It has been a long fortnight for me. After being out of the country for a week, I returned to find a lot of local news waiting for me to catch up on.
My first report is on the MSSM individual and team chess championships which were held in Arau, Perlis from Aug 21 to 26.
The team section consisted of two tournaments for the under-20 and the under-12 age-groups. The under-20 team event was won by Penang which collected 35 points. Second was Selangor (32.5 points) and third Malacca (31.5 points). Fourth-placed among the 12 participating teams was Johor with 27 points.
The five board prizes for this team event went to Teng Wei Ping (Penang), Ng Siew Cheok (Negri Sembilan), Ng Lan Tyii (Malacca), Ng Ee Vern (Selangor) and Lau Kar Wooi (Penang).
In the under-12 event, Johor was the champion with 31 points while Penang was the runners-up with 29.5 points. Third was Selangor (29 points) and fourth Perak (21 points).
The winners of the board prizes in this section were Sow Tien Yu (Johor), Liong Wei Li (Johor), Kamaril Ariffin (Selangor), Shafiruddin (Negri Sembilan) and Mohd Dziyaul Hafidh (Perlis).
The individual section saw six events held simultaneously. The boys' under-20 title was retained by Ooi Chern Ee (Penang) who scored seven points from seven games. There was a three-way for the second to fourth places between Lee Wee Peng (Johor), Toh Seng Joe (Terengganu) and Mohd Fairin Zakaria (Negri Sembilan) who each scored five points.
The girls' under-20 event was also played over seven rounds and it was won by Eliza Hanim Ibrahim (Selangor) with maximum points. Mizan (Kelantan), Zeti Ajemi (Kedah) and Loh Poh Ping (FT) each scored six points to finish joint second to fourth.
The under-15 events were newly introduced this year to fill a pressing gap between the under-20 and under-12 age-groups. The boys' under-15 event was won by Mas Hafizulhelmi (Kelantan) who won all his eight games. Second was Wong Zi Jing (KL) with 6.5 points, third was Mohd Haizal (Selangor) with six points and fourth was Mak Weng Yee (Selangor) with 5.5 points.
The girls' under-15 event was won by Samantha Lee Heng Jun (Selangor) while second was Roslina Marmono (Selangor). Third was Farhana Husiny (Negri Sembilan) and fourth was Seri Merdlana (Johor).
The boys' under-12 event was won by Lim Chuin Hoong (Penang) who obtained maximum points from seven games. Ali Ajemi (Kedah) was second with 5.5 points, Mohd Syaiful Ali (Kelantan) and Rustam Ikmal (Pahang) were third with five points each.
For the girls' under-12 section, the joint winners were Siti Fadlitina (Kedah) and Loh Poh Choo (FT), each scoring 6* points. Behind them on six points were Lim Jean Nie (Penang) and Nor Shafawati (Kedah).
Meanwhile in Petaling Jaya, the six-round Total Chess under-12 quickplay rating tournament on Aug 13 attracted 34 players including seven girls. The youngest player in the field was Tan Zhi Yi who was five years 11 months' old.
The winner was 10-year-old Hazril Husain who, despite falling violently ill during the tournament, scored 5.5 points to win himself some magazines worth more than RM60.
Second was Hoo Chin Khang who obtained five points, and in joint third to sixth places were Wong Zi Chuang, Ng Kian Yee, Low Kok Wai and Low Kar Mun who finished the tournament with 4.5 points each.
Some other Total Chess quickplay tournaments coming soon in the Klang Valley are a under-12 event this Sunday at the Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan China Kepong and an open tournament on Sept 17 at the Total Chess premises in Petaling Jaya.
For more details on these Total Chess events, contact Joseph Toh (tel: 03-757-4606).
GAMES OF THE WEEK
Last month, a Category 16 tournament in memory of one of the Netherland's most prominent grandmasters, Jan Heim Donner, who died several years ago was organised in Amsterdam.
The tournament ended with two grandmasters tied for the top honours: Dutchman Jan Timman and the Peruvian player Julio Granda Zuniga. On tie-break, however, Timman was declared winner.
This meant that Timman has managed to put a miserable year behind him. His other recent tournament results had been rather poor, for example, in July when he played in the annual grandmaster tournament in Biel, Switzerland, he finished 13th in a field of 14 players.
In Amsterdam, Timman bounced back with a vengeance and in the last round he beat Granda Zuniga who, if not for this loss, would have been the outright winner. Still, this event was one of the Peruvian's best tournament results.
Russian grandmaster Alexander Morozevich showed why he is regarded as one of the most exciting players in the world. He drew only two games throughout the tournament and his remaining nine games were always decisive. He impressed onlookers with his all-round tactical ability.
The final standings: Jan Timman (Netherlands) and Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) 7.5 points each; Judit Polgar (Hungary) 7 points; Alexander Huzman (Ukraine), Yasser Seirawan (USA) and Alexei Shirov (Spain) 6 points each; Alexander Khalifman (Russia), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), John Nunn (England) and Valery Salov (Russia) 5 points each; Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) and Loek van Wely (Netherlands) 3 points each.
Here are crucial games from the event:
Jan Timman - Julio Granda Zuniga
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1. e4 e6, 2. d4 d5, 3. Nc3 dxe4, 4. Nxe4 Nd7, 5. Nf3 Be7, 6. Bd3 Ngf6, 7. Qe2 c5, 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6, 9. d5 Nb6, 10. Bb5+ Kf8, 11. dxe6 Bxe6, 12. a4 a6, 13. Bd3 Qc7, 14. O-O Re8, 15. a5 Nd7, 16. Re1 Re7, 17. Qe4 c4, 18. Bf1 Nc5, 19. Qf4 Qxf4, 20. Bxf4 Rd7, 21. Be3 Rc7, 22. Bf4 Rc8, 23. Bd6+ Kg8, 24. Ne5 h5, 25. Nxc4 Bxc4, 26. Bxc4 Bxb2, 27. Rad1 Rh6, 28. Bxc5 Rxc5, 29. Re8+ Kh7, 30. Bxf7 Rf6, 31. Bd5 Rxa5, 32. Be4+ g6, 33. Rd7+ Kh6, 34. h4 Ra1+, 35. Kh2 Rf4, 36. f3 Rxh4+, 37. Kg3 Rah1, 38. Re6 Rxe4, 39. Rxe4 Bc3, 40. Rxb7 Be1+, 41. Kf4 Bd2+, 42. Ke5 a5, 43. Kf6 Rh2, 44. Re2 Bc3+, 45. Kf7 Rh4, 46. Re4 Rxe4, 47. fxe4 Kg5, 48. Rc7 1-0
Judit Polgar - Alexei Shirov
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1. e4 g6, 2. d4 Bg7, 3. Nc3 c6, 4. Bc4 d6, 5. Qf3 e6, 6. Nge2 b5, 7. Bb3 a5, 8. a3 Ba6, 9. d5 cxd5, 10. exd5 e5, 11. Ne4 Qc7, 12. c4 bxc4, 13. Ba4+ Nd7, 14. N2c3 Ke7, 15. Nxd6 Qxd6, 16. Ne4 Qxd5, 17. Bg5+ Ndf6, 18. Rd1 Qb7, 19. Rd7+ Qxd7, 20. Bxd7 h6, 21. Qd1 1-0
Alexander Morozevich - Jeroen Piket
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1. e4 d6, 2. d4 Nf6, 3. Nc3 g6, 4. Nf3 Bg7, 5. h3 c6, 6. a4 O-O, 7. Be3 a5, 8. Nd2 Na6, 9. Be2 c5, 10. dxc5 Nxc5, 11. e5 Ne8, 12. exd6 Bxc3, 13. Bxc5 exd6, 14. Ba3 Bb4, 15. c3 Bxa3, 16. Rxa3 Nf6, 17. O-O d5, 18. Nf3 Re8, 19. Bd3 Bd7, 20. Bc2 Ra6, 21. Qd4 Rae6, 22. Bd3 Bc6, 23. Raa1 Ne4, 24. Rad1 Qe7, 25. Bc2 b5, 26. Qb6 bxa4, 27. Nd4 Qc5, 28. Qc7 Rf6, 29. f3 Re7, 30. Qc8+ Re8, 31. Qg4 Nd6, 32. Kh1 Nc4, 33. Qg5 Rd6, 34. Rde1 Rdd8, 35. f4 Qd6, 36. Nf5 f6, 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8, 38. Qg3 Qf8, 39. Re1 Kh8, 40. Qh4 gxf5, 41. Bxf5 Rd7, 42. Re6 Rg7, 43. Rxf6 Qe7, 44. Be6 Nd6, 45. Bxd5 Bc6, 46. Rxd6 0-1
Loek van Wely - Alexander Morozevich
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1. d4 d5, 2. c4 Nc6, 3. Nc3 dxc4, 4. Nf3 Nf6, 5. e4 Bg4, 6. Be3 e6, 7. Bxc4 Bb4, 8. Qc2 O-O, 9. Rd1 Ne7, 10. Be2 Bxc3+, 11. bxc3 c5, 12. O-O Qc7, 13. Qb1 b6, 14. h3 Bh5, 15. g4 Bg6, 16. Bd3 Rfd8, 17. Ne5 Qb7, 18. f3 cxd4, 19. cxd4 Rac8, 20. Rc1 Rxc1, 21. Rxc1 Nd7, 22. Nxd7 Qxd7, 23. Qb5 Qd6, 24. Kg2 h6, 25. h4 f5, 26. gxf5 exf5, 27. Qc4+ Kh7, 28. d5 Re8, 29. Re1 fxe4, 30. fxe4 Qd7, 31. Kg3 h5, 32. Kf2 Qh3, 33. Ke2 Nf5, 34. Kd2 Nd6, 35. Qc6 Nxe4+, 36. Bxe4 Rxe4, 37. d6 Qg2+, 38. Kc1 Qxa2, 39. Kd1 Rc4 0-1
Julio Granda Zuniga - John Nunn
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1. d4 Nf6, 2. c4 g6, 3. Nc3 Bg7, 4. e4 d6, 5. Be2 O-O, 6. Nf3 e5, 7. O-O Nc6, 8. d5 Ne7, 9. b4 Nh5, 10. c5 Nf4, 11. Bc4 Bg4, 12. h3 Bh5, 13. Re1 a5, 14. Rb1 Nc8, 15. a3 axb4, 16. axb4 Kh8, 17. Bf1 f5, 18. exf5 gxf5, 19. Bxf4 exf4, 20. Nb5 dxc5, 21. bxc5 c6, 22. Nbd4 Qxd5, 23. Rxb7 Ra7, 24. Rxa7 Nxa7, 25. Ne6 Bxf3, 26. gxf3 Rg8, 27. Qxd5 cxd5, 28. Rd1 Nc6, 29. Kh1 d4, 30. Bb5 Rc8, 31. Nxf4 Na7, 32. Bd7 Rxc5, 33. Re1 Re5, 34. Ra1 d3, 35. Rxa7 d2, 36. Ba4 Bh6, 37. Nh5 1-0
Judit Polgar - Loek van Wely
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1. e4 c5, 2. Nf3 d6, 3. d4 cxd4, 4. Nxd4 Nf6, 5. Nc3 a6, 6. f4 e6, 7. Qf3 Qb6, 8. Nb3 Qc7, 9. g4 b5, 10. g5 b4, 11. Nb5 axb5, 12. gxf6 Nd7, 13. Bxb5 gxf6, 14. f5 Ke7, 15. Bxd7 Bxd7, 16. fxe6 fxe6, 17. Rf1 Bb5, 18. Qxf6+ Kd7, 19. Qxh8 Be7, 20. Qxa8 Qc4, 21. Qb7+ Ke8, 22. Rf2 Bh4, 23. Qf7+ Kd8, 24. Bg5+ 1-0
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