Sukan Kewangan 2012

AVERY NEAR MISS.. TOO LITTLE BUT TOO FAR..
Pesta Sukan Kementerian Kewangan 2012 had ended early this month. The final result, my department (Malaysian Royal Customs) still fail to deliver the final nail in the coffin, re claiming the status as no.2 (from 8 other agencies: BSN (1st) KWSP (3rd). The full result is shown below.

Therefore the JKDM had to wait for the next series of this event whether the next host will list chess as one of their event.

I had been participating in this Sukan Kewangan whenever chess is listed as one of its event. Details on the past event, as far as I could recall:

2002:  Hosted by Bank Negara (BNM) Champion: BSN, 2nd JKDM, 3rd KWSP

2003: Hosted by JKDM Champion : KWSP, 2nd JKDM, 3rd BSN

2004: Hosted by KWSP Champion : KWSP, 2nd JKDM.

2010: Hosted by BNM Champion : KWSP, 2nd JKDM

2011: Hosted by JKDM Champion: BSN, 2nd KWSP, 3rd LHDN, 4th JKDM

2012: Hosted by KWSP Chamion : BSN, 2nd JKDM, 3rd KWSP 

This year however, by far, from my personal view, is our best performance. We even managed to beat BSN and KWSP with the same score 4-2. However, the curious and funny thing was, we lost decisively to the Security Commissioner 1-5. A very unthinkable score which would never come across to my mind, let alone to any of the participants and arbiters of the tournament. We were not only been beaten, but had been crushed or annihilated completely. The result was as a sweet vengenace to the SC team as they had lost to us 6-0 in the previous year. As a result of the unprecendented defeat on the 4th round, we had to make a comeback (not an easy task) on the next day by beating BSN 4-2. However, the remaining victories over JPPH 3.5-2.5 and over LHDN 4-2 was insufficient to cover the defisit after losing disasterously to SC.

below is my victory over BSN Board 1 player and MAKSAK Sarawak 2012 Board 1 player, my fellow friend Abg Mohd Reduan

[Event "Sukan Kewangan"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2012.11.08"]

[Round "5.31"]

[White "Abg Mohd Reduan BSN"]

[Black "Rizal A Kamal JKDM"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "B87"]

[Annotator "Rizal A Kamal"]

[PlyCount "57"]

[SourceDate "2012.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Surprisingly, my opponent

allowed me to reach my favourite defence, Sicilian Najdorf which I had been

playing since my childhood}

6. Bc4 {The Sozin (or Fischer) attack against the Najdorf Sicilian}

e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f3

{Diagram # I call this the Malaysian attack, simply because many local players

adopt it, but not by the GMs!}

(8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 {is the main line of Fischer attack} O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nf3 a5 14.a4 b4 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Nd3 e5! {Diagram #} 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Qf2 d5 24. Bb6 Qb8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26.Nxc5 Nd4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. exd5 Nxb3 29. Nxb3 exd5 30. Nxa5 Qa8 31. Nb3 Qxa4 32. Ra1 Qc6 33. Re2 d4 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2655)-Kasparov,G (2805)/London 1993})

({There is one game which black may use as an important reference to answer white's strategy. The game may not be identical completely, but it is very useful to me as a guideline.} 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Ne5 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Kh8 15. Nce2 Rg8 16. Kh1 g5 {Diagram #} 17. h3 Rg618. Ng3 Rag8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe6 {0-1 Garcia Soruco,J-Fischer,R/La Habana 1966})

8... Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Nc6! {Through trials and errors, I decide that the text is the simplest

procedure against the 'Malaysian-Sozin attack' formation.}

11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne2 {Relocating the knight onto d4?}

O-O 13. Nf4 (13. Nd4 Qc7 =)

13...Bb7 14. c3 Rfe8 {Diagram #}

15. O-O {After all the guessing, my opponent at last castled kingside.} Kh8 16. Rad1

Rad8 17. Qf2 Rg8 {Diagram # With the idea g7-g5 and perhaps g4 combine with

Rg6 and Rd-g8, attacking along the g-file. During the game, I had recall this

idea as been played by Bobby Fischer against someone named Soruco as cited

after white's 8th move here}

18. Nh3 {At first, I did not understand this. Then I saw the threat Ng5-f7 mate!} Rge8

19. Nf4 Kg8 {So we achiveve the normal setpiece in the Fischer/Sozin against

the Najdorf and I was confident that I could hold my opponent here who began

to use a lot of time on his clock, finding a plan.}

20. Nd3 a5 {Stopping Nb4}

21. a3 e5 ! {Stopping Nf4. This somehow paralyses white's knight. The same

strategy had been used by Kasparov against short in his 18 game World

Championship match 1993 against Nigel Short. For the full game see my note above after white's 8th move}

22. Rc1 Bf8 23. c4 Rc8 24. c5 (24.cxb5 Qxb5 {Surprisingly forking 2 whiite pieces in broad daylight}) 24... d5! 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Rfd1 Qc6 28. Ne1 Rcd8 29. b4

{The rest were played during mutual time trouble.}
[Event "Sukan Kewangan"]


 axb4 30. axb4 Qg6 31. Qb2 e4 32. f4 Bc6 33. g3?
{[Abg Reduan]}
33..Qg4 34. Rd2 h5 ! {Diagram # A very good move [Saraggan Amir]}

35. Rcd1 Rxd2 ({During the time trouble ( I had about 4 minutes while my opponent had about 2 minutes) I had also considered..}

35... Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 {which would not work, opined Abg Mohd Reduan in our brief post morterm after the game. I decided not to play this as there is no need to do so.})

36. Qxd2 {Despite the total control on the d-file, white cannot penetrate into black's kingdom} h4! 37. Kg2 hxg3 38.hxg3 Re6! {When he saw this coming, I could see that, Abg Reduan could not defend anymore.}

39. Kf2 Rh6 {A miss. But black is winning.} (39... Rg6!)
40. Kg2 (If 40. Nc2 Rh2+!) 40... Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Rg6! {This time I played the correct move}

42. Ng2 Qxg3+ 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Rxg2+! {Diagram # winnning a piece}

45. Qxg2 Qxd1+46. Kh2 Qd3 47. Qd2 Qxd2+ 48. Bxd2 f5 49. Bc3 Be7 50. Kg3 Bf6 51. Bd2 Bd4 52. Kh4 Bf6+ 53. Kg3 Kf7 {And later, black won the f4 pawn (I could not memorise the next few move in the time trouble) before white lost on time.} 0-1

Chess Books related to this opening

1. Winning With the Najdorf - Danniel King
2. Sicilian Najdorf - John Nunn
3. Short-Kasparov 1993 World Championship
4. The Sozin attack - Golubev

Announcement: UM Chess Tournament

MSSM BULETIN

Right now, despite the month of fasting, I am in the process of doing the chess buletins for the MSSM 2012 Under 12 Boys and Under 12 Girls. The speed of producing these bulletins is however quite slow as we (as muslims) should give other ibadah such as recitation the Quran, Sadaqah, Tarawih priority over our normal worldly jobs.

I shall announce the price of the buletins when they are available and ready for sale very soon (after Raya).

Below is one of the most decisice games between 2 Penang boys which took place on board 1 at Round 3

[Event "MSSM Boys U12 (Ind)"]

[Site "Kuala Terengganu"]

[Date "2012.??.??"]

[Round "3.1"]

[White "Teh De Juan PNG"]

[Black "Wong Yinn Long PNG"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C11"]

[PlyCount "60"]

[EventType "swiss"]

[EventCountry "MAS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4

Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.

Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Nd4 a4 18. Kb1 a3 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qc7

22. b3 Ne4 23. Ne2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rf3 Rc8 26. Qd3 Rc6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. g3

Rc3 29. Nxc3 Rxc3 30. Qe2 Rxf3 0-1

RECLAIMING THE CHAMPION'S STATUS

Last Saturday I took part in the annual event held by Putrajaya Komuniti. It was my 3rd consercutive participation since I had been transfered to the Customs Department Headquarters at Putrajaya. This year's respond, however, had turned out to be very poor. I do not wish to speculate the reason, but naturally, as a chess player, among the factors which are among my considerations are:

1. The champion's prize:

(This year only RM300, whereby the  price was RM500 in 2011 and 2010 (the year I became the champion for the first time in this event) 

2. The number of prices: if I am not mistaken, in 2011 8 placing were offered whereby in this year's event it had been reduced to 4 placing only.

3. Chances to win:

In the absence of many Putrajaya's 'chess masters' leads by Ahmad Maliki, Hairul Abd Hamid (Hairulov), Zulkifli Zaidan and only Hasidin, Sulkifli, Firdaus, Roslan Abd Aziz, Rizal Jusah (among the 24 -only!!- participants, my chance would be very great.

4. The cost

Cost include, the petrol, tol, fee, time of travel etc. As Putrajaya is about 30 minutes from my house, I feel that I had been travelling to my my office with extra one day for this special occassion.

I discovered that only 24(including myself) took part compared to last years' 48, in the above 16 category (actually it should be call open ). I managed to win 5 games and drew one with Cikgui Rizal Jusah (The 1st seeded in this tournament based on last year's result). However, I was declared as the champion based on higher tie break.

Result in above 16

1st - Rizal Ahmad Kamal

2nd - Muhammad Rizal Jusah

3rd - Hasidin Abdul Rashid

4th - Mohd Sulkifly

FOR SALE!! RM20

HASIDIN ABDUL RASHID (UPM) WILL DISPLAY MY LATEST PUBLICATION OF CHESS BULETIN ON THIS COMING SUKUM WHICH WILL BE HELD FROM 2ND OF JULY TILL 9TH OF JULY 2012

Final Stand MAKSWIP Chess 2012

Despite being a new comer, the players of JPWP were expected to rise the occassion and they did it superbly

1ST SMK SBU OPEN TOURNAMENT

ANOTHER CHESS TOURNAMENT (NATIONAL RATED) FOR THE YOUNGSTERS

For all the details of this tournament click below:
http://www.smksbu.edu.my/2012/pdf/FIRST%20SBU%20CHESS%20OPEN.pdf

Kejohanan Sukan Staf IPTA : 3 - 12 July 2012

Kejohanan Sukan Staf IPTA Malaysia kali ke 37 tahun 2012

This tournament includes chess men team (4+2) and chess women team (4+2). How I wish I could join this event as a coach, asistant arbiter, or at least as a spectator.

Please visit the official site at http://www.sukum37.uum.edu.my/index.php/jadual-dan-acara/jenis-sukan

MAKSWIP CHESS TOURNAMENT

MAKSWIP CHESS TOURNAMENT (16-17 June 2012)

Government Chess Stars who may play on Board 1 which I may have to confront:


1. NM Kamalarifin (DBKL)

2. Ng Siew Cheok (UM)

3. Ahmad Maliki (JPM)

4. Shamsudin Mat Isa (JPWP)

5. Ros Azman Shah (BSN)

6. Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong (PPUM)

7. Hairulov (JPA A)

8. Ahmad Hamzah (KWSP) Abang kepada Ng6

9. Azman Hisham Che Doi (SC)



Their strength are not easily to be dealt.. a draw result is already very good

NATIONAL CLOSED 2012

MY BEST GAMES IN THE NATIONAL CLOSED 2012

My personal opinion is that, I believe 44. Qh4+!! is a brilliant finishing touch

In this game, I may had missed the finess 26.Bg5 and played 26.Bxh6 which in respond, answered with the best defence 26...Qh4!. However, 27.Bg7++!! (double checks) is in my opinion, a master class move.

There is one more (in my opininion) a brilliant game. But, I want to refrain myself from publishing it because, that specific line was intended to be used against someone who I had been aiming to unleash that specific opening surprise.

Than the other brilliant game, though only leads to a draw, is something quite extra ordinary. With 27.Nd7!? sacrificing the Queen despite temporarily, it leads to a very balance ending which I agreed for a draw later.

And.. the last one is my worst game (despite winning in the end). How could I simply miscalculated and played one piece down. Fortunately for me, beginning with 26... Bd4 followed by 27...Ra8 and the quite amazing 27...Rc3!?.. my oppnent was in a great state of shock. When the b-pawn is pushed 32...b3 and 34...b2 White is lost

copyright (c) to Rizal Ahmad Kamal 2012

National Closed 2012

I had only able to achieve the 12th place (5.5 from 9 - 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats) which is by far much better than in my last campaign in the national closed. However, I personally satisfied with the quality of my own games.

I shall produced my best games soon.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

GAME 2 : ANAND-GELFAND ENDED WITH A DRAW

MAKSAK CHESS 2011 BULETIN IS NOW AVAILABLE AT RM 20.00

Posting cost is RM 5.00 (inclusive stamp, envelope and miscellaneous costs)

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I had not been following the chess world's highest level since Kasparov had retired from the professional chess.   Co-incidentally, the retirement was followed by the demised of Bobby Fischer and as regard to Anatoly Karpov, he is no longer active nor as strong as he used to be in 80's and 90's. These 3 figures had been my aspiration to learn and play chess. Nevertheless, I try to revive my interest by following the current world chess championship between Anand and his new challenger, Gelfand.

Below is the game no.1 which I took from http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8148

[Event "WCC (1) Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "IM Malcolm Pein"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 
{A slight surprise and very combative. Anand played the Gruenfeld in game one against Topalov in 2010 and was crushed after he forgot his theory}
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 
(5. Bg5)
 (5. Qb3 {are trendy but the Exchange Variation remains the main battleground})

 5... Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ {A surprise because it's thought to be fairly
harmless although Vishy has played it before. I guess the Gruenfeld might be a
slight surprise so Vishy playing it safe}
(8. Be3)
(8. Rb1 {Are the challenging continuations})

 8... Nc6 9. d5 {A real surprise}
(9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 {Is standard and is sometimes a GM drawing line}

14. Rxc6 Qxa2 15. Rc7 Qe6 16.h3 Qd6 17. Rc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. e5 {Amber Rapid 1999 is an edge for White. Black's bishop is blocked out and the 'a' pawn potentially weak rather than
passed})

9... Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 
(10... Bxc3+ {I think Pein-Forintos went this way at the Benedictine International in 1982. Don't remember too much and probably have the year wrong as well. I know this much, I lost ..})

11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O ! {Of course to extract anything White must continue in gambit style} Qxa2
13. Rb2 Qa5 14. d6 Ra7 ({This seems to solve Black's problems. After} 14... Qd8
15. e5 {or} (15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. e5 {Black could come under pressure
although computers are as ever relaxed about it all}))

 15. Bg5 
(15. Bf4 {Looked sharper if only because the best Black responses look a little risky
even if they are OK. Now Gelfand has a clear path to safety or perhapsmore}

Rd7 16. Ne5 (16. Rb8 O-O 17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. e5 Qxc3 20. Qa4 {
Is perhaps quite risky for the first game!})

16... Rxd6 17. Qc2 O-O! 18. Nc4 Qxc3 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Rc2 Bd4 22. Nxd6 Be6 {
Must be fine for Black}) 15... exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 Qc7 {The safest move.
If Black can castle and exchange queens he has the two bishops and a passed
'a' pawn}

18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Rc2 O-O 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Nd2 (22. e5 Bf5)


22... f5 ({if Boris wanted to press then perhaps} 22... Bd7 23. Bxc5 Rc8
24. Bd6 Rxc3 {is good for Black})

(22... Bd7 23. Ra1 f5)

23. f3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bf5 

(24... Bf5 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:14] The threat to c5 probably forces Black to take on e4 and then there is not much in it so a fair result. A good result
for Boris, a draw with Black and Vishy was even under pressure for a while as
his long think on move}) 1/2-1/2

Treasury Sports Festival

JANM (ACCOUNTANT GENERAL) EMERGED AS THE CHAMPION OF TREASURY SPORST FESTIVAL

Yesterday, (10th of May 2012) JANM, the favourite team under the Treasury (PERBENDAHARAAN NEGARA) managed to produce the hatrick when they defeated all the other Departments ( Sektor dan Kawalan, Pengurusan, Dasar and Bhg Pinjaman Perumahan).

Among their stars who had played were Mohd Sukifli, Omar Hazree and Muhd Naguib. I was appointed by the konvenor for this event, Mr Mohd Halif Dzurhan Ismail to act as the arbiter for the tournament.

There is no game from the tournament to be published in this blog as recording the game under the time control 30 minutes till finished is not compulsory under the laws of World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Makswip

CATUR MAKSWIP IS POSTPONED

Due to the request by majority of the participating teams, this event had been concensusly decided to be postponed to next month:

KELAB-KELAB / MAJLIS SUKAN JABATAN-JABATAN KERAJAAN YANG BERGABUNG DI BAWAH MAKSWIP SEPERTI:




KASTAM, DBKL, JPA, JPM, HASIL, MTIB, LGM, KKR, FELDA, KWSP, BNM, JANM, PERKESO, JPN, KEM PENDIDIKAN, KEM KESIHATAN, MIDA dan lain-lain



TARIKH BARU CATUR MAKSWIP : 16-17 JUN (VENUE PERTANDINGAN: RISDA AMPANG

MESYUARAT PENGURUS : 13 JUN DI RUMAH MAKSWIP JALAN BELAMY (DEKAT IKAN BAKAR ISTANA NEGARA LAMA)

THE MAKSWIP TOURNAMENT IS BACK!!

PERHATIAN PARA PENCATUR DARI KELAB_KELAB BERSEKUTU DI BAWAH GABUNGAN MAKSWIP:
JKDM, LHDN, BSN, BNM, KEM KESIHATAN, KEM PENDIDIKAN, UM, PPUM, PPUKM, KWSP, PERKESO, JPN, MTIB, LGM, KKR, AKAUNTAN NEGARA, MSN, DBKL DAN LAIN-LAIN

BERITA TERKINI!!!

CATUR MAKSWIP PADA 12-13 MEI 2012 (SABTU & AHAD)

FORMAT DAN KAWALAN MASA: AKAN DIPUTUSKAN SEMASA MEETING PENGURUS

VENUE: RISDA AMPANG, KL

The main objective of this tournament is to select 6 players to represent MAKSWIP in the coming MAKSAK Chess which is scheduled to be held on the 15th-17th of June 2012 in Penang

OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 2012



DATE : 14TH APRIL 2012

TIME : 7.30 AM - 6.30 PM

VENUE : KOLEJ KEDIAMAN KESEMBILAN, UNIVERSITI MALAYA



GRAND PRIZE : RM1000

1ST RUNNER UP : RM700

2ND RUNNER UP: RM500



BEST UNIVERSITY : RM200

BEST SCHOOL : RM200

BEST FAMILY : RM200



REGISTRATION PER TEAM (4PERSONS IN A TEAM)

UNDER 12 : RM80

OPEN : RM120



CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION : 7TH APRIL 2012



CONTACTS:

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JIAWEN : 016-390 1198

FARAH : 014-533 5662



FACEBOOK LINK : https://www.facebook.com/events/281276618608130/

UIAM 2012 OPEN

Last Saturday and Sunday, I brought my daughter, son and wife to participate in this tournament. UIAM was the University which I and my wife studied during our under graduate years. It is also the place where I met my wife and it is specifically due to the chess game.

Despite of some setback, I lost 3 games to Ian Udani, Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli and NM Kamalarifin Wahiduddin, I cannot stop myself from producing 2 of (in my humble opinion) beautiful games.


The obstruction sacrifice 29..Rd2!! finishes off my opponent




The Queen deflection 14.Qb3!! forces my opponent to reset the pieces

FEMALE PLAYERS WHO ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE AS A COMPETITIVE PLAYER

A blast from the past.

One of the strongest female players who used to be my student at chess is Mumtaz Muhammad. After graduated she did play fo some time but when the has come (getting married and raising her child) it is "bye-bye" to the chess world.

Below is her game against another great local femal player, in fact she may be our best female player ever produced in our local scene.. Siti Zulaikha.

In this encounter, the readers may find that Siti Zulaikha had been crushed by Mumtaz. However, Mumtaz had failed to deliver the final nail in the coffin and the turning point was so painful.

[Event "National Closed"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mumtaz Muhammad"]
[Black "NWM Siti Zulaikha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Rizal A Kamal"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

Pirc / modern defence: 150 attack

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Ng4 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. f3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nf8 16. Ng3 a5 17. g5

(More energetic is 17. e5 N6d7 18. Nh5! gxh5 19. Rxh5! {Black is crushed!}) 17... N6d7 18. e5 Nb6 {Believe it or not, Black is already completely lost.}

19. f4?
(19. Nh5! gxh5 (If 19... Ne6 20. Nf6+! exf6 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. gxf6 mates) 20. Rxh5)

19... f5 20. gxf6
(20. Nh5  gxh5 (20... Ne6 21. Nf6+ exf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+Ke7 24. Rh7+ Ng7 25. Qxg7+ Ke6 26. Qf7#)  21. g6 hxg6 (21... Nxg6 22. Rxh5 Nf8 23. Rg1+ Kf7 (23... Kh8 24. Qg7#) 24. Rg7#) (21... Be6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rdg1) 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Rg1+ Kf7 24. Rg7#)

20... exf6 21. f5!?
(21. Nh5 gxh5 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23. Rhg1+ Ng5 24. exf6 Ra7 25. Rxg5+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke6
27. Re1#)

21... fxe5 22. fxg6 Ra7 !? {This defensive move is in fact an artificial one. Nevertheless it seems themost practical one}

23. dxe5 (23. gxh7+ Kh8 (23... Nxh7 24. Bxh7+ Kf7 25. Rdf1+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Ke6 27. Bf5#) 24. Rdg1 Rg7 25. Nf5 $3 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 Ne6 27. Nh4)

23... Rxe5 { Now..the winning combination is more problematic than before but after analyzing this position, I still feel, white is still winning}

24. Rdf1 (24. gxh7+  Kh8 25. Rdf1 Ne6 26. Rf6 Rg7 27. Nh5 Rg4 28. Nf4 Rxf4 29. Rg6 Rf8 30. Rg8+ Rxg8 31. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Nf4 34. Rxf4+ Bf5 35. Bxf5 Re1+ 36. Kd2)

24...Qg5+! 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. gxh7+ {Only now did Mumtaz played this capture..this is no longer dangerous for black}

Nxh7 27. Nge4 Rg6 28. Rf3 Rag7 29. Rhf1 Re6 30. R3f2 b4 31. Nb1 Rge7 32. Rg1+


Kh8 33. Re2 c5 34. Reg2 Re8 35. Nbd2 Bb7 36. Rg4 c4 37. Nxc4 Nxc4 38. Bxc4 d5


39. Bb5 dxe4 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. Rg7 Bd5 42. b3 Ra8 43. Rd7 Bc6 44. Rc7 Bd5


45. Rd7 Bc6 46. Rdg7 Bd5 47. Rd7 {White could claim 3 fold repetition} Bc6 { Now black could claim 3 fold repetitions}

48. Rd6 Bb7 49. Rb6 Bd5 50. Rb5 Bc6 51. Rb6 Bd5 52. Kd2 Rd8 53. Ke3 Ra8 54. Kd4


Rd8 55. Ke3 Ra8 56. Rd6 Bb7 57. Rd7 Bc6 58. Re7 Nf8 59. Rc7 Bd5 60. Rc5 Bf7 61.


Kxe4 Bg6+ 0-1

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1. Catur Sukan Kewangan 2011

2. Catur MAKSAK 2011. Ipoh Perak

Yesterday, I brought my son Akmal and my daughter Haibatul Hannan to participate in a small open chess tournament  organised by the OKU in conjunction with Hari Wilayah at the Dataran Merdeka. I arrived a bit late but still on time to let them taste the excitement of a chess competition. Unplanly, the arbiter, sifu Latif asked me to join the tournament due to the odd number of participant.

Despite the fact that I had not plan to play in a tournament, I accepted it as the other participants are non others than my chess friends as well as most of them used to be trained by me during the previous para games. In fact sifu Latif also announced to the OKU that he is working hard to find sponsors to enabled the Malaysian players to join the next para game in Rangoon Myanmar 2013.

I was paired against Mahadzir Derani, Shaharudin Sidek, Ho Hea King, Shaharudin Mappa and Hasidin Abd Rasyid. All these 5 are the heavyweight contestant of the OKU. In fact I did suffer a number of defeats in the hand of them during training session. However, this time, I managed to beat all of them to become the winner. My daughter cinched (surprisingly) the champion for school category including a victory over her own elder brother (actually by default - illegal move in 10 minutes blitz)

Here are the games

SNAP MATE

Yesterday, I brought my daughter, Haibatul Hannan (aged 7) to the DATCC to introduce her to my 'chess world'. Originally I intended to register my son as a participant, but he suffered a heavy flu and did not able to participate due to his poor health condition. At the very last minute, the organiser, Mr Fadli 'officially' invited me through his microphone when I was on the way to the exit door. As a courtessy, I offered my daughter instead (who was eager to take part) to accept the invitation. Therefore she began her chess career in DATCC. At the end, not bad, with absolute beginner level and first ever tournament entry, she got 3 points out of 8 rounds! Sounds impressive, but in fact, she only won one but had 2 walkover.. very lucky in term of gaining points. Here how she snatched a point by a snap mate.