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Menang dengan taktik

2011-03-05T15:14:00.000-08:00

Kebanyakan pemain catur baru amat lemah dalam TAKTIK. Kebiasaannya mereka menghabiskan masa yang banyak untuk fasa buka mainan (opening). Sebenarnya, taktik amat mudah dipelajari. caranya ialah dengan membanyakkan latihan membuat PUZZLE daripada buku-buku taktik yang ada di pasaran dan anda pasti akan menjadi MASTER dalam taktik.

90% kemenangan di peringkat permulaan (beginner) dan pertengahan (intermediate) bergantung kepada TAKTIK. Kita akan lihat satu permainan daripada pemain MSSMKL 2009, iaitu Olivia Madhavan. Bagaimana taktik amat mempengaruhi keputusan permainan.

[Event "Pertandingan atur MSSM Bawah 18 Perempuan"]
[Site "Klang, Selangor"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olivia Madhavan, KL."]
[Black "Aurora Fay Jimmy, Sabah"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 a6 4. f4 Nc6 5. c3

Diagram 1
5.c3. Giliran hitam

Putih baru sahaja menggerakkan bidak ke petak c3 untuk menghalang kuda hitam bergerak ke petak b4, menyerang gajahnya di petak d3.

Dalam peringkat buka mainan (opening) penguasaan petak tengah (centre) amat penting. Putih menguasai petak e5 dan sepatutnya hitam mesti menguasai petak e4 supaya permainan menjadi seimbang.

PUTIH
Buka mainan (opening) yang dipilih oleh putih menyebabkan gajah (bishop di petak c1 terperangkap di dalam kawasan putih sendiri. Bagaimana cara untuk mengaktifkan gajah di petak c1?

(a) Putih perlu menggerakkan bidak e3 dan bidak f4 untuk membebaskan gajah (bishop) c1.
(b) gerakkan bidak b ke petak b3, kemudian Ba3.

HITAM
Sekarang hitam perlu berfikir cara untuk mengaktifkan dua gajahnya (bishop) di petak c8 dan f8. Petak e5 di bawah penguasaan putih. Hitam langsung tidak mempunyai peluang untuk menguasai petak e5. Sebaliknya hitam berpeluang e4 di pihak putih.

Caranya ialah gerakkan gajah c8 kemudian gajah f8. 5. ... g6, 6. ... Bf5, 7 ... Bg7.

5. ... e6? gerakan ini lemah. Menyebabkan gajah c8 terperangkap dan hitam tidak dapat menguasai petak e4. 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Ne5

Diagram 2
9. Ne5. Giliran hitam.

Kesan daripada mengabaikan penguasaan medan tengah pertempuran. Buah catur putih lebih bebas bergerak dan menguasai lebih banyak petak. Satu-satunya masalah buah catur putih ialah gajahnya yang berada di petak c1 tidak aktif.

Apakah perancangan pihak putih dan pihak hitam?

PUTIH:
Putih akan cuba mengaktifkan gajah c1 dengan cara menggerakkan bidak e3 ke petak e4 dan bidak f4 ke petak f5.

HITAM:
Hitam akan mencabar putih di petak tengah. Hitam akan cuba menggerakkan bidak c7 ke petak c5. Jadi 10... Ne7, 11 ... c5.

10. ... g5? 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 h5 14. e4 O-O-O 15. Qe2

Diagram 3
Kedudukan selepas gerakan 15.Qe2. Giliran hitam untuk bergerak.

15.Qe2 bukanlah gerakan terbaik. 15.exd5 exd5 16. Rf5 Rdg8 17.Qf3 lebih baik kerana putih membuat taktikal serangan berganda terhadap hitam iaitu serangan ke atas bidak d5 dan bidak f7.

15. .. Ndb8? Gerakan yang lemah daripada hitam. Apakah gerakan yang lebih baik?
15 ... Ndb8 membawa kuda hitam ke petak b8 untuk menjadi pasif. Sebaliknya jika 15 ... Nb6, kuda hitam lebih aktif.

16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Be4 Rdd8 18. b4!

Diagram 4
Putih telah menggerakkan 15.Qe2. Giliran hitam untuk bergerak.

Apakah analisis posisi untuk pihak putih dan hitam?

PUTIH:
1.Bidak putih lebih kuat dan tersusun.
2.Putih mempunyai 2 gajah.
3.Kedudukan rajanya lebih selamat berbanding hitam.
4.Buah catur putih lebih bebas bergerak.
5.Putih boleh melancarkan serangan ke sebelah pihak menteri hitam, b5.
6.Kedua-dua benteng putih belum aktif.

HITAM:
1. Kedua-dua bentengnya sudah aktif.
2. Kedua-dua kuda hitam pasif dan tidak mempunyai petak yang sesuai.
3. Raja hitam lebih mudah diserang kerana bidak berada di petak a6.

Berdasarkan analisis posisi di atas, putih mempunyai kelebihan yang banyak berbanding hitam. Hitam mengancam menggerakkan bidak ke petak b5. 19.. b5.

18. ... Nxd4? Hitam panik dan membuat kesilapan ini untuk membuat serang balas. 19. cxd4 Rxd4 20. Bb2 Rxb4

Diagram 5
Giliran hitam untuk bergerak.

Peluang untuk putih membuat taktikal? Atau tiada taktikal?

Tiada taktikal untuk putih di sini.

21. Ba3? Kesilapan dari pihak putih. Qc5+? 22. Kh1? (22.Rf2 Rxe4 23.Bxc5 Rxe2)

22. .. Rxe4! 23. Qxe4 Qxa3

Diagram 6
Giliran putih untuk bergerak.

Kesan daripada taktikal hitam gerakan 22, nilai material kedua-dua pihak hampir sama. Apakah rancangan yang sesuai untuk pihak putih?

Rancangan putih mudah sahaja. Ancam membuat syahmat di petak b7 hitam. Tempatkan benteng di lajur b1.

24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Rd3 Qe7 28. Rdb3 Qd7 29.Rxb7 Rd8?

Diagram 7
Giliran putih untuk bergerak. Syahmat 2 langkah. Bagaimana putih melakukannya?

30.Rb8+ Nxb8 31.Qb7 checkmate.

1-0

Tahniah kepada Pasukan MSSM Kuala Lumpur khususnya Olivia Madhavan di atas kemenangan ini.

Pemain catur peringkat permulaan

2011-02-21T05:55:00.000-08:00

Akhir-akhir ini saya banyak melatih pemain catur yang baru belajar bermain. Konsep belajar bermain catur yang betul ialah belajar bermain mengikut tahap/peringkat yang bersesuaian dengan kebolehan pemain itu sendiri.

Pemain catur yang baru belajar bermain tidak perlukan seorang Grandmaster untuk mengajarnya menjadi pandai bermain catur. Seorang guru penasihat catur peringkat kelab catur sekolah mampu mengajar murid bermain catur. Selepas murid sudah tahu pergerakan catur, peringkat seterusnya ialah mengecam bentuk-bentuk syahmat dan membuat taktikal mudah.

Perkara yang paling penting ialah belajar mengikut peringkat yang bersesuaian. Salah satu peringkat asas bermain catur ialah kebolehan mengenalpasti posisi syahmat. Artikel kali ini berkaitan dengan syahmat satu langkah dan strategi membuat syahmat satu langkah.

[Event "Pertandingan Catur Zon Bangsar Rendah 2011"]
[Site "SK Seri Indah"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nur Syauqin"]
[Black "Rebecca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]

Permulaan pembukaan permainan yang lemah dari kedua-dua belah pihak. Hasilnya putih mempunyai kelebihan material iaitu satu kuda selepas gerakan ke-19.

Gerakan ke 17. Nbc3. Giliran hitam dan Rebecca telah menggerakkan 17... Nxd4 di dalam permainan ini.

18.Ne3 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 ...

Posisi selepas gerakan ke 19 putih, 19.Kxe2

Analisa

Putih

Material:

Mempunyai kelebihan material ( kuda)

Posisi :

Baris f yang terbuka untuk benteng (rook) putih
Petak f5 untuk kuda putih sekaligus mengancam menteri (queen) hitam dan bidak hitam (g7)

Hitam

Material:

Mempunyai kekurangan material ( kuda)

Posisi :

Baris d yang terbuka untuk benteng (rook) hitam
Petak d4 untuk kuda hitam sekaligus mengancam raja putih dan bidak putih (c2)

Sambungan permainan
19... c6 (hitam merancang untuk mengancam Menteri putih di petak h4. 20.Qg5! Bd8

Posisi selepas gerakan hitam 20... Bd8

Pemain yang berpengalaman akan nampak satu peluang taktikal di sini. 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nf5+ Kg8 23.Nxd6 menang menteri dan lebih satu bidak lagi. Pengakhiran permainan yang mudah untuk dimenangi.

Pemain putih, peringkat permulaan (beginner) akan nampak peluang membuat syahmat di sini.

21.Nf5 di sini putih merancang membuat syahmat satu langkah di sini atau membuat pertukaran menteri supaya dapat masuk ke fasa pengakhiran yang mudah dimenangi 21... Bxg5 22. Nxd6 Re6 23. Bxg5 Rxd6 24.Rd1 (pertukaran buah catur hanya menguntungkan putih kerana putih mempunyai kelebihan material/kuda)

21. ... Qc5?? (kesilapan hitam) 22. Qxg7++. 1-0

Posisi selepas gerakan putih 22Qxg7 syahmat. 1-0

Kesimpulan daripada permainan ini, untuk menang pemain peringkat permulaan (beginner) perlu tahu bentuk-bentuk syahmat. Pemain perlu membuat strategi menyusun buah caturnya kepada posisi syahmat dan kemudian barulah membuat syahmat.

Dengan kemenangan ini, putih layak bermain ke peringkat negeri pada 5-8 April 2011. Pemain hitam, walaupun tewas, beliau turut sama layak ke peringkat negeri. Kepada semua pemain yang layak, "Selamat berjaya!"

Nik Ahmad Farouqi Menang Pertandingan Tertutup Kelantan

2011-02-11T15:28:00.000-08:00

Nik Ahmad Farouqi telah menang Tertutup Kelantan minggu lepas ( 4-5 Februari 2011). Dalam pusingan akhir, beliau telah mendapat mata yang sama dengan Syed Azizi. masing-masing mendapat 6.5 mata selepas pusingan ke-7. Bagaimana pun Nik berjaya menewaskan Syed Azizi 2-0 di dalam play-off.

Di sini saya telah memilih satu permainan daripada juara baru Kelantan 2011 untuk tatapan bersama. (Sumber: File di muat turun bersama keputusan dari swiss manager)

[Event "KEJOHANAN CATUR TERTUTUP KELANTAN 2011"]
[Site "SMK Pahi, Kuala Krai, Kelantan"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nik Ahmad Farouqi"]
[Black "Mohamad Mat Isa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2011.02.04"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 8. Na3 Be7 9. Qg3

Bagaimana nak mempertahankan bidak g7?
(a) 9. ... g6?
(b) 9. ... Kf8? Jika 10.f4 dan membuka laluan untuk Benteng putih di f1, dan menyebabkan benteng hitam sendiri pasif di h8.
(c) 9. ... Bf6. Mengekalkan struktur bidak dan mengaktifkan Biskop yang pasif.

9. ... g6? 10. Nc4 Nf6 11. Bh6 Nh5 12. Qh3 Bf6 13. Rae1 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Nxg7

Dalam posisi ini, kedudukan buah catur putih lebih aktif.

(a) Putih: Rajanya sudah berada dalam posisi selamat. Kudanya di petak c4 tidak boleh diserang oleh bidak hitam, kuda ini aktif dan menyerang bidak d6. Kedua-dua Bentengnya (Rook) lebih aktif berbanding hitam. Menteri (Queen) juga dalam posisi menyerang.

(b) Hitam: Rajanya masih di tengah. Kudanya pasif. Kedua-dua Bentengnya (Rook) pasif. Menteri (Queen) tidak dapat bergerak aktif kerana terpaksa mempertahankan bidak d6 yang diserang kuda putih.

Rancangan putih mudah sahaja. Tukar atau korbankan bidak f supaya memberi laluan aktif kepada bentengnya. Kemudian gabungkan kedua-dua Bentengnya. Dan SERANG!

15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 Qf6 17. fxg6 Qxg6 18. Re3 O-O 19. Rg3 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Kf8

Putih menang satu bidak tengah hitam. Ini menyebabkan posisi hitam runtuh dengan cepatnya.

23. Nc4 Rb8 24. b3 Nh5 25. Rf3+ Ke7 26. Nxe5 Kd6 27. Nc4+ Ke7 28. g4 Ng7 29. Ne5 Rf8

Putih mengancam Rf7+ dan memenangani kuda hitam di petak g7. Pertukaran benteng hanya menguntungkan pihak putih. Endgame ini sangat mudah untuk dimenangi! Syaratnya anda mesti ada rancangan yang jelas.

Prinsip mudah:

(a) Apabila anda mempunyai kelebihan material, tukar buah catur supaya menjadi lebih sedikit dan mudah. Main endgame yang mudah untuk menang.

(b) Apabila anda mempunyai kekurangan material, JANGAN tukar buah catur. Sebaliknya carilah variasi yang rumit dan banyak taktik.

30. Nxc6+ Ke8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nxa7 e5 33. Nc6 Ne6 34. Nxe5 Ke7

Rancangan putih di sini sangat mudah. Tawan bidak yang tidak dijaga menggunakan kuda. Kemudian raja akan datang membantu bidaknya untuk dipromosikan menjadi Menteri (Queen).

35. Nf3 h6 36. a4 Nc7 37. h4 Na6 38. c3

Hitam menyerah kalah. 1-0

TAHNIAH kepada Nik Ahmad Farouqi kerana menjadi Johan Kelantan 2011.

Menang dengan taktikal

2011-01-31T20:49:00.000-08:00

Catur adalah permainan yang penuh dengan strategi dan taktikal. Untuk pemain amatur peringkat pertengahan dan novis (baru belajar), 90% kemenangan bergantung kepada taktik. Jika kita mengikuti permainan di antara 2 Grand Master (GM), kita tidak dapat banyak belajar taktikal.

Tetapi jika kita mengikuti permainan di antara GM dan amatur, kita dapat lihat bagaimana GM menang secara taktikal dengan mudah. Tetapi peluang untuk bermain dengan GM susah untuk kita dapat. Maka jurulatih atau pemain catur yang lebih kuat, dapat menolong untuk kita faham strategi dan taktikal dengan lebih mudah.

Cukuplah dulu bercakap. mari kita lihat permainan persahabatan di antara 2 murid saya, pemain catur peringkat sederhana (peringkat daerah/zon).

Kedua-duanya memohon nama dirahsiakan jika permainan ini dimasukkan dalam blog. Jadi saya letak nama mereka nama samaran.

[Date "2011.01.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Isaac"]
[Black "Khalid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "1549"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Qc6?

Soalan 1.
Kesilapan pertama hitam. Apakah gerakan terbaik hitam?
Jawapan: 9. ... Qb6

10. Ne5 ?

Soalan 2.
Apakah gerakan terbaik putih menghukum kesilapan hitam?
Jawapan: 10. Nxa7 Rxa7 11.Bb5

10... Qb6 11. Bd2 a6?

Soalan 3.
Apakah gerakan terbaik putih menghukum kesilapan hitam?
Jawapan: 12. Rc1

12. Qa4? Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Be2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 O-O 17. O-O Ne4 18. Bf3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd3 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. g3 Bb5 22. Qc2 Rfc8 23. e4 Bc4 24. Rcb1 Qc7 25. e5 c5 26. Qd2 cxd4 27. cxd4 g6 28. Rc1 Qa7 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Qg5 Qxd4

Posisi sama dan seimbang. tak ada taktik di sini. Tetapi putih cuba mengubah posisi menterinya (queen) untuk menyerang hitam. Satu tindakan yang tidak tepat. Hasilnya putih hilang satu bidak tengah.

31. Rd1 Qb6 32. Qf6+ Kf8 ( 32... Kg8 lebih selamat dan berpeluang untuk menang!) 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxh7 Qc7 35. Qh4+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Rdc1

Posisi seimbang di sini. Tetapi 2 gerakan selepas ini hitam tersilap langkah dan tewas. Tewas kerana taktikal.

38 ... Qa5 39. h4 Rc7??

Kesilapan terakhir yang membawa kekalahan.

Soalan 4.
Apakah gerakan terbaik putih menghukum kesilapan hitam?
Jawapan: 40. Qh8+

40. xxx 1-0

Di sini hitam menyerah kalah selepas 40. Qh8+ kerana 40. ... Ke7 41. Qxb8, putih lebih satu benteng (rook) berbanding hitam.

Nota:
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Pusingan ke-11, Tata Steel. Endgame yang menarik, Kuda lawan Bishop

2011-01-28T19:31:00.000-08:00

Malam tadi saya mengikuti secara langsung (http://live.tatasteelchess.com/f3/) Pertandingan Catur Tata Steel. Pusingan ke-11, 28 Januari 2011 (Jumaat). Saya hanya menumpukan perhatian kepada permainan di antara Levon Aronian - Ruslan Ponomariov dan Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen sahaja.

Fokus kali tulisan saya kali ini ialah endgame dengan kelebihan material.

Pusingan ke-11, 28 Januari 2011
Putih: Kramnik
Hitam: Carlsen

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 c6 8.0-0 b6 9.Rc1 0-0 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Na3 Bb7 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nd6 Qb8 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qa3 Ba6 16.Ne5 b5 17.Qxa5?! Qxd6 18.Rc6 Qb8 19.Rxa6 Rxa6 20.Qxa6 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Qxb5 Rb8 23.Qd3 Rxb2 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Rxe2 26.a4 Rc2 27.a5 Rc7 28.a6 Ra7 29.Bf1 Kf8 30.Rb1 Ke7 31.Rb7+ Rxb7 32.axb7 Nd7 33.Kf2 Kd6 34.Bb5 Nb8 35.Be8 Ke7 36.Bb5 f6 37.Kf3 Kd6 38.Be8 Kc7 39.Bf7 Kxb7 40.Bxe6 Kc6 41.Bg8 h6 42.Kg4 Nd7 43.Kf5

Putih telah menggerakkan 43. Kf5. Sekarang giliran hitam untuk bergerak.

Ketika posisi ini , jam sudah sekitar pukul 11.30 malam. Saya menganalisa permainan ini bersama dengan cikgu Hafez.

Analisa posisi:
Putih kekurangan satu bidak. Tetapi raja hitam tak dapat memasuki kawasannya. Apakah rancangan hitam? Jika boleh pastinya melalui pihak permaisuri melalui petak b5-b4-b3.

Gerakan seterusnya pastilah kuda hitam ke petak e5, 43... Ne5, Persoalan di sini di manakah raja hitam patut pergi? Perhatikan baik-baik gerakan raja hitam dan cara belliau menang.

Kita ikuti permainan sebenar mereka.. 43.... Ne5 44.h3 Kc5

Posisi catur selepas gerakan 44... Kc5

45.g4 (menurut Carlsen, 45. Ke6 adalah cukup untuk mencari seri) Kd6 46.Bh7 Ke7 47.Bg8 g6+ 48.Kf4 Nf7 49.Bh7 g5+ 50.Kg3 Nd6 51.Bg8 Ne4+ 52.Kg2 Kd6

Posisi catur selepas gerakan 52.. Kd6

Menariknya! Raja Hitam bergerak ke petak e7 (46.. Ke7) terlebih dahulu. Selepas berjaya mempertahankan bidak di pihak raja, dengan meletakkannya di petak gelap barulah beliau menggerakkan rajanya sehingga ke petak g1!!. Oleh itu Bishop putih tidak dapat menyerang bidaknya lagi. Kemudian perhatikan gerakan raja hitam selepas ini (Kd6-c5-b4-b3-c2-d1-d2-e1-f1-g1). Menggunakan raja hitam untuk menyerang bidak putih di petak h3.

53.Kf3 Kc5 54.Bh7 Nc3 55.Bd3 Kb4 56.Ba6 Kb3 57.Bb7 Kc2 58.Ba6 Kd1

Posisi catur selepas gerakan 58... Kd1

59.Bb7?! Dia (Kramnik) mungkin akan menggerakkan 59.Bc8 untuk mengelakkan zugzwang, tetapi kerana kemungkinan dia berfikir permainanan ini akan seri, Kramnik telah bermain secara tidak tepat sehingga ke akhirnya.- (Carlsen) (diterjemah kata-kata Carlsen ini daripada chessbase.com)59...Kd2 60.Bc6 Ke1 61.Bb7 Kf1 62.Ba8 Kg1 (akhirnya Raja Hitam sampai ke petak g1) 63.Kg3 Ne4+ 64.Kf3

Posisi catur selepas gerakan 64.Kf3

64...Nd2+ 65.Kg3 Nf1+ 66.Kf3 Nd2+ 67.Kg3 Nc4 68.Bxd5 Nxe3 69.Bb7 Nf1+ 70.Kf3 Kh2 71.Kf2 Nd2 72.Bg2 Nc4 73.Bf1 Ne5 74.Ke3 Kg1 75.Be2 Kg2 76.Ke4 Kxh3 77.Kf5 Kh4 78.Bd1 Nc4 79.Ke4 Nd6+ 80.Kd5

Posisi catur selepas gerakan 80.Kd5

80...f5! taktikal akhir yang menyebabkan putih menyerah kalah. Sambungan yang mungkin ialah 81.Kxd6 fxg4 82.Ke5 g3 83.Bf3 Kh3 84.Kf6 g4 85.Bc6 g2 0-1

Dalam permainan ini perhatikan bagaimana hitam mempertahankan bidaknya terlebih dahulu. Selepas bidaknya selamat (dengan cara meletakkannya di petak yang berlainan warna dengan warna bishop lawan), barulah beliau menyerang pihak lawan. Sangat menarik!

Salam perkenalan - National Instructor

2011-01-13T06:30:00.000-08:00

Salam.

Sudah agak lama saya tidak menulis berkaitan latihan catur. Tahun ini tugas saya sebagai Ketua Jurulatih catur MSSWP disambung lagi. Terima kasih kepada Unit Sukan, pengerusi teknik dan semua rakan-rakan yang memberi sokongan dan kepercayaan sejak 2005 hingga sekarang.

Tahun 2011 sudah bermula. Latihan catur juga bermula untuk peringkat sekolah. Bulan Februari akan sibuk dengan pertandingan catur peringkat zon. Tahun ini MSSM akan diadakan di Pulau Pinang pada 26 mei - 7 jun 2011.

TAKWIM CATUR MSSWP 2011

BIL.	PERKARA	PENGANJUR	TARIKH (2011)
1	Mesyuarat Negeri	JPWP	21 Januari
2	Mesyuarat Pengurus Pasukan Peringkat Zon	JPWP	Ditentukan oleh PT zon
3	Mesyuarat Pengurus Pasukan Peringkat Negeri	JPWP	31 Mac
4	Pertandingan Catur Peringkat Zon: Keramat	JPWP	22-25 Februari
5	Pudu	JPWP	8-11 Mac
6	Putrajaya	JPWP	8-11 Mac
7	Sentul	JPWP	22-25 Mac
8	Bangsar	JPWP	16-19 Februari
9	Pertandingan Catur Peringkat Negeri	JPWP	5 - 8 April (Rendah)
10		JPWP	12-15 April (Men)
11	Latihan Pusat ke Peringkat MSSM	JPWP	26 April - 6 Mei
12	Pertandingan Catur Peringkat MSSM	KPM	30 Mei - 5 Jun
13	Pertandingan Catur Kebangsaan	Malaysia Chess Fed.	28 Mei - 2 Jun
14	Kuala Lumpur Open	KL Chess Association	Ogos
15	Kem Bakat Catur Zon : Keramat	PPD	4 - 5 Oktober
16	Pudu	PPD	6 - 7 Oktober
17	Sentul	PPD	11 - 12 Oktober
18	Bangsar	PPD	13 -1 4 Oktober
	Putrajaya	PPD	13 -1 4 Oktober
19	Pertandingan Catur Luar Musim	JPWP	18 -20 Oktober
20	Pertandingan Sekolah-sekolah ASEAN (APPSO)	Asean Schools	Oktober
19	Malaysia Open	Malaysia Chess Fed.	September
20	Kejohanan Sekolah-sekolah Asia	Asian Chess Fed.	Disember

Sunday Morning at Lake Garden

2008-03-29T22:54:00.000-07:00

Young GMs under training at Lake Garden, KL.

Mindacatur Saturday Night is Back

2008-03-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Night, 29th March at 10.30 pm, Mindacatur organized a double round robin blitz tournament. 7 players are playing at UNITEN Bangi. Two spectators also came to give their support, Zambri and Zulkifli Ishak. Before the tournament starts, players play chess and discuss their game. At 10.30 pm the blitz tournament starts.

The tournament won by Mohd Saprin Sabri (8.5 point), 2nd Kamaludin (7), 3rd-5th tied by Shamsol bahrin, Nor Azman and Shamsuddin (6), 6th place Aziz Shukor and last place Aizuddin (Bin Nor Azman).

The prize sponsored by www.carikomputer.com (1st-3rd place only). Thanks a lot to the sponsor.

Mr Sparin Sabri, the champion of the tournament and also as representative from MindaCatur and http://www.carikomputer.com/ give the prize to the 2nd place winner, Mr Kamaludin Yusof.

3rd place, Shamsol Bahrin

Round 3 (22nd January 2008)

2008-01-22T20:17:00.000-08:00

Round 3 pairing

Round 2 (afternoon 21st January 2008)

2008-01-22T19:42:00.000-08:00

Round 2 (afternoon 21st January 2008)

ASEAN Para Games – WOMEN (Visual Impact, VI)

No. White – Black (Result)
1. Chan, M - Nguyen, Hong Chan (0-1)
2. Trieu, Thu Thuy - Mohamed Halil, N (0-1)
3. Mohamed Yusof, N - Mukri, M (0-1)
4 Mursi, N (Bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Visual Impact, VI)

No. White – Black (Result)
1. Sarmiento, R - Peligro, A (1/2-1/2)
2. Derani Ghani, M - Suryanto, E (0-1)
3. Choo, M - Yong, T (1-0)
4. Sosiawan,D - Bilog, C (1-0)
5. Pham, L - Danggat, M (1-0)
6. Ching, F - Sidek, S (1-0)
7. Omar. M - Hung, M (1-0)
8. Tray, R (bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Physical Handicap, PH)

No. White - Black
1. Severino, S - Abdul Rashid , H (1-0)
2. Chuah, H - Lopez, H (0-1)
3. Elinon, A - Yusop, M (1-0)
4. Tran, Tri Trinh - Mailig, J (0-1)
5. Ho, H - Boonsong, P (0-1)
6. Lee, E - Haji Noorkaseh (1-0)
7. Hidayat, T - Thassanamethin, M (1-0)
8. Vo, Thanh Hui (bye)

Pictures in round 2

Round 1 (21st January 2008).

2008-01-21T08:11:00.000-08:00

A brief opening ceremony was held before the start of Round 1, followed by local dance of North Thailand. And then round 1 starts.

ASEAN Para Games – WOMEN (Visual Impact, VI)

RANK
1. Chan, M MAS
2. Mohamed Halil, N MAS
3. Mohamed Yusof, N MAS
4. Mukri, M MAS
5. Mursi, N INA
6. Nguyen, Hong Chan VIE
7. Trieu, Thu Thuy VIE

No. White - Black
1. Mukri, M - Chan, M
2. Mohamed Halil, N - Mursi, N
3. Nguyen, Hong Chan - Mohamed Yusof, N
4 Trieu, Thu Thuy (Bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Physical Handicap, PH)

RANK
1. Severino, S 2350 PHI
2. Lopez, H 0 PHI
3. Elinon, A 0 PHI
4. Mailig, J 0 PHI
5. Abdul Rashid , H 0 MAS
6. Boonsong, P 0 THA
7. Chuah, H MAS
8. Haji Noorkaseh BRU
9. Hidayat, T INA
10. Ho, H MAS
11. Lee, E INA
12. Thassanamethin, M THA
13. Tran, Tri Trinh VIE
14. Vo, Thanh Hui VIE
15. Yusop, M MAS

No. White - Black
1. Haji Noorkaseh - Severino, S
2. Lopez, H - Hidayat, T
3. Ho, H - Elinon, A
4. Mailig, J - Lee, E
5. Thassanamethin, M - Abdul Rashid , H
6. Boonsong, P - Tran, Tri Trinh
7. Vo, Thanh Hui VIE - Chuah, H
8. Yusop, M (bye)

ASEAN Para Games – MEN (Visual Impact, VI)

RANK
1. Sarmiento, R PHI
2. Suryanto, E INA
3. Ching, F PHI
4. Bilog, C PHI
5. Choo, M MAS
6. Danggat, M BRU
7. Derani Ghani, M MAS
8. Hung, M VIE
9. Omar. M MAS
10. Peligro, A PHI
11. Pham, L VIE
12. Sidek, S MAS
13. Sosiawan,D INA
14. Tray, R SIN
15. Yong, T SIN

No. White - Black
1. Hung, M - Sarmiento, R
2. Suryanto, E - Omar. M
3. Peligro, A - Ching, F
4. Bilog, C - Pham, L
5. Sidek, S - Choo, M
6. Danggat, M - Sosiawan,D
7. Tray, R - Derani Ghani, M
8. Yong, T (bye)

Interesting Pictures

Opening Ceremony of 4th ASEAN Para Games at Khorat, Thailand 2008

2008-01-21T02:22:00.000-08:00

20th January 2008 (Sunday)

The opening ceremony starts today in the afternoon at 3 pm. by a speech from sports minister of Thailand. The malaysian contingent had sent 286 peoples including athletes, coaches and officers. I hope readers will enjoy the pictures below which taken during opening ceremony.

Welcoming and Flag Raising Ceremony

2008-01-19T07:54:00.000-08:00

19th January 2008 (Saturday).

There's not much activity today. Some of the athletes completing their classification test for their sports and some of them are training to familiarize themselves with the climate. Chess athletes also making preparation to play against their opponents. All coaches are busy preparing players physically and psychologically before the tournament starts.

In the afternoon, about 3.00 pm, the welcoming and flag raising ceremony was being held at the International Square. The International Square situated across the road in front of dining hall. Afterwards all athletes, coaches and officers were served with Thai traditional food. All of it is halal food. I really enjoy the food with all of them.

Around 6.00 pm, there were traditional cultural shows at the International Square. I took a break to return my room, after a tiring afternoon, subsequent to which, unfortunately, no pictures were taken.

Pictures of the day

Chief coach, Mr. Abdul Latif in morning exercises and motivation speech.

Another angle of picture taken by chess coach cum photographer.

Dining hall was so wide and so comfortable.

Group picture with the Director General of Malaysian Sports Council, Datuk Zulkiples Embong

Marching band for flag raising ceremony

4th ASEAN Para Games

2008-01-18T17:42:00.000-08:00

Sa-wat-dee-ka! One of famous greeting in Thailand. It means hello. Now, everyday I have to use the word to greet people. I’m in Korat, Thailand from 17th to 27th January 2008 representing Malaysia as a coach from Malaysian Chess team. I’ll introduce all the manager, chief coach, coaches and the players later. The 4th ASEAN Para Games will be held in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand from 20th-26th January 2008. (For official web please go to http://www.2007paragames.com/eng/Home/tabid/91/Default.aspx )

The only place in the world where birds playing chess!! A nice logo.

The ASEAN Para Games is a biannual multi-sport event for atheletes with physical disabilities held after every Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). Participants in the Games are the member of Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN). The ASEAN Para Games is under the regulation of the ASEAN Para Sports federation (APSF). The games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.

4th ASEAN Para Games theme concept: FRIENDSHIP, EQUALITY, OPPORTUNITY

Logo:

The emblem of ASEAN Para Games is inspired by Chumpol Gate, a precious historical place of Nakhom Ratchasima.

On the emblem is the image of Chumpol Gate which stands for victories. It also represents the exquisite and delicate Thai arts and cultures. The curvy blue and red lines represent flags leading the atheletes who are marching into the stadium with eager and happiness. The lines, however, imply the base of Chumpol Gate also.

The logo of ASEAN Para Sports Federation is placed in the center of the emblem. It represents the participants who come from many different countries with the same ambition of friendship.

Mascot of the 4th ASEAN Para Games:

Nok-Kao Karom, one of the symbol of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, is selected to be the mascot of the 4th ASEAN Para Games. KAROM represents the main theme. Smart, wise, cheerful, vibrant, talkative, gentle, and friendly are Karom’s personality.

17th January 2008

We depart from Putrajaya to KLIA at 9 am. Around 11.15 we reach the KLIA and check in the luggage, then at 12.30 noon flight check in. Around 3 pm arrive at Bangkok airport, and move to Khorat. Lastly after a small accident by one of the bus from the malaysian contingent, and stopped almost half an hour we managed to arrive at atheletes’ village, Suranaree University around 12.00 mid night. What a tiring journey! Malaysia Boleh!

18th January 2008

Breakfast around 7.00 a.m, 9.30 a.m all players, coaches and manager go to classification center to define the disability of an athlete and classify their category. After the classification check, we tak e a rest and at 1.30 p.m go to lunch/break . 2.30 p.m is a free time. Some of players use to sleep, washing clothes and training chess. 5.30 p.m some of players went out to Khorat town (bigger than Alor Setar, Kedah). 7.00 p.m everybody at hostel and we meet each other at dining hall. 8.30 p.m training session.

Pictures of Malaysia ASEAN Para Games Chess Team to Khorat, Thailand 2008.

Chess team to ASEAN para Games, Khorat Thailand.
Standing from left: Min Wang, Mahathir, Mai Lam, Norain, Feiqha, Moiera, Heng Meng, Hasidin, M. Fadli, Cikgu Kelana, Shaharuddin, Cikgu Shamsuddin.
Sitting from left: Cikgu Asmah, Mah Hassan, Dato' Aminah, Latiff, Hea King, Hashim

A picture of lovely couple. Dato Aminah (Team manager) and Mr latiff ( Chief Coach).

The first meeting conducted when we arrive at khorat at midnight. I feel so tired. Everybody is the same, all tired.

A welcome from Suranaree University of Technology where ASEAN Para Games take place.

Athlete hostel. 3 person in a room. Comfortable and for the time being I never heard any complaint yet from others.

Malaysian contingent dress schedule.

The 2nd day, 18th january is classification day for chess players. The last day of clarification is on 19th january. Luckily all chess players pass the clarification.

Selling cookies. I don't try it because not sure either halal or non-halal. It seem delicious.

And here a stall selling banana (pisang bakar). The smell was so nice.

Day getting dark. We are still trapping at town. It's quite hard to find taxi back to athlete hostel.

Penang Free School 1996!

2007-07-09T22:45:00.000-07:00

After a long break, I'm back to write chess articles. I would like to start with a memoriable chess tournament which changing me from 'kampung' chess player to a tournament chess player. Here's an old article which I wrote but never being published anywhere.

Penang Free School Open 1996

My 1st tournament was in 1992, a rapid tournament at Alor Star, Kedah. I was in standard 2 studying in maktab Mahmud ( an arabic base school curiculum). In the first round I played against Cikgu Ajemi, MSSK chess coach and win on the black side. I played 4 rounds and then leave the tournament without completing 2 more rounds. Some kind of a childish attitude when you lost your games.

During my early days in chess, I only play chess with my family and friends during free time. My home was a place for friends to play chess because all of my family members including my cousins are addict to chess. But we never join any tournament until now! I was an exception.

PFS Open 1996 was always in my memory. This is my first tournament since 1992. Why I wait for 4 years to play in a tournament? The reason is because there is no open tournament in my hometown Alor Setar, Kedah since 1992. Further more, during my early days, I never play chess for MSSM. The reason is because my school didn’t have chess club or anything relate to chess.

Here’s a position of my game in final round against Ronnie. I was 19 years old at the time. Can you find the checkmate? White to move.

PFS Open. 24th March 1996.
Round 7. Table no. 2.
White: Shamsuddin B Mat Isa
Black: Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong.

White to move. I played 41.Qe7 which is not the best. White can checkmate the black’s king in 7 moves. But I over looked it and lost the game. I got the 2nd place for under 20 in the tournament.

Can you find the checkmate?
(You can give the answer in the shout box)

Summary

What’s the benefit of the game from PFS Open 1996 which I shown up here? Since the date I got a confidence to play chess. As a result, I represent UKM since 1997 until 2000.

Did I improve a lot during 1997-2000? Not really much improvement except I only got a lot of experience. Why? It’s because I didn’t have a proper chess training technique. After 2002 I revised my chess games and saw the mistakes. I learned a lot from strong chess players (friends) about training methods and finally I got the key of a fine training technique.

Starting from 2005 until now I had been MSSMKL chief coach and had been teaching chess for kids and adults intensively. I would like to thank friends from MCF, MSSMKL, Intchess, Persatuan Catur Putrajaya, Minda Catur Enterprise and all chess friends for supporting me in chess training and writing chess articles.

I don’t have to write too much about my personal here. My next article will be focus on players with national rating 1200-1500. Advance article will be written by my collogues from Minda Catur Club. See you soon. Bye.

Updated Cummulative Grand Prix Points

2007-03-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

Attached here is the latest update for the Grand Prix Points with 3rd Minda Catur Invitational League results concluded.

There are a few number more leagues will be held for the players to catch up with current top Grand Prix leader, Mohd Saprin Sabri with 48 points. Congrats Saprin!

We hope that the competition will grow healthier and motivate the point-chaser to
beat the top listed participants. See you over the board and ' Good Luck All! '

Cross-table of 3rd League

2007-03-12T07:10:00.000-07:00

3rd MindaCatur Invitational League

2007-03-12T02:24:00.000-07:00

Untuk semua pemain jemputan,saya bagi pihak MindaCatur memohon maaf diatas kelewatan menyiarkan 'games' pada pertandingan jemputan yang ke-3 baru-baru ini.Berikut dipaparkan 'game' khusus untuk ahli-ahli MindaCatur yang berdaftar sahaja.

Hanya perlu 'click' pada pautan yang diberikan.Kata laluan boleh didapati dengan menghubungi En.Mohd Saprin Sabri melalui talian yang tertera diatas 'blog' ini.

Fariz won the 3rd League of Minda Catur Invitational Tournament

2007-03-05T06:01:00.000-08:00

13 players took part in the 3rd MindaCatur Invitational Tournament. Congratulation to Fariz Shafruddin. He won the 3rd league by gaining 5 out of 6 games. Among his victims are Abdullah Khairi KZ, Shamsol Bahrin, Kamaluddin Yusof and Zulkifli Ishak. He draws only two games against NM Kamal Ariffin (round 3) and Shamsuddin (round 3).

Final standing (standing, name and point).

1 Fariz Shafruddin, 5.0
2 NM Kamal Arifin, 5.0
3 Kamaluddin Yusof, 4.5
4 Mohd Saprin Sabri, 3.5
5 Zulkifli Ishak, 3.5
6 Mohd Fairin, 3.5
7 Shamsol Bahrin, 3.0
8 Shamsuddin Bin Mat Isa, 3.0
9 Mohd Hafez Hilmi, 3.0
10 Mohd Irman Ibrahim, 2.5
11 Wong Kim Soon, 2.0
12 Abdullah Khairi KZ, 2.0
13 Mohamad Ismail, 2.0

Here's the crosstable:

No Name Round 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Mohd Saprin Sabri, 7:W 6:L 2:W 13:D 9:L 10:W

2. Mohd Fairin, 8:D 5:W 1:L 4:L 12:W :W

3. NM Kamal Arifin, 9:D 11:D 12:W 8:W 6:W

4:W4. Shamsol Bahrin, 10:W 12:W 6:L 2:W 11:L 3:L

5. Abdullah Khairi KZ, 11:L 2:L 9:L :W 7:W 12:L

6. Kamaluddin Yusof, 13:W 1:W 4:W 11:L 3:L 8:W

7. Mohamad Ismail, 1:L 10:L :W 9:L 5:L 13:W

8. Shamsuddin, 2:D 9:W 11:D 3:L 13:W 6:L

9. Zulkifli Ishak, 3:D 8:L 5:W 7:W 1:W 11:L

10. Wong Kim Soon, 4:L 7:W 13:L 12:L :W 1:L

11. Fariz Shafruddin, 5:W 3:D 8:D 6:W 4:W 9:W

12. Mohd Hafez Hilmi, :W 4:L 3:L 10:W 2:L 5:W

13. Mohd Irman, 6:L :W 10:W 1:D 8:L 7:L

Pictures during the tournaments.

Both player got the same point after the last round. In this special tournament, the players have to play two blitz games and if the result is draw, they have to play an armageddon(white 6 minutes and black 5 minutes, if the result is draw black win the match).

In the blitz, fariz won with white and draw with black. automatically winning the tournament.

Fariz playing black against NM Kamal Arifin. Spectators (from left) are Wong Kim Soon, Abdullah Khairi KZ, Mohd Hafez Hilmi Harun and Mohd Saprin.

Rapid Chess-Sumbangan dari En. Shamsuddin Mat Isa

2007-02-22T04:52:00.000-08:00

Tengok la betapa serius nya Saprin bila bermain catur....vs Fariz; Di sebelah kanan nya kelihatan salah seorang jaguh catur tanahair En.SM a.k.a StoneMaster sedang beraksi menentang Saifuddeen Nik Pa yang tak kurang hebatnya bila berada di atas papan catur...a motivational traits contributed by Mr Shamsuddin Mat Isa.Terima kasih En. Shamsuddin!

Adoiiii -Courtesy of Mr Mohd Fairin Zakaria of Petak64

2007-02-19T04:50:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, chess can also be fun, not just a stressful game.Thanks Fairin for this spontaneous clipping.Keep up those good effort.

IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi wins PCMM Open 2007

2007-02-18T18:36:00.000-08:00

IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi won the PCMM Open 2007 6.5 out of 7. It was an easy win for him who started the event with 5 wins in the 5 rounds before Zarul Shazwan manage to hold him to a draw in round 6. In the last round the IM needs only a draw to win the 1st place, he secured first place with a decisive last-round victory over 2nd tournament leader, FM Anas Nazreen Bakri.

Fariz Shafruddin get the second-placed, by winning over Zarul Shazwan with 6 out of 7 points.

Here is the list of the top ten in the event.
1. IM Mas hafizul Hilmi 6.5
2. Fariz Shafruddin 6.0
3. Zarul Shazwan Zullkafli 5.5
4. FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 5.0
5. Abdullah Che Hassan 5.0
6. Abdul Aziz Shukor 5.0
7. Zarul Shafiq Zullkafli 5.0
8. Nor Ilhamuddin 5.0
9. Muhd Aizuddin Che Hassan 5.0
10.Kamalarifin Wahiduddin 5.0

IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi plays his childhood favourite line, Grand Prix Attack against FM Anas Sicilian in the last round.

White: IM Mas Hafizul Hilmi vs Black: FM Anas Nazreen Bakri. White to move.

This is a winning position for the IM. Of course he knows how to exploit the double pawns at c file. A good position for intermediate chess player to learn how to exploit positional advantage.

That's a personal report from me as mindacatur representative. I leave the tournament straightly just after the result of final round out. So, no pictures of the closing ceremony. Bye.

Scheduled League of year 2007

2007-02-15T01:00:00.000-08:00

Link untuk 3rd MindaCatur Invitational League 2007 telah dimasukkan dalam FIDE Calendar.Klik di sini

Meh laaa join MindaCatur League untuk tahun 2007 nihh..Tak nak merasa jadi Champ ker? Syok ooo. Ramai pemain yang kuat-kuat.Lagi pun hadiah bagus-bagus belaka..Apa-apa pun , rancang la 'schedule' anda untuk bermain dalam liga nii..cuma check Calendar kat bottom page untuk tarikh yang telah ditetapkan oleh pihak penganjur pada tahun 2007 nih + clip image untuk jadual liga tersebut disertakan bersama-sama 'posting' ini.

2nd MindaCatur Invitational League 2007

2007-02-13T23:49:00.000-08:00

MindaCatur League has become stronger this time. Look at below crosstable.Consider to participate in the next league!? Dare to challenge 2nd League Champion, Kamaluddin Yusof in the 3rd league? So please be prepared !!! Attached:-Pgn files to be downloaded

Grand Prix Cummulative Points

2007-02-08T21:29:00.000-08:00

Just click on its link to see the contents.Thanks.

Braille Chess Video Clip

2007-02-05T16:36:00.000-08:00

Braille chess competition was held at the lake side, Tasik Titiwangsa. Tasik Titiwangsa located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur and it's scenery is very beautiful. There are a lot of facilities there.

Visit malaysia 2007, celebrating 50 years of Nationhood

One of beautiful giant pictures at the lake side promoting the heritage of malaysian society.

OK, back to the chess tournament.

Event: Braille chess team competition OKU.

Venue: Titiwangsa lake, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date: 3rd February 2007 (Saturday)

* A team must consists of at leat an OKU.

I forgot the name of both chess players. The blind play very good chess and almot win. But his time left only 2-3 minutes on the clock. I don't know the result of the game. Lastly, enjoy the clip video your self.

Braille Chess - Catur Braille Orang Kurang Upaya

2007-02-05T14:37:00.000-08:00

I joined a Braille Chess Team tournament on 3rd february 2007 (Saturday) at Titiwangsa Lake, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This tournament was very special and everybody have to use braille chess set. I took a lot of pictures during the tournament. Please refer to the link below for the pictures in the event. http://picasaweb.google.com/Kotovmas/ChessBrailleOKUFebruary2007 .

The picture showing me and my team members (from right: Shamsuddin, Hasidin and Khairul, 3 person per team) are playing against our opponent. We got 3rd place in the tournament.

The chess set for the blind chess player. Everybody in who join this tournament used the chess set.

I'll post the detail of the tournament, results and clip video of blitz by a blind chess player. very impressive to see how they play during time trouble.

An alluring attraction...

2007-02-01T19:10:00.000-08:00

This has become one of the main subject of MindaCatur organizing committee's discussions to offer for the players in the 2nd Invitational League which had been announced on the last posting.Okay.. here is the deal ..see it yourself..it's worth participating in the event.

2nd LEAGUE OF MINDA CATUR INVITATIONAL CHESS 2007

2007-01-30T07:15:00.000-08:00

A CHESS TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY CHESSPLAYERS FOR CHESSPLAYERS

2nd league: 10th February 2007 (Saturday)

(1st SUNDAY is the tournament's monthly date, subject to changes if clash with other local tournaments. Please refer to http://www.mindacatur.blogspot.com/for the latest update)

Registration : 8.00-9.00 am
Players Meeting : 9.00-9.25am
Round 1 : 9.30-10.30 a.m.
Round 2 : 10.40-11.40 a.m.
Round 3 : 11.50-12.50 noon
Lunch Break & Prayers: 12.50-2.00 noon
Round 4 : 2.00-3.00 p.m.
Round 5 : 3.10-4.10 p.m.
Round 6 : 4.20-5.20 p.m.
Prize Giving : 5.30 p.m.

Format :
SWISS (5-6 ROUNDS) with prize i.e SUB WOOFER (Guaranteed Prize). Sponsored by CARIKOMPUTER DOT COM (www.carikomputer.com).

TIME CONTROL: 30 MINUTES

Point system:
1st place : 20 points
2nd place : 18
3rd : 16
and so forth
4 : 14
5 : 12
6 : 10
7 : 8
8 : 8
9 : 6
10 : 6
11 : 4
12 : 4
13 : 4
14 : 4
15 : 4
16 : 2
17 : 2
18 : 2
19 : 2
20 : 2

Anti-draw rules apply (mini M-Tel)
It’s not compulsory for players to complete all the 10 leagues but they are encouraged to play all the leagues as qualification are based on collected points(according to point system described above) . The top 6 will play a double round robin in the Grand Finale which is scheduled in December 2007.

10 LEAGUES/YEAR.

Annual membership fees RM25.00/year
Tournament fees RM10.00
Fees must be paid before the start of the tournament.

1st Prize : Sub-Woofer Speaker
2nd Prize : To be decided

Venue : UNITEN (Bangi) Food Court (near UNITEN Mosque)

Only INVITED PLAYERS are allowed to play. However, others are welcome to come and support the tournament. Strong players who are interested to play in the event are welcome to contact Shamsuddin (012-918 6958) or by mail to sudin_isa@yahoo.co.uk .

List of invited players for the 2nd tournament :

1. Ahmad Maliki
2. Mohd Saprin Sabri
3. Mohd Fairin Zakaria
4. Mohd Fadli Zakaria (StoneMaster)
5. Kamaluddin Yusof
6. Kamal Arifin Wahidduddin
7. Siti Zulaikha Mohd. Fouzi
8. Mohd Johan Iskandar Mohd. Fouzi
9. Tun Sri Lanang (Peter Svidler)
10. Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman
11. Samsudin Mat Isa
12. Rizal Ahmad Kamal
13. Mohd Zambri Shariff
14. HafezHelmi
15. Abdullah Khairi KZ
16. Zulkifli Ishak
17. Wong Kim Soon
18. Gregory Lau
19. Alijeanda Ober
20. Irman Ibrahim
21. Sahir Sarifdin
22. Saifuddin Nik Pa
23. Nicholas Chan
24. Moy Chee Ban
25. Mohamad Ismail

Please take notes that writing moves on the given score sheets is compulsory till the last 5 minutes of the game. All games will be published in this blog or e-mailed to the players if the address given to the organizer.

Kamaluddin Yusoff won CAS Rapid

2007-01-28T08:06:00.000-08:00

Here's the latest result of the CAS Rapid tournament. Kamaluddin Yusof got 1st place with a draw before the last round against Mohd Saprin Sabri who finished in the 2nd place with 2 games draw and winning other games. Congratulation to the players and the organiser (CAS). For detail results, we wait for the organiser.

Here's a picture in CAS Rapid tournament which taken from andrew's blog. Mohd Saprin (2nd place winner) who is playing black pieces against Mustafa Kamal Zamhuri.

Friendly Match Bangi vs Shah Alam

2007-01-26T05:06:00.000-08:00

This is done at Restoran Santai near UNITEN Food Court. Attached here the conducive and cosy place ideal for this specific friendly match which ended with winning for Bangi team with favourable score of 4.5-0.5 against Shah Alam team.

Bangi team comprised of Mohd. Saprin Sabri, Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman, Shamsuddin Mat Isa , Zulkilfi Ishak and Tun Seri Lanang whereby Shah Alam's team represented by Abdul Haq, Mohd. Ghazi, Alijeanda Ober, Max The Blonde and Sahir Sarip. Shah Alam's team brought along their soul mascot Ms. Roslina Marmono.

Attached beside is the location took place for the event.To my delight, this Restaurant Santai provides us a very unique experience while hanging around in it.It's meal so delicious that one might consider to have frequent re-visit in order to have very 'Santai' atmosphere.

All games will be followed in the next posting. Till meet again.Adios!!

Photos during 1st Inv07 League

2007-01-24T01:01:00.000-08:00

Prize-giving done by Mr Shamsudin to the 1st League Winner,Mr. Abdullah Khairi KZ and runner-up Mr. Mohd Saprin Sabri ( top 2 images ).Below were those images during rounds started seeing all players seriously contemplating moves even with 30 minutes time control.

Particular pairing for the said images in orderly manner is :-
i ) Kamal Ariffin (w ) vs Alijeanda ( b )
ii) Shamsol Bahrin (w ) vs Mohd. Saprin ( b )
iii)Max The Blonde' (w ) vs Abdullah Khairi ( b)
iv)Mohd.Fairin (w ) vs Shamsuddin ( b )

For the last two images,Mr Saprin did a briefing about the rules and condition for the tournament.

The organizing committee wish to thank to all players and the audience as well who turned up for the event making it a successful one.

Final Cross Table for 1st Inv07 League

2007-01-24T00:42:00.000-08:00

No Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Fairin Zakaria, 2225 5:L 7:W 6:W 4:L :W 9:W
2. Mohd Saprin Sabri, 2208 6:W 9:W 5:W 3:W 4:L 8:W
3. Kamal Arifin, 2080 7:W 4:D 8:W 2:L 5:W 6:D
4. Abdullah Khairi, 2015 8:W 3:D 9:W 1:W 2:W 7:W
5. Shamsol Bahrin, UNR 1:W 6:W 2:L 7:W 3:L :W
6. Shamsuddin Mat Isa, UNR 2:L 5:L 1:L :W 8:W 3:D
7. Wong Kim Soon, UNR 3:L 1:L :W 5:L 9:W 4:L
8. Alijeanda Ober, UNR 4:L :W 3:L 9:L 6:L 2:L
9. Muhammad Ismail, UNR :W 2:L 4:L 8:W 7:L 1:L

Blitz Chess-Mr. Mohd Fairin Zakaria's of Petak64 Contribution

2007-01-24T00:12:00.000-08:00

Thanks Mr. Fairin ! MindaCatur Enterprise is grateful to you.

Man vs Machine

2007-01-21T04:04:00.000-08:00

See it how I managed to outwit the machine

Chess Diagram

2007-01-20T04:24:00.000-08:00

Thanks to ChessUp.net for making this possible.Nice diagram capture that enable us to have pleasant view of Chessworld!

Find flaw(s) in Black's game

2007-01-20T04:19:00.000-08:00

Squeeze square by Fairin!!

Stingy touch of NM Kamal Ariffin

2007-01-20T04:14:00.000-08:00

Attacking Chess

2007-01-20T03:48:00.000-08:00

This is 'friendly game' match between Nusa Mahkota vs Spawn which was held at A&W Sunway P.J near Kompleks KKK.

Chess Analysis

2007-01-16T22:17:00.000-08:00

Chess Analysis in cbv format

A game from Merdeka Open 1997

2007-01-16T00:45:00.000-08:00

Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman ( W ) vs Shamsuddin Mat Isa ( B )

Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman vs Shamsuddin Mat Isa

2007-01-15T01:09:00.000-08:00

Today, I manage to post three highlighted games in the recent Invitation '07 games.

n.b: after 51.c8=N+

Abdullah Khairi vs Mohd Saprin Sabri

2007-01-15T01:02:00.000-08:00

Alijeanda Ober ( w ) vs Mohammed Ismail ( b )

2007-01-15T00:58:00.000-08:00

GM Victor Korchnoi

2007-01-15T00:08:00.000-08:00

Wanna see him in action? Watch Korchnoi in action here

2007-01-14T23:45:00.000-08:00

Attached here is PGN File for MindaCatur Invitation '07 games been played on 07/01/2007,
Sunday.

Find it here please.Any question, feel free to leave comments to be reviewed by neogrunfeld!

MINDA CATUR INVITATIONAL CHESS LEAGUE 2007

2007-01-03T20:18:00.000-08:00

CHESS TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY CHESSPLAYERS FOR CHESSPLAYERS

1st league: 7th January 2007 (Sunday)

(1st SUNDAY subject to changes if clash with other local tournaments. Please refer to www.mindacatur.blogspot.com for the latest update)

Registration : 8.00-9.00 am
Players Meeting : 9.00-9.25am
Round 1 : 9.30-10.30 a.m.
Round 2 : 10.40-11.40 a.m.
Round 3 : 11.50-12.50 noon
Lunch Break & Prayers: 12.50-2.00 noon
Round 4 : 2.00-3.00 p.m.
Round 5 : 3.10-4.10 p.m.
Round 6 : 4.20-5.20 p.m.
Prize Giving : 5.30 p.m.

Format :
SWISS (5-6 ROUNDS) with prize i.e CANON Printer (Guaranteed Prize). Sponsored by CARIKOMPUTER DOT COM

TIME CONTROL: 30 MINUTES

Point system:
1st place : 20
2nd place : 18
3rd : 16
and so forth
4 : 14
5 : 12
6 : 10
7 : 8
8 : 8
9 : 6
10 : 6
11 : 4
12 : 4
13 : 4
14 : 4
15 : 4
16 : 2
17 : 2
18 : 2
19 : 2
20 : 2

Anti-draw rules apply (mini M-Tel)
It’s not compulsory for players to complete all the 10 leagues but they are encouraged to play all the leagues as qualification are based on collected points(according to point system described above) . The top 6 will play a double round robin in the Grand Finale which is scheduled in December 2007.

10 leagues per year.

Annual membership fees RM25.00/year
Tournament fees RM10.00
Fees must be paid before the start of the tournament.

1st Prize : Canon Printer
2nd Prize : To be decided

Venue : UNITEN (Bangi) Food Court (near UNITEN Mosque)
Strong players who are interested to play in the event are welcome to contact and confirm their participant . Only invited players are allowed to play.

List of invited players for the 1st tournament :

1. Ahmad Maliki
2. Mohd Saprin Sabri
3. Mohd Fairin Zakaria
4. Mohd Fadli Zakaria (StoneMaster)
5. Kamaluddin Yusof
6. Kamal Arifin Wahidduddin
7. Siti Zulaikha Mohd. Fouzi
8. Mohd Johan Iskandar Mohd. Fouzi
9. Tun Sri Lanang (Peter Svidler)
10. Shamsol Bahrin Patahol Rahman
11. Samsudin Mat Isa
12. Rizal Ahmad Kamal
13. Mohd Zambri Shariff
14. HafezHelmi
15. Abdullah Khairi KZ
16. Zulkifli Ishak
17. Wong Kim Soon
18. Mohamad Ismail
19. Alijeanda Ober

Please take notes that writing moves on the given score sheets is compulsory till the last 5 minutes of the game.All games will be published in this blog or e-mailed to the players if the address given to the organizer.

MINDA CATUR Saturday Night Fever Closed (2nd Dec) 2006

2006-12-02T12:43:00.000-08:00

Last night (Saturday night, 2nd December 2006), Minda Catur Enterprise organized a closed tournament at UNITEN food court, in front of Restoren Asam Pedas. 6 participants played in the tournament including a special invited player from Sabah, Abdul Azizi Shukor. Other players are Mohd Saprin Sabri, Shamsol Bahrin, Shamsuddin Mat Isa, Alijeanda Ober and Mohd Ismail.

The entry fee for this tournament is free. All players were given a botlle of mineral water and the top 3 winners in the tournament won a pair of sunshield sponsored by carikomputer.com. The tournament runned with double round robin and blitz 5 minutes and follows blitz rules (example: Illegal move – lose). The game started late from the schedule, at 11.30pm and finished around 1.45am. The 1st place won by Mohd Saprin Sabri, 2-3rd places winner were Shamsol Bahrin and Shamsuddin Mat Isa. The 4-6th places winner were Abdul Aziz Shukor, Mohd Ismail and Alijeanda Ober.

Top 3 winner get a pair of sunshield. Sponsored by www.carikomputer.com.

Free mineral water during the tournament which also sponsored by www.carikomputer.com.

1st prize winner: Mohd Saprin Sabri

2-3 places: Shamsol Bahrin

2-3 places: Shamsuddin Mat Isa

Happy ending. All players smile and happy with the tournament. From left: Mohd Ismail (Max), Samsol Bahrin, Mohd Saprin, Abdul Aziz and Alijeanda Ober.

An endgame lesson in 3rd DATMO - Passed pawn

2006-11-14T06:30:00.000-08:00

The 3rd Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2006 is one of the most prestigious chess tournaments in Malaysia. Only 4 rated tournaments offered to local chess players in 2006. National closed, Royal Selangor Open, Ambank Chess Challenge and Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open (please correct me if I forgot to mention other rated tournaments).

The 3rd Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open is the only tournament in Malaysia which has a lot of masters and strong players playing in it. However, it’s quite poor for Malaysian chess fans because only 7 local heroes take part in the tournament. In my opinion, the limited participant from local chess players caused by the expensive entrance fee. During the tournament, the news coverage was so poor made the local chess players become more disappointed with it.

Here I would like to refresh the local chess player memories in 3rd Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2006. I focus on endgame of local chess players only. I start our discussion on IM Jimmy Liew game. Round 3, Sumant Subramaniam against IM Jimmy Liew.

[Event "Dato Arthur Tan 3rd Malaysian Chess Ope"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sumant Subramaniam"]
[Black "IM Jimmy Liew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.08.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Nf6 11. Bb1 Qd7 12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Bf2 Rfe8 15. a3 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Qf5 17. b4 b6 18. Rc1 a5 19. b5 Ne5 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Ng3 Rd7 24. Re1 Nf7 25. Rc6 Nd6 26. Qc2 Bd8 27. Re5 Qf7 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. Qxf5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Re7 31. Qg3 Qf5 32. Rc1 Qxb5 33. Qf4 Qb2 (diagram)

Let us assess the position starting from here. White to move. White: Passive bishop, 2 isolated pawn (a3 and d4). The queen tied down to defense rook at c1 square. Black: No weaknesses in pawn structure, passive bishop at d8 and active queen and rook (attacking).

Here, black has more advantage, ready for attack and white need to defense. Now it’s white turn to move. So, white can choose to:
(1) activate bishop at f2: 34. Bh4 Rf7 35. Qe3 Bxh4 or
(2) open a hole for king to avoid back rank mate : 34. h3 Re2 35. Rf1 Qxa3 or
(3) remove a3 pawn from attack and stop black’s queen side pawns in the future : 34. a4 Re2 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 and now white is safe, or 34 … Rf7 35. Qe3 Re7 (35 … Bf6? the bishop has no place to go) 36. Qc3 and the game equal.

34. Rf1 (a move which losing a pawn for nothing). 34. … Qxa3
Now black has an extra pawn and connected pawns. Very strong.

35. Qf5 (Better 35. d5 a4 36. Qc4 or 35 … Qd3 36. Qa4 ready for 37. Rd1) Qd6 36. Rd1 Qd7 (diagram)

(Basic concept in endgame, exchange heavy pieces. White cannot stop black’s connected pawn on queen side. If 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Kf1 c5 and black will win easily).

37. Qc2 Re8 38. Bg3 Bf6 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. d5 c5 41. Bf2 (diagram)

Nice try from white but not the best. The best defense is 41. Rb1 Rd8 42. d6 . White can slow down his defeating process but hardly safe his game. The effect of outside passed pawn (connected pawns) plays important role here.

41 … h6 42. Rb1 Rd8 43. Rxb6 Qxd5 44. Qf1 Bd4 45. Rb5 a4 46. Ra5 Bxf2+ 47. Qxf2 Qd1+ 48. Qf1 Qc2 0-1 (diagram)

A good endgame lesson from IM Jimmy Liew for our young talented player.

MCE member plays an invitational match

2006-10-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

a game in ICC

2006-10-21T04:55:00.000-07:00

another way for searching database

2006-08-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

Searching database

2006-08-15T11:41:00.000-07:00

1st prize

2006-08-07T04:03:00.000-07:00

1st prize

Here I just want to show what kind of prize sponsored by www.carikomputer.com in Minda Catur Saturday Night Fever. 2 days ago the prize is a Multimedia Headset with Microphone HMV889 (worth RM65).

Only 1st prize is provided in this mini tournament in materials not in form of cash money. This is the tradition of this tournament. The 1st prize varied depends on the sponsor and the fees. The last 3 previous tournament, the 1st prizes are kingston thumbdrive 512MB, Multimedia Headset HMV889 and T-shirt.

The list of the previous 1st prize winners are: Fairin Zakaria, Tun Sri Lanang, Mohd Saprin Sabri, Samsol Bahrain and Shamsuddin.

Note: I forgot to bring my digital camera on that night, there for there's no picture for the latest tournament.

MINDA CATUR Saturday Night Fever

2006-08-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

Last night we have mini blitz tournament or famously known as MINDA CATUR SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (like the previous post in this blog) . Due to a communication break down, 7 chess players come and only 4 of them take part. The participants are Mohd Saprin, Shamsuddin, Zamri and Safri. 3 of the kibitzers are Zulkifli, Mohd Hafez and Wong Kim Soon.

We decided to play 15minutes blitz double round robin. There for we have more quality for the games. After every games end, there will be followed by a discussion. Finally the tournament end at 1.30am and won by Shamsuddin with 5/6 points with 5 wins and a lost to Mohd Saprin.

The prize for this tournament sponsored by carikomputer.com. It's a Multimedia Headset with Microphone HMV889 (worth RM65).

Detail of the tournament
Place: Medan Selera UNITEN, opposite to the Masjid UNITEN.
Date: 5.8.2006 (Saturday)
Time: 10pm - 1.30am
Entry fee: RM5
Prize: Sponsored by a computer company (www.carikomputer.com)

Mtel Masters Game 2006

2006-08-03T00:46:00.000-07:00

(1) Bacrot,E (2708) - Anand,V (2803) [E12]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (1), 11.05.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bg3 d6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 Nd7 12.e4 Bf6 13.Rc1 g5 14.Bb1 h5 15.h3 Rg8 16.b4 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nh2 Bh4 19.Bf4 Bg5 20.Qxg4 Qf6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxg8+ Ke7 23.Qxa8 Bxa8 24.fxe3 Qg6 25.Rf4 e5 26.Rf5 Qh6 27.Re1 exd4 28.exd4 Qd2 29.Nf3 Qxb4 30.Rc1 Bb7 31.Rb5 Qa3 32.Re1 Qc3 33.Rb3 Qxc4 34.Bd3 Qa4 35.Rc3 c5 36.Bc4 Qb4 37.Rcc1 cxd4 38.Nxd4 Ne5 39.Nf5+ Kd7 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 Qf4 42.Rf1 Nf3+ 43.gxf3 Qxf5 44.f4 Qxd5 45.f5 Qd2 46.f6 b5 47.Rce1 Kc6 48.Ra1 Qd4+ 49.Kg2 Qb2+ 50.Kg3 b4 51.Kg4 d5 52.Kg5 Qg2+ 53.Kh4 Kd6 54.Kh5 a5 0-1

(2) Ponomariov,R (2738) - Kamsky,G (2671) [C88]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (1), 11.05.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Qf3 Bf8 16.Be3 c5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nc7 20.Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.b3 g6 24.Nh6+ Bxh6 25.Bxh6 f6 26.c4 Kf7 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.g4 Kd8 29.Kg2 Kc8 30.Bd2 Nc7 31.Bc3 Qf7 32.Qf3 Ne8 33.Qe4 Nc7 34.Kg3 Kd7 35.Ba5 Qe8 36.Kf3 Qxe4+ 37.Kxe4 bxc4 38.bxc4 Ne8 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Kc3 Kc7 42.Kb3 Kb6 43.Bh6 Kb7 44.h4 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Bg5 Kc8 47.h5 Kd7 48.Kc3 h6 49.Bxh6 Nf6 50.Kb3 Nxh5 51.Ka4 Nf6 52.Bf4 Ng4 53.Bg3 f4 54.Bxf4 Nxf2 55.Bg3 Ne4 56.Bf4 Kc7 57.Kb3 Kd7 58.Kc2 Nf2 59.Kd2 Ne4+ 60.Kd3 Nf2+ 61.Ke2 Ne4 62.Kd3 Nf2+ 63.Ke2 Ne4 64.Kd3 1/2-1/2

(3) Svidler,P (2743) - Topalov,V (2804) [B80]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (1), 11.05.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Ng3 Be6 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.f4 h5 14.h4 a5 15.f5 Bd7 16.Kb1 Rb8 17.Be2 Na7 18.Bxa7 Qxa7 19.Qd3 Bb5 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Nd2 Qc5 22.Nb3 Qb6 23.Nd2 Be7 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.Ne3 a4 26.Bc4 Bd8 27.b3 Bb6 28.Rd3 axb3 29.cxb3 Ra8 30.Rc1 Qa5 31.Rc2 Ke7 32.Nd5+ Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Rac8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bc4 Rh8 36.Rd2 Qc5 37.Qd1 Ba7 38.Rc2 Qe3 39.Bd3 Bc5 40.Qf3 Rd8 41.Be2 Qf4 42.Nxh5 Qxh4 43.Nxf6 gxf6 44.g3 Qg5 45.Qg4 Rh8 46.Qxg5 fxg5 47.Bg4 Kf6 48.Rc1 Rh2 49.Rc2 Rh6 50.Rc1 Bf2 51.Rd1 Kg7 52.Rd3 Bd4 53.Kc2 Kf6 54.Rd2 Rh1 55.Rd1 Rh8 56.Kd3 Rc8 57.Ke2 Rc3 58.Rd3 Rc5 59.Bf3 Ke7 60.Rd2 Rc3 61.Rd3 Rc8 62.Rd2 Rh8 63.Kf1 Rc8 64.Ke2 Rg8 65.Kf1 Rh8 66.Rc2 Bc5 67.Kg2 Kf6 68.Be2 Rh7 69.Rc1 Rh8 70.Rc2 Rh7 71.Rc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

(4) Topalov,V (2804) - Anand,V (2803) [C88]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (2), 12.05.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 d6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.b4 c5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Rb1 Bc8 17.Be3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qb2 c4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 21.Nbd2 Bxa2 22.Qxa2 d5 23.Rbd1 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Nb3 Nxe4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Ng5 28.Ne5 Nxh3+ 29.gxh3 Qg5+ 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Rde4 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Bd6 33.Nc5 Bxe5+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Qb3 Rg6+ 36.Kf1 Bg3 0-1

(5) Svidler,P (2743) - Ponomariov,R (2738) [B90]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (2), 12.05.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.g5 Nh5 12.0-0-0 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.c4 Nb8 19.Qa5 Rc8 20.Kb1 bxc4 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bxc4 Kf8 23.Na5 Nd7 24.Rc1 Bg5 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bb3 Rac8 27.Rc6 Ne2 28.Bxh6 gxh6 29.Bc4 Nd4 30.Bxa6 Nxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Rxc6 33.Bb5 Rc7 34.Rc1 Nc5 35.Bc4 e4 36.b4 Rb7 37.a3 exf3 38.Rf1 Na4 39.Rxf3+ Kg7 40.Bb3 Nb6 41.Kb2 Re7 42.a4 Re4 43.Ka3 1-0

(6) Kamsky,G (2671) - Bacrot,E (2708) [C88]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (2), 12.05.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.b4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxc4 Nf6 22.Rbd1 a5 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 axb4 25.axb4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qc3 28.b5 Rfd8 29.Qd1 h6 30.Kh2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.c4 Qd4 34.Rc2 g6 35.f3 Kg7 36.Rd2 Qxc4 37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxd6 Rb4 39.b6 h5 40.h4 f5 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.b7 fxe4 43.fxe4 g5 44.g3 Rb2+ 45.Kg1 gxh4 46.gxh4 Ke6 47.Rh7 Kd6 48.Rxh5 Rxb7 49.Kg2 Rb4 50.Kf3 Rb1 51.Rg5 Ke6 52.h5 Rf1+ 53.Ke2 Rf4 54.Ke3 Rh4 55.Rf5 Rh3+ 56.Kf2 Rh4 57.Kf3 Rh3+ 58.Kg4 Re3 59.h6 Rxe4+ 60.Kg5 Re1 61.Rf6+ Kd5 62.h7 Rg1+ 63.Kh6 Ke4 64.Rf8 Rh1+ 65.Kg6 Rxh7 66.Kxh7 Kd3 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Kg6 e4 69.Kf5 Kf3 70.Rh8 e3 71.Rh3+ Kf2 72.Kf4 e2 73.Rh2+ Kf1 74.Kf3 e1N+ 75.Kg3 Nd3 76.Rd2 Ne1 77.Rf2+ Kg1 78.Rf8 Ng2 79.Kf3 Kf1 80.Kg3+ Kg1 81.Kf3 Kf1 82.Rf7 Ne1+ 83.Ke3+ Kg1 84.Ke2 Ng2 85.Rh7 Nf4+ 86.Kf3 Nd3 87.Rh4 Ne5+ 88.Ke2 Kg2 89.Re4 Nf7 90.Re7 Nd6 91.Rg7+ Kh3 92.Kf3 Kh4 93.Kf4 Kh5 94.Re7 Nc4 95.Re6 Nd2 96.Rc6 Nb3 97.Ke3 Kg4 98.Rc4+ Kg3 99.Rc3 Na5 100.Ke4+ Kf2 101.Kd5 Nb7 102.Rb3 Nd8 103.Rb8 1-0

(7) Bacrot,E (2708) - Svidler,P (2743) [D85]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (3), 13.05.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.a4 e6 18.dxe6 Nf6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Bxe4 21.Qb3 Rxf7 22.exf7 Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.f3 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rd2 32.Bc4 1/2-1/2

(8) Anand,V (2803) - Kamsky,G (2671) [C88]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (3), 13.05.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Nd8 12.c3 Ne6 13.d4 Rad8 14.d5 Nf4 15.Nf1 Ng6 16.Ng3 c6 17.Bg5 cxd5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxd5 Nf4 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qc2 g6 22.Rad1 d5 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Qe4 Rb8 27.Ne2 Nxe2+ 28.Qxe2 Re8 29.Qe4 h6 30.g4 Bg5 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Qd5 Kg7 33.Qxe6 Rxe6 34.Rd7 Kf6 35.Kf1 Rc6 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Rd8 e4 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rd6 40.Re8+ Kd5 41.b3 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rc6 43.Re3 f5 44.gxf5 gxf5 45.Rg3 Ke4 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kf4 48.Rf3+ Ke5 49.Re3+ Kf6 50.Rd3 f4 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Kg4 Rd6 53.Rxd6 Kxd6 54.h4 gxh4 55.Kxh4 Kd5 56.Kh3 Ke4 57.Kg2 Ke3 0-1

(9) Ponomariov,R (2738) - Topalov,V (2804) [D45]
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (3), 13.05.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Na4 Nxb6 9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Rc1 c4 17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7 23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3 28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7 30.Be2 Nc6 31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7 37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4 43.c6 Nxc6 44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7 46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1 51.Be2 Re1 52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5 58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8 d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg7 65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

2006-08-02T23:52:00.000-07:00

What do all of us think about this position? Some may call it wild, others could think it's just a dumbass and lousy one.
Maybe we could spare a little time to check "How white to move and win ". Enjoy !!!

Readers are welcome to comment on this game and please do not hesitate to include variations and subvariations (branching ) in your response.I will include it on next post.Take my words.
You may seek help from your loyal 'fritzy' and 'shredder' assistance. I won't call arbiter to penalise you. Go ahead. Enjoy!!

Interesting position

2006-08-02T23:25:00.000-07:00

suggest White spectacular move that led to zugzwang-like position for Black.
White to move and win.
Enjoy.

Image(224)

2005-08-01T02:06:00.000-07:00

Image(224), originally uploaded by grunfeld.

ok position

2005-06-22T00:30:00.000-07:00

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

BugHouse & Crazyhouse ;any takers?

2005-06-14T17:32:00.000-07:00

I find that Bughouse @ Siamese Chess a.k.a BabyChess among my friends is very interesting chess variant to be tried.

Link to this Variant can be downloaded here at http://bughouse.net/ and there . I invite fellas in K.L or Shah Alam to join oncoming Buggers' Tourney at IGS Seri Kembangan on 26th June 2005. See ya all there!

p/s : Amir Fischer , Max Tal , Kay Korchnoi , Alijienda Spassky, Dr Euwe, Rusdi Paniss (sorry aaa!, don't angry#tak leh gurau , duk surau ). All of you are the most pleasant guests expected to turn up.

Amir ( w ) vs Sam ( b ), Melawati Karaoke 2005

2005-06-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

Amir ( w ) vs Sam ( b ), Melawati Karaoke 2005, originally uploaded by grunfeld.

Here it is. How Black to defend this position.

Black to move ! Enjoy.

Amir ( w ) vs Sam ( b ),Melawati Karaoke 2005

2005-06-07T23:48:00.000-07:00

Amir ( w ) vs Sam ( b ),Melawati Karaoke 2005, originally uploaded by grunfeld.

This position derives from Sicilian Najdorf where my strong chess club friend, 'GM Kay ' found an interesting move to deal with.. which is
1.e5 ( to my suprise, i didn't see strong counterblow suggested by my 'fritzy8' friend i.e 1..Nxd4 )
but i answered wrongly with 1..Nd5
2.Nxc6! bxc6
3.Bxe7 Kxe7
( what if 3...Nxe7? )
4.Bxd5 cxd5
5.Nxd5 ( another hallmark of 'GM Kay', sac'king piece to gain activities) exd5
And here 'GM Kay ' thrusted with
6.Rxd5 Qa4
7.Re1 and my King stranded in the centre of the chessboard.Sad fate!!
To all readers, I invite u to share ur opinion about the last position after 7.Re1

I wanna add the resulting position on next post.Enjoy.

2005-06-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Cool pic! GM Bareev vs Hiarcs

Sam (W) vs Amir (B), Tmn Melawati, 2005

2005-06-05T23:40:00.000-07:00

Sam (W) vs Amir (B), Tmn Melawati, 2005, originally uploaded by grunfeld.

Take a look at this position.It worths a try.It results from Sicilian Dragon with Yugoslav Attack Variation.White to play and win!. Enjoy.

Flickr

2005-06-05T22:13:00.000-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

2005-06-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

the art of analysis

2005-06-05T11:35:00.000-07:00

Sicilian Dragon.. Be2 Variation!

Internet Chess Club @ I.C.C

2005-06-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

I invites all chess players to join this club http://www.chessclub.com especially my chess club members of Section 17 ,Shah Alam.

2005-06-05T03:01:00.000-07:00

Play online chess at Letsplaychess.com

Welcome ! Discuss Everything About Chess Here!

2005-06-02T23:20:00.000-07:00

On today's posting, I would like to publish less-known players but their game is totally awesome. Here it is :-
Sinner, M (W) vs Landenburger,A(B) ; 1989
Opening : C54
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4
6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4?! ( winning a pawn but lag in development)
8.0-0 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bxc3
10.Ba3!(overwhelming thrust) d6 (if 10...Bxa1 11.Re1+ Ne7 12.Bxe7 Black is done )
11.Rc1 Ba5
12.Qa4 a6
13.Bd5 Bb6
14.Rxc6!! (bold decision) Bd7 (The position contains tactics.Here, the variations are open for discussions)
15.Re1+ Kf8
16.Rxd6!! (perfect continuation) cxd6
17.Bxd6 Kg8
18.Bxf7+ Kxf7
19.Qb3+ Kg6
20.Ne5+ 1-0
What a brilliant miniature!!.

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