Rifqah Fahada vs Mathilde, Round 9 game, WYCC 2010

31st October 2010, Porto Carras – Based on the excellent performance of Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar, Malaysia, in the recently concluded World Youth Chess Championship in Greece in which she participated in the Girls Under-10 age category and she finished in 11th position of her age-category.

Here is one game in which she played against a French girl with a FIDE rating of 1634 in her ninth round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010. The London and Colle system transpired during the game.

[Event "World Youth Chess Ch 2010, Girls U10"]
[Site "Porto Carras, Chalkidiki, Greece"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Puteri Rifqah Fahada, Azhar"]
[Black "Mathilde, Broly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1634"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8.c3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O c6 11. Ne1 Re8 12. f3 Qc7 13. g4 Be6 14. Bg3 Qb6 15.Nd3 a5 16. Nf4 Rf8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 Nf6 19. Bf3 a4 20. g5 Nd7 21. Bg4 c5 22. h4 Rad8 23. Kg2 Rf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rh1 Kf7 26. h5 Qe6 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28. b3 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 a3 30. Rac1 b5 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Rxc2 Re8 33. Rhc1 Nb6 34. Ke2 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Rb3 Bf8 38. Rc1 e6 39. Rcb1 Nb2 40. R1xb2 axb2 41. Rxb2 Ke7 42. a4 Kd7 43. axb5 Bd6 44. Be1 Kc7 45. Kd3 Kb6 46. Bd2 Rc8 47. Bc1 Ba3 48. Rb1 Bxc1 49. Rxc1 Kxb5 50. Rh1 Kc6 51. Rh7 Rc7 52. Rh8 Rg7 53. Rf8 Kd6 54. c4 dxc4+ 55. Kxc4 Rc7+ 56. Kd3 Rg7 57. e4 Rh7 58. exf5 Rh3+ 59. Ke2 gxf5 60. Kf2 Ke7 61. Ra8 Rh4 62. Kg3 Rg4+ 63. Kf3 Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. Ra2 Kg7 66. Rd2 Kf7 67. d5 e5 68. fxe5 Rxg5 69. Rg2 Rxg2 70. Kxg2 Ke7 71. Kf3 Kd7 72. Kf4 Ke7 73. Kxf5 Kf7 74. d6 Ke8 75. Ke6 Kd8 76. d7 Kc7 77. Ke7 1-0

Puteri Rifqah ended with a winning endgame with two pawns up against the French lass as shown in the diagram.

Rifqah catapult her ranking to 9th position after this win and the Ranking After Round 9 Table is shown below.

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Malaysia Finish With 10 Draws, 2 Wins, WYCC 2010

31 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – In the last eleventh round of play of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Malaysia finish with 10 draw and 2 wins. The wins coming from Aron Teh Eu Wen and WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham. Despite not winning any medals in all age groups, Malaysia finished creditably in most age-groups. Chess is not viewed as an important sport in Malaysia and our ranking reflects this perspective.

Malaysia’s best performer was Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10) with 7.5 points out of 11 in 11th position, the best and highest among the participating Malayisan chess contingent in this year’s World Youth Chess Championship 2010.

Second-best performer was Wong Yinn Long with 7.0 points, finishing in 19th spot in the Open U08. Third best performer belongs to Aron Teh Eu Wen with 7.0 points, finishing in 31st spot in the Open U12 category.

The other three girls comprising of WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham, WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham and Camilia bt Johari came in with 38th, 38th and 40th positions in the U14 and U12 respectively.

The next bracket of girls comprising of Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor (Girls U08) and Nur Islamurni bt Yahaya (Girls U08) ended with 5.0 and 5.5 points, finished in 48th and 43rd posiitons.

The tables below summarises the 11 rounds of play for each individual Malaysian chess player’s performance and the final 11th round result.

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:
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Malaysian Contingent On Fire In Round 10, WYCC 2010

30 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – The Malaysian contingent powers to an incredible 7 wins and 4 draws, the best round score so far! Whatever it is, the players were all fired up to show that they can deliver!

WFM Nur Najiha, CM Amier Hamzah, Jagathees Guna Balan, Muhd Faqih bin Aminuddin, Aron Teh Eu Wen, Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor, Nur Islamurni bt Yahya stamp their superiority with fantastic wins in round 10 of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Porto Carras, Greece. They showed the country that they are there because they can win games!

Results of Round 10, WYCC 2010 for Malaysian Contingent!

Team pacesetters Puteri Rifqah Fahada and Wong Yinn Long continued to maintain their respective roles by drawing against their respective opponents in the Girls U10 and Open U08 categories.

Play your best games and be proud being Malaysians! 1Malaysia!

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:
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Azman Hisham Siblings All Win, WYCC 2010

28 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – During the 8th round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, all three Azman Hisham siblings comprising of brother Mohd Nabil (Open U16), sisters WCM Nur Nabila (Girls U14) and WFM Nur Najiha (Girls U12) won their respective games.

Meanwhile pacesetter, Puteri Rifqah Fahada, (Girls U10) scored a draw against a Georgian lass in the 8th round. She remains in the top20 of her category with 5.5 points from 8 rounds. The WYCC 2010 has 11 rounds in all. Three rounds remain. The last round will be played at 10 am on Saturday, 30 October 2010.

Malaysia scored 5 wins and 3 draws in round 8. The winner’s roll of honours this time around were William Lee Kah Howe (Open U12), Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Open U16), WCM Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (Girls U14), WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (Girls U12) and Camilia Johari (Girls U12).

Here are the round 8 results of the Malaysian contingent at the World Youth Chess Championship 2010.

Individual Performances of the Malaysians Up To Round 8. Both Puteri Rifqah and Wong Yinn Long are steady with ranks 17 and 26 in their respective categories. WFM Nur Najiha is now making steady progress with 4.5 points, winning the last three games. She is now ranked 47th in her category. Her elder sister, WCM Nur Nabila is also progressing steadily with two consecutive wins so far with 4.5 points, too! Camilia bt Johari is fairly steady, scoring a similar 4.5 points with a ranked 41st in her category.

CM Amier Hamzah (pix left) scored 3.5 points so far is currently ranked 95th in his category Open U10.

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:
http://wycc2010.chessdom.com

World Youth Chess In 2011 and 2012

27 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – Latest news: The next two world youth chess events has been decided as follows:

The World Youth Chess Championship 2011 will take place in Rio’m, Brazil. While the 2012 World Youth Chess will be hosted by Maribor, Slovenia.

(source : http://kdfb-schach.blogspot.com/)

Puteri Rifqah Pushes Ahead!

27 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – During the seventh round, two significant wins by two Malaysian players pushes the limelight to these two players.

One is Puteri Rifqah Fahada (Girls, U10) as her third consecutive win in the seventh round catapults her ranking to the 14th from 24th. Second is Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08) as he strikes another win in the seventh round by scalping a young Russian opponent, ranked higher than him. Wong moves from 38th to 26th position in his category. Well done!

Malaysia scored six wins and one draw during the 7th round. Malaysia’s winners in this round include Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08), Muhd Faqih b Aminuddin (Boys U08), Aron Teh Eu Wan (Boys U12), Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10), WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham (Girls U14) and WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham (Girls U12).

Results of Round 7, WYCC 2010 of the Malaysian chess players shown below:-

Individual Performances of the Malaysian Players after round 7 shown in the table below.

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Official website of World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Greece:

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Video Reports of World Youth Chess Championship 2010

25 October 2010, Porto Carras, Greece – Here are some video reports of round 6 played on 24 October 2010 and the Opening Ceremony and round 1 on the 20th October 2010 courtesy of chessdom.com.

Round 6 Video, WYCC 2010.

Opening Ceremony and Round 1, WYCC 2010.


(videos courtesy of chessdom.com)

Rifqah Storms Ahead In World Youth Chess Championship 2010

25 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (picture left) storms ahead for Malaysia by winning both her fifth and sixth round games at the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Greece. She is currently in the top 30 of her category (Girls Under-10) and she has garnered four points, thus far.

The Malaysian contingent managed five wins and four draws in the sixth round of play.

Malaysia’s winners for the sixth round include Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Boys U16), Muhd Faqih b Aminuddin (Boys U08), Aron Teh Eu Wan (Boys U12), Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U10), and WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham (Girls U12) (picture below playing against her South African opponent in the sixth round, WYCC 2010).

The draws are coming from CM Amier Hamzah Zuhri (Boys U10), Lee Kah Meng Elgin (Boys U14), Zainoor Ikmal b Mohd Noor (Girls U08) and Nur Islamurni bt Yahaya (Girls U08).

Here are the sixth round results and seventh round pairings for the Malaysian contingent in the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 in Greece.

Individual Performances of Malaysian contingent at WYCC 2010. After the sixth round, Puteri Rifqah Fahada has become our heroine for leading the contingent with a 24th placing in her Girls U10 category for Malaysia. She won back-to-back games in rounds 5 and 6 yesterday!

Camilia Johari is still in the top 40 of her category despite suffering a loss in the sixth round against a 1800 rating Georgian lass. Wong Yinn Long dropped to 38th placing after a lacklustre performance in the sixth round after a loss to a local Grecian player.

Let’s hope our team of chess warriors will do better in the coming rounds. Today, Monday, 25th October 2010 is a rest day for the chess players at Porta Corras, Greece but they will be back for more rounds of play on Tuesday.

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(photos courtesy of  wycc2010.chessdom.com)

Boys Brought Three Wins In Round 4 Results, World Youth Chess Championship 2010

24 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – At the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, the Malaysians continue their fair performances. There were only three wins from the contingent in this round. All came from the boys. They came from William Lee Kah Howe (Boys U-12), Mohd Nabil b Azman Hisham (Boys U-16) and Jagathees Guna Balan (Boys U-8).

The draws coming from WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham (Girls U-12), Camilia Johari (Girls U-12) and Lee Kah Meng Elgin (Boys U-14)

Individual Performances and Current Rank of each Individual Malaysian Player In The WYCC 2010 is shown below:-

In terms of ranking, Wong Yinn Long is the best at rank 13 in his group, Boys U-8. Nobody is in the twenties (20-29).

In the thirties rank include Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor (Girls U-8) and Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar (Girls U-10) and Camilia bt. Johari (Girls U-12).

In the forties rank bracket (40-49) stands WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham alone.

Please view table above for rankings of other Malaysian players. To see more results, please click here.

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(photos courtesy of chessdom.com)

Wong Yinn Long Does Well, WYCC 2010

23 October 2010, Porta Carras, Greece – After the third round of play in the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, Wong Yinn Long in the Boys Under-08 has won all three of his games. A perfect 3/3 score for Wong.

Other winners were the girls, Camilia Johari won her 2nd point in the third round in the Girls Under-12, so did WCM Nur Nabila in the Girls Under-14. Younger sister, WFM  Nur Najiha drew her third round game and finally put some points on her scoresheet. Elder brother Mohd Nabil lost to his Spanish opponent.

The third round roll of honours include Muhd Faqih Aminuddin, Wong Yinn Long, Lee Kah Meng Elgin, Camilia bt Johari, and WCM Nur Nabila. Draws achieved by Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar and WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham.

Third round results of the Malaysian chess contingent at the WYCC 2010 in Greece shown below.

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Video Report Of 2nd Round World Youth Chess Ch 2010

22 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – Here is a video report of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010

 

 

 

Nabil wins 2nd Round in WYCC 2010

22 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – The second round results of the Malaysian chess contingent at the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 were fairly mixed. The second round results yielded 6 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses.

The winners’ roll of honours were Muhd Nabil b Azman Hisham (U16), Wong Yinn Long (Boys U08), CM Amier Hamzah (U10), Aron Teh Eu Wen (Boys U12), Zainoor Ikmal (Girls U08) and Nur Islamurni bt Yahya (U08)

The draws came from William Lee Kah Howe (Boys U12) and Puteri Rifqah bt Azhar (Girls U10).

Here is the overall results of the second round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010 for the Malaysian group of players.

Malaysia’s Individual Performances Over Two Rounds, WYCC 2010 shown below.


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Round 1 Results For Malaysians, WYCC

21 October 2010, Greece – At the World Youth Chess Championship 2010, the results show a fairly mixed first round results of the 14 players. Malaysia had 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. Of the two Azman Hisham sisters, WCM Nur Nabila won her first round game but WFM Nur Najiha lost her’s to a player from China. Brother, Mohd Nabil (picture below) had first round jitters and lost to a Russian opponent of a 2343 rating.

The seven who won in the first roundwere Wong Yinn Long, Jagathees, Amier Hamzah, Zainoor Ikmal bt Mohd Noor, Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar, Camilia bt Johari and WCM Nur Nabila bt Azman Hisham.

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Scenes of the playing hall. See if you can pinpoint our Malaysian players.

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Malaysian Team At World Youth Chess Ch

19 October 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece – The World Youth Chess Championship 2010 ( WYCC 2010 ) is organized and will be held in Porto Carras Resort, Chalkidiki, Greece from 19th – 31st October 2010.

This event would test the measure of all junior chess players in the world within their own age – group category. The WYCC offers youth a platform to not only pit their skills in chess but also to compete against some of the best junior players from around the world.

The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) has sent it’s best juniors for the World Youth Chess Championship 2010. The Malaysian Contingent will be represented by 15 junior players with 1 Head Of Delegation, and 11 accompanying parents. The Malaysian players are comprised of 15 Juniors aged between 7 to 16 years old and they will be competing at their respective age- group categories.

The following players have qualified by virtue of being champion of their respective age-group categories in The National Age-Group Chess Championship held in early March 2010.

An internet search of our Malaysian chess contingent indicate that 14 players are participating in the age-groups as shown below:-

Official website: http://wycc2010.chessdom.com/