Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Malaysia vs Canada games of round 7 Olympiad!

11 September 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Here is the round 7 games of the Malaysia vs Canada match played by the ladies. In this tie, WFM Nur Najiha played top board, WCM Fong Mi Yen on second board, WCM Tan Li Ting on third and WFM Camilia Johari on fourth. Nur Nabila Azman Hisham was rested in this round. Malaysia won this tie 3-1.

Peter Long has written an interesting article about his struggles of training the Malaysian ladies chess team into shape and ready for the chess battles of the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012 Istanbul, Turkey. He has penned down his thoughts of the future of Malaysian chess and what it takes to take on the giants of global chess powers in Tromso, Norway in two years’ time. To read his article, please visit this link here.

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WFM Nur Najiha won this top board game against the more experienced Natalia Khoudgarian of Canada. She had two pawns and a rook against black’s lone pawn and a rook.

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Fong Mi Yen played black against Jackie Peng of Canada in round 7 of the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. Mi Yen lost this game playing the black pieces.
 Fong Mi Yen, Malaysia
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[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "0:26.57-0:16.11"] [Date "2012.09.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Peng, Jackie"] [Black "Mi Yen, Fong"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2009"] [BlackElo "1885"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Kanada"] [BlackTeam "Malaysien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"] [BlackTeamCountry "MAS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Na5 Ne7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 Nd7 25. Rd5 Qe6 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Nd4 Qc8 28. Nf5 Rb8 29. Qxf4 Rxb2 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nc4 Rh5 33. Nxb2 Rxh6 34. e5 Be7 35. Nd3 Rg6 36. Qf3 Bg5 37. Kh2 a5 38. Qe4 Qa6 39. Rb1 h6 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Qd5 Rc6 42. Rd8 1-0 (show chess board)(hide chess board)
 
 Tan Li Ting, Malaysia
Tan Li Ting played on third board and took on Alexandra Botez who has a much higher rating than her and won this board game for Malaysia.
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[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "0:08.03-0:01.07"] [Date "2012.09.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Li Ting, Tan"] [Black "Botez, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1834"] [BlackElo "2009"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Malaysien"] [BlackTeam "Kanada"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 h6 11. Nd2 f5 12. f3 g5 13. Nc4 f4 14. Ba3 h5 15. b5 Rf6 16. Qb3 Rg6 17. b6 axb6 18. cxd6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nxb6 Rb8 21. Nca4 g4 22. Nxc8 Nxc8 23. Rab1 Bf6 24. Rfc1 Qa5 25. Nc3 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Bd8 27. Qb5 Qd4 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qxd8 g3 30. hxg3 Rg7 31. Nd1 fxg3 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8 Qa7 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. Rc1 b6 36. Rc8 1-0 (show chess board)(hide chess board)

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Camilia Johari played on fourth board and had the black pieces and won this fourth board encounter with Iulia Lacau-Rodean of Canada. She had three black pawns a bishop and a rook against white’s lonely rook. She had material advantage and easily winning.
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[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "0:23.35-0:35.56"] [Date "2012.09.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Lacau-Rodean, Iulia"] [Black "Johari, Camilia"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1999"] [BlackElo "1778"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Kanada"] [BlackTeam "Malaysien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"] [BlackTeamCountry "MAS"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. c3 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bc2 b6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Bf4 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. gxf4 Bb7 20. Ng5 Rh8 21. Nh7 Rxh7 22. Bxh7 Rh8 23. O-O-O Rxh7 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qg5+ f6 26. Qg6 Qxf4+ 27. Rd2 Qh6 28. Qxh6 Rxh6 29. c4 Ng7 30. f4 Nf5 31. Re1 Kf7 32. c5 Rh4 33. Re4 Ba6 34. Kc2 Bc4 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Kc3 Bd5 37. Ree2 Rxf4 38. Rf2 Rh4 39. Rfe2 Nd6 40. Kc2 Nc4 41. b3 Nxd2 42. Rxd2 Rh3 43. Kb2 Be4 44. Re2 f5 45. Rf2 Rd3 46. h4 Rxd4 47. h5 Rd8 48. a4 Rh8 49. Rh2 Bf3 50. h6 Kg6 51. Rh3 Bd5 52. b4 Rxh6 53. Rg3+ Kf7 54. a5 bxa5 55. bxa5 Rh2+ 56. Kc3 c5 57. Rg5 Ra2 58. Rh5 Rxa5 59. Rh7+ Kf6 60. Rc7 Ke5 0-1
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To read Peter Long’s interesting article on training the Malaysian ladies chess team for Olympiad, please visit this link here.

Official website: http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.com/en

PGN games: http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.com/en/pgn-files.html

(Games from official website of the 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, Turkey)

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