With only one round remaining in the fifth Penang Bayview Chess League, Chung Ling High School have all but been officially declared winners in both divisions of the competition.
In the 10th round last Sunday, Chung Ling High School A dismissed the challenge from their closest rivals, Penang Free School A, by winning with a big 3-1 score.
CLHS A's lead of 3.5 points is almost unsurmountable considering that they are playing the MSSPP Juniors in the final round while PFS A will face the daunting task of meeting the Old Frees Association.
In the other Division One games, OFA squeezed a 2.5-1.5 win from Pessca, MSSPP Juniors beat Hitachi Semiconductors 3-1, Penang Development Corporation beat Penang Free School B 3-1, while Universiti Sains Malaysia and Persatuan Alumni Chung Ling played to a 2-2 draw.
Likewise in the second division, Chung Ling High School C are the clear winners. On Sunday, they beat Bank Bumiputra 4-0 to pull further ahead of the rest of the field. Hewlett-Packard could only draw 2-2 with Chung Ling High School D, while Union High School beat Penang Free School C 3-1.
Meanwhile, National Semiconductors and Mara Taiping have been removed from the tournament as the two teams failed to turn up for the last two rounds, and their results against the other teams will be cancelled.
Current standings after 10 rounds:
Division One - CLHS A 29 points, PFS A 25.5 points, OFA 24.5 points, PACL 22.5 points, Pessca 19.5 points, USM 18.5 points, CLHS B 17.5 points, MSSPP Jrs 14.5 points, PFS B 11.5 points, PDC 11 points and Hitachi 6 points.
Division Two - CLHS C 24.5 points, HP 18 points, CLHS D 17.5 points, BBMB and MSSPP Girls 17 points, PFS C 12 points, Union 11.5 points, Dynacraft 9.5 points and PCGHS 5 points.
The Penang Bayview Chess League is an annual tournament sponsored by The City Bayview Hotel since 1991. The final round this Sunday will be played at the hotel's Sri Mas Room at 2.30pm and this will be followed by the closing ceremony at 7pm during which the RM6,000 City Bayview challenge trophy will be presented to the winner of Division One.
MERDEKA MEETS
Two tournaments at separate ends of the peninsula will be held later this month to celebrate Merdeka.
In Johor, the Johor Bahru District Chess Club will organise a one-day tournament on Aug 31 at the Holiday Inn Johor Bahru.
There will be three categories in this tournament. The first, an open section, features a top prize of RM300 and six other prizes totalling RM475. The under-18 section also offers seven prizes with RM100 going to the winner; and the third is the under-12 section with a RM80 first prize.
Entry fees are RM15 for the open section, RM5 for the under-18 section and RM4 for the under-12 section. Those interested should register with the organisers before Aug 25 because only the first 200 entries will be accepted. For more information, contact Narayanan Krishnan (tel: 07-331-7604 or 07-333-8215).
In Perak, the state-level Merdeka celebrations committee will hold a similar tournament on Aug 31 at the Dewan Bandaran DBI in Ipoh. This open event will double as a selection for players to represent the state at the Merdeka team championship in Kuala Lumpur beginning Sept 1.
On Aug 9, the committee will also organise a one-day youth tournament at the Taman DR Seenivasagam in Ipoh. In both events, there is a cap on a maximum of 80 players for each event. The entry fees are RM8 for the open event and RM5 for the youth event. Cash prizes have been promised to the winners.
For information, contact Mrs Teh or Mr Chan of the organising committee (tel: 05-253-7924) or Mohd Jamil Yahya (tel: 05-526-7091).
BAYAN BARU OPEN
The Residents' Association of Bayan Baru, Penang, will hold its 10th annual open chess championship on Aug 13 at the association's clubhouse.
Entry fees for the one-day tournament are RM5 for players under the age of 18 and members of either the Residents' Association or the Penang Chess Association and $8 for all other participants.
Entry forms are available daily from The Times Bookshop at the Penang Plaza, Burmah Road, Penang. They are also available Mondays to Fridays from the association's clubhouse in Jalan Nibong, Bayan Baru (7pm-9pm).
As in previous years, cash prizes are not offered. Instead, winners will be given prizes in kind donated by various parties. Entries will close on Aug 6. Those interested in taking part can also submit them to the Penang Chess Association at The City Bayview Hotel this Sunday.
MERDEKA TEAM
The Persatuan Catur Melayu Malaysia, organisers of this year's Merdeka team championship, have pointed out to me that the dates for this event are from Sept 1-3 and not as reported earlier. The venue for the competition remains unchanged, that is, the Wisma Belia in Kuala Lumpur.
The premier attraction is the competition for the Deputy Prime Minister's trophy in the state section. For the junior section, the winner will be awarded the Merdeka Youth challenge trophy. Finally, there is the open section of the championship which normally attracts teams from far and near, including Singapore.
GAMES OF THE WEEK
Vladimir Kramnik scored an impressive victory in the 10-player Category 17 Dortmund international tournament in Germany last month. He was pressed hard all the way by Anatoly Karpov but still managed to finish half a point ahead of the FIDE champion.
Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Leko both finished tied for third and fourth, but Leko made a very solid impression by losing only in the final round. Ivanchuk's play was sort of lacklustre and he never really got going after his loss in the first round of the tournament.
Here are a few games from the event.
White: Vladimir Kramnik
Black: Vassily Ivanchuk
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Be8 14. e3 Rac8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. a3 f6 21. Bh3 fxe5 22. Bxe6+ Bf7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. dxe5 Nb6 25. Rd4 Be6 26. f4 Kf7 27. e4 g6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Rc1 a5 30. Rc5 a4 31. Rb4 Bd7 32. Rc1 Bc6 33. Ke3 Nd7 34. Rbc4 Rb8 35. h4 h5 36. Rg1 Rh8 37. Rc2 Ke6 38. Rgc1 Nb8 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. R1c2 Nd7 41. Rxc6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. Rxg6 Rxb2 44. f5 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Rxa3 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. e6 Nf6 48. g4 Ra1 49. e5 Nd5+ 50. Ke4 1-0
White: Peter Leko
Black: Eric Lobron
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Re1 h6 9. Na3 Nd7 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. Nc2 a6 12. Bf1 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. b3 Nc8 16. Ba3 Nd6 17. Nd2 c5 18. g3 Qc7 19. Bg2 Nf6 20. c4 Rad8 21. Qe2 a5 22. Bb2 Rfe8 23. Na3 h5 24. Rad1 Nh7 25. Nab1 Nf8 26. Nc3 Qb8 27. Nd5 Bc6 28. Nf3 f6 29. Nh4 Nf7 30. Rd3 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nd6 32. Bc1 Qc8 33. Rc3 Qd7 34. Nf3 Qf7 35. h4 Kh7 36. Qe3 Nd7 37. Bh3 Qf8 38. Qe2 Bh6 39. Bxh6 Qxh6 40. Nd2 f5 41. exf5 Nxf5 42. Ne4 Kh8 43. Ng5 Re7 44. d6 Rg7 45. Qd2 1-0
White: Evgeny Bareev
Black: Anatoly Karpov
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. b4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. d3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Qb7 16. d4 Qb8 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Qe3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd2 Nd6 22. Qc3 Ne8 23. e4 Bb7 24. Nb3 Ndf6 25. Bg2 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Bc6 28. Qc3 Qc8 29. Bf4 Bb5 30. Qb2 Qd8 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Qb4 Qb6 33. Rc1 Qa7 34. h3 h6 35. Rc3 Qa8 36. a4 Bc6 37. Qb6 Nd7 38. Nxd7 Bxd7 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. a5 Bb5 41. Bf1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Qc4+ 43. Kg1 Nf6 44. f3 Nh5 45. Bb8 Qc3 46. g4 Nf6 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 Qe2 0-1
White: Vladimir Kramnik
Black: Alexander Beliavsky
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rd1 dxc4 8. e4 Nb6 9. h4 Nfd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. Be3 c6 12. e5 Nf8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. O-O f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Ng6 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. Qc3 Rae8 23. Ne4 Rf7 24. d5 e5 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Nd6 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Re6 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Nd2 Ra6 30. Ne4 Bc6 31. Rd6 Nd7 32. Red1 Ke7 33. R6d2 Ra3 34. f3 Ba4 35. Rc1 Bc6 36. Nd6 Nc5 37. Nc4 Ra4 38. Ne3 Ne6 39. Rcd1 Kf7 40. Nf5 Nc5 41. Rd8 Rxa2 42. h5 Ne6 43. Rh8 Ng5 44. Rc8 Rxg2+ 45. Kf1 1-0
White: Alexander Beliavsky
Black: Vassily Ivanchuk
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. Be5 Bf8 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qa3 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Rc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. f3 f5 24. Qc3 Bg7 25. Bc1 Qe7 26. f4 Bxe4 27. fxe5 Bxc2 28. Qxc2 Rac8 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Rd5 Qh4 31. Nd2 Rxe5 32. g3 Qe7 0-1
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