Calvin Bennett Won the Norths Chess Club Centenary Under 1600

Friday 2 January to Sunday 11 January, 2009
At the Manly-Warringah Rugby Leagues Club, Sydney

NCC Final Standings

Place Name               Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

 1-2  Bennett, Calvin        9     61.0  75.0   55.5

      Smirnov, Anton         9     61.0  74.0   52.0

 3-4  Shi, Dawen             8     61.5  75.5   53.5

      Patterson, Philip      8     57.0  70.0   43.5

  5   Xu, Jerry              7.5   57.0  71.5   43.0

6-10  Radovan, John L        7     62.5  73.5   46.0

      Koh, Cedric            7     59.5  72.5   49.0

      Low, Frank         18077     52.0  64.0   38.0

      McGowan, Daniel        7     51.0  64.5   39.0

      Edwards, Greig         7     46.0  55.5   31.0

11-16 Greenwood, Norman  17376.5   59.0  71.5   44.5

      Beahan, Patrick        6.5   56.5  69.0   40.5

      Ren, Jonathan          6.5   49.5  62.5   40.5

      Hughes, David          6.5   49.0  61.5   37.5

      Bower, William         6.5   49.0  59.5   32.5

      Tracey, Michael J      6.5   47.5  58.0   36.5

17-20 Hannagan, Peter K      6     60.0  72.5   40.0

      Wan, Kinto             6     56.5  69.0   40.5

      Jeffreys, Roger W      6     53.5  65.5   34.5

      Roach, Owen            6     50.0  59.5   38.5

21-29 Wechsler, Ian B        5.5   59.0  72.5   41.5

      Baker, John A          5.5   54.0  67.0   36.0

      Cervenjak, Mark        5.5   54.0  64.5   36.0

      Brown, Chris J         5.5   52.0  63.5   36.5

      Siow-Lee, Dylan        5.5   51.0  64.0   27.5

      Went, Lindsay          5.5   49.5  60.0   32.0

      Spirov, Tony           5.5   49.5  60.0   31.5

      Wettstein, Carla       5.5   48.5  59.5   39.0

      Bell, Gerry V          5.5   45.0  55.0   31.5

30-37 Barcelona, Eliel       5     56.5  70.0   36.5

      Ivanov, Nikola         5     51.5  64.5   33.0

      Baldwin, A(Tony) C     5     51.0  60.0   35.5

      Karayi, Valsalan       5     47.5  58.0   28.5

      Wilkie, Mary E         5     47.5  56.5   27.0

      Foong, Genn            5     46.0  55.0   28.5

      Koh, Clarise           5     43.5  55.0   25.5

      Naoumov, Edward        5     35.0  49.0   25.0

38-43 Mollica, David         4.5   48.0  57.0   28.0

      Li, Tim                4.5   45.0  55.0   29.0

      Nuriev, Marat          4.5   44.5  53.5   26.5

      Wright, Tristan        4.5   43.5  54.5   25.5

      Hendry, Ian L          4.5   40.5  49.5   26.0

      Gong, William          4.5   40.5  49.5   21.5

44-48 Winston, Brent         4     49.0  57.5   30.5

      Cervenjak, Matthew     4     41.5  49.5   20.5

      Lin, Mark              4     41.0  51.0   20.0

      Guo, Jamie-Lee         4     41.0  50.0   18.0

      Mann, Nicholas G       4     39.0  47.5   19.5

 49   Gong, Noah             3.5   39.5  48.0   20.5

 50   Accola, Tom            3     38.0  47.0   12.5

51-52 Mepham, Jesse          2.5   37.5  45.0   16.5

      Mepham, James          2.5   37.0  46.5   15.5

 53   Katnic, Eddy           2      8.5  16.0    5.0

Alex Wohl Won 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Open Final Standings

Place Name                    Rtg   Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

 1-2  Wohl, Aleksander H      2342  9      65.5  80.5   57.5

      Xie, George             2397  9      63.0  77.0   51.0

 3-5  Chapman, Mark           2402  8      63.5  77.0   52.0

      Schon, Eugene           2115  8      62.5  75.5   51.0

      Hu, Jason               2182  8      55.0  68.0   47.5

 6-9  Smirnov, Vladimir       2372  7.5    63.5  77.5   51.5

      Mandla, Blair           2116  7.5    63.5  77.5   47.0

      Stojic, Dusan           2219  7.5    57.0  70.0   43.5

      Lyell, Mark             2287  7.5    50.0  61.5   41.5

10-17 Sales, Jesse Noel       2340  7      63.5  77.5   53.0

      Rej, Tomek              2330  7      58.5  71.5   47.0

      Illingworth, Max        2250  7      56.5  68.5   47.5

      Sheldrick, Kevin        2161  7      53.5  65.5   42.0

      Lovejoy, David          2014  7      52.5  65.5   39.0

      Nilsson, Lars Kjoller   2030  7      50.0  62.5   38.5

      Ayvazyan, Armen         2232  7      50.0  62.0   40.5

      Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 2102  7      50.0  59.5   36.0

18-21 Caron, Damien           1914  6.5    53.5  67.0   35.0

      Ali, Mosaddeque         1943  6.5    52.0  62.5   33.5

      Mortensen, Henrik       2022  6.5    50.5  60.5   37.5

      Mcgregor, Allan               6.5    50.0  60.5   34.0

22-33 Rout, Ian C             1949  6      62.0  73.5   42.5

      Broekhuyse, Paul        2116  6      58.0  70.0   44.0

      Morris, James           2089  6      57.0  68.5   45.0

      Voon, Richard           1976  6      55.0  67.5   39.0

      Bolens, Johny           2180  6      52.0  63.5   41.5

      Furst, Andrew           2062  6      51.5  64.5   37.5

      Tan, Kevin                    6      51.0  64.0   34.0

      Encel, Benjamin         1781  6      50.5  63.0   33.0

      Abbott, Peter           1858  6      47.5  57.5   31.0

      Jakirlic, Nermin        2162  6      46.5  57.5   36.5

      Ruan, Harry                   6      45.5  55.5   30.5

      Javor, Stephen                6      41.5  50.5   26.0

34-39 Davis, Tony J           1967  5.5    58.5  70.5   41.5

      Kong, Adrian                  5.5    56.0  68.5   37.0

      Stojic, Svetozar        1972  5.5    49.5  59.0   36.0

      Fry, Peter              1925  5.5    48.5  61.0   29.5

      Wang, Oscar                   5.5    47.0  55.0   27.0

      Zoppi, Mario                  5.5    44.5  55.5   27.0

40-54 Svendsen, Peter         2007  5      56.5  68.5   37.0

      Chan, Jason             2055  5      54.0  67.0   40.0

      Harp, Joel              2031  5      52.0  62.5   36.0

      Glissan, Paul           1767  5      51.0  62.0   30.5

      Ruan, Jack              1908  5      49.5  61.0   31.5

      Dunn, Michael Gl        1986  5      47.5  59.0   31.5

      Russell, Luthien        1786  5      47.5  58.5   26.0

      Krstic, Slobodan        2064  5      47.5  58.0   31.5

      Lilly, Richard          1915  5      46.5  56.5   27.5

      Papp, Alexander               5      45.5  55.0   27.5

      Guo, Emma               1778  5      45.5  53.5   28.0

      Cuellar, Chris                5      44.5  54.5   27.0

      Weller, Tony            1985  5      43.5  54.0   28.0

      Stokes, Mark C                5      41.0  49.5   25.5

      Mejzini, Jack                 5      40.0  48.5   25.0

55-60 Van Der Wal, Fritz W    1944  4.5    50.5  61.5   33.5

      Rachmadi, Herman        1840  4.5    47.0  57.5   25.5

      Nowak, Miroslaw         2064  4.5    45.5  55.5   29.5

      Baterowicz, Mark        1727  4.5    45.0  54.5   23.0

      Wan, Dennis             1930  4.5    44.5  55.5   24.0

      Buciu, Aurel-John             4.5    40.0  48.5   21.5

61-67 Canfell, Mike J         1931  4      52.5  63.0   29.5

      Redgrave, John          1882  4      51.0  62.0   31.0

      Myers, Stephen P        1807  4      47.5  56.0   27.0

      Cox, Barry                    4      45.5  54.0   27.5

      Pevzner, Moissei              4      44.5  56.5   21.0

      Slidziunas, John              4      44.0  53.0   22.5

      Feduniw, Terry                4      35.5  42.5   18.0

68-70 Vogelmann, Arno               3.5    41.0  50.5   14.5

      Schuetz, Fred                 3.5    36.5  45.5   18.5

      Tombak, Mikhail               3.5    36.0  44.0   17.5

71-72 Bleicher, Horst         1840  3      42.5  51.0   23.0

      Anderson, Michael             3      38.0  45.5   12.0

 73   Talum, Lito                   2.5    37.5  46.0   18.0

 74   Press, Brian J                2      38.5  46.5   13.0

 75   Gibbons, Grahame              1      11.0  19.0    4.0

 76   Viswanath, Ganesh       1969  0       0.0   0.0    0.0

Hetul Shah, 9, beats Kasakh grandmaster in Parsvanth Open

The 7th Parsvnath International Rating Chess Tournament, organised by the Capablanca Chess Club, is taking place from January 11th to 19th in the Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. The event is a ten-round Swiss with total cash prizes of Rs. 11,50,000, (or 11.5 lakhs, which is an Indian numeral denoting 100,000). It translates to 17,600 Euros or US $23,400. Foreign players must submit 10.1% of their winnings as tax, per Indian income tax regulations.

Ibrayev,Nurlan (2407) - Hetul,Shah (1817) [A00]
7th Parsvnath International Open, Delhi (1.36), 11.01.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rfc8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.a3 Bf8 17.b3?! This leaves a hole on c3, which the lad immediately spots: 17...Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qc3.

All this has been played before, specifically in Szily-Bisguier 1952 (i.e. 25 years before Ibrayev was born, and 47 years before Hetul Shah saw the light of the world). 19.Ne2?!N The GM simply lets the rook hang. What the deeper idea behind this novelty was is beyond our ken. 19...Qxa1 20.Qd2.

A deadly trap, would you say? The black queen has no way out of the box. On the other hand White has difficulty attacking her. In the meantime Black launches a rescue action: 20...d5 21.b4. Getting into even deeper trouble. 21...d4 22.Nd1 Rxc2 23.Qxc2 Rc8 24.Qd2 Nxe4 25.Qd3 Nd6 26.Bb2 Qa2 27.f4 Qc4 28.Qb1

Black is two pawns up and calling all the shots. But can a nine-year-old actually win it against an experienced, 31-year-old GM? As the new US President would say: "Yes he can!" 28...d3 29.Ne3 Qe4 30.Nc3 Qxf4 31.Ncd5 Qg3 32.Nf1 Qg6 33.Bxe5 Nc4 34.Nf4. With almost every move since the last diagram the GM has been harassing the opponent's queen with his knights. But the boy remained unfazed and now launches a full-scale attack: 34...Qb6+ 35.Kh1 Nxe5 36.Rxe5 Bd6 37.Re4 Bc6 38.Qc1. Trying to trick the kid with a pin and backrank mate? No way Hetul Shah is going to let this one slip away. 38...Qb7 39.Re1

39...Bxg2+ 40.Nxg2 Rxc1 41.Rxc1 Bf4 42.Rc3 d2 43.Rd3 h6 44.Kg1 Qb6+

It's all over, and what must certainly be the world's most embarrassed grandmaster stretches out his hand in resignation. 0-1

Source: Chessbase

Frank Goon Open Result

Frank Goon Open 2009 Open Section

1 IM Julio Catalina Sadorra

2 Mok Tze Meng

3 Michael angelo

4 Leong Mun Wan

5 Ian Udani

6 Osric Mooi

7 Lee Wen Xi

8 Kamaluddin Yusof

9 Faizal Andin

10 Fariz Shafruddin

Best Veteran  John Lee

Best Lady Cheryl Tew Si Hui

Frank Goon Open 2009 Under 16

1 Gabriel Pang

2 Renitha 

3 Fong Wai Kit

4 Chong Yong Kai

5 Wu Fu Wei

6 Muhd Syakir Shazmeer B Azhar

7 Muhd Haziq B Mohd Zin

8 Arvin Sim

9 Muhammad Faiz bin Kamaarudin

10 Afdal Wiranata

Best U16 Girl                          

1 Liew Mei Khee

2 Wong Jia Li

3 Yee Min Er

Under 12

1 Puteri Rifqah Fahada Azhar

2 Muhd Irfan Haqqim Azhar

3 Abdul Rahman bin Ishak

4 Puteri Munjjah Az-zahrra Azhar

5 Sashen Kummar

6 Hor Jie Le

7 Raja Muhammad Shahqir

8 Law Wang Shun

9 Kirenraj Subhas Baghar

10 Ong Wei Bin

Best U12 girls

1 Seri Aisyah bte Che Hassan

2 Nurul Hidayah bte Mohd Zahid

3 Ker Amy

4 Choo Yong En

5 Chang Chun Qin

CAS Event postponed

Please be informed that this Sun (18 Jan) Chess Allegro is postponed to 15 Feb because no electricity supply to Wilayah Complex. Sorry for any inconvenience cause.

Ni Hua wins Reggio Emilia 2008/2009 with 1½ points

The Champion GM Ni Hua posing for CHEERS!!!

Last year Zoltan Almasi or Hungary took first place in the traditional Italian tournament, scoring half a point more than Ni Hua. This year the Chinese grandmaster came to the event with a 69-point higher rating, while Almasi had dropped by 28 points. The result: Ni Hua took first place with 7.5/9 and a 2840 performance, while Almasi came a distant second with 6.0/9.

Zoltan Almasi, 2663 vs Alexey Dreev, 2670 in round five (Dreev won in 96 moves)

Alexei Dreev, 2670, vs Mihail Marin, 2556 in round six (Marin won in 62 moves)

Luca Shytaj, 2472, vs Ni Hua, 2710 in round seven. Ni Hua won in 33 moves

Manuel Leon Hoyos, Mexico, vs Miso Cebalo, Coratia in round eight (draw)

Mihail Marin, Romania vs Jan Gustafsson in round eight: 1-0 in 40 moves

Decisive game Ni Hua vs Almasi in round eight: Black won in 41 moves

Source: Chessbase.

KLANG OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

KLANG OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

Organised by Badan Kebajikan Kakitangan Pejabat Agama Islam Daerah And Majlis Guru Besar Daerah Klang
( THIS IS A NATIONAL RATED EVENT )

Date:7th February 2009 ( Saturday )

Transportation : Take KTM to KTM Komuter Klang & take cab to the Pusat Sumber Pendidikan Jais (PSPJ) about 1-2km and around RM5-7.

Time:7.30 am – 6.00 pm

Venue:Pusat Sumber Pendidikan JAIS ( PSPJ ) , Jalan Bukit Jati,

KAMPUNG JAWA, KLANG, SELANGOR ( Refer Map Attached )

System:SWISS SYSTEM – 7 ROUNDS ( ROUND 1 STARTS AT 09:30AM )

Time Control:25 minutes per player

Tie Break:SOLKOFF,  SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORE

Entry Fees:RM15.00 – Under 12 Category
              :RM20.00 – Under 18 Category
              :RM25.00 – Open Category

 

NOTE: TROPHY WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL TOP THREE WINNERS OF MAIN CATEGORY

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO ALL WINNERS.

TOTAL CASH PRIZES : RM7410.00 TO BE WON !!!

OFFERING 72 OVERALL WINNERS!!!

NOT-TO-BE-MISSED : LUCKY DRAW DURING PRIZE GIVING !!!!

BREAKFAST & LUNCH PROVIDED!!!

PRE – REGISTRATION & ENQUIRES

ZAMRI SAJARI 016 - 277 5005 / SYED ABD RAHMAN 012 - 248 4513 / AZHAR MS 012 – 679 6193

CLOSING DATE : 31 January 2009

Register thru SMS, deposit entry fee to 'Badan Kebajikan Kakitangan PAID Klang' - Bank Islam Account No: 12010010017749

and fax bank slip to 03-33231319 before closing date ( 31 January 2009 )

ONLY PAID ENTRANCE WILL BE ACCEPTED.

STRICTLY : Registration Or Payment After Closing Date WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.