Malaysian Masters Final Today!

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Today at 10.30 am, 19th December 2009, the Malaysian Masters Final 2009 will take place at the DATCC, 4th Floor, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur between IM Mas Hafizulhelmi against FM Nicholas Chan. The winner will be decided on the best of six games. The first four games will be held today and tomorrow. Today two games, tomorrow, Sunday, 20th December 2009 another two games. While the fifth and sixth games will be decided at a later date.

Picture 1. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, Malaysia’s highest rated player at 2419.
All the best to the finalists! May the best player win!

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IM Mas Draws and Yee Weng Wins In Round 6 Games In Vietnam

In Vietnam, our two Malaysian Chess players are doing their level best to win their matches though with different results in the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi draws his sixth round game against IM Tu  Hoang Thai, Vietnam (2380) and will meet second-seeded player GM Dao Thien Hai, Vietnam (2524) in the seventh round tomorrow morning, Monday, 7th December 2009.

Table 1. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, Malaysia (2419), is still unbeaten after six rounds of play and maintains his fourth position.

Meanwhile, IM Lim Yee Weng, Malaysia, has managed a win in the sixth round against WIM Nguyen Quinh Anh, Vietnam (2148) and has climbed up seven rungs to 23rd position overall. He will now play FM Fernandez Daniel Howard, Singapore (2230), a young boy, I have personally played against in a blitz game late last year (2008). FM FD Howard is a dynamite player and packs the punch in his game. Let’s hope IM Yee Weng will find a way to overcome him.

Table 2. IM Lim Yee Weng, Malaysia (2336) with 3.0 points after six rounds in Vietnam.

Meanwhile the competition heats at the top as GM Dao Thein Hui drops one position to third and IM Ashwin Jayaram, India (2448) moves to second spot and top spot belongs to GM Le Quang Liem, Vietnam (2624) after round 6 in the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009 at the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Table 3. Ranking Cross-Table After Round 6 with GM Le Quang Liem, Vietnam (2624) in top spot.

(posted by firey_rook; http;//fireyrook.blogspot.com)

IM Mas Wins 5th Round Game In Vietnam

On Saturday, 5th December 2009, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, Malaysia has managed to win his fifth round opponent and currently sitting in fourth place in the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
 Table 1. Mas Hafizulhelmi’s Performance Up To Round Five, 2 wins and 3 draws, unbeaten so far.
Meanwhile IM Yee Weng has dropped to 30th position while only obtaining 2.0 points to his credit after five rounds of play here in Vietnam.

 Table 2. Rankings After Round 5. IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, Malaysia, in fourth placing.

The table illustrates the rise of IM Mas from 9th seed to the current fourth placing after the half-way stage in the 2nd Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open 2009.
(posted by firey_rook; http://fireyrook.blogspot.com)