Lim Zhou Ren’s Two Games, NC 2011

20 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur - This year's National Closed 2011 was won by NM Lim Zhou Ren by scoring 8 point from 9 rounds of play. He beat 91 other chess players to receive the winning certificate and prize money for his winning effort. 

During the closing ceremony, it was announced that the top eight winners in this year’s National Closed 2011 plus Malaysia’s top two players, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and IM Mok Tze Meng has been chosen to undergo selection trials to select the final six players to the SEA Games in Indonesia. The final eight winners are shown below:-

Top 8 Winners Of National Closed 2011.

Here are two games played by our new Malaysia National Master Lim Zhou Ren during the recently concluded National Closed 2011. One is the round one game against another upcoming chess player, Fikri Saleh. The other is against NM Edward Lee, a past winner of the National Closed.

[Event "National Closed Chess Championship 2011 "]
[Site "DATCC, 4th Floor, Wilayah Comp"]
[Date "2011.03.16"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Black "Saleh, Fikri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.16"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Nh4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd7 17. b5 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Ra4 a5 21. b6
Bd8 22. Bb2 Bf6 23. Be4 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Raa1 f5 26. Bf3 Bf6 27. Rab1 g5
28. h3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Rd7 30. Ke2 Rad8 31. Ra1 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4
34. Rxa5 Na6 35. Bxc6 Rxc4 36. Bxb7 Nxc5 37. Bc6 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rd2+ 39. Kxd2
Nb3+ 40. Kc2 Nxa5 41. Bg2 Kf6 42. Kc3 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Kb4 1-0

The second game is between Edward Lee and Lim Zhuo Ren during the seventh round of the National Closed 2011. The Sicilian Moscow Variation transpired during the game.

[Event "National Closed Chess Championship 2011"]
[Site "DATCC, 4th Floor, Wilayah Com"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lee, Kim Han Edward"]
[Black "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.16"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Rf2 a6 14. a4 e6
15. Rd2 d5 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bb6 Bh6 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rcc2 Bxd2
21. Rxd2 Rb8 22. Rd3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. h3 h5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxd8+ Kg7 28. e5 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Kh2 Qd4 32. f4 c5 33.
Kg3 c4 34. Kh4 Qd7 35. f5 exf5 36. Qxa6 c3 37. Qc4 Qe7+ 38. Kg3 Qxe5+ 39. Kf2
f4 40. Kf1 g5 41. Qd3 Qc5 42. g4 0-1