The brilliant Rg2!

This position arises from a game between Yeap Eng Chiam as black and Thong Yung Chen as white in the last round of KASUGI. Yeap Eng Chiam brilliantly played Rg2! On first sight, many would have thought it is a blunder, even Eng Chiam himself was surprised for a second after playing this move. But it turned out to be the winning move. Did you see the continuation after Qxg2?

Chess Players in KASUGI

Ian Udani, a well known Filipino chess player in Malaysia

 IM Jimmy Liew (chessischess), will be representing Malaysia for the Olympiad

IM Mok Tze Meng, expert in the "MOK"dern defense

 FM Nicholas Chan, Malaysia No.2 rank chess player

NM Marcus Chan  

 Ronnie Lim won the best state prize

Yeoh Li Tian with an impressive 2358 rating performance...not the best Junior? Think Again!

 2010 National Master Tan Khai Boon

Veteran Eddy Kwan, the father of Johor state player, Ruby Kwan

Mohd Ezmi from Kelantan

Tan Hong Ghee contributing only 2 points for the team

 Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli (mylifeinchess) scoring 5/8 points

 Wong Yinn Long, the 4th board for Tesla Chess team 

 NM Evan Capel Timothy in top form, defeated FM Yee Soon Wei in round 7

This Year National Master, Roshan Singh 

 Jax Tham Tick Hong doing some stretching before the game begin

Khor Shihong playing for Penang B

 Chess talent, Sivanesan Subramaniam 

 Najib Wahab, won the crucial point in the last round against Loo Swee Leong

 NM Kamalarifin from Pahang

Nor Ilhamuddin (2010chessodysey), done his best for his team

 Kevin Seow, captain for SPAWN Armageddon

 Muhammad Arshad, a blogger, a well known chess equipment supplier and a strong chess player

 Ibni Hajar Amri from Kedah

 Ong Thian Loon also from Kedah

 Tukiran Taulani from Johor

 Abdullah Che Hassan. This man is also a pro in poker game

 Tan Ken Wei playing 1st board for Nameless chess team

 Kaulsha Khandhar, champ the RSC Open last week

 Foo Chee Kin playing for Negeri Sembilan

 Amier Hamzah, a hyper active chess player. He is also the top scorer for his team.

 Sarawak renowned chess player, Lim Kian Hwa

Ilias Mohd Safri and Izzudin Ahayat

 Wong Jian Wen with 5/8 points.

Razali Hamzah or better known as (Ng6), a very underrated chess player

Alfred Ting Shih Chieh, the 3rd board for SPAWN Armageddon

Mohd Saprin and his family 

 Iskandar Rashid, making his début only on the 2nd day

Ramone Mikgail Kok, representing UTP (Universiti Teknologi Petronas)

 Harun Bustaman from Kelantan

 Dr.Paul

 Highly rated, IM Nolte Rolando from Philippine. He too finishes with perfect score!

 NM Lim Zhuo Ren

 Efren Bagamasbad from Philippine 

 IM Bancod Ronald, playing top board for Apocalypse-Manilla Chess Team

 Muhd Syakir Shazmeer 

 Olivia Madhavan a.k.a olive oil

Jairan b Ibrahim, last minute replacement for SPAWN Armageddon

KASUGI 1st day report

The Kasugi Chess Team event has started today at Cititel Express. Many top Malaysian chess player were here, including FM Nicholas Chan, IM Mok Tze Meng, FM Ronnie Lim and IM Jimmy Liew! Besides that, Kasugi has also attracted strong foreign players from Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei, such as IM Nolte Rolando, Ian Udani, IM Bancod Ronald, FM Yee Soon Wei (BRU) and FM Pitra Andika (INA). The time control is 45 minutes to the end of the game. 4 IM, 4 FM and 1 CM in all were present in this event.

 It was a tragic morning for me as my team 1st board could not arrived. I would not be blogging about this event if not for a last minute replacement in our team. In fact, there was also a team which only have 3 players after one of their member could not play. 

                           
                                           Playing Hall

Playing Hall

Outside the Playing hall was also crowded with people

Here are some pics during the event..

Mastermind team against Penang A, score ( 1-3)

3rd board player gone missing

The angles from KL with 1 win after 4 rounds

Zhuo ren: So Kaushal, which will be your 1st move? a3 or h3?

Top Sarawak Players

 Yeap Eng Chiam showing Najib How It Should Be Done!

The Penangites analysing as Loo Swee Leong look on to the camera :)

AhliFikri team takes on Friends for Chess Freedom

Blogger Gilocatur was also busy blogging about this event.

SPAWN Armageddon nearly withdrew from the event due to shortage of player. 

Rank after round 4

Apocalypse-Manila Chess team from Philippines takes a slight lead ahead of top Malaysian Team, Tesla Chess. Both teams will be facing each other in the next round. ChessisChess captain by IM Jimmy Liew comes in 3rd place so far. 

As for my team, we are currently rank 36 with only 7.5 points. Still, the result was better than expected ;) 

More updates and tons of pictures coming up tomorrow.