Red and White Chess: Sergei Tiviakov Wins Kinabalu Open 2015

(bahasa Indonesia di bawah)
Kinabalu City (Sabah, Malaysia) hosted regular open chess tournament for three years now. The tournament is officially titled as 3rd Sabah MRSM Kota Kinabalu International Chess Championship 2015. On their third year, the tournament attracted more masters than ever before. Sergei Tiviakov, fresh from Japfa Chess 2015, is the 2nd seeds, only less 1 elo point by 1st seed GM Oliver Barbosa. At least four GMs played in Kinabalu Open 2015 and a numbers of IM and FMs. After nine swiss rounds, Sergei Tiviakov solely clinched the first place with 8.0/9 points.

Foreign players came from Phillipine, Uzbekistan, Singapore and Indonesia. From Indonesian side of story, the event attracted nearby players from Pontianak, Western Kalimantan province, Indonesia. Pontianak have a direct land transport to Kuching (Sarawak) and from there we can choose to continue via land or air travel. About more than a dozen Indonesians traveled to Kinabalu to try their luck in the exotic city of Kinabalu. We achieved some good results though. Robert Sunaryo finished as highest Indonesian players in the field with 6.5/9 at 11th place. He only lost to Tiviakov and Steward Manaog (PHI). Irfan P followed at 13th place. Other notable result performed by NM Hendra Supriadi, also from Pontianak, who manage to beat two IM Chan Peng Kong and Rolando Nolte. Sunardi Sadeli from Jakarta finished 20th and within best veteran category.

On the junior events, Mohd Syuib Haji Saini (1516) wins the first place, Ahmad Zin Nun Salleh is Zaidi 2nd place and Nouri Alexander Kianosh on 3rd place. Muliati Martalena is the highest Indonesian players in Junior category at 4th place followed by Imaduddin Luthfi. Muliati is also active junior player from Pontianak.

the atmosphere at Kinabalu Chess Open 2015

The tournament gives Faboulus Prizes with top 1st prize is USD 1400.

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Final standings for Kinabalu International Open Chess 2015:

1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	NED	2624	8
2	GM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2625	7.5
3	IM	Nava Roderick	PHI	2388	7.5
4	GM	Gomez John Paul	PHI	2512	7
5	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	PHI	2520	7
6	GM	Vahidov Tair	UZB	2519	6.5
7		Villanueva Nelson	PHI	2308	6.5
8	IM	Senador Emmanuel	PHI	2409	6.5
9		Nouri Hamed	PHI	2341	6.5
10		Manaog Stewart	PHI	2079	6.5
11		Sunaryo Robert	INA	1588	6.5
12	FM	Chan Nicholas	MAS	2384	6.5
13		Irfan P	INA	0	6.5
14		Bagamasbad Efren	PHI	2188	6
15		Wising Abdul Sahim	MAS	2085	6
16		Zulkifli Muhd Syazwan	MAS	2028	6
17		Othman Mohd Noor	MAS	1873	6
18	IM	Nolte Rolando	PHI	2423	6
19		Nik Nik Ahmad Farouqi	MAS	2079	6
20		Sunardi Sadeli	INA	2078	6
21		Muhalip Sotimin	MAS	1701	6
22		Rosli Ahmad Afiq Afyfy	MAS	1901	6
23		Zulkarnain Mohd Diya	MAS	1648	6
24		Teh Wee Zhun	MAS	1807	6
25		Darinowijoyo Hermanu Latif	MAS	1941	6
26		Lau Gregory	MAS	2135	5.5
27		Andin Faizal	MAS	2085	5.5
28	IM	Bancod Ronald	PHI	2280	5.5
29	FM	Hj Azahari Md Aliuddin	BRU	2080	5.5
30		Hendra Supriadi	INA	0	5.5
31		Kamalsyah Muhammad	INA	1490	5.5
32		Arief Rahman	INA	1514	5.5
33		Erowan Masrin	MAS	2010	5.5
34	FM	Nouri Alekhine	PHI	1696	5.5
35		Goridau Guadis	MAS	1944	5.5
36	IM	Chan Peng Kong	SIN	2201	5.5

full results at CHESS-RESULTS

Final Standing for Kinabalu International Open Chess 2015 Juniors:

1	Mohd Syuib Haji Saini	MAS	1516	8.5
2	Ahmad Zin Nun Salleh Zaidi	MAS	1358	8
3	Nouri Alexander Kianosh	PHI	0	7.5
4	Martalena Muliati	INA	0	7
5	Imaduddin Luthfi	INA	0	7
6	Mohd Irwansyah Suharto	MAS	1514	7
7	Sulo Sulaiman	MAS	0	7
8	Davidson I Marsel	INA	0	6.5
9	Mohd Azrul Hadri Jumadi	MAS	1365	6.5
10	Nelson Lau	INA	0	6.5
11	Mohd Irfan Kee Charles	MAS	1565	6.5
12	Abera Albert Akang	MAS	1352	6.5
13	Datu Mohd Wafi Irfan Datu Mohd	MAS	1526	6.5
14	Mohd Syamil Shaharudin	MAS	1342	6.5
15	Aaron Justine	MAS	1422	6.5
16	Aiza Nazurah Abdul Rait-G	MAS	1335	6.5
17	Sam Mohd Fazi De	MAS	0	6
18	Mohd Asri Muhamad Haziq	MAS	0	6
19	Claribel Crystal Lupi-G	MAS	1348	6
20	Su Yong Chen	MAS	1262	6
21	Muhd Haziq Izzuddin Mohd Zakiy	MAS	1422	6
22	Injersus Elioting Bich	INA	1345	6
23	Chester Errol	MAS	1195	6
24	Vincent Er	MAS	1192	6
25	Stewie Gulit	MAS	1230	6

full results at CHESS-RESULTS

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Sergei Tiviakov Juara Catur Terbuka Kinabalu Open 2015
Pecatur Indonesia Perkuat Posisi

Kota Kinabalu yang terletak di negara bagian Sabah Malaysia menggelar turnamen catur terbuka nya yang ke tiga kali. Turnamen Kinabalu Open Chess 2015 ini dimenangkan oleh pecatur Belanda Sergei Tiviakov. Tiviakov adalah salah satu dari empat grandmaster yang terjun di turnamen ini. Juara dua diraih GM Oliver Barbosa yang mempunyai elo rating cuma selisih 1 poin lebih tinggi dari Tiviakov.

Dengan jarak geografis yang cukup strategis dari Pontianak, sejumlah pecatur Kalbar juga turut serta menyemarakkan ajang ini. Hasil yang diperoleh juga bisa disebut berita gembira. Di kategori Open, Robert Sunaryo berhasil menyosok ke ranking ke-11 dengan nilai 6.5/9. Robert bertemu Tiviakov di babak pertama dan harus mengakui keunggulan lawan grandmaster ini. Walaupun kehilangan angka lagi melawan pecatur Filipina Steward Manaog , Robert berhasil menjadi pengumpul nilai tertinggi delegasi Indonesia di ajang ini. Beberapa pecatur Indonesia seperti Irfan (Sintang) dan Sunardi Sadeli (Jakarta) ada di top 20, pak Sunardi ada di kategori best veteran. MN Hendra Supriyadi juga memetik hasil menarik, dengan nilai 5.5/9. Pak Hendra mengalahkan dua International Master di ajang ini.

Di kategori Junior, juara 1-3 diraih pecatur tuan rumah dan Filipina. Namun di urutan ke-4 adalah pecatur Kalbar Muliati Martalena disusul pecatur Indonesia Lutfi Imadudin. Di sepuluh besar tampak pula Marcel Davidson dan Nelson Lau di dalamnya, sementara Elioting ada di urutan ke-22. Sekitar 13 rombongan pecatur dan official Kalbar berangkat bersama-sama dari Pontianak ke Kinabalu.

Berikut notasi partai catur oleh-oleh dari Kinabalu. Di ronde 1, peringkat 11 Robert Sunaryo "pemanasan" bertemu grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov. Terinspirasi opening Petrov hasil bacaan di Yearbook analisa GM Richard Rapport, Robert pun mencoba keberuntungan dengan opening ini. Varian 6.f4 adalah yang diharapkan, namun sang GM bermain 6.d4,... "Hancurlah hatiku.." ujar Robert kepada penulis.

Partai Catur Sergei Tiviakov (2624) vs Robert Sunaryo (1588) 1-0, Kinabalu Open 2015
Petrov

Berikut foto-foto turnamen catur di Kinabalu Open 2015 kiriman dari media sosial Robert, thanks.