Round 11 on 2008/05/14
Bo.
Name
IRtg
FED
Pts
Res.
Pts
Name
IRtg
FED
1
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
8
-
7
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI
2
GM
Ghaemmagami, Ehsan
2604
IRI
7
-
7½
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
3
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
7
-
7½
Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
4
IM
Irwanto, Sadikin
2456
INA
6½
-
7
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI
5
IM
Liu, Dede
2398
INA
6½
-
6½
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI
6
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI
6½
-
6½
IM
Purnama, Tirta Chandra
2398
INA
7
IM
Wynn, Zaw Htun
2542
MYA
6
-
6
IM
Gomez, John Paul
2464
PHI
8
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
6
-
6
Tolentino, Rustum
2304
PHI
9
IM
Bitoon, Richard
2420
PHI
6
-
6
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
10
WIM
Zhang, Xiaowen
2361
CHN
6
-
6
Nolte, Rolando
2420
PHI
11
Wang, Li
2406
CHN
6
-
5½
IM
Juswanto, Denny
2468
INA
12
GM
Zaw, Win Lay
2574
MYA
5½
-
5½
Andador, Rolando
2201
PHI
13
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA
5½
-
5½
IM
Nadera, Barlo
2397
PHI
14
IM
Sitanggang, Salor
2406
INA
5½
-
5½
Wan, Yunguo
2494
CHN
15
WGM
Zhang, Jilin
2361
CHN
5½
-
5½
IM
Tirto
2422
INA
16
Yang, Kaiqi
2307
CHN
5½
-
5½
Salubre, Jayson
2329
PHI
17
FM
Nava, Roderick
2345
PHI
5
-
5
IM
Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun
2485
MYA
18
Elorta, David
2409
PHI
5
-
5
Garcia, Jan Emmanuel
2213
PHI
19
Pialan, ...
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Source: GilaChess on May 14th, 2008
This is the only game in my database that I can find of Mas vs Wynn Zaw Htun. This game is 8 years old and Mas was 2413 at that time.
[Event “Wah Seong IM”][Site “Penang MAS”][Date “2000.03.02″][Round “6″][White “Mas, H.”][Black “Wynn Zaw Htun”][Result “1/2-1/2″][ECO “B21″][WhiteElo “2413″][BlackElo “2524″][PlyCount “47″][EventDate “2000.02.26″]
1. e4 ...
Source: GilaChess on May 14th, 2008
Indonesian Dede Liu is already 6.5 out of 9 and if he wins his 10th round game against tournament joint leader GM Le Quang Liem he has a good chance of getting a GM norm.
This according to Kristaneus Liem’s blog.
Picture courtesy of portretcatur.blogspot.com
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Source: GilaChess on May 13th, 2008
Unlike most competing nations, the Australian teams receive no government support and must pay their own way, a burden compounded by the distance involved from Australia to Germany and the corresponding high air fares. The costs increase with every Olympiad. They can’t do it alone, but depend on the support ...
Source: GilaChess on May 13th, 2008
Mas beats his 9th round opponent Garcia, Jan Emmanuel (2213) and is now 5/9. He plays on board 12 vs IM Wynn Zaw Htun (2574) in Round 10.
Round 10 on 2008/05/13
Bo.
Name
IRtg
FED
Pts
Res.
Pts
Name
IRtg
FED
1
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
7
-
6½
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
2
IM
Liu, Dede
2398
INA
6½
-
7
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
3
Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
6½
-
6½
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI
4
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
6
-
6
GM
Ghaemmagami, Ehsan
2604
IRI
5
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI
6
-
6
IM
Irwanto, Sadikin
2456
INA
6
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI
6
-
6
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
7
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI
6
-
5½
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA
8
IM
Purnama, Tirta ...
Source: GilaChess on May 13th, 2008
I think fatique has finally hit Wesley So as he practically played non stop since his big win in Dubai.
He lost yet another game as White and this time to China’s Li Chao.
In this position White to move.
Wesley played Re2 ? which was a mistake.
Li Chao replied with ...
Source: GilaChess on May 13th, 2008
Mas drew his 8th round game and is now 4/8.
Round 9 on 2008/05/12
Bo.
Name
IRtg
FED
Pts
Res.
Pts
Name
IRtg
FED
1
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
6½
-
6½
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
2
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
5½
-
6
Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
3
IM
Irwanto, Sadikin
2456
INA
5½
-
6
IM
Liu, Dede
2398
INA
4
GM
Ghaemmagami, Ehsan
2604
IRI
5½
-
5½
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI
5
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA
5½
-
5½
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
6
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI
5½
-
5½
Nolte, Rolando
2420
PHI
7
IM
Wynn, Zaw Htun
2542
MYA
5
-
5
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI
8
IM
Bitoon, Richard
2420
PHI
5
-
5
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI
9
Elorta, David
2409
PHI
5
-
5
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
10
Wang, Li
2406
CHN
5
-
5
IM
Gomez, John Paul
2464
PHI
11
WIM
Zhang, Xiaowen
2361
CHN
5
-
4½
Wan, ...
Source: GilaChess on May 12th, 2008
This was one of Mas opponent in the 2nd Philippines Open which he drew with. Sebastian Simanjuntak was at an ELO high of 2377 many years back. Here’s a game where Fairin beat Sebastian in the very first DATMO in 2004.
[Event “Malaysian Open 2004 August”][Site “Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur”][Date ...
Source: GilaChess on May 12th, 2008
Round 7 results
Zhou Weiqi drew against Li Chao and but still maintains his half point lead in the tournament as some of the other top boards drew too. Board 2 Ghaemmagami, Ehsan drew with Le, Quang Liem. Board 3: Megaranto beat Rolando Nolte. Antonio drew with Wesley on board 4. ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Mas lost his 5th round game vs Dino Ballecer. He will be playing Yang Kaiqi (2307) of China next.
Round 6 on 2008/05/10
Bo.
Name
IRtg
FED
Pts
Res.
Pts
Name
IRtg
FED
1
Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
4½
-
4½
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA
2
Nolte, Rolando
2420
PHI
4
-
4
GM
Ghaemmagami, Ehsan
2604
IRI
3
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
4
-
4
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI
4
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
4
-
4
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI
5
IM
Wynn, Zaw Htun
2542
MYA
3½
-
3½
Ballecer, Dino
2406
PHI
6
Jia, Haoxiang
2249
CHN
3½
-
3½
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI
7
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
3½
-
3½
IM
Liu, Dede
2398
INA
8
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
3
-
3½
WGM
Zhang, Jilin
2361
CHN
9
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
3
-
3
IM
Nadera, Barlo
2397
PHI
10
IM
Purnama, Tirta Chandra
2398
INA
3
-
3
IM
Irwanto, Sadikin
2456
INA
11
Yu, Lie
2383
CHN
3
-
3
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI
12
IM
Tirto
2422
INA
3
-
3
Zhang, ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
RSC CHESS BLITZ OPEN TOURNAMENT
Venue: Royal Selangor Club, Dataran Merdeka (Card Room)
Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008
Time: 8.00 am to 9.00 am (final registration)
9.30 am to 12.00 pm (preliminary rounds)
1.00 pm to 3.30 pm (final rounds)
Time control; 5 mins chess
[International Blitz Rules apply]
Swiss Format: (total 22 games to be played) - ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Tournament leader, Zhou Weiqi has been performing excellently. The last two rounds he has been the giant killer in beating tournament favourite Wesley So and Indonesian most promising - Susanto Megaranto. He faces his compatriot Li Chao next. Li Chao recovered from his Round 5 loss against Megaranto by beating ...
Source: Wise Pawn on May 11th, 2008
[Event “2nd Phil. Open Int’l Chess”]
[Site “SBECC”]
[Date “2008.??.??”]
[Round “6″]
[White “Jia, H. (CHN).”]
[Black “GM So, W. (PHI).”]
[Result “0-1″]
[PlyCount “58″]
[EventDate “2008.??.??”]
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Rb1 d5 11. cxd5 ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Kristianus Liem’s blog is now also including Malaysian results in his reports.
Lots of candid picture such as above. (Li Panru - whom Mas beat in round 4).
Check it out at:http://potretcatur.blogspot.com/
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Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Yep. That’s Dresden, Germany. Beautiful isn’t it?
That’s where the 38th Chess Olympiad will be held.
How to get there? Why, play in the coming National Closed 2008 of course !!
As comparison, National Closed is not as attractive as the Selangor Open because there is no prize money. However every 2 ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Kelab Shah Alam Selangor is organising an open tournament on the 17 May 2008, Saturday.
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Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Wonderboy GM Wesley So suffered his first defeat in the 2nd Philippines Open losing on the White side of a French Defence to Zhou Weiqi.
22 year old Zhou Weiqi was the 2nd place winner of the Aeroflot Open with a performance rating of 2703.
[Event “2nd Phil Open Int’l ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
There are so many one day tournaments nowadays, there’s bound to be clashes.
The latest clash will be next week’s KSAS Open and the Pel Klang Open.
I would love to go to both tournaments but since they are both on the 17th of May, that would not be possible. The ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Organiser : The tournament is organised by the Johor Chess Academy and JB Chess
Association
Venue : Plaza Pelangi, Johor Bahru
Date & Time : Sunday, 22nd June 2008
Time Control : Swiss system of 7 rounds with 25 minutes per player to complete the game
Catagory : 3 catagories, namely Open, Under 16 & ...
Source: Stonemaster on May 11th, 2008
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Source: Stonemaster on May 11th, 2008
Best sangat lagu ini dan sedih sangat cerita ni. Pada pendapat peribadi SM, cerita wayang berjudul notebook ini adalah antara cerita inggeris paling romantik dan paling sedih pernah SM tonton.Mula ditayangkan di panggung wayang pada tahun 2004 dan masih SM teringat lagi cerita tuu.Kisah percintaan antara seorang jejaka dan teman ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Date : 31 May - 4 June 2008
Venue: 2nd Floor, Kompleks Wilayah
Time Control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment per move.
System: 9 rounds swiss
Closing date: 25 May 2008
Misc: Results of this tournament will be used as one of the criteria to choose players to represent the country for 2008/2009.
(Late fee ...
Source: Wise Pawn on May 11th, 2008
Mas Lost Again
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Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
Date
: 31 May - 4 June 2008
Venue
: 2nd Floor, Kompleks Wilayah
Time Control
: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment per move.
System
: 9 rounds swiss
Closing date
: 25 May 2008
Misc
: Results of this tournament will be used as one of the criteria to choose players to represent the country for 2008/2009.
(Late ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
IA Lim Tse Pin is by now a face very familiar with any Malaysians who have anything to do with chess.
Tonight was his wedding dinner and I got the opportunity to attend it. My only comment is that It’s about time !!
Tse Pin has been pretty selfless in his work ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
World Youth Olympiad 2002
The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) organised the World Youth Olympiad (U16) which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20th-28th August 2002. 2nd seeds China A took clear first on the back of an 85% score on board 1 by Wang Yue and an 80% score on board ...
Source: GilaChess on May 11th, 2008
From Page 12 of The Star (Metro) - 10/05/2007
To sign up for the event, those interested can call Teh at 06-761 9188 or Karisma Tuition Centre at 06-764 8918. The closing date for registration is May 14.
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Source: GilaChess on May 10th, 2008
Round 4 on 2008/05/09
Bo.
Name
IRtg
FED
Pts
Res.
Pts
Name
IRtg
FED
1
GM
Li, Chao
2581
CHN
3
3
GM
Antonio, Rogelio
2529
PHI
2
GM
So, Wesley
2540
PHI
3
3
GM
Megaranto, Susanto
2561
INA
3
GM
Mahjoob, Morteza
2488
IRI
2½
2½
GM
Ghaemmagami, Ehsan
2604
IRI
4
GM
Le, Quang Liem
2568
VIE
2½
2½
Nolte, Rolando
2420
PHI
5
Zhou, Weiqi
2560
CHN
2½
2½
Jia, Haoxiang
2249
CHN
6
Yu, Lie
2383
CHN
2
2
IM
Wynn, Zaw Htun
2542
MYA
7
GM
Nguyen, Anh Dung
2512
VIE
2
2
FM
Nava, Roderick
2345
PHI
8
WGM
Zhang, Jilin
2361
CHN
2
2
GM
Dao, Thien Hai
2502
VIE
9
IM
Gomez, John Paul
2464
PHI
2
2
IM
Nadera, Barlo
2397
PHI
10
IM
Sadorra, Julio Catalino
2455
PHI
2
2
Xu, Tong
2188
CHN
11
Senador, Emmanuel
2383
PHI
2
2
GM
Villamayor, Buenaventura
2425
PHI
12
WIM
Zhang, Xiaowen
2361
CHN
2
2
IM
Bitoon, Richard
2420
PHI
13
Villanueva, Nelson
2239
PHI
2
2
IM
Bancod, Ronald
2411
PHI
14
Elorta, David
2409
PHI
2
2
Yang, Kaiqi
2307
CHN
15
IM
Purnama, Tirta Chandra
2398
INA
2
2
Olay, Edgar Reggie
0
PHI
16
Wan, Yunguo
2494
CHN
1½
1½
IM
Simanjuntak, Sebastian
2251
INA
17
Lluch, Victor
2340
PHI
1½
1½
IM
Juswanto, Denny
2468
INA
18
Xiu, Deshun
2371
CHN
1½
1½
IM
Sitanggang, Salor
2406
INA
19
Salubre, Jayson
2329
PHI
1½
1½
Ballecer, Dino
2406
PHI
20
Wang, ...

