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Monday, April 12, 2010

KL Open on TV3

I was waiting anxiously for the sport section to arrived on our local news station TV3. After badminton than football and than hockey and finally chess. Here is what i recorded.

KL Open 2010 Final ranking

Here is the final ranking. 1st place goes to GM Hou Yi fan. While runner up GM Nguyen Anh Dung performed very well in this tournament. GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil took 3rd placed after losing on tie break to GM Nguyen Anh Dung. While Malaysia player FM Nicholas Chan got 16th place with a impressive performance beating IM Saptarshi Roy from India in the last round. Ronnie Lim was ranked 40 after a draw with IM Tirto. IM Jimmy Liew ended up 55. He won the last round. Chess prodigy, Yeoh li tian managed another draw with IM Chan Peng Kong. He has draw with 4 IM and 1 GM after round 9.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.
NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1GMHou YifanCHN25707,552,048,043,5
2GMNguyen Anh DungVIE24647,053,049,044,5
3GMMchedlishvili MikheilGEO26347,052,548,543,5
4GMMegaranto SusantoINA25276,554,049,544,5
5GMLuther ThomasGER25596,551,548,043,0
6IMSwapnil S, DhopadeIND24426,549,545,541,0
7GMDzhumaev MaratUZB25256,549,045,541,5
8IMKhamrakulov DzhurabekUZB25096,549,044,539,5
9IMAshwin JayaramIND24466,548,044,040,0
10GMCao SangHUN25576,051,546,541,5
11GMRahman ZiaurBAN25586,051,047,042,5
12GMIuldashev SaidaliUZB25116,051,046,041,0
13FMDe Ramos Julius Joseph ZPHI23146,050,547,542,0
14GMMurshed NiazBAN24136,047,544,540,5
15IMIrwanto SaidikinINA24146,047,543,539,5
16FMChan NicholasMAS23986,045,041,037,0
17IMDuong The AnhVIE24256,044,540,536,5
18
Laksana AgustaINA06,044,040,036,0
19IMYap Kim StevenPHI24166,039,535,531,5
20IMPrathamesh Sunil MokalIND24036,039,035,531,5
21IMDimakiling OliverPHI24415,551,046,541,5
22
Vakhidov JahongirUZB21775,547,544,540,0
23GMBui VinhVIE24805,547,543,539,0
24WGMHoang Thi Bao TramVIE23185,547,043,539,5
25
Praveen Kumar CIND24055,547,043,038,5
26
Andyka PitraINA05,547,042,538,0
27IMNguyen Van HuyVIE24195,546,543,039,0
28IMLiu DedeINA24235,546,042,038,0
29
Ram S. KrishnanIND23075,545,043,038,5
30WGMSukandar Irine KharismaINA23165,544,541,037,0
31FMYee Soon WeiBRU22095,543,541,538,5
32
Palit SomakIND24115,542,038,534,5
33IMPurnama Tirta ChandraINA24105,541,037,033,0
34
Pak YevgeniyKAZ23335,540,538,034,0
35
Thakur AkashIND23555,540,537,534,0
36FMDas SayantanIND22165,049,047,041,5
37IMSaptarshi RoyIND24195,047,543,539,0
38IMSituru NathanaelINA23585,046,044,540,5
39IMTirtoINA24025,046,042,038,0
40
Lim Chuing Hoong RonnieMAS22945,045,542,538,0
41
Ankit R. RajparaIND23345,044,541,538,0
42GMWong Meng KongSIN23925,042,038,535,0
43CMFarid Firman SyahINA22455,041,539,535,5
44
Ocantos ManuelLUX21265,041,538,034,5
45WIMMuninova NafisaUZB23385,041,538,034,0
46IMDesmukh AnupIND22875,041,037,534,0
47
Vakhidov NodirUZB21165,040,537,534,5
48WFMMedina Warda AuliaINA19595,039,538,034,5
49
Eng Andre JeromeSIN20825,039,537,034,0
50WCMSihite Chelsie MonicaINA19575,032,030,027,5
51FMKhairul AnamINA23354,547,043,539,5
52WFMBhakti KulkarniIND22424,545,543,039,0
53WGMFatianova TatianaRUS23034,543,040,537,0
54
Foo BenjaminSIN20844,541,539,036,0
55IMLiew Chee-Meng-JimmyMAS23154,541,038,034,5
56IMWohl Aleksandar HAUS24414,541,037,534,0
57FMThompson IanENG22354,540,538,535,5
58WFMMitali Madhukar PatilIND19814,540,038,535,0
59
Navalgund NiranjanIND21684,540,037,534,5
60
Shanmuganathan T.R.IND20914,539,537,535,0
61FMMahmud SyarifINA23544,539,036,032,5
62
Udani IanPHI22864,538,535,532,0
63FMSmith Robert WNZL22694,047,543,539,5
64
Zhou GuijueCHN22084,047,044,040,5
65
Yeoh Li TianMAS19714,044,541,537,5
66WGMMelnikova YanaRUS22724,044,041,537,5
67IMChan Peng KongSIN22844,042,039,035,0
68
Bersamina PaoloPHI19664,041,538,534,5
69FMVinoth Kumar MIND22434,041,039,538,0
70
Wang XiaohuiCHN22384,041,039,535,5
71FMGhosh DiptayanIND21374,041,038,034,5
72
Nik Nik Ahmad FarouqiMAS21084,040,537,534,5
73
Ismail AhmadMAS20334,039,536,533,5
74
Azman Hisham Mohd NabilMAS19814,037,535,032,0

FMMuhd HaikalSIN19394,037,535,032,0
76
Nirav Y. RajasubaIND21834,037,534,030,5
77
Au Hubert DavidHKG18874,035,533,030,0
78
Hj Azahari Md AliuddinBRU20834,035,033,531,5
79
Armstrong Malcolm JENG19894,035,033,030,5
80WFMDewi Aa CitraINA19454,035,033,030,0
81
Capel Evan TimothyMAS20234,034,532,530,0
82WCMIvana Maria FurtadoIND18394,034,031,528,5
83
Lee Kah Meng ElginMAS18524,033,531,529,0
84WIMHoang Thi Nhu Y.VIE22003,541,539,036,0
85
Rosli Ahmad Afiq AfyfyMAS19383,534,532,529,5
86
Mohamed Abdul HaqMAS20573,534,532,029,0
87
Khore Bean HwaMAS19463,534,032,530,5
88
Aynechian AlirezaIRI18393,533,031,529,5
89
Yeoh Phee Leong MarcusMAS19993,532,530,528,0
90
Abdul Wahab NajibMAS03,531,029,026,5
91WFMSmith Vivian JNZL18063,529,528,026,0
92
Limono HandjojoINA18763,034,032,530,5
93WCMIin Dwijawanti KadekINA18873,034,032,529,5
94
Ansari Mohd Athar DrIND23703,034,032,029,0
95
Sikivou TaioneFIJ17923,033,531,529,0
96
Shenvi PratikIND17783,033,031,529,5
97WFMNur Najiha HishamMAS03,033,031,528,5
98
Lee Say Siong JohnSIN03,031,529,026,5
99
Amier Hamzah B. Mohd ZuhriMAS17233,031,029,527,5
100
Arjun VairavanSIN03,030,528,526,0
101WCMNur Nabila Azman HishamMAS18293,029,528,026,5
102
Hatibie Taufan Ariq H.HKG03,028,527,025,5
103
Lee Kai Jie, EdwardSIN18232,534,032,530,0
104
Hamzah RazaliMAS16692,533,031,028,0


Ting Shih ChiehMAS02,533,031,028,0
106
Saurabh SableIND14602,529,528,026,0
107
Srikanth BhavisameeraIND02,529,527,525,5
108
Lau Xian Hui RudolphSIN02,527,526,024,0
109
Lee Kah Howe WilliamMAS02,028,026,525,0
110
Wong Enoch Yat LongHKG02,028,026,524,5
111
Muhammmad Adib SyauqiBRU02,025,524,022,5

Hou Yi Fan win KL Open 2010


The champion has been decided after a quick draw from GM Hou Yi Fan against GM Megaranto Susanto. GM Hou Yi Fan will be officially crowned champion after the tournament end. She scored 7.5 in total. An outstanding performance was performed by her. To read more, visit KL Open unofficial website. Click here.

Friday, April 9, 2010

MAS players in KL Open


FM Nicholas Chan (2398 elo)
*Malaysia currently no 3. Has been interview by Malay mail recently.


IM Jimmy Liew (2315 elo)
*A very experienced player. A blogger, (chess is chess). Has been representing Malaysia in many tournament.


Yeoh Li Tian (1971 elo)
*Chess prodigy. Very talented player. Good in drawing against strong players. He is still undefeated after round 5 in KL Open.


Lim Chuing Hoong Ronnie (2294 elo)
*A doctor. Performed very well.


Mohd Abdul Haq (2057 elo)
*Didn't performed quite well. Defeated Ian Udani recently.


Evan Capel Timothy (2023 elo)
*Born in Penang. Funny but strong player.


Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi (2108 elo)
*Very calm player. Performed very well. He drew with GM Bui Vinh in the 1st round.


Elgin Lee Kah Meng (1852 elo)
*Potential and talented player.


Ismail Ahmad (2033 elo)
*A coach. Very strong in the younger days.


Mohd Nabil (1981 elo)
*KL Grand prix 2nd leg champion. He defeated WFM Smith Vivian from new Zealand in round 5.


Marcus Yeoh Phee Leong (1999 elo)
*Haven't been active this few years but always performed very well in every tournament. He is also a chess arbiter too.


Razali Hamzah a.k.a Ng6 (1669 elo)
*Under rated player. Performed very well in this tournament. Strong but careless when goes to time pressure.


Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy (1938 elo)
*From Sarawak. Very active in chess tournament recently.


WCM Nur Nabila (1829 elo)
*Finalist for the Malaysia Women Master. Very sharp player.


WFM Nur Najiha
*Younger sister of WCM Nur Nabila. A calm and strong player too.


Amier Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri (1723 elo)
*Great potential chess player. Never give up easily kid.


Abdul Wahab Najib
*A famous arbiter and a strong chess player. Have been defeating IM few months back.


Alfred Ting Shih Chieh
*Did not performed very well in this tournament. Just need a point from a FIDE rated player to get his new rating.

Famous bloggers visited KL Open


Currently most famous chess blogger in Malaysia Hairulov and record holder for most traffic in 1 day IM Mok was seen in the tournament hall this evening.

GM Hou Yi Fan lead KL Open




GM Hou Yi Fan

GM Hou Yi fan still stay on the top after a draw against GM Nguyen Anh Dung from Vietnam. She will be meeting top seeded GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil tomorrow morning. Will she be able to stay on top? I still wish all the best for her tomorrow game.

(Her magic cup)


GM Nguyen Anh Dung performed very well in this tournament after dropping FIDE points in the past few months. He is currently same point with GM Hou Yi Fan. He will be meeting GM Ziaur Rahman from Bangladesh in the 6th round.

Here is the pairing for round 6

Pairings/Results

Round 6 on 2010/04/10 at 09:00

Bo.No.
NamePts. ResultPts.
NameNo.
11GMMchedlishvili Mikheil 4
4½ GMHou Yifan 2
24GMRahman Ziaur 4
4½ GMNguyen Anh Dung 11
312IMAshwin Jayaram 4
4 GMLuther Thomas 3
414IMDimakiling Oliver 4
4 GMCao Sang 5
56GMMegaranto Susanto 4
4 IMKhamrakulov Dzhurabek 9
656FMYee Soon Wei 4
4 GMDzhumaev Marat 7
78GMIuldashev Saidali 4
4 IMSwapnil S, Dhopade 13
816IMDuong The Anh 3½
4 IMIrwanto Saidikin 21
910GMBui Vinh 3½
3½ IMSituru Nathanael 31
1018IMNguyen Van Huy 3½
3½
Ankit R. Rajpara 36
1120IMYap Kim Steven 3½
3½ FMDe Ramos Julius Joseph Z 41
1222GMMurshed Niaz 3½
3½ FMDas Sayantan 55
1350CMFarid Firman Syah 3½
3 IMLiu Dede 17
1443WGMFatianova Tatiana 3
3 IMSaptarshi Roy 19
1546
Udani Ian 3
3
Palit Somak 23
1624IMPurnama Tirta Chandra 3
3 FMSmith Robert W 49
1752WFMBhakti Kulkarni 3
3
Praveen Kumar C 25
1826IMPrathamesh Sunil Mokal 3
3 FMVinoth Kumar M 51
1960
Vakhidov Jahongir 3
3 IMTirto 27
2028FMChan Nicholas 3
3
Zhou Guijue 57
2134WIMMuninova Nafisa 3
3 WFMMitali Madhukar Patil 75
2264
Vakhidov Nodir 3
3 FMKhairul Anam 35
23104
Laksana Agusta 3
3 WGMSukandar Irine Kharisma 39
2440IMLiew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 3
3
Yeoh Li Tian 77
2542
Ram S. Krishnan 3
3
Andyka Pitra 101
2647IMChan Peng Kong 2½
2½ IMWohl Aleksandar H 15
2758WIMHoang Thi Nhu Y. 2½
2½
Thakur Akash 32
2863
Ocantos Manuel 2½
2½
Pak Yevgeniy 37
2965
Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi 2½
2½ WGMHoang Thi Bao Tram 38
3044
Lim Chuing Hoong Ronnie 2½
2½ WFMMedina Warda Aulia 79
3166
Shanmuganathan T.R. 2½
2½ IMDesmukh Anup 45
3272
Capel Evan Timothy 2
2 GMWong Meng Kong 29
3330
Ansari Mohd Athar Dr 2
2
Yeoh Phee Leong Marcus 73
3448WGMMelnikova Yana 2
2 FMMuhd Haikal 83
3574
Armstrong Malcolm J 2
2
Wang Xiaohui 53
3654FMThompson Ian 2
2
Limono Handjojo 87
3776
Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil 2
2
Nirav Y. Rajasuba 59
3878
Bersamina Paolo 2
2
Navalgund Niranjan 61
3962FMGhosh Diptayan 2
2 WCMIvana Maria Furtado 89
4082WFMDewi Aa Citra 2
2
Foo Benjamin 67
4185WCMIin Dwijawanti Kadek 2
2
Eng Andre Jerome 69
4270
Mohamed Abdul Haq 2
2 WCMNur Nabila Azman Hisham 91
4386
Au Hubert David 2
2
Ismail Ahmad 71
4488
Lee Kah Meng Elgin 2
1½
Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin 68
4594
Sikivou Taione 1½
1½ FMMahmud Syarif 33
4680WCMSihite Chelsie Monica 1½
1½
Shenvi Pratik 95
4796
Amier Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri 1½
1½
Khore Bean Hwa 81
4884
Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy 1½
1½ WFMNur Najiha Hisham 99
4997
Hamzah Razali 1½
1½
Aynechian Alireza 90
5092
Lee Kai Jie, Edward 1½
1½
Muhammmad Adib Syauqi 108
51109
Srikanth Bhavisameera 1
1 WFMSmith Vivian J 93
52100
Abdul Wahab Najib 1
1
Lee Say Siong John 107
53102
Arjun Vairavan 1
1
Ting Shih Chieh 110
54103
Hatibie Taufan Ariq H. 1
1
Wong Enoch Yat Long 111
55105
Lau Xian Hui Rudolph ½
½
Saurabh Sable 98
56106
Lee Kah Howe William ½


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Yeoh Li Tian game analysis

This is the 1st game analyze by me. Just for fun ^.^......

Analyze by Fritz 12 & Yatz

[Event "KL Open 2010"]
[Date "2010.04.9"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yeoh Li Tian"]
[Black "IM Prathamesh, sunil mokal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 (Alapin variation 2. c3).

It is named after the Russian master Semyon Alapin (1856-1923). Today, the Alapin is considered one of the most solid and respectable Anti-Sicilians. It has in the past been played by World Champions Viswanathan Anand, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik.
Yeoh Li Tian told me he was very well prepared against his opponent. Guess he must be studying this opening very deeply.

3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6

Preparing to capture the e5 pawn.

8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 (maybe black should consider Qc7)

13. Qe4 (threatening Bd3) g6? (Rd8 should be better)

14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bg5 Bd7?? (15....Qxc3)

16. Qh4! Qc5 (White position is much better now. If 16. ..... Bxg5 than 17. Nxg5!! threatening mate. 17. ... h5 force 18. Nxf7!! Rf8 [18. ... Kxf7 19. Qf6+! Kg8 20. Qxg6+ Kf8 21. Re3!! +-] 19. Ng5+-. White win a pawn with a better position.)


17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Rb5 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qc5 20. Rb5 Qa3 21. Rb3 Qc5 +-* 1/2-1/2

White has a better position. 20. Bf6 win for white. When asked was he winning, he replied "No, the position is quite equal."
(FINAL POSITION)

Please leave your comment about my analysis no matter if it is good or bad.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

4th round pairing KL Open 2010

Pairings/Results

Round 4 on 2010/04/08 at 16:00

Bo.No.
NamePts. ResultPts.
NameNo.
12GMHou Yifan 3
3 GMCao Sang 5
211GMNguyen Anh Dung 3
3 GMLuther Thomas 3
34GMRahman Ziaur 3
3 IMSwapnil S, Dhophade 13
46GMMegaranto Susanto 2½
3 FMDas Sayantan 55
544
Lim Chuing Hoong Ronnie 2½
2½ GMMchedlishvili Mikheil 1
68GMIuldashev Saidali 2½
2½
Praveen Kumar C 25
718IMNguyen Van Huy 2½
2½ IMKhamrakulov Dzhurabek 9
812IMAshwin Jayaram 2½
2½ IMSituru Nathanael 31
916IMDuong The Anh 2½
2½ FMDe Ramos Julius Joseph Z 41
1039WGMSukandar Irine Kharisma 2
2 GMDzhumaev Marat 7
1114IMDimakiling Oliver 2
2 WGMFatianova Tatiana 43
1238WGMHoang Thi Bao Tram 2
2 IMLiu Dede 17
1340IMLiew Chee-Meng-Jimmy 2
2 IMSaptarshi Roy 19
1448WGMMelnikova Yana 2
2 IMIrwanto Saidikin 21
1522GMMurshed Niaz 2
2 FMSmith Robert W 49
1652WFMBhakti Kulkarni 2
2
Palit Somak 23
1724IMPurnama Tirta Chandra 2
2 FMVinoth Kumar M 51
1826IMPrathamesh Sunil Mokal 2
2
Ocantos Manuel 63
1954FMThompson Ian 2
2 IMTirto 27
2028FMChan Nicholas 2
2
Ismail Ahmad 71
2156FMYee Soon Wei 2
2 GMWong Meng Kong 29
2260
Vakhidov Jahongir 2
2 FMKhairul Anam 35
2336
Ankit R. Rajpara 2
2
Yeoh Li Tian 77
2410GMBui Vinh 1½
2
Andyka Pitra 101
2520IMYap Kim Steven 1½
1½
Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi 65
2667
Foo Benjamin 1½
1½
Thakur Akash 32
2768
Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin 1½
1½
Pak Yevgeniy 37
2842
Ram S. Krishnan 1½
1½
Eng Andre Jerome 69
2974
Armstrong Malcolm J 1½
1½ IMDesmukh Anup 45
3078
Bersamina Paolo 1½
1½ IMChan Peng Kong 47
3150CMFarid Firman Syah 1½
1½ WFMMedina Warda Aulia 79
3283FMMuhd Haikal 1½
1½
Wang Xiaohui 53
33104
Laksana Agusta 1½
1½
Zhou Guijue 57
3476
Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil 1
1 IMWohl Aleksandar H 15
3530
Ansari Mohd Athar Dr 1
1 WCMSihite Chelsie Monica 80
3682WFMDewi Aa Citra 1
1 FMMahmud Syarif 33
3734WIMMuninova Nafisa 1
1
Khore Bean Hwa 81
3846
Udani Ian 1
1
Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy 84
3958WIMHoang Thi Nhu Y. 1
1
Limono Handjojo 87
4086
Au Hubert David 1
1
Nirav Y. Rajasuba 59
4188
Lee Kah Meng Elgin 1
1
Navalgund Niranjan 61
4262FMGhosh Diptayan 1
1 WCMNur Nabila Azman Hisham 91
4364
Vakhidov Nodir 1
1 WFMSmith Vivian J 93
4466
Shanmuganathan T.R. 1
1
Hamzah Razali 97
4570
Mohamed Abdul Haq 1
1
Lee Say Siong John 107
4672
Capel Evan Timothy 1
1
Ting Shih Chieh 110
47109
Srikanth Bhavisameera 1
1
Yeoh Phee Leong Marcus 73
48111
Wong Enoch Yat Long 1
1 WFMMitali Madhukar Patil 75
4985WCMIin Dwijawanti Kadek ½
½ WFMNur Najiha Hisham 99
5098
Saurabh Sable ½
½ WCMIvana Maria Furtado 89
5190
Aynechian Alireza ½
½
Arjun Vairavan 102
5292
Lee Kai Jie, Edward 0
0
Abdul Wahab Najib 100
5394
Sikivou Taione 0
0
Hatibie Taufan Ariq H. 103
54106
Lee Kah Howe William 0
0
Shenvi Pratik 95
5596
Amier Hamzah B. Mohd Zuhri 0
0
Lau Xian Hui Rudolph 105
56108
Muhammmad Adib Syauqi 0


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