Asian Zone 3.3 - Round 4, Indonesia Derby

Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2009 is up to round three now, notable highlight is GM Wesley So draw on 1st round against FM Nguyen Ly Hong who is almost 300 elo rating below. Singaporean GM Zhang Zhong is on a good path with two wins, although Zhang Zhong won on round two against IM Thai Tu Hoang was a dramatic one. The Vietnamese was in a good pressure but blunderred and entered his king into a mate pattern by the ex super GM.

IM Tu, Hoang Thai - GM Zhang Zhong

Round 2

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd2d6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. g4 Ne5 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 b5 15.g5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6 17. Qe3 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Qd8 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bd4 Rg622. f4 Re6 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. h5 Qa5 25. Qg2 Bf8 26. f5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re7 28. f6Re5 29. g6 fxg6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kd8 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. f7??

and now Black to move and win!

33...Rc2!! {34.Kxc2 Qxa2+ 35. Kc3 b4+ 36. Kc4 Qc2#}

Indonesia's GM Megaranto Susanto also goes +2 after long battle against Singaporean FM Daniel Chan-Yi Ren on round 2. Both finished the game last, according to potretcatur, Susanto key to succes was he managed to keep his emotion cool and played in more safe and solid approach.

See Men's result.

On Women
Latest update from chess-result shows an Indonesian derby on round 4. WGM Irene K. Sukandar will playing black against her comrade Monica S. Chelsie.

WFM Pham Bich Ngoc (2105) and WFM Le Thi Phuong Lien (2216) are on +3 points while top seed WGM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (2412) on 2 points after two draws and one win. Top ten standing are heavily dominated by host players :

1. WFM Pham Bich Ngoc VIE 2105 - 3 points
2. WFM Le Thi Phuong Lien VIE 2216 - 3 points
3. Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar MGL 2144 - 2.5 points
4. WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 2219 - 2.5 points
5. Enkhtuul Altanulzii MGL 2051 - 2 points
6. WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2311 - 2 points
7. WCM Sihite Chelsie Monica INA 0 - 2 points
8. WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 2412 - 2 points
9. WIM Nguyen Quynh Anh VIE 2102 2 points
10. WIM Nguyen Thi Tuong Van VIE 2246 2 points

Live game can be viewed here.