Ding Liren vs Richard Rapport, Round 8, Biel 2013

31st July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the Ding Liren’s game against Hungarian chess prodigy, Richard Rapport of round 8 in the Biel Chess Festival 2013. 

The Week-In-Chess reported that Liren Ding defeated Richard Rapport on the black side of a very sharp King's Indian. Ding grabbed an exchange when already standing better and with Ne5 as a very decent alternative. After this he came under a fierce attack but calculated well and Rapport gave up lots of material to win black's queen and once black co-ordinated he went on to the win.

Ian Nepomniachtchi won a Bb5 Sicilian against Alexander Moiseenko. A positional game turned tactical and eventually Nepomniachtchi won pawns to take into a winning rook and pawn ending.

Etienne Bacrot and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave drew a Gruenfeld that quickly converted to a symmetrical Double Rook ending.

Round 8 Standings: Ding Liren 13pts, Bacrot 12pts, Vachier 11pts, Moiseenko 10pts, Nepomniachtchi 8pts, Rapport 4pts.

Round 9 31st July 2013 1pm BST Pairings: Rapport-Bacrot, Ding Liren-Nepomniachtchi, Moiseenko-Vachier-Lagrave.

Links:

46th Biel International Chess Festival 2013 (Biel SUI)
Mon 22nd Jul 2013 - Thu 1st Aug 2013 - Official Site -Live

Breisacher Memorial (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM Games |Live

Biel Master Open (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Master Games

Biel Rapid Open (117 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:7m+7spm)

(Picture from Biel Chess Festival 2013 website)

Malaysia finished 21st, WY U-16 Olympiad 2013

30th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia finished in 21st spot in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 2013 held in Chongqing, China. The Malaysian team lost 1.5-2.5 in round 10 to team Czech Republic.

Malaysia ended with 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses with a team score of 11 MP and 21.0 Pts. Team India (pix below) emerged champions with 18 MP and 30.5 Pts.

To read more, please visit this official website link here.

Malaysia participates in World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 2013

28th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian chess team comprising of WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham, WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham, Shreyas Subramaniam, Wei Hao Tan and Zhi Yang Ooi have been entered in the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2013 in Chongqing, China from 21-30 July 2013. After round 9, Malaysia is now lying in 19th position with 11 MP, 19.5 Pts behind Indonesia and ahead of team Singapore. Current leadears are team India with 16 MP and 27 Pts after round 9.

In round 9, team Malaysia won 2.5-1.5 over QDYC Chess Club.

Round 9 Result: Malaysia vs QDYC Chess Club, 2.5 – 1.5.

To read more, please visit official tournament website or click here.

Another important win by Ding Liren at Biel 2013

28 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur - Here is Ding Liren's winning sixth round game against Moiseenko in the 46th Biel Chess Festival 2013.

 

The official website of the Biel Chess Festival 2013 reported that Etienne Bacrot leads the Biel Chess tournament with 10/18 (3pts for a win 1 for a draw) a point clear of Liren Ding. Alexander Moiseenko and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are two points further back. Sunday is a rest day for the players.

Liren Ding defeated Alexander Moiseenko with an impressive victory in 40 moves. Moiseenko set up a Stonewall structure out of a Queen's Gambit. Ding thought Moiseenko should have played 14...Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd7 instead of his 14...Bxe5 and quickly fell into a passive position. Ding exploited his superior space and activity to break through just before first time control.

Standings After 6th Round:

Links:

46th Biel International Chess Festival 2013 (Biel SUI)
Mon 22nd Jul 2013 - Thu 1st Aug 2013 - Official Site -Live

Breisacher Memorial (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM Games |Live

Biel Master Open (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Master Games

(picture from tournament website of Biel Chess Festival 2013)

Top twenty chess openings trends

28 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the top twenty chess openings as played by International Masters and Grandmasters in May 2013. There were 2,072 games played between 1-31 May 2013 where both players were rated over 2400 Elo.

Ranking	Movement	Opening	# of Games
1		King’s Indian Defence	130 games
2		Slav Defence	114 games
3		Nimzo-Indian Defence	90 games
4		Reti Opening	84 games
5		Caro-Kann Defence	82 games
6		Sicilian, Najdorf Variation	66 games
7		English, 1…Nf6	65 games
8		Queen’s Gambit Declined	63 games
9		1 d4  Nf6 sidelines	59 games
10		Grunfeld, Classical Var	59 games
11		Sicilian, Kan Variation	55 games
12		English, 1…c5	54 games
13		Sicilian, 2 Nf3 sidelines	53 games
14		Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence	48 games
15		Queen’s Indian Defence	47 games
16		Semi-Slav Defence	45 games
17		Sicilian, 2 Nf3 sidelines	40 games
18		English, 1…e5	39 games
19		Ruy Lopez, closed sidelines	35 games
20		Sicilian, Taimanov Variation	34 games

 

source: TWIC as published in Chess, July 2013 edition.

Ding Liren wins 4th Round Biel Chess Festival

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26th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the fourth round win by Ding Liren of China over Maxime of France in Biel, Switzerland.

 

Standings after round 4:

To read more, please visit this link here.

(picture from tournament website)

Fong Yit Ho winner of SStwo Mall Chess 2013

24th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The recently concluded SStwo Mall Chess Championship 2013 held last weekend, 20-21 July 2013 held in SS2 Petaling Jaya resulted in Fong Yit Ho emerging as the winner of the tournament. He scored 5 points.

Second, NM Lim Zhou Ren with 5 points, third, brother Fong Yit San (picture above). Fourth, Penangite, Loo Swee Leong and fifth, another Penangite, NM Tan Khai Boon.

Twenty seven players participated in this inaugural chess tournament held in SStwo Mall in Petaling Jaya.

(results courtesy of Abdul Hamid Majid)

2700+ Chess Tournaments 2013

21st July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here are some men’s and women’s current and future chess events for the year 2013 as published by the 2700chess.com website.

Open Chess Events:

Current Events:

1.	Canadian Open 2013, Web (9/9)  13 - 20 Jul 2013, Ottawa (Canada)	Bruzon
2.	USA - China (match), Web (2/5)  19 - 23 Jul 2013, Ningbo (China)	Wang Yue

Future Events Chess Calendar:

1.	46th Biel GM Tournament, Web (10)  22 Jule - 2 Aug 2013, Biel (Switzerland)	Bacrot, Nepomniachtchi, Vachier-Lagrave, Moiseenko, Ding Liren
2.	Sparkassen Chess, Dortmund 2013, Web (9)  26 Jul - 4 Aug 2013, Dortmund (Germany)	Kramnik, Caruana, Wang Hao, Leko, Andreikin, Naiditsch, Adams, etc
3.	Politiken Cup 2013, Web (10)  27 Jul - 4 Aug 2013, Helsingor (Denmark)	Vachier-Lagrave, Cheparinov
4.	Chinese League (Division A) 2013, Web (7/22)  (next 3 Aug ) 30 Apr - 19 Dec 2013, (China)	Wang Hao, Wang Yue, Ding Liren, Malakhov, Jobava
5.	World Cup 2013, Web (16)  10 Aug - 4 Sep 2013, Tromso (Norway)	Aronian, Caruana, Kramnik, Grischuk, Karjakin, Nakamura, Gelfand, Svidler, Morozevich, etc

Women’s Chess Events:

Current events:

1.

USA - China (match), Web (2/5)  19 - 23 Jul 2013, Ningbo (China)

Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi

Future Events Chess Calendar:

1.	European Championship 2013, Web (11)  23 Jul - 3 Aug 2013, Belgrade (Serbia)	Muzychuk A, Dzagnidze, Lagno, Kosintseva T, Cramling, Khotenashvili, Gunina
2.	Chinese League (Division A) 2013, Web (7/22)  (next 3 Aug ) 30 Apr - 19 Dec 2013, (China)	Zhao Xue, Ju Wenjun, Gunina, Tan Zhongyi, Muzychuk M, Huang Qian
3.	World Cup 2013, Web (16)  10 Aug - 4 Sep 2013, Tromso (Norway)	Polgar J, Ushenina, Hou Yifan
4.	Women's World Championship Match, Web (10)  10 - 27 Sep 2013, Taizhou (China)	Ushenina, Hou Yifan
5.	3rd Women FIDE Grand Prix, Web (11)  17 Sep - 1 Oct 2013, Tashkent (Uzbekistan)	Koneru, Zhao Xue, Lagno, Ju Wenjun, Stefanova, Cmilyte, Khotenashvili, Harika etc

 

 games, cross tables, schedules are here

Saturday 20 July
USA - China (match) Web Round 2, starts at 6:30 GMT
Shankland	0:1	Wang Yue
Canadian Open 2013 Web Round 9, starts at 14:30 GMT
Bruzon	½:½	Short

 

To read more, please visit http://www.2700chess.com/

Third Qtr Allegro Coming Soon

17th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the announcement from Chess Association of Selangor (CAS) of the upcoming chess tournament in September 2013. It will be held at DAT Chess Connections, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur on 8th September 2013 and it will be National-Rated.

Please contact En. Fariz@012-6439636, Mr Yeoh@012-6199816 or Mr Lim@012-2984922 for more details.

To read more, please visit this link here.

The New July 2013 National Ratings

14 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – The latest July 2013 National Chess Ratings is out! Here are the top twenty most improved chess players. Among them is the new National Master Aron Teh Eu Wen who increased his rating from 1811 to 2015!

 

To view the new July 2013 National Ratings, please visit this link here.

(Source of National Ratings: Lim Tse Pin’s email)

The 10th Malaysian Chess Festival 2013

13 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur (Repost) – As the closing date of 1st August 2013 draws near for registration in the upcoming Malaysian Chess Festival, it would be best to alert intending chess participants of the blog post again. The 10th Malaysian Chess Festival 2013 incorporating the following events will be held from 9th Aug (Arrival Day) - 19th Aug (Departure Day).
This year it will be a FIDE rated event with possibilities of title norms.

1) 10th IGB Dato Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship 2013
2) 4th KLK Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng International Seniors Open Chess Championship 2013
3) 8th AmBank Malaysia Chess Challenge 2013
4) 33rd ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Team Chess Championship 2013
5) 4th SWENSEN'S Open Rapid Age-Group Chess Championship 2013
and the usual Festival Blitz Opens.

Entry forms are as shown below:-

 

(source: email from A Hamid Majid, aham@pc.jaring.my)

Karjakin’s surprise loss to Leko, Round 7

12th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur - Here is the round 7 game between Sergey Karjakin and Peter Leko in the FIDE Grand Prix chess in Beijing 2013. Karjakin playing the black pieces lost the game allowing Grischuk and Mamedyarov to take the lead in Beijing.

Results of Round 7:

 

Links:

FIDE Grand Prix Beijing 2013 (Beijing CHN)
Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul 2013 - Official Site

FIDE GP Beijing (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

Three In The Lead at FIDE GP Beijing 2013

11 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In Beijing, three players are now joint leaders with a score of 4 points. Karjakin lost his game against Mamedyarov, while Grischuk drew his game against Topalov. The joint leaders currently after round 6 are Karjakin, Mamedyarov and Grischuk.

The official website of the tournament reported that in the sixth round of Grand Prix in Beijing half of the games were decisive. Sergey Karjakin and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov played the longest game of the round which finished in favor of Azeri player. Grischuk, who was place d second after 5th round, made a draw against Veselin Topalov and, as the result, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin lead with 4 out of 6. Morozevich outplayed Gata Kamsky and in Chinese derby Wang Yue defeated Wang Hao.  Vassily Ivanchuk was looking for revenge for his lost in the match against Giri in Leon but could not convert his advantage and the game finished in a draw.

Results of Round 6 played yesterday, 10 July 2013 in the FIDE GP Beijing 2013

Standings After Round 6:

Links:

FIDE Grand Prix Beijing 2013 (Beijing CHN)
Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul 2013 - Official Site

FIDE GP Beijing (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

Berlian KUSESS Team wins team chess

10 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur - Here are some of the latest final ranking of Blitz and team chess during KUSESS Chess Tournament 2013 in Kuala Selangor held on the 6th July 2013.

Gold Blitz was won by the fivesome group of individuals comprising of Nur Najiha, Nur Nabila, Teh De Zen, Mohd Noor Azam and Irfan Haqqim Azhar.

Meanwhile the Secondary Schools team category, team Berlian KUSESS won by top scoring 13 Match Points. In the Lower Secondary team category, team SJK(C) Perempuan Cina Pulau Pinang emerged as the winning chess team.

“Johan Berpasukan Sekolah Rendah   : SJK(C) Perempuan Cina Pulau Pinang ( Teh De Juan, Heng Gu Jia, Teh De Zen, Chua Jia-Tien )
Johan Berpasukan Sekolah Menengah : BERLIAN KUSESS ( Muhd Irfan Haqqim, Nur Najiha, Puteri Rifqah Fahada dan Mohd Noor Azam )”

(Pictures and results courtesy of Azhar Md Said)

KUSESS Chess Event 2013 With Some Pictures!

Gold Winners of Individual Blitz 2013 held on the 6th July 2013.

9 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur - Here is some additional information given by En. Azhar Mohd Said of the KUSESS Chess event recently held in Kuala Selangor.

6 Julai Sabtu.
Acara berpasukan Sekolah Menengah 83 pasukan X 4 = 332 pemain
Acara berpasukan Sekolah Rendah 37 pasukan X 4 = 148 pemain
Jumlah pemain acara berpasukan 480 orang.

Acara Blitz Individu open ( selepas tamat acara berpasukan ) = 112 pemain.
Jumlah penyertaan hari pertama = 592 penyertaan

7 Julai Ahad
Acara Individu Bawah 18 Tahun 202 pemain
Acara Individu Bawah 12 Tahun 127 pemain
Jumlah penyertaan hari kedua 329 pemain

Jumlah penyertaan keseluruhan = 912 penyertaan!!!

Satu kejayaan bagi Kusess yg kali pertama menganjurkannya.

Playing Hall KUSESS Chess 2013.

KUSESS Chess Event 2013 backdrop

(Pictures courtesy of Manooba Zainoor's facebook)