, Chin-Seng		MAS	2185	0
14	Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin		MAS	2169	0	1972
15	Leong, Mun Wan		MAS	2167	0
16	Lau, Gregory		MAS	2163	0	1964
17	Lee, Kim Han Edward		MAS	2161	8	1993
18	Tan, Khai Boon		MAS	2150	8
19	Loo, Swee Leong		MAS	2141	7
20	Yeap, Eng Chiam		MAS	2140	9	1995
21	Sabri, Mohd Saprin		MAS	2139	0	1972
22	Ibrahim, Mohd Irman		MAS	2119	0	1976
23	Yeoh, Li Tian		MAS	2115	12	1999
24	Liong, Ing Kiat Anthony		MAS	2107	0
24	Soon, Wai Cheong		MAS	2107	0	1988
26	Mohamed, Abdul Haq		MAS	2096	0
27	Ooi, Chong Hean		MAS	2094	0	1982
28	Tan, Hong Ghee		MAS	2092	8
29	Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair		MAS	2089	0
30	Chin, David		MAS	2082	0	1961
31	Zullkafli, Zarul Shazwan		MAS	2081	4	1989
31	Pok, Wern Jian		MAS	2081	0	1987
33	Abang, Mohd Reduan		MAS	2080	4
34	Che Hassan, Abdullah		MAS	2076	7	1984
35	Lim, Zhuo Ren		MAS	2074	13	1992
36	Soh, Han Loong Gerald		MAS	2073	0	1985
37	Zainal, Faiezul		MAS	2069	0
38	Subramaniam, Sumant		MAS	2065	3	1993
39	Othman, Tun Seri Lanang		MAS	2062	0	1975
40	Ong, Thian Loon		MAS	2059	0
41	Chan, Tze Wei		MAS	2058	3	1987
42	Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi		MAS	2057	7	1982
42	Zullkafli, Zarul Shafiq		MAS	2057	0	1987
44	Amru, Muhd Tariq		MAS	2049	0	1992
45	Zakaria, Mohd Fadli	c	MAS	2048	0	1969
46	Abdul Shukor, Abdul Aziz		MAS	2046	0	1970
47	Azman Hisham, Mohd Nabil		MAS	2044	23	1994
47	Zulkipli, Zaidan		MAS	2044	0	1984
49	Leong, Zhi Wen		MAS	2043	0	1990
50	Ong, Way Justin		MAS	2041	0	1992
51	Capel, Evan Timothy		MAS	2040	0
51	Tham, Tick Hong Jax		MAS	2040	0	1960
53	Tukiran, Taulani		MAS	2033	0	1965
54	Yusof, Kamaluddin		MAS	2029	8	1967
54	Siah, Jun Ren Ian		MAS	2029	3
56	Erowan, Masrin		MAS	2027	0
57	Nayan, Ahmad Fadzil		MAS	2023	3
58	Tan, Ken Wei		MAS	2022	0	1992
59	Husain, Hazril		MAS	2021	0
60	Cheah, Cheok Fung		MAS	2020	0	1982
61	Saifuddin, Muhd Izz		MAS	2016	0	1993
62	Han, Kun Lin Zach		MAS	2015	0	1986
63	Fong, Choong Ee		MAS	2014	0	1961
64	Shaik Ali, Nor Ilhamuddin		MAS	2012	0
65	Ibni Hajar, Amri		MAS	2010	6
65	Andin, Faizal		MAS	2010	0
67	Al-Ashaari, Mohd Musa		MAS	2005	4
68	Khandhar, Kaushal		MAS	2003	0	1990
69	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli		MAS	2001	0
70	Ismail, Ahmad		MAS	1997	7	1963
71	Ahmad, Morsin		MAS	1995	3
71	Fong, Yit Ho		MAS	1995	0	1993
73	Kz, Abdullah Khairi		MAS	1991	3	1989
74	Kueh, Yan Chew		MAS	1989	3
75	Tan, Yik Ping		MAS	1988	9
76	Yeoh, Phee Leong Marcus		MAS	1986	0	1981
77	Kz, Amir Hamzah		MAS	1984	2	1992
78	Zulkifli, Muhd Syazwan		MAS	1981	3
79	Wahiduddin, Nurul Huda		MAS	1977	0
80	Chew, Yaw Chong		MAS	1973	0	1963
81	Shah Atan, Noor Muhd Azlan		MAS	1972	0
82	Looi, Xin Hao		MAS	1970	9
83	Thong, Yung Cheng		MAS	1968	13
84	Wising, Abdul Sahim		MAS	1967	0
85	Loo, Pak Kwan		MAS	1966	0
86	Siew, Kit-Tze Mark		MAS	1961	6
87	Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa	wf	MAS	1959	5	1994
87	Giridau, Guadis		MAS	1959	0
87	Lim, Kian Hwa		MAS	1959	0
90	Ramli, Abdul Rahim		MAS	1955	0
91	Wong, Jianwen		MAS	1954	10	1995
92	Kamal, Rizal Ahmad		MAS	1951	0	1973
92	Mahmood, Nasrul Humaimi		MAS	1951	0	1977
94	Ng, Bernard		MAS	1950	0
95	Fong, Yit San		MAS	1945	0	1994
96	Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer		MAS	1937	5	1994
97	Rosli, Ahmad Afiq Afyfy		MAS	1933	7
98	Kimbin, Richard		MAS	1926	14	1975
99	Wahiduddin, Khairunnisa		MAS	1925	0
100	Lee, Kah Meng Elgin		MAS	1923	15

(source: fide.com)