Monday, September 28, 2009

Mikheil Mchedlishvili wins inaugural Ravana Challenge Chess Championship

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Georgian Mikheil Mchedlishvili(sitting) pipped Vladimir Georgiev(standing) of Macedonia in the tie-break after both grandmasters ended with 7.5 points at the end of the 10th and final round of the Ravana Challenge Chess Championship that concluded today (September 19, 2009) at the Ceylon Continental Hotel.

Mchedlishvili drew his final game with Alexander Shabalov (USA), while Georgiev drew with Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia. Anton Filippov of Uzbekistan could have joined the two on top but he was held to a draw by Indian IM Roy Saptarshi. Iranian GM, Elshan Moradiabadi, who also needed a win to finish on 7.5, was held to a draw by GM Krasimir Rusev of Bulgaria.

The tournament, organized by the Blue and Gold Chess Club, with the support of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, with TIGO as the principle sponsor, has been conducted over 10 rounds and has attracted players from 15 countries.

MSSPP Elgin Lee in Ravana & scored 5.5 points.

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[Event "Ravana Challenge International"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Lee, Kah Meng Elgin"]
[Black "Anuruddha, G C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[EventDate "2009.09.13"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Qd2 f5 8. f3 f4 9. Bf2 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. g3 c5 13. gxf4 Bh6 14. Nge2 exf4 15. h4 Nf6 16. Rdg1 Nh5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. d6 Nf5 21. Be4 Be6 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Rd7 26. Kb1 Bf8 27. Rc1 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Nc3 Nf5 30. Rhd1 Ne3 31. Rd3 Nf6 32. d6 Kf7 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 a5 35. Rc6 Nf5 36. Rxb6 Nxh4 37. Na6 Rd8 38. Nb8 Nf5 39. d7 Nd4 40. Nc6 Nxc6 41. Rxc6 Ke7 42. a3 Rxd7 43. Rxd7+ Nxd7 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 g5 46. Kc2 e4 47. fxe4 g4 48. Kd2 g3 49. Ke1 f3 50. Rc3 Ne5 51. b5 h5 52. b6 f2+ 53. Kf1 h4 54. b7 Ng4 55. Rc1 h3 56. b8=Q g2+ 57. Ke2 g1=Q 58. Qb7+ Kf6 59. Qb6+ Ke5 60. Rxg1 fxg1=Q 61. Qxg1 h2 62. Qh1 Kf4 63. e5 Kxe5 64. Kf3 Kf5 65. Qb1+ Kg5 66. Qc1+ Kh4 67. Qe1+ Kh5 68. Qe8+ Kg5 69. Qb5+ Kf6 70. Qc6+ Kg5 71. Qd5+ Kh4 72.
Kf4 1-0

MAS

Name Lee Kah Meng Elgin
Starting rank 56
Rating 1810
Rating national 0
Rating international 1810
Ratingperformance 2067
FIDE rtg +/- 49,5
Points 5,5
Rank 30
Federation MAS
Ident-Number 0

Rd. SNo   Name Rtg FED Pts. Res.
1 19 FM Akshat Khamparia 2263 IND 5,5 w 0
2 39   Jayawardena M 1955 SRI 5,0 s 0
3 69   Kottahachchi A S 0 SRI 3,0 w 1
4 40   Kuruwitage Y K 1954 SRI 4,5 s 0
5 70   Kuruppu Supun Dasantha 0 SRI 3,0 w 1
6 33   Pongkiettisak Sant 2007 THA 2,5 s ½
7 41   Hirimburegama Yasith 1944 SRI 5,0 w 1
8 22 FM Weeramantry Sunil 2224 SRI 3,5 s 1
9 23   Anuruddha G C 2185 SRI 5,5 w 1
10 15 FM Maheswaran P 2347 IND 6,5 s 0

Source: Ravana Chess Challenge

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