The Chess Classic Mainz 2008 Began

The Chess Classic Mainz began in style with Anand breaks his own record with a simul on 40 boards.After three and a half hours of play only about half of the players are still in the game. Only one player managed to achieve the draw.
In the end Anand won 38 , 2 draw and breaking his own record.

Schedule of events

GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship – 1-3 August 2008

Rapid Chess, 20min/game + 5s/move. Course of events: Fri, 1 Aug.: first rounds 1, 2 and 3; Sat, 2 Aug.: second rounds 4, 5 and 6, possible tiebreak; Sun, 3 Aug: four-game matches, big and small final, possible tiebreak, award ceremony. Start time of rounds: 18:30h, 19:30h, 20:30h, final additionally: 21:30h. Participants:

Player Nation Title Rating WRnk
Viswanathan Anand India GM 2798 1
Alexander Morozevich Russia GM 2788 2
Magnus Carlsen Norway GM 2775 6
Judit Polgar Hungary GM 2711 22

2. FiNet Chess960 Women's Rapid World Championship – 29-31 July 2008
Rapid chess, 20min/game + 5s/move. Course of events: Tue 29 July: first set of rounds 1, 2 and 3; Wed, 30 July: second set of rounds 4, 5 and 6, possible tiebreak; Thu, 31 July: four-game matches, big and small final, possible tiebreak, award ceremony. Start time of rounds: 18:30h, 19:30h, 20:30h, final additionally: 21:30h. Participants
Player Nation Rating Title WRank
Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia 2523 GM 10
Victorija Cmilyte Lithuania 2508 IM 11
Kateryna Lahno Ukraine 2507 GM 12
Natalia Zhukova Ukraine 2489 WGM 17

4th Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship– 30 July-1 August 2008
Rapid Chess, 20min/game + 5s/move. Course of events: Wed 30 July: first set of three rounds; Thurs 31 July: second set of three rounds; Fri 1 Aug.: four-game matches, big and small final possle tiebreak (5min/game + 5s/move). Start time of rounds: 11:00h, 12:30h, 14:00h, final additionally: 15:30 h, tiebreak: 17:00h.

Participants:
Rybka
Deep Shredder
Naum
Deep Sjeng

7th FiNet Chess960 Open – July 31-August 01, 2008
Eleven rounds Chess960 Rapid Chess, 20min/game + 5s/move. Thu 31 July: rounds 1-5; Fri 1 August: rounds 6-11. Start of rounds: Thu 12:00h and Fri 10:00h. Award Ceremony Fri 17:30h.

15th ORDIX Open – August 2-3, 2008
Eleven rounds Rapid Chess Open, 20min/game + 5s/move. Registration until Sat 2 Aug, 11:30h. Sat 2 August: rounds 1-5; Sun 3 August: rounds 6-11. Start of rounds: Sat 12:00h, Sun 10:00h. Award ceremony Sun 17:30h.

2nd Mini-ORDIX (29th July) and the 2nd Mini-FiNet (30th July)
2nd Mini-ORDIX Open: Rapid Chess Open for Children and Talents U14, 20min/game + 5s/move. Registration
until Tue, July 29, 10:30h. Seven rounds: 11:00h, 12:00h, 13:00h, 14:00h, 15:00h, 16:00h, 17:00h. Award ceremony: 18:00h.

2nd Mini-FiNet Open: Rapid Chess960 Open for Children and Talents U14, 20min/game + 5s/move. Registration
until Wed, July 30, 10:30h. Seven rounds: 11:00h, 12:00h, 13:00h, 14:00h, 15:00h, 16:00h, 17:00h. Award ceremony: 18:00h.

IM Mas Biel Master Tournament Round 8 & 9

Im Mas standing in 10th place with 6.5 after round 9 and will meet GM Evgeny Gleizerov at Round 10.


Round 9 (30.7.2008)
9 16. Skoberne,Jure (5½) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5½) 0-1

Round 8 (29.7.2008)
8 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5) - 18. Benkovic Petar (5) ½-½

Standings after round 9

1. Maze,Sebastien GM 2553 FRA 7.5 47.0 369.5
2. Belov,Vladimir GM 2561 RUS 7.0 47.5 361.5
3. Avrukh,Boris GM 2656 ISR 7.0 47.5 350.0
4. Bauer,Christian GM 2583 FRA 7.0 46.0 355.5
5. Kritz,Leonid GM 2610 GER 7.0 45.0 356.5
6. Grachev,Boris GM 2640 RUS 6.5 48.5 362.5
7. Smirin,Ilia GM 2637 ISR 6.5 47.5 362.5
8. Nezad,Husein Aziz IM 2372 QAT 6.5 46.0 351.0
9. Kim,Alexey GM 2460 KOR 6.5 45.5 347.0
10. Mas Hafizuhelmi A IM 2386 MAS 6.5 44.0 331.0
11. Cebalo,Misho GM 2523 CRO 6.5 39.0 337.0
12. Berczes,David IM 2458 HUN 6.0 50.0 350.5
13. Gleizerov,Evgeny GM 2549 RUS 6.0 46.5 352.5
14. Bindrich,Falko GM 2516 GER 6.0 45.5 343.5
15. Ivanisevic,Ivan GM 2664 SRB 6.0 45.0 346.0
16. Benkovic Petar IM 2479 SRB 6.0 44.0 338.5
17. Narayanan,Srinath FM 2220 IND 6.0 43.5 324.5
18. Ulibin,Mikhail GM 2520 RUS 6.0 43.0 338.5
19. Cherniaev,Alexand GM 2431 RUS 6.0 42.5 343.5
20. Hug,Werner IM 2437 SUI 6.0 41.0 325.5

41 Biel GrandMaster Result Round 8 and 9

Dominguez take a lead with 1 point over his nearest rivals Evgeny Alekseev and Magnus Carlsen. Magnus Carlsen make this tournament difficult for him to catch the leader when he only manage to draw with Etienne Bacrot at Round # 8,Dominguez get an advantage by beating Evgeny Alekseev.At round #9 Carlsen draw with Dominguez and missed a change to share a top lead. Dominguez now needs just a draw with the Black pieces in his final game with Bacrot to win the tournament outright.

The standings after round 9:

1 Dominguez Perez, CUB 2708 6½
2 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2708 5½
3 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2775 5½
4 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2691 4½
5 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2670 3½
6 Pelletier, Yannick SUI 2569 1½


9th round (July 30th):

Alexander Onischuk - Evgeny Alekseev 0 - 1

Leinier Dominguez - Magnus Carlsen ½ - ½

Yannick Pelletier - Etienne Bacrot ½ - ½


8th round (July 29th):

Evgeny Alekseev - Leinier Dominguez 0 - 1

Etienne Bacrot - Magnus Carlsen ½ - ½

Yannick Pelletier - Alexander Onischuk ½ - ½

PERCAWI open Result

OPEN

No. PNo. Name Scr WP SB PS TPR W-We
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1. 2 Ian Udani 5.5 19.0 16.50 20.5 2118 +0.34
2. 3 Kamaluddin Yusof 5.0 27.0 21.75 19.0 2007 +0.24
6 Tan Ken Wei 5.0 24.0 19.00 19.0 1987 +0.38
1 Mohd Kamal Abdullah 5.0 23.0 18.00 18.0 1886 -0.46
8 Mohd Khair Wahiduddin 5.0 21.0 16.50 18.5 1954 +0.24
4 Mohd Saprin Sabri 5.0 20.0 16.00 18.0 1625 -0.68
65 Syed Abd Rahman 5.0 18.5 16.00 15.0 2402 0
8. 12 Woo Beng Keong 4.5 21.5 14.25 16.5 1722 +0.18
5 Lim Zhuo Ren 4.5 17.5 12.25 16.5 1625 -0.31
10. 7 Nor Ilhamuddin 4.0 25.5 15.00 17.0 1340 -0.23
21 Abdullah Che Hassan 4.0 24.0 14.00 15.0 1201 0
9 Lee Kwan Pin 4.0 22.5 12.00 18.0 1858 +0.46
70 Yeap Eng Chiam 4.0 22.0 12.00 16.0 1570 0
62 Leong Kin Foong 4.0 21.0 12.75 16.0 1726 +0.50
10 Muhd Nabil AH 4.0 20.5 11.50 15.0 1342 -0.15

Under 15 (Boys and Girls)

No. PNo. Name Scr WP SB PS TPR W-We
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1. 30 Muhd Hazim 5.0 26.0 21.00 18.5 1577 0
36 Tariq Ziad 5.0 24.0 19.00 19.0 1528 0
1 Amira syahmina zulkifli(g)5.0 23.0 18.00 19.5 - 0
34 Lim Chin Shen 5.0 22.5 17.50 18.0 1355 0
5. 10 Gokul Sajeev 4.5 20.5 13.75 14.5 1324 0
6. 2 Edmund Ng 4.0 21.0 13.00 14.0 1728 +0.25
14 Kung Soon Heng 4.0 21.0 12.00 13.0 566 0
8 Anatha Krishnan 4.0 19.5 9.50 16.0 - 0
33 Seetharaman 4.0 19.0 10.00 11.0 - 0
10. 3 Tham Chee Leong 3.5 21.5 11.25 13.5 - 0
4 Jasy Ewe 3.5 20.5 8.75 14.5 - 0
11 Kalyana Chakravarthy 3.5 18.5 7.75 12.5 566 0
25 clarybelle loi (g) 3.5 17.0 9.75 10.5 - 0
5 Desmond Wong Chin Yann 3.5 17.0 7.25 12.0 566 -0.25
15 Lee Kok How 3.5 13.5 5.25 11.5 997 0
16. 9 Ashwin Shankar 3.0 22.5 9.50 12.0 1887 0
18 Mohd Fattah 3.0 20.0 8.50 9.0 1207 0
35 M. Venkat 3.0 20.0 7.00 12.0 - 0
7 Akshay Adithiya Nayar 3.0 18.0 6.00 13.0 - 0
13 Kishan Raj 3.0 18.0 6.00 11.0 658 0
19 Muhd Nafis Abdul Mois 3.0 17.5 6.50 8.0 533 0

Im Mas at Biel after round 7

So far IM Mas already have 5 point from 7 games. He will meet IM Petar Benkovic at round 8.

Round 8 (29.7.2008)
8 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5) - 18. Benkovic Petar (5) -

Round 7 (28.07.2008)
17 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (4) - 111 Karrer,Damian (4) 1-0

Round 6 (26.07.2008)
18 52. Duschek,Volker (3) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (3) 0-1

Round 5 (25.07.2008)
9 -28.Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus(3)-8.Bauer,Christian(3) 0-1

Leinier Dominguez take the lead at Biel Grandmaster Tournament

Magnus Carlsen lose again Evgeny Alekseev for over 70 moves and then lost a pawn race. Leinier Dominguez win again Yannick Pelletier to take over the lead from Carlsen, and Etienne Bacrot make a comeback with a black win over Alexander Onischuk

Standings after round 7

				1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	SoBerg
1.	GM Leinier Dominguez	2708	CUB	**	½	½	1	½ 1	½ 1	5.0	13.25
2.	GM Evgeny Alekseev	2708	RUS	½	**	½ 1	1 0	½	1	4.5	14.75
3.	GM Magnus Carlsen	2775	NOR	½	½ 0	**	1	½	1 1	4.5	10.75
4.	GM Etienne Bacrot	2691	FRA	0	0 1	0	**	½ 1	1	3.5	9.50
5.	GM Alexander Onischuk	2670	USA	½ 0	½	½	½ 0	**	1	3.0	9.25
6.	GM Yannick Pelletier	2569	SUI	½ 0	0	0 0	0	0	**	0.5	2.50

5th round (July 25th):
Evgeny Alekseev	-	Alexander Onischuk	½ - ½	(34)
Magnus Carlsen	-	Leinier Dominguez	½ - ½	(26)
Etienne Bacrot	-	Yannick Pelletier	1 - 0	(34)
6th round (July 26th):
Etienne Bacrot	-	Evgeny Alekseev	1 - 0	(43)
Yannick Pelletier	-	Magnus Carlsen	0 - 1	(40)
Alexander Onischuk	-	Leinier Dominguez	0 - 1	(91)
7th round (July 28th):
Magnus Carlsen	-	Evgeny Alekseev	0 - 1	(84)
Leinier Dominguez	-	Yannick Pelletier	1 - 0	(56)
Alexander Onischuk	-	Etienne Bacrot	0 - 1	(55)

Mas lose again top seed

IM Mas lose in round #4 again 1st seeded GM Ivan Ivanisevic (2664) from Serbian. He will meet 8th seeded GM Christian Bauer (2583) in 5th round.

Round 4 (24.07.2008)
4 1. Ivanisevic,Ivan (2½) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (3) 1-0

Round 4 Biel International Chess Festival

GM Evgeny Alekseev join MAgnus Carlsen in the lead.

4th round (July 24th) result:
Yannick Pelletier - Evgeny Alekseev 0 - 1
Alexander Onischuk - Magnus Carlsen ½ - ½
Leinier Dominguez - Etienne Bacrot 1 - 0

Standings after round 4

1.GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2775) 3.0
GM Evgeny Alekseev (RUS, 2708) 3.0
3.GM Alexander Onischuk (USA, 2670) 2.5
GM Leinier Dominguez (CUB, 2708) 2.5
5.GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI, 2569) 0.5
GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA, 2691) 0.5

IM Mas at Biel

IM Mas now also at 2008 Biel Chess festivel (Master Tournament),
Congrat Mas for beating Ulibin,Mikhail

PairingsRound 3 (23.07.2008)
9 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (2) - 14. Ulibin,Mikhail (2) - 1-0

Round 2 (22.07.2008)
24 121 Lienhard,Alex (1) - 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (1) 0-1

First round (21.07.2008)
29 28. Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus () - 90. Serralta,Michel () 1-0

Magnus Carlsen take the lead after Round 3 at Biel

Carlsen,M (2775) vs. Bacrot,E (2691)

Round 3 (July 22th)

Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev 1/2

Magnus Carlsen - Etienne Bacrot 1-0

Alexander Onischuk - Yannick Pelletier 1-0


Standings after round 3

Points
1. GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2775) 2.5
2. GM Evgeny Alekseev (RUS, 2708) 2.0
GM Alexander Onischuk (USA, 2670) 2.0
4. GM Leinier Dominguez (CUB, 2708) 1.5
5. GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI, 2569) 0.5
GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA, 2691) 0.5

1st Brunei Internet Chess Blitz Result

The 1st Brunei Internet Chess Blitz, held on ICC on Tuesday, 15 July at 2:00AM (14:00PM local Brunei time), with 418 elite online player.

Standing:
1st IM Arthur Gabrielyan (Dinamit), Russia - $1500
2nd GM Axel Bachmann (olimpus), Paraguay - $1000
3rd GM Ilya Smirin (tapuax), Israel - $750
4th Jeffrey a de Jesus (El-Bandido), USA - $500
5th GM Pawel Jaracz (dvoracky), Poland - $250
6th-7th (1 year ICC): Pikaso, manest
8th-10th (6 months ICC): Silluger, Finegold, mishikoo
11th-20th (3 months ICC): EdUiTu3000, SCORPION83, VerdeNotte, garompon, Serghik, fantasticflank, vitorbronson, fullhouse, Smallville, Indiana-Jones.

Raffle prizes: (3 months ICC): BotanicalKnight, czechmates, Kurugi, AngryChef, Checkmates, HuevosDeLeon, ChronoKnight, manunitedfan, WhiteBuffalo, sitparkcin

Full Result here
Tournament picture here

41st Biel International Chess Festival update day 1 and 2

Magnificient game by Magnus Carlsen in round 1, from a draw game to finish with a win.



Grandmaster Tournament 2008
Standings after round 2
Place

1. Alekseev,Evgeny
Carlsen,Magnus 1.5
3.Dominguez,Leinier 1.0
Onischuk,Alexander 1.0
5.Pelletier,Yannick 0.5
Bacrot,Etienne 0.5

Round 2 (21.07.2008)
Evgeny Alekseev - Magnus Carlsen 1/2 (47)
Yannick Pelletier - Leinier Dominguez 1/2 (45)
Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Onischuk 1/2 (35)

Round 1:

Alekseev, Evgeny - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Pelletier, Yannick 1-0
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Onischuk, Alex ½-½

UUM open Result

Congratulation to Syed Iskandar, the 1st tournament winner for him this year.
Some picture from the tournament,

Standing:


Crosstable:

41st Biel International Chess Festival

The 41st Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July - 1st August 2008.
Our IM Mas also will take part. Good luck Mas.

Karpov Poikovsky tournament final result

Four players tie for first at Karpov Poikovsky tournament with 5.5 point from 9.
They are Alexei Shirov,Dmitrij Jakovenko ,Sergei Rublevsky and Vugar Gashimov.
Alexei Shirov lead after 7 round but he lost to Gashimov in round 8 to miss out on undisputed first place and other game was draw in round 8. In final round, all game draw.

IM Mas in First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary

Some info from gilachess that our IM Mas now in Hungary for
First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest



Standing after Round 12

1. 7 Ilincic, Zlatko 9.0 67.0 47.75 61.0 2519 2623 +1.56

2. 4 Hou, Yifan 8.0 73.5 49.00 51.5 2557 2569 +0.17

14 Prohaszka, Peter 8.0 67.0 44.50 51.0 2509 2555 +0.72

9 Boros, Denes 8.0 72.5 43.00 50.5 2472 2567 +1.53

5. 1 Varga, Zoltan 7.5 70.0 41.00 49.0 2479 2539 +0.93

6. 13 Mas, Hafizulhelmi 6.5 70.0 31.25 43.0 2386 2473 +1.43

7. 11 Nguyen, Huynh 6.0 72.0 32.50 46.5 2477 2441 -0.58

2 Berczes, David 6.0 74.0 28.50 35.5 2458 2440 -0.29

3 Rajlich, Iweta 6.0 72.0 29.75 34.0 2417 2441 +0.42

10. 8 Fogarasi, Tibor 5.5 75.0 31.75 41.0 2429 2424 -0.12

11. 12 Duong, The Anh 4.0 74.0 20.00 23.0 2445 2315 -2.07

12. 5 Toth, Ervin 3.5 72.5 19.50 21.0 2409 2284 -1.95

6 Kjartansson, Gudm 3.5 75.0 19.50 20.5 2328 2295 -0.52

14. 10 Kislik, Erik Andrew 2.5 73.5 13.50 18.5 2302 2214 -1.23

The world championship match :Anand vs Kramnik

The world championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik will start around 3 month from now. This high rated tournament will take place in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. From October 14th till November 2nd.
The match consists of twelve games, with a classic rate of play: 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment, starting from move 61. If the match ends in a tie, a tiebreak will be played on November 02, 2008. The tiebreak consists of four rapid games, if needed two blitz games and if needed, one sudden-death game.

Arbiters and Appeals CommitteeFIDE :President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has appointed the Appeals Committee for the World Championship Match. The arbiters of the match have also been approved by the FIDE President. The arbiters are: Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE) – Chief Arbiter, Werner Stubenvoll (AUT) and Hal Bond (CAN) –Debuty Arbiters. The Appeals Committee: Florencio Campomanes (PHI) – Chairman, Nigel Freeman(BER) and Israel Gelfer (ISR) – Members.

Schedule for the World Chess Championship 2008
Game 1 Tuesday October 14 3 p.m.
Game 2 Wednesday October 15 3 p.m.
Game 3 Friday October 17 3 p.m.
Game 4 Saturday October 18 3 p.m.
Game 5 Monday October 20 3 p.m.
Game 6 Tuesday October 21 3 p.m.
Game 7 Thursday October 23 3 p.m.
Game 8 Friday October 24 3 p.m.
Game 9 Sunday October 26 3 p.m.
Game 10 Monday October 27 3 p.m.
Game 11 Wednesday October 29 3 p.m.
Game 12 Friday October 31 3 p.m.

Tiebreak Sunday November 02 3 p.m.

7th Poikovsky tournament

This tournament being held on March 18th-28th. Poikovsky is in same Siberia region as another famous chess arena - Khanty Mansiysk.

Standings after Round 7:
1. Shirov 5
2-3. Jakovenko, Rublevsky 4.5
4-5 Wang Hao, Gashimov 4
6. Bologan 3
7-10. Sutovsky, Onischuk, Inarkiev, Volokitin 2.5


Standings after round 5
:1-4(3 point)
Sergei Rublevsky 2665
Vadim Zvjaginsev 2664
Alexei Shirov 2709
Evgeniy Najer 2562
5-8.(2.5 point)
Evgeny Bareev 2698,
Ivan Sokolov 2689,
Ruslan Ponomariov 2723
Alexey Dreev 2697
9.(2 point)
Alexander Onischuk 2650
10(1 point).
Viktor Bologan 2661

Ismail juara catur polis dunia

Itulah tajuk berita dalam Utusan Malaysia hari ini di halaman polis dan tentera,
artikel itu ditulis oleh:Oleh MOHD. SAIFUL MOHD. SAHAK (saiful.sahak@utusan.com.my),ikutilah kisah selanjutnya:
Tugas sebagai pegawai dan anggota polis memang sering dihambat masa menyebabkan mereka mengurangkan atau melupakan terus aktiviti masa lapang yang seiring dilakukan sebelum menyertai pasukan itu.

Jika sebelum menjadi polis bermain bola sepak, mendaki gunung, bermain badminton, catur, dam dan sebagainya merupakan rutin harian atau pada hujung minggu.

Tetapi setelah melangkahkan kaki ke dalam pasukan pasukan beruniform biru, semua terpaksa dilupakan buat sementara.

Namun begitu, menyertai Pasukan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) bukanlah satu pengakhiran kepada semua aktiviti tersebut.

Walaupun masa sering mencemburui mereka, namun bagi sesetengah individu yang sudah lama melakukan aktiviti-aktiviti riadah seperti itu, masa yang terhad digunakan sebaik mungkin.

Bagi mereka, ia seperti nadi dan tidak lengkap hidup jika mereka tidak melakukannya.

Bagi segelintir individu yang tidak mahu menyertai PDRM kerana menganggap ia penghalang kepada minat mereka, buang jauh-jauh pemikiran itu.

Walaupun hakikatnya, pasukan polis tidak pernah menghalang malah memberi sokongan penuh kepada kakitangannya yang melibatkan diri dalam aktiviti sukan dan riadah.

Ini dapat dibuktikan dengan penglibatan pasukan PDRM dalam pelbagai kejohanan sukan di dalam dan luar negara.

Peluang itu digunakan sebaik mungkin. Kesibukan tugas seharian tidak pernah menghalang mereka melakar kejayaan cemerlang dalam aktiviti yang diceburi.

Bagi, Sarjan Ismail Ahmad, 44, sepanjang menceburi bidang kepolisan ini, PDRM tidak pernah menghalang minatnya untuk melibatkan diri dalam arena sukan dan rekreasi.

Malah beliau sendiri juga tidak sedar, terdapat banyak kemudahan dan usaha menonjolkan bakat dalam kerjaya kepolisan, salah satunya permainan catur.

Hasil sokongan PDRM itulah, kini hampir 23 tahun beliau menyertai permainan catur dan telah memenangi pelbagai kejohanan di dalam dan luar negara.

Menyingkap penglibatan awal dirinya dalam permainan itu, beliau mempunyai cerita tersendiri.

Menurut Ismail, beliau mula berkecimpung dengan permainan catur apabila didorong dengan perasan bosan ketika bersendirian.

Katanya, bagi menghilang perasaan itu, beliau sering bermain dengan rakan-rakan pada waktu lapang.

“Dan setiap kali saya bermain kemenangan selalu memihak kepada saya dari situ timbul minat untuk melibatkan secara aktif dalam permainan ini,” jelasnya.

Menurut Ismail lagi, beliau gembira sekali kerana selain layak menjadi polis, cita-cita untuk mengasah bakat dalam permainan catur diimpikan selama ini tercapai.

Bermula dari situ, beliau yang bertugas di Bahagian Latihan, Batalion 4, Markas Briged Tengah Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA), sentiasa menghabiskan masa dalam membaca buku-buku dan melayari Internet yang ditulis oleh para Grand Master catur dunia.

Pengorbanan masa, tenaga dan wang ringgit akhirnya dibayar nilai setimpal apabila Ismail banyak memenangi banyak pertandingan dan kejohanan yang disertainya.

Antaranya ialah Terbuka Indonesia 1997, Chess Olimpiad Elista 1998, Individu Jonal Tehran 1998, Juara Master Melayu 1999, Chess Olimpiad Turki 2000, Naib Johan Kebangsaan 2001 dan Terbuka Asian-Brunei.

Beliau juga meraih kemenangan di Chess Olimpiad Slovenia 2002, Sukan SEA 2003, Juara Selangor, Juara Team Merdeka, Juara Dunia Polis di Sepanyol 2003, juara dua kejohanan di Amerika Syarikat pada 2004.

Berdasarkan kejayaan dan pengalaman luar itu, pemilihannya sebagai jurulatih pasukan catur Malaysia pada Sukan SEA 2005 di Filipina adalah pilihan yang tepat.

Kemuncaknya Ismail menjuarai Pertandingan Terbuka Catur Sedunia Angkatan Tentera Amerika Syarikat pada tahun 2004 yang melibatkan pasukan beruniform dari seluruh dunia.

Pengiktirafan itu turut menaikkan nama PDRM bahawa para anggotanya bukan sahaja siap sedia mengawal keselamatan malah masih mampu mengharumkan nama negara.

Katanya, kemenangan itu mengejutkan negara-negara lain apabila pasukan catur elit PDRM Malaysia menang dalam pertandingan tersebut dan di luar jangkaannya sama sekali.

“Saya berjaya mengharumkan nama PDRM dan negara ini di peringkat antarabangsa, memang sukar diluahkan dengan kata-kata.

“Kejayaan dan pengalaman itu merupakan kenangan manis bagi saya,” ujarnya.

Lebih membanggakan Ismail apabila sepanjang penglibatan dalam permainan catur ini beliau berjaya menewaskan pemain-pemain catur terkemuka dunia.

Di atas kejayaan itu, Ismail dianugerahkan Pingat Darjah Bentara Pasukan (BPP) Polis daripada Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail pada 2004.

Menurut Ismail selaku pemain catur PDRM, walaupun kesuntukan masa berlatih, namun masa terluang beliau gunakan sebaik mungkin bagi meningkatkan mutu permainan.

“Saya bersyukur pengorbanan itu membuahkan hasil di luar jangkaan saya sendiri,” kata Ismail yang pernah menjuarai Kejohanan Catur Polis Dunia 2003 di Sepanyol.

Ismail yang sebelum ini pernah kini mengikuti Latihan Asas Kepolisan di Pusat Latihan Polis (Pulapol) Jalan Semarak Kuala Lumpur berkata, untuk menjadi pemain catur yang hebat soal disiplin perlu ditekankan.

“Disiplin yang baik akan menentukan hebatnya seseorang pemain dalam sukan ini.

“Malah minat yang mendalam terhadap sukan ini merupakan pendorong dan aset pada setiap kejayaan yang diperoleh,” terangnya.

Kata Ismail, beliau amat bertuah kerana pihak pengurusan PDRM amat memahami dan sentiasa memberi kelonggaran kepada dirinya jika ada sebarang pertandingan yang disertai.

Ismail berkahwin dengan Halimah Ahmad, 44, dan dikurniakan empat orang cahaya mata.

Poikovsky Tournament

The Poikovsky tournament takes place 8th-17th July 2008. Participants: Alexei Shirov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Sergey Rublevsky, Wang Hao, Ernesto Inarkiev, Andrei Volokitin, Vugar Gashimov, Victor Bologan, Alexander Onischuk and Emil Sutovsky.

10th CAS-Octagon Third Quarter Allegro Chess Championship 2008 result

Ian Udani- 1st

Edward Lee- 2nd

Mohd Kamal Abdullah- 3rd
Ian Udani again the champion

1. Ian Udani 7.0
2. NM Edward Lee 6.0
3. NM Mohd Kamal Abdullah 6.0
4. Sumant Subramaniam 6.0
5. Mark Siew Kit-Tze 5.5
6. Fariz Shafruddin 5.5
7. Mohd Saprin Sabri 5.5
8. Kamaluddin Yusof 5.0
9. Ismail Ahmad 5.0
10. Woo Beng Keong 5.0
11. Muhd Nabil Azman 5.0
12. Suhaimi Mustafa Albakri 5.0
13. Cheah Cheok Fung 5.0
14. Abdullah Che Hassan 5.0
15. Tan Ken wei 5.0
16. Ahmad Fadzil Nayan 5.0
17. Low Jun Jian 5.0
18. Kamalarifin Wahiduddin 5.0
19. Yeoh Li Tian 5.0
20. Mat Zaki Yeop 5.0

Full Result here

Cross table Here

Kelantan Open Result

Abdullah Che Hassan to strong for other player to stop him from taking the 1st prize. Around 49 particapant in this tournament, maybe this is a small number of particapant compare to its big prize money.

Open:

1. Abdullah Che Hassan RM800
2. Muhammad Arshad RM500
3. Md Khair RM300
4. Mohd Azizul RM100
5. Azahari Mohd Nor RM100
6. Kamal Azmi RM100
7. Abd Khalid Musa RM100
8. Ali Akhbar Kuning RM100
9. Md Zainuddin RM100
10. Fairul Yusoff RM100

Under 15 winners:

1. Ahmad Zulhilmi RM200
2. Laila Husna RM150
3. Wan Emilia RM100
4. Fadhil Aiman RM50
5. Md Afiq Aiman RM50
6. Md Muhaimin RM50
7. Najihah RM50
8. Md Fadhil RM50
9. Md Afham RM50
10. Md Ahza RM50

Detail here

GM Maurice Ashley

Who is GM Maurice Ashley ? He is the fisrt black Grandmaster in history. He make a history when became the first African-American to attain the coveted title of International Grandmaster of Chess in 1999. GM Ashley has received multiple community service awards from city governments, universities, and non-profit groups for his work. His book, Chess for Success (2005, published by Broadway Books), crystallizes his vision of using chess to help at-risk youth. GM Ashley (2007) signed a deal with HBO to make a movie about his Harlem team's victory at the National Junior High School Championships.

He served as commentator for the IBM Kasparov vs. Deep Blue rematch (1997), 1996 Man vs. Machine match (Kasparov vs. Deep Blue), and other world championship matches.
GM Ashley was coach of the Raging Rooks (J.H.S. 43) of Harlem, winners of the National Junior High School Championships (1991) ; and also coach of the Dark Knights (also from Harlem), two time National Champions (1994 and 1995) in the Junior Varsity Division and was the head of the Dark Knights program as they continued to win six National Championship titles.
Maurice Ashley was named 2003 Grandmaster of the Year by the U.S. Chess Federation. Maurice makes appearances all over the country speaking to young people and adults about chess and its benefits.

Pertandingan Catur Sempena Jubli Emas Sultan Kedah

Kelab Catur SK Taman Kenari, Kulim akan menganjurkan Pertandingan Catur Terbuka sempena cuti sambutan perayaan Jubli Emas Sultan Kedah seperti ketetapan berikut:
Tarikh: 15 Julai 2008
Masa : 8.30 pagi
Tempat: Kantin Sekolah SK Tmn Kenari.

Pertandingan ini terbuka kepada orang ramai dan dibahagikan kepada dua kategori:
Kategori Novis untuk bawah 12 tahun dan
Kategori Open untuk 12 tahun ke atas.

Pusingan pertama pertandingan bermula jam 9.00 pagi. Yuran Kategori Novis RM3.00 dan yuran Open adalah RM5.00. Untuk keterangan lanjut sila hubungi: En Azwan, 017-5605071 atau Cikgu Zaki, PK Koko SK Tmn Kenari.
Sijil Penyertaan disediakan untuk semua peserta terhad 60 orang peserta sahaja.Hadiah-hadiah piala untuk kategori Novis bagi pemenang Johan hingga tempat ke-8 dan hadiah terbaik bawah 10 dan bawah 8. Manakala hadiah Kategori Open juga piala untuk Johan hingga tempat ke-6 dan terbaik Perempuan, tempat 1 hingga 3 serta terbaik bawah 15 tahun tempat 1 hingga 3. "

KELANTAN OPEN

Majlis Tindakan Perlancungan Kelantan will organise Kelantan Open Chess tournament on 11th to 12th July at Stadium Sultan Mohd IV.For registration kindly contact Muhammad Arshad at 012 9210841.Here are details of the event :-
Date of event :11th and 12th July 2008 (Friday and Saturday)
Organiser : Majlis Tindakan Perlancungan Negeri Kelantan
Place ; Sultan Mohd IV Stadium, Jalan Mahmood ,Kota Bharu
Entry fee : RM10.00
Time control : 30 minute each
Number of round 7 round
Prize money : Open Section
RM800
RM500
RM300
RM100 TO 10TH RM100
11th 20th place hamper
UNDER 15
RM 200
RM150
RM100
RM50
5th place t0 10th place hamper
Best under 12 boy RM80.00
Best under 12 girl RM80.00
First round start at 3.00 pm on Friday .Round 7 start at 5pm.( 2 days event)

Kiev Life Rapid: Karjakin beat Short with 7.5-2.5

Beat


The 18 year-old Ukranian GM Sergey Karjakin who at the age of twelve years and seven months became the youngest grandmaster in history has won his rapid match in Kiev against the veteran British GM and former World Championship challenger ,Nigel Short. Sergey Karjakin is 25 years younger than Nigel Short.They worked together in Nigel's home in Greece, and almost got themselves killed in a traffic accident three years ago.




The time control was 25 minutes per game plus a 10 second increment per move. 10 games were played, but Karjakin only needed 8 to reach an uncatchable 5.5 points and then won the last two games as well for good measure, running out a crushing winner by a score of 7.5 - 2.5. Karjakin has been slightly overshadowed in recent times by the other young superGM's, Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov, but showed good form in the match to end a convincing winner.

Dortmund R7 result and standing

Peter Leko of Hungary (pic) wins Sparkassen Meeting with 4.5/7, 2 win and 5 draw.His closest rivals, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Jan Gustafsson only manage to draw their last game.1st runner up is my hero Vassily Ivanchuk who beat Kramnik at final round.



Round 7: Sunday, July 6, 13:00h

Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Vladimir Kramnik
Loek van Wely 0-1 Shak. Mamedyarov
Peter Leko ½-½ Arkadij Naiditsch
Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Jan Gustafsson

Here In My Home - Malaysian Artistes For Unity

Brunei set to hold first online chess tournament

(article from chess.com)

The Brunei-Muara District Executive Chess Championship 2008 Committee for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 62nd Birthday Celebration and the Brunei Chess Federation (BCF) yesterday announced that the first ever Brunei Internet Chess Blitz will be held on July 15 at 2 pm (GMT +8:00 or 2:00 ICC server time).
Registration for the tournament is free and is open to chess players from all over the world.
Hundreds of participants, including grandmasters, international masters and FIDE masters, are expected to participate in the 13-round, three-minute blitz and stand the chance to win US$1,500 in cash prize.
The event also offers a number of lucrative prizes for players from the BCF's chess centres.
The online chess tournament is co-organised by the Internet Chess Club (ICC), the world's premier online subscription chess service.
Brunei residents are welcome to join the tournament at the Brunei Chess Centre, Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex, and the Brunei Shell Recreation Club Chess Centre.
They are, however, advised to bring their own notebook computers due to the limited availability of computers at the venues.
To those who wish to play online, log on to the ICC server with its latest chess interface at least 10 minutes before the start of the tournament.
Meanwhile, yesterday saw the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the committee and sponsors Alif Technologies, PT Wai Illa Sarana Utama & Pt Talenta Pratama Mandiri, Pine Enterprise-Verde, and Adison Marketing Services at the Brunei Chess Centre.
The ceremony was attended by Assistant Brunei-Muara District Offcier Awang Haji Haris bin Othman as the guest of honour.
Signing on behalf of the committee was BCF President Awang Zainal Abidin bin Haji Mohd Ali, while Alif Technologies was represented by its chief executive officer, Pengiran Mohamad bin Pengiran Haji Kamaluddin, PT Wai Illa Sarana Utama & Pt Talenta Pratama Mandiri by its operation director Tarce Fatlolon, Pines Enterprise-Verde by its owner, Dayang Yuariana Kim binti Mohd Asman, and Adison Marketing Services by its manager Sim Chong Siang.
Other sponsors of the tournament include: the Empire Hotel and Country Club, i-Centre, Everyman Chess UK, London Chess Centre, Mutiara Shakila Nabilah Transportation Services, Royal Brunei Technical Services, Zisen Enterprise, PT Budi Gunawan, and PT El-Nusa.
Haji Zainal Abidin, in a speech at the signing, said extensive research has indicated that chess helps instil confidence and self-worth in young players, and can dramatically improve their ability to think rationally and increase their aptitude in recognising patterns, thus, help them obtain better grades in English and mathematics.
Like BCF's motto of "More Kids, More Chess, More Fun", he believed the tournament would draw participation from young local talents, further promoting the game of chess in the country.
The BCF president also predicted some 1,000 participants in the event, including locals as well as global rated and non-rated players.
"The event is a major leap for BCF and Brunei Darussalam as we embrace the advancement of ICT to organise an international tournament," he added.
He also felt that the tournament would cast Brunei in the international limelight, thus promoting the country as a tourist destination, and possibly, the choice to host prestigious chess tournaments.
For more information on the event, visit the official website at www.zon365.com, or contact the support team at bcfinternetblitz@gmail.com.
Source: http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/fri/jul4h41.htm

Dortmund R5 and R6 Result and Standing

The standings after round 6:

1 Leko, Peter HUN 2741 4
2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2634 3½
3 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2603 3½
4 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2752 3
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2740 3
6 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2788 3
7 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2624 3
8 Van Wely, Loek NED 2677 1

The results in round 6:

Gustafsson, Jan - Leko, Peter 0-1 45 E15 Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 29 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 39 D11 Slav Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 26 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation

The results in round 5:

Leko, Peter - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 30 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 40 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 53 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Van Wely, Loek - Gustafsson, Jan 0-1 18 D31 Semi-Slav Defence

Dortmund Round 4

Nepomniachtchi wins to join leaders

The results in round 4:

Gustafsson, Jan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	31	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	48	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	41	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Leko, Peter	½-½	23	E15	Queens IndiaThe standings after round 5:

The standings after round 4:

1.	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	2603	*	.	.	½	1	½	½	.	2½	2821
2.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	.	*	.	½	.	½	1	½	2½	2834
3.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2634	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	1	2½	2793
4.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	½	½	½	*	½	.	.	.	2	2650
5.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2624	0	.	½	½	*	1	.	.	2	2694
6.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	½	½	.	.	0	*	.	1	2	2661
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2740	½	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	1½	2576
8.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2677	.	½	0	.	.	0	½	*	1	2532

Dortmund R3 result

The youngest player, German GM Arkadij Naiditsch, beat Vladimir Kramnik's Petroff Defence.On the Playchess server there was great excitement over Naiditsch' dramatic novelty – except that one visitor, Garry Kasparov, who is in Barcelona, preparing for an ICBI lecture on Wednesday, told us that he had analysed this back in 1999 (with the moves 16.a4 b4 17.Bf4 inserted). He predicted a good game for White, giving us all the main lines before they occurred on the board. There is apparently nothing new under the sun.

Round 3: Tuesday, July 1, 15:00h
Arkadij Naiditsch	1-0	Vladimir Kramnik
Shak. Mamedyarov	½-½	Jan Gustafsson
Vassily Ivanchuk	½-½	Ian Nepomniachtchi
Loek van Wely	½-½	Peter Leko

Malaysia Chess Festival in August, 2008

Alway August is the chess month for Malaysia chess Calendar. So for the chess lover, please try to take part if u are free and have a time.

Malaysian Chess Festival 2008 28th ASTRO Merdeka Rapid Open Chess Championship 2008 15 - 17 Aug 2008 IGB 5th Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2008 18 - 25 Aug 2008 3rd AmBank Group Malaysia Chess Challenge 2008 18 - 25 Aug 2008 Malaysian Blitz Chess Championship 2008 24 Aug 2008 28th ASTRO Merdeka Open Team Chess Championship 2008 30 Aug - 01 Sept 2008

more info here