MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL 2011

KL Open Schedule

2011-09-02T22:52:00.001-07:00

Malaysian Chess Festivals is over but there the KL Open 2011 is just starting. The Schedule..

Date	Time	Agenda
04 Sep	1800	Arrival, Final Registration & Player's Meeting
05 Sep	0900	Round 1, 1500 Round 2
06 Sep	0900	Round 3, 1500 Round 4
07 Sep	0900	Round 5, 1500 Round 6
08 Sep	Rest	Day/Sightseeing
09 Sep	0900	Round 7, 1500 Round 8
10 Sep	0900	Round 9
	1400	Blitz
	1600	Prize Giving & Closing Ceremony

Barbosa

2011-09-01T02:01:00.000-07:00

One of the strongest IM to play in DATMO. IM Oliver Barbosa with an ELO 2500+ rating

Jahongir

2011-09-01T01:57:00.000-07:00

Jahongir Vakhidov receiving his prize from MCF Deputy President Hj Ibrahim Bakar

Klang Valley Koalas

2011-08-30T02:14:00.001-07:00

Muminova Nafisa heads the all ladies team - Klang Valley Koalas

Looking at the final round pairing

2011-08-30T02:11:00.000-07:00

Who is that boy?

2011-08-30T02:09:00.001-07:00

Quick cat nap

2011-08-30T01:13:00.000-07:00

It takes great skill to steal a few minute sleep just before the next round starts.

Watching soap

2011-08-30T01:11:00.000-07:00

Watching Youtube chinese soap operas on ipad while waiting for results

Busy tabulating results

2011-08-30T01:07:00.001-07:00

Outside tournament hall

2011-08-30T01:05:00.000-07:00

Bulletin team hard at work

2011-08-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

The Malaysian Open bulletin team working hard to meet the deadline to come up with bulletins fast.

Can’t get enough of chess!

2011-08-28T13:50:00.001-07:00

Despite the previous events like Rapid Individual, Blitz and Merdeka Team, these kids still can’t get enough chess just before the prize giving of the last event in the Malaysian Chess Festival - Merdeka Team.

Panoramic picture outside tournament hall

2011-08-27T19:08:00.001-07:00

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Panoramic picture of Astro Merdeka Rapid Team

2011-08-27T18:11:00.000-07:00

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Strongest Rapid in Malaysia

2011-08-25T19:04:00.001-07:00

Malaysian Open over but festival marches on

2011-08-25T18:32:00.000-07:00

DATMO final standings

2011-08-25T03:39:00.001-07:00

The winner of the Malaysian Open GM Li Shilong with 7.5/9.

Rk	No		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	winners
1	7	GM	Li Shilong	2520	CHN	7½	54½	1st
2	6	IM	Lu Shanglei	2526	CHN	7	53	2nd
3	1	GM	Wen Yang	2558	CHN	7	47	3rd
4	14		Wan Yunguo	2462	CHN	6½	51	4th
5	16	GM	Wang Rui	2436	CHN	6½	49½	5th
6	8	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2515	CHN	6½	45½	6th
7	2	GM	Sanchez Joseph	2534	PHI	6½	44	7th
8	21	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2414	PHI	6	54	8th
9	5	GM	Salvador Roland	2527	PHI	6	50½	9th
10	15	IM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2452	VIE	6	48½	10th
11	18		Yu Ruiyuan	2431	CHN	6	47	11th
12	17	IM	Rolando Nolte	2433	PHI	6	46½	12th
13	22	IM	Yu Lie	2414	CHN	6	46	13th
14	10	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2492	VIE	6	45½	14th
15	31		Udani Ian	2307	PHI	6	44½	15th
16	13	GM	Gasanov Eldar	2472	UKR	6	42½	16th
17	30	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2319	UZB	6	42	1st best ladies
18	97		Tumpak Sinurat	0	INA	6	37½	17th
19	9	IM	Barbosa Oliver	2514	PHI	5½	52	18th
20	3	GM	Cao Sang	2533	VIE	5½	51	19th
21	36		Wang Jue	2294	CHN	5½	49	best u16
22	23		Vakhidov Jahongir	2392	UZB	5½	45	20th
23	25	IM	Lane Gary W	2369	AUS	5½	44
24	11	IM	Bitoon Richard	2491	PHI	5½	44
25	33		Pitra Andika	2303	INA	5½	42½
26	29	FM	Cheng Bobby	2323	AUS	5½	41½
27	24	WGM	Zhang Xiaowen	2389	CHN	5½	40	2nd best ladies
28	49		Bai Jinshi	2151	CHN	5	50½	best u12
29	19	IM	Gao Rui	2420	CHN	5	48½
30	34	IM	Morris James	2300	AUS	5	47½
31	55		Lei Tingjie	2061	CHN	5	46½
32	27	IM	Sharma Dinesh K	2350	IND	5	45
33	4	GM	Laylo Darwin	2528	PHI	5	44½
34	42		Mariano Nelson Iii	2242	PHI	5	43½
35	48		Chen Yibo	2152	CHN	5	43½
36	41	IM	Lim Yee-Weng	2253	MAS	5	42½	1st best msian
37	12	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2482	UZB	5	42½
38	28	FM	Ikeda Junta	2349	AUS	5	41½
39	37	FM	Wallis Christopher	2287	AUS	5	41½
40	32		Olay Edgar Reggie	2303	PHI	5	41½
41	54		Chong Chor Yuen	2071	HKG	5	40½
42	26		Jia Haoxiang	2369	CHN	5	40
43	62		Lee Kai Jie Edward	2008	SIN	5	39½
44	40	CM	Wang Yiye	2262	CHN	5	35
45	20	IM	Irwanto Sadikin	2417	INA	4½	49
46	93		Gurpreet Pal Singh	0	IND	4½	46½
47	35	FM	Kojima Shinya	2300	JPN	4½	42½
48	69		Iskandar Bin Abdullah	1956	SIN	4½	42
49	44		Goswami Vedant	2199	IND	4½	41
50	61		Cheah Cheok Fung	2008	MAS	4½	41	2nd best msian
51	43	IM	Salcedo Richilieu	2222	PHI	4½	40½
52	52		Zulfic Fedja	2098	AUS	4½	40
53	77		Ajeet Singh Roshan	1864	MAS	4½	38½	3rd best msian
54	53		Cai Jiaying	2094	CHN	4½	37½
55	45	WFM	Zhai Mo	2198	CHN	4½	37
56	66		Lee Kah Meng Elgin	1985	MAS	4½	35½	4th best msian
57	95		Suharto Moh Wahyu Repelita	0	INA	4½	35½
58	60		Zelesco Karl	2013	AUS	4½	28
59	94		Sinha Sudhir Kumar	0	IND	4	47½
60	39	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2276	VIE	4	42½
61	96		Tanuwidjaja Gunawan	0	INA	4	41½
62	50		Li Panru	2135	CHN	4	40
63	79		Yong Han Shawn	1824	SIN	4	39
64	56		Ong Way Justin	2041	MAS	4	39	5th best msian
65	87		Narayanan Renitha	1717	MAS	4	38½	best msian lady
66	76	WCM	Nur Nabila Azman Hisham	1894	MAS	4	38
67	64		Ismail Ahmad	1989	MAS	4	37
68	67		Siew Kit-Tze Mark	1972	MAS	4	35½
69	68	WFM	Milligan Helen	1965	NZL	4	34
70	70		Qiu Mengjie	1941	CHN	4	33½
71	57		Gibbons Robert	2034	NZL	4	31½
72	46		Tan Justin	2161	AUS	3½	41½
73	75		Adeimi Michel	1895	LIB	3½	40½
74	78		Li Ting Tan	1846	MAS	3½	39
75	63		Bennett Hilton	1994	NZL	3½	39
76	82		Ravry Kazoune	1784	FRA	3½	37
77	74		Shinoda Taro	1897	JPN	3½	36½
78	58		Nakamura Naohiro	2033	JPN	3½	34
79	65		Lee T H Bryan	1988	HKG	3½	34
80	47		Lim Zhuo Ren	2155	MAS	3	43½
81	51		Subramaniam Sumant	2117	MAS	3	38
82	88		Kumar Sri Shiva	1705	MAS	3	35½
83	81		William Lee Kah Howe	1800	MAS	3	35½
84	85		Loh Zachary	1769	AUS	3	34½
85	89		Karunanayake Mayuri Pamoda	1667	SRI	3	34
86	72		Klein Gernot Dr	1919	GER	3	28½
87	86		Camilia Bt Johari	1753	MAS	3	28
88	98		Watanabe Keisuke	0	JPN	2½	35
89	73		Limono Handjojo	1916	INA	2½	34½
90	80		Marret Benjamin	1821	FRA	2½	31½
91	91		Ding Tze How Dilwen	1486	MAS	2½	28½
92	38	FM	Yee Soon Wei	2281	BRU	2	36½
93	83		Wolfaardt Francois	1780	RSA	2	32
94	71	CM	Goundar Sanmogam	1934	FIJ	2	32
95	92		Greenwood Martin	0	ENG	2	28½
96	90		Tan Fischer	1560	SIN	2	26
97	59	WIM	Guo Emma	2029	AUS	1	31
98	84		Kia Fatemeh	1772	IRI	1	29

DATMO live prize giving

2011-08-25T03:28:00.001-07:00

Stream videos at Ustream

Lu Shanglei–GM norm

2011-08-25T00:39:00.001-07:00

Unofficially Lu Shanglei should get the GM norm for his performance here at DATMO 2011. Confirmation at the prize giving later..

Waiting for final results

2011-08-24T23:57:00.001-07:00

Ian Udani

2011-08-24T23:06:00.001-07:00

Ian Udani is all smiles just before his game against GM Saidali.

Ian won by the way..

Le Tengjie

2011-08-23T19:45:00.001-07:00

Le Tengjie of China ELO 2061 doing well by drawing against GM Darwin Laylo in Round 8.

Zaidan Zulkipli

2011-08-23T19:13:00.001-07:00

Zaidan was sharing the leading up to round 7 but a loss against Muhd Syazwan gave S M Sharon the sole lead after round 8.

Dato Tan participating in KL Open?

2011-08-23T18:51:00.001-07:00

Dato Tan may be participating in the upcoming KL Open from Sept 4-11.

Happy belated Birthday Sri Shivakumar

2011-08-23T17:31:00.001-07:00

Round 8 results

2011-08-23T06:09:00.001-07:00

Off form GM?

2011-08-23T04:47:00.001-07:00

GM Darwin Laylo not doing so well in DATMO 2011 with a draw against a 2000 player in the penultimate round.

Ian Udani

2011-08-23T04:14:00.001-07:00

Our strongest “local foreigner” Ian Udani vs Gupreet Singh in Round 8.

Brother vs brother

2011-08-23T04:10:00.001-07:00

Elgin Lee vs William Lee in Round 8.

Still fighting

2011-08-23T04:03:00.001-07:00

WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung still fighting to survive with her 2 Rooks vs Mark’s Queen.

Time Trouble

2011-08-23T03:54:00.001-07:00

Round 8. WGM Ju Wenjun on board 8 vs IM Oliver Dimakiling who is on top form in this tournament. Oliver has 44 minutes vs Wenjun’s 40 seconds.

Swensen’s Under 8 winners

2011-08-23T03:42:00.001-07:00

Under 18 winners

2011-08-23T03:40:00.001-07:00

Swensen’s Age Group Under 18 winners

Swensen’s Age Group

2011-08-23T03:39:00.001-07:00

The Iran showed a strong support for this year’s Swensen’s Age group sending 30 representatives to participate. Many of them won prizes and went home happy.

Who is the pretty girl talking to the Chief Arbiter

2011-08-23T03:36:00.001-07:00

Quah Seng Sun

2011-08-23T03:28:00.001-07:00

Chess journalist, Quah Seng Sun doing well keeping his head above water with a 50% score in a tough KLK Tan Sri Loy Seng Seniors tournament which includes 1 GM, 4 IMs, an FM and a WFM.

Mark Siew

2011-08-23T03:23:00.001-07:00

Mark Siew in an interesting position with Q + pawns vs WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung’s 2 R + pawns in Round 8.

Interesting final position

2011-08-23T01:06:00.001-07:00

Position from Board 31, Round 6 – Wang Yiye vs Ismail Ahmad.

Black resigns here with White to move. Nd6 is the most probably move as it iswhere White weaves a mating net with just 2 Knights.

Dato Tan vs FM Peter Long

2011-08-23T00:32:00.001-07:00

Round 6 live cam

2011-08-22T01:24:00.001-07:00

Video streaming by Ustream

MALAYSIAN CHESS FESTIVAL 2011 BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP

2011-08-21T09:48:00.001-07:00

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

Venue - Ballroom, CitiTel Midvalley Hotel

Date - Thursday, 25^th August 2011

Time - 2:30pm

Entry Fee - RM 30 (All players)

Prizes - For TOP 16 players

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

Time Control - 5 minutes to finish

Preliminary Round - 9 Round Swiss

Top 8 Qualify for Knock-out Stage

Knock Out Stage - One game decider / Players to draw colors before start

If draw, player change color and continue with Armageddon tie break

- White has 5 minutes and black has 4 but only needs a draw to win.

Semi Final / Final - Race to 2 games

In case of a tie (1-1), player redraws color for sudden death decider

If still tied, draw for color to continue with Armageddon tie break

- White has 5 minutes and black has 4 but only needs a draw to win.

PRIZE MONEY

Qualifier for Knock-Out stage:

Champion - RM 400 (1 player)

2^nd - RM 250 (1 player)

Semi Finalist - RM 125 each (2 players)

Qualifiers (First Round) - RM 70 each (4 players)

Preliminary Winners

Top 9 – 16 - RM 40 each (8 players)

TOTAL PRIZE FUND = RM 1,500 (16 players)

For enquiries and registration, please kindly approach Mr Hadi Hamid at the Bulletin’s Table

GM Li Shilong leads Malaysian Open

2011-08-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

GM Li Shilong became the sole leader of the Malaysian Open 2011 after defeating IM Oliver Barbosa in the fifth round. He will be meeting his closest rival, IM Oliver Dimakiling who is just half a point behind him in Round 6.

Dato Tan vs WGM Ju Wenjun

2011-08-20T19:43:00.001-07:00

Sparring boards

2011-08-20T08:31:00.001-07:00

The boards outside the tournament is fully used all the time..

Malaysian Chess Festival photographer

2011-08-20T08:25:00.001-07:00

GM Li Shilong defeats IM Oliver Barbosa

2011-08-20T08:20:00.001-07:00

Bai Jinshi vs GM Iuldachev

2011-08-20T08:14:00.001-07:00

This young player proved that his earlier win against WGM Ju Wenjun was no flash in the pan by defeating GM Saidali Iuldachev in Round 5.

Swensen’s Age Group pairing out!

2011-08-20T06:22:00.001-07:00

The pairings are out on Chess-results.com. Here are the direct links.

Last game to finish

2011-08-20T04:30:00.001-07:00

Li Shilong vs Oliver Barbosa was the last game to finish for Round 5.

Lim Zhuo Ren

2011-08-20T04:27:00.001-07:00

Malaysia’s current National Champion, NM Lim Zhuo Ren.