Jakovenko, Dmitry Vs Fressinet, Laurent

Final round,

Chess tie break.

Now day, can considered all chess tournament are using the Swiss Pairing System.
Swiss Pairing System is designed to maximize the fair treatment of the players. This means that players having the same score should have met as equal opposition as possible during a tournament. If the Sonnenborn-Berger and/or Buchholz and/or Median, of all players in the same score-group, is nearly equal, the goal is reached. As a Swiss System is a more or less statistical system, this goal can only be reached approximately.
The approach is the attempt to equalize the strengh of the opponents of all players in a given score group. Therefore the pairing of each round will tend to pair players who have high Sonnenborn-Berger (or Buchholz or Median) with players having low Sonnenborn Berger (or Bucchholz or Median) in the same score-group.
The ratings of the players should be taken into consideration only when the Sonnenborn-Berger (or Buchholz or Median) is equal (e.g. in the first two rounds); otherwise, only current data of the tournament itself should be the basis for measuring the "strength" of the players and making the pairings thereafter -Fide handbook.

Basic pairings principles:

• Two players who have played each other shall not be paired again. 

• Before making the pairings in each round, players in every SG (including "floaters" from another SG) shall be arranged in the order of their (1) Sonneborn-Berger (SB); (2) Buchholz; (3) Median (4) rating. The player with the highest SB shall be No. 1 in the SG. Players with the same SB shall be arranged in the order of their Buchholz and so on.

• For accelerating pairing, in the first two rounds, an ‘imaginary’ point shall be added to the score of each of the players in the top half of the initial list of participants (arranged in the order of their R). This imaginary point shall then be deducted before making the pairings of the third round.

Berger or Sonneborn-Berger
This is calculated by adding scores of the opponets who were beaten by a given player and half the scores of the opponents who she drew with. This has been adopted from round-robin tournaments and is usually used as a secondary method.


Buchholz (FIDE) or Solkoff 
This is the sum of opponents' scores. The idea is that the same score is more valuable if achieved against players with better performances in a given tournament. Looks like an ideal tie-breaking method and has been used since the Swiss system was invented. However it has some weaknesses which are addressed by other methods (see Median-Buchholz, Progress, Berger).

Median-Buchholz (FIDE) or Median
Same as above but discarding the highest and the lowest opposition's scores.
Its idea is to eliminate distortions in Buchholz values caused by taking into account games against run-away winners and bottom placed players.

example:
Suppose a player participated in a Swiss tournament and he scored as shown in the table below.

Example: Player #57 faced the players mentioned in the first line. In the second line the score of #57 against these opponents is listed, and in the third line you find the total scores of his opponents.
The Buchholz score of player #57 is the sum of the scores: 3½ + 4½ + 2 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 5½ = 36.
The Median Buchholz is the Buchholz score reduced by the highest and the lowest score of the opponents.
 In Table 1 we would have to reduce the scores of #8 (2 points) and #28 (6 points).
The Median Buchholz is in this case: 3½ + 4½ + 5 + 4 + 5½ = 22½.

The following is very important and also a little bit complicated:

Progress (FIDE) or Cumulative 
Calculated by adding points from a progress table eg if your scores were: Win, Loss, Win, Draw then your progressive scores are 1, 1, 2, 2.5 and your Progress tie-break value is 6.5
This is an attempt to put a higher value on scores which were achieved by scoring better in the initial rounds than by finishing from behind. It is common knowledge that the latter is usually much easier to achieve.
The problem is that the order of the Progress tie-breaks is known before the last round (last round scores will change the actual value but not the order within a point group). This may encourage some undesirable tournament "tactics" in the last round.

Kulim chess community game review

Date: 30 March 2012
Venue: Kedai Kak Wan , Lunas, Kedah.
Time: 9.00 P.M - 2.00 A.M

Only 4 player turn up this night, Alias, Azudin , Azwan and Syukor. We are preparing for our next tournament, USM Engineering Open and other tournament after this. Target to improve our game and try to finish top 10 during any tournament. For a long term planning, we are targeting to get top 5 in any tournament especially in Kedah. For next gathering , will be discussing about our opponent opening and weakness. Targeting analysis on a few Kedah top player games.

Below are some game review and discusion.

Benko Gambit: A58




Ruy Lopez: Berlin Wall C65

National rating January 2012

Malaysia National rating January 2012 already publish. My rating increase 43 point for 2 tournament , Mind Chess Championship and 3rd Penang Heritage City International Open.

New national rating <click here> or visit http://malaysianchess.blogspot.com for more article on January 2012 rating list.

Chess and biorhythms

What is biorhythms?

Our biorhythm charts depict a range of days centered on the target day. The numbers -14, -7, +7, and +14 across the top mark dates ranging from the past to the future. The numbers from +100% (maximum) to -100% (minimum) indicate where the rhythms are on a particular day. In general, a rhythm at 0% is thought to have no real impact on your life, whereas a rhythm at +100% (a high) would give you an edge in that area, and a rhythm at -100% (a low) would make life more difficult in that area. There is no particular meaning to a day on which your rhythms are all high or all low, except the obvious benefits or hindrances that these rare extremes are thought to have on your life.

The three primary biorhythm cycles are:

Emotional: This cycle tracks the stability and positive energy of your psyche and outlook on life, as well as your capacity to empathize with and build rapport with other people.
Intellectual: This cycle tracks your verbal, mathematical, symbolic, and creative abilities, as well as your capacity to apply reason and analysis to the world around you.
Physical: This cycle tracks your strength, health, and raw physical vitality.

 The three secondary cycles that derive from the primaries are:

Mastery: This is the composite of the Intellectual and Physical cycles. Mastery encompasses your ability to succeed at tasks and to obtain what you desire. This cycle also tracks athletic ability and the focus required to learn physical skills.
Passion: This is the composite of the Physical and Emotional cycles. Passion encompasses your motivation to act, and the drive that allows you to continue a difficult pursuit. This cycle also tracks sexuality in its purest form.
Wisdom: This is the composite of the Emotional and Intellectual cycles. Wisdom encompasses your understanding of the world, your role in it, and the things that are truly important to your life. This cycle also tracks the presence of mind that you need to make crucial decisions.

We will be more advantage during chess tournament if our biorhythms in a positive side. This can avoid from blunder and contribute to a best move calculation.

example of my biorhythms:

•  This is my biorhythms for month of February.After second week in February , all my graph is in a positive side. So around 15 February afterward.. i have full strength and power to defeat anyone..hehe.
• This is just a few minor item that can help us in tournament , so the result not depends on this 100% , but your preparation is most important during tournament. Experience can help you a lot.After joining a tournament , but the result not well , those loses game may be a consider as a process of learning, made some changes in your repertoire untill you master it. After your master it , you will become ...National Master , Fide Master , International Master and Grand Master. Good Luck.

Can search in internet for the biorhythms calculator and its free just key in your birthday. Below are some of the free biorhythm website calculator:

1. www.facade.com/biorhythm/
2. www.degraeve.com/bio.php
3. www.biorhythm-calculator.net/

Chess popular at street during economic downturn

Chess has become more popular on the street  during economic downturn at United State. It taken from  9news.com. Source from Alexandra Kosteniuk - Chessblog.com. This situation will never happened at Malaysia because the effected person  preferred to " planting grapes " or tanam anggur. If economic downturn at Malaysia , we can hear the most popular Malay slogan "balik kampung, tanam jagung".

January Chess activity

What chess player doing in January ?

• Check his/her new rating - Fide rating or  National rating. Fide rating already publish at Fide website , but for National Rating still pending.
• Check 2012 chess calendar. Stonemaster already publish his 2012 calendar and  activities.

Next local chess tournament schedule in January:

1. Negeri Sembilan Open -7 January at Seremban Parade
2. 2nd Cerdik Catur Semi Pro Chess Champioship - 15 January at DATCC
3. Insofar Combined Tournament - 29 January at DATCC

Chess Achievement 2011

2011 already passed around a few minute ago. For me, many thing happened especially is chess that cannot be forgotten. Flash back a few tournament that I participated.

January 2011:

• No. 9 - Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Kedah 2011 (29 January 2011 @ SMK Bandar , SP.)

February 2011: 

• No 25 - Pertandingan Catur Terbuka 1 Malaysia , USM Kampus Kejuruteraan (20 February ).

March 2011:

• N0 11 from 17 player in Kedah Blitz game during AGM for Persatuan Catur Negeri Kedah (5 March).

April 2011:

• No 10 -Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Perlis (30 April)

May 2011:

• No 21 - Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Gula Perlis ( 1 May).

July 2011:

• No 7 - Pertandingan Catur Terbuka Kedah , Sungai Petani. 

October 2011:

• No.3 - Mind Chess Open for category A. National rated event.

• N0 13 (Best IPT) - Pertandingan Catur Tertutup Kedah 2011.

December 2011:

• No 11 (Team KAMI) - penang chess league ( best board for board 3: 6/6 point). Team member: Abdul Aziz Mohsid, Azudin Abdullah , Alias Hanafi , Zulkifli Talib & A'amaluddin Bebakar.
• No 50 - Penang Heritage City International Open. Get first Fide rating after 4 win againt 9 fide rated opponent. Only achieve Fide rating 1752. Will get more good rating if the result is better than this.

INSOFAR COMBINED TOURNAMENT (NATIONAL RATED) 2012

INSOFAR COMBINED TOURNAMENT

(NATIONAL RATED)

2012

(RAPID OPEN, JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP & OPEN SCHOLARSHIP COMBINED)

-RAPID OPEN (fees RM20)

-JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP & OPEN (ADULT) SCHOLARSHIP (fees RM50)

Prizes

Fees RM20 - Qualified for Rapid Open prizes only

Fees RM50 – Qualified for both prizes (Rapid Open &     

Scholarship prizes)

SUNDAY 29^th Jan 2012

PLACE :DATCC, Wilayah Complex, KL

TIME: 9.00am – 6.00pm

All players will play in the same one tournament

Time Control:25 minutes Swiss 7 Rounds

SMS Full name & Age to

                    017-2032051

                (LIMITED TO 64 PLAYERS ONLY)

RAPID OPEN PRIZE                                                                   

(Open to all players)                                                                   More than

1^st – RM250 + RM250 Voucher (50 x 5)  =RM500                   RM2,800

2^nd – RM150 + RM200 Voucher (50 x 4) =RM350                 (including voucher)

3^rd – RM100 + RM150 Voucher (50 x 3)  =RM250

4^th – RM80 + RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)    =RM180

5^th – RM70 + RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)    =RM170

6^th – RM60 + RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)    =RM160

7^th   – RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)

8^th    – RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)

9^th   – RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)

10^th – RM100 Voucher (50 x 2)

EXTRA Prizes (Open to all players)

Best Rating <1700 – RM50 Voucher

Best Rating <1600 – RM50 Voucher

Best Rating<1500  – RM50 Voucher

Best Rating<1400  – RM50 Voucher

Best Unrated          – RM50 Voucher

Best Veteran 45     – RM50 Voucher

Best Lady                 – RM50 Voucher

Best Govt Servant  – RM50 Voucher

Best IPT                    – RM50 Voucher

Best Teacher           – RM50 Voucher

3Best Secondary School Student – RM50 Voucher each

3Best Primary School Student      – RM50 Voucher each

Voucher

Each RM50 Voucher -eligible to attend One Scholarship Tournament

SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES (for player with RM50 fees only)

OPEN(ADULT) SCHOLARSHIP & JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP COMBINED

Champion                    - 50 units x 60 months   (  RM3000 )

2^nd                          - 20 units x 60 months   (  RM1200)

3^RD                         - 15 units x 60 months   (  RM900 )

(Nat. Rating)

Under 1600          - 10 units x 60 months   ( RM600)

Under 1500          - 10 units x 60 months   (  RM600 )

Best Unrated         - 5 units x 100 months   (RM500)

Best Veteran 45    - 5 units x 100 months   (RM500 )

Best Lady              - 5 units x 100 months   (RM500 )

Best Under 15       - 5 units x 100 months   (RM500)

Best Under 12       - 5units x 100 months    (RM500)

Extra Prizes (for player with RM50 fees only)

Best Rating <1700 – 4 x RM50 Voucher (RM200)

Best Rating <1400 – 3 x RM50 Voucher (RM150)

Best Govt Servant – 3 x RM50 Voucher (RM150)

Best IPT                 – 3 x RM50 Voucher (RM150)

Best Teacher         – 3 x RM50 Voucher (RM150)

1 unit can be RM1 or less. Base on Insofar business condition. However, Insofar will do its best to remain 1 unit = RM1

Winners will continue to get scholarship every month, although not playing in the tournament anymore.

Scholarship win in more than one time can be added.

Scholarship winner must open Maybank Account or meanwhile can use parent’s Maybank Acc.

If not, the scholarship will be accumulated until the Maybank Account is opened.

The scholarship is a GIFT from Insofar. It is not a RIGHT.

ADDITIONAL  SCHOLARSHIP  PLAN

Scholarship will also be given base on number of times attending the Scholarship tournament as follows:

Attended 3 times    – 5 units x 100 months(  RM500)

(Consecutively)

Attended 7 times     – 10 units x 100 months(  RM1000)

(Consecutively)

Attended 12 times   – 15 units x 100 months(RM1500)

( Not Consecutively)

Attended 24 times   – 55 units x 100 months

Attended 36 times   – 200 units x 50 months

Attended 48 times   – 500 units x 30 months

Attended 60 times   – 1,000 units x 20 months

Scholarship winner :

1)  Must play minimum once every 3 years in Scholarship Tournament

2)  Prize winners who get 1^st and 2^nd are allowed to play maximum of 3 scholarship tournament only per (calendar) year

             ATTEND 3 TIMES AND AUTOMATICALLY GET

                  RM500 SCHOLARSHIP

                             (5 units x 100 months)

SUPPORTING COMPANIES :

1. INSOFAR CHESS ACADEMY

2. HARRIS GROUP OF COMPANIES (SHAH ALAM)

3. AMPAC (AZ ZAHRAH MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE   

ASIAN AMATEUR OPEN & WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 Result

ASIAN AMATEUR OPEN & WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 -result taken from chess-result.com