Just to conclude my photo's blog of 2015 Australian Open, HERE and HERE, GM Ni Hua completely smashed the event with a staggering 10.5/11 result. Ni Hua only drew with GM Rustam Kushnutdinov in round 8. Ni Hua secured the trophy with two rounds spare. In the second is GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev followed by IM Max Illingworth. Complete final result for 2015 Australia Open, held in Sidney:
Final Result 2015 Australian Open
1 GM Ni Hua CHN 2689 10.5
2 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2573 8.0
3 IM Illingworth Max AUS 2476 8.0
4 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2476 7.5
5 IM Morris James AUS 2378 7.5
6 IM Cheng Bobby AUS 2436 7.5
7 IM Ly Moulthun AUS 2460 7.5
8 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2564 7.5
9 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2513 7.5
10 GM Smerdon David AUS 2519 7.5
chess-result.com
The other Oceania region chess tournament happening simultaneously is New Zealand Open 2015. Filled with more GMs than Aussie Open, the event also won by Chinese grandmaster. GM Zhao Xue won the event with 8/9 points. Only two draws versus GM David Howell and IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar. On the note of Indonesian players, Kharisma finished quite well on upper standing. She only lost to two GMs and a draw, but able to grab full points against her inferior opponents. Final result and official web HERE.
2015 New Zealand Open
1 GM Zhao, Xue 8
2 GM Bischoff, Klaus 7
3 GM Howell, David W L 7
4 GM Rasmussen, Allan Stig 7
5 CM Teh, Eu Wen Aron 7
6 IM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 6.5
7 Zelesco, Karl 6.5
8 Drummond, Matthew 6.5
9 IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman C. 6.5
10 IM DIVE, Russell J WE 6
Partai Catur GM Zhao Xue vs IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1/2-1/2
New Zealand Open 2015 / Selandia Baru Terbuka
Now, let's focus to the giant chess tournament in TATA STEEL CHESS 2015, tonight highlight, GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Wesley So!
Showing posts with label Oceania Chess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oceania Chess. Show all posts
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
Ni Hua Perfect Six at Australian Open 2015 - New Zealand Open Also Started
Just a couple days from 2015 we already seen a perfect six in chess. GM Ni Hua is fire on board with this perfect result, after six rounds at 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship. Playing against one GM and roughly IMs in the rest, Ni Hua managed to collect an Elo Performance of 3150 after these six victories. His strongest opponent was GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev from Kazakhstan in round 5. The standing after round 6 in 2015 Australian Open is:
1. GM Ni Hua CHN 2689 6.0
2. GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2476 5.0
3. IM Morris James AUS 2378 5.0
4. GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2573 4.5
5. IM Illingworth Max AUS 2476 4.5
full results
Official Website and LIVE GAMES with GM Ian Rogers commentaries
NEW ZEALAND Open 2015
At almost the same time, New Zealand Open 2015 is also started. The events held in Davenport, Auckland, and also noted for its long history. Indeed this is the 122nd New Zealand Open and Blitz Championship. The official website is HERE. Four GMs are participating, rating wise lead by GM David Howell. Indonesian chess lover should be noted that IM Irene K. Sukandar is participating. The event is well reported in Chessbase.
Standing after round 6 :
1. IM DIVE, Russell J 4.5
2. GM Bischoff, Klaus 4.5
3. GM Zhao, Xue4.5
4 GM Howell, David W 4.5
5. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 4.0
full results
I wonder if both federation (Aussie and NZ) can coordinated each other and make the tournament's schedule in such a way that they are not happening at the same time. Perhaps both Australian Open and New Zealand Open can make a twin Oceania tourney. Perhaps with this arrangement, the region can attracted more "European" chess players. With two events, the journey to the southern part of the world will worth considering.
Photos from 2015 Australian Open:
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all photos generously provided by my friend on site "R.S".
1. GM Ni Hua CHN 2689 6.0
2. GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2476 5.0
3. IM Morris James AUS 2378 5.0
4. GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2573 4.5
5. IM Illingworth Max AUS 2476 4.5
full results
Official Website and LIVE GAMES with GM Ian Rogers commentaries
NEW ZEALAND Open 2015
At almost the same time, New Zealand Open 2015 is also started. The events held in Davenport, Auckland, and also noted for its long history. Indeed this is the 122nd New Zealand Open and Blitz Championship. The official website is HERE. Four GMs are participating, rating wise lead by GM David Howell. Indonesian chess lover should be noted that IM Irene K. Sukandar is participating. The event is well reported in Chessbase.
Standing after round 6 :
1. IM DIVE, Russell J 4.5
2. GM Bischoff, Klaus 4.5
3. GM Zhao, Xue4.5
4 GM Howell, David W 4.5
5. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 4.0
full results
I wonder if both federation (Aussie and NZ) can coordinated each other and make the tournament's schedule in such a way that they are not happening at the same time. Perhaps both Australian Open and New Zealand Open can make a twin Oceania tourney. Perhaps with this arrangement, the region can attracted more "European" chess players. With two events, the journey to the southern part of the world will worth considering.
Photos from 2015 Australian Open:
GM Ian Roger in commentary area
GM Ni Hua vs WGM Julia Ryjanova, on his way to 6/6 later
Young talent Anton Smirnov vs FM Gregory Canfell, round 3
round 3, IM Bjelobrk Igor vs IM Illingworth Max
round 3, IM Jones Richard S. vs GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas
all photos generously provided by my friend on site "R.S".
Friday, January 2, 2015
2015 Australia Open Chess Championship Round 1
As one of the place that saw the new year earlier than everyone elsewhere, Australia also continue the tradition to start year of chess with their own tournament. This year 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship is held in Castle Hill RSL, Sidney NSW. The event begin January 2nd 2015 and to lasted about 10 days. Events included are Open tournament, Blitz, and minors tournament. More information can be read in their official website here. It will be $ 15,350 prizes for Open section. The total fund available is about $ 20,000 for whole events.
Open section will be the battlefield of at least 10 grandmaster and many more titled players. GM Ni Hua (2677) is their first seeded, followed by GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2576). Australian GMs such as GM Zhao Zong-Yuan (2569) and GM David Smerdon (2508) to followed next. Other notables competitors are IM Anton Smirnov, one of Aussie outstanding U20 and others. Events will be broadcasted live in HERE.
After Round 1, quick results are as follow:
1. Braguine, V. (0) 1925 0-1 GM Kazhgaleyev (0) 2576
2. GM Ni, Hua (0) 2677 1-0 Wan, Kinto (0) 1948
3. GM Zhao, Z. (0) 2569 1-0 Saleh, Akef (0) 1923
4. Davis, Tony J (0) 1907 0-1 GM Smerdon, D. (0) 2508
5. GM Papin, Vasily (0) 2505 1-0 Tsai, Charles (0) 1922
6. Lovejoy, D. (0) 1917 0-1 IM Illingworth (0) 2468
see chess-result page.
First round photo impressions
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Open section will be the battlefield of at least 10 grandmaster and many more titled players. GM Ni Hua (2677) is their first seeded, followed by GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2576). Australian GMs such as GM Zhao Zong-Yuan (2569) and GM David Smerdon (2508) to followed next. Other notables competitors are IM Anton Smirnov, one of Aussie outstanding U20 and others. Events will be broadcasted live in HERE.
After Round 1, quick results are as follow:
1. Braguine, V. (0) 1925 0-1 GM Kazhgaleyev (0) 2576
2. GM Ni, Hua (0) 2677 1-0 Wan, Kinto (0) 1948
3. GM Zhao, Z. (0) 2569 1-0 Saleh, Akef (0) 1923
4. Davis, Tony J (0) 1907 0-1 GM Smerdon, D. (0) 2508
5. GM Papin, Vasily (0) 2505 1-0 Tsai, Charles (0) 1922
6. Lovejoy, D. (0) 1917 0-1 IM Illingworth (0) 2468
see chess-result page.
First round photo impressions
GM Ni Hua as top seed in 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship
GM Ni Hua defeated his opponent, Wan Kinto in 14 moves Caro-Kann
GM Zhao Zong-Yuan in 2015 Australian Open Chess Championship
GM David Smerdon in background
GM Zhao Zong-Yuan
GM Rustam Khusnutdinov
GM Khusnutdinov, he is one of tutor that actively involved in Indonesian chess scenes
more photos on this post
all photos generously provided by my friend on site R.S.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Partai Catur Jadul Jacob Baay vs Frank Crowl - Australian Chess Championship 1951
As my post earlier, we come to discover new game by Jacob G. Baay, who was a strong Dutch chess player living in Indonesia during the World World II era. You can check his other game in this post. Jacob G. Baay earn his reputation playing in Java island of Indonesia during that time. This game was recovered from the Sidney Morning Herald, dated May 13th, 1951. The chess column editor was Australian master Gregory Koshnitsky.
The full text of the article:
The Victorian chess champion, Frank (Arthur) Crowl, has been often compared to the great Russo-Danish player and thinker, Aaron Nimzovitch, whose original ideas on chess strategy shocked the conservative school of his day.
Like Nimzovitch, Crowl is a great strategist and some of his games have been acclaimed as masterpieces of subtlety and ingenuity, but it is only just that both players should suffer from the same weakness-inability to cope with direct methods. Nimzovitch's genius was ineffective against Lasker and Alekhine, while Crowl is notoriously weak against our attacking players when they get positions which suit them.
In the following game, the visiting Dutch master brilliantly exploits a weak move in the opening to inflict on Crowl a crushing defeat.
Di postingan blog terdahulu, kita sudah melihat partai catur dari pecatur berdarah Belanda yang tinggal di Indonesia tahun '40an, yaitu Jacob G. Baay. Pecatur Indo-Belanda ini mengunjungi benua Australia di tahun 1951 dan bermain di kejurnas catur Australia tahun 1951. Berikut adalah partai catur yang kembali ditemukan di surat kabar The Sidney Morning Herald.
Lawan master Jacob Baay adalah pecatur dari Victoria Frank Crowl. Dalam artikel tersebut diketahui bahwa pecatur ini adalah pecatur nyentrik yang disetarakan dengan pecatur Russia-Denmark Aaron Nimzovitch. Sayangnya seperti Nimzovitch, keunikan pecatur un-ortodox seperti Frank Crowl tidak berkutik kalau sudah bertemu pecatur dengan tipe penyerang. Mari saksikan partai catur jadul Jacob G. Baay yang sangat langka ini, di mana sang master dengan mudah menangkis pembukaan kurang lazim dari hitam.
Jacob G. Baay vs Frank Crowl , 1-0, Australia Championship , Brisbane 1951
C60 - Ruy Lopez Fianchetto Smylov Defence
The full text of the article:
The Victorian chess champion, Frank (Arthur) Crowl, has been often compared to the great Russo-Danish player and thinker, Aaron Nimzovitch, whose original ideas on chess strategy shocked the conservative school of his day.
Like Nimzovitch, Crowl is a great strategist and some of his games have been acclaimed as masterpieces of subtlety and ingenuity, but it is only just that both players should suffer from the same weakness-inability to cope with direct methods. Nimzovitch's genius was ineffective against Lasker and Alekhine, while Crowl is notoriously weak against our attacking players when they get positions which suit them.
In the following game, the visiting Dutch master brilliantly exploits a weak move in the opening to inflict on Crowl a crushing defeat.
Jacob G. Baay chess games, the Sidney Morning Heral chess column by Gregory Koshnitsky 1951
Di postingan blog terdahulu, kita sudah melihat partai catur dari pecatur berdarah Belanda yang tinggal di Indonesia tahun '40an, yaitu Jacob G. Baay. Pecatur Indo-Belanda ini mengunjungi benua Australia di tahun 1951 dan bermain di kejurnas catur Australia tahun 1951. Berikut adalah partai catur yang kembali ditemukan di surat kabar The Sidney Morning Herald.
Lawan master Jacob Baay adalah pecatur dari Victoria Frank Crowl. Dalam artikel tersebut diketahui bahwa pecatur ini adalah pecatur nyentrik yang disetarakan dengan pecatur Russia-Denmark Aaron Nimzovitch. Sayangnya seperti Nimzovitch, keunikan pecatur un-ortodox seperti Frank Crowl tidak berkutik kalau sudah bertemu pecatur dengan tipe penyerang. Mari saksikan partai catur jadul Jacob G. Baay yang sangat langka ini, di mana sang master dengan mudah menangkis pembukaan kurang lazim dari hitam.
Jacob G. Baay vs Frank Crowl , 1-0, Australia Championship , Brisbane 1951
C60 - Ruy Lopez Fianchetto Smylov Defence
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Partai Jadul Jacob G Baay (Pecatur Indo-Belanda) tahun 1951
Jacob G. Baay is chess player who lives in Indonesia in the World War II period. He continue to play in Java island, Indonesia, and make a fame in the region. Here is a newspaper report from Australia about his participation in the continent's Australian Championship 1951. He was playing George Karoly, strong local master. The games deciphered from The Sunday Herald, Sidney May 27th 1951, editor and annotation by Gregory Koshnitsky, a local master as well.
See Jacob G. Baay games vs Frank Crowl from The Sidney Morning Herald here.
Tahukah anda di era perjuangan tahun '40an, Jacob G. Baay adalah pecatur yang aktif di Indonesia, teristimewa pulau Jawa. Jacob bekerja sebagai agen persurat kabaran, dia bermain di Kejuaraan Belanda 1948 dan Kejuaraan Australia 1951. Berikut adalah salah satu partai catur yang berhasil direkam media pers dari Australia.
Partai Catur Jadul dari Kliping koran The Sunday Herald tanggal May 27th, 1951. Editor Gregory Koshnitsky
Jacob G. Baay vs George Karoly, Brisbane 1951
Australian Championship 1-0
C88 Ruy Lopez
See Jacob G. Baay games vs Frank Crowl from The Sidney Morning Herald here.
Tahukah anda di era perjuangan tahun '40an, Jacob G. Baay adalah pecatur yang aktif di Indonesia, teristimewa pulau Jawa. Jacob bekerja sebagai agen persurat kabaran, dia bermain di Kejuaraan Belanda 1948 dan Kejuaraan Australia 1951. Berikut adalah salah satu partai catur yang berhasil direkam media pers dari Australia.
Partai Catur Jadul dari Kliping koran The Sunday Herald tanggal May 27th, 1951. Editor Gregory Koshnitsky
Jacob G. Baay vs George Karoly, Brisbane 1951
Australian Championship 1-0
C88 Ruy Lopez
The Sunday Heral, Sidney May 27th 1951
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Partai Catur Jadul Nainggolan vs Ong Yok Hwa 1966
Sebuah cuplikan partai catur di tahun 1966 kembali saya temukan di surat kabar asing, yaitu di The Canberra Times. Tanggalannya adalah 21 Juli 1966. Partai Catur ini mengupas pecatur Nainggolan (Putih) dan pecatur legendaris Indonesia yaitu Ong Yok Hwa (hitam). Di kolom catur tersebut, pecatur Ong Yok Hwa disebut sebagai pemenang "Challenger Tournament 1965", namun tidak dijelaskan lebih detail turnamen apakah gerangan di tahun tersebut. Pecatur Ong Yok Hwa dikenal juga dengan nama Eddy Rusli. Di Partai Catur ini hitam bermain Pembelaan Pirc / Pirc Defence. Silahkan disimak partai catur jadul di bawah ini:
The Canberra Times dated 21 July 1966 put in a chess games between Indonesian player of the 60s. White was Nainggolan and black was Indonesian famous player Ong Yok Hwa aka Eddy Rusli. In this chess column by The Canberra Times, the editor Mautner, comments on the game which played on Pirc Defence. Black successfully penetrated White's centre because of the d-files weaknesses by White. It was reported that Ong Yok Hwa was Challenger Tournament winner of 1965, but not detailed on what "Challenger Tournament" it was.
The Canberra Times dated 21 July 1966 put in a chess games between Indonesian player of the 60s. White was Nainggolan and black was Indonesian famous player Ong Yok Hwa aka Eddy Rusli. In this chess column by The Canberra Times, the editor Mautner, comments on the game which played on Pirc Defence. Black successfully penetrated White's centre because of the d-files weaknesses by White. It was reported that Ong Yok Hwa was Challenger Tournament winner of 1965, but not detailed on what "Challenger Tournament" it was.
The Canberra Times Chess Column scan
from The Canberra Times Chess Column 21 July 1966
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Partai Catur Jadul Lajos Portisch vs Hamdan - Adelaide 1971
Berikut adalah sebuah temuan kliping surat kabar yang menunjukkan pecatur Indonesia bernama Hamdan beradu catur melawan Grandmaster Lajos Portisch dari Hungaria. Turnamen tersebut kemungkinan adalah Australia Open tahun 1971. Di partai catur jadul tersebut, pecatur Hamdan bermain kurang akurat dan mempermudah sang Grandmaster mencapai pola skak mat di sayap raja. Partai catur dengan pembukaan Gambit Menteri Ditolak tersebut kemudian dipakai oleh penulis kolom catur George Stern untuk artikelnya yang berjudul "Crime and Punishment", sebagai analogi partai caturnya. Kolom catur tersebut dimuat di surat kabar The Canberra Times, 10 Februari 1971. Nama pecatur lainnya adalah Bachtiar, pemenang turnamen adalah Lajos Portisch disusul Walter Browne. Analisa dan langkah-langkah catur tersebut bisa disimak di bawah, dibawakan khusus untuk penggemar catur Indonesia oleh red-white-chess.blogspot.com .
Trace of Indonesian chess player in Australia found in this chess column from The Canberra Times, 10 February 1971. The article titled "Crime and Punishment" wrote by George Stern highlight two chess games for its adventurous theme, the first game was Australian players John Alps vs Baker. Then the second game was Lajos Portisch vs Hamdan, from Indonesia. In this QGD game, Lajos Portisch simply get a nice mating pattern on King's side and the Indonesian player simply did not find the best defensive system against it. See this nice, rather instructive game by the Hungarian grandmaster.
The tournament in context was probably Australia Open 1971 held in Adelaide. The winner was Lajos Portisch by half point ahead Walter Browne. From the article the standing was:
Adelaide - Karlis Lidum Tournament / Australia Open 1971 (?)
Final Standing:
1. Lajos Portisch
2-4 Walter Browne
Florin Gheorgiu
Lothar Schmidt
5. Alexander Matanovic
Bachtiar (Indonesia)
Barber, Flatow, Fuller, Hay, Hamilton (Australia)
Trace of Indonesian chess player in Australia found in this chess column from The Canberra Times, 10 February 1971. The article titled "Crime and Punishment" wrote by George Stern highlight two chess games for its adventurous theme, the first game was Australian players John Alps vs Baker. Then the second game was Lajos Portisch vs Hamdan, from Indonesia. In this QGD game, Lajos Portisch simply get a nice mating pattern on King's side and the Indonesian player simply did not find the best defensive system against it. See this nice, rather instructive game by the Hungarian grandmaster.
The tournament in context was probably Australia Open 1971 held in Adelaide. The winner was Lajos Portisch by half point ahead Walter Browne. From the article the standing was:
Adelaide - Karlis Lidum Tournament / Australia Open 1971 (?)
Final Standing:
1. Lajos Portisch
2-4 Walter Browne
Florin Gheorgiu
Lothar Schmidt
5. Alexander Matanovic
Bachtiar (Indonesia)
Barber, Flatow, Fuller, Hay, Hamilton (Australia)
The Canberra Times - Chess column by George Stern
10 February 1971
Monday, January 14, 2013
WGM Irene Sukandar to Score Best Woman in Australia Open 2013
Australia Chess Open held in 2 January - 13 January 2013 at Norths Chess club, 12 Abbott Street, Cammeray NSW. The tournament won by Bobby Chen who scored 9.5/11. The news for Indonesian chess fans is, WGM Irene K. Sukandar score the Best Woman with 8/11. This making her also received the prize winner as shared third position. The complete list of prize winner is here.
2013 Australian Open Champion: Bobby Cheng
=2nd: Max Illingworth, Zong-Yuan Zhao, Moulthun Ly
=5th Irine Sukandar, Greg Canfell
=7th: Igor Khenkin, Darryl Johansen, Yita Choong, Trevor Tao, Otgonjargal Sengeravdan
Best Junior: Bobby Cheng
Best Woman: Irine Sukandar
Best Senior: Ilija Ilic
In the last round Irene defeated GM Igor Khenkin with Queen Indian variation, after the exchange she emerged as the better side with pieces advantage. Holding black side, Irene force a bishop vs rook endgame and duly won the final exchange. The game:
WGM Irene K.Sukandar mengantongi angka 8 dari 11 ronde di kejuaran Australia Open / Terbuka. Dengan hasil ini Irene meraih peringkat ketiga bersama, sekaligus mendapat hadiah sebagai Wanita terbaik di ajang tersebut. Di partai terakhir Irene mengalahkan Grandmaster Igor Khenkin dalam permainan Ratu India. Partai tersebut dapat dilihat melalui viewer di atas.
2013 Australian Open Champion: Bobby Cheng
=2nd: Max Illingworth, Zong-Yuan Zhao, Moulthun Ly
=5th Irine Sukandar, Greg Canfell
=7th: Igor Khenkin, Darryl Johansen, Yita Choong, Trevor Tao, Otgonjargal Sengeravdan
Best Junior: Bobby Cheng
Best Woman: Irine Sukandar
Best Senior: Ilija Ilic
In the last round Irene defeated GM Igor Khenkin with Queen Indian variation, after the exchange she emerged as the better side with pieces advantage. Holding black side, Irene force a bishop vs rook endgame and duly won the final exchange. The game:
WGM Irene K.Sukandar mengantongi angka 8 dari 11 ronde di kejuaran Australia Open / Terbuka. Dengan hasil ini Irene meraih peringkat ketiga bersama, sekaligus mendapat hadiah sebagai Wanita terbaik di ajang tersebut. Di partai terakhir Irene mengalahkan Grandmaster Igor Khenkin dalam permainan Ratu India. Partai tersebut dapat dilihat melalui viewer di atas.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Queenstown Chess Classic and Irene Sukandar
A resort town of New Zealand, Queenstown, was hosting their third Chess Classic event from 15th-23rd January 2012 at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown. The town is famous for being the location of several top end Hollywood motion pictures such as The Lord of The Ring trilogy.
In this Chess classic event, three players climbed to the top and ended up sharing the highest points, hence sharing first place. Australia's GM Darryl Johansen, GM Li Chao and GM Zhao Jun managed to be those first three. In the last round, GM Darryl Johansen won the thrilling sicilian game as black verses GM Gawain Jones. The game had been pushed into the narrow battlefield at the Black's king corner, but Black managed to escape the pressure and pulled out the counter attack. Following game are GM Gawain Jones vs GM Darryl Johansen.
The tournament also marked a succesful trip for Indonesian WGM Irene K. Sukandar. Flying and play in high spirit , as she always shared on her social network, IKS managed to score a positive 6.5 out of this nine rounds event. Only losing point to higher rated opponent , to GM Gawain Jones and GM Zhao Jun, IKS managed to score point notably against IM Stephen Soloman of Australia and WGM Nadig Kruttika from India. This let her to get the 2449 performance point from her 2325 Fide rating.
Irene also scored a nice international exposure, thanks to a report by WGM Nadig Kruttika on Chessbase.com. A photo of Irene with lovely friend, chessplayer/photographer Vivian Gu Xiaobing.
In this Chess classic event, three players climbed to the top and ended up sharing the highest points, hence sharing first place. Australia's GM Darryl Johansen, GM Li Chao and GM Zhao Jun managed to be those first three. In the last round, GM Darryl Johansen won the thrilling sicilian game as black verses GM Gawain Jones. The game had been pushed into the narrow battlefield at the Black's king corner, but Black managed to escape the pressure and pulled out the counter attack. Following game are GM Gawain Jones vs GM Darryl Johansen.
The tournament also marked a succesful trip for Indonesian WGM Irene K. Sukandar. Flying and play in high spirit , as she always shared on her social network, IKS managed to score a positive 6.5 out of this nine rounds event. Only losing point to higher rated opponent , to GM Gawain Jones and GM Zhao Jun, IKS managed to score point notably against IM Stephen Soloman of Australia and WGM Nadig Kruttika from India. This let her to get the 2449 performance point from her 2325 Fide rating.
Irene also scored a nice international exposure, thanks to a report by WGM Nadig Kruttika on Chessbase.com. A photo of Irene with lovely friend, chessplayer/photographer Vivian Gu Xiaobing.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Australian Open Chess 2011
Firstable it is a hard time for Aussie staying in Brisbane QLD because of the notorious flood on their riverside area. I hope there will be encouragements for those those affected. Moving south, there was Australian Open Chess Championships 2011 happening in Cammeray NSW. This year edition finished with three players on tie. GM Zhao Zongyuan , GM George Xie Wendi and Moulthun Ly altogether finished at 8.5/11. The chess result page give the number 1 spot for GM Zhao Zongyuan, but I read on Shaun's blog it is George Xie to win the tie break (?). Official site.
Compared to last year, this year edition looks a bit less strong, only Zhao Zongyuan holding a GM. But it is also hard for him to pace a smooth way to the top. He was lost (only) ot FM Ikeda Junta, in a tight Sicilian Kan game below. White is losing on time (as noted in PGN file), in maybe a very interesting unbalance late middle game:
[Event "Australian Open"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 d6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.f4 g6 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Na4 Bf8 15.c4 Nh5 16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Bxb6 Qe7 18.e5 Bh6 19.g3 f6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Be4 Ng7 23.Nc5 Rb8 24.b4 g5 25.Rd3 Kh8 26.Kh1 Qf7 27.fxg5 Bxg5 28.Bg2 e5 29.Ne4 Bf5 30.Nxg5 fxg5 31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Bc5 Qe6 33.Rd6 Qc8 34.Rf6 Qd7 35.Bd5 Bg6 36.Qe3 Nh5 37.Rd6 Qg4 38.Qf3 Qh3 0-1
White lost on time while playing, otherwise it probaly went on 39.Qg2 Nxg3+ 40.Kg1 Qxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Nxf1 42.Kxf1 , with unbalance endgame in slightly favor to Black.
Compared to last year, this year edition looks a bit less strong, only Zhao Zongyuan holding a GM. But it is also hard for him to pace a smooth way to the top. He was lost (only) ot FM Ikeda Junta, in a tight Sicilian Kan game below. White is losing on time (as noted in PGN file), in maybe a very interesting unbalance late middle game:
[Event "Australian Open"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 d6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.f4 g6 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Na4 Bf8 15.c4 Nh5 16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Bxb6 Qe7 18.e5 Bh6 19.g3 f6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Be4 Ng7 23.Nc5 Rb8 24.b4 g5 25.Rd3 Kh8 26.Kh1 Qf7 27.fxg5 Bxg5 28.Bg2 e5 29.Ne4 Bf5 30.Nxg5 fxg5 31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Bc5 Qe6 33.Rd6 Qc8 34.Rf6 Qd7 35.Bd5 Bg6 36.Qe3 Nh5 37.Rd6 Qg4 38.Qf3 Qh3 0-1
White lost on time while playing, otherwise it probaly went on 39.Qg2 Nxg3+ 40.Kg1 Qxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Nxf1 42.Kxf1 , with unbalance endgame in slightly favor to Black.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Australian Championship 2010-Zhao Wins
Australian Chess Champions 2010 is reaching final. Both GM Zhao Zong Yuan and IM George Xie have been secured their first or second position way before final round. A standing before final round says both are at 9 points while closest pursuider (Gawain Jones, Vladimir Smirnov and Darryl Johansen) all at 6.5 point!
GM Zhao Zong Yuan is a Beijing-born and now an Australian citizen studying pharmacy, he is age 24 while George Xie Wendi is at 25 in 2010. And by winning his last round against FM Tomek Rej in a tactical 1.d4 and a quick win, Zhao Zong Yuan is the Australian Champion for 2010 edition.
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao,Zong Yuan"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[Black "Rej, Tomek"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.f4 Nd4 15.Qd1 Nf5 16.Rxb7 Qxb7 17.Bxb7 Nxe3 18.Qc1 Rab8 {18.. Nxf1 19.Bxa8 Nxd2 20.Bg2 exf4 might be still small edge lose for Black} 19.Rf3 exf4 20.gxf4 Nf5 21.Be4 Rb6 {21..Nd6 should better} 22.Nc4 Rg6+ 23.Kh1 Rb8 24.Ne5 Rgb6 25.Nxd7 Rb1 26.Rf1 1-0
IM George Xie is also secured a second GM norm and FM Vladimir Smirnov gets an IM norm, according to The Closet Grandmaster blog. But in final round IM George Xie Wendi finally lost to IM Soloman Stephen in a Sicilian Game.
Speaking about Sicilian this tournament contained a lot of them. Most trivial is everybody seems like to test the regular chess writer IM Gary Lane in this opening. Gary Lane encounter about 6 games where his Black side opponent reply 1..c5 for his 1.e4. IM Vladimir Feldman is the last one to test this to Lane, in a now popular Dragdorf variation.
See games collections here. Partial Final Standing :
1. GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 10
2. IM George Xie Wendi 9
3. GM Gawain Jones 7.5
4. GM Darryl K. Johansen 7
5. FM Vladimir Smirnov 6.5
6. IM Stephen Solomon 6.5
7. Max Illingworth 6.5
8. Junta Ikeda 6
9. IM Gary Lane 6
10.IM Alex Wohl 6
11.FM Douglas Hamilton 6
12. Yuan Yi 5.5
13. FM Tomek Rej 5.5
14. Ly Moulthun 5.5
15. FM Gene Nakauchi 5.5
16. IM James Morris 5.5
see complete result here.
A great tournament where many of these young player are keen to play unorthodox opening, like in Michael Morris vs Max Illingworth in 1.f4 g6 Bird's Opening, 0-1.
GM Zhao Zong Yuan is a Beijing-born and now an Australian citizen studying pharmacy, he is age 24 while George Xie Wendi is at 25 in 2010. And by winning his last round against FM Tomek Rej in a tactical 1.d4 and a quick win, Zhao Zong Yuan is the Australian Champion for 2010 edition.
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao,Zong Yuan"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[Black "Rej, Tomek"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.f4 Nd4 15.Qd1 Nf5 16.Rxb7 Qxb7 17.Bxb7 Nxe3 18.Qc1 Rab8 {18.. Nxf1 19.Bxa8 Nxd2 20.Bg2 exf4 might be still small edge lose for Black} 19.Rf3 exf4 20.gxf4 Nf5 21.Be4 Rb6 {21..Nd6 should better} 22.Nc4 Rg6+ 23.Kh1 Rb8 24.Ne5 Rgb6 25.Nxd7 Rb1 26.Rf1 1-0
IM George Xie is also secured a second GM norm and FM Vladimir Smirnov gets an IM norm, according to The Closet Grandmaster blog. But in final round IM George Xie Wendi finally lost to IM Soloman Stephen in a Sicilian Game.
Speaking about Sicilian this tournament contained a lot of them. Most trivial is everybody seems like to test the regular chess writer IM Gary Lane in this opening. Gary Lane encounter about 6 games where his Black side opponent reply 1..c5 for his 1.e4. IM Vladimir Feldman is the last one to test this to Lane, in a now popular Dragdorf variation.
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lane,Gary"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[Black "Vladimir, Feldman"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.f5 b5 11.a3 Rb8 12.g4 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Rf2 a5 18.b4 a4 19.Raf1 Rc7 20.Bh6 Ne5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.g5
Rfc8 23.f6+ Kf8 24.Qf4 e6 25.Qh4 Rxc2 26.Qxh7 Ke8 27.Nf4 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Rc1+ {A blunder, Black went for attack in a not favourable position, ..Qc7 is
computer's remedy} 29.Kh2 Qc7 30.Nxe6 Qc8 31.Nf4 Qc7 32.Ne6 Qc8 33.Nxd4
Kd7 34.Ne2 Rc2 35.d4 Qe8 36.dxe5 Qxe5+ 37.Kg1 Qa1+ 38.Rf1 Qa2 39.Bf3 Bxe4
40.Bxe4 Rxe2 41.Bf3 Rc2 42.Re1 Kc7 43.Qg8 1-0
See games collections here. Partial Final Standing :
1. GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 10
2. IM George Xie Wendi 9
3. GM Gawain Jones 7.5
4. GM Darryl K. Johansen 7
5. FM Vladimir Smirnov 6.5
6. IM Stephen Solomon 6.5
7. Max Illingworth 6.5
8. Junta Ikeda 6
9. IM Gary Lane 6
10.IM Alex Wohl 6
11.FM Douglas Hamilton 6
12. Yuan Yi 5.5
13. FM Tomek Rej 5.5
14. Ly Moulthun 5.5
15. FM Gene Nakauchi 5.5
16. IM James Morris 5.5
see complete result here.
A great tournament where many of these young player are keen to play unorthodox opening, like in Michael Morris vs Max Illingworth in 1.f4 g6 Bird's Opening, 0-1.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Australian Championship and World Team 2010
Still happening in Australia is their Championship started this week. The tournament over live games in my working hour, so good entertainment in my quite first working week. The games itself is very worth to watch with many flanks openings and sharp play by participants. Yesterday was IM Gary Lane third encounter with Sicilian defence as White, Gary Lane lost 1 to Zhao, win to Gene Nakauchi and drew with GM Gawain Jones in this opening. Also see IM Alex Wohl win with Benoni 1.d4 Nf3 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4! over Gene Nakauchi in round 5. See games archieve in their official website and Ian Rogers comments here.
As for today, Junka Ikeda resurrect a Romantic period's King Gambit shown here. He played this against youngster Yuan Yi, here the game goes :
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ikeda,Junta"]
[Black "Yuan,Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Kf88. Bd2 Bg4 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rae1+ Kf8 13. Ng5 Bh514. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 h6 16. Nge4 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nc5 Nc6 19. Ne6+Kg8 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Rf5 Bg6 22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Rd7 Bf5 24. Rxb7 Nxd4 25.Rxa7 Nxc2 26. Ree7 Be6 27. a4 Nb4 28. Rec7 Rd8 29. Rab7 Nc2 30. Rc5 Rd2 31.Re5 Nd4 32. Re3 h5 33. a5 h4 34. a6 h3 35. gxh3 f5 36. a7 f4 37. a8=Q+ Kh738. Qe8 fxe3 39. Qh5+ 1-0
See standing and result here. Live game here.
In World Team Championship 2010, round 2 saw an upset by Greece who defeated World no.1 Russia. GM Alex Morozevich played sharp opening where his g pawn quickly reached 7th rank in move 11, but a wrong rook move jeopardized everything. His lucky opponent was GM Papaioannou of 2625 rating strength.
Round 3 saw Azerbaijan lost to India and Armenia won 3.5-0.5 to Turkey. World no.7 Vugar Gashimov was unable to kept stabil during time crisis and must lost to no.60+ Krishnan Sasikiran. Other casualty is Guseinov felt to Ganguly while the rest Indians manage to lost 1 and drew 1. This see top 5 standing for round 3 :
1.Armenia 7.5
2.Russia 7
3.Israel 7
4.Azerbaijan 7
5.USA 7
More in TWIC report. For USA team games and blog see GM Ben Finegold pages.
As for today, Junka Ikeda resurrect a Romantic period's King Gambit shown here. He played this against youngster Yuan Yi, here the game goes :
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ikeda,Junta"]
[Black "Yuan,Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Kf88. Bd2 Bg4 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rae1+ Kf8 13. Ng5 Bh514. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 h6 16. Nge4 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nc5 Nc6 19. Ne6+Kg8 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Rf5 Bg6 22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Rd7 Bf5 24. Rxb7 Nxd4 25.Rxa7 Nxc2 26. Ree7 Be6 27. a4 Nb4 28. Rec7 Rd8 29. Rab7 Nc2 30. Rc5 Rd2 31.Re5 Nd4 32. Re3 h5 33. a5 h4 34. a6 h3 35. gxh3 f5 36. a7 f4 37. a8=Q+ Kh738. Qe8 fxe3 39. Qh5+ 1-0
See standing and result here. Live game here.
In World Team Championship 2010, round 2 saw an upset by Greece who defeated World no.1 Russia. GM Alex Morozevich played sharp opening where his g pawn quickly reached 7th rank in move 11, but a wrong rook move jeopardized everything. His lucky opponent was GM Papaioannou of 2625 rating strength.
Round 3 saw Azerbaijan lost to India and Armenia won 3.5-0.5 to Turkey. World no.7 Vugar Gashimov was unable to kept stabil during time crisis and must lost to no.60+ Krishnan Sasikiran. Other casualty is Guseinov felt to Ganguly while the rest Indians manage to lost 1 and drew 1. This see top 5 standing for round 3 :
1.Armenia 7.5
2.Russia 7
3.Israel 7
4.Azerbaijan 7
5.USA 7
More in TWIC report. For USA team games and blog see GM Ben Finegold pages.
Monday, January 4, 2010
World Chess Leon and Australia Open 2010
The less publicy World Chess Open Leon just finished. The tournament is a rapid 35 minute + increment event. Many strong GMs take part, after 9 rounds Poland's GM Mikhail Krasenkow (so many spelling version here) wins it. Report from official site as translated by Google :
The Russian-born Polish Michal Krasenkov won the second edition of the World Chess Open de Leon, ahead in the tiebreaker to turco Mikhail Gurevich, con 8 puntos de 9 partidas. Turkish Mikhail Gurevich, with 8 points from 9 games. Gurevich is one of the last champions of the Soviet Union, and trainer of Vishy Anand, while defending champion belonged to a select group of 2700.
Bronze medal fell to Bulgarian Kiril Georgiev of simutáneas world record, fourth place for Boris Gulko, U.S. champion and the USSR and that Garry Kasparov has defeated several times, and one of the most original grandmasters of the world The Ukrainian Oleg Romanishin.
Outstanding performance of Gabriel del Rio, and Leon Pablo Santos, the first tranche calisificado ELO 2350, taking no less than € 1000 prize. "This Open is right for us fans of Leon" The best player Pablo Santos Leon was again Pablo Santos, with 6.5 points. Paul praised the good organization and concept of the tournament which projects the Sports Club president Leon Chess Grandmaster Alfonso Romero Holmes, invitades figures and possibility for Leon to fight against players from all over Spain and, of course, supersized Masters " Consolidated is a tournament and the type of tournament we want Leon fans, no doubt it is one of the best in the world, " he said.
Or see here. Top standing :
1 GM Michal Krasenkow 2656 8,0
2 GM Mikail Gurevich 2597 8,0
3 GM Kiril Georgiev 2672 7,5
4 GM Boris Gulko 2535 7,0
5 GM Oleg Romanishin 2510 7,0
6 GM Salvador Del Rio De Angelis 2524 7,0
7 GM Bojan Kurajica 2519 7,0
8 GM Roberto Parada Cifuentes 2525 7,0
9 IM David Larino Nieto 2471 6,5
10 IM Javier Moreno Ruiz 2459 6,5
11 GM Aleksa Strikovic 2531 6,5
12 GM Ivan Salgado Lopez 2584 6,5
13 GM Elizbar Ubilava 2526 6,5
14 GM Alejandro Hoffman 2426 6,5
15 IM Marcos Llaneza 2514 6,5
16 IM Mikel Huerga Leache 2463 6,5
17 GM Pablog San Segunda 2534 6,5
18 FM Pablo Santos 2326 6,5
19 GM Predrag Nikolic 2597 6,5
20 IM Kim Pilgaard 2435 6,5
21 GM Bogdan Lalic 2494 6,5
22 FM Aurelio Vila Dupla 2177 6,5
As usual miniature is the one we like to see, here a nice classic attacking to Black kingside in 1.d4 game.
[Event "II Open Mundial de León"]
[Site "León"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[Black "Lariño, David"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. exd4 Nge7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-ORad8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Be4 Qb6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Qh5 g621. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bh6 1-0
Meanwhile in Australia, they just started the 2010 edition of Championship. Three GMs are around, Zhao Zongyuan, Darryl K. Johansen and Gawain Jones, but no David Smerdon. Up to round 3 the standing is like this :
1. Zhao, Zong-Yuan, 3
2. Johansen, Darryl K, 3
3. Xie, George, 3
4. Yuan, Yi, 2.5
5. Jones, Gawain, 2
6. Ikeda, Junta, 2
7. Brown, Andrew, 2
8. Lane, Gary W, 2
9. Smirnov, Vladimir, 2
10. Nakauchi, Gene, 2
Official website, live games with Ian Roger annotations here. A quick browse into the game and here a Sicilian game wins by Black, that I always interested to see:
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lane, Gary"]
[Black "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Rogers,Ian"]
The Russian-born Polish Michal Krasenkov won the second edition of the World Chess Open de Leon, ahead in the tiebreaker to turco Mikhail Gurevich, con 8 puntos de 9 partidas. Turkish Mikhail Gurevich, with 8 points from 9 games. Gurevich is one of the last champions of the Soviet Union, and trainer of Vishy Anand, while defending champion belonged to a select group of 2700.
Bronze medal fell to Bulgarian Kiril Georgiev of simutáneas world record, fourth place for Boris Gulko, U.S. champion and the USSR and that Garry Kasparov has defeated several times, and one of the most original grandmasters of the world The Ukrainian Oleg Romanishin.
Outstanding performance of Gabriel del Rio, and Leon Pablo Santos, the first tranche calisificado ELO 2350, taking no less than € 1000 prize. "This Open is right for us fans of Leon" The best player Pablo Santos Leon was again Pablo Santos, with 6.5 points. Paul praised the good organization and concept of the tournament which projects the Sports Club president Leon Chess Grandmaster Alfonso Romero Holmes, invitades figures and possibility for Leon to fight against players from all over Spain and, of course, supersized Masters " Consolidated is a tournament and the type of tournament we want Leon fans, no doubt it is one of the best in the world, " he said.
Or see here. Top standing :
1 GM Michal Krasenkow 2656 8,0
2 GM Mikail Gurevich 2597 8,0
3 GM Kiril Georgiev 2672 7,5
4 GM Boris Gulko 2535 7,0
5 GM Oleg Romanishin 2510 7,0
6 GM Salvador Del Rio De Angelis 2524 7,0
7 GM Bojan Kurajica 2519 7,0
8 GM Roberto Parada Cifuentes 2525 7,0
9 IM David Larino Nieto 2471 6,5
10 IM Javier Moreno Ruiz 2459 6,5
11 GM Aleksa Strikovic 2531 6,5
12 GM Ivan Salgado Lopez 2584 6,5
13 GM Elizbar Ubilava 2526 6,5
14 GM Alejandro Hoffman 2426 6,5
15 IM Marcos Llaneza 2514 6,5
16 IM Mikel Huerga Leache 2463 6,5
17 GM Pablog San Segunda 2534 6,5
18 FM Pablo Santos 2326 6,5
19 GM Predrag Nikolic 2597 6,5
20 IM Kim Pilgaard 2435 6,5
21 GM Bogdan Lalic 2494 6,5
22 FM Aurelio Vila Dupla 2177 6,5
As usual miniature is the one we like to see, here a nice classic attacking to Black kingside in 1.d4 game.
[Event "II Open Mundial de León"]
[Site "León"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[Black "Lariño, David"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. exd4 Nge7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-ORad8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Be4 Qb6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Qh5 g621. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bh6 1-0
Meanwhile in Australia, they just started the 2010 edition of Championship. Three GMs are around, Zhao Zongyuan, Darryl K. Johansen and Gawain Jones, but no David Smerdon. Up to round 3 the standing is like this :
1. Zhao, Zong-Yuan, 3
2. Johansen, Darryl K, 3
3. Xie, George, 3
4. Yuan, Yi, 2.5
5. Jones, Gawain, 2
6. Ikeda, Junta, 2
7. Brown, Andrew, 2
8. Lane, Gary W, 2
9. Smirnov, Vladimir, 2
10. Nakauchi, Gene, 2
Official website, live games with Ian Roger annotations here. A quick browse into the game and here a Sicilian game wins by Black, that I always interested to see:
[Event "Australian Championship"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lane, Gary"]
[Black "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Rogers,Ian"]
Friday, June 26, 2009
David Smerdon Wins Oceania Zonal 2009
Oceania Zonal which served as qualifier for future World Cup at Khanty Mansiysk was won by GM-elected David Smerdon (2489) . The winner is one point ahead of his teenage tailer FM James Morris (2114), who made a good tournament ahead of top seeded GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2583 with 6.5 points. FM James Morris earned his IM title from this tournament as well.On women section, popular Aussie WIM Arianne Caoili (2172) also a point ahead her closest rival, IM Irina Berezina (2252) of Australia. Caoili made 8 points of 9 rounds ahead of mostly a below 2000 rated opponents.
Top board games commentaries can be followed on Ian Roger's page, including a trivia of many Michael Jackson's song encoded into the annotations of round 9 games. The link might be broken if there is an updated to the main website.
A whole live blogging archieves can be found at The Closet Grandmaster , official website is here.
Photo : WIM Arianne Caoili in red, by The Closet Grandmaster's Canon 450D.
Juara Zone Oceania 2009 adalah IM David Smerdon. Sang juara adalah calon GM. Remaja berbakat FM James Morris ada di peringkat kedua dan berhasil mengantongi gelar IM. David Smerdon akan turut serta menuju Piala Dunia di Siberia akhir tahun ini.
Di bagian puteri WIM Arianne Caoili, yang lagi kencan dengan super GM Levon Aronian, menjadi juara dengan nilai 8 dari 9 babak. Rival terdekatnya adalah IM Irina Berezina dengan nilai 7. Peringkat ketiga adalah
WFM Sue Maroroa dari New Zealand dengan nilai 6, mbak ini adalah teman wanita dari GM Gawain Jones dari Inggris. Di salah satu babak dia terpaksa mengundurkan diri dari permainan karena diperingati oleh wasit agar tidak berbicara dengan rekan pria-nya.
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