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3) MALAY OPEN 2008!!
4) MALAY OPEN (U12) 2008!

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Rizal Ahmad Kamal

rizalakwp@yahoo.com.sg

sms / call : 0192421346

My Chess’ Resume

1) Representing UIAM; 1991-1998 in various local tournaments

2) Champion of UIAM1996

3) Representing Malaysia 1998 – Asia Cities, Genting Highland

4) Champion of Klang Parade Open 1999

5) Representing Kastam Diraja Malaysia- Sukan Kewangan 2002-2004 (2^nd placing: 2002,2003,2004 Best Board 1 2004)

6) Representing Majlis Kebajikan & Sukan Wilayah Persekutuan (MAKSWIP) in MAKSAK (Majlis Sukan & Kebajikan Kakitangan Kerajaan Malaysia) Chess Tournaments (1999-2004) (Champion 2003,2005 and 2006)

7) Representing Malaysia 2002, in Asian Cities Chess, Republic of Yemen

8) Coaching the UIAM Main campus Students 2000-2005

9) Coaching the KDRM team 2002-2004

10) Coaching the Visual Impaired and Handicaps for the Para-Games 2005 (14-20 December 2005) held in Manila.

11) Coaching the IIUM Matriculation Center 2006 &2007

12) Recently the guest coach for the Malaysian’s OKU (Ladies) players for the Para Games in Korat, Thailand (Achievement 2 gold medalists!!)

Postal address

B-1-04 Kuartres KDRM WPKL,

No.22 Jalan SS6/3 Kelana Jaya,

47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor D.Ehsan

For purchasing purpose, (contact me first)

Maybank: 564100005575

CIMB : 1440-0042778-52-4

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There goes the hope that, the great Robert James (Bobby) Fischer will play again as he had come to his last square of his life, the 64th square and passed away. I expect all his books (eg: My 60 Memorable Games, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess) as well as all chess books about him (eg: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered, Fischer vs Spassky, Fischer against The Russians, etc) which are circulating around the world will be boomed up, at least for a little while.

Personally I really admired Fischer's games. His games are very objective and straightforward, yet powerful and resourceful. He is my "first chess teacher". among the earliest book I bought were: 101 Outrageous Chess Moves of Bobby Fischer (Authored: Bruce Pandolfini) and of course the classic "My 60 Memorable Games".

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The World Inter Varsity 2007 (Or traditionally better known as GACC, which originally Grand Asean Chess Challenge later Grand Asia Chess Challenge), organised by University of Malaya is one of the most prestigous chess tournaments ever organsised in our local chess calendar, particularly for the Universities Students (Besides MASUM games which only involve local Universities). I had played in the first, second and third GACC (1996,1997 and 1998) The best achievement was in 1996 when I got the best board 1 prize (The format was the standard team event, i.e. 4+2 per team) and Universiti Islam Antarabangsa claimed the 3rd place beind 2 Universities of Singapore (I could not recall them).

The recnt GACC2007 had just ended and all the scoresheets are with me ( I am doing the job to computerise all the games in the chess database format) and I am going to produce the games' bulletin before the next GACC.

I also plan to participate in the next GACC because I have enrolled in the Masters in Intellectual Propety at UKM.

Below is one of my best games against one of the best UM's player, Martin Quek. The early Bishop's sacrifice was the highlight of the whole game, completely stunned Marin Quek and with a few amazing Queen's manuever (which I myself cannot guarantee that I can repeat this if I replay this game again nowadays)

White: Rizal A Kamal IIUM

Black: Martin Quek UM

[B87] Sicilian Najdorf; Fischer attack

GACC1 (5), 11.12.1996

[Annotattion by: Rizal,A Kamal]

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 b5 7.¥b3 ¥b7 8.0–0 e6 9.¦e1 9...¥e7?

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10.¥xe6! fxe6 11.¤xe6 £b6 12.¤xg7+ ¢f7 13.¤f5 ¥f8 14.¥g5 ¤bd7 15.¤d5

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15...¥xd5 16.exd5 h6 17.¥f4?!

[17.¥h4!]

17...¦e8 18.¦xe8! ¢xe8 19.£e2+ ¢d8 20.£e6!ƒ

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20...¦h7 21.¦e1 b4 22.¥xd6

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22...¥xd6 23.¤xd6 ¢c7 24.¤e8+! ¤xe8

[24...¢b7 25.¤xf6 £xe6 26.¦xe6 ¤xf6 27.¦xf6 ¦e7 28.¢f1]

25.£xe8

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25...£b8 26.£g6! ¦h8 27.£c6+ ¢d8 28.¦e6 £c8 29.£d6!

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29...¦h7

[29...£xc2 30.£e7+ ¢c7 31.¦c6+ £xc6 32.dxc6 ¢xc6]

30.£g3!!

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30...¦f7

[30...¦h8 31.£h4+ ¢c7 32.¦c6+ ¢b7 33.£xb4+ ¢a8 34.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 35.£d6 ¤b8 36.c3]

31.£h4+ ¤f6 32.¦xf6 ¦xf6 33.£xf6+ ¢e8 34.d6!

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34...£d7 35.£h8+! ¢f7 36.£h7+ ¢e6 37.£xd7+ ¢xd7 38.¢f1 ¢xd6 39.¢e2 ¢c5 40.¢d3 h5 41.g3 ¢b5 42.¢d4 a5 43.c4+ bxc3 44.bxc3 a4 45.h4 ¢c6 46.¢e4 ¢d6 47.f3 ¢c5 48.¢d3 a3 49.g4 ¢d6 50.g5 ¢e6 51.c4 ¢e5 52.¢e3 ¢e6 53.¢e4 ¢f7 54.¢e5 ¢e7 55.f4 ¢f7 56.f5 1–0

FROM MY DATABASE COLLECTION

White: Abdullah Khairi Kz

Black: Nor Azmi Mohd Nor

[C54] Italian Game

Blitz, Staff Inter Varsity UNIMAP, 2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 Nor Azmi is very well versed with the Italian game and this may be the first time that his theoretical knowledge would be tested in UNIMAP, and it is in 5 minutes game!! 4.c3 ¤f6 5.d4

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During the game, I instantly recalled what had been described by Anatoly Karpov in one of his Classic book, " The Open Game In Action". He wrote that (in my own words) the text move had not been the choice of GMs because it only involve memorising of theory. The one with the better memory should be successful. Nevertheless he did cited a game with 5.d4 in his book. [5.d3 was Karpov's peference] 5...exd4 6.cxd4 ¥b4+ 7.¤c3 [7.¥d2 is another popular line. Nor Azmi is well versed with it and with both colours! 7...¥xd2+ 8.¤bxd2 d5 9.exd5 ¤xd5 10.£b3 ¤a5 11.£a4+ ¤c6 12.£b3 ¤ce7 (12...¤a5 13.£a4+ ½–½ Nor Azmi Mohd Noor-Halim Shuhaimi/27th Inter-Varsity Staff Games 2002/[UIAM] (13)) 13.0–0 0–0 14.¦fe1 ¤b6 15.¥d3 ¥f5 16.¤e4? (16.¦xe7! is the correct move 16...¥xd3 17.¦ae1 ¥g6=) 16...¤c6 17.¤eg5 ¤xd4 18.¤xd4 ¥xd3 19.£xd3 £xg5 20.¤f3 £f6 21.£c2 c6 22.¦e2 ¦fe8 23.¦ae1 ¦xe2 24.£xe2 g6 25.£e7 £xe7 26.¦xe7 ¦d8 27.g3 ¦d7 28.¦e8+ ¢g7 29.¤e5 ¦d1+ 30.¢g2 ¤d5 31.¦b8 ¦e1 32.¤c4 b6 33.¦c8 ¦e7 34.a3 c5 35.¦d8 ¤c7 36.¤e3 ¤e6 37.¦d6 ¤d4 38.¦d8 h6 39.h3 h5 40.h4 ¤c6 41.¦d6 ¤d4 42.¦d8 ¤b3 43.¦d5 f6 44.g4 hxg4 45.¤xg4 ¢f7 0–1 Mohd Hafez Hilmi Harun-Nor Azmi Mohd Noor/27th Inter-Varsity Staff Games 2002/[UIAM] (45)] 7...¤xe4 8.0–0 ¥xc3 9.d5 ¥f6 10.¦e1 ¤e7 11.¦xe4 d6 12.¥g5 ¥xg5 13.¤xg5 h6 14.£e2! hxg5 15.¦e1 ¥e6 16.dxe6 f5?! [16...f6 was the standard theory cited by Karpov in his aforementioned book] 17.¦e3 d5 18.¦h3 ¦f8 [White's Rook is taboo, for example 18...¦xh3 19.gxh3 dxc4 20.£h5+ g6 21.£h8+ ¤g8 22.£xg8+ ¢e7 23.£f7+ ¢d6 24.¦d1+ ¢c6 25.¦xd8 ¦xd8 26.e7

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] 19.¥d3 £d6 [19...g6 may be imperative] 20.£h5+ g6 21.£xg5

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This is the different! Had the black pawn on f6 instead on f5, it would be not possible to capture via £xg5 21...0–0–0 22.¦h7! ¦de8 23.¦f7! ¦h8 [23...¦xf7 is suicidal as 24.exf7 ¦f8 25.¦xe7 wins for white] 24.h3 ¦h5? [24...a6] 25.£f6 a6 26.¦f8!

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26...¦h8?? A gross blunder [26...£d8 is the most obstinate defence] 27.£xh8 Abdullah Khairi registered a victory over Nor Azmi. However, Nor Azmi went on to win the first prize in this blitz tournament. 1–0

From The Diary of Coaching

Aizuddin Hadi - Rizal A Kamal (Coach)

[B26] sicilian closed

UIA Training session; (1), 25.01.2005

1.e4 c5 2.g3?!

[2.Nc3 is more exact]

2...g6
[2...d5! actually, if this was an actual tournament game, black may choose this to punish white's improper move order 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Qe6+ 6.Kf1]

3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Be3 Rb8!

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In my opinion, the best strategy is to commence the counter attack on the Queenside as quickly as possible 7.Qd2 b5 8.Rb1 b4 9.Na4?

The beginning of all sorts of problems [9.Nd1 is correct, but this would put a question as what is the Rook on b1 doing?]

9...Bd7 10.c3?

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[10.Ne2 Nd4 11.b3 Bxa4 12.bxa4 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Qa5³; 10.b3 Nd4 11.Nb2 Nf3+!] 10...Ne5! 11.b3 Bxa4 12.bxa4 Nf3+! the most accurate [12...bxc3 13.Qd1™ (13.Rxb8?? cxd2+!) 13...Rxb1 14.Qxb1 Qa5 15.Qb8+! The finesse to prevent any castling possibility 15...Kd7 16.Qb7+ Qc7 17.Qxc7+ Kxc7 18.Ke2 And white, despite a pawn minus is still alive kicking !] 13.Nxf3 Bxc3 and the rest was only moping up process 0–1

Aizuddin Hadi (Kad) - Rizal A Kamal (Coach) [B26] sicilian closed

UIA Training session; (2), 25.01.2005

1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6

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My original perception about this set piece was that, black has inferior version compare to 6...Rb8. To my surprised, very recently I discovered that this set piece is favoured by Garri Kasparov!!

7.h3! The correct prohylactic move. Not the silly 7.f3? [7.Nge2 is actually possible]

7...e5! It is now very essential to block the center

8.Qd2 0–0 9.Nge2 Nd4 10.0–0 Qa5 11.Bg5 Bxh3!?

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A spectacular temporary sacrifice, which however, if correctly reply would only leads to a draw.

12.Nd5?? suddenly white played violently, but this is a bad mistake in calculation [12.Bxh3?? Nf3+ The Royal fork!; 12.Nxd4 exd4 (12...Bxg2?? 13.Nb3! wins a piece) 13.Bxf6! (13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxd2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2³) 13...dxc3 (13...Bxg2 14.Bxg7 Bxf1 15.Bxf8 dxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Kxf8 18.Kxf1=) 14.Bxc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2=]

12...Qxd2 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6! [13...Kh8 14.Bxd2 Nxe2+ 15.Kh2 Bxg2 16.Nxh7 Bxf1 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Rxf1 Black still a piece up!]

14.Bxd2 Nxe2+ 15.Kh2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Here, I asked my opponent to count the pieces... 0–1