Malaysia 2.5-1.5 Georgia

Pix 1. Roshan, Eng Chiam, Elgin, Jianwen (Malaysia, 8th Round, World Youth U-16) (Photos from official website)

30 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia won against Georgia in the 8th round of the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in Turkey, 2.5-1.5. The heroes were Yeap Eng Chiam and Roshan Ajeet Singh giving important points and the draw from Elgin Lee Kah Meng.

 Pix 2. Beradze, Georgia vs Wong Jianwen,Malaysia, Round 8, WY U16. (Photos from official website)


Pix 3. Jianwen, Elgin, Eng Chiam, Round 8, WY U16. (Photos from official website)

Here are the two winning games of the 8th round, World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad between Malaysia and Georgia. Both Roshan and Eng Chiam’s games are shown below:-

[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "S.R.Ajeet (MAS)"]
[Black "N.Khomeriki (GEO)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Rd3 Qc7 14. Rg3 Kh8 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Be2 g6 23. Bc4 b6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bf6 Qd7 26. Be5 Bb7 27. Bf6 Bc8 28. Be5 Bb7 29. Qh6 Qf7 30. f3 Bc6 31. h4 Ra7 32. h5 Be8 33. hxg6 Qxg6 34.Rxg6+ Bxg6 35. Rc1 b5 36. a5 Rd7 37. Rc6 1-0

Diagram 1. White played 37.Rc6, exposing black’s weakness at a6, e6 undefended pawns. Earlier Black had lost its queen on the 34th move. Great play from Roshan!


[Event "World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "G.Burduli (GEO)"]
[Black "E.C.Yeap (MAS)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Qc7 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. Ne1 O-O 15.f4 Bd6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Bd3 Re3 21. Qd2 Bf4 22. Qc2 Bg3 23. Bd2 Re7 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Ng1 Qg5 27. Ne2 Bd6 28. Rf3 Rfe8 29. Raf1 Re3 30. Qd1 g6 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Kf7 34. Qc1 Qh4 35. Qf1 Qe7 36. Qc1 g5 37. b3 Qe5 38. Qg1 Qb2 39. Qb1 Qd2 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Qc2 Qe3 42. Qd1 h5 43. Ng3 Qe5 44. Nf1 Qd4 45. Bc2 Qe5 46. Qc1 Qe2+ 47.Kg1 Qxf3 48. Qe3 Qxe3+ 49. Nxe3 f4 50. Nd1 Bxh3 51. Nf2 Bf5 52. Bd1 g4 53. Kg2 Kg5 54. a3 f3+ 55. Bxf3 gxf3+ 56. Kxf3 a5 57. Ke3 h4 58. Kd2 h3 0-1
 
Diagram 2. Black is a piece up and the h6 pawn is two steps away from queening. Black has two bishops against white’s lonely knight.
 


Table 1. Full team results of round 8, World Youth U-16 Turkey.

Malaysia will now meet top-ranked Russia in round 9. Russia beat Kazakhstan 3-1 in the 8th round. Let’s see if Malaysia can do better.

(games from official website)