31 May 2010 – Here are some random pictures of the 9th Round happenings on the 26th May 2010 at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.
Pix 1. CS Solutions vs Black Pearl. Pix 2. Team AU vs PWC.
Pix 3. DATCC vs SeaHorse. Pix 4. SeaHorse vs DATCC.
Pix 5. Gung Ho vs Think Big. Pix 6. CS Solutions vs Black Pearl.
Pix 7. Tan&Tan vs Kam Mah. Pix 8. SeaHorse vs DATCC.
Pix 9. 17Chess Club vs Excel Chess Team. Pix 10. Tan&Tan vs Kam Mah.
24 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – The last and ninth round of the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League will take place this Wednesday evening, 26th May 2010 at the DAT Chess Centre, 4th Floor Car Park, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur. Games start at 7 pm.
See you all at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre on Wednesday evening. :)
Since it is the last game of the season, the organisers of the league would want you to witness the closing ceremony at the end of this week’s league match.
22 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Last Wednesday the DATCC Chess Team played against the teen’s team called First Saturday Chess Team in the 8th round of the 3rd DATCC KL Chess Team League 2010. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. However, DATCC’s player on third board, Suhaimi Mustafa Al-Bakri, played a magnificient game against the talented Yat Guo Jie of First Saturday Chess Team.
The Pirc Defence transpired during the game. Suhaimi played black and employed the Pirc Defence against Yat’s pawn storm on the king-side.
Pix 1. White castles queenside and played 9. Kb1 to protect the a2 pawn.
Pix 2. By move 22, black swings his knight into attack with 22…Nc3+.
Pix 3. By move 28…cxb3, it was obvious black had its own pawn storm on the queenside that was unstoppable. White had two last checks on the black king with 29.Qg5+ and black pushed its king to safety 29… Ke8. The last check by white was 31. Rd8+ and it was downhill for white after that.
Pix 4. White is under check with 36…Qa3+ and if Kxd2, then the c2 pawn queens and white loses his precious queen. With black’s two queens against white’s lonely bishop prospect in the end game, white resigned. 0-1 to black.
Suhaimi Mustafa played a cunning cat-and-mouse game in the Pirc Defence. White lost a few critical tempo to allow black to enter the game. The critical move 28.fxe5 was considered a blunder by Fritz and was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Congratulations to Suhaimi for his excellent win on board three for the DATCC chess team.
20 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Think Big continues the steamroll by beating Nusa Mahkota Chess Club 4-0 and leads the chess league with 14 match points and 22 board points.
In a close second is Team AU who also won their match against Sea Horse with 2.5-1.5 score and have accumulated 13 match points and 23 board points.
In third place is Excel Chess Team who beat Tan&Tan Chess Team 3.5-0.5 and have 6 wins and 2 losses so far. Excel have 12 match points and 23 board points
Ranking of Teams After Round 8.
(results are courtesy of Najib Wahab, joint arbiter of the event)
20 May 2010 – Here are a few pictures of the scenes of the teams playing during the 8th round of the 3rd DATCC KL Chess Team League 2010 on the evening of 19th May 2010.
Pix 1. Black Pearl. Pix 2. Sea Horse.
Pix 3. Team AU. Pix 4. Excel Chess Team.
Pix 5. Hamid (Ad-Hoc) vs WisePawn(PWC). Pix 6. UKM in full force.
Pix 7. CS Solutions Ladies Team. Pix 8. First Saturday Chess Team.
19 May 2010 - Here are the early results of round 8 games played tonight, 19th May 2010 at DATCC, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur.
Results Round 8
Excel - Tan & Tan 3.5 - 0.5
Kam Mah - 17 Chess Club 3.5 - 0.5
Black Pearl - Gung Ho 0.5 - 3.5
Ad Hoc - Pricewaterhouse 0 - 4
1st Saturday - DATCC 2 - 2
CS Solutions - UKM 1.5 - 2.5
Think Big - Nusa Mahkota 4 - 0
Team AU - Sea Horse 2.5 - 1.5
(courtesy of Abdul Hamid Majid)
This coming Wednesday, 19th May 2010 is the round 8 of the KL Team Chess League 2010. Game starts 7 pm. The following is the round 8 team pairings :-
See you all at the DATCC on Wednesday evening! :)
13 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur - Here are the full results and the team standings after round 7 in the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010 played last night, 12 May 2010, beginning 7 pm.
Think Big after winning against Tan&Tan takes back the leadership role in the chess league with 12 MP and 18 pts. In second place is Team AU with 11 MP and 20.5 pts after winning against Excel Chess Team. In third place is Excel Chess Team with 10 MP and 19.5 pts.
(source: Najib Wahab, joint arbiter for the event)
There was a surprise win by Amier Hamzah Zuhri of First Saturday against Tun Seri Lanang of Sea Horse in the sixth round of the KL Chess League 2010 held on the 5th May 2010 recently.
As a result, there has been some requests from readers to have the game published. Najib Wahab has already published the game on DATCChess.blogspot.com today, 13th May 2010.
While fireyrook tries using Fritz and Chessbase to help present the game to you. The game is very interesting until black lost a piece.
Diagram 1. Black moves 13… Bh5.
Diagram 2. White exchanges the rooks at move 31.Rxa8 and black loses control of the c6 pawn.
Diagram 3. Black sacrifices a knight for an attack which fizzled out. Black played 33…Nxe3.
Diagram 4. The queens faces off in move 39 and white took the exchange 40.Qxe8.
Diagram 5. At this point, Amier Hamzah’s plan was to place his white king at g6 and checkmate the black king on g8. This is what he accomplished by moving his white king all the way from g1 to g6. A simple and effective plan and well executed!
Diagram 6. Amier Hamzah achieves his mission. His king is at g6 and in opposition of the black king. Black played 69…Ra1, too late to save his king. White checkmates black 70. Rd8#.
This was the only win by First Saturday Chess Team against SeaHorse who has Malaysia’s no. 1 chess player, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi on board 1. Despite Amier Hamzah’s board win, First Saturday Chess Team still lost to SeaHorse 1.5:2.5. Mind you, his opponent, Tun Seri Lanang, has a FIDE rating of 2081 and listed in the top 100 Malaysian chess players on fide.com.
13 May 2010 – Here are the latest news from En. Abdul Hamid Majid’s email at 11.30 pm last night of the round 7 results then.
Note : For match between Gung Ho vs 17 Chess Club, board 3, both players did not come; while for First Saturday Chess Team vs Ad-Hoc, board 1, both players did not come resulting in a null board game.
Pix 1. DATCC Team. Pix 2. Roslina, Nur Najiha (right).
Pix 3. Roslina vs Siraj. Pix 4. Tan&Tan team (left).
Pix 5. Khairunnisa’ Wahidduddin. Pix 6. IM Mas vs FM N Chan.
Pix 7. Team AU in full force. Pix 8. Excel Chess Team (left).
Pix 9. First Saturday(l) vs Ad-Hoc. Pix 10. Think Big.
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