KL Chess Open 2009

UKM KL Masters unnofficial blog

2010-04-14T17:51:00.001+08:00

From the same people who organised the KL Open series here's another tournament jointly organised with UKM.

http://ukmmasters2010.blogspot.com

KL Open 2010 new blog

2010-04-05T20:24:00.002+08:00

Following the success of this collaborative chess blog on the KL Open, we continue with yet another new collaborative blog for the new KL Open 2010.

http://klopen2010.blogspot.com

The URL for this year's 3rd KL Chess Open is: http://klopen2010.blogspot.com.
See you there!

This blog will be maintained and be an archive for the first KL Chess Open in 2008 and the second 2009.

Nguyen Nguc Troungson wins Kuala Lumpur Open 2009

2009-09-09T12:21:00.001+08:00

Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son from Vietnam seeded first at the start of the tournament won the KL Open 2009 outright with 7.5 points out of 9 games half a point ahead of his nearest rivals. For his efforts he takes home first prize of RM 10,000.

In clear second place is Indonesian Grandmaster Susanto Megaranto who had a bad start in the tournament with 2 losses to weaker opponents. However all his other games were wins including his last round against second seed Grandmaster Dao Tien Hai of Vietnam. As second place winner he takes back RM 5,000.

Uzbekistan Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev also finished strongly with a score of 6.5 points just half a point behind Megaranto. His third prize includes RM 3000 cash.

In shared 4th to 8th places with RM 1,000 each were Dao, GM Marat Dzhumaev and IM Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan, CM Nguyen Hoang Nam from Vietnam and IM Richard Bitoon from the Philippines.

Round 9 results

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Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2589	6½	1 - 0	6	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2532
2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2542	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527
3	IM	Bitoon Richard	2490	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	2520
4	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	2348	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519
5	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	2414	5	½ - ½	5½	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2329
6	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2454	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2363
7	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2347	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2429
8	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	2340	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Liu Dede	2419
9	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2060	5	0 - 1	4½	IM	Tirto	2407
10		Tolentino Rustum	2362	4½	1 - 0	4½		Panggabean Hasian	2226
11	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2320	4½	½ - ½	4½		Rahman Masruri	1987
12	IM	Shetty Rahul	2270	4½	0 - 1	4½	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2207
13		Lee Kim Han Edward	2089	4½	½ - ½	4½		Udani Ian	2241
14		Foo Benjamin	2037	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Wahono Awam	2393
15		M. Vivek	1661	4	0 - 1	4	CM	Neubronner Jarred	2220
16		Eng Andre-Jerome	2089	4	1 - 0	4		Mohamed Abdul Haq	0
17		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	4	0 - 1	3½		Kalugampitiya R.S.	2131
18		Sathiyanarayanan R V	1822	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2284
19		Neubronner Shannon Scott	2050	3½	½ - ½	3½		Jafar Sofyan	0
20	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1931	3½	½ - ½	3½	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	1950
21		Legaspi Edmundo	2158	3	1 - 0	3		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	1811
22		Ferdiman Tersiman	1979	3	1 - 0	3		Tanda Joni	0
23		Wong Jianwen	1763	3	1 - 0	3		Biswajit Bharadwaj	1920
24		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	1594	2½	½ - ½	3		Virda Riska Aulia	0
25		Ismail Ahmad	2089	2½	0 - 1	2½	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	1986
26		Oentoro Djoni	0	2½	½ - ½	2½		Haslindah Ruslan	1698
27		Chen I-Chen	1715	1	0 - 1	2½		Tan Li Ting	0
28		Tan Fischer	0	1	0 - 1	2		Abedin Md. Jaynul	1947

GM Nguyen Nguc Truong Son is KL Open 2009 champion

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The Vietnamese demolished GM Dzhumaev Marat to take the lion share of the first prize.

Happy Birthday NWM Tan Li Ting

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KL Open 2009: Final Round

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Round 9 on 2009/09/08 at 1430

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.		Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2589	6½		6	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2532	3
2	2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2542	6		6	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527	4
3	7	IM	Bitoon Richard	2490	5½		5½	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	2520	5
4	16	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	2348	5½		5½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519	6
5	11	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	2414	5		5½	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2329	19
6	8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2454	5		5	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2363	14
7	17	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2347	5		5	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2429	9
8	18	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	2340	5		5	IM	Liu Dede	2419	10
9	32	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2060	5		4½	IM	Tirto	2407	12
10	15		Tolentino Rustum	2362	4½		4½		Panggabean Hasian	2226	24
11	20	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2320	4½		4½		Rahman Masruri	1987	35
12	22	IM	Shetty Rahul	2270	4½		4½	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2207	26
13	31		Lee Kim Han Edward	2089	4½		4½		Udani Ian	2241	23
14	34		Foo Benjamin	2037	4		4	FM	Wahono Awam	2393	13
15	48		M. Vivek	1661	4		4	CM	Neubronner Jarred	2220	25
16	29		Eng Andre-Jerome	2089	4		4		Mohamed Abdul Haq	0	53
17	50		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	4		3½		Kalugampitiya R.S.	2131	28
18	42		Sathiyanarayanan R V	1822	3½		3½	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2284	21
19	33		Neubronner Shannon Scott	2050	3½		3½		Jafar Sofyan	0	52
20	40	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1931	3½		3½	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	1950	38
21	27		Legaspi Edmundo	2158	3		3		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	1811	43
22	37		Ferdiman Tersiman	1979	3		3		Tanda Joni	0	57
23	45		Wong Jianwen	1763	3		3		Biswajit Bharadwaj	1920	41
24	49		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	1594	2½		3		Virda Riska Aulia	0	58
25	30		Ismail Ahmad	2089	2½		2½	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	1986	36
26	54		Oentoro Djoni	0	2½		2½		Haslindah Ruslan	1698	47
27	46		Chen I-Chen	1715	1		2½		Tan Li Ting	0	56
28	55		Tan Fischer	0	1		2		Abedin Md. Jaynul	1947	39
29	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	1763	0	0			not paired
30	51		Chan Kim Keng	0	0	0			not paired

Round 8: GM Nguyen Nguc Truong Son leads

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GM Nguyen Nguc Truong Son beats FM Mahmud Syarif to take clear lead of the tournament going into the last round. Previous joint leader, GM Dao Thien Hai is half a point behind after drawing his game against FM Pak Yevgeniy.

The final round will be at 2.30pm today.

Team Trophies

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There is also a team tournament for the juniors held concurrently with the KL Open in the same hall.

These are the trophies.

Media interview

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GM Susanto Megaranto being interviewed by TV One Indonesia by the poolside.

KL Open After Round 7: Leaders still the same

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KL Open: Day 4 pictures

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Haslindah Ruslan doing well today with wins against Singaporean Timothy Chan (ELO 1594) and Chen I Chen(ELO 1715).

Round 8 she meets fellow Malaysian, World Police Champion Ismail Ahmad. (Update: The game was drawn just now. Haslindah is now 2.5/8 same as Ismail Ahmad)

Round 6 - Walkover. It’s 8.30am and Medina claims a win as her opponent , Biswajit Bharadwaj did not arrive after 30 minutes. Medina is one of the better performing Indonesian Dreamgirl team. She is 3.5/7.

FM Pak Evgeniy doing well with 5/7. He meets GM Dao Thein Hai in Round 8. (Update: Pak drew with Dao)

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 4 (R7 Results and R8 Pairing)

2009-09-08T01:49:00.000+08:00

Round 7 Results

All the games on the top three boards drew. It means that the two leaders from Vietnam are just half point in front of six (6) players with 5/7 points. So, the tournament is still open whereby anyone of the eight players have the chance to be the champion.

As for the Malaysian players, their respective opponents are too strong for both Edward Lee and Jianwen. Edward was defeated by a pinoy IM, Richard Bitoon, while Jianwen had to bow to Singaporean CM Neubronner. The same goes to Li Ting where she had to accept her defeat to a Sri Lankan chess player.

But it was a sweet victory for Abdul Haq and Haslindah. The unrated Abdul Haq won againts 1947-rated opponent while Haslindah defeated her higher-rated lady opponent. Whereas the unrated Najib managed to win againts experienced countryman, Ismail Ahmad.

Round 8 Pairing

Tomorrow morning session will be interesting especially on the top four boards. Because the champion for this tournament will come from these boards. Can both FM Syarif Mahmud and FM Pak Yevgeniy stop the two leaders from Vietnam? Or would it be GM Marat and GM Susanto take the lead? Or perhaps IM Irwanto and FM Daniel Chan will be in the limelight? GiLoCatur is eager to know and can not wait the results of the tomorrow's morning session games.

As for most of the Malaysian players still can achieve something. Three unrated players - an arbiter (Najib), a NWM (Li Ting) and Abdul Haq, will get FIDE ratings. Li Ting have played 7 rated players so far and will meet another rated player tomorrow morning. She has scored 2 and 1/2 points with tournament rating of 1941. As what GiLoCatur understands, Li Ting would earn a FIDE rating in this tournament. Checking at FIDE website, she had 3 games so far with one win while playing the AmBank Challenge last year.

As for both Abdul Haq and Najib, they both have played againts six (6) rated players and scored 2 and 1/2 points. They might be not earning the FIDE rating yet in this tournament since not played nine (9) rated players. The most would be only eight because they meet each other in Round 6.

As for both Edward Lee and Jianwen, after Round 7, their rating performance in this tournament is higher that their respective current FIDE rating. They need to maintain such performance until the last round so that their FIDE rating can increase. It would be an achievement for these young lads in pursuing their chess ambition.

GOOD LUCK!

KLCA Open 2009 - Day 4 (R6 Results and R7 Pairing)

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GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (left) and GM Dao Thien Hai - the leaders after round 6

(from Gilachess blog)

Round 7 Pairing

The two Vietnamese GMs leaders will meet againts each other on the top board in 30 minutes time. Will they draw? But GiLoCatur believes that they will fight till the end because a win is very crucial for each of them. Because three players with 4.5/6 - IM Irwanto, FM Pak and GM Marat, are waiting their chances as well.

Round 6 Results

It becomes interesting when GM Nguyen Son just drew his game while his compatriot GM Dao won againts Indonesian IM, Dede Liu where both have 5/6.

Good results for all the Malaysian players,

Edward Lee managed to win againts higher-rated Indonesian player Hasian Panggabean

Wong Jianwen won againts much higher-rated Pinoy, Edmundo Legaspi

Two Malaysian pairs drew; and

Haslindah Ruslan won her game

Unfortunately, Ian Udani could not manage to win againts the strong fourth seed GM Susanto Megaranto.

KL Open 2009: Round 3 results

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Indonesian IM Liu De De becomes the first clear leader of the tournament after beating CM Nguyen Hoang Nam on board 5 on Round 3. Liu De De overtakes the other boards as the first 4 boards all settled for draws.

Also of note is 13 year old Rahman Masruri who is still unbeaten despite playing on top boards from the very first round. He drew vs 2

Bo.		Name	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name
1	IM	Tirto	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Wahono Awam
3	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Dzhumaev Marat
4	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Vakhidov Tahir
5	IM	Liu Dede	2	1 - 0	2	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam
6	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	1½	1 - 0	1½		Udani Ian
7	IM	Shetty Rahul	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Bitoon Richard
8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	1½	½ - ½	1½		Rahman Masruri
9	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Irwanto Sadikin
10	GM	Megaranto Susanto	1	1 - 0	1		Eng Andre-Jerome
11		Ismail Ahmad	1	0 - 1	1	CM	Van Huy Nguyen
12		Tolentino Rustum	1	½ - ½	1		Lee Kim Han Edward
13	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	1	1 - 0	1		Neubronner Shannon Scott
14	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Mahmud Syarif
15	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	1	1 - 0	1		Biswajit Bharadwaj
16		Foo Benjamin	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar
17		Panggabean Hasian	1	1 - 0	1		Tanda Joni
18	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1	0 - 1	1	CM	Neubronner Jarred
19		Jafar Sofyan	1	½ - ½	1		Legaspi Edmundo
20		Kalugampitiya R.S.	1	1 - 0	1		Oentoro Djoni
21		Tan Li Ting	1	1 - 0	½		Chan Yi Jun Timothy
22	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	½	1 - 0	½		Mohamed Abdul Haq
23		Abdul Wahab Najib	½	0 - 1	0		Ferdiman Tersiman
24	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	0	1 - 0	0		Haslindah Ruslan
25		Chen I-Chen	0	0 - 1	0		Abedin Md. Jaynul
26		Sathiyanarayanan R V	0	1 - 0	0		Tan Fischer
27		M. Vivek	0	1 - 0	0		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.
28		Virda Riska Aulia	0	0 - 1	0		Wong Jianwen

Rank after round 3

Rank SNo.     Name                      Rtg FED Pts Fide 
   1   10 IM  Liu Dede                 2419 INA  3   6   
   2    1 GM  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son   2589 VIE 2½   5½  
        2 GM  Thien Hai Dao            2542 VIE 2½   5½  
        3 GM  Dzhumaev Marat           2532 UZB 2½   5½  
        5 IM  Vakhidov Tahir           2520 UZB 2½   5½  
       12 IM  Tirto                    2407 INA 2½   5½  
       13 FM  Wahono Awam              2393 INA 2½   5½  
       14 FM  Chan Wei Xuan Timothy    2363 SIN 2½   5½  
       26 CM  Farid Firman Syah        2207 INA 2½   5½  
  10    7 IM  Bitoon Richard           2490 PHI 2½   5   
        9 IM  Irwanto Sadikin          2429 INA 2½   5   
  12    6 GM  Iuldachev Saidali        2519 UZB 2½   4½  
  13   19 CM  Nguyen Hoang Nam         2329 VIE  2   5   
  14    8 GM  Nguyen Anh Dung          2454 VIE  2   4½  
  15    4 GM  Megaranto Susanto        2527 INA  2   4   
       11 CM  Van Huy Nguyen           2414 VIE  2   4   
       16 FM  Pak Yevgeniy             2348 KAZ  2   4   
       18 FM  Chan Yi-Ren Daniel       2340 SIN  2   4   
       25 CM  Neubronner Jarred        2220 SIN  2   4   
       28     Kalugampitiya R.S.       2131 SRI  2   4   
       35     Rahman Masruri           1987 INA  2   4   
  22   24     Panggabean Hasian        2226 INA  2   3½  
  23   34     Foo Benjamin             2037 SIN  2   3   
       56     Tan Li Ting                 0 MAS  2   3   
  25   20 WIM Muminova Nafisa          2320 UZB 1½   4   
       22 IM  Shetty Rahul             2270 IND 1½   4   
       23     Udani Ian                2241 PHI 1½   4   
  28   15     Tolentino Rustum         2362 PHI 1½   3½  
       17 FM  Mahmud Syarif            2347 INA 1½   3½  
       27     Legaspi Edmundo          2158 PHI 1½   3½  
  31   31     Lee Kim Han Edward       2089 MAS 1½   2½  
       32 WIM Mendoza Beverly          2060 PHI 1½   2½  
       52     Jafar Sofyan                0 INA 1½   2½  
  34   36 WCM Sihite Chelsie Monica    1986 INA 1½   2   
  35   29     Eng Andre-Jerome         2089 SIN  1   3   
  36   21 IM  Gokhale Chandrashekhar   2284 IND  1   2½  
  37   30     Ismail Ahmad             2089 MAS  1   2   
       33     Neubronner Shannon Scott 2050 SIN  1   2   
       40 WFM Dewi A. A. Citra         1931 INA  1   2   
       41     Biswajit Bharadwaj       1920 IND  1   2   
       54     Oentoro Djoni               0 INA  1   2   
       57     Tanda Joni                  0 INA  1   2   
  43   37     Ferdiman Tersiman        1979 INA  1   1   
       38 WCM Medina Warda Aulia       1950 INA  1   1   
       39     Abedin Md. Jaynul        1947 BAN  1   1   
       42     Sathiyanarayanan R V     1822 IND  1   1   
       45     Wong Jianwen             1763 MAS  1   1   
       48     M. Vivek                 1661 IND  1   1   
  49   50     Abdul Wahab Najib           0 MAS  ½   1½  
       53     Mohamed Abdul Haq           0 MAS  ½   1½  
  51   49     Chan Yi Jun Timothy      1594 SIN  ½   1   
  52   43     Dissanayake  R.d.a.c.    1811 SRI  0   0   
       44     Lee Kai Jie Edward       1763 SIN  0   0   
       46     Chen I-Chen              1715 TPE  0   0   
       47     Haslindah Ruslan         1698 MAS  0   0   
       51     Chan Kim Keng               0 SIN  0   0   
       55     Tan Fischer                 0 SIN  0   0   
       58     Virda Riska Aulia           0 INA  0   0

KL Open 2009: Round 2 results

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Round 2 on 2009/09/04 at 1430

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2589	1	1 - 0	1		Tolentino Rustum	2362	15
2	17	FM	Mahmud Syarif	2347	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2542	2
3	3	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2532	1	1 - 0	1	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	2348	16
4	19	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	2329	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2527	4
5	5	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	2520	1	1 - 0	1	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	2340	18
6	7	IM	Bitoon Richard	2490	1	½ - ½	1	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2320	20
7	23		Udani Ian	2241	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2454	8
8	9	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2429	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Shetty Rahul	2270	22
9	25	CM	Neubronner Jarred	2220	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Liu Dede	2419	10
10	11	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	2414	1	0 - 1	1	CM	Farid Firman Syah	2207	26
11	27		Legaspi Edmundo	2158	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Tirto	2407	12
12	13	FM	Wahono Awam	2393	1	1 - 0	1		Kalugampitiya R.S.	2131	28
13	29		Eng Andre-Jerome	2089	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	2363	14
14	53		Mohamed Abdul Haq	0	½	0 - 1	½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2519	6
15	21	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	2284	½	½ - ½	½		Panggabean Hasian	2226	24
16	35		Rahman Masruri	1987	½	1 - 0	½		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	50
17	43		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	1811	0	0 - 1	0		Ismail Ahmad	2089	30
18	31		Lee Kim Han Edward	2089	0	1 - 0	0		Chen I-Chen	1715	46
19	45		Wong Jianwen	1763	0	0 - 1	0	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	2060	32
20	33		Neubronner Shannon Scott	2050	0	1 - 0	0		M. Vivek	1661	48
21	47		Haslindah Ruslan	1698	0	0 - 1	0		Foo Benjamin	2037	34
22	49		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	1594	0	½ - ½	0	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	1986	36
23	37		Ferdiman Tersiman	1979	0	0 - 1	0		Jafar Sofyan	0	52
24	54		Oentoro Djoni	0	0	1 - 0	0	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	1950	38
25	39		Abedin Md. Jaynul	1947	0	0 - 1	0		Tan Li Ting	0	56
26	55		Tan Fischer	0	0	0 - 1	0	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	1931	40
27	41		Biswajit Bharadwaj	1920	0	1 - 0	0		Virda Riska Aulia	0	58
28	57		Tanda Joni	0	0	1 - 0	0		Sathiyanarayanan R V	1822	42
29	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	1763	0	0			not paired
30	51		Chan Kim Keng	0	0	0			not paired

First round video

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KL Open Picture gallery

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You can find a picture gallery of the KL Open 2009 here.

KL Open 2009: Round 1 Results and Round 2 pairing

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As can be seen from the following table no surprise results or upsets. Almost the top seeds won their games against those seeded in the lower half. The exception was Rahman Masruri (unrated) who held 6th seed Uzbek GM Iuldachev Saidali to a draw on board 6. Also, Najib Abdul Wahab of Malaysia who is unrated managed to draw against IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar.

The last game to end for round 1 was between Hassian Pengabian vs Mohamed Abdul Haq which was a marathon endgame but ended up with a peaceful draw.

Round 1 on 2009/09/04 at 0830

Bo.	No.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	No.
1	30		Ismail Ahmad	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	1
2	2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	0	1 - 0	0		Lee Kim Han Edward	31
3	32	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	3
4	4	GM	Megaranto Susanto	0	1 - 0	0		Neubronner Shannon Scott	33
5	34		Foo Benjamin	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	5
6	6	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	0	½ - ½	0		Rahman Masruri	35
7	36	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Bitoon Richard	7
8	8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	0	1 - 0	0		Ferdiman Tersiman	37
9	38	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	9
10	10	IM	Liu Dede	0	1 - 0	0		Abedin Md. Jaynul	39
11	40	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	0	0 - 1	0	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	11
12	12	IM	Tirto	0	1 - 0	0		Biswajit Bharadwaj	41
13	42		Sathiyanarayanan R V	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Wahono Awam	13
14	14	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	0	1 - 0	0		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	43
15	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	0	- - +	0		Tolentino Rustum	15
16	16	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	0	1 - 0	0		Wong Jianwen	45
17	46		Chen I-Chen	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Mahmud Syarif	17
18	18	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	0	1 - 0	0		Haslindah Ruslan	47
19	48		M. Vivek	0	0 - 1	0	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	19
20	20	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	0	1 - 0	0		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	49
21	50		Abdul Wahab Najib	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	21
22	22	IM	Shetty Rahul	0	1 - 0	0		Chan Kim Keng	51
23	52		Jafar Sofyan	0	0 - 1	0		Udani Ian	23
24	24		Panggabean Hasian	0	½ - ½	0		Mohamed Abdul Haq	53
25	54		Oentoro Djoni	0	0 - 1	0	CM	Neubronner Jarred	25
26	26	CM	Farid Firman Syah	0	1 - 0	0		Tan Fischer	55
27	56		Tan Li Ting	0	0 - 1	0		Legaspi Edmundo	27
28	28		Kalugampitiya R.S.	0	1 - 0	0		Tanda Joni	57
29	58		Virda Riska Aulia	0	0 - 1	0		Eng Andre-Jerome	29

Round 2 on 2009/09/04 at 1430

Bo.	No.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	No.
1	1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	1		1		Tolentino Rustum	15
2	17	FM	Mahmud Syarif	1		1	GM	Thien Hai Dao	2
3	3	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	1		1	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	16
4	19	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	1		1	GM	Megaranto Susanto	4
5	5	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	1		1	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	18
6	7	IM	Bitoon Richard	1		1	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	20
7	23		Udani Ian	1		1	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	8
8	9	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	1		1	IM	Shetty Rahul	22
9	25	CM	Neubronner Jarred	1		1	IM	Liu Dede	10
10	11	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	1		1	CM	Farid Firman Syah	26
11	27		Legaspi Edmundo	1		1	IM	Tirto	12
12	13	FM	Wahono Awam	1		1		Kalugampitiya R.S.	28
13	29		Eng Andre-Jerome	1		1	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	14
14	53		Mohamed Abdul Haq	½		½	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	6
15	21	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	½		½		Panggabean Hasian	24
16	35		Rahman Masruri	½		½		Abdul Wahab Najib	50
17	43		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	0		0		Ismail Ahmad	30
18	31		Lee Kim Han Edward	0		0		Chen I-Chen	46
19	45		Wong Jianwen	0		0	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	32
20	33		Neubronner Shannon Scott	0		0		M. Vivek	48
21	47		Haslindah Ruslan	0		0		Foo Benjamin	34
22	49		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	0		0	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	36
23	37		Ferdiman Tersiman	0		0		Jafar Sofyan	52
24	54		Oentoro Djoni	0		0	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	38
25	39		Abedin Md. Jaynul	0		0		Tan Li Ting	56
26	55		Tan Fischer	0		0	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	40
27	41		Biswajit Bharadwaj	0		0		Virda Riska Aulia	58
28	57		Tanda Joni	0		0		Sathiyanarayanan R V	42
29	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	0	0			not paired
30	51		Chan Kim Keng	0	0			not paired

KL Open-Player’s meeting

2009-09-03T21:10:00.001+08:00

Slight changes in the tournament schedule where the morning rounds will be 8.30am and afternoon rounds will start at 2.30pm.

1st round pairing is already out at

http://chess-results.com/tnr24792.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000

Round 1 on 2009/09/04 at 0830

Bo.	No.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	No.
1	30		Ismail Ahmad	0		0	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	1
2	2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	0		0		Lee Kim Han Edward	31
3	32	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	0		0	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	3
4	4	GM	Megaranto Susanto	0		0		Neubronner Shannon Scott	33
5	34		Foo Benjamin	0		0	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	5
6	6	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	0		0		Rahman Masruri	35
7	36	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	0		0	IM	Bitoon Richard	7
8	8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	0		0		Ferdiman Tersiman	37
9	38	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	0		0	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	9
10	10	IM	Liu Dede	0		0		Abedin Md. Jaynul	39
11	40	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	0		0	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	11
12	12	IM	Tirto	0		0		Biswajit Bharadwaj	41
13	42		Sathiyanarayanan R V	0		0	FM	Wahono Awam	13
14	14	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	0		0		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	43
15	44		Lee Kai Jie Edward	0		0		Tolentino Rustum	15
16	16	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	0		0		Wong Jianwen	45
17	46		Chen I-Chen	0		0	FM	Mahmud Syarif	17
18	18	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	0		0		Haslindah Ruslan	47
19	48		M. Vivek	0		0	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	19
20	20	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	0		0		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	49
21	50		Abdul Wahab Najib	0		0	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	21
22	22	IM	Shetty Rahul	0		0		Chan Kim Keng	51
23	52		Jafar Sofyan	0		0		Udani Ian	23
24	24		Panggabean Hasian	0		0		Mohamed Abdul Haq	53
25	54		Oentoro Djoni	0		0	CM	Neubronner Jarred	25
26	26	CM	Farid Firman Syah	0		0		Tan Fischer	55
27	56		Tan Li Ting	0		0		Legaspi Edmundo	27
28	28		Kalugampitiya R.S.	0		0		Tanda Joni	57
29	58		Virda Riska Aulia	0		0		Eng Andre-Jerome	29

Preliminary KL Open 2009 Participant List

2009-09-03T15:28:00.001+08:00

Source: http://chess-results.com/tnr24792.aspx?lan=1

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2589
2	GM	Thien Hai Dao	VIE	2542
3	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	UZB	2532
4	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2527
5	IM	Vakhidov Tahir	UZB	2520
6	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	UZB	2519
7	IM	Bitoon Richard	PHI	2490
8	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	VIE	2454
9	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	INA	2429
10	IM	Liu Dede	INA	2419
11	CM	Van Huy Nguyen	VIE	2414
12	IM	Tirto	INA	2407
13	FM	Wahono Awam	INA	2393
14	FM	Chan Wei Xuan Timothy	SIN	2363
15		Tolentino Rustum	PHI	2362
16	FM	Pak Yevgeniy	KAZ	2348
17	FM	Mahmud Syarif	INA	2347
18	FM	Chan Yi-Ren Daniel	SIN	2340
19	CM	Nguyen Hoang Nam	VIE	2329
20	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2320
21	IM	Gokhale Chandrashekhar	IND	2284
22	IM	Shetty Rahul	IND	2270
23		T.L.S Aris	INA	2241
24		Udani Ian	PHI	2241
25		Panggabean Hasian	INA	2226
26	CM	Neubronner Jarred	SIN	2220
27	CM	Farid Firman Syah	INA	2207
28		Legaspi Edmundo	PHI	2158
29		Kalugampitiya R.S.	SRI	2131
30		Eng Andre-Jerome	SIN	2089
31		Ismail Ahmad	MAS	2089
32		Lee Kim Han Edward	MAS	2089
33	WIM	Mendoza Beverly	PHI	2060
34		Neubronner Shannon Scott	SIN	2050
35		Foo Benjamin	SIN	2037
36		Rahman Masruri	INA	1987
37	WCM	Sihite Chelsie Monica	INA	1986
38		Ferdiman Tersiman	INA	1979
39	WCM	Medina Warda Aulia	INA	1950
40		Abedin Md. Jaynul	BAN	1947
41	WFM	Dewi A. A. Citra	INA	1931
42		Biswajit Bharadwaj	IND	1920
43		Sathiyanarayanan R V	IND	1822
44		Dissanayake R.d.a.c.	SRI	1811
45		Lee Kai Jie Edward	SIN	1763
46		Wong Jianwen	MAS	1763
47		Chen I-Chen	TPE	1715
48		Haslindah Ruslan	MAS	1698
49		Sean Winshand Cuhendi	INA	1685
50		M. Vivek	IND	1661
51		Chan Yi Jun Timothy	SIN	1594
52		Jafar Sofyan	INA	0
53		Mohamed Abdul Haq	MAS	0
54		Oentoro Djoni	INA	0
55		Tan Fischer	SIN	0
56		Tan Li Ting	MAS	0
57		Tanda Joni	INA	0
58		Virda Riska Aulia	INA	0

KL Open 2009 Schedule

2009-09-03T14:54:00.001+08:00

Friday 4 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 1
2.00 p.m. Round 2

Saturday 5 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 3
2.00 p.m. Round 4

Sunday 6 September 2009
2.00 p.m. Round 5

Monday 7 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 6
2.00 p.m. Round 7

Tuesday 8 September 2009
8.00 a.m. Round 8
2.00 p.m. Round 9

Chess Results for KL Open 2009

2009-09-03T14:46:00.003+08:00

Bookmark the following URL to keep track of the KL Open 2009.
http://chess-results.com/tnr24792.aspx?lan=1

Kuala Lumpur Open Chess Championship 2009 start on 4th September !

2009-09-03T13:06:00.000+08:00

Although the Malaysian Chess Festival officially ends on 31st August 2009, "the festival" actually will continue with another International chess tournament which is the Kuala Lumpur Chess Championship Open 2009 ! This tournament will be organised by Kuala Lumpur Chess Association (KLCA) with sponsorship from the Malaysian Intellectual Development Foundation (MIDF) and the Masterskill University College of Health Sciences.

The tournament will start on the 4th September till 9th September with 9 rounds Swiss System format. The venue is the Shah's Village Hotel in Petaling Jaya. This is the second time the tournament being held, last year it was held in Bukit Jalil, KL.

According to KL Chess blog, a number of GMs and titled players will play in this tournaments. Among the big names is GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, GM Dao Tien Hai and GM Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam), GM Marat Dhzumaev and GM Saidali Iuldachev (Uzbekistan), GM Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia).

You can refer to chess-results for the list of the players and KL Chess blog for info.

KL Challenger Champion & Recent NJM Nur Nabila in paper!

2009-02-18T13:16:00.001+08:00

It's finally local media start to recognize the potential of Malaysian junior chess players in local & international scene! I remembered a few local newspapers highlighted a few talented Malaysian junior chess players a few years ago. The last being recognized in the news were Malaysian wonderkid Yeoh Li Tian & Yeap Eng Chiam. Correct me if I'm wrong. Besides also several former national junior players (boys or should i call them men now) from my generation who now had become the role model of current young chess players like IM Mas Hafizulhelmi, IM Wong Ji Zing, IM elect Lim Yee Weng, FM Nicholas Chan and his brother NM Marcus Chan, the youngest NM Jonathan Chuah, FM Ooi Chern Ee, FM Anas Nazreen Bakri & NM Dr Ng Ee Wern while for the girls WIM Siti Zulaikha, NWM Nur Shazwani Zulkafli & NCM Wan Khye Theng. Recently NJM Nur Nabila was placed 12th placing in the recent concluded 11th CAS-Octagon First Quarter Allergro 2009 and also won the best ladies prize.

NJM Nur Nabila showing off her medals

Newspaper Quote

Anak kelahiran Kuantan, Pahang itu menambah, bermain catur memerlukan ketangkasan otak. Sejak mencipta kejayaan di Vietnam, Nabila terus mencipta nama dalam pertandingan catur yang dianjurkan di Malaysia mahupun di luar negara.

Boleh dikatakan, hampir kesemua pertandingan yang disertai gadis genit itu sentiasa membuahkan hasil. Malah, lebih membanggakan, Nabila kini berada di kedudukan ke-1,837 dalam Organisasi Catur Dunia (FIDE).

"Terbaru, saya menjadi juara dalam pertandingan catur anjuran Kolej Kejururawatan dan Kesihatan Masterskill di Kuala Lumpur," jelasnya yang memenangi wang tunai sebanyak RM1,000 dan trofi. Hadiah-hadiah tersebut disampaikan oleh Raja Datuk Seri Azureen Sultan Azlan Shah.

Selain itu, Nabila yang juga menggemari sukan bola jaring pernah menjuarai Kejohanan Chessmaster Bandaraya Johor Bahru 2008, memungut pingat emas di KL Open Chess 2008, pingat perak (bawah 12 tahun) Sukan Wanita Kebangsaan dan bergelar juara dalam Kejohanan Junior Kebangsaan.

Tidak ketinggalan, dia pernah diiktiraf sebagai 20 pemain (bawah 10 tahun) dalam Kejohanan Catur Dunia.

Here Nur Nabila sharing her experiences in the World Age Group held in Turkey: -

Walaupun sekadar menduduki tempat ke-27 daripada 80 peserta, pengalaman tersebut sentiasa terpahat di dalam memorinya. Apatah lagi ketika itu, dia perlu bersaing dengan peserta dari Turki, Rusia, Kanada dan sebagainya. "Pertandingan di Turki antara pertandingan yang mencabar minda dan kekuatan fizikal. Saya bukan sahaja perlu menahan sejuk, malah terpaksa berhempas-pulas menentang peserta yang handal terutamanya pemain Turki.

"Gerak-geri mereka sukar ditafsirkan. Mereka bijak mengatur strategi," ujar Nabila yang bercita-cita menjadi jurulatih dan membuka kelas catur apabila dewasa kelak.

Bercerita mengenai cabarannya sebagai pencatur, Nabila menyifatkan proses pembelajaran merupakan cabaran yang paling berat.

Dia bukan sahaja perlu mengenali nama buah catur malah perlu menghafal pergerakan buah catur. Ini kerana setiap buah catur mempunyai langkah tersendiri.

Congratulations to Azman Hisham Che Doi (Nur Nabila's father) whom is also the treasurer of the Malaysian Chess Federation for his continuous support to his children in the development of chess in the country. For more details click here.

Source: Kosmo

KL Open 2008 in the local newspaper !

2008-12-25T18:08:00.007+08:00

This is quite late but i think it's still good to note that local chess news was in the main stream newspaper again ! On 22nd December. BERNAMA.Com (above) and Utusan Malaysia (below)publish an article about the closing ceremony of the KL Open 2008 .

GM Analysis in KL Open 2008 !

2008-12-25T14:32:00.002+08:00

While waiting for the official closing ceremony of the KL Open 2008 start, a bunch of GM's and IMs analysed an endgame position which i think must arise from some of their game. Indonesian GM Susanto Megaranto was defending the black side in a difficult and tricky endgame position. In the end, he managed to defend a rook + two pawns ( a & h pawn) against rook . The others GM's and title players lead by FM Sebastian Simanjuntak and GM Dao Tien Hai were amused how white can't win the position in the end.

My fellow friend - The GM killer - "Mr. Fritz" indicate that the "Megaranto's position" is a win for white. Although according to endings theory books, some position is drawn. Unfortunately, the video didn't cover the whole analysed . But lets have a look.

King + Rook + 2 pawns ( a & h) vs King + rook
KL Open, 24.12.2008

Analysed by Hairulov and Fritz 11

FM Sebastian Simanjuntak suggest 1.Nxg4 Fritz 11 show the correct move 1..Bc1! which free white rook from defending the bishop and at the same time black pawn at h6 will drop, however i'm more interested to analysed the resulting rook + 2 pawn ( a and h ) vs rook endgame which arise after 1...Rxb2+ 2.Rxb2 Rxg4 3.Rb6 Rg2? With hindsight, this move looks like a mistake . Black can have strong drawing chances with 3...Rg3 4.Ka2 Rg2+ 5.Kb3 (5.Rb2?! Rg5 6.Rh2 Kd6) 5...Rg3+ 6.Ka4 Rg4+ Just checking white's king untill 7.Rb4 the rook have to left the 6th rank and black h6 pawn will not be captured. (If 7.Ka5 Rg5+ 8.Rb5 White rook have to left 6th rank anyway so the h6 pawn is still safe. 8...Rg4; 7.Ka5 Rg5+ 8.Rb5 Rg4 transpose.) 7...Rg5 8.Rb5 Rg4+ 9.Ka5 Rh4 4.Rxh6 Now black is winning, however GM Megaranto who defending the black side during the analysis manage to draw it against others( GM Dao Tien Hai + FM Sebastian Simanjuntak..etc !) . 4...Rh2 5.a4 Kd7 6.a5 Kc7 7.a6 Kb8 8.Kc1 Ka7 9.Kd1 Kb8 10.Ke1 Ka7 11.Kf1 Kb8 12.Kg1 Rh4 13.Kg2 Ka7 14.Kg3 Rh1 15.Kg4 Rg1+ ½–½

Unfortunately here i can't remember how the analysed goes on but after a couple of moves ( and take back !) by both side, Megaranto managed to show that it's a drawn endgame. Anybody can prove that it's a win for white?