Winners Of The DATCC Super Supreme Rapid Chess Weekender

26 September 2010, Kuala Lumpur - At the DATCC, the Super Supreme Rapid Chess Weekender were participated by 48 players in a seven rounds Swiss Rapid play. At number one is none other than GM Ziaur Rahman 6.5 points, 2nd is Amitpal Singh with 6 points,3rd is Kamaluddin Yusof, 4th is Nor Ilhamudin, No 5 is Abdullah Che Hassan with 5 points.

Best Under-1600 was Tariq Ziad Abdul Razak and second U-1600 was Chan Sheng Yip.

Best Under-1400 was Emir Rusyadi Ahmad Nazari and Best Lady belonged to Camilia Johari. Best Unrated player was Abdul Jalal Md Shah with 4 points. And best under-12 was won by young Ethan Wong Hsien Aun.

Notable absentees were Dato' Tan Chin Nam and bloggers, Hairulov and Razali Hamzah a.k.a. Ng6.

Chess Olympiad 2010 Schedule

26 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – Here is the full schedule of the Chess Olympiad 2010 and the simultaneous FIDE Congress 2010 during the period of 19 September till 3 October 2010.

Today is a rest day and round 6 will recommence on Monday, 27 September 2010 with and an Executive Board meeting for those attending the FIDE Congress. The second free day of the Olympiad will fall on the 2nd October 2010.

Yusof Yasnain Is Winner Of UTM Skudai Open Category

26 September 2010, Skudai - At the Open Category UTM SKUDAI - 1st Yusof Yasnain, 2nd Mohd Faizal, 3rd Herman Rahman,4th Eddy Kwan,5th Than Khang Chee, 6th Kristopher,7th Marzuki, 8th Ilyas, 9th Nur Syawaludin, 10th Nasrul Humaimi. There were a total of 24 participants for the Open category with 6 round Swiss Rapid play.

A picture of Yusof Yasnain (courtesy of naserobbc’s blog) receiving his prize is shown left. He received his winnings from the competition’s sponsors at the UTM First Sunday Chess last Sunday, 26 September 2010.

To see more pictures and a complete report of the event, please visit naserobbc.blogspot.com or click here.

5th Video Report of Chess Olympiad 2010

26 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – The Ugra Video company prepares daily video reports of the day’s happenings of the chess Olympiad 2010 at Siberia, Russia and keeps the reports short and interesting to both readers and viewers of the world event.

The Olympiad is organised once every four years as in any Olympics event and is a star attraction to most chess enthusiasts thoroughout the world. Most of the top chess players in the world participate in this mega chess event and would love to travel and be part of this huge event. This is the English version.

Jobava Wins For Georgia!

26 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – During the round 5 of the Chess Olympiad in Siberia, Russia, in the critical board 1 in the Georgia-Vietnam match, the game between GM Jobava of Georgia and GM Le Quang of Vietnam was played. GM Jobava overcomes GM Le Quang in board 1 giving Georgia an important point.

After Jobava took the white queen at move 44…Qxb8, white thinks that he has removed the pin on rook f3 and takes the rook at d3, 45. Rxd3 and now Jobava moves in for the kill with 45…Qb4, threatening the white knight at a4, white resigned. If knight moves to c3, then the black queen will slowly win the loose white pawns and can easily win the position for the black. 0-1.

[Event "Chess Olympiad 2010"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "*GM_Le_Quang"]
[Black "*GM_Jobava"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2010.09.26"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. Qc2 Rd8 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 Nbd7 13. g4 c5 14. Bg2 c4 15. a4 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. O-O Bb7 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. Rfe1 Ne6 21. f4 Rb8 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Qc1 Nc7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nb5 27. Na4 R6b7 28. Ra1 Nc7 29. Re2 Ne6 30. Nc3 Qc5 31. Rf2 d4 32. exd4 Nxd4 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 34. Na4 Qd4 35. Qd2 Qa7 36. Qd5 Nb4 37. Qxc4 Rc7 38. Qe4 Rc2 39. Raf1 Rd8 40. Qxb4 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Qa8+ 43. Rf3 Rd3 44. Qb8+ Qxb8 45. Rxd3 Qb4. 0-1.

Georgia wins against Vietnam 3.5-0.5 and jumps to the top of the leaderboard with full points 10 MPs from five rounds. Earlier Georgia crushed Norway in the fourth round which included Carlsen in the Norwegian team. For the Russians they had a bad day with their top two teams losing their round 5 match-ups. Russia 2 lost to the Armenians, Russia 1 lost to the Hungarians which includes Peter Leko and Judit Polgar on board 3.

UTM First Sunday Chess

26 September 2010, Skudai– There are at least three chess tournaments being played around the country and one of them is the University Technology Malaysia (UTM) First Sunday Chess Rapid being held at its UTM campus in Skudai, Johor.

A few friends are participating there and the latest news is that after three rounds, the top four  players are Yusof Hasnain, 2nd Syawaluddin, 3rd Herman and fourth is Mohd Faizal.

The other two chess tournaments are being held further north. One is at DATCC, Wilayah Complex, the DATCC Super Superme Chess Weekender, which is national rated. Datuk Tan Chin Nam is reported to be playing there today.

And the other is in Kampar being held at Grand Kampar Hotel, Kampar, Perak by the Perak International Chess Asssociation (PICA) as part of the many legs of the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Grand Prix Chess 2010.

(source: M Zullghafari)

3rd And 4th Day Video Reports Of The Chess Olympiad 2010

26 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – Here is a video report from Elmira Mirzoeva of the happenings of the 3rd and 4th day of the chess Olympiad 2010.

4th Day Video Report Of The Chess Olympiad 2010

26 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – Here is a video report from Elmira Mirzoeva of the happenings of the 4th day of the chess Olympiad 2010.

Malaysia Wins Against Iraq, Loses Against Bolivia!

25 September 2010, Khanty-Manysiysk – During the fifth round of the chess Olympiad 2010, the Malaysian chess teams had mixed fortunes today. Malaysia won one and lost one. The men’s team lost to Bolivia, 1.5-2.5, the critical board 2 lost by IM Mok to Mendoza of Bolivia gave the match away and cost the Malaysians dearly. All the other three boards were drawn.

Meanwhile the women’s team basks in victory after beating the Iraqi women’s chess team, 3-1, with wins by Alia Bakri on board 1 and Fong Mi Yen on board 4, while the other two boards with Nur Nabila and Nurul Huda were drawn. Well done, ladies!

Six more rounds will be played, as the chess Olympiad has 11 rounds in total. It is still the early rounds. It is the hope and aspirations of Malaysian chess enthusiasts and chess fans, that the Malaysian chess players will strive their best in the hope that they present themselves creditably, improve their prior year’s performance and, who knows, bring back a GM or IM norm back from Khanty-Mansiysk.

It is chess tournaments of this high level stature that our Malaysian players should strive to beat higher rated players and not let themselves be fallen targets of lower rated opponents from lower ranking teams. Keep it up gals and guys! Keep the Malaysian flag flying high!

Carlsen Surprisingly Loses In 4th Round, Chess Olympiad

25 September 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk – In the Chess Olympiad where all players come ready for a tough battle on the chess board, even the World’s No. 1 was not spared this pitfall. GM Magnus Carlsen, representing his home country, Norway, surprisingly lost his board 1 match-up against GM Baadur Jobava of Georgia during fourth round of play of the chess Olympiad 2010 in Siberia, Russia.

[Event "39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[EventDate "2010.09.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Qg4 f5 8.Qxg7 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Nd4 Kf7 13. dxe6+ dxe6 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ne5+ Kf6 17. f3 Nd6 18. O-O-O Rhd8 19. h4 Nf7 20. Nd7+ Kg7 21. Rh3 Kh8 22. Bg5 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Kg7 24. Rh6 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rdh1 Rh8 27. f4 c5 28. Rxe6 Rae8 29. Rxh7+ Rxh7 30. Rxe8 Kf7 31. Ra8 Rh1+ 32. Kc2 a5 33. Ra7 Nxa3+ 34. Kd2 Rh2 35. Nxb6+ Kg6 36. Rxa5 Rxg2+ 37. Kd1 Nb1 38. Rxc5 Nd2 39. Nd5 Ne4 40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Ne3 Rg3 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Re5 Nxc3+ 45. Kf2 Rh3 46. Rxf5+ Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kg8 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Rd6 Ne2 51. Rg6+ Kh8 52. Rh6+ Kg8 53. Ne7+ Kf7 54. Ng6 Kg7 55. Kf2 Nc3 56. Ne7 Ne4+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Nf5+ Kg8 59. Re6 Nc3+ 60. Kf3 Nd5+ 61. Kg4 Ra1 62. Re5 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Ke4 1-0

Since the chess Olympiad is a team event, Carlsen may have wanted to end it early as his compatriots on the Norway team has lost the overall score and meaningless for him to pursue a remote board 1 win for Norway at this point of the game, reserving his energy for upcoming critical chess board games.

Below is the scores achieved by the Norwegian chess team. They had won the earlier three rounds against Jamaica, Portugal and Russia 5. But failed to get past Georgia. Norway lost 0.5-3.5 to Georgia.