Irene Kharisma Sukandar vs IM Almira Skripchenko - Ekatama Women Chess Match 2016 Jakarta

UPDATED. Over the year, there were women chess exhibition happening in Jakarta, Indonesia. Notable women chess players has been invited to Jakarta to play an exhibition match against home player. Players such as Nana Alexandria, all the way to Judit Polgar (vs Utut Adianto in 1995/96), Alexandra Kosteniuk, Hou Yifan and many others, had been invited to Jakarta in the past.

In 2016, this women chess exhibition is held in Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto (Utut Adianto Chess School) Ballroom in Bekasi City. The players in action are IM Almira Skripchenko, French National champion, against Indonesian best known women chess player, IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar. Lately Irene has join Susan Polgar team in St Louis USA. Her holiday comeback is fully chess activity as done in this event right now. The event was 2 rounds classical chess and 2 rounds of rapid chess.

The event held from 18 May to 21 May 2016. As reported, the game should be in classical time control. The first round is reportedly a draw:

Duel catur IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar (INA) vs IM Almira Skripchenko (FRA) 1/2-1/2, Bekasi 2016

The other game was rather weird, where IM Almira got plus advantage but made several weak moves.

UPDATED : The other games:
Partai Catur IM Almira Skripchenko vs IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar 1/2-1/2, Jakarta 2016


The match is reported as Irene winning with 2.5-1.5 , but can't confirmed this at the moment.

duel catur wanita antara 

Irene K. Sukandar vs Almira Skripchenko Round 1

photo by fellow chess player Dewi A.A. Citra in social media

round 2 - Almira Skripchenko vs Irene Kharisma Sukandar

photo by pak Djoni Chess posted in social media

The event sponsored by SCUA - Sekolah Catur Utut Adianto and Ekatama Group. Info :

Pertandingan Catur antara Women Grand Master Almira Skripchenko dengan Women Grand Master Irene Kharisma (alumni Sekolah Catur UTUT ADIANTO) dgn total hadiah Rp 91 juta (yang menang Rp 52 juta , yang kalah Rp 39 juta) 2 babak catur standard dan 2 babak catur cepat di Golden Ballroom Sekolah Catur UTUT ADIANTO , Bekasi pada hari Kamis tgl 19 Mei 2016 berakhir REMIS . 

Nakamura Menang Anand Tertahan - 2016 Moscow Candidate Chess

Turnamen kandidat catur 2016 adalah untuk mencari kandidat pecatur yang bisa dilawankan ke juara dunia Magnus Carlsen. Delapan pecatur bertanding di Moscow di turnamen ini. Memasuki ronde 12 kemarin malam, Hikaru Nakamura dari Amerika Serikat mengkandaskan Viswanathan Anand dalam dua puluhan langkah saja. Di partai catur tersebut, Anand lagi-lagi terjebak dalam perangkap pembukaan oleh lawannya saat memegang buah hitam. Menggunakan pembukaan Inggris yang sangat beken dan sering digunakan di turnamen ini, Hikaru Nakamura mengulang beberapa partai sebelumnya dan berhasil menerapkan home preparationnya terhadap Anand. "Saya bertaruh di mana Anand mungkin memilih langkah yang lebih manusiawi dan tidak melihat langkah lainnya lebih jauh", ujar Nakamura di press conferen selepas memenangkan partai tersebut.

Nakamura scored full point after his home preparation line in English Opening was too much for Anand. Vishy Anand back to third place, while Karjakin and Caruana stayed on top standings, Moscow 2016 - photo from official website

Partai Catur Hikaru Nakamura vs Vishy Anand 1-0, Moscow 2016 Round 12

Di papan lain juga terjadi hasil decisive. Sergey Karjakin dari Russia mengalahkan Veselin Topalov di partai Sisilia yang sangat tajam. Veselin Topalov yang memang sangat down di turnamen ini dibuat tak berkutik dengan serangan cepat di sayap raja dari Sergey Karjakin. Tusukan dua pion g dan h dari Karjakin membuat permainan menjadi tajam, namun putih (Karjakin) lebih unggul inisiatif dan berhasil mengkonvert keunggulannya menjadi angka full.

Partai Catur Sergey Karjakin vs Veselin Topalov 1-0, Moscow 2016


Yang lainnya lagi, Peter Svidler lagi-lagi memberikan hasil draw kepada Anish Giri di round 12 ini. Hasil ini semakin membuat rekor draw Anish Giri menjadi membengkak ke rekor 12 kali remis dalam turnamen ini. Seperti biasa, Anish Giri mampu bermain teoritis di pembukaan Inggris Four Knight variation hingga belasan langkah sebelum masuk ke line 15..a4 yang cukup jarang. Partai ini masuk ke endgame 2 benteng + 2 pion vs 2 benteng + 3 pion dengan keunggulan Anish Giri di pihak hitam. Namun endgame benteng ini memang drawish dan susah dimenangkan, hasil remispun disepakati.

Partai Catur Peter Svidler vs Anish Giri 1/2-1/2, Moscow 2016 Round 12


Partai sengit juga berlangsung di papan Fabiano Caruana melawan Levon Aronian dari Armenia. Keduanya mengulang partai Ruy Lopez Closed mereka di London sebelum membuat langkah baru di langkah 11. Partai menjadi cukup taktikal dengan struktur bangunan yang tidak simetris. Aronian sendiri mengaku tidak mau bermain safe dan imbang karena kepengen memetik poin. Tapi Caruana juga tampak siap dan menguasai cukup lama permainan sebelum akhirnya kelelahan dan membuat beberapa kesalahan. Keduanya sepakat remis di langkah 67.

Partai Catur Fabiano Caruana vs Levon Aronian 1/2-1/2, Moscow 2016 Round 12

2016 Chess Candidate Tournament Moscow, standings after round 12:

1  Karjakin,Sergey  7/12
2  Caruana, Fabiano  7/12
3  Anand,Viswanathan  6.5/12
4  Svidler,Peter  6/12
5  Giri,Anish  6/12
6  Aronian, Levon 6/12
7  Nakamura,Hikaru  5.5/12
8  Topalov,Veselin  4/12

LINK FOR OFFICIAL LIVE BROADCAST :
http://worldchess.com/broadcasts/europe/2016/03/10/fide-candidates-tournament/round-10/
(just replace the "round-10" with round-x ....) 

LINK FOR LIVESTREAM 2016 CANDIDATE TOURNAMENT
http://livestream.com/accounts/7928738/events/4950193/
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LIHAT ROUND 1
LIHAT ROUND 3
Lihat Round 6
Lihat Round 7
Lihat Round 10
Lihat Round 12
Lihat Round 14

Caruana Kalahkan Vishy Anand - Round 10 Candidate Tournament 2016

bahasa Indonesia di bawah:

FIDE World Chess Candidate Tournament 2016 in Moscow reaching the crucial 10. Fabiano Caruana won his second game, tonight against Viswanathan Anand and grab the second place in current standing. Elsewhere, Vishy Anand must down to 3rd place in current standings. The game between Caruana vs Anand in round 10 happened with English Opening, Four Knights variation. The line was played several times in this very tournament and become the thematic testing ground. The same variation played in other two games at the same times in round 10! Caruana won the middlegame after Anand allowed a dangerous bishop sacrifice in h6, opened up the pawn defenders in black kingside. Anand quickly try to restore the position by offering counter sacrifice but he did several mistakes that cost the game. See the game commentary below for English Opening Four Knights variation happening this 2016 year!

Caruana meraih kemenangan keduanya di turnament kandidat penantang catur 2016 di round 10. Dengan bekal 2 menang dan 8 remis, Caruana berhasil mengejar pecatur saingannya Sergey Karjakin di posisi atas klasemen sementara. Vishy Anand yang sebelumnya bersanding dengan Karjakin harus menerima posisinya turun sedikit. Walau demikian persaingan papan atas antara Karjakin - Caruana - Anand - Aronian masih diperhitungkan.

photo from official website - http://moscow2016.fide.com/images/

Di partai catur Caruana vs Anand, pembukaan English variasi empat Kuda menjadi tema ronde ini. Di papan lain juga dimainkan variasi ini oleh Aronian vs Topalov dan Peter Svidler vs Nakamura. Kedua papan tersebut draw sedangkan Caruana memetik kemenangan. Hal ini terjadi karena di babak tengah Anand membolehkan terjadi korban berbahaya dari putih, gajah makan pion di h6. Korban ini segera dicoba ditangkis oleh Anand dengan mengirimkan kudanya untuk jadi tumbal, namun di langkah berikutnya Anand membuat kesalahan yang bisa dieksploitasi oleh Caruana. Lihat komentar partai catur di bawah ini sekaligus essay pembukaan English variasi Empat kuda yang terjadi selama tahun 2016.

Partai Catur Fabiano Caruana vs Vishwanathan Anand 1-0, Moscow Candidate 2016

Post Game Analysis

Peter Svidler vs Hikaru Nakamura 

photo from official website - http://moscow2016.fide.com/images/

Partai Catur Peter Svidler vs Hikaru Nakamura 1/2-1/2, Moscow Candidate 2016:

Levon Aronian vs Veselin Topalov 2016

photo from official website - http://moscow2016.fide.com/images/

Partai Catur Levon Aronian vs Veselin Topalov 1/2-1/2, Moscow Candidate 2016

Anish Giri's tenth draw in the tournament!

Partai Sergey Karjakin vs Anish Giri 1/2-1/2, Moscow Candidate 2016

2016 Chess Candidate Tournament Moscow, standings after round 10:

1  Karjakin,Sergey  6/10
2  Caruana, Fabiano  6/10
3  Anand,Viswanathan  5.5/10
4  Aronian, Levon 5.5/10
5  Giri,Anish  5/10
6  Svidler,Peter  4.5/10
7  Nakamura,Hikaru  4/10
8  Topalov,Veselin  3.5/10

LINK FOR OFFICIAL LIVE BROADCAST :
http://worldchess.com/broadcasts/europe/2016/03/10/fide-candidates-tournament/round-10/
(just replace the "round-10" with round-x ....) 

LINK FOR LIVESTREAM 2016 CANDIDATE TOURNAMENT
http://livestream.com/accounts/7928738/events/4950193/
(this happened to be blocked in some country...just try it)

LIHAT ROUND 1
LIHAT ROUND 3
Lihat Round 6
Lihat Round 7
Lihat Round 10
Lihat Round 12

Aronian Kalahkan Topalov - 2016 Candidate Tournament

Memasuki ronde ketiga, Levon Aronian mengkalahkan Veselin Topalov dengan buah hitam dan dengan cukup mudah. Di partai pembukaan Inggris / English Opening ini, Veselin Topalov tampak kebingungan di pembukaan dan hanya dalam 13 langkah sudah musti kehilangan satu pion. Dengan strategi yang tampaknya cukup berantakan, Levon Aronian bisa dengan mudah memetik angka full dari partai ini.
Dengan kemenangan Levon Aronian, pecatur Armenia ini turut join ke atas klasemen sementara mendampingi Vishy Anand dan Sergey Karjakin. Sergey Karjakin mengalahkan Hikaru Nakamura di ronde 2 hari Sabtu yang lalu.

Tournament kandidat penantang catur 2016 yang digelar di Moscow diikuti delapan pecatur. Pemenang dari tournament ini akan dihadapkan kepada Magnus Carlsen, sang juara catur inkumben.

Lihat partai-partai catur turnamen kandidat 2016.

This time, the only decisive result for round 3 is on Topalov vs Aronian board. The Bulgarian grandmaster looks bit of disorientated from the opening, losing a pawn on move 13. Couple of moves later Aronian grab another pawn and it was sure the game going easy for black to victory. The other three are draws. Peter Svidler handling the black side looks caught in dangerous attack by Nakamura, but inaccuracy by Nakamura cost him a pawn. Nakamura must play a pawn down to survive with a draw. Anish Giri and Karjakin played Queen Indian, that pretty similar to round 2 Nakamura vs Karjakin game. It was a draw right on move 30. Anand vs Caruana is a Berlin and after exchange of queen in move 40, they called it a draw.

Partai Veselin Topalov vs Levon Aronian, 0-1, 2016 Moscow

Partai Catur Anish Giri vs Sergey Karjakin 1/2-1/2, Moscow 2016



Partai Catur Hikaru Nakamura vs Peter Svidler 1/2-1/2, Moscow 2016
Nakamura memulai partai ini dengan cukup menjanjikan. Bidak d-nya maju terus dan cukup mengancam. Namun langkah 28.Qh7? terlalu terburu-buru dan Svidler bisa menepis serangan tepi tersebut bahkan berhasil caplok pion d-nya. Nakamura musti bertahan dengan ketertinggalan dan puas hasil remis.


  Partai Catur Viswanathan Anand vs Fabiano Caruana 1/2-1/2, Moscow 2016



2016 Candidate Tournament Moscow, standings after round 3:

si cantik Alexandra Kosteniuk menjadi komentator di tournament ini

tampak di gambar adalah Fabiano Caruana

Veselin Topalov vs Levon Aronian

Siaran langsung 2016 Candidate Tournament bisa disaksikan di website official 

LINK FOR OFFICIAL LIVE BROADCAST :
http://worldchess.com/broadcasts/europe/2016/03/10/fide-candidates-tournament/round-3/
(just replace the "round-3" with round-x ....) 

LINK FOR LIVESTREAM 2016 CANDIDATE TOURNAMENT
http://livestream.com/accounts/7928738/events/4950193/
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LIHAT ROUND 1
Lihat Round 12

Hikaru Nakamura Wins Gibraltar Chess 2015

(bahasa Indonesia di bawah)

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess 2015 concluded yesterday. Big match on top boards were mainly drawn, in a very fighting version of draw indeed. Hikaru Nakamura need only a draw actually to at least secure his first place, he was with white against GM Pentala Harikrishna. After they went into 15 moves Queen's Indian theory the game quickly went into two rooks endgame, which simplified more a couples of move later into single rook endgame. Hikaru Nakamura got a promising a-file passed pawn, yet encounter another complicated rook endgame, eventhough any chance at this point he may win this. The endgame still prove a mystery under hard clock pressure and the game concluded in a draw result. Though secure first place, the game still need to wait for the second board result.

Hikaru Nakamura started this year with impressive performance in Gibraltar Chess 2015 and solely first place result. He score 8.5/10

Both players were pressing in Hou Yifan vs David Howell game. Soon black was to lost the middlegame where white suddenly get a passed d-pawn and one more extra pawn in form of double pawns. Hou Yifan was the one with serious winning chance. Alas in the end this is also another winable endgame that failed to be converted. A draw in Hou-Howell ended with Hikaru Nakamura solely win the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival Master 2015. Hou Yifan joined by crowd of nine players in third share with 7.5/10 point. Interesting that this year, all three top finishers are of Asian descendant, something to say about the rise of chess as interest among Asian parents and communities.

chess is maybe the only sport with so many "pee--aka--boo" moment of the players

David Howell comeback with strong 2nd place in Gibraltar Chess 2015, scored 8/10

Final Standing 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess, Master
1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2776  8.5
2 GM Howell David W L ENG 2670  8
3 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2673  7.5
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735  7.5
5 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2800  7.5
6 IM Wagner Dennis GER 2501  7.5
7 GM Wei Yi CHN 2675  7.5
8 GM Adhiban B. IND 2630  7.5
9 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2723  7.5
10 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2629  7.5
11 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695  7.5
12 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2739  7
13 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2724  7
14 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2733  7
15 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2622  7
16 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2716  7
17 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2579  7
18 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2637  7
19 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2572  7
20 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2569  7
and many more....

Salah satu turnamen catur terbuka yang sangat kuat yaitu Gibraltar Chess 2015 berakhir semalam. Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura dari Amerika Serikat menjadi pemenang tunggal di event ini. Melalui babak akhir yang cukup serunya di ronde 10 melawan Pentala Harikrishna, Nakamura berhasil mendapatkan posisi menjanjikan dengan satu bidak lepas di file a. Di endgame benteng ini, yang kerap sering masuk ke teori endgame Vancura Position, tidak terlalu akurat dipermainkan oleh Nakamura, sehingga hasil remis pun dicapai setelah kedua pemain main habis-habisan sampai tinggal raja saja. Hasil ini membuat Nakamura sudah jelas aman dengan nilai 8.5 dari 10 ronde.

Di papan kedua, juara catur dunia wanita GM Hou Yifan berusaha keras menghalangi GM David Howell dari Inggris yang juga kepengen mengejar Nakamura karena hanya selisih setengah point, jika David menang di partai ini. Alhasil, justru David Howell yang memenang buah hitam harus bertahan karena Hou Yifan mendapatkan bangunan bagus dengan dua bidak tambahan, yang satu adalah bidak bebas di file e. Namun lagi-lagi endgame ini masih terlalu rumit untuk bisa dipecahkan dengan seksama oleh Hou Yifan. Akhirnya hasil remis pun disepakati. David Howell memenangkan posisi ke-2 Gibraltar dengan nilai 8/10. Hou Yifan bergabung dengan sembilan pemain lain dengan nilai 7.5/10, termasuk grandmaster Veselin Topalov dan Wei Yi di dalamnya. 

Demikian berita catur menarik dari Gibraltar Chess 2015. Dua partai terakhir yang berakhir remis bisa disaksikan di live viewer di bawah ini.

Partai Catur Hikaru Nakamura vs Pentala Harikrishna 1/2-1/2, Gibraltar Chess 2015 Round 10

Partai Catur Hou Yifan vs David Howell 1/2-1/2, Gibraltar Chess 2015 Round 10

Carlsen Tumbang di Grenke 2015 - Irine Perkuat Posisi di Moscow Open 2015

Berbagai tontonan catur dari grandmaster dunia menghiasi monitor komputer di bulan February 2015. Selain sepak terjang Hikaru Nakamura yang semakin kuat hingga ronde 9 di Gibraltar, ada juga super turnamen catur di kota Baden-Baden Jerman, yaitu Grenke Chess Classic 2015. Delapan pecatur papan atas dipertemukan di kota Baden Baden ini. Juara dunia Magnus Carlsen beserta mantan juara Viswanathan Anand. Lalu Fabiano Caruana dan Levon Aronian, keduanya (mantan) peringkat dua dunia. Disusul pecatur kuat Inggris Michael Adams, dan pecatur Prancis Etienne Bacrot. Dua pecatur terakhir adalah dari tuan rumah GM Arkadij Naiditsch dan David Baramidze.

Naiditsch defeated Carlsen, twice in a row - GRENKE Chess Classic 2015

Magnus Carlsen Tumbang
Di ronde 3 semalam berita utamanya adalah kekalahan Magnus Carlsen melawan Arkadij Naiditsch. Ini merupakan kekalahan kedua berturut-turut yang diderita Magnus Carlsen karena sebelumnya Naiditsch berhasil menoreh luka dalam ke Carlsen saat pertemuan di Olimpiade Catur Tromso tahun lalu, di mana Naiditsch menang. Di partai pembukaan Modern ini, Carlsen yang dipihak buah hitam bermain agresif dengan langsung mengkorbankan satu gajah utuh untuk dua bidak dan membuka posisi sayap raja putih. Walaupun terlihat garang, korban ini diyakini tidak "gigit" karena semua mampu diatasi putih. Walau demikian, keuletan Magnus Carlsen terlihat dengan berhasil mengiring partai catur ini ke arah yang berbahaya bagi buah putih. Di babak endgame, Naiditsch musti sangat berhati-hati melawan empat bidak lepas Carlsen dengan posisi raja putihnya yang ada di pojok. Namun ketelitian endgame dari Naiditsch teruji dengan baik karena mampu menjawab semua problem endgame ini, Carlsenpun menyerah melihat tidak ada cara lain untuk memenangi partai ini di saat bidak satu-satunya putih siap promosi.

Lihat partai catur Arkadij Naiditsch vs Magnus Carlsen 1-0, GRENKE Chess Classic 2015

Hasil lain di babak tiga ini adalah Michael Adams menggebuk David Baramidze, David merupakan pecatur "terlemah" secara rating. Levon Aronian bermain terlalu "biasa" di partai Nimzo-Indian melawan Caruana dan harus menderita kekalahan lagi, mengakibatkan Levon sekarang hampir tidak ada di posisi top-ten FIDE. Anand ditahan remis oleh Bacrot.

Urutan sementara peringkat GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 after Round 3:

1. Naiditsch, Arkadij 2
2. Caruana, Fabiano 2
3. Anand, Viswanathan 1½
4. Bacrot, Etienne 1½
5. Carlsen, Magnus 1½
6. Adams, Michael 1½
7. Aronian, Levon 1
8. Baramidze, David 1

Tonton GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 sekitar pukul 21:00 Western Indonesia Time


Irine Kharisma Sukandar Menang di Ronde 5 - Moscow Open 2015 Group G

Sementara itu, tontonan lain di turnamen catur Moscow Open 2015 lebih menarik lagi. Keikut sertaan pecatur-pecatur Indonesia di turnamen terbuka inipun asyik disimak karena IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar tampil prima hingga ronde 5. Di ronde ini, Irine bertemu pecatur kuat dari Azerbaijan, WGM Gunay Mammadzada. Partai panas pun berlangsung di pembelaan Sisilia di mana memegang buah putih, Irene melakukan serangan Moscow, atau juga terkenal dengan variasi Rossolimo gajah skak ke b5. Melalui manuver panjang sebenarnya Gunay Mammadzada sudah bagus menguasai petak dan putih harus terdesak di wilayah pertahanan. Namun di partai yang kompleks ini, hitam masih kurang sabar, mengakibatkan melalui analisis yang tepat, Irine bisa memecahkan problem dan mencapai endgame yang lebih 'playable'. Di babak endgame juga hitam tidak akurat , Irine pun memetik poin penuh dan memantapkan posisi di klasemen sementara Group G ini.

Urutan Sementara Moscow Open 2015 Group G - Student Grandmaster
1. IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2392 INA 4.5
2. IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2444 RUS 3.5
3. WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2406 KAZ 3
4. WGM Papp Petra 2285 HUN 3
5. WIM Iwanow Anna 2288 POL 3
6. WGM Mammadzada Gunay 2334 AZE 2.5
7. WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii 2258 MGL 2
8. Drogovoz Irina 2218 RUS 1.5
9. WIM Severina Maria 2233 RUS 1
10. WFM Rodionova Polina 2184 RUS 1

Dua pecatur Indonesia lain, Susanto Megaranto dan Muhammad Ali Lutfi harus tetap berjuang setelah draw antar keduanya di ronde 4, dan kembali draw di ronde 5. Keduanya ada di nilai 3/5 klasemen sementara, bisa dilihat full result di SINI.

IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar on 4.5/5 - Moscow Open 2015 Group G

photo from official website

Partai Catur Irine Kharisma Sukandar vs Gunay Mammadzada 1-0, Moscow Open RSSU 2015 Group G



Tonton Moscow Open Chess 2015 di Official Website sekitar pukul 20:00 Western Indonesian

Magnus Carlsen Wins 2015 Tata Steel Chess

In the coming of 2015 Tata Steel Chess final round 13, the pre-games analysis shown that there will be enough players that could win the cup, only if Magnus Carlsen lost the final games. The chances are quite slim because the pairing indicated that Carlsen are to play lowest rated opponent Ivan Saric with white piece. But after the opening rolled quite a bit, there is indeed a hope and thus produced one of most dramatic final round moment. The story as follows:

(lihat bahasa Indonesia di bawah)

the calm before the storm, Tata Steel Chess 2015 round 13

only Levon Aronian vs Ding Liren game looks something not right.

Wijk aan Zee 2015

Ni Hua Wins Australian Open and Zhao Xue Wins New Zealand Open 2015

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!

Komentar Partai Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand Round 3 - World Chess Championship 2013

Komentar partai catur Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand roonde tiga, berbahasa Indonesia ada di game viewer.

No more fishy looking draw games from Anand-Carlsen show. In round three, fans were spoiled, over-spoiled actually, when Carlsen got a draw offer but rejected. Well, it was a draw as the world know. Carlsen continue his only known strategy so far, giving slightly less played opening with Nf3-g3-c4?! and quickly survived the opening to get into his comfortable fighting middlegame.

Anand was considered by the world as having 'winning position' and more or less said to 'blew it away'. But Anand stated that the Bxb2 indeed 'enough compensation for White'. So, at least fighting two hours+ chess games from Chennai.

Today's 'meme' ...

Garry Kasparov is in the building.... and Anand respond ..."Like Elvis?" when asked about

photo from chessvibes.com

Compilation of commentary of Round 3 -
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand  1/2-1/2 , World Chess Championship 2013

Chessbase by GM Josh Friedel and Alejandro Ramirez
Chess.com 
TWIC
Chessdom by GM Aman Hambleton  and GM Vidit Gujrathi
Video Analysis IM Andrew Martin
Video Analysis Daniel King
Official YOUTUBE Channel - with Susan Polgar, Lawrence Trent, Tania Sachdev, GM Ramesh

Komentar lengkap untuk partai catur dwitarung Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen ronde tiga. Di ronde ini Carlsen mengulang pembukaan Reti yang kemudian menjadi kategori Barza System ECO A07. Komentar  ini disarikan dari komentar-komentar Grandmaster yang bisa disimak di link di atas. Juga dari hasil komentator LIVE, Susan Polgar, GM Ramesh, Tania Sachdev, Lawrence Trent di official website. Hasilnya adalah draw alias remis. Diyakini di ronde tiga ini, Vishy Anand mencapai posisi yang 'winable' atau bisa menang, Anand kemudian bermain sedikit kurang tepat (kata pakar) di langkah 29. 

Selamat menikmati.

Partai Catur Dwi tarung Juara Dunia Chennai 2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Vishwanarhan Anand 1/2-1/2 ronde 3
Pembukaan Reti - Barza System - King Indian Attack - ECO A07

Kumpulan Partai Catur Dengan Anotasi

Partai-partai Catur dengan anotasi / komentar catur yang sempat dimuat di blog ini saya kumpulkan kembali melalui link-link di bawah ini, berhubung sudah tenggelam oleh postingan lainnya. You can find annotated chess games posted on this blog at this page. From time to time I manage to take a time converting annotation from several sources into interactive chess viewer, and translated it into Bahasa Indonesia for a sake of our Indonesian readers. However most of the games are still in their original English language, please take a look and follow the links below. 

Di tengah kesulitan tersedianya waktu, berikut adalah beberapa postingan partai catur dengan anotasi / komentar berbahasa Indonesia yang bisa langsung dimainkan secara interaktif di blog ini. Sementara beberapa masih berbahasa Inggris karena keterbatasan waktu untuk menerjemahkan.

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CANDIDATE TOURNAMENT MOSCOW 2016
LIHAT ROUND 1 (Anand vs Topalov)
LIHAT ROUND 3
Lihat Round 6 (Aronian vs Nakamura, Anand vs Svidler)
Lihat Round 7
Lihat Round 10 (Caruana vs Anand) komentar lengkap
Lihat Round 12 (Nakamura vs Anand)

WORLD WOMEN's CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 MARIYA MUZYCHUK VS HOU YIFAN
Round 1 - Muzychuk vs Hou Yifan - Giuoco Piano 1/2-1/2
Round 2 - Hou Yifan vs Muzychuk - Ruy Lopez Open 1-0
Round 3 - Muzychuk vs Hou Yifan 1/2-1/2
Round 4 - Hou Yifan vs Muzychuk 1/2-1/2

Round 5 - Hou Yifan vs Muzychuk 1/2-1/2
Round 6 - Muzychuk vs Hou Yifan 0-1 

Round 7 - Muzychuk vs Hou Yifan
Round 8 - Hou Yifan vs Muzychuk 

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 SOCHI - KEJUARAAN CATUR DUNIA
MAGNUS CARLSEN vs VISWANATHAN ANAND
Round 1 -  Anand vs Carlsen ECO D85 Gruenfeld Exchange Variatan - 1/2-1/2

Round 2 - Carlsen vs Anand ECO C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin 1-0
Round 3 - Anand vs Carlsen ECO D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 1-0
Round 4 - Carlsen vs Anand ECO B40 Sicilian 1/2-1/2
Round 5: Anand - Carlsen : 1/2-1/2 E15 QID Fianchetto Variation
Round 6: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 B41 Sicilian Kan Bronstein Variation
Round 7: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8: Anand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 9: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 10 : Anand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 D97 Gruenfeld Defence Russian Variation
Round 11: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 D67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

2014 Candidate Tournament - Turnamen Kandidat Khanty Mansiysk
Round 1   Round 2  Round 3  Round 4  Round 5  Round 6

World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai - Kejuaraan Dunia Catur
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen semua  Komentar Lengkap
Round 3 - ECO A07 Reti - King Indian Attack 1/2-1/2    
Round 4 - ECO C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin 1/2-1/2  
Round 5 - ECO D31 Semi Slav Marshall Gambit 1-0 
Round 6 - ECO C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin 0-1
Round 7 - ECO C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin 1/2-1/2
Round 8 - ECO C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin 1/2-1/2
Round 9 - ECO E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch / Kmoch 0-1
Round 10 - ECO B51 Sicilian Defence / Moscow 1/2-1/2

Pembelaan Sisilia / Sicilian Defence

Wei Yi vs Alexander Areschenko 1-0 (baru)
Sicilian Najdorf - Poisoned Pawn Variation, 2015 World Cup Baku

Nigel Short vs Lubomir Ljubosevic 1-0 Komentar lengkap by Lugito Hayadi 
ECO B81 Sicilian Scheveningen Keres Attack

Anatoly Karpov vs Garry Kasparov 0-1 Komentar Lengkap 
ECO B44 Sicilian Taimanov, 1985 World Chess Championship round 16, Moscow

Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Komentar Lengkap 
ECO B31 Sicilian Rossolimo, 2015 Tata Steel Chess Round 6, Wijk aan Zee

Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov 0-1   Komentar Lengkap (UPDATED 2015)
ECO B77 Sicilian Defence Dragon Yugoslav, 1995 World Championship NY

Alexander Grischuk vs Peter Svidler 0-1  Komentar Lengkap
ECO B43 Sicilian Defence Kan, 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk

Sergey Movsesian vs Garry Kasparov 0-1,  Komentar Lengkap
ECO  B90  Sicilian Najdorf,  2000 Sarajevo 

Susanto Megaranto vs Le Quang Liem, 1/2-1/2
ECO B87 Sicilian Sozin Najdorf, 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk

Nigel Short - Luke McShane 0-1  Komentar Lengkap (UPDATED 2015)
ECO B76 Sicilian Defence Dragon Yugoslav, 2010 London Classic

Hakiki, Kaisar Jenius - Wang, Yue 0-1 - In English Language
ECO B32 Sicilian Loewenthal, 2011 Universiade Chess, Shenzhen

Muhammad Luthfi Ali - Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1-0
ECO B90 Sicilian Najdorf, 2013 World Junior Champ

Gregory Kaidanov vs Judit Polgar 1-0   - In English Language
ECO B99 Sicilian Najdorf, 2010 Sicilian Thematic , South Carolina

Judit Polgar vs Gregory Kaidanov 1-0 - Bilingual dari anotasi Susan Polgar
ECO B80 Sicilian Scheveningen, 2010 Sicilian Thematic, South Carolina

Tiviakov,Sergey (2662) vs. Shirov,Alexei (2723) 0-1  - In English Language
ECO B23 Closed Sicilian, 2010 Corus

Haznedaroglu,Kivanc (2498) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2708) 0-1  - In English Language
ECO B62 Richter-Rauzer, 2010 World Team Championship, Bursa TUR

Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen 0-1 - In English Language annotated by Ian Roger
ECO B90 Sicilian Najdorf, 2009 Tal Memorial

Daniel Alsina - Alexey Dreev 1-0 - In English Language
ECO B61 Sicilian Richter-Rauzer, 2009 Casino GM, Barcelona

Lane, Gary W vs. Williams, Simon K 0-1 - In English Language
ECO B57 Sicilian Sozin, 2009 British Champ

Baiq Vina, Lestari (2170) vs. Eesha, Karavade (2413) 1-0
ECO B90 Sicilian Najdorf, 2009 Asian Team Kolkata

GM Josh Friedel - IM Ray Robson 0-1 - In English Language
ECO B76 Sicilian Yugoslav Attack, 2009 World Open Philadelphia

Pembukaan Lain-Lain / Others Opening

Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik, Stavanger 2016 Round 7 (baru)
D35 - Queen's Gambit Declined

Woman's World Championship Sochi 2015
GAME 1-ROUND 1: Irine K. Sukandar - Melia Salome 1/2-1/2 - B18 Caro Kann Classical 
GAME 2-ROUND 1: Melia Salome vs Irine K. Sukandar 1/2-1/2 - C99 Ruy Lopez Closed

Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen 1-0, Stavanger 2015 Round 4
C84 Ruy Lopez Closed Breyer

Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen 1-0, Stavanger Norway Chess 2015 
ECO C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

Arkadij Naiditsch vs Magnus Carlsen 1-0 
ECO B06 Modern Defence / Robatsch , 2015 GRENKE Chess Classic

Ni Shiqun vs Irine Kharisma Sukandar,  0-1
ECO C53 Ruy Lopez, Sharjah UAE

Jacob G. Baay vs George Karoly 1-0, Komentar Lengkap Inggris / Indonesia
ECO C88 Ruy Lopez , Brisbane 1951

Jacob G. Baay vs Frank Crowl, 1-0, Komentar Lengkap Inggris / Indonesia
ECO C60 Ruy Lopez Fianchetto, Brisbane 1951
Jacob G. Baay adalah pecatur keturunan Belanda yang aktif di era '45 Indonesia

 Lajos Portisch vs Hamdan 1-0 Komentar Lengkap / Bi Lingual  
ECO  D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined / Gambit Menteri Ditolak, Adelaide 1971 - Kliping Partai Jadul!

Nainggolan vs Ong Yok Hwa 0-1 Komentar Lengkap
ECO B08 Pirc Classical, 1966 - Kliping Partai Jadul!

Peter Svidler vs Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Komentar Lengkap
ECO A06 Reti - Zukertort Variation, Russian Super Final, Moscow (?)

Radjabov, Teimour (2793) - Gelfand, Boris (2740) 0-1
A33 - English Anti Benoni, 2013 Candidates Match, London

Alexander Onischuk vs Viktor Laznicka 1-0   Komentar Lengkap
D20 - QGA / Gambit Menteri Diterima, 2013 14th Karpov Poikovsky


Boris Gelfand vs. Viswanathan Anand 1-0  Komentar Lengkap
ECO D45 Slav Meran Chebanenko, 2012, World Championship Moscow

Wang, Rui (2437) - Lindiawati, Evi (2106) 0-1 Komentar Lengkap
ECO E20 Nimzo Indian, 2011 Asian Cities Team, Jakarta

Yasser Seirawan (2635) - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2765) 1-0
ECO A43 Old Benoni 2011 World Chess Team Championship, Ningbo CHN

Giri,Anish (2624) vs. Kanarek,Marcel (2388) 1-0
D85 Gruenfeld Defense Modern Exchange Variation 2010 Euro Individual Champ, Rijeka CRO

Tigran Kotanjian vs Tirta Chandra Purnama 0-1 - Scan Bulletin Indonesia Open
E91 Pertahanan Hindia Raja Klasik, 2011 Jakarta

Aleksey Dreev vs Susanto Megaranto 0-1 - Scan Buletin Indonesia Open
ECO D12 Slav Defence, Pertahanan Slavia, 2011 Jakarta

Giri, Anish vs. Nijboer, Friso 1-0 - In Bahasa Indonesia and English Language
E98 Hindia Raja Orthodox King Indian, 2009 Dutch Champ

Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (2672) vs. Bosiocic, Marin (2562) 1-0  - In English Language
ECO A81 Dutch / Belanda Defence 2010 40th Bosna, Sarajevo

Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand 1-0  Komentar Lengkap
ECO D11 Slav Defence 2009, Tal Memorial Moscow

Alexander Beliavsky - Fabiano Caruana 1-0 - In English Language
E12 King Indian Petrosian, 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience, Amsterdam

Wang, Hao - Zhou, Weiqi 1-0
D22 Queen Gambit Accepte, Gambit Menteri Diterima 2009 China Championship , Xinghua

Tirta Chandra, Purnama (2417) vs. Ngoc Truong Son, Nguyen (2616) 1-0
ECO D17 Queen Gambit Declined Slav, 2009 Asian Team, Kolkata

Alexander Morozevich - Evgeny Alekseev 1-0
E32 Nimzo Indian, 2009 Biel

Boris Avrukh (2641) vs. Ian Nepomniachi (2632)
D45 Semi Slav, 2009 Rapid Maccabiah Israel

GM Joerg Hickl vs. IM Dede Liu 0-1  - DISERTAI KLIPING NYA!
Irregular Opening - Pembukaan tak Beraturan, 1996 Jakarta

Masih banyak koleksi partai menarik dengan viewer interaktif, kalau mau melihat semua partai catur menarik tersebut bisa ditemukan di :

Koleksi Partai Catur Sicilian Defence / Pembelaan Sisilia
Koleksi Partai Catur dengan pembukaan 1.d4 
Koleksi Partai Catur dengan pembukaan lainnya / Other Opening

Koleksi Partai Catur Irine Kharisma Sukandar
Koleksi Partai Catur Susanto Megaranto
Koleksi Partai Catur Medina Aulia Warda
dan lain-lain bisa ditemukan di kolom kanan

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Biel Master 2013 - Medina Victory and Utut Adianto Return

Indonesian chess players celebrated their first outstanding individual result by witnessing WIM Medina Warda Aulia (2286) knock downed GM Alexander Cherniaev (2447) in English Opening, round 4 Biel Master 2013. Notes that this is the 'senior' Alexander Cherniaev born 1969, not to be confused by other.

[Event "MTO Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Medina, Warda Aulia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 exd3 8.
Qxd3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qb5 a6 13. Qb3 Nc4 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. e4 Bg4 18. Nde2 b5 19. e5 Nd7 20. h3 Be6 21. Qb1
Nb6 22. Nd4 b4 23. Nce2 Nac4 24. b3 Na3 25. Qd3 a5 26. Bc1 Bc5 27. Bb2 Qe7 28.
Kh2 Bd7 29. f4 Qe8 30. Rfe1 Nb5 31. f5 Qxe5 32. Nf4 Qf6 33. Nh5 Qh6 34. Bc1
Qxh5 35. Bf3 Bxf5 36. Nxf5 Qg6 37. Be3 Qf6 38. Qxb5 Qxf5 39. Bxc5 Qc2+ 40. Re2
Qxc5 41. Qd3 Rfe8 42. Rxe8+ Rxe8 43. Bxd5 Nxd5 44. Qxd5 Re2+ 45. Kh1 Re1+ 46.
Kg2 Qg1+ 47. Kf3 Re3+ 0-1

See Flash Interactive Chess Board:

Indonesia sent chess players to participated in 2013 Biel Master event happening from 20th June to 2nd August in Biel, Switzerland. Included in the group is GM Utut Adianto, Indonesian most popular grandmaster who active decade ago before switch career as a politician.  Players that travel to Swiss and playing in Biel 2013, Master section:

Adianto,Utut GM 2548 INA 1965 (born)
Megaranto,Susanto GM 2524 INA 1987
Farid,Firman Syah IM 2396 INA 1993
Sukandar,Irene Khari WGM 2365 INA 1992
Medina,Warda Aulia WIM 2286 INA 1997
Sihite,Chelsie Monic WIM 2285 INA 1995
Muhammad,Lufti Ali CM 2279 INA 1997
Sean,Winshand Cuhen 2259 INA 1997
Masruri,Rahman 2174 INA 1996
Dewi,Aa Citra WFM 2138 INA 1994
Nadia,Anggraeni M 1947
Karenza,Dita 1915

After round 5, GM Utut Adianto is on 3.5/5, along his strong opponents was GM Jan Smeets (lost) and GM Igor Kurnosov (draw). Now, Utut is the highest standing Indonesian player with 3.5/5 points as per round 5, followed by Medina Aulia 3/5, Rahman Masruri 3/5 and GM Megaranto Susanto 3/5.

LIVE Broadcast for Biel Master in HERE
Official Result and Standing from Biel Master 2013

[Event "MTO Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd2 Qa6 11. b3 Bd7 12. a4 Rac8 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Ndb5 b6 15.
Qe2 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Be1 a6 18. Nd4 e6 19. Ra2 Na5 20. Rb2 Be8 21. Rbb1 Qa7
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qe7 24. Bg2 Nb7 25. Qa2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

See Flash Interactive Chess Board:

Penggemar catur Indonesia patut berbangga menyambut kemenangan Master Internasional Wanita Medina Aulia Warda yang berhasil mengalahkan Grand Master Alexander Cherniaev. GM Alexander Cherniaev, lahir 1969 (karena ada Cherniaev lainnya), ditantang Aulia yg memegang buah hitam melalui pembukaan Inggris, permainan mengarah ke situasi liar dan penuh taktik. Aulia berhasil menjawab problem permainan tengah dengan langkah yang lebih tepat dan putih menyerah di pertarungan Ratu + Benteng di langkah ke 47. Tampilan papan catur interaktif bisa dilihat di atas. Analisis partai catur Alexander Cherniaev vs Aulia Warda berbahasa Indonesia dapat disimak di blog Potret Catur.

Sementara itu Grand Master paling popular Indonesia, Utut Adianto menyusul rekan-rekan junior mereka dan terjun juga di turnamen Biel Master 2013. Indonesia menerbangkan beberapa pecatur ke ajang Biel di Swiss sebagai ajang pemanasan menjelang SEA Games mendatang di Myanmar. Patut diketahui di cabang catur, saingan Indonesia di SEA Games yaitu Philipines dan Vietnam telah jauh memiliki formasi tim catur yang kelas dunia, semoga pecatur Indonesia yang warming up di 'hanya sekelas' Biel Master bisa memetik kesempatan ini sebaik mungkin. Sekilas info di Biel juga menampilkan turnamen kelas papan atas mereka yaitu kelas Grandmaster, dengan rating 2690+ ke atas.

Tayangan LIVE catur Biel Master dapat disimak di link > http://live.bielchessfestival.ch/pgn/dgt_chesstheatre.htm