Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam wins Penang Open 2012

15 Dec 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Georgetown, Penang, the 23 year old, IM Nguyen Duc Hoa (pix above) of Vietnam won the Penang Heritage City International Open 2012 with a score of 7.5 points and a superior tie-break.

Second, IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam, third, Ma Zhonghan of China, fourth FM Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong of Malaysia and fourth, youngster, Yeoh Li Tian of Malaysia.

Nik Ahmad Farouqi and IM Mas Hafizulhelmi finished in 29 and 30th spots with 5.5 and 5.0 points respectively.

Round 9 Results:

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Game of round 9 between IM Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam against WIIM Gong Qianyun of China.

[Event "4th Penang Heritage City International O"]
[Site "Red Rock Hotel, Penang"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Van Huy"]
[Black "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.12.11"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. c5 fxg3 14. hxg3 Nfd7 15. b4 Nf8 16. Nc4 Na6 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Ng5 Kh8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bh3 Ng5 21. Bg4 h5 22. Bc1 Nf7 23. Bh3 Qe7 24. Be3 Nc7 25. Rad1 Nb5 26. Rd7 Qf6 27. Na3 Rf8 28. Nxb5 Ng5 29. Bg2 cxb5 30. Rd6 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxg6 Kh7 33. Rg5 h4 34. Qd1 hxg3 35. Rxg3 Qf7 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Qg4 Rae8 38. Rd1 Re6 39. Qf5+ 1-0

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White played 39.Qf5+ and black resigned.