First Saturday Chess At UTM Johor Bahru

25th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – University Technology of Malaysia (UTM) in Johor Bahru is organising the First Saturday Chess Tournament on the 1st February 2014, Saturday with the following details:-

TARIKH/DATE : 1 FEBRUARI 2014 (SABTU)
MASA/ TIME : 8.30 PAGI – 1.30 TENGAHARI
TEMPAT/VENUE : DEWAN SERI MERBAU,
KOLEJ TUN HUSSEIN ONN
UTM, JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR

A. PENYERTAAN/PENDAFTARAN
1. Terbuka kepada semua mengikut kategori yang telah ditetapkan
2. Pendaftaran awal sila SMS nama penuh, kategori yang hendak disertai dan no h/p kepada Azri, 012-7953806
3. Pendaftaran juga boleh dibuat terus pada hari pertandingan iaitu dari 8:30 pagi – 9:00 pagi (1 Februari 2014)

B. KATEGORI PERTANDINGAN
1. Terbuka
2. Bawah 16 Tahun
3. Bawah 12 tahun

C. ATUCARA
08.30 Pagi - Pendaftaran Pertandingan
09:00 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 1
09.45 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 2
10:00 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 3
11.15 Pagi - Pertandingan Pusingan 4
12.00 Tghari - Pertandingan Pusingan 5
01.30 Tghari - Penyampaian Hadiah
- Main Catur/Catur Kilat/Sembang Catur
03:00 Petang - Bersurai
* Kawalan masa 20 minit/seorang

D. YURAN PENYERTAAN
1. Terbuka/Open = RM15.00
2. Bawah 16/Under 16 = RM10.00
3. Bawah 12/Under 12 = RM10.00

 

For more details, please contact Azri, 012-7953806

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Jelvis Arandela wins Melaka Open 2014

25th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Latest chess news from  Air Tawar, Melaka, Chess Open 2014. The line of winners were:

1st – Jelvis Arandela 6/6

2nd – Masrin Erowan,

3rd – Rosdi Jamil,

4th - Syaahil,

5th – Mohd Zullghafari,

6th – Mazlan Harun,

7th – Lukman Sukarma,

8th – Kim Yew,

9th – Mat Salim,

10th – Razali Hamzah.

Congratulations to all winners!

(news courtesy of Zullghafari)

Calendar of Chess Activities for 2014 - MCF

22 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the calendar of chess activities as issued by Malaysian Chess Federation for 2014.

(source: Hairuluv’s blog)

Karjakin vs Naiditsch in Tata Steel Masters 2014

19 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 6 game in the Tata Steel Masters 2014 in which Karjakin won against Naiditsch of Germany. Karjakin is lying in third place behind Aronian and Giri. Aronian is leading with 5.0 points, Giri and Karjakin with 4.0 points each.

The official website reported that joining Giri in second place was Sergey Karjakin, who defeated Arkadij Naiditsch after a long battle. From a Catalan Karjakin got a minute advantage in a queen-and-rook-ending, having the safer king. The resulting queen-ending proved favourable for the Russian grandmaster: “it should be a draw but it wasn’t so easy.” Naiditsch failed to find the right plan and after 64. …Qa1(see diagram)

Karjakin struck with 65.Qb6+ Kh5 66.Qe3! threatening Qe8. Naiditsch had to pull back but then Karjakin’s passed a-pawn became the German’s downfall.

 

 

Standings after round 6 are shown below:-

Standings of Tata Steel Masters

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Aronian, L.	5.0 / 6	2812	3007					1	1	½	1		½		1
2	Giri, A.	4.0 / 6	2734	2849				½		½	1		½		½	1
3	Karjakin, S.	4.0 / 6	2759	2851					0		½	½	1	1		1
4	Dominguez, L.	3.5 / 6	2754	2786		½			1		0	½	½	1
5	Caruana, F.	3.5 / 6	2782	2804	0		1	0			½		1		1
6	So, W.	3.5 / 6	2719	2811	0	½						½		1	1	½
7	Harikrishna, P.	3.0 / 6	2706	2752	½	0	½	1	½				½
8	Nakamura, H.	3.0 / 6	2789	2757	0		½	½		½					½	1
9	Van Wely, L.	2.0 / 6	2672	2613		½	0	½	0		½			½
10	Rapport, R.	2.0 / 6	2691	2624	½		0	0		0			½		1
11	Gelfand, B.	1.5 / 6	2777	2546		½			0	0		½		0		½
12	Naiditsch, A.	1.0 / 6	2718	2492	0	0	0			½		0			½

 

Tata Steel 2014 website: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Aronian's game against Nakamura, Tata Steel Masters 2014

16 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur – Today is a rest day at Wijk aan Zee. Let’s look at one of Aronian’s winning game against Nakamura played during round 4 yesterday in the Masters group of the 76th Tata Steel Chess 2014, Wijk aan Zee, Holland.

 

 

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