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Monday, June 30, 2008

Malaysia July Fide Rating..

For Syed and Marzuki, try again to get ur 1st fide rating in next tournament.

5704421Shah, Syed Iskandar

MAS
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5704375Mat, Marzuki

MAS

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#NameTitleFedRatingGB-Year
1Mas, HafizulhelmimMAS239751
2Lim, Yee-WengfMAS2349191982
3Mok, Tze-MengfMAS230821
4Liew, Chee-Meng-JimmymMAS230691958
5Lim, Chuing Hoong Ronnie
MAS227601983
6Bakri, Anas NazreenfMAS227091991
7Leong, Mun Wan
MAS22320
8Zakaria, Fairin
MAS22209
9Foudzi, Siti ZulaikhawmMAS221801988
10Sabri, Mohd Saprin
MAS220101972
11Liam, Victor
MAS219601990
12Zakaria, Mohd Fadli
MAS214921969
13Ismail, Ahmad
MAS2133171963
13Che Hassan, Abdullah
MAS213381984
15Tan, Khai Boon
MAS212617
16Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal
MAS211951972
17Au Yoong, Yow Loo
MAS21135
18Soh, Han Loong Gerald
MAS2109161985
19Abang, Mohd Reduan
MAS209315
20Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin
MAS209001972
21Jamil, Mohd Hussein
MAS208801980
22Zullkafli, Zarul Shazwan
MAS208581989
23Tan, Eu Hong
MAS20826
24Chew, Yaw Chong
MAS207201963
25Othman, Tun Seri Lanang
MAS206901975
26Hashim, Md. Sabar
MAS20680
27Yeap, Eng Chiam
MAS206391995
28Erowan, Masrin
MAS20385
29Zullkafli, Nur ShazwaniwcMAS203401989
30Mohd Azmi, Muhd Suhaib
MAS20303

KEJOHANAN CATUR TERBUKA TANJONG KARANG 2008

Maybe this tournament is a National Rated Tournament.

TARIKH :26 JULY 2008

HARI :SABTU

MASA :08.00 pg – 6.00 ptg ( Pusingan 1 jam 9.30 pagi )

TEMPAT :DEWAN ORANG RAMAI KG.SUNGAI GULANG GULANG,

TANJONG KARANG, SELANGOR.

YURAN :OPEN (RM20), BAWAH 18 (RM15), BAWAH 12THN ( RM10 )

FORMAT :RAPID - SWISS SYSTEM 6/7 PUSINGAN ”

Time Control : 25 minit.

Tie-break : Solkoff , SB , PS

HADIAHOPENTEMPATANTERBAIK U-18TERBAIK U-12
JohanRM400RM100RM80RM80
Naib JohanRM300RM80RM70RM70
Ke 3RM200RM70RM50RM50
Ke 4RM150RM60RM40RM40
Ke 5RM100RM50RM30RM30
Ke 6RM70RM40--
-Ke 7RM70RM40--
Ke 8RM70RM30--
Ke 9RM60RM30--
Ke 10RM60RM30--
Ke 11RM50---
Ke 12RM50---
Ke 13RM50---
Ke 14RM40---
Ke 15RM30---

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IPT3 HADIAH ( RM50 / RM40 / RM30 )-
VeteranRM50-
PerempuanRM50

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DAFTAR SEGERA !!!! TEMPAT TERHAD !!! FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

TARIKH TUTUP : 22 JULAI 2008.

HADIAH WANG TUNAI KESELURUHAN RM3110.00. JOM KITA KE TANJONG KARANG, HI-TEA DISEDIAKAN…….

Dortmund R1 and R2 result

At 1st round all draw.

Round 1: Saturday, June 28, 15:00h
Jan Gustafsson
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik
Arkadij Naiditsch
½-½
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Loek van Wely



Round 2: Sunday, June 29, 15:00h
Vladimir Kramnik
1-0
Loek van Wely
Peter Leko
1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk
Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov
Jan Gustafsson
1-0
Arkadij Naiditsch

FIDE July 2008 Rating List

This is new FIDE rating list, Magnus Carlsen only in the sixth place. Anand still at the top but lost five points in the two rated games he played since the April 2008 list, dropping from 2803 to 2798, but staying ten points ahead of the second ranked player. So sad for Magnus Carlsen, Magnus won the Aerosvit tournament in Foros with a stunning 2877 performance, but the tournament ended four days after a deadline set by FIDE for submission of tournaments for the rating list (the 15th of the previous month). So Magnus has landed on place six, two points behind Topalov. Fortunately we now have a "Live List" which give accurate, up-to-the-minute ratings for players over 2700. This will be given after the "official" FIDE rating list below.


RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year
1Anand, ViswanathangIND279821969
2Morozevich, AlexandergRUS2788201977
3Kramnik, VladimirgRUS278801975
4Ivanchuk, VassilygUKR2781251969
5Topalov, VeselingBUL2777101975
6Carlsen, MagnusgNOR2775161990
7Radjabov, TeimourgAZE2744311987
8Mamedyarov, ShakhriyargAZE2742231985
9Shirov, AlexeigESP2741111972
10Leko, PetergHUN274101979
11Svidler, PetergRUS2738321976
12Aronian, LevongARM2737111982
13Adams, MichaelgENG2735201971
14Grischuk, AlexandergRUS2728211983
15Karjakin, SergeygUKR2727271990
16Movsesian, SergeigSVK2723531978
17Kamsky, GatagUSA2723281974
18Gelfand, BorisgISR2720101968
19Ponomariov, RuslangUKR2718101983
20Gashimov, VugargAZE2717341986
21Eljanov, PavelgUKR2716231983
22Polgar, JuditgHUN271131976
23Bu, XiangzhigCHN2710251985
24Jakovenko, DmitrygRUS2709201983
25Dominguez Perez, LeiniergCUB2708191983
26Alekseev, EvgenygRUS2708121985
27Ni, HuagCHN2705281983
28Milov, VadimgSUI2705161972
29Wang, YuegCHN2704281987
30Rublevsky, SergeigRUS269910197

In women side, still Judit Polgar conquer the 1st

Top Women July 2008

RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year
1Polgar, JuditgHUN271131976
2Koneru, HumpygIND2622281987
3Xie, JungCHN257401970
4Hou, YifanwgCHN2557351994
5Stefanova, AntoanetagBUL2550281979
6Cramling, PiagSWE2544211963
7Sebag, MariemFRA2529151986
8Zhao, XuemCHN2522351985
9Kosintseva, TatianamRUS251191986
10Kosteniuk, AlexandragRUS251021984



For more detail can visit FIDE website.

MAINS Seremban results

In the same day of the tournament at SLC Bukit Mertajam, there was also other tournament at N9, MAINS open at Seremban. As usual , again Ian Udani with an outstanding 6/6 and takes away RM 500 for the 1st prize.

Place Name                     ScoBuch. Berg.M-Buch.Progr

1 IAN UDANI, 6 25.0 25.00 17.0 21.0
2-6 MOHAMMAD NABIL, 5 24.0 18.00 16.0 20.0
MOHD KAMAL ABDULLAH, 5 21.5 16.00 15.0 17.0
JAX THAM, 5 21.0 15.00 13.0 18.0
FAIEZUL B ZAINAL, 5 20.5 16.00 15.0 18.0
KAMAL ARIFFIN B WAHIDUDD 5 19.5 15.50 14.0 18.0
7 ABDULLAH KHAIRI KZ, 4 26.0 15.00 17.0 16.0
AZMAN, 4 25.5 15.50 17.0 18.0
AMIRUDDIN ABU KASIM, 4 23.5 15.00 15.5 13.0
10 MOHD SHAHANIZAM SALLEH, 4 21.0 11.00 14.0 15.0
SHAHARUDIN MAPPA, 4 20.0 10.00 13.0 15.0
ANDREW OOI, 4 20.0 9.00 12.0 13.0
13 MOHD AZIZ FARHAN 12, 4 19.5 11.50 12.0 14.0
MOHD SAPRIN B SABRI, 4 19.5 10.00 12.5 15.0
NUR NAJIHA 12, 4 19.0 11.00 13.0 12.0
KAMALUDDIN YUSOF, 4 19.0 9.00 12.0 16.0
THAM CHEE YIN 18, 4 16.5 8.50 11.5 12.0
MOHD RAIMI, 4 16.0 10.00 10.0 10.0
19-20 SITI NAQIAH 18, 3.5 18.5 10.25 12.5 12.5
MAISARRAH NOOR AKHBAR 12 3.5 14.0 8.00 9.0 10.0
21-36 MOHD HEZRI CHE AZIZ, 3 22.0 10.00 15.0 14.0
GANESH, 3 22.0 8.00 14.0 11.0
MOHD MURTHADA BABA 18, 3 19.5 8.25 12.5 10.5
SUBRAMANIAN 12, 3 19.5 6.50 14.0 13.0
NUR NABILA 12, 3 19.0 7.00 14.0 13.0
RAYMOND NG, 3 19.0 6.50 12.0 13.0
MOHD SYAMIR BABA 18, 3 18.5 7.50 11.5 11.0
SARDISH A/L HARICHANDRAN 3 17.0 5.00 12.0 11.0
KHAIRULNISAK 18, 3 16.5 5.50 11.0 7.0
UZAIR HAZIM, 3 16.5 4.25 11.5 10.5
MARSYITAH BABA 18, 3 16.0 6.00 11.0 8.0
DANISH HAMZAH 12, 3 16.0 6.00 9.0 8.0
DANIEL ISKANDAR ARIF 12, 3 15.0 6.00 10.5 9.0
ANUAR UMAR, 3 15.0 6.00 9.0 11.0
MAISARAH BABA 12, 3 15.0 5.00 10.0 9.0
MOHD FATHIYUL ISLAM RUSL 3 12.5 4.00 9.0 7.0
37-38 DASIKUN B KARTAWI, 2.5 18.0 5.00 13.5 10.0
A. SASITHRA 12, 2.5 14.0 2.75 9.0 6.5
39-48 MOHD RAFIQ MISMAN 18, 2 20.0 5.00 14.0 10.0
MOHD SALLEH BABA 18, 2 20.0 4.50 13.5 10.0
AFIQ 18, 2 18.5 4.00 13.5 7.0
MOHD SHOLEHEN, 2 18.5 3.00 12.0 9.0
JESEN EWE 18, 2 17.0 2.00 11.5 5.0
KRISHEN NAIR 18, 2 16.5 1.50 11.0 5.0
MOHD HANAFI MOHD HUSSIN 2 16.0 3.00 11.0 8.0
NURA RASYIDA ABD HALIM 1 2 15.5 4.00 10.5 8.0
SITI NUR ATHIRAH 12, 2 15.0 2.00 10.0 5.0
NITHYA LAKSHMI 12, 2 13.0 4.00 9.0 6.0
49-50 MOHD ZULGHAFARI, 1.5 17.0 5.75 10.5 7.0
KARNESH NAIR 12, 1.5 14.0 2.25 8.5 4.5
51-55 HASHWINI A/P HARICHANDRA 1 17.5 0.00 11.0 1.0
HAFIZ JAMIL, 1 16.0 0.00 11.5 3.0
AMIR, 1 13.5 1.50 9.0 3.0
AHMAD AMIRULHAQ 18, 1 13.0 2.00 6.0 5.0
A.DAVITHRA 12, 1 13.0 0.00 9.5 2.0
56 MOHD SHAHRULNIZAM, 0 9.5 0.00 5.5 0.0

Saturday, June 28, 2008

SLC open 28 June Result

Tan Khai Boon VS Alias (1-0)

Syed vs Aziz (1-0)

Syed Vs A'amaluddin (1/2 - 1/2)

Azwan Vs Arif (0-1)









Today is a SLC auto open..the result is very bad for me, only manage 4/7 point. I'm only at 15th I lost to very strong player like Tan Khai Boo and Aamaludin. For Syed and Azwan, congrat.

Here in the result:
1   Anthony Liong Ing Kiat, Open            1700 6      30.0 24.75   26.5
2 A'Amaluddin Bebakar, Open 800 5.5 34.5 26.50 23.5
3 Thong Yung Chen, Open 1566 5.5 30.0 18.25 24.5
4 Evan Timothy Capel, Open 1576 5.5 27.0 19.00 20.0
5 Tan Khai Boon, Open 1880 5 34.0 22.75 23.5
6 Wan Mohd Arif Shafiq, Open 1589 5 30.0 16.50 22.0
7 Keok Kai En, Open 1359 5 24.5 15.00 19.0
8 Fairuz Hamizah, Lady 1282 5 23.0 15.50 17.0
9 Syed Iskandar, Open 1537 4.5 30.5 17.75 19.5
10 Norazwan Bin Kamaruzaman, Open 1520 4.5 30.5 17.50 19.0
11 Marzuki Mat, Open 1642 4.5 28.0 14.25 22.0
12 Teh De Jack, Open 1197 4.5 24.5 11.25 16.5
13 Teoh Ern Tek, Open 1224 4 29.0 13.50 17.0
14 Choo Teng Wei, Open 800 4 26.5 13.00 16.0
15 Alias Hanafi, Open 1519 4 26.0 12.00 17.0
16 Mohd Rizamsulliady Ramly, Open 800 4 26.0 10.00 18.0
17 Muhammad Sirajuddin, Open 1235 4 25.5 11.50 15.0
18 M. O. Hasyimie, Open 1368 4 23.0 11.50 13.0
19 Mohd Hafizan Omar, Open 1399 4 23.0 10.00 18.0
20 Tan Jia Yun, Lady 1206 3.5 28.0 11.75 17.5

More result and cross table click here

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Garry Kasparov back on chess track.


I read an article in chessbase and found about latest news of Gary Kasparov.
Here the article i read:

Garry Kasparov: he's back and he's – teaching!
24.06.2008 – What brings a dozen young and talented chess kids to a skyscraper somewhere in the middle of Manhattan in New York City, on a pre-summer weekend in June? Why would those same kids completely take over the richly decorated, large conference room on a top floor, belonging to a successful financial company? To learn chess from the greatest, that's why. Report by Aviv Friedman.

Kasparov’s Master Class

Report from New York by Aviv Friedman

No, this is no hostile takeover, nor a childhood prank. They were all invitees to a prestigious opportunity to have a class with none other than former world champ and (still) top ranked on the Elo list Garry Kasparov. In a tradition that entered its fourth year, the Kasparov Chess Foundation and its president Michael Khodarkovsky organized this unique opportunity for American leading juniors to meet with and learn from the champ. The format for the session was reminiscent of the Botvinnik school, where the students sit with the Grandmaster to see games, share ideas, and brainstorm over chess. Here each student brought four of his or her games, and Kasparov went over them in front of the whole class. The master computer was projected onto the main large screen up front, and there were smaller monitors for the kids to see from close. There were two full days – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a break for lunch. And there was plenty of material to benefit from.The atmosphere was one of the keys to the success of the program. I can think of many journalists, top players and other chess personas who would be jaw dropped and rubbing their eyes, had they seen it for themselves! Everyone is so used to seeing Garry under close scrutiny and pressure in a demanding match against a human or a machine, or in one of the world’s top chess events. And here? Dressed in casual attire, and most relaxed, sitting and exchanging information at eye-level with the youngsters. His teaching style is enviable: he combines his vast knowledge and unmatched understanding and experience (and memory!) with a healthy sense of humor, and zero ego. And let's make no mistake: it is not every day that one gets to spend such quality time with a legend of one’s hobby – even less so up close and personal, like this class has been. For full article can click here

IGB - 5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship 2008

Date : 17th-24th August 2008. (1st round on 18th August)

Venue: Bintang Ballroom, Cititel MidValley Kuala Lumpur.

Tournament Regulations:

1. This 11 Round, individual tournament is open to all players.

2. FIDE (World Chess Federation) rules and regulations will apply. The tournament will be FIDE rated.

3. The Swiss Manager Program will be used for pairings.

4. The games will be played according to the schedule below. Time Control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1.

5. All mobile phones & electronic devices are banned in the tournament hall.

6. All officials & players should be smartly attired in the playing hall.

7. The Malaysian Chess Federation reserves the right to reject entries.


for more detail, can refer to gilachess

1st Grand Slam Final Chess Masters Bilbao

(article from chess.com)

The lack of a regular and predictable structure for top level chess is no doubt a factor in putting off many potential commercial sponsors to the game. The organisers of some of the most famous tournaments have been negotiating for two years to link their established chess events into an annual 'Grand Prix'.

Their efforts seem to be bearing fruit, with the first Grand Slam final due to be held in Bilbao, Spain from 1-13 September. The participants by right are the three winners of the already established qualifying events:

  • Lev Aronian (winner of Wijk Aan Zee)
  • Vishy Anand (winner of Linares)
  • Vasilly Ivanchuk (winner of M-Tel Masters)

These players are joined by three other players who have been given wildcards due to their strong performances this year:

  • Veselin Topalov
  • Magnus Carlsen
  • Teimour Radjabov , the final confirmed entrant.


Vladimir Kramnik declined to play, perhaps due to his World Championship match with Anand in October, which starts barely a month later. Anand evidently feels that it will be a useful part of his preparation.

The total prize fund of this Grand Slam final will be a cool 400,000 euros (approx 620,000 USD or 315,000 GBP) split as follows:

  1. 150,000 euros
  2. 70,000 euros
  3. 60,000 euros
  4. 50,000 euros
  5. 40,000 euros
  6. 30,000 euros

Originally there were plans for a qualifying tournament in Mexico, but the finances have fallen through. However, there are further plans in place to introduce a qualifying event in Seattle in 2009 and tentative plans for an event in China by 2010.

If this structure can survive and thrive it promises an incredibly strong final every year. This year's line up is truly mouth watering and should be a feast of exciting chess.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Chess History

Chess originated in India, where its early form in the 6th century was chaturanga, which translates as "four divisions of the military" – infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots, represented respectively by pawn, knight, bishop, and rook. In Persia around 600 the name became shatranj and the rules were developed further. Shatranj was taken up by the Muslim world after the Islamic conquest of Persia, with the pieces largely retaining their Persian names. In Spanish "shatranj" was rendered as ajedrez, in Portuguese as xadrez, and in Greek as zatrikion, but in the rest of Europe it was replaced by versions of the Persian shāh ("king").


Knights Templar playing chess, Libro de los juegos, 1283.The game reached Western Europe and Russia by at least three routes, the earliest being in the 9th century. By the year 1000 it had spread throughout Europe.[13] Introduced into the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors in the 10th century, it was described in a famous 13th century manuscript covering shatranj, backgammon, and dice named the Libro de los juegos.

Another theory, championed by David H. Li, contends that chess arose from the game xiangqi, or at least a predecessor thereof, existing in China since the 2nd century BC.

Origins of the modern game (1450–1850)

Original Staunton chess pieces by Nathaniel Cook from 1849Around 1200, rules of shatranj started to be modified in southern Europe, and around 1475, several major changes rendered the game essentially as it is known today. These modern rules for the basic moves had been adopted in Italy[15] and in Spain. Pawns gained the option of advancing two squares on their first move, while bishops and queens acquired their modern abilities. This made the queen the most powerful piece; consequently modern chess was referred to as "Queen's Chess" or "Mad Queen Chess". These new rules quickly spread throughout western Europe, with the exception of the rules about stalemate, which were finalized in the early nineteenth century.

This was also the time when chess started to develop a corpus of theory. The oldest preserved printed chess book, Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez (Repetition of Love and the Art of Playing Chess) by Spanish churchman Luis Ramirez de Lucena was published in Salamanca in 1497. Lucena and later masters like Portuguese Pedro Damiano, Italians Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Giulio Cesare Polerio and Gioachino Greco or Spanish bishop Ruy López de Segura developed elements of openings and started to analyze simple endgames.


François-André Danican Philidor, eighteenth century French chess MasterIn the eighteenth century the center of European chess life moved from the Southern European countries to France. The two most important French masters were François-André Danican Philidor, a musician by profession, who discovered the importance of pawns for chess strategy, and later Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais who won a famous series of matches with the British master Alexander McDonnell in 1834.[19] Centers of chess life in this period were coffee houses in big European cities like Café de la Régence in Paris and Simpson's Divan in London.

As the nineteenth century progressed, chess organization developed quickly. Many chess clubs, chess books and chess journals appeared. There were correspondence matches between cities; for example the London Chess Club played against the Edinburgh Chess Club in 1824. Chess problems became a regular part of nineteenth century newspapers; Bernhard Horwitz, Josef Kling and Samuel Loyd composed some of the most influential problems. In 1843, von der Lasa published his and Bilguer's Handbuch des Schachspiels (Handbook of Chess), the first comprehensive manual of chess theory.

Birth of a sport (1850–1945)

The "Immortal Game", Anderssen-Kieseritzky, 1851The first modern chess tournament was held in London in 1851 and won, surprisingly, by German Adolf Anderssen, relatively unknown at the time. Anderssen was hailed as the leading chess master and his brilliant, energetic — but from today's viewpoint strategically shallow — attacking style became typical for the time. Sparkling games like Anderssen's Immortal game or Morphy's Opera game were regarded as the highest possible summit of the chess art.

Deeper insight into the nature of chess came with two younger players. American Paul Morphy, an extraordinary chess prodigy, won against all important competitors, including Anderssen, during his short chess career between 1857 and 1863. Morphy's success stemmed from a combination of brilliant attacks and sound strategy; he intuitively knew how to prepare attacks.Prague-born Wilhelm Steinitz later described how to avoid weaknesses in one's own position and how to create and exploit such weaknesses in the opponent's position.[26] In addition to his theoretical achievements, Steinitz founded an important tradition: his triumph over the leading German master Johannes Zukertort in 1886 is regarded as the first official World Chess Championship. Steinitz lost his crown in 1894 to a much younger German mathematician Emanuel Lasker, who maintained this title for 27 years, the longest tenure of all World Champions.


Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Chess ChampionIt took a prodigy from Cuba, José Raúl Capablanca (World champion 1921–27), who loved simple positions and endgames, to end the German-speaking dominance in chess; he was undefeated in tournament play for eight years until 1924. His successor was Russian-French Alexander Alekhine, a strong attacking player, who died as the World champion in 1946, having briefly lost the title to Dutch player Max Euwe in 1935 and regaining it two years later.[28]

Between the world wars, chess was revolutionized by the new theoretical school of so-called hypermodernists like Aron Nimzowitsch and Richard Réti. They advocated controlling the center of the board with distant pieces rather than with pawns, inviting opponents to occupy the center with pawns which become objects of attack.

Since the end of 19th century, the number of annually held master tournaments and matches quickly grew. Some sources state that in 1914 the title of chess grandmaster was first formally conferred by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia to Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Marshall, but this is a disputed claim. This tradition was continued by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), founded in 1924 in Paris. In 1927, Women's World Chess Championship was established; the first to hold it was Czech-English master Vera Menchik.

Post-war era (1945 and later)

World Champions José Raúl Capablanca (left) and Emanuel Lasker in 1925After the death of Alekhine, a new World Champion was sought in a tournament of elite players ruled by FIDE, who have, since then, controlled the title. The winner of the 1948 tournament, Russian Mikhail Botvinnik, started an era of Soviet dominance in the chess world. Until the end of the Soviet Union, there was only one non-Soviet champion, American Bobby Fischer (champion 1972–1975).

In the previous informal system, the World Champion decided which challenger he would play for the title and the challenger was forced to seek sponsors for the match.[33] FIDE set up a new system of qualifying tournaments and matches. The world's strongest players were seeded into "Interzonal tournaments", where they were joined by players who had qualified from "Zonal tournaments". The leading finishers in these Interzonals would go on the "Candidates" stage, which was initially a tournament, later a series of knock-out matches. The winner of the Candidates would then play the reigning champion for the title. A champion defeated in a match had a right to play a rematch a year later. This system worked on a three-year cycle.


Current World Champion Viswanathan AnandThe next championship, the so-called Match of the Century, saw the first non-Soviet challenger since World War II, American Bobby Fischer, who defeated his Candidates opponents by unheard-of margins and clearly won the world championship match. In 1975, however, Fischer refused to defend his title against Soviet Anatoly Karpov when FIDE refused to meet his demands, and Karpov obtained the title by default. Karpov defended his title twice against Viktor Korchnoi and dominated the 1970s and early 1980s with a string of tournament successes.

Karpov's reign finally ended in 1985 at the hands of another Russian player, Garry Kasparov. Kasparov and Karpov contested five world title matches between 1984 and 1990; Karpov never won his title back.

In 1993, Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short broke with FIDE to organize their own match for the title and formed a competing Professional Chess Association (PCA). From then until 2006, there were two simultaneous World Champions and World Championships: the PCA or Classical champion extending the Steinitzian tradition in which the current champion plays a challenger in a series of many games; the other following FIDE's new format of many players competing in a tournament to determine the champion. Kasparov lost his Classical title in 2000 to Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2006 reunified the titles, when Kramnik beat the FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov and became the undisputed World Chess Champion. In September 2007, Viswanathan Anand became the next champion by winning a championship tournament.

Taylor’s Open results

Again , Ian Udani show his magnifient performance by winning Taylor University College Open.He only draw with Abdullah Che Hassan at last round and winning rest of his game.
1 1 Ian Udani 6.5 35.0 32.50 27.5 2017 2177 +0.76
2 4 Mohd Saprin Sabri 6.0 34.5 25.25 25.0 1912 2015 +0.68
12 NM Kamalariffin Wa 6.0 30.0 23.50 23.0 1770 2027 +2.01
4 20 Ahmad Eizran Ezra 5.5 33.0 24.50 23.0 1647 2038 +3.06
5 2 Kamaluddin Yusof 5.0 30.5 20.00 19.0 1954 1866 -0.67
3 Abdullah Che Hassa 5.0 30.5 20.00 19.0 1927 1879 -0.32
14 NWM Nur Shazwani Z 5.0 30.0 19.00 22.0 1762 1852 +0.87
16 Lee Kwan Pin 5.0 29.5 17.50 21.0 1722 1862 +1.12
29 Muhd Aziz Farhan 5.0 26.5 15.50 18.0 1575 1777 +1.40
52 Mohd Firdaus Ahmad 5.0 23.5 16.00 15.0 0000 1703 +1.00
21 Nur Nabila Azman H 5.0 23.0 16.00 18.0 1643 1679 +0.25
12 10 Kaushal Khandhar 4.5 30.5 15.75 21.5 1773 1728 -0.34
17 Ismail Ahmad 4.5 29.5 15.75 23.0 1715 1871 +1.34
11 Cheah Cheok Fung 4.5 29.0 15.75 21.0 1770 1715 -0.47
22 Ooi Chong Hean 4.5 27.5 16.75 17.5 1643 1656 +0.10
16 9 Jax Tham 4.0 29.5 17.25 21.0 1779 1723 -0.44
6 NM Zarul Shazwan Z 4.0 29.0 15.50 20.0 1902 1794 -0.97
8 Tan Ken Wei 4.0 28.5 12.25 19.0 1843 1631 -1.62
60 Tang Wei Chiat 4.0 28.0 14.00 17.0 0000 1670 +0.50
7 Lim Zhuo-Ren 4.0 28.0 13.25 16.5 1876 1787 -0.83
13 Mohd Khair Wahidud 4.0 27.0 14.50 18.0 1765 1697 -0.62
5 Muhd Nabil Azman H 4.0 27.0 12.00 18.0 1905 1682 -1.81
23 Mohd Safri Ilias 4.0 24.5 11.00 17.0 1638 1612 -0.20
34 Andrew Ooi 4.0 24.5 10.25 14.5 1527 1655 +1.27
19 Zaidan Zulkipli 4.0 24.5 10.00 17.0 1654 1628 -0.20
28 Daniel Iskandar 4.0 24.0 11.00 17.0 1584 1668 +0.60
50 Daniel Tan 4.0 24.0 9.25 13.0 0000 1509 1509
32 Muhammad Faizal Ro 4.0 21.0 8.50 13.0 1535 1492 -0.20
30 Zullkafli Mat Daud 4.0 19.5 8.00 11.0 1550 1519 -0.20
30 15 Azman Hisham Che D 3.5 26.5 12.00 17.0 1755 1623 -1.00
41 Mohd Azmi Mokhtar 3.5 24.0 9.25 12.5 1406 1554 +1.06
26 Ng Kiang Wei 3.5 22.5 7.75 15.5 1597 1600 +0.00
33 S. Balendran 3.5 22.5 7.00 11.5 1528 1700 +0.94
24 Woo Beng Keong 3.5 21.0 8.25 14.0 1625 1479 -1.22
35 31 Zulhilmi Mohd Isma 3.0 25.0 8.75 15.0 1536 1668 +1.08
43 Chai Chin Wen 3.0 25.0 8.50 15.0 1392 1541 +0.98
36 Muhammad Firdhaus 3.0 25.0 8.00 13.0 1525 1605 +0.32
38 Raymond Lim Boon K 3.0 23.5 7.50 13.0 1489 1497 +0.08
45 Voon Tje Khei 3.0 22.5 4.00 11.0 1311 925 -0.60
51 Janet Chan 3.0 21.5 5.50 11.0 0000 1320 1320
59 Sebastian Moorman 3.0 21.0 4.25 8.0 0000 1297 1297
54 Muhammad Hanif Muh 3.0 20.5 3.25 10.0 0000 1245 1245
43 44 Nur Najiha Azman H 2.5 26.5 8.25 11.0 1335 1414 +0.48
18 Mohd Rodzaly 2.5 21.0 5.00 11.5 1710 1406 -2.82
40 Ramli Jamalis 2.5 20.5 5.00 9.5 1459 1276 -1.25
48 Chai Chin Wu 2.5 19.0 4.25 8.5 1264 1190 -0.25
49 Mohd Noor Azam 2.5 19.0 3.25 7.5 1059 1202 +0.30
48 25 Yap Chin Keong 2.0 24.0 10.75 12.0 1601 1590 -0.04
42 Fairus Farid Noor 2.0 24.0 4.00 8.0 1398 1354 -0.26
46 Ooi Wei Choong 2.0 20.0 1.00 7.0 1282 919 -0.56
35 Azman Jamaludin 2.0 19.0 3.00 7.0 1525 1362 -0.84
52 47 Yong Cheng Jie 1.5 18.0 1.00 5.0 0000 915 0
56 Ngo Yew Yung 1.5 16.5 1.00 5.0 0000 717 717
54 39 Shahril Nizam Abdu 1.0 25.5 11.00 6.0 1467 1032 -0.40
37 Soo Kok Heng 1.0 25.0 7.25 6.0 1490 1083 -0.34
27 Yap Chin Leong 1.0 22.0 5.75 7.0 1595 846 -1.80
57 53 Mohammad Afiq Mohd 0.0 19.0 4.00 0.0 0000 882 0
58 Saurabh Duda 0.0 17.0 4.00 0.0 0000 771 0
55 Naven Jegathisan 0.0 16.0 4.00 0.0 0000 764 0
57 S. Thamitran 0.0 16.0 4.00 0.0 0000 820 0

10th CAS –OCTAGON-Third Quarter Allegro Championship 2008

This is national rated tournament

Date : 13th July 2008 (Sunday)Venue : The Chess Network, 2nd Floor, Wilayah Complex, Jalan Munshi Abdullah
Time Control : 25 minutes per player
Tie break : (1) P/E; (2) Solkoff; (3) S/B; (4) Cumulative; (5) Won Game.

Registration 08.30 am - 09.00 am
Round 1 09.30 am - 10.20 am
Round 2 10.40 am - 11.30 am
Round 3 11.40 pm - 12.30 pm
Lunch break 12.30 pm - 01.30 pm
Round 4 01.30 pm - 02.20 pm
Round 5 02.30 pm - 03.20 pm
Round 6 03.30 pm - 04.20 pm
Round 7 04.30 pm - 05.20 pm
Closing ceremony 05.30 pm


Main Prizes Consolation Prizes
Champion
RM 350 + Certificate 3 Best CAS RM30 each
2nd-RM 250 + Certificate 3 Best CAS U-15 RM30 each
3rd-RM 150 + Certificate 3 Best U-1400 Nat. Rtg RM30 each
4th-RM 100 + Certificate Best CAS Female RM30
5th -RM 60 + Certificate
6th – 10th =RM 40 + Certificate

For pre-registration BEFORE closing date on 11/7/2008 (FRIDAY), please send an email (stating your name and telephone no., indicating your interest to join) to selangorchess@gmail.com. Any new registration on tournament day shall be charged an extra RM5 as late administrative fee.

Entrance Fee: CAS Member – o RM15
Participant Parent is CAS Member – o RM15
Non CAS Member – o RM20

Dortmund Chess Tournament

The tournament in Dortmund will start on 28th June until the 6th July. The player who will take part :


Vladimir Kramnik Russia 2788

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2752

Peter Leko Hungary 2741

Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2740

Loek Van Wely Netherlands 2676

Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2634

Arkadij Naiditsch Germany 2623

Jan Gustafsson Germany 2603


Kramnik has been inactive lately and it will be interesting to see how he fares compared to

Ivanchuk who has been so active and successful that he is now rated higher that Kramnik on the

unoffical live ratings. However, Kramnik will be very much at home in Dortmund, being the

current champion and having won there an amazing 8 times over 15 years!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

upcoming FIDE July Rating 2008

Live rating list - updated June 19, 2008

Rank Name Rating Change Games
01 Anand 2798,1 -4,9 2
02 Carlsen 2791,5 +26,5 27
03 Ivanchuk 2790,8 +50,8 36
04 Kramnik 2788,0 0 0
05 Morozevich 2787,9 +13,9 20
06 Topalov 2777,0 +10 10
07 Radjabov 2744,1 -6,9 31
08 Mamedyarov 2742,1 -9,9 23
09 Leko 2741,0 0 0
10 Aronian 2737,1 -25,9 11

List of youngest grandmasters



This is a list of the players to become Grandmasters before their fifteenth birthday:

Player Country Age
Sergey Karjakin Ukraine Ukraine 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
Parimarjan Negi India 13 years, 4 months, 22 days
Magnus Carlsen Norway 13 years, 4 months, 27 days
Bu Xiangzhi China 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
Wesley So Philippines 14 years, 1 month, 28 days [1]
Etienne Bacrot France 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
Maxime Vachier France 14 years, 4 months [2]
Péter Lékó Hungary 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
Yuriy Kuzubov Ukraine 14 years, 7 months, 12 days [3]
Mark Paragua Philippines 14 years, 8 months,[4]
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Vietnam 14 years, 10 months
Fabiano Caruana Italy 14 years, 11 months, 10 days [5]

The youngest ever female to become a grandmaster (not to be confused with the lesser Woman Grandmaster title) is Koneru Humpy, who achieved the title at 15 years, 1 month, 27 days.

Magnus Carlsen Profile



Magnus Øen Carlsen (born November 30, 1990 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy.

On April 26, 2004 Carlsen became Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 27 days, the third youngest Grandmaster age in history.

Since then, he has established himself as an elite Grandmaster. In the April 2008 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2765, making him Norway's number 1, World Juniors' number 1 and World's number 5.

Biography

Carlsen lives in Lommedalen, Bærum, near Norway's capital, Oslo. He played his first tournament at the age of eight and was coached at the Norwegian high school for top athletes led by the country's top player, Grandmaster (GM) Simen Agdestein. Agdestein put his civil worker and master player Torbjørn Ringdahl-Hansen, currently a FIDE master with IM and GM norms, as his coach and they had one training session every week, together with one of Magnus' close friends. The young International Master was given a year off from elementary school to participate in international chess tournaments during the fall season of 2003. In that year, he finished third in the European Under-12 Boys Championship.Carlsen obtained his second GM norm in the Moscow Aeroflot Open in February 2004. In a blitz chess tournament (where players have much less time for their moves than in normal chess) in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 17 March 2004, Magnus Carlsen defeated former world champion Anatoly Karpov. The blitz tournament was a preliminary event leading up to a rapid chess knock out tournament beginning the next day, where Carlsen achieved one draw against Garry Kasparov, who was then the top-rated player in the world, before losing to Kasparov after 32 moves of the second game, thus being knocked out of the tournament.

In the sixth Dubai Open Chess Championship, held 18 April to 28, 2004, Carlsen obtained his third Grandmaster norm (enough for getting the GM title), after getting four wins and four draws before the last game was to be played. Resulting from this he was at the time world's youngest GM and the second youngest person ever to hold GM status, after Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine who attained the feat at 12 years and 7 months of age in 2002.

World Chess Cup

At the end of 2005 he participated at the World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In the knock-out tournament, Carlsen upset the 44th-ranked Georgian Zurab Azmaiparashvili in round one, winning 2–0 at rapid chess after a 1–1 tie in the normal length games, and proceeded to beat Tajik Farrukh Amonatov and Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov (also after rapid chess) to reach the round of 16. There he lost 1½-2½ to Evgeny Bareev, which prevented him from finishing in the top eight. He then won against Joel Lautier 1½-½ and Vladimir Malakhov 3½-2½ securing him at least a tenth place and therefore a spot in the Candidate Matches. Carlsen became the youngest player to be an official World Championship Candidate.

2008

* Playing for the second time in the top group A of the Corus chess tournament, Carlsen showed big improvement over his 2007 performance. His final score was 8 points in 13 rounds, an ELO performance of 2830. Carlsen scored five wins (including beating former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik with the black pieces), two losses and six draws. He shared first place with Levon Aronian, becoming the youngest person ever to win a category 20 tournament.
* At the 2008 Linares chess tournament, Carlsen had another 2800+ ELO performance, scoring 8 out of 14 (five wins, three losses and six draws). He finished in sole second place, ½ point behind the winner, world champion Viswanathan Anand.
* In March 2008, Carlsen played for the second time in the Melody Amber blind and rapid chess tournament, which was held in Nice for the first time. In the 11 rounds he achieved four wins, four draws and two losses in the blindfold, and three wins, six draws and two losses in the rapid part. This resulted in a shared fifth place in the blindfold, shared third place in the rapid and a shared second place in the overall tournament.
* Carlsen entered the first Grand Prix Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan as a top-seed. After yet another 2800 ELO performance (four wins, one loss and eight draws), he finished in a three-way tie for first place.
* Carlsen won a rapid match against Peter Leko held at Miskolc, Hungary, scoring 5:3 (two wins, six draws).[5]
* In June, Carlsen won an annual Aerosvit event.[6] In his strongest tournament performance to date, he finished undefeated with 8 out of 11 (five wins, six draws) in a category 19 field. His performance ELO was 2878.

Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins by a full point

I think he will become world no 1 less than 2 years. I will monitor his progress in this blog. i'm so admired with his game and excelent. Good luck Magnus Carlsen.

Read full article about the tournament( source from chessbase and chess.com)

19.06.2008 – Alexei Shirov and Andrei Volokitin scored final round victories, while Vassily Ivanchuk won another game, this time against Pavel Eljanov in a queen ending. Magnus Carlsen held Ukrainian co-prodigy Sergey Karjakin to a draw to take the category 19 tournament by a full point, with a 2877 performance. He will be number two in the next world rankings – if FIDE rates this event.


Other prodigies have flattered to deceive and fallen short of the ultimate prize. Still only 17, Magnus Carlsen looks set to rise to No.2 in the FIDE rankings when the next quarterly list is published on 1st July. Only the World Champion Vishy Anand stands between him and the No.1 spot. The stability of the World Chess Championship cycle is hard to predict, but surely a shot at the title will come Magnus' way in the near future. Kasparov who, anyone?

In the final round Carlsen drew with Karjakin to complete the tournament win and so end the tournament undefeated. However, despite the reputation of last rounds of chess events having wall-to-wall drawn results, there were 3 decisive games on the final day.

Plaudits go to Vassily Ivanchuk who defeated Pavel Eljanov to take second place outright. Ivanchuk has been overshadowed by Carlsen here, but has also had a great tournament, with his only loss being at Carlsen's hands in the very first round. Vassily's reward looks set to be a No.3 ranking on the new rating list, pushing Vladimir Kramnik down to No.4.

Another winner in the last round was the ever-popular Alexei Shirov who beat the American Alexander Onischuk with the Black pieces in just 29 moves. Shirov had an inconsistent tournament, but ends it on a high.

The third winner was Andrei Volokitin who overcame Evgeny Alekseev to finish in 5th place. Despite this, he was the lowest placed finisher of the four Ukranians in the event!

Aerosvit provided some great chess and a result which should live long in the memory of chess fans.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins with a round to spare

(article from chessbase)
18.06.2008 – Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Loek van Wely with the black pieces to join Pavel Eljanov (who drew against Karjakin) in second place. Alexei Shirov defeated Peter Svidler in a Slav, and Magnus Carlsen drew a marathon 79-move game against birthday boy Andrei Volokitin. With a round to go Carlsen is a point and a half ahead and therefore already the winner of Aerosvit 2008. Round ten report.

Aerosvit-2008 Tournament in Foros, Ukraine
The "Aerosvit-2008" tournament is taking place in a sanatorium complex in the settlement Foros of AR Crimea, Ukraine, from June 7th (day of arrival), to June 20th, 2008 (day of departure). The event is a 12-player round robin with invited participants. The average rating of the players is 2711.7, time controls are 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes to the end of the game, with an addition of 30 sec. after every move. In case of equal points at the end of the tournament the tiebreak is based on the (1) the result of the direct encounter; (2) the Sonneborn-Berger system; (3) the number of won games. The rounds are from Sunday, June 8th until Thursday, June 19th, always starting at 15:00h local time, which is currently CEST +1 (14:00h Berlin/Paris, 13:00h London, 08:00 a.m. New York).

Round ten report
White Res. Black Moves
Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Volokitin, Andrei 79
Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey 32
Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry 45
Shirov, Alexei 1-0 Svidler, Peter 43
N. Liviu-Dieter ½-½ Onischuk, Alexander 19
Van Wely, Loek 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily 21

Monday, June 16, 2008

Magnus Carlsen extends lead in Aerosvit



After a rest day on Saturday at the Aerosvit tournament in the resort of Foros in the Crimea, Magnus Carlsen (pictured) started the second half of the tournament with no let up in his form.

Playing Black against the Romanian GM Nisipeanu, he unleashed the Dragon again and won in style after 37 moves to move 2 points clear of the field on a commanding 6/7.

The two back markers in the event, Alexander Onischuk of the USA and Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands also suffered losses to Pavel Eljanov and Dmitry Jakovenko respectively. (article from chess.com)


Why Play Chess?

"Chess is a game of imagination and strategy, one that provides rules, order and opportunities for intellectual growth. Chess teaches a skill that can be applied to other aspects of life. For example, it teaches one to plan carefully in advance, to visualize various situations before making a move, and the importance of patience. How many of us have acted without thinking and then wished we could take back our actions? Well, the game of chess will quickly teach a child to analyze before acting. There have even been studies which support the claim that chess improves a person's organizational and analytical skills."
- Gadfly (The advantages of learning the art of chess)

Children Improve Academically

Chess improves schoolwork and grades. Numerous studies have proven that kids obtain a higher reading level, math level and a greater learning ability overall as a result of playing chess. For all these reasons, chess playing kids do better at school and therefore have a better chance to succeed in life.

Memory
Chess is one of the few activities that can assist in memory improvement. A chess player always tries to remember patterns and positions. He makes his moves based on what he learns from his own games and also games of other players from various tournaments collected from tournament books and databases. Chess students perform well in math and spelling because both these fields demand memorization of themes and ideas.

Concentration
Chess makes your child concentrate at the board for hours. Chess player forgets about the world outside the tournament hall. Even in Under 7 nationals, children play 2 rounds of 4 hours each per day. Parents of chess playing kids often tell me how chess has developed a habit in their children to seat and concentrate at one place.

Chess Teaches Life Skills
Chess can teach children to make careful, disciplined decisions, understanding that the first option available is not always the best option.

Logic
The action-reaction mechanism is prevalent in chess, like other logical activities. This teaches your child to look objectively at a position. Beginners are often surprised at the complexity of play at the top levels in chess. However, a Grandmaster must still follow the same logical theories and themes as the most basic chess beginner. This is because chess is a logical game.

Awareness and Analysis
A chess player learns to be aware of the key aspects in a position, analyses them, and react. Chess students often claim they have a better feel for this awareness and analysis in school. In this way more time is spent studying what will be on the exam instead of what won't be.

Decision Making
During a game, a chess player has to take decisions based on different features of the position on the board and calculation of variations for both the sides. He has to choose the best move from complicated position and that also in limited time. This develops ability to take prompt decision.

Chess and Science
Chess develops the scientific way of thinking. While playing, you generate numerous variations in your mind, explore new ideas, try to predict their outcomes and interpret surprising revelations. You decide on a hypothesis, and then you make your move and test it.

Chess and Mathematics
Chess involves an infinite number of calculations, anything from counting the number of attackers and defenders in the event of a simple exchange to calculating lengthy continuations. And you use your head to calculate, not some little machine.

Chess and Art
If you thought you could never be an artist, chess proves you wrong. Chess enables the artist hiding within you to come out. Your imagination will run wild with endless possibilities on the 64 squares. You will paint pictures in your mind of ideal positions and perfect outposts for your soldiers. As a chess artist you will have an original style and personality.
Chess and Psychology
Chess is a test of patience, nerves, will power and concentration. It enhances your ability to interact with other people. It tests your sportsmanship in a competitive environment.

In a nutshell, we can say:
Chess is a not a game of chance, but rather one in which imagination, hard work, and deep thinking are rewarded.

Chess is challenging, since there is always more to learn and enjoy. In addition to the satisfaction of mastering the ancient game, players often make life-long friends.

Royal Selangor Blitz 2008



Ian Udani sekali lagi menunjukkan kehebatannya dengan menjuarai Royal Selangor Blitz 2008. Pemenang lain seperti Fariz Shafruddin (2nd place), Kamaluddin Yusof (3rd) Dr.Wahid and Jax Tham. Memang tidak dapat di sangkal lagi, memang beliau merupakan seorang pemain yang hebat.

SLC Open Chess Championship 2008

Date: 28 June 2008 (Saturday)
Venue: SLC Auto Academy, No.472, Sungai Rambai, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
Category: Open, Lady, and Veteran
Organizer: Penang Chess Association
Prize:
Champion: RM200, 2nd RM150, 3rd RM100, 4th-6th RM50, 7th-10th RM25, Best Veteran, Best Lady


Format:

7 rounds will be played based on the Swiss System with time control of 25-minute each.
Tie Break: Solkoff, Cummulative
Entries are on First come first serve basis. Maximum number of entries is 100.

Schedule:
9.45:10.00 Arrivals
10.00:10.50 Round 1
11.00:11.50 Round 2
12.00:12.50 Round 3
12.50:14:00 Lunch
14.00:14.50 Round 4
15.00:15.50 Round 5
16.00:16.50 Round 6
17.00:17.50 Round 7
17.50:18.20 Processing Results & Cert.
18.20:18.40 Prize Giving