Malaysia Went Down To Finland, Moldova

1 September 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last night both Malaysian teams in Istanbul suffered losses. In the men’s we lost 0.5-3.5 to Finland, completely outplayed on three boards with IM Mok pulling back some pride. While the young ladies of the Malaysian team managed to draw on three boards but lost on second board with a checkmate in 4. We lost 1.5 - 2.5 to Moldova.

Malaysia will meet Finland in the fifth round for the women’s team. While the men’s team will meet team Suriname on board 50.

 

Here is IM Mok Tze-Meng first board game against GM Tomi Nyback during fourth round of the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Here is the first board game of the Malaysian women’s team between WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham of Malaysia against IM Svetlana Petrenko of Moldova during the 4th round, 40th Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.

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(Games courtesy of Playchess.com)