Sunday, February 19, 2012

ACP Women Cup 2012, Rounds 1-2 Results

Anna Muzychuk, Slovenia

Pix 1. Anna Muzychuk, Slovenia. (Photo from Official Tournament Website)

19 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the results of rounds 1-2 of the ACP Women Cup 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Four players have a 2.0 points score. Among the leaders are Pia Cramling, Kateryna Lahno, Maia Chiburdanidze and Anna Muzychuk.

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Anna Zatonskih, USAZeinab Mamedjarova, Azerbaijan

Pix 2. Zatonskih, USA.      Pix 3. Zeinab Mamedjarova, Azerbaijan. (Photos from Official Tournament Website)

Here is the round 2 rapid game between Anna Zatonskih of USA against Zeinab Mamedjarova of Azerbaijan of the ACP Women Cup 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ranking after Round 2:-

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Games from Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News blog.

Official website: http://www.e2e4.ge/

Saturday, February 18, 2012

ACP Women Cup 2012

ACP Women Cup 2012, Tbilisi 2012

Kateryna Lahno. Ukraine Alexandria Kosteniuk, Russia

Pix. 1. Lahno, Ukraine.                      Pix 2. Kosteniuk, Russia. (Photos from official website of tournament)

18 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The ACP Women Cup 2012 is starting today in Tbilisi, Georgia consisting of 9 rapid rounds over four days of play. Here is round 1 and the live game between Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine and ex-Women World Champion, Alexandria Kosteniuk of Russia.

 

Official website: http://www.e2e4.ge/

Friday, February 17, 2012

Adele With Her Six Grammys

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Pix 1. Adele with her six Grammy awards. (Photo from Berita Harian.com)

17 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Let’s switch off to another hobby interest, music. Recently Adele won six Grammy Awards for her popular album “21” with songs like “Rolling in the Deep”, “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire To The Rain”. Let’s enjoy by listening to her hit singles, Set Fire To The Rain (live at The Royal Albert Hall, London).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7-vnrJD3k&feature=colike

 

To read more in berita harian (Bahasa Malaysia), please click here.

New Nagas Standad Chess Tournament

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17 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a new chess tournament organised by a new promoter, Eddy Fong. It will be held on the 17-18th March 2012 at DATCC, Kuala Lumpur.

New Nagas Standard Chess Tournament,
17th & 18th March 2012
@ Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre, 4th Flr Kompleks Wilayah, Jalan Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur
Eligibility: Malaysians with a FIDE rating below 2200 or Malaysians without a FIDE rating.

Format: 7 Rounds Swiss System (The Swiss Manager pairing program shall be used).

Accelerated pairings shall be used for the first 2 or 3 rounds.
Time Control: 20 min with increment of 30 seconds per move for only the first 30 moves, plus a further 25 minutes each to the finish.
Entry fees: RM50 per participant

Prizes: Champion: RM300 4th Place: RM150 7th Place: RM70
2nd Place: RM250 5th Place: RM100 8th Place: RM60
3rd Place: RM200 6th Place: RM80 9th Place: RM50
10th – 15th Places: RM40 each
Tie-break: 1) No. of wins 2) Buchholz 3) SB
Prize money is shared if players are still tied after applying the above tie-breaks.
Schedule: Saturday (17 March) Sunday (18 March)
Late Registration: 8.30 am to 8.50 am
Players’ Briefing: 9.10 am
Round 1: 9.15 am – 11.15 am Round 5: 8.45 am – 10.45 am
Round 2: 11.30 am – 1.30 pm Round 6: 11.00 am – 1.00 pm
Round 3: 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Round 7: 2.15 pm – 4.15 pm
Round 4: 4.45 pm – 6.45 pm Prize Giving: 4.30 pm
Ratings: 1) The results of this event shall be sent to MCF for National Rating; and
2) The results of this event shall be rated in a new Standard Chess Rating List that includes only results of events with time control of at least 60/G.

Game Scores: An event games database with up to the first 30 moves played at the first 10 boards of each round shall be provided (via email) free to each participant.

Registration: 1) Please pay the amount for entry fees to:
Maybank Account No: 108048265782 (Account Name: Fong Yit San),
and send details of your Full Name, Mykad/Mykid No., Email address, Handphone contact no. and an image of the bank pay-in slip to edfong20@yahoo.com by 14 March 2012 (closing date); OR
2) Submit the completed Registration Form and payment by hand to Eddy Fong, Fong Yit Ho or Fong Yit San who may be present at upcoming chess events.
The Organiser reserves the absolute right to reject or not to accept any entry.
Late registration (after 14 March 2012) shall be accepted at the absolute discretion of the Organiser subject to a penalty of RM10.
Enquiries: Please email edfong20@yahoo.com or call Eddy Fong at 016-6397535.
Website: chessxpose.blogspot.com

Rules:

* FIDE Laws of Chess shall apply except where stated otherwise.
* Any player who fails to appear for his game within 10 minutes of the start of the game shall forfeit the game.
* A player, who, without informing the Arbiter before the pairing list for a round is posted, fails to turn up for that round or who forfeits a game shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the event.
* It is compulsory for each player to record the first 30 moves of each game.
* The Arbiter’s decision on any dispute or application of tournament rules is final.


Registration Form:

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Two Games Of Paikidze, Aeroflot Open 2012

16 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In the recent Aeroflot Open 2012 in Moscow, Russia, WGM Nazi Paikidze of Georgia, was playing in the category A chess tournament. Here are two game of rounds 2 and 6 involving Paikidze. One she drew and the other she lost. Both her opponents had higher ratings than her.
 
In round 6, Paikidze met GM Pridorozhni, Aleksei from Russia. Watch her game as she manages a draw against the Russian GM.
 
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Here is the round 2 game against GM Markus Ragger from Austria.
 
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Official website: http://www.aeroflotchess.org

Bartel Declared Winner Of Moscow Aeroflot 2012

Mateusz Bartel of Poland

Pix 1. GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland, Aeroflot Open 2012 Champion. (Photo from Chessdom.com)

16 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In the Aeroflot Open 2012 held in Moscow Russia, the category A tournament chessdom.com reported that Reigning Polish champion GM Mateusz Bartel won the 2012 edition of Aeroflot Open that took place 7-15 February 2012 in Moscow. Bartel collected 6,5/9, the same points as Pavel Eljanov and Anton Korobov, but had better first tiebreak (more games with black) which puts him on first place in the final standings.

Here are the final top 25 standings (shown below):-

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To read more, please visit chessdom.com or click here.

Official website: http://www.aeroflotchess.org

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Korobov meets Bartel on Top Board, Aeroflot Open 2012

15 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last night Anton Korobov beat his eighth round opponent scoring the important one point, while on top board, both Bartel and Eljanov drew resulting in a three-way lead among Korobov, Bartel and Eljanov.

Tonight, Korobov meets Bartel on top board in the final ninth round to decide the winner and probably the championship title for the Aeroflot Open 2012, category A.

 

Here is the round 9 pairings up to table 27.

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Official website: http://www.aeroflotchess.org

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Eljanov vs Bartel, Aeroflot Open 2012

14 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The top board is the highlight of the Aeroflot Open 2012 round 8. Eljanov takes on Bartel for sole leadership of the Aeroflot Open 2012. Both players are on 5.5 points after seven rounds and round 8 game will separate the boys from the men.

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Last night, Eljanov stopped Korobov on top board of round 7, allowing Eljanov to take a shared leadership with Bartel. Meanwhile on board 2, GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland caused a stir by beating a higher rated Caruana of Italy. Round 8 tonight will be critical for those near the top of the table. A slight mistake can result in a loss or lead to a draw and losing precious points.

To see more games, please visit Susan Polgar’s blog or click here.

Official website: http://www.aeroflotchess.org

Ahmad Fadzil Nayan Wins Perak GP 1st Leg

Ahmad Fadzil Nayan, Asian Amateur Champion 2011 

13 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the first leg of the Perak Grand Prix Open 2012, Asian Amateur Champion, Ahmad Fadzil Nayan came out a winner with 6.5 points from 7 rounds of Swiss-System Rapid Rounds.

The following table summarises the top 28 players of the Open Category played yesterday, 12 February 2012 in SMK Clifford, Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

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(table courtesy of gilachess blog)

Monday, February 13, 2012

Caruana Poised In Equal Second, Aeroflot 2012

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Pix 1. Fabiano Caruana, Italy (Photo from Chessbase.com)

13 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Chessbase.com reported the brilliant performance of the Italian GM Caruana in the current Moscow Aeroflot Open 2012.

Chessbase.com said that you will immediately notice the sterling performance of 19-year-old Fabiano Caruana (picture above), who is playing at a 2831 level. After three rounds and 2.5 points he was at 2910, which we duly celebrated in our previous report. But then Fabiano lost unhappily to the tournament leader Anton Korobov in round four, validating the Portuguese saying:"Não se pode elogiar" ("You cannot compliment him/her"), which paraphrases to: the creator of the universe is watching his creatures and if anyone gets too cocky he will cut them down to size. However, Fab Fab, whom we have been embarrassing on our news page for a number of years now, fought back with two consecutive wins (against GMs Ildar Khairullin, 2638, and Hrant Melkumyan, 2620) to climb into equal second place and is now poised for a go at first. Yes, yes, we know: Não se pode elogiar.

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In the live ratings shown above, Caruana has now jumped to seventh position just one rating point behind, Nakamura in sixth position.

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Here is the sixth round game between Fabiano Caruana of Italy bouncing back by overcoming Hrant Melkumyan in the Aeroflot Open 2012, Category A, Moscow. The Queen’s Gambit Declined opening transpired during the game with white winning the game. Caruana is now in fourth position with 4.5 points after six rounds and has a chance to recapture the top spot if the others falter.

To read more, please visit chessbase.com or click here.