Three Way Lead At Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2013

31 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – After round 9, three players are leading at the top with 7.5 points. The three GMs are GM Vitiugov Nikita, GM Nigel Short and GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime. Nigel Short of England and Nikita Vitiugov of Russia drew on top board last night and Maxime won his game against Gata Kamsky of the USA on second board.

In tonight’s last round game, Nikita will meet Maxime of Frances on top board and Nigel Short of England against David Navara of CZE on second board. GM Nigel Short is the defending champion for the Gibraltar Masters.

Ranking after round 9:

Here is the winning game for GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France against GM Gata Kamsky of the USA in round 9 last night during the 11th Gibraltar Masters in Caleta, England.

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

Links:

Tradewise Chess Festival | Chess-results| PGN via TWIC

Wong Jianwen Wins DCC Golden Special 2013

 

30 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Wong Jianwen beat 17 other players by scoring a massive 8.5 points from 9 rounds of classical time controls held from 24th January to 28th January 2013 at the Arthur Tan Chess Center, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur. Wong Jianwen won all his rounds except against Nor Ilhamuddin Shaik Ali with whom he drew in round 5.

Early favorite, Jax Tham finished in seventh spot with an average score of 5.0 points only. Nor Ilhamuddin finished second with 7.5 points and Bick Gabriel J in third with 6.5 points.

Round 9 Final Results:

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

Nigel Short vs Larino Nieto, 11th Gibraltar Masters

29th January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a game from the 11th Gibraltar Masters of the defending champion, GM Nigel Short of England playing against Larino Nieto during the 7th round of the Gibraltar Masters 2013 in Caleta, England. Nigel won this game with the white pieces.

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Video on “ Chess Battle of the Sexes” in Gibraltar:

 

The official website reported that a three match blitz event raising £1000 for charity was held in the Bay restaurant on Saturday evening. It was won 2-1 by the men in a close contest. The first game was played at 15 minutes per team; games two and three at 7 minutes. The clock stayed on the arbiter's table, and had to be pressed by each player in turn.

The two teams: MEN: Kiril Georgiev, Liem Le Quang, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Emil Sutovsky, Gawain Jones, Gata Kamsky. WOMEN: Jovanka Houska, Nana Dzagnidze, Xue Zhao, Tania Sachdev, Valentina Gunina, Viktorija Cmilyte.

Links:

Tradewise Chess Festival | Chess-results| PGN via TWIC

Yeoh Li Tian’s 7th Round Game vs Olay, Zonal Chess 2013

 

29 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Although Yeoh Li Tian did not do that well in this year’s Zonal 3.3 Chess Championship 2013 in Tagaytay City, Philippines, he did play well enough to beat a few higher rated players. In the seventh round of the zonal chess championship, Yeoh Li Tian met Olay Edgar Reggie, 2353, Philippines.

Here is the game of the 7th round which gave Yeoh Li Tian of Malaysia a win.

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Yeoh Li Tian’s Performance:

 

Yeoh Li Tian finished with a score of 3.5 points from nine rounds of play. Yeoh Li Tian finished in 32nd position out of 42 players participating. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam finished at the top with 7.5 points and GM Wesley So of the Philippines in second with 7.0 points.

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

Further Age-Group List, NAG 2013

29 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the remaining list of players for the U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-16 boys and girls categories for the upcoming NAG chess tournament 2013 to be held on 1st-3rd February 2013 at UTP, Tronoh, Perak.

Kindly check whether the players’ name are keyed in  correctly in the respective age-group categories and if there's any amendment or names missing from the list, kindly contact the organiser by 31st January 2013 :-
1) Mr Gregory Lau HP: 0172898215 or email: msianchess2010@gmail.com
2) Mr Marcus Yeoh HP: 0124723873 or marcus.yeoh81@gmail.com

 

No	Name	Fed	Age Group
1	Alden Goh Kai Ray	PP	U08B
2	AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL	WP	U08B
3	Loh Xiong Ze	PP	U08B
4	MUHAMMAD ALIFF BIN NOR AMLI	PHG	U08B
5	MUHAMMAD AMJAD MUHAIMIN B MUSTAFA	PHG	U08B
6	Ooi Zhi Ping	PP	U08B
7	Ryan Lee	PP	U08B
8	RYAN SEOW CHUN HONG	WP	U08B
9	Samuel Ho Khai Sheng	PP	U08B
10	Tin Shan Ze	PP	U08B
11	Umar Shamsuddin	WP	U08B
12	VASANTHAKUMAR VASUTHEVAN		U08B
13	WONG ZI YUE	WP	U08B
14	Ding Dao En	PP	U08G
15	FONG MI JYN	PRK	U08G
16	Kee Lee Er	PP	U08G
17	Lubna Mohd Sharif	WP	U08G
18	NURUL NAJIHAH MOHD AMRI	PHG	U08G
19	RAIHAN MUHADZIR	SGR	U08G
20	Sim Jia Ru	PP	U08G
21	ZAINOOR IKMAL MUNIRAH MOHD NOR	SGR	U08G
22	Amir Muqqri Mohd Saprin	SGR	U10B
23	Ang Jing Xuan	PP	U10B
24	ARIF ALAUDDIN WAFI	WP	U10B
25	Colin Chong Kai Zhe	PP	U10B
26	Dinesh Kumar Thanasegeren	WP	U10B
27	Hafiz Borhanudin	WP	U10B
28	Kabilan Thanabalan	SGR	U10B
29	Loh Xiong Yi	PP	U10B
30	Lye Lik Zang	WP	U10B
31	MOHAMMAD SHAHIR SHAIK MAHABOOB SALEEM	WP	U10B
32	Muhamad Isma Hakim	WP	U10B
33	MUHAMMAD FAQIH AMINUDDIN	SGR	U10B
34	MUHAMMAD HAZIMAN AIMAN HALIM SHUHAIMI	JHR	U10B
35	MUHAMMAD ILHAM QAYYUM	SGR	U10B
36	MUHAMMAD ILHAN MANSIZ HAIRUL	SGR	U10B
37	MUHD HARITH FAHMI BIN MOHD RADZUAN	PHG	U10B
38	Ng Shi Yang	PP	U10B
39	Ryan Chan Yi Meng	PP	U10B
40	Tan Jun Ying	PP	U10B
41	TAN YIK CHEAN	PRK	U10B
42	Teh De Yong	PP	U10B
43	Teh Ren Xuan	PP	U10B
44	Yeoh Zi Yuan	PP	U10B
45	Yip Yong	PP	U10B
46	Abriale Goh Wenxin	PP	U10G
47	ALLAIDA SIOW	WP	U10G
48	Charlene Ang Yan Xi	PP	U10G
49	Chin Mei Qi	PP	U10G
50	Chua Jia-tien	PP	U10G
51	EVELYN TAN ENG THONG	WP	U10G
52	Goh Jie Yi	PP	U10G
53	MIRA KAUR	SGR	U10G
54	NUR FAIQAH AMINUDDIN	SGR	U10G
55	Raja Bazilah Bot Raja Badli	SGR	U10G
56	SITI NUR ATIERAH ABDUL MANAN	PHG	U10G
57	SOFEA ALIYA SYAHRIL	WP	U10G
58	SUFI NUR AQILAH SAHIZAN	SGR	U10G
59	Tan Jia Jin	PP	U10G
60	WAN ADALIA RASYA AYIB ROSDI	PHG	U10G
61	ABDUL RASYID ABDULLAH RAHALI	PHG	U12B
62	Amier Hamzah MOHD ZUHRI	WP	U12B
63	Amir Ghaazi Mohd Saprin	SGR	U12B
64	AQIL AINUDDIN NAUFAL	WP	U12B
65	Bausch Koh Sian Kuan	WP	U12B
66	Benjamin Lee Kah Teng	PP	U12B
67	BENJAMIN LEONG TJEN HO	WP	U12B
68	Chuah Hao Min	PP	U12B
69	Dallas Yap Ehin	WP	U12B
70	Daryl Chin Zheng Xian	WP	U12B
71	EMIR RUSYAIDI AHMAD NAZARI	SGR	U12B
72	Eugene Saw You Jin	PP	U12B
73	Heng Gu Jia	PP	U12B
74	Jagathees Guna Balan	PRK	U12B
75	LOH ZU HAO	SGR	U12B
76	MEOR AIRIL RAHIMI AYIB ROSDI	PHG	U12B
77	MOHAMMAD SAMEER SHAIK MAHABOOB SALEEM	WP	U12B
78	MUHAMAD HIJAZ ABDULLAH	PHG	U12B
79	MUHAMMAD AMIRUL HAFIZ ABDUL MANAN	PHG	U12B
80	MUHAMMAD ARSYAD FAHMI ROSDI	PHG	U12B
81	MUHD HAZID EKQUAN	PHG	U12B
82	MUHD NAJWAN AZMAN HISHAM	SGR	U12B
83	Muhd Shamsuddin	WP	U12B
84	Praghashkumar Thanasegeren	WP	U12B
85	Raja Bazil Bot Raja Badli	SGR	U12B
86	RYAN TEY HE YANG	SGR	U12B
87	SEAN OOI ZHI JIAN	WP	U12B
88	Tan Min Wei	PP	U12B
89	Teh De Juan	PP	U12B
90	TEH QING HONG	WP	U12B
91	Tin Shan Wen	PP	U12B
92	Wong Yinn Long	PP	U12B
93	YEE JIAN YANG	SGR	U12B
94	Yeoh Ern	PP	U12B
95	Yeoh Zi Song	PP	U12B
96	Yip Thung	PP	U12B
97	Aina Zaharah Shukor	WP	U12G
98	AMIRA FARHANA AMIRUL	WP	U12G
99	HO CHEN EE	WP	U12G
100	HO LI ENN	WP	U12G
101	IMAN SOFFEA MOHD AZMAN	SGR	U12G
102	Khaw Ker Shean	PP	U12G
103	Melanie Koo Wei Wei	WP	U12G
104	MOK SHU ZING	WP	U12G
105	NURUL FARHANA HALIM SHUHAIMI	JHR	U12G
106	Pavitra Thanabalan	SGR	U12G
107	PUTERI MUNAJJAH AZ-ZAHRAA AZHAR	SGR	U12G
108	RAUDHAH MUHADZIR	SGR	U12G
109	Sangetavathy Thanasegeren	WP	U12G
110	Sim Jia Yi	PP	U12G
111	Tan Jia Xuan	PP	U12G
112	Teh De Zen	PP	U12G
113	Teh Ming Min	PP	U12G
114	ZAINOOR IKMAL MAISARAH MOHD NOR	SGR	U12G
115	Aldric Goh Ze Kai	PP	U14B
116	Anand Low Hong Ren	PP	U14B
117	Ang Tsu Jien	WP	U14B
118	Ang Zhen Wei	PP	U14B
119	Bryan Ooi Min Feng	PP	U14B
120	Chee Yi Hun	PP	U14B
121	Chuah Hao Feng	PP	U14B
122	Darrel Yap Egin	WP	U14B
123	KABIR SINGH AJEET SINGH	SGR	U14B
124	Kevin Lim Kai Wen	PP	U14B
125	Khaw Choo Kean	PP	U14B
126	LIEW KAT LOONG		U14B
127	Lim Ming Kang	WP	U14B
128	MEOR ADIB RUSYAIDI AYIB ROSDI	PHG	U14B
129	Mohd Akashah Ismail Farhari	PRK	U14B
130	MOHD NOOR AZAM MOHD NOR	SGR	U14B
131	MOK KHYE ZEN	WP	U14B
132	Muhammad Asyraf Razman	PHG	U14B
133	MUHAMMAD IHSAN SYAHIRAN	SGR	U14B
134	MUHAMMAD NUR AMMAR FIKRI NOR SUHAIMI	PHG	U14B
135	MUHAMMAD NUR ASHRAAF NOORMAN	PHG	U14B
136	MUHD HARITH FARHAN MOHD RADZUAN	PHG	U14B
137	NAIM AZHARI SHAIMI		U14B
138	Ng Shi Xuan	PP	U14B
139	Ooi Zhi Yang	PP	U14B
140	Tan Shu Hang	PP	U14B
141	Tan Yi Quan	PP	U14B
142	Tan Yin Kuang	PP	U14B
143	TAN YONG ZHAO	WP	U14B
144	Tang Wei Kit	PP	U14B
145	Teh Ren Jie	PP	U14B
146	Teoh Ern Sheng	PP	U14B
147	William Fong Wei Siang	PP	U14B
148	ANIS NABILA AHMAD ZUHDI	SGR	U14G
149	CHENG MUN XUEN	PRK	U14G
150	Crystal Lee Jiayin	PP	U14G
151	ELLIE EMIRA SYAMIMI	SGR	U14G
152	Eng Jia Wei	PP	U14G
153	Kelly Lim Pei Ying	PP	U14G
154	Khaw Ker Lee	PP	U14G
155	LIYANA ABDULLAH	PHG	U14G
156	Loh Jing Lin	PP	U14G
157	Lye Kit Wing	WP	U14G
158	MARYAM JAMEELA ZAINUDDIN	PRK	U14G
159	Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	NS	U14G
160	NOR ATIFA SYAMIEN NORDIN		U14G
161	NUR NAJIHA AZMAN HISHAM	SGR	U14G
162	NUR SABRINA ALIYA ASMAN	PHG	U14G
163	NURUL IZZAH HALIM SHUHAIMI	JHR	U14G
164	NURUL NABIHAH MOHD AMRI	PHG	U14G
165	ONNWAN AROONRATANA	PRK	U14G
166	PUTERI RIFQAH FAHADA AZHAR	SGR	U14G
167	Rosamund Koo Wei Xin	WP	U14G
168	Sylvia Chong Kai Ling	PP	U14G
169	Tan Jia Yun	PP	U14G
170	TAN WEI TING	WP	U14G
171	UMI SAFIAH SADON	TRG	U14G
172	Vivian Ngieng	SWK	U14G
173	Wong Yi Chee	PP	U14G
174	Yeoh Wen	PP	U14G
175	AHMAD AFIQ RAMBLY	TRG	U16B
176	Ahmad Afiq Rambly	TRG	U16B
177	Anban Thirumamani	PP	U16B
178	Andre Cheong Kai Bin	PP	U16B
179	Ang Zhen Yuan	PP	U16B
180	ASYRAF MIERZA ABD RAHMAN	SGR	U16B
181	AZIZ ABIDIN AZMI PUAT	TRG	U16B
182	Aziz Abidin Azmi Puat	TRG	U16B
183	AZNOR YAZID ARIFFIN AZRI	WP	U16B
184	Benjamin Koo Wei Jie	WP	U16B
185	Calvin Lee Zhemin	PP	U16B
186	Chee Yik Han	PP	U16B
187	Dhiyaneshbabu Nookaraju	PP	U16B
188	Eng Chear Shen	PP	U16B
189	Hadi Hairi	PP	U16B
190	HARLEIFF HANIFF	WP	U16B
191	HO EU SHENG	WP	U16B
192	Jason Teh Chee Ying	PP	U16B
193	KUGHAN RAVINDRAN	SGR	U16B
194	Lim Ming Xian	WP	U16B
195	Lim Winsen	PP	U16B
196	LUCAS MATTHEW DUTTON	WP	U16B
197	MARCUS LEONG TJEN WYE	WP	U16B
198	MOHAMMAD ISHAK MOHD ARIFFIN	SGR	U16B
199	MUHAMAD NAJMI SAJARI		U16B
200	MUHAMMAD ALI ASGHAR AMIRULLAH	KLT	U16B
201	MUHAMMAD FIKRIE KHAIRUL MUHSEIN	PHG	U16B
202	MUHAMMAD IRFAN RENDRAWAN	SGR	U16B
203	Muhammad Khairil Asyraf	TRG	U16B
204	MUHAMMAD KHAIRIL ASYRAF	TRG	U16B
205	Muhd Azuan	PP	U16B
206	MUHD IRFAN HAQQIM AZHAR	SGR	U16B
207	Ooi Yen Hoe	PP	U16B
208	ROSHAN SINGH AJEET SINGH	SGR	U16B
209	Samuel Ngieng Chew Sheng	SWK	U16B
210	SHANKARA SUKUMARAN	PRK	U16B
211	Sivanesan Subramaniam	NS	U16B
212	Syamil Aizat Harun	PRK	U16B
213	Tafhim Tajudeen	PP	U16B
214	TAN RI HONG	WP	U16B
215	TAN WEI HAO	WP	U16B
216	Zulkifli Abdul Rani	PRK	U16B
217	Chuah Yi Ning	PP	U16G
218	EE SUN-XIN	SGR	U16G
219	FONG MI LYN	PRK	U16G
220	Hoh Tjin Hui	PP	U16G
221	MICHELLE LEE MEI HSIEN	SGR	U16G
222	NIK NUR AINA NAFISAH BT NIK MOHD NASIR	TRG	U16G
223	Nik Nur Aina NIK NAFISAH NIK MOHD NASIR	TRG	U16G
224	NUR HANAN RAMLI		U16G
225	NUR NABILA AZMAN HISHAM	SGR	U16G
226	NUR SYAHIRAH ROKEMAN	PHG	U16G
227	NURSYAMIMI MOHD ZIN	TRG	U16G
228	Ryhanna Roslan	WP	U16G
229	SHANGEETHA SUKUMARAN	PRK	U16G
230	TAN LI TING	WP	U16G

To read more updates of registered player lists, please visit Malaysian Chess Federation website or click here. Or the various age-group lists, click here.

U-18 National Age-Group List 2013

29 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the Under-18 age-group list of players for the NAG chess tournament at UTP, Tronoh, Perak this coming weekend 1-3 February 2013. Twenty-three boys and twelve girls are participating in the Under-18 age group. Top on my list is Wong Jianwen who has represented Malaysia in the World Youth Under-16 Olympiad in Turkey 2011, two years ago.

1	AMAR MOHD MAAROF	SGR	U18B
2	AMIRUL AIMAN B ABD KARIM	PHG	U18B
3	ARIVINTTHAN KRISHNAN	KDH	U18B
4	Asmaan Amry	PRK	U18B
5	Chong Shao Hong	PP	U18B
6	David Yee	PP	U18B
7	KANES GOVINDASAMY	KDH	U18B
8	Kim Zhao Ting	PP	U18B
9	Lim Chuin Khai	PP	U18B
10	Linges Chandran Ramachandran	PP	U18B
11	Moey Ching Chuen	PP	U18B
12	MOHAMMAD SYAUQI ROKEMAN	PHG	U18B
13	Mohd Ramza Anuar	PRK	U18B
14	Muhammad Fahim Hanif Mohd Fahmi Anuar	TRG	U18B
15	MUHAMMAD FAHIM HANIF MOHD FAHMI ANUAR	TRG	U18B
16	MUHAMMAD YUSUFF BIN ISMAIL	PHG	U18B
17	MUHD ALIF IMRAN BIN YURASELAN	PHG	U18B
18	MUHD ANAS HUSSAINI KHAIRUDDIN	SGR	U18B
19	Nikk Johari Low	WP	U18B
20	Ooi Boon Hao	PP	U18B
21	Raja Bazli Bot Raja Badli	SGR	U18B
22	RIZWAN ARYZONA BIN ABRARI	PHG	U18B
23	WONG JIANWEN	WP	U18B
24	AUDREY LIONG TSE WERN	SWK	U18G
25	Hoh Tjin Li	PP	U18G
26	MASURA ROSLI	SGR	U18G
27	NORSAKINAH MAHYUDDIN	SGR	U18G
28	NUR AINA ABDUL AZIZ	TRG	U18G
29	NUR 'AINA SYAMIMI NAZRI	PHG	U18G
30	NUR AMALINA ALYAA MOHD RIDZAL	PHG	U18G
31	NUR HIDAYAH ABDUL SAMAT	PHG	U18G
32	PAVITRANAYAGI JAYAMURTHEY	WP	U18G
33	S. SHANKARI SUKUMARAN	PRK	U18G
34	Tang Kar Khei	PP	U18G
35	YASMIN SYAHIRA ZABERI	PHG	U18G

Kindly check whether the players name are keyed in  correctly in the respective age-group categories and if there's any amendment or names missing from the list, kindly contact the organiser by 31st January 2013 :-

1) Mr Gregory Lau HP: 0172898215 or email msianchess2010@gmail.com
2) Mr Marcus Yeoh HP: 0124723873 or marcus.yeoh81@gmail.com

Total players = 265 players

U-8 Boys = 13 players

U-10 Boys = 24 players

U-12 Boys = 36 players

U-14 Boys = 33 players

U-16 Boys = 42 players

U-18 Boys = 23 players

U-8 Girls = 8 players

U-10 Girls = 15 players

U-12 Girls = 18 players

U-14 Girls = 27 players

U-16 Girls = 14 players

U-18 Girls = 12 players

 

To read more updates of registered player lists, please visit Malaysian Chess Federation website or click here. Or the various age-group lists, click here.

2ND GIANT PLENTONG JUNIORS CHESS TOURNAMENT

29 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – A new upcoming juniors chess tournament is being organised for the 24th February 2013 in Masai, Johor Bahru. The tournament is jointly organised by JB Chess Association in collaboration with Giant Plentong Hypermarket and RAKAN Muda Johor Bahru.

It will be a 7 round Swiss-System with rapid time control of 20 minutes per player. Closing date: 22nd February 2013.

 

Registration Form:

For further information, please contact En. Narayanan Krishnan, hp: 013-7717525 or his email: jb_chess_association@yahoo.com.

2nd Giant Plentong Juniors Chess Tournament, 24th Feb 2013

29 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur - A new upcoming juniors tournament is being organised for the 24th February, 2013 in Masai, Johor Bahru. The tournament is jointly organised by JB Chess Association in collaboration with Giant Plentong Hypermarket, and RAKAN MUDA Johor Bahru.

It will be a 7 rapid round Swiss-System. Closing date: 22 February 2013.

For more information, please contact En.Narayanan Krishnan, hp: 013-7717525, email: jb_chess_association@yahoo.com.

Video Report of Gibraltar Chess 2013

28 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a video report of the ongoing Gibraltar Masters 2013. Eight super-GMs with ratings above 2700 are participating in this year’s chess festival in Gibraltar.

Chessbase.com reported that the Magnificent Eight are Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Adams, Wojtaszek, Vachier-Lagrave, Navara, Shirov, Le Quang Liem, perhaps with an honorary ninth member, Nigel Short, as a former world championship runner-up and three-times winner of the Gibraltar Masters. After three rounds, only three of the Magnificent Eight remain on 100%. There are a total of 15 players on 3/3, including two women competitors, and representing twelve countries.

Leaders after three rounds: Michael Adams (England), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), Nikita Vitiugov (Russia), Yu Yangyi (China), Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela), Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), Vladislav Tkachiev (France), Gawain Jones (England), Jaan Ehlvest (USA), Dariusz Swiercz (Poland), Ivan Salgado Lopez (Spain), Kaido Kulaots (Estonia), Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) and Artur Jakubiec (Poland) 3/3.

Video report, of which there are hours and hours to be found here.

Ong Wei Bin Wins Under-17, 4th Giant Tampoi Junior

28 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In Johor Bahru, the final results of the 4th Giant Tampoi Junior Chess Tournament 2013 held recently were won by Ong Wei Bin in the Under-17 age group with a score of 6.5 points and Di Xu Wei in the Under-12 age group with a 7.0 points.

Results are shown below.

Under-12 Age Group Final Results:

Under-17 Final Results:

 

You can also visit JB chess blog http://www.jbchess.blogspot.com/

(Results courtesty of Mr Narayanan Krishnan)

Carlsen’s winning game vs Hou Yifan, Round 9, Tata Steel 2013

23 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a round 9 game between GM Magnus Carlsen and former World Women’s Champion GM Hou Yifan of China at the 75th Tata Steel Chess 2013 at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

Chessvibes reported that Magnus Carlsen, who won as expected against the last seeded participant and tail-ender Hou Yifan, gained 8.7 rating points so far in Wijk aan Zee which would bring his already highest rating ever of 2861 to 2869.7. It's hard to believe that the world's number one is getting away from 2850 even further, into the direction of 2900...

It was a "nice surprise" for Carlsen that someone would play the Ponziani against him and indeed this was a funny opening choice by the Chinese, as Carlsen had played this very rare opening earlier in the tournament, against Harikrishna. Here's the game, and below it Carlsen's explanation:

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Standings:

Links:

Tata Steel Chess Tournament | Games in PGN: A group, B group, C group via TWIC

Chessvibes report

Yeoh Li Tian's first game vs GM Gomez, Zonal Chess 2013

 

23 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a round 1 game of Yeoh Li Tian of Malaysia who is participating in the 3.3 Zonal Chess Championship in the Philippines 2013, held in Tagatay City. He drew against GM Gomez in the first round and will meet up against IM Dimakiling of the Philippines in the second round.

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Yeoh Li Tian’s Performance:

 

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

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr90536.aspx?art=25&fedb=MAS&lan=1&wi=821

Video of Magnus Carlsen, Round 8, Tata Steel 2013

22 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Chessvibes reported that it's clear that it was only for one day that Carlsen wasn't feeling too well - this was when he drew with Anand in a Petroff. He followed up with a win against Sokolov and a draw with Leko, and on Sunday the Norwegian showed once again what kind of chess he plays when he is full of energy. As John Saunders remarked, Carlsen is making the endgame cool!

Here is the round 8 game between Carlsen and Karjakin of the 75th Tata Steel Chess 2013, Grandmaster Group A, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Carlsen won with white pieces.

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White played 92.e7 and black resigned.

http://youtu.be/Q0LSx-aWEJA

Links:

Tata Steel Chess Tournament | Games in PGN: A group, B group, C group via TWIC

Shreyes Subramaniam Wins Under-15 RSC Open Junior Chess Tournament 2013

21 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Last Sunday, 20 January 2013, the Royal Selangor Club had conducted the RSC Open Junior Chess Tournament 2013. Shreyes Subramaniam won the Group B Under-15 age group category with a score of 7 points. The full list of winners of the various age-groups for the chess tournament are as shown below:-

PRIZE WINNERS FOR	2013 RSC OPEN JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENT
	GROUP B (UNDER-15)	SCORE
CHAMPION	SHREYES SUBRAMANIAM	7
2ND PLACE	MOHD FAIZAL ROSLAN	5
3RD PLACE	DAWSON TAN SOON WEI	5
4TH PLACE	DILWEN DING TZE HOW	5
5TH PLACE	ETHAN WONG HSIEN AUN	5
	UNDER-13
CHAMPION	CHEAH EASON	6
2ND PLACE	MOK SHU ZING	5.5
3RD PLACE	JARON TAN XE YUNG	5
4TH PLACE	KONG DAK NAM	5
5TH PLACE	YEE ZIAN YANG	5
6TH PLACE	NG JEN SHENG	4.5
7TH PLACE	NITHYALAKSHMI SIVANESAN	4.5
8TH PLACE	PRAGHASH KUMAR THANASEGEREN	4
	UNDER-12
1ST CONSOLATION	EVAN LOO HSIEN RONG	4
2ND CONSOLATION	BRYAN YAP CHUAN YOONG	4
3RD CONSOLATION	LOH ZU HAO	4
	GROUP A ( UNDER-11)
CHAMPION	HAZIQ AIMAN	6.5
2ND PLACE	AQIL AINUDDIN NAUFAL AKHRA	5.5
3RD PLACE	TYRON ISA	5
4TH PLACE	FAHIM AL-FAQEH SALEH	5
5TH PLACE	THIEN ZHONG SYUEN	5
6TH PLACE	KABILAN THANABALAN	4.5
7TH PLACE	CHONG JIA JUAN	4.5
8TH PLACE	VIGNESH RAMANAN	4
	UNDER-10
1ST CONSOLATION	TAN YONG HAU	4
2ND CONSOLATION	SOFEA ALIYA SYAHRIL	4
3RD CONSOLATION	DAMIAN WONG XIN HOE	3
	UNDER-9
CHAMPION	LOOI KA LOC	6.5
2ND PLACE	DINESSH KUMAR THANASEGEREN	6
3RD PLACE	IVAN SEAN YAP SHEUN	5
4TH PLACE	AMEX MOO	5
5TH PLACE	WONG ZI YUE	5
6TH PLACE	CHEAH KAH HOE	4
7TH PLACE	HAFIZ BORHANUDIN	4
8TH PLACE	CHEW ZHI QI	4
	UNDER-8
1ST CONSOLATION	AMIR FAIZ AMIRUL	4
2ND CONSOLATION	HAIBATUL HANNAN RIZAL	3
3RD CONSOLATION	ASIA MOO	3

 

(Results courtesy of Jax Tham)