The eventual winner is Zaidan Zulkipli who scored six wins and one draw. Many web sites have the full results, for example here so I will present a critical position from the final round instead.
Zaidan continues to improve with every tournament. Here, he has one of his best performance. The last round was a nerve wrecking affair against the Filipino, Efren Bagamas. This game decided the winner of the tournament.
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| Bagamas - Efren, white to move |
Black blundered a piece with 1. Bc2?? Qb1+ 2. Ke2 Qxc2 3. Kf1 Qxf2+ 4. Kxf2 and now it's black's turn to blunder 4....Bd1??
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| Bagamas - Zaidan, after 4....Bd1?? |
White can now win with 5. c6 and one of his pawns will queen. Instead white moved the king and had to resign after black played ...Kd7.
1 comments:
Zaidan is a nice guy - in Brunei I was told he is taking some time off to do chess. He is getting better as is always the case when you play a lot while working on the game and I know how much it helps as well when not having to think about your job demands.
MCF should take into account good players who are making a commitment to the game and give them every opportunity to represent the country.
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