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

 

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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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Aronian in the lead at Wijk aan Zee

16th January 2014, Kuala Lumpur - The 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from 10th through January 26th, 2014. This year for the first time the grandmasters of the Tata Steel Masters will play one round in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and one round in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. Aronian is leading with 3.0 points after four rounds of play. Here are the first four round results of the Masters Group:-

Round 1 - Saturday the 11th Dominguez, L. - Giri, A. ½-½ Van Wely, L. - Karjakin, S. 0-1 Harikrishna, P. - Aronian, L. ½-½ Caruana, F. - Gelfand, B. 1-0 Rapport, R. - So, W. 0-1 Nakamura, H. - Naiditsch, A. 1-0	Round 2 - Sunday the 12th Giri, A. - Naiditsch, A. 1-0 So, W. - Nakamura, H. ½-½ Gelfand, B. - Rapport, R. 0-1 Aronian, L. - Caruana, F. 1-0 Karjakin, S. - Harikrishna, P. ½-½ Dominguez, L. - Van Wely, L. ½-½
Round 3 - Monday the 13th Van Wely, L. - Giri, A. ½-½ Harikrishna, P. - Dominguez, L. 1-0 Caruana, F. - Karjakin, S. 1-0 Rapport, R. - Aronian, L. ½-½ Nakamura, H. - Gelfand, B. ½-½ Naiditsch, A. - So, W. ½-½	Round 4 - Wednesday the 15th Giri, A. - So, W. ½-½ Gelfand, B. - Naiditsch, A. ½-½ Aronian, L. - Nakamura, H. 1-0 Karjakin, S. - Rapport, R. 1-0 Dominguez, L. - Caruana, F. 1-0 Van Wely, L. - Harikrishna, P. ½-½

Standings of Tata Steel Masters

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Aronian, L.	3.0 / 4	2812	2935		½					1	1		½
2	Harikrishna, P.	2.5 / 4	2706	2844	½		½			1			½
3	Karjakin, S.	2.5 / 4	2759	2808		½					0		1	1
4	So, W.	2.5 / 4	2719	2828					½			½		1	½
5	Giri, A.	2.5 / 4	2734	2811				½		½			½		1
6	Dominguez, L.	2.0 / 4	2754	2724		0			½		1		½
7	Caruana, F.	2.0 / 4	2782	2776	0		1			0						1
8	Nakamura, H.	2.0 / 4	2789	2757	0			½							1	½
9	Van Wely, L.	1.5 / 4	2672	2651		½	0		½	½
10	Rapport, R.	1.5 / 4	2691	2680	½		0	0								1
11	Naiditsch, A.	1.0 / 4	2718	2562				½	0			0				½
12	Gelfand, B.	1.0 / 4	2777	2552							0	½		0	½

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Top 20 most improved chess players - January 2014

16 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur - The new chess ratings for January 2014 has been released by Lim Tse Pin, Ratings Officer and a new set of top 20 most improved chess players is up. Among the top twenty are Chan Kim Yew, Dilwen Ding Tze How, Ryan Chan Yi Meng, Muhd Ali Asghar Amirullah, Ng Jen Sheng.
The improvements ranged from 427 points to 136 points. Have a look at the table below:-

No	Name	Oct'13 Rtg	Total Changes	Adjusted Rating	JAN'14 New Rating
1	Chan Kim Yew	1186	427.8	1613.8	1614
2	Divyasree Jayakumar-G	1125	300.8	1425.8	1426
3	Calvelo, Jelvis	1700	283.2	1983.2	1983
4	Lim Lui Lung	1197	271.0	1468.0	1468
5	Muhd Ali Asghar Amirullah	1608	200.3	1808.3	1808
6	Dilwen Ding Tze How	1676	192.6	1868.6	1869
7	Lye Yi Hui	1283	182.1	1465.1	1465
8	Muhd Zuhair Jumaat	1405	179.7	1584.7	1585
9	Fatin Athirah Fuzi-G	1209	170.4	1379.4	1379
10	Loh Jing Lin-G	1256	169.5	1425.5	1425
11	Ryan Chan Yi Meng	1481	168.8	1649.8	1650
12	Ryan Lee Jun Wei	1163	166.8	1329.8	1330
13	Nur Insyirah Muhd Yusuf-G	950	166.0	1116.0	1116
14	Muhd Akif Naquiddin Zahar	1334	159.5	1493.5	1494
15	Putri Nur Farrah Syahiddah-G	1213	153.3	1366.3	1366
16	Melvin Chin Yong An	1374	150.5	1524.5	1525
17	Ng Jen Sheng	1645	148.0	1793.0	1793
18	Miithran Guna Balan	1035	138.0	1173.0	1173
19	Eunice, Hng Mei-Xian	1209	136.8	1345.8	1346
20	Tin, Jingshun	1188	136.4	1324.4	1324

UMP Pekan Pahang Organises Inaugural Chess Tournament On 26th January 2014

9 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur - New chess tournament in Pekan, Pahang on 26 January 2013 (Sunday). The Chess Club of University of Malaysia Pahang (UMP) in collaboration with the Staff welfare club of the Electric and Electronics Faculty, University of Malaysia Pahang is cordially inviting interested chess players to participate the Inaugural UMP Pekan Open Chess Tournament 2014.

The tournament will be held as follows:-
 Date: 26th January 2014 (Sunday),
 Time: 8.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
 Venue: Student Activity Room, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMP Pekan.

The tournament offers CCR (Cerdik Catur Rated) chess ratings. Certificate of participation will be awarded to all participants of this tournament.

The one-day tournament will be a 7 round Swiss System with 25 minutes time control.

Fees for the tournament is RM20 per person. Please make payment to Maybank account "151306683281" ( pay to Razman bin Mohd Maulot). Early registration is encouraged to ensure your seat in the tournament. The first 100 participants that registers will be accepted. Closing date is 24 January 2014. Please sms <CATUR UMP> <Your Name> <I.C. No.> <Date & Time of Bank in> to 0129891734 for registration.

Tournament Schedule
26/4/2013 (Sunday)
Time                       Event

8:00-8:30             Check in
8:30-8:45             Briefing / meeting of players
9:00-10:00           Round 1
10:00-11:00         Round 2
11:00-12:00         Round 3
12:00-13:00         Round 4
13:00-14:00         Rest/ Lunch
14:00-15:00         Round 5
15:00-16:00         Round 6
16:00-17:00         Round 7
17:00-17:30         Closing and Prize Presentation

For more information, please contact RAZMAN BIN MOHD MAULOT
Pengarah Kejohanan Catur Terbuka UMP Pekan, Pahang.
Email: razman75@gmail.com. Tel: 0129891734

(Source: NWM Nissa' Wahiduddin/Syazrin Abdul Rahman)

Six In The Lead At Hastings Masters 2013/2014

5 January 2014, Sunday – In the United Kingdom despite the torrential rainstorms, the 89th Hastings Chess Congress 2013/2014 was taking place from 28th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. Going into this morning’s last round 9 play of the Hastings Masters 2013/14, six players were tied on 6.0 points with Georgian GM Mchedishvili at the top. The other five were GM Khenkin, GM Ma, IM Vakhidov, IM Sarkar and FM Radovanovic.

 

Here is a round 8 game of China’s GM Ma Qun vs GM Cherniaev of Russia in Hastings Masters 2013-2014, Hastings England. The official website of the tournament described the game - Qun Ma v Alexander Cherniaev was a very different matter, The Chinese GM built up positional pressure against the Russian GM, who is in England very frequently. Eventually Black could no longer keep control of c5 and so lost a pawn. But Alexander continued to fight, only to lose eventually.

Links:

89th Hastings Congress 2013-14 (Hastings ENG)
Sat 28th Dec 2013 - Sun 5th Jan 2014 - Official Site

Hastings Masters (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live