Today is the last round of the men and women standard event. The women and men's blitz event also starts after the completion of the standard event.
Standard event
There was two quick draws between GM Cao Sang and GM Wesley So which lasted only four moves. GM So has won the silver with this draw. GM Cao Sang ties for third with
The game between Indonesian GM Megaranto Susanto and Myanmar Kway Ling Naing lasted only a little longer , eight moves to be exact. Megaranto wins the gold with this draw. FM Kway and GM Cao Sang had a play-off to determine the bronze. Kway surprisingly won the armageddon and thus takes the bronze.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Vietnam takes gold in rapid chess
Vietnamese players snatched gold in both the men's and women's rapid event. GM Le Quang Liem won his second gold and WGM Nguyenn Pham Le Thao won the women's event. Indonesia had a silver through the surprising FM Hamdani Rudin. GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Song took the bronze.
Truong Song needed to win the last game against the lower rated FM Kasmiran. Surprisingly the position reached a Q+B versus Q+B where the Vietnamese could not avoid perpetual check. Since he already had the bronze , he continued to play on and ended up losing a bishop ending.
The following position was reached in GM Barbosa Oliver against Sumant Subramaniam in the final round. Sumant was not having a good tournament and has lost a pawn. However some resourceful play and time pressure and we have the diagram
Truong Song needed to win the last game against the lower rated FM Kasmiran. Surprisingly the position reached a Q+B versus Q+B where the Vietnamese could not avoid perpetual check. Since he already had the bronze , he continued to play on and ended up losing a bishop ending.
The following position was reached in GM Barbosa Oliver against Sumant Subramaniam in the final round. Sumant was not having a good tournament and has lost a pawn. However some resourceful play and time pressure and we have the diagram
Megaranto leads
Indonesian GM Megaranto takes the lead in the SEA Games Men's Standard event. Last night, he created an upset over Philippines GM Wesley So.
The men's standard only has six players and contested over a five round round-robin tournament. A single loss can be the end of the gold medal. Megaranto should now win the gold barring any upset as he needs a single point from the remaining two rounds. A tie with Wesley So will be in the Indonesian's favour due to the personal encounter tie-breaker.
The men's standard only has six players and contested over a five round round-robin tournament. A single loss can be the end of the gold medal. Megaranto should now win the gold barring any upset as he needs a single point from the remaining two rounds. A tie with Wesley So will be in the Indonesian's favour due to the personal encounter tie-breaker.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Malaysia loses to Philippines
In the fourth round of the Mixed event,both IM Lim Yee Weng and WFM Najiha lost their games to the more experienced Filipinos. This means Vietnam will take the gold and Philippines the silver leaving the bronze for the other countries.
Malaysia meets Myanmar in the fifth and last round and needs a win to confirm a bronze medal. As I write, Yee Weng is hard at work , preparing to win tomorrow. Much depends on him as a win will ease the pressure on the young Najiha, though we also expect her to beat her opponent tomorrow.
My fortunes in the blindfold continue to slide downward , losing both seventh and eight rounds. Mok drew both games.
The rest of the team, IM Mas, Sumant Subramaniam, Camilia, Li Ting and Nabila has joined us from Malaysia. They will have a free day tomorrow as their events only starts on the Thursday,17th of November.
Malaysia meets Myanmar in the fifth and last round and needs a win to confirm a bronze medal. As I write, Yee Weng is hard at work , preparing to win tomorrow. Much depends on him as a win will ease the pressure on the young Najiha, though we also expect her to beat her opponent tomorrow.
My fortunes in the blindfold continue to slide downward , losing both seventh and eight rounds. Mok drew both games.
The rest of the team, IM Mas, Sumant Subramaniam, Camilia, Li Ting and Nabila has joined us from Malaysia. They will have a free day tomorrow as their events only starts on the Thursday,17th of November.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Malaysia shocks Indonesia!
In the on-going SEA Games mixed pair event, Malaysia has just registered a shock 1.5 - 0.5 win over Indonesia in Round 3. The mixed event is played over two boards with one men and one women. Our team is out-titled and out-rated but our fighting team did the seemingly impossible to win the match. Indonesia had their top men and women , GM Megaranto Susanto and WGM Irine Sukandar in the line-up.
IM Lim Yee Weng was the first to finish and he beat Indonesia's top player GM Megaranto Susanto.
White resigned after 1. Rf3 Qxf3 as the black king will capture the white a-pawn and queen his own pawn.
In the other game, our Najiha drew with WGM Irine Sukandar. Najiha exchanged all pieces to reach a rook vs rook ending with both sides having three king-side pawns. The Indonesian conceded the draw to give Malaysia the match win.
Malaysia now has two match wins and one loss. The mixed event is based on match points so there is a good chance to catch a bronze medal now. The remaining opponents are Myanmar and Philippines.
IM Lim Yee Weng was the first to finish and he beat Indonesia's top player GM Megaranto Susanto.
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| GM Megaranto - IM Lim Yee Weng |
In the other game, our Najiha drew with WGM Irine Sukandar. Najiha exchanged all pieces to reach a rook vs rook ending with both sides having three king-side pawns. The Indonesian conceded the draw to give Malaysia the match win.
Malaysia now has two match wins and one loss. The mixed event is based on match points so there is a good chance to catch a bronze medal now. The remaining opponents are Myanmar and Philippines.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
SEA Games Blindfold, Round 2
There are ten players in this event from five countries. We will play a round robin of nine round with two rounds per day at 3:00 P.M. and 5:00 PM. In the first round, players from same country are paired. The only players to fight it out were Malaysia and Philippines. All others drew quickly. Results of round one
GM John Paul Gomez 1 - 0 GM Darwin Laylo
IM Lioe Dede 0.5-0.5 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra
IM Mok Tze Meng 0 - 1 IM Jimmy Liew
GM Nguyen Anh Dung 0.5 - 0.5 GM Le Quang Liem
IM Myo Naing 0.5 - 0.5 GM Zaw Win Lay
Results of Round 2
GM Darwin Laylo 1- 0 Zaw Win Lay
GM Le Quang Liem 1-0 IM Myo Naing
IM Jimmy Liew 0.5 - 0.5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung
IM Purnama Tirta Chandra 0.5 0.5 IM Mok Tze Meng
GM John Paul Gomez 1 - 0 IM Lioe Dede
In this type of event there are bound to be
some incidents. In round two , IM Mok claimed a three-fold repetition draw which opponent disputed. Even after the arbiter had determined that the claim was valid, the Indonesian master still did not agree. Arbiter actually had to verbally warn him that the decision was final.
There are a few interesting rules in this totally new event. The time control is twenty minutes with twenty second increments from move one.
For serious rule infractions a player will be given a yellow card similar as in football. After two yellow cards, the third infraction will be a red card which will result in the loss of the game.
Players sit at a empty chess board. They write their move on a piece of paper in long form notation (e.g e2-e4). Doing otherwise will result in a verbal warning. The second time the player will be shown a yellow card. The player on the move shows the move to the opponent and passes it to the game controller (there are two controllers for each game). The controllers verify the moves and play it on a chess board at the side (not visible to the players). An illegal move results in a yellow card.
Players are not allowed to get up from the board until the game is over. This is actually to prevent them from getting a view of the actual position on the chess board besides them though I doubt anyone actually would want to in view of the short time control.
Standings after Round 2
2.0 points
GM John Paul Gomez
1.5 points
IM Jimmy Liew
IM Purnama Tirta Chandra
GM Nguyen Anh Dung
GM Le Quang Liem
1.0 points
GM Darwin Laylo
0.5 points
IM Mok Tze Meng
IM Lioe Dede
GM Zaw Win Lay
IM Myo Naing
Round 3 pairings.
IM Lioe Dede vs. GM Darwin Laylo
IM Mok Tze Meng vs. GM John Paul Gomez
GM Nguyen Anh Dung vs. IM Purnama Tirta Chandra
IM Myo Naing vs IM Jimmy Liew
GM Zaw Win Lay vs. GM Le Quang Liem
GM John Paul Gomez 1 - 0 GM Darwin Laylo
IM Lioe Dede 0.5-0.5 IM Purnama Tirta Chandra
IM Mok Tze Meng 0 - 1 IM Jimmy Liew
GM Nguyen Anh Dung 0.5 - 0.5 GM Le Quang Liem
IM Myo Naing 0.5 - 0.5 GM Zaw Win Lay
Results of Round 2
GM Darwin Laylo 1- 0 Zaw Win Lay
GM Le Quang Liem 1-0 IM Myo Naing
IM Jimmy Liew 0.5 - 0.5 GM Nguyen Anh Dung
IM Purnama Tirta Chandra 0.5 0.5 IM Mok Tze Meng
GM John Paul Gomez 1 - 0 IM Lioe Dede
In this type of event there are bound to be
some incidents. In round two , IM Mok claimed a three-fold repetition draw which opponent disputed. Even after the arbiter had determined that the claim was valid, the Indonesian master still did not agree. Arbiter actually had to verbally warn him that the decision was final.
There are a few interesting rules in this totally new event. The time control is twenty minutes with twenty second increments from move one.
For serious rule infractions a player will be given a yellow card similar as in football. After two yellow cards, the third infraction will be a red card which will result in the loss of the game.
Players sit at a empty chess board. They write their move on a piece of paper in long form notation (e.g e2-e4). Doing otherwise will result in a verbal warning. The second time the player will be shown a yellow card. The player on the move shows the move to the opponent and passes it to the game controller (there are two controllers for each game). The controllers verify the moves and play it on a chess board at the side (not visible to the players). An illegal move results in a yellow card.
Players are not allowed to get up from the board until the game is over. This is actually to prevent them from getting a view of the actual position on the chess board besides them though I doubt anyone actually would want to in view of the short time control.
Standings after Round 2
2.0 points
GM John Paul Gomez
1.5 points
IM Jimmy Liew
IM Purnama Tirta Chandra
GM Nguyen Anh Dung
GM Le Quang Liem
1.0 points
GM Darwin Laylo
0.5 points
IM Mok Tze Meng
IM Lioe Dede
GM Zaw Win Lay
IM Myo Naing
Round 3 pairings.
IM Lioe Dede vs. GM Darwin Laylo
IM Mok Tze Meng vs. GM John Paul Gomez
GM Nguyen Anh Dung vs. IM Purnama Tirta Chandra
IM Myo Naing vs IM Jimmy Liew
GM Zaw Win Lay vs. GM Le Quang Liem
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| IM Jimmy Liew - IM Mok, Jimmy wins |
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| GM Nguyen Anh Dung - IM Jimmy Liew, draw |
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| IM Mok - IM Purnama, draw |
Friday, November 11, 2011
Arrived in Palembang
The first team members, Najiha, IM Mok, Haslinda, Gregory and myself , left KL International Airport yesterday afternoon. Our flight schedule was to Jakarta and then switch to a local flight to Palembang. Arrived in Palembang around 7:00 PM tired and sweaty.
We are staying at the Hotel Swarna Dwipa. Last night dinner was only so-so , hopefully things will improve or maybe we will get used to Indonesian food :)
The opening ceremony will be scheduled for tonight, while the first event will begin tomorrow. For the blindfold event, both Mok and myself are competing. At the moment we have no idea how the event will be conducted as this is the first time that blindfold event is held.
Internet access is patchy so I doubt if I will be doing much blogging. Haslinda will have more regular updates and results at her blog.
We are staying at the Hotel Swarna Dwipa. Last night dinner was only so-so , hopefully things will improve or maybe we will get used to Indonesian food :)
The opening ceremony will be scheduled for tonight, while the first event will begin tomorrow. For the blindfold event, both Mok and myself are competing. At the moment we have no idea how the event will be conducted as this is the first time that blindfold event is held.
Internet access is patchy so I doubt if I will be doing much blogging. Haslinda will have more regular updates and results at her blog.
Friday, September 16, 2011
"Us" and "Them"
This is the philosophy of Raymond Siew, what he tries to indoctrinate into those people who still surround him. By creating groups he can manipulate and make himself important and relevant.
But even I was shocked to read that he had advised Sumant Subramaniam to avoid me at the forthcoming SEA Games. This amounts to interference and attempting to split the team into factions. The SEA Games comes under the jurisdiction of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM). Raymond continually likes to bait MCF (since he knows they will not do anything) by telling them to do this and do that. But OCM will not be amused by his antics. Luckily he is too insignificant for OCM to notice.
I was in a bit of a dilemma. I have always been on good terms with everyone including our juniors. Even Mark Siew whom I gave some advice once, but he looked embarrassed to be seen with me so I gave up on that so as not to cause him any difficulties.
As I do not want to get Sumant into trouble with Raymond who claims him as a "student" so I had resolved to avoid Sumant at the SEA Games if possible. However I need not have worried about that.
At the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Invitational Masters, I was chatting with GM Wong Meng Kong, when someone came up and greeted me. I looked up and to my surprise, there was Sumant standing in front of me. He was there to play in the blitz event. He said hello and we briefly exchanged a few friendly words on the tournament.
That was a big relief for me. The youngster has shown more level headed and common sense than his elders. Thank God for that, for a while I was worried there would be a lot of awkward moments at the Games.
But even I was shocked to read that he had advised Sumant Subramaniam to avoid me at the forthcoming SEA Games. This amounts to interference and attempting to split the team into factions. The SEA Games comes under the jurisdiction of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM). Raymond continually likes to bait MCF (since he knows they will not do anything) by telling them to do this and do that. But OCM will not be amused by his antics. Luckily he is too insignificant for OCM to notice.
I was in a bit of a dilemma. I have always been on good terms with everyone including our juniors. Even Mark Siew whom I gave some advice once, but he looked embarrassed to be seen with me so I gave up on that so as not to cause him any difficulties.
As I do not want to get Sumant into trouble with Raymond who claims him as a "student" so I had resolved to avoid Sumant at the SEA Games if possible. However I need not have worried about that.
At the DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Invitational Masters, I was chatting with GM Wong Meng Kong, when someone came up and greeted me. I looked up and to my surprise, there was Sumant standing in front of me. He was there to play in the blitz event. He said hello and we briefly exchanged a few friendly words on the tournament.
That was a big relief for me. The youngster has shown more level headed and common sense than his elders. Thank God for that, for a while I was worried there would be a lot of awkward moments at the Games.
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