Jit Sin High School

Finally, I visited Jit Sin High School during my lunch hour earlier today. It had been ages since I last visited Jit Sin High School. I think almost 6 years ago. Today, I was there to bring some news to their chess club on Penang Age Group Chess Tournament 2007 and Penang Closed Chess Tournament 2007.
While managed to visit some teachers that had knew me, and still knows me (I guess) the building of the school had not changed much, >50% of the teachers are new to me. I guess 7 years (I graduated at year 2000) is a long time.
Things changed as time moved on...

Daily Report of National Closed 2007

Daily Report of National Closed 2007 is available at Chess.EuHong.NET and there will be a comprehensive report following the end of the event. Stay Tuned.

10 days holidays start now!!

Yes, my 10 days long holidays start now!!

Things to do during the break:
1) National Championship from 27 - 31 May
2) Travel with parents for the rest of the break.

Do watch out for my daily update on the National Championship on my website at EuHong.NET.

Have a nice days!!

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Champion Finally!!!

Finally!! I get to taste the feeling of being top seed and winning the champion title at an event. Well, I have not get first prize in any open tournament before and this is the first time!! And the champion is... Tan Eu Hong.

So the opening testing did not turn ugly and I started the event smoothly winning the first six games and drawing the last game to finish first.

Perlis Rapid Open 2007
Top Prize Winners:
1. Tan Eu Hong 6.5
2. Md Hairi Md Hussain 6
3. Lim Poay Sim 5.5

Complete result at GilaChess.com

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

National Closed 2007 in USM, Penang

National Chess Championship 27-31 May
Venue: Banquet Hall, USM, Penang.
Closing date: 19 May 07
Jointly organized by :
Penang Chess Association
Malaysia Chess Federation
Kelab Bridge dan Catur Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Please visit PCA Official Website for more information.

To Perlis Rapid Open, I am Going

This Saturday will be the first time I am going to Perlis for a chess tournament as I have not been to Perlis for years not to mention playing in a chess tournament over there.

The objective is high as I think master would not want to play in an event with RM80 as first prize but this tournament will be serving as a testing ground for my openings so things might turn out ugly.

Some details of the event:
Organiser: Sek Men Keb Syed Hassan & Persatuan Catur Prestij Perlis
Venue: Kantin SMK Syed Hassan
Date: April 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 8.00am – 6.00pm (Round 1 start at 9:00am)

Please visit GilaChess.com for more information.

Old Pictures on Stage

Just "discovered" that I did copy a few old pictures of me from PCA last month.

Chung Ling Butterworth Open 2006, 3rd Placing

StarWalk Chess Tournament 2006, 4th Placing

USM Open Invididual Chess Tournament 2007, 8th Placing

I do look different in each picture, don't I?

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

Malaysia National Rating List - April 07

The April version of Malaysia Chess National Rating list if finally out. I had no rated game played over the Jan~Apr period so my rating stays at 1680. Too bad all of the 4 tournaments that I had played in Penang was not rated (USM Individual, Team, PFS Open, CLHS Open) or else I would had my rating >1700 as I finished top 10 in the events and losing only 4 games in total...

Until then,
Eu Hong

Still Active

I had not been playing in any FIDE rated event and get rated (I do play in Malaysian Chess Challenge which was rated but never paired with any of the rated players.) As a result, my FIDE rating should be inactive according to the rules of FIDE. My record however is still active when I check on the latest FIDE rating list this morning.
My rating card as follow or available at FIDE (World Chess Federation) official website.

My world ranking is of 5 digits as shown here or figure below.

Well, I should start finding a few days off my work commitment and join 1 or 2 FIDE rated events later this year or else I will be inactive soon...

Cheers!!
Eu Hong

34th Selangor Open

CAS is organising the 34th edition of the Selangor Open at Wilayah
Complex, 2nd floor. Champion will receives RM 1,800 Cash, 2nd
position will receives RM 1,200 cash, 3rd prize is RM 700 cash, and
up to other cash prizes up to 10th position.

27th April (Fri) Rd 1 @ 6.00 PM (After Office hours)
28th April (Sat) Rd 2 @ 9.30 AM (Weekend)
28th April (Sat) Rd 3 @ 3.00 PM (Weekend)
29th April (Sun) Rd 4 @ 9.30 AM (Weekend)
29th April (Sun) Rd 5 @ 3.00 PM (Weekend)
30th April (Mon) REST DAY (Working / Schooling Day)
1st May (Tue) Rd 6 @ 9.30 AM (Public Holiday i.e. Labour Day & Wesak
Day)
1st May (Tue) Rd 6 @ 3.00 PM (Public Holiday)
2nd May (Wed) Rd 8 @ 9.00 AM (Public Holiday i.e. Labour Day & Wesak
Day)
2nd May (Wed) Rd 9 @ 2.00 PM (Public Holiday)

Entry Fee for this FIDE rated event: RM 50 (CAS Members/FIDE-
rated/Ladies) OR RM 80 (Others)

For pre-registration >> email your name to selangorchess@gmail.com

Insufficient Energy...

Working overtime and playing in chess tournament the next day is always a bad choice and combination as I was almost energy-less by round 7 of the 8 rounds tournament. Luckily my round 8 opponent was kind enough to offer me a draw and thus we finished the tournament with 3rd for him and 9th for me...

The 1.5 days of NEC Computers Community Open House 2007 finishes successfully where I had worked overtime for 2 days... More pictures to come for this event...

My aim for for CLHS Open was quite low as I had exhausted myself with the works but the end result was fine except the terrible lost on round 6.

Until then,
Eu Hong

Nemesis Broken!!

Penang Free School Open (PFS Open) was over yesterday. The event was carried out successfully except the number of participants was lesser than what usually expected. Only 80+ turned up and the organiser was very generous having giving out a total of 40 prizes!

The tournament started with Tan Khai Boon as first seed, Chuah Heng Meng second, me third, Lim Cheng Teik forth and Victor Hong fifth. The top seed was upset on round 3 while I later lost at round 4. Cheng Teik later lost to Chuah and finally we went into the final round with me playing white against Chuah while Cheng Teik taking White against Khai Boon. My game was an early draw while Khai Boon and Cheng Teik play out until they reach a K+Q+P vs K+Q+2P with favor to Khai Boon but both players is having time trouble and had to settle for a draw when Cheng Teik gives perpetual checks.

For myself, I had my nemesis of not winning any prize at PFS Open broken when I finished 4th on the final standing due to better tie breaks, the prize we get for 4th-6th is the same, so make no difference. However, I created another nemesis when I lost to Holmes again! This is the third time in a row I lost to him and that sum up to 1 win and 3 loses for me. Hmm...

Well, I had my pre-tournament objectives and goals met so I can conclude that the tournament result is good for me except without any remarkable win over any of the strong players, I guess that happens when there are only 7 rounds and the top seeds had some upset result in the earlier rounds...

Top 6 Standing of PFS Open 2007:
Champion: Chuah Heng Meng, 6.5/7
2nd: Victor Hong, 6/7
3rd: Steven Hoh, 6/7
4th: Tan Eu Hong, 5.5/7
5th: Lim Cheng Teik, 5.5/7
6th: Tan Khai Boon, 5.5/7

Coming up next: CLHS Open 2007 on 25th March which means this coming Sunday.
Refer PCA Official Website for more on results and new PCA tournaments.

Until then,
Eu Hong

Anand Wins Linares 2007

Anand finished clear first after drawing with Ivanchuk! Carlsen was beaten by Leko and joined by Morozevich at second place. The later finish with another win by beating Svidler. It is remarkable that Morozevich managed to come back from the bottom of the table to join second.

Round 14: Result
Peter Leko 1-0 Magnus Carlsen
Peter Svidler 0-1 Alex. Morozevich
Veselin Topalov ½-½ Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Vishy Anand

More details at ChessBase.com

Linares 2007

I was busy with activities over Friday and Saturday. So was not around to read or post anything... Too bad...

Round 13 of Linares was played out on Saturday with Morozevich beating then former FIDE Champion, Topalov while the rest of the games were drawn. The game between the 2 was interesting with a lot of useful lesson. First White went into the endgame with a microscopic advantage where draw is a most likely result, then Topalov fight on and White gets an outside passed pawn. Later the game turn into a K+Ps vs K+Ps endgame then K+Q+P vs K+Q+P and finally K+Q+Q vs K+Q+P where Topalov finally resigned.

The final position of the game.
Replay the game here.

Pairing of Round 14 which is probably going on now but I had to wait until hours later to know the result. =( Arghh, I am getting nervous...

Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen
Peter Svidler - Alex. Morozevich
Veselin Topalov - Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk - Vishy Anand

Round 12 @ Linares 2007

Round 12 saw 2 black wins. Morozevich beaten Ivanchuk's Scotch Game while Svidler triumph in the clash of Peters to lift himself to the 3rd spot of the standing while sending Leko to the bottom of the table.

Round 12: Result
Peter Leko 0-1 Peter Svidler
Veselin Topalov ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1 Alex. Morozevich
Vishy Anand ½-½ Levon Aronian

Standing after Round 12
1) Anand 7.5
2) Carlsen 7.0
3) Svidler 6.5
4) Aronian 6.0
5) Topalov, Ivanchuk, Morozevich 5.5
6) Leko 4.5

2 more rounds to go with Anand leading the field with 7.5/12.

Round 13: Pairing
Vishy Anand - Peter Leko
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk
Alex. Morozevich - Veselin Topalov
Magnus Carlsen - Peter Svidler

Round 14: Pairing
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen
Peter Svidler - Alex. Morozevich
Veselin Topalov - Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk - Vishy Anand

Round 11 @ Linares

The wonderboy Carlsen was beaten by Anand last year but strikes back today to beat the more experienced Ivanchuk in a Grunfeld Exchange. 3 more rounds to go and Anand is now leading Carlsen by half point.

Here's the replay:


Round 11: Result
Levon Aronian ½-½ Peter Leko
Alex. Morozevich ½-½ Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Vassily Ivanchuk
Peter Svidler ½-½ Veselin Topalov

Standing after Round 11
Anand 7.0
Carlsen 6.5
Svidler, Aronian, Ivanchuk 5.5
Topalov 5.0
Morozevich, Leko 4.5

Up Next:
Round 12: Pairing
Peter Leko - Peter Svidler
Veselin Topalov - Magnus Carlsen
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alex. Morozevich
Vishy Anand - Levon Aronian

Round 10 @ Linares 2007

Round 10 saw the clash of the leaders and clash of generations as Anand beats Carlsen in a Closed Ruy Lopez when Carlsen did not sense the danger in time which finally let Anand's knight hop to e6-square. All other games were drawn and this time Topalov let Leko escape.

Round 10 Result:
Peter Leko ½-½ Veselin Topalov
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Peter Svidler
Vishy Anand 1-0 Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian ½-½ Alex. Morozevich

Replay the Anand-Carlsen game here.


Up next, Round 11 Pairing:
Levon Aronian - Peter Leko
Alex. Morozevich - Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk
Peter Svidler - Veselin Topalov

Round 9 @ Linares 2007

Morozevich beaten Leko in style while Topalov escaped narrowly against Ivanchuk. Leko now joins Morozevich at the bottom of the table while Anand and Carlsen still leading.

Round 9 Results
Alex. Morozevich 1-0 Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler ½-½ Vishy Anand
Veselin Topalov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk

Round 10 Pairing
Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov
Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Svidler
Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian - Alex. Morozevich

All drawn @ Linares Round 8

Round 8 Result
Peter Leko ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk
Vishy Anand ½-½ Veselin Topalov
Levon Aronian ½-½ Peter Svidler
Alex. Morozevich ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Round 9 Pairing
Alex. Morozevich - Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler - Vishy Anand
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk

Topalov was defeated by Ivanchuk on round2 back at Mexico so watch out for more actions.

Linares 2007 Starts Today

First half of the event was concluded at Morelia, Mexico with Anand and Carlsen joint-lead.

Second half of the event starts today (2nd of March) at Linares, Spain.
Pairing of the first round at Linares (Round 8 of the event) as follow:
Peter Leko - Vassily Ivanchuk
Vishy Anand - Veselin Topalov
Levon Aronian - Peter Svidler
Alexander Morozevich - Magnus Carlsen

Peter Leko as leading at half time for last year's event but cracked at Linares scoring no wins at Linares and was finally overtook by Levon Aronian. Topalov made a successful come back from almost the bottom of the half time standing to almost catch the winner.

More actions and excitements to come for the event...