2017 FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Concluded

The 2017 edition of FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS has concluded at Sunday March 5th 2017. The event played in Tagaytay Phillipine. Zone 3.3 Championship runs to award the best chess player in this zone 3.3, which is comprised most of Eastern Asia and South East Asian chess federation, excluded China and India.

The Open event is won by Malaysian FM Yeoh Li Tian, which is "only" seeded #10. This must be Malaysia's best achievement over many years.

WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung, 23 years old from Vietname is the new Zone 3.3 champion for 2017

In the female section, young Vietname player WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung won the first prize. Vo Thi Kim Phung had been the winner of 2007 Asian Youth Chess Championships U14 Asian age classes in United Arab Emirates . Then the 2011 blitz champion for ages U18 in Philippines. Vo Thi Kim Phung was seeded #9 for this event. The first seed was actually our own IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar. She seems to be underperformed and finished fifth place.

The opening of ZONE 3.3 Chess in Tagaytay, featuring Indonesian Irene Sukandar and GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

There is one interesting insight over the tournament by SIngaporean IM Kevin Goh Wei Ming :



"I'll probably blog more about this a little later but amidst Li Tian Yeoh's record breaking effort at the Zonals, there was a incident in the last round that I feel is worth sharing.
My Olympiad teammate, IM Tin Jingyao was playing the young Indonesian player Setyaki Azarya Jodi with the black pieces. Setyaki needed a win to make his 2nd IM norm. In an equal-ish to drawn ending, Setyaki made his 40th move, got up and went to the rest room. Jingyao unfortunately forgot about the clock and didn't make his 40th move in time. Setyaki came back to the board, realized what happened, and in an incredible gesture of sportsmanship, offered a draw despite the high stakes. Unfortunately, the arbiter intervened and said that the game has ended officially when Jingyao's time ran out.

This just goes to show that results are sometimes not everything, and even young players can also be gentlemen. Setyaki proved to be a huge credit to the Indonesian Chess Federation and Singaporeans can hardly do better than to learn from his example." - Kevin Goh Wei Ming 

Final Standings 2017 FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN :

1	FM	YEOH Li Tian	MAS	7,0
2	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	7,0
3	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	PHI	6,0
4	FM	LIU Xiangyi	SGP	6,0
5	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	INA	5,5
6	IM	NGUYEN Van Huy	VIE	5,5
7	IM	PASCUA Haridas	PHI	5,5
8	IM	BERSAMINA Paulo	PHI	5,0
9	FM	ANDYKA Pitra	INA	5,0
10	FM	SETYAKI Azarya Jodi	INA	5,0

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Final Standings 2017 FIDE ZONE 3.3 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN :

1	WIM	VO Thi Kim Phung	VIE	7,0
2	WGM	HOANG Thi Bao Tram	VIE	6,5
3	WIM	GONG Qianyun	SGP	6,5
4	IM	PHAM Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	5,5
5	IM	SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma	INA	5,5
6	WGM	NGUYEN Thi Thanh An	VIE	5,5
7	WGM	LE Thanh Tu	VIE	5,5
8		LUONG Phuong Hanh	VIE	5,0
9	WIM	FRONDA Jan Jodilyn	PHI	4,5
10	WFM	MENDOZA Shania Mae	PHI	4,5

Both FM Yeoh Li Tian and Vo Thi Kim Phung will be confirmed taking part in the next FIDE Chess World Cup cycle.

Surya Wins Bangkok Chess Open 2016 - Pitra Andika, Mohamad Ervan Kalahkan Masters

Surya Ganguly wins the 16th Bangkok Chess Club Open Championship this year. Surya Ganguly wins the title after he grabs his last round game points with a win against Loek Van Wely in the Sicilian game. In the final standings, Surya Ganguly Shekhar, a chess player from India, wins the tie break against Spain's Francisco Vallejo Pons. Both player have 7.5/9 points in the final standings. This year the tournament attracted many strong grandmasters. GM Nigel Short, Jan Gustafsson, are two well known names to take part in this exotic city competition.

Kejuaraan catur di kota Bangkok tahun 2016 kali ini diikuti beberapa pecatur grandmaster tingkat dunia. Di antaranya adalah GM Nigel Short, Jan Gustafsson, Loek van Wely, Francisco Vallejo Pons dan lain sebagainya. Setelah melalui 9 rounds, pecatur dari India akhirnya meraih juara pertama. Pecatur Surya Ganguly mengungguli Francisco Vallejo Pons di akhir klasemen melalui keunggulan tie break, keduanya memiliki nilai 7.5/9.

16th Bangkok Chess Club Open Championship, Final Standings:

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar  IND 7,5
2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco  ESP 7,5
3 GM Bok Benjamin  NED 7,0
4 GM Khairullin Ildar  RUS 7,0
5 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 7,0
6 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 7,0
7 IM Sipila Vilka FIN 7,0
8 GM Gordon Stephen J ENG 7,0
9 GM Van Wely Loek NED 6,5
10 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 6,5
11 IM Roy Prantik IND 6,5
12 Hirthickkesh PR IND 6,5
13 IM Stokke Kjetil NOR 6,5
14 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 6,5
15 Gotel Michael PHI 6,5
16 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 6,0
17 FM Yeoh Li Tian MAS 6,0
18 FM Pitra Andika INA 6,0
19 IM Liang Awonder USA 6,0
20 FM Dang Hoang Son VIE 6,0
21 FM Mohamad Ervan INA 6,0
22 GM Short Nigel D ENG 6,0
23 IM Smirnov Anton AUS 6,0
24 Arjun Kalyan IND 6,0
25 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 6,0
26 Nouri Hamed PHI 6,0
27 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 6,0
28 FM Hakiki Kaisar Jenius INA 6,0
29 Manush Shah IND 6,0
30 Antonio Viani D'cunha IND 6,0
31 Yashas D. IND 6,0
32 IM Milliet Sophie FRA 6,0
33 Kulkarni Vinayak IND 6,0
34 IM Gunawan Ronny INA 6,0
35 Bitoon Jimson PHI 6,0
36 IM Himanshu Sharma IND 5,5
37 Nie Xinyang CHN 5,5
38 Li Yankai CHN 5,5
39 Peng Xiongjian CHN 5,5
40 Ocido Michael PHI 5,5
41 IM Ahlander Bjorn SWE 5,5
42 FM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SIN 5,5
43 Zhang Lanlin CHN 5,5
44 FM Habla Jony PHI 5,5
45 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 5,5
46 Ashwath R. IND 5,5
47 IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 5,5
48 IM Halay Taufik INA 5,5

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Kejuaraan Bangkok Chess Club Open Championship ini juga dihadiri beberapa pecatur "lawas" Indonesia. Dari IM Ronny Gunaman, FM Pitra Andika, FM Mohamad Ervan, hingga Taufik Halaay dan Kaisar Jenius. Walaupun tidak meraih gelar juara, kehadiran para pendekar catur Indonesia ini membuat senang para penggemar catur nusantara karena dalam beberapa ronde pecatur Indonesia mampu kalahkan pecatur kuat bergelar grandmaster yang memiliki rating beberapa ratus lebih tinggi. Berikut beberapa kemenangan pecatur Indonesia melawan grandmaster dunia di ajang Bangkok Chess 2016 untuk disimak dan diarsip:


Partai Catur Hakiki, Kaisar Jenius vs Gordon, Stephen J (UK) 1-0, Bangkok 2016

Pitra Andika vs Awonder Liang from USA, 

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Partai Catur Pitra, Andika (INA) - Liang, Awonder (USA), 1/2-1/2, Bangkok 2016

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Partai Catur Pitra, Andika (INA) - Kunte, Abhijit (IND) 1-0, Bangkok 2016

Partai Catur Mohamad, Ervan (INA) - Liang, Awonder (USA) 1-0, Bangkok 2016

Hasil menggembirakan dari pecatur Mohamad Ervan membuat salah satu official dan panitia Bangkok Chess dari Indonesia, pak Bunawan Bong, membuat komentar di media socialnya:

Selamat untuk semua pecatur Indonesia yang sudah bekerja dan berkarya di luar negeri.

Kickboxing Chess Bout Nigel Short vs Sophie Millet 0-1, Bangkok 2016

The Bangkok chess event also provide historical bout between GM Nigel Short vs IM Sophie Millet. This is a historical match of : 1.First Kickboxing chess between two FIDE masters, 2. First Kickboxing chess between male and female.

Nigel Short lost the bout.

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pecatur Inggris Nigel Short melawan pecatur cantik Sophie Millet dari Prancis di partai catur dan kickboxing

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Nigel Short's women problems continue at the Bangkok CC Open, Sophie Milliet winning their Thai chess-boxing bout. pic.twitter.com/9xSpHrp96e

— Ian Rogers (@GMIanRogers) April 14, 2016

Le Quang Liem Wins HDBank Chess Open 2015

Le Quang Liem has double his success on this month's tournament by winning yet again HDBank Cup Chess Open tournament 2015. This is after he successfully dominate the Asian Zone 3.3 tournament that happened right before this event.

HDBank Chess Open was joined by many grandmaster, top seed is GM Li Chao followed by Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Zhang Zhong and many others such as Eugenio Torre. After nine rounds, Le Quang Liem is the sole winner with 7.5/9. 2nd place is Zhang Zhong from Singapore with 7/9. Li Chao only finished third, because of his two last round losses.

HDBank Chess 2015 - Final Standings
1 Le Quang Liem 7.5
2 Zhang Zhong 7
3 Li Chao 6.5
4 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 6.5
5 Pascua Haridas 6.5
6 Gomez John Paul 6.5
7 Nguyen Duc Hoa 6
8 Torre Eugenio 6
9 Le Kieu Thien Kim 6
10 Dao Thien Hai  5.5

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HDBank Cup International Open Chess Touranment 2015 - winners Le Quang Liem, Zhang Zhong and Li Chao - Vietnam - Gallery of Photos from official website

Turnament catur terbuka di Vietnam yaitu HDBank Open Chess Tournament 2015 berlangsung tepat setelah turnamen Asian Zone 3.3 selesai. Beberapa pecatur yang mengikuti zone 3.3 ini juga melanjutkan main caturnya di turnamen ini. Unggulan teratas sekarang adalah pecatur top dari China, GM Li Chao. Disusul Le Quang Liem yang barusan memenangkan Asian Zone 3.3 tersebut. Hasil dari turnamen ini seteleah 9 babak adalah dimenangkan oleh Le Quang Liem, lagi. Lihat urutan ranking final standings di atas.

Di turnamen ini pecatur Indonesia FM Pitra Andika juga turun. Pitra memulai turnamen dengan hasil lumayan kuat, menang 3 kali di 3 ronde awal. Baru setelah bertemu grandmaster seperti Li Chao dan Eugenio Torre, Pitra kehabisan akal dan musti menyerah. Hasil akhir Pitra Andika adalah 5/9 dan berada di papan tengah final standings. Berikut salah satu partai catur kemenangan Pitra Andika di turnamen HDBank 2015 di Vietnam ini.

IM Viacheslav Diu vs FM Pitra Andika, 0-1 HDBank 2015