Kamaluddin Leads In IIU Open 2012

 

31 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the International Islamic University Open 2012, Kamaluddin Yusof and six other players have scored two full points from two rounds of play. 64 players are registered for the Open Category. Five rounds will be played today and the remaining three rounds tomorrow, Sunday, 1 April 2012.

Two other categories, Under-21 and Under-12 age-categoires, are concurrently being played at the tournament hall in IIU. In the U-21, Muhd Syakir Syazmeer b Azhar is the top seed with 110 players registered for that category. While in the U-12 category, Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar is the top seed with 38 players registered in that category.

 

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

Fressinet Sole Leader Into Last Round, Euro Individual

31 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv Bulgaria, Fressinet Laurent is leading after winning his third board game of round 10 in the 13th EICC 2012. Fressinet has scored 8.0 points and is the current leader. Just behind him is Jakovenko Dmitry with 7.5 points. In the last round 11 today, Fressinet will meet Jakovenko on top board.

Below is a copy of round 10 game against Akopian Vladimir during the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. Fressinet played white.

Round 10 Results:

 

Ranking After Round 10:

Here is Jakovenko’s 10th round win against Kobalia Mikhail of the 13th EICC, Plovdiv Bulgaria. Jakovenko played with the white pieces and won with a piece ahead.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Fressinet vs Akopian, Euro Individual 2012

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Ranking After Round 9:

30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv Bulgaria, seven players are leading with 7.0 points after 9 rounds of play. The live game at the top is between Fressinet Laurent and Akopian Vladimir of round 10 at the 13th EICC 2012.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Pengumuman Khas : Melaka Chess Festival 2012

30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur(repost) – This is a special announcement meant for Malaysians Only (Melaka Chess Festival). Kadar Istimewa Penyertaan Festival Catur Melaka 2012 ditawarkan kepada rakyat Malaysia dengan syarat-syarat khas berikut seperti dalam Pengumuman dibawah:-

Untuk pos yang sama di biro catur wanita MCF, sila klik di sini.

Untuk lihat pos-pos berkaitan tajuk “Melaka Chess Festival 2012”, sila klik disini, atau

pos-pos berkaitan “Malacca Chess Festival 2012” sila klik disini.

Congratulatory Message From Polgar Chess Asia

30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are some news from Polgar Chess Asia on the performance of their students and some upcoming chess lessons and activities.

Dear Friends,
The months of April to June will be abuzz with various activities, most importantly the MSSM tournaments that will be played out throughout the Malaysian national schools.  The final round will be held in Trengganu coming June 2012.

1. CONGRATULATIONS to our high achievers in the recently completed National Age Group 2012:-
    ROSHAN AJEET SINGH - Champion (Under 16 Category)
    LUCAS MATTHEW DUTTON - 11th (Under 16 Category)
    CHEONG JIE YAO - 2nd (Under 14 Category)
    DILWEN DING - 4th (Under 14 Category)
    WONG ZI YUE - 6th (Under 8 Category)
    CHEAH KAH HOE - 7th (Under 8 Category)

and those who went in with their fighting spirit...
    NEO XUE WEI
    NAVHIN KUMARASEN
    HO EU SHENG
    SHIVENDRAN GANDHI
    NEO XUE WEN
    NEO XUE ERN
    WONG GOON SHEK
    WILFRED ANG
    AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL
    HO LI-ENN
    AMIRA FARHANA AMIRUL

and those who competed in MSSMKL Sentul Zone:-
    Kong Dak Nam (3rd, U12)
    Nhavin Kumaresan (5th, U12)
    Shobhanah Ramesh (2nd, U12 Girls)
    Khirrtini Muraleetharan (5th, U12 Girls)
    Zetty Humairah Mohd Zambry (6th, U12 Girls)
    Nur Fatin Farhana Khairullah (8th, U12 Girls)
    Anis Sofiya Hajaludin (9th, U12 Girls)
    Trina Kaur (10th, U12 Girls)
    Nur Najiha Hisham (12th, U12 Girls)
    Renukha Devi (13th, U12 Girls)
    Sushmita Shyla Kaur (14th, U12 Girls)
    Irdina Izman (3rd, U10 Girls)
    Nur Sabrina Abd. Ghafur (5th, U10 Girls)
    Jessica Tan (6th, U10 Girls)
    Roshini Devi (7th, U10 Girls)
    NurAdriana Sofea (9th, U10 Girls)
    Thisha Archana (11th, U10 Girls)
    Nur Nazirah Hisham (14th, U10 Girls)
    Joelle Tan (15th, U10 Girls)

2.    NEW CLASSES -
Beginners (Level 1) for absolute beginners:-
        Start Date:   7 April 2012 (every Saturday)
        Time:            10-11am
Level 2 Beginners
        Time:          10 - 11.30am (every Saturday)
                            2 - 3.30pm (every Saturday)
                            4 - 5.30pm (every Saturday)
                            10 - 11.30am (every Sunday)
Level 3 Beginners
        Time:        2 - 3.30pm (every Saturday)

3.    NEW PARTNER @ Taman Menjalara, Kepong
        We will be sending our coach to Lexian Playhouse, a child enrichment centre based in Taman Menjalara to reach out to the community at Bukit Maluri, Desa Park City,   Kepong, Menjalara & Bandar Sri Damansara.  Please email me if you are looking to send your child to the centre.
        Start Date:  4 May 2012 (Friday)
        Time:  5.30-6.30pm

4.    ACTIVITY -  May Day Chess Challenge 2012
        Date:  29 April 2012 (Sunday)
        Time:  1pm - 5pm
        Closing Date for registration:  20 April 2012
        Enclosed is the registration form.

All the best to those who are currently playing or will be playing soon in the district level MSSM tournaments!

Kind regards,
Louisa Yip
Polgar Chess Asia
22-1  Jalan 27/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +60 3-2300 1680   Fax: +60 3-2300 1689
www.polgarchessasia.com

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka PIBG SK Tasik Damai

30 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – A new tournamen in Ipoh Perak is being jointly organised by Classical Chess and PIBG Sekolah Kebangsaan Tasik Damai. It will be held on the 1st May 2012. There will be three categories, Open, U-12 and U-18 with a six Swiss-System Rounds.

The details are shown below:-

Klang Parade Chess Championship 2012

29 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Cerdik Catur Enterprise is organising another chess tournament in Klang Parade on 7-8 April 2012. The flyer and registration form is shown below:-

Tournament Title : Klang Parade Chess Championship 2012

Date : 7 April 2012 (Saturday)“ Under 12 dan 18 Age Category”

8 April 2012 (Sunday) “Open Category”

Time : 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (Prize Presentation will be on 8 April 2012 @5.30 pm)

Venue : Concourse Area, Klang Parade, No.2112, KM 2, Jalan Meru,

41050 Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Please contact:

(source: email from cerdikcatur@yahoo.com)

Malakhov-Matlakov-Akopian Jointly Leads Euro Individual

29 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – After the completion of round 8 of the 13th EICC 2012 in Plovdiv Bulgaria, three players comprising of GM Malakhov Vladimir (Russia), GM Matlakov Maxim (Russia) and GM Akopian Vladimir (Armenia) are leading jointly. They have scored 6.5 points. The tournament is still so close and anyone in the top 50 can still win this tournament depending how the rivals perform.

Trailing behind in a big bunch of 17 players with 6.0 points are Jones, Kuzubov, Vitiugov, Bacrot, Fressinet, Inarkiev, Andreikin, Kobalia, Vachier-Lagrave, Jobava, Vallejo, Azarov, Sokolov, Korobov, Volokitin, Khenkin, dan Istratescu.

Results of Round 8:

Here is the round 8 game between GM Matlakov Maxim of Russia and GM Viktor Bologan of Moldova of the 13th EICC, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Matlakov won with white pieces. The game looks close. It was just a matter of who got the checkmate first!

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Azarov’s Live Game vs Malakhov, Rd 8, Euro Individual

 

28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the live game between Azarov and Malakhov during round 8 of the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom

 

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Azarov Takes Sole Lead, Euro Individual

28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, GM Azarov Sergei of Bulgaria is leading the European Individual after the seventh round of play. He scored 6.0 points. He beat Naiditsch on top board of round 7.

Meanwhile 12 players are bunched just behind him at 5.5 points. The players in this bunch comprise of Kuzubov, Jones, Fressinet, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Malakhov, Vachier-Lagrave, Bologan, Matlakov, Korobov, Akopian and Istratescu.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu/

Three Tournaments In Melaka Chess Festival 2012

28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The upcoming Melaka Chess Festival 2012 or called Melaka 750th Years International Chess Festival 2012  will comprise of three major tournaments from the 20th April until 1 May 2012. The details are as follows:-

Festival Date:     20 April –1 May 2012

1^st Event  :          Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship (20 – 22 April 2012)

Prize Fund:        USD 20,000

Time:                25 minutes

Rounds:             11 rounds ( 2 days)

2^nd Event:         Historical Melaka  International Chess Event  (23-30 April)

Prize Fund:       RM 40,000

Time:              90 min+ 30 sec

Rounds:            9

3^rd Event:          Challenger (Below 2000 FIDE rating)- 23 -30 April

Prize Fund:       RM 10,000

Time:              90 min+ 30 sec

Rounds:           9

4th Event:         28 April 2012 - FREE DAY ( Local Chess Activity)

Schedule Of Event:

To get links of the documents above:
a. International Form – click here;
b. Challenger Form – Click here;
c. Campomanes Rapid Form – click here;
d. Prospectus – Click here.

Official website: www.melakachess.org

Biro Catur Wanita : http://birocaturwanitamcf.blogspot.com/2012/01/melaka-750-years-international-chess.html

IM Mas In Brunei Campomanes Memorial

27 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – On the fidetrainer’s blogspot, the latest preregistered list of players has been published for the upcoming Brunei Campomanes Memorial Open Championship from 7-12 April 2012.  From Malaysia, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi is participating and so are four other Malaysians which includes Yeoh Li Tian, Yit Ho San, Yit Ho Fong and Ding The How Dilwen.

Peter Long will be the chief arbiter for the event in Brunei.

(source: http://thefidetrainer.blogspot.com/)

Results Of Insofar Chess Tournament March 2012

27 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At DATCC last Sunday, 25 March 2012, the Insofar Combined Tournament March edition was held. A grand total of 140 participants took part and one of the largest weekenders seen at the chess center.

Yeoh Li Tian had a wonderful tournament winning all seven rounds of rapid chess play, scoring 7 full points. While in second place is unknown Yusop Sahibul with 6 points. Third, Muhd Alfirdaus Md Nazir, fourth, Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli and fifth Kamaluddin Yusof. All three players scored 6 points.

 

To see full table of results, please download file from this link here.

(source: Najib Wahab)

Yeoh Li Tian Wins Insofar Combined Tournament

27 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - At the Insofar Combined Tournament last Sunday it had a grand total of 140 participants at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur. One of the largest weekender so far.

Yeoh Li Tian came out tops as the champion.

Naiditsch’s game of Round 6, Euro Individual

26 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 6 game between Naiditsch, Arkadij and Sokolov Ivan during the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Naiditsch won with the white pieces. Naiditsch is currently among the leaders after round 6 with 5.0 points.

 

Game courtesy of Internet Chess Club.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Yet Another Tournament - Seremban 2 Chess 2012

   

26 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Latest News: There is a new chess tournament to be held in Aviva Green, Seremban 2, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan DK and hosted by Seremban 2 Community Chess Group with sponsors IJM Land.

The Age-Group and Open Category Chess Competition will be slated for the 14-15 April 2012 (Saturday and Sunday).

For more information, please contact Collin 016-212 3578, Siva 019-237 2496 and Miss Ng/Ms Tan Pei Wen 06-761 9188 or email: geodat@yahoo.com.

The flyer and registration form is shown below:-

Registration Form :

The location map to the playing venue can be read at this link here - http://avivagreen.com.my/location.html

(source: Collin Madhavan)

Ten Players Jointly Leads At 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012

26 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ten players are jointly leading the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. Each scoring 5.0 points from six rounds of play. The leaders comprised of Naiditsch Arkadij, Fressinet Laurent, Kuzubov Yuriy, Jones Gawain, Inarkiev Ernestor, Khismatullin Denis, Vachier-Lagrave Maxime, Matlakov Maxim, Korobov Anton, and Azarov Sergei.

On third board, Khismatullin Denis beat Vtiugov Nikita, Naiditsch beat Sokolov on sixth board and Inarkiev Ernestor beat Rodshtein Maxim on seventh board.


Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Caruana vs Mamedov, Round 6, Euro Individual 2012

25 March 2012,Kuala Lumpur – Here is a live chess game of round 6 between GM Fabiano Caruana of Italy and GM Mamedov Rauf of Azerbaijan during the 13th European Individual 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

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Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu/

Probable MASUM Schedule 7-15 April 2012

25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - a few readers asked for the MASUM Chess schedule in UNIMAS, Sarawak from 7-15 April 2012. Here is the tentative schedule from the organizers:-


7 April: Afternoon-Manager's meeting
8 April: Round 1 & 2 in the morning and afternoon
9 April: Round 3 in the morning. Afternoon is the opening ceremony or maybe preparation for the opening ceremony.
10 April: Round 4 and 5 in the morning and afternoon
11 April: Round 6 and 7 in the morning and afternoon and probably followed by the closing ceremony.

(source: Siew Cheok, University Malaya)

Fressinet New Leader At Euro Individual 2012

25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Fressinet Laurent of France is the new leader. Bunched up at 4.5 points after round 5 are Fressinet, Kuzubov Yuriy of Ukraine and Gawain Jones of England.

Jones drew his game with Vitiugov Nikita on top board, while Fressinet Laurent won against Timofeev Artyom on third board and Kuzobov Yuriy won against Viktor Bologan on fifth board.

Here is the fifth round game between Laurent Fressinet of France and Artyom Timofeev of Russia during the 13th EICC, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Fressinet won it with white pieces. With this win, it significantly pushed Fressinet to the top of the leader’s board at Plovdiv.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Gawain Jones Leads In Euro Individual 2012

25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Gawain Jones of England has taken sole lead after round 4 in the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. He beat Boris Savchenko of Russia on fifth board.

The official website of the European Individual Chess Championship 2012 reported that Gawain Jones 2635 (ENG) defeated Boris Savchenko 2580 (RUS) on board five and has become a sole leader with a perfect score after today’s fourth round achieving the fantastic rating performance of 3317. All other games on the first twelve boards were drawn, however not without lots of interesting collisions lasting for more than five hours.

 
In the Plovdiv hall of Novotel Plovdiv there was not a single game to finish before the first two hours. The first score was registered in the "Moscow" Hall  on  board 117 between Romain Edouard (FRA) and Nicolas Grandadam (SUI), which ended in less than 1.5 hours.

The game that  focused the attention of the  local fans was  played on board  six between Bulgarian champion Julian Radulski  and  top seed Fabiano Caruana  from  Italy. In  a worse position, playing black, the Bulgarian  GM  defended  cleverly  and drew the game in 72 moves.
Most of the  top  Bulgarian GMs also had a successful day today.

Aleksander Delchev 2622 (BUL)performed active play with the black pieces and drew his game against Etienne Bacrot  2706 (FRA).  Ivan Cheparinov 2664  (BUL)  won convincingly against Aleksandr Shimanov  2591 (RUS). Also Kiril Georgiev 2671  (BUL) defeated  with the black pieces Alexander Ipatov 2561 (TUR).

 
Boris Chatalbashev  2570 lost against Vladimir Malakhov  2705 (RUS) while  Petar Drenchev 2499 (BUL) drew against Viktor Erdos 2631 (HUN). Julian Radulski and Ivan Cheparinov have 3.5/4.0 points  followed by Kiril Georgiev and Alexander Delchev with 3 etc.

Romanian WGM  Irina Bulmaga 2307  continued her  successful race by winning this  time against Hungarian  Robert Ruck 2579. Bulmaga  has  now 3.0/4.0 points and is the best performing woman so far.

Antoaneta Stefanova  2531 (BUL) has 2.5/4.0 after defeating with  the  black pieces Asaf Givon  2340 (ISR) in only 18 moves.

Bartosz Socko 2647 from Poland played unconvincingly and lost against Hovhannes Gabuzyan 2441  (ARM).  Also  Vladimir Onischuk  2516 (UKR) suffered defeat against  14-year-old youngster Alexander Donchenko 2309 (GER) while Dragan Solak 2602 (TUR) lost against Kirill Alekseenko 2367 (RUS).

Gawain Jones  2635  (ENG)  takes sole  lead after the fourth round  with 4.0/4.0 followed by  nineteen  players with 3.5/4.0 etc.

In the fifth round Gawain Jones will play against Nikita Vitiugov. Some other pairings:
Kiril Georgiev 2671 - Illya Nyzhnyk 2585
Julian Radulski 2552 - Ivan Cheparinov 2664
Alexander Delchev 2622 - Francisco Vallejo Pons 2693
Momchil Nikolov 2550 - Eltaj Safarli 2645
Antoaneta Stefanova 2531 - Andrei Istratescu 2633

Here is the fourth round game between Savchenko and Jones which gave Jones an unassailable 4.0 points from four games of play. Jones plays black.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

13th European Individual Championship 2012 (Plovdiv BUL)
Tue 20th Mar 2012 - Sat 31st Mar 2012 - Official Site - Results - Live

European Individuals (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games |Live

Melaka Chess International Festival

23 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur - As the closing date of 9 April 2012 is drawing nearer, here is the view of the official blog for the upcoming Melaka International Chess Festival 2012 from the organizers.

The Melaka Festival offers 3 major events which are the Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship, the Historical Melaka International Chess Championship and the Historical Melaka Challenger Chess Championship. The Campomanes Memorial offers a total prize fund of USD20,000, the Melaka International RM40,000 and the Melaka Challenger RM10,000

To get links of the documents above:
a. International Form – click here;
b. Challenger Form – Click here;
c. Campomanes Rapid Form – click here;
d. Prospectus – Click here.

Official website: www.melakachess.org

The Melaka Chess Festival is also listed in Chess.com under Chess Tournaments and Events.

The announcement contained similar details given on fireyrook.blogspot.com as shown below:-

Please visit www.chess.com to read the above chess tournament listings shown above.