Sunday, March 20, 2011

Hail the new National Champion



Lim Zhuo Ren is crowned the new National Champion!

Blitz is on and MAS is playing

After the National Closed prize giving ceremonies, there will a blitz tournament. Mas will be taking part too. What are you waiting for? Come down to DATCC for some fun blitz!

Lim Zhuo Ren - Jimmy Liew (live)

Video chat rooms at Ustream


Round 7 pictures















Men Round 9 (final) pairings


March 20, 2011
Bo. No. Name Pts. Pts. Name No.
1 10 Lim Zhuo Ren  Liew
Chee-Meng-Jimmy 
1
2 12 Subramaniam
Sumant 
6 Lee Kim Han
Edward 
2
3 4 Loo Swee Leong  6 6 Yeap Eng Chiam  5
4 26 Fong Yit Ho  6 6 Yeoh Li Tian  7
5 32 Fong Yit San  Nayan Ahmad
Fadzil 
19
6 38 Lee Kah Meng
Elgin 
5 Tan Khai Boon  3
7 8 Wahiduddin Mohd
Khair 
5 5 Yeoh Phee Leong
Marcus 
27
8 28 Looi Xin Hao  5 5 Ong Thian Loon  13
9 15 Azman Hisham Mohd
Nabil 
5 5 Wong Jianwen  29
10 24 Shaik Ali Nor
Ilhamuddin 
5 5 Yusof Kamaluddin  17
11 33 Azhar Muhammad Syakir
Shazmeer 
5 5 Erowan Masrin  18
12 20 Tan Ken Wei  5 5 Kamin Al-Kamil  35
13 30 Siew Kit-Tze
Mark 
5 5 Cheah Cheok Fung  21
14 41 Tan Jun Feng  5 5 Fong Choong Ee  23
15 14 Nik Nik Ahmad
Farouqi 
5 See Kai Loong  37
16 42 Chin Choong Wee
Kenneth 
Shafruddin Fariz  9
17 16 Abdul Shukor Abdul
Aziz 
Ajeet Singh
Roshan 
44
18 25 Ismail Ahmad  Low Jun Jian  36
19 49 Liew Ken Yew  Kamal Rizal
Ahmad 
31
20 34 Lim Kian Hwa  Aron Teh Eu Wen  47
21 60 Wong Yinn Long  4 Che Hassan
Abdullah 
11
22 6 Jamil Mohd Johan  4 4 Iskandar Danial
Adam 
45
23 57 Dutton Lucas
Matthew 
4 4 S Balendran  40
24 69 Subramaniam
Shreyas 
4 4 Azhar Muhd Irfan
Haqqim 
43
25 61 Teh De Juan  4 4 Ooi Zhi Yang  51
26 71 Tee Han Kang  4 4 Amier Hamzah B  Mohd Zuhri  52
27 54 Hamzah Razali  4 Roslan Mohd
Faizal 
39
28 50 Sivanesan
Subramanian 
Mustafa Albakri
Suhaimi 
62
29 53 Parimanam Paul  Muhalip Sotimin  64
30 55 Kalivanan Suniil  Ding Tze How
Dilwen 
74
31 68 Tang Wei Kit  Saleh Fikri  56
32 92 Mahmood Mohd
Ezmi 
Yap Wan Lin  58
33 46 William Lee Kah
Howe 
3 Aminuddin Muhd
Faris 
78
34 77 Mohd Hisham Muhd
Hafiz 
3 3 Low Jun Keat  48
35 63 Tan Kok Liang  3 3 Ng Jen Sheng  75
36 85 Choong Ee Jin
Eric 
3 3 Zakaria Mohd
Fadrus 
65
37 66 Yahaya Muhammad
Nurislam 
3 3 Mohd Hisham Muhd
Fareed 
76
38 89 Ganesh Kuhan  3 3 Teh Wee Zhun  72
39 90 Ong Wei Bin  3 3 Narayanan Sri Shiva
Kumar 
73
40 88 Singh Kabir  Yeop Mat Zaki  59
41 67 Yahaya Muhammad
Nuriman 
Hanif Harleiff  80
42 83 Ng Shi Xuan  2 Kughan Ravindran  82
43 70 Harun Bustaman  2 2 Ng Shi Yang  79
44 91 Sik Kuan Ming
Shaun 
2 2 Abdul Rashid
Hasidin 
81
45 84 Sabri Shamsuddin  2 1 Mohd Jamil Afiq  87
46 86 Aminuddin Muhd
Faqih 
2   bye  
47 22 Saifuddin Muhd
Izz 
0   not paired  
48 93 Ong Aik Liang  ½   not paired  

Saturday, March 19, 2011

This year's champ?

This year's champ? by nc2011webmaster
This year's champ? a photo by nc2011webmaster on Flickr.

Finished early

Finished early by nc2011webmaster
Finished early a photo by nc2011webmaster on Flickr.

Yeap Eng Cheam is now in front of my computer looking at chess-results.com because his game against Nor ilhamuddin has ended. Yeap won and is now 6/8

Top board positions




Zhuo Ren maintains perfect score

Zhuo Ren maintains perfect score by nc2011webmaster
Zhuo Ren maintains perfect score a photo by nc2011webmaster on Flickr.

With a win over NM Edward Lee, it looks like Lim Zhou Ren is cruising to his first National Master title. His closest rival is Loo Swee Leong, one point behind him.

Round 7 begins

Round 7 begins by nc2011webmaster
Round 7 begins a photo by nc2011webmaster on Flickr.

No no don't take my picture

No no don't take my picture by nc2011webmaster
No no don't take my picture a photo by nc2011webmaster on Flickr.

Round 5 : NM Edward Lee - IM Jimmy Liew : 1-0

NM Edward Lee beat top seed - IM Jimmy Liew in round 5, National  Closed (yesterday). This is Jimmy  first lost against the juniors in this tournament. Although by age, Edward is still a junior, he can actually be considered as a senior because of his National Master title. He has also played with Jimmy  at  the 2008 Dresden, Olympiad.

One of my friend told that Jimmy is showing a good example by particapting in this tournament. He is willing to risk his rating -2302 . Second seed - NM Edward Lee is 128 points less then him!

NM Edward Lee - IM Jimmy Liew
National Closed 2011, Round 5, 17.3.2011

Analysed by centaur (Hairulov+Fritz)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. bxc3 Is the main line but Jimmy must have preapred this sideline.

6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 My friend Rizal Ahmad Kamal said he prefer the more aggresive 7. Qg4

7... Qc7 8. Nf3 Ne7  9. Qd4 Theory recomend 9. Bd3 giving the c3 pawn for development. 9... Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qc7

9... Nbc6 10. Qc5 b6 11. Qd6

 

Picture Gallery 3, Nat. Closed 2011

Picture Gallery 3, Nat. Closed 2011

19 March, 2011, Kuala Lumpur - here are another set of pictures of the National Closed 2011.










Friday, March 18, 2011

Lim Zhou Ren’s Two Games, NC 2011

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20 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Here are two games played by our new Malaysia National Master Lim Zhou Ren during the recently concluded National Closed 2011.
During the closing ceremony, it was announced that the top eight winners in this year’s National Closed 2011 plus Malaysia’s top two players, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and IM Mok Tze Meng has been chosen to undergo selection trials to select the final six players to the SEA Games in Indonesia. The final eight winners are shown below:-
Top 8 Winners Of National Closed 2011.
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One is the round one game against another upcoming chess player, Fikri Saleh. The other is against NM Edward Lee, a past winner of the National Closed.

[Event "National Closed Chess Championship 2011 "]
[Site "DATCC, 4th Floor, Wilayah Comp"]
[Date "2011.03.16"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Black "Saleh, Fikri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.16"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Nh4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd7 17. b5 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Ra4 a5 21. b6
Bd8 22. Bb2 Bf6 23. Be4 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Raa1 f5 26. Bf3 Bf6 27. Rab1 g5
28. h3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Rd7 30. Ke2 Rad8 31. Ra1 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4
34. Rxa5 Na6 35. Bxc6 Rxc4 36. Bxb7 Nxc5 37. Bc6 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rd2+ 39. Kxd2
Nb3+ 40. Kc2 Nxa5 41. Bg2 Kf6 42. Kc3 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Kb4 1-0


The second game is between Edward Lee and Lim Zhuo Ren during the seventh round of the National Closed 2011. The Sicilian Moscow Variation transpired during the game.

[Event "National Closed Chess Championship 2011"]
[Site "DATCC, 4th Floor, Wilayah Com"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lee, Kim Han Edward"]
[Black "Lim, Zhuo Ren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.16"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Rf2 a6 14. a4 e6
15. Rd2 d5 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bb6 Bh6 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rcc2 Bxd2
21. Rxd2 Rb8 22. Rd3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. h3 h5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxd8+ Kg7 28. e5 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Kh2 Qd4 32. f4 c5 33.
Kg3 c4 34. Kh4 Qd7 35. f5 exf5 36. Qxa6 c3 37. Qc4 Qe7+ 38. Kg3 Qxe5+ 39. Kf2
f4 40. Kf1 g5 41. Qd3 Qc5 42. g4
0-1

(Games courtesy of Najib Wahab, arbiter and DATCC management)
Links:
a. chess-results.com
b. NC-2011
c. fireyrook
d. chess-in-malaysia

NC Women rankings after round 6

 

Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts.  TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Nur Najiha Hisham  1819 MAS 5.5 23 20 19
2 Nur Nabila Azman Hisham  1886 MAS 5 24 19 19
3 Tan Li Ting  1827 MAS 4.5 22 16 16
4 Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada  1822 MAS 4 24 13.5 16
5 Fong Mi Yen  1890 MAS 4 23 13.8 15
6 Camilia Bt  Johari  1721 MAS 4 20 10.5 16
7 Tang Kar Khei  1553 MAS 4 19 10.8 15
8 Zullkafli Amira Syahmina  1725 MAS 4 18 10.5 14
9 Sarika Subramaniam  1584 MAS 4 18 9.75 14
10 Saleh Anis Fariha  1391 MAS 3.5 20 9.75 13
11 Hong Wee Ki Vickie  1481 MAS 3.5 20 10.5 13
12 Madhavan Olivia  1806 MAS 3.5 18 7.25 14
13 Teh De Zen  1376 MAS 3 22 8.5 12
14 Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan  1686 MAS 3 21 8.75 12
15 Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahra  1732 MAS 3 20 9.75 12
16 Aminuddin Nur Farihah  1460 MAS 3 20 7.25 9
17 Jayamurthey Pavitranayagi  1676 MAS 3 19 7 11
18 Haslindah Ruslan  1666 MAS 3 18 5.5 12
19 Hong Wee Ni Winnie  1531 MAS 3 17 7.75 8.5
20 Latifah Kaiyisah Bt  Mohd Lati  1621 MAS 3 17 6.75 10
21 Aminuddin Nur Faqihah  1295 MAS 3 16 7 9.5
22 Mohd Latib Latifah Syamimi  1435 MAS 2.5 17 6 8
23 Charles Veronica Shalini  1289 MAS 2.5 16 4.25 7.5
24 Ganesan Khirranya  1191 MAS 2.5 14 4.25 6.5
25 Mohd Niza Nor Atiqah  0 MAS 2 20 5.5 10
26 Mohd Saufi Najihah  1286 MAS 2 17 3.5 7
27 Tan Wei Ting  1233 MAS 2 14 2 7
28 Chua Jia-Tien  1120 MAS 2 14 2 5
29 Nazri Siti Nadia Qarmila  1236 MAS 2 13 2 4
30 Mohd Hisham Nadia Syafiqah  1058 MAS 1 16 3 2
31 Mohd Hisham Nur Sabrina  1068 MAS 1 15 3 1
32 Ahmad Darji Putri Nurfariza  1357 MAS 1 12 3 6
33 Wong Siew Ting  1348 MAS 0 3.5 0 0