Think Big Is Winner Of 3rd KL Team Chess League 2010

27 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Think Big turned on the power on Gung Ho last night and comfortably won the match 3.5-0.5, sealing the winner’s rostrum for the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010 with 16 MP and 25.5 board points.

In second place is TEAM AU with 15 MP and 25.5 points. Team AU beat Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2.5-1.5. While in third place is Excel Chess Team with 14 MP and 25.5 points. Excel Chess Team overcomed Nusa Mahkota Chess Club with 2.5-1.5.

In fourth place is KAM MAH with 14 MP and 25 points, just half point behind Excel Chess Team.

Here are the simple round 9 results:-

The board by board results for round 9 of the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010:-

Final Ranking of chess league after completing nine full rounds of play.

(source: Najib Wahab, joint arbiter for the event)

9th And Last Round DATCC TEAM LEAGUE

26 May 2010 - Ninth Round begins and Peter Long plays for Team AU on board two beside Ian Udani. In the end, Peter Long drew his board 2 game and Team AU won 2.5:1.5  against Price WaterHouse Coopers in their last round game last night.

Meanwhile results of other matches. Nusa Mahkota won 4-0 against Ad-Hoc; 17ChessClub lost 1.5-2.5 to Excel Chess Team; UKM did not send anyone tonight and lost on two boards where First Saturday Chess Team has two players present. First Saturday 2-0.

Tan&Tan were losing 0-3 to KAM MAH with one board still playing when I left at 10.30 pm. Gung Ho lost 0.5-3.5 Think Big, DATCC won magnificiently 3-1 against Sea Horse who did not field IM Mas tonight. While DATCC had the services of S Balendran, Najib Wahab, Azman Hisham Che Doi and Varien Thien tonight and they performed to perfection except for the first board. CS Solutions Ladies Team were leading 2-1 against Black Pearl. Haslindah Ruslan was still playing on first board when I left.

Last Round Of DATCC KL Team Chess League 2010

24 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – The last and ninth round of the 3rd DATCC KL Team Chess League will take place this Wednesday evening, 26th May 2010 at the DAT Chess Centre, 4th Floor Car Park, Wilayah Complex, Kuala Lumpur. Games start at 7 pm.

See you all at the Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre on Wednesday evening. :)

Since it is the last game of the season, the organisers of the league would want you to witness the closing ceremony at the end of this week’s league match.

Gata Kamsky vs Yuri Shulman, US Final Chess Championship 2010

26 May 2010, St. Louis- In the tie-breaker game between Gata Kamsky against Yuri Shulman where Kamsky playing black only needs to draw to win the championship and that was what he managed to do as black.

With that draw, it secures the 2010 US Chess Championship for GM Gata Kamsky and the title of US Champion 2010. Here is a copy of the game with the diagram at move 66…Nd2. White has a pawn and a white-coloured bishop while black has two pawns and an active knight.

GM Yuri Shulman vs GM Gata Kamsky.

The final rankings are shown below:-

Last year’s US Champion, GM Nakamura ended in third place with 6.0 points. GM Christiansen in 9th place with 5.0 points, GM Benjamin in 13th place with 4.5 points, IM Irina Krush (the only lady chess player) at 15th place and 4.5 points and GM Alex Lenderman, of Kings Of New York-fame, is in 18th place and with 3.5 points.

Kamsky Wins U.S. Chess Championship 2010 In Armageddon Games

26 May 2010 - GM Gata Kamsky beats Shulman in blitz games to win the U.S. Chess Championship 2010 at St. Louis.



(courtesy of St. Louis Chess Club)

Kamsky, Shulman In Final Of US Chess Championship

25 May 2010 - A video recap discussing the chances of the four final players that will qualify for the finals of the U.S. Chess Championship 2010 at St. Louis, USA.

The Sun - High Altitude Chess

25 May 2010- In today's paper The Sun, there is a front page news on chess in Peru where Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia won the '2010 Machu Pichu Challenge'. She played against the Under-16 Girl's World Champion from Peru in the finals. As you can see from the picture, the background is very picturesque and mountainous, typical of Peru.

KL Grand Prix 2010 Finals postponed!

25 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur – In today’s KL chess’s website, Peter Long reports that the grand finale of the Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix is now postponed till the end of the year, citing chess calendar congestion.

He has also listed out the 117 participants that took part in both the Open and Under-12 categories of the Kuala Lumpur Chess Grand Prix 2010. The picture below shows the top 25 players for the open category.

To see your standings, if you had participated in at last one of the four rounds for the past four months, please visit klchess.com or click here.

Sicilian Defence Najdorf - English Attack

Here is a video chess lesson from jrobichess. This video explores the Sicilian Defence Najdorf variation with English Attack line.

US Chess Championship Videos

25 May 2010, St Louis - Here is a video analysis of the chess game between Nakamura and Shulman climax during the US Chess Championship 2010 in Saint Louis, USA.



Video courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club.