MY GAMES AGAINST THE BLOGGERS Last time I wrote about some games under the titled "Reminiscent". Today, I shall display a few games of me against some of the local bloggers whom I used to have encounter across the board. Some of the active chess bloggers I had met over the board are: 1. IM Jimmy Liew (2 times) - Won 1 (a lucky win) and Lost 1 2. Hairulov (Hairul Hamid)- I had played many times but only 2 were official games; so, I won 1 game and Drew 1 game 3. The tricky Chess Oddyssey (Nor Illhamudin Sh Ali) I met 3 times Drew our very first meeting (Inter matrics 91) Lost at Royal Selangor (I think 93 or 94) and I won at NC2001 4. Against Bad Bishop (Norazlin Juarih) I won 2 out of two 5. Against Naserov, we drew in our 1st encounter at MAKSAK Negeri Sembilan 2002, but I lost to him in MAKSAK Kuching 2003. Only in 2009 I managed to defeat him (only 14 moves were played) t and 2011 was again a victory for me 6. Against Samsol Bahrin, bad record one defeat at Seremban Parade (I think 2007) and a draw in  one of Selangor's open 7. Against Andrew - as far as I remeber not yet any encounter. 8. Against My Chess Life's author, Azizul of course I had met him hundreds or so time, but the official were the 1st at IIUM closed 1996 I lost, IIUM closed1997 mamnged to get a revenge. In one small tournament under the Dataran I won. and the most recent in IIUM 2007 (if not mistaken) a  fierce and hair raising encounter had took place between us. In one of allegro, we had been paired but my friend here let me had the point as he had to return to his hometown as he received the news that his uncle passed away. 9. Pengurusan Ar Rahman - Syazrin Abd Rahman, I won both our games in Royal Selangor 2005 and 2007. 10. Against Ng6 I had never officially met him accross the board 11. Against Firey Rook, I had met him in an encounter which ended in my favour. 12. Against Catur Setia Kuantan, I defeated her in our single encounter, so far. Some of the games had actually been posted in this blog, therefore I shall try to refrain myself from repeating the games I had published. Here is my game against my old friend and foe during our IIUM (UIA) age.... a long-long time ago, [Event "Grand IIUM closed"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rizal A Kamal"] [Black "Mohd Azizul Mat Daud"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. O-O Ncxe5 12. Nd4 a6 13. Re1 Nc4 14. Bc1 Ne7 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qg5 g6 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. Bg5 Nc8 20. Re2 a5 21. Rae1 Ra6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 .   23 Nxe6! 1-0 Here is my game against Chess Oddyssey [Event "National Closed"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Rizal A Kamal"] [Black "Nor Ilhamuddin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Na4 Be7 9. Qe3 Qg6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Bd3 Qh5 15. Nb3 a5 16. g4 Qe5 17. Bc3 Qe6 18. Kb1 Nd5 19. Qe1 Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 b4 21. Qc4 Qe5 22. Qd4 Qf4 23. Qf2 a4 24. Nc1 a3 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 axb2 27. Kxb2 Bf6+ 28. Kb1 g6 29. Rh2 Be6 30. Rdh1 Ra3 31. f4 Rfa8 32. e5 Bg7 33. Rxh7 c5 34. f5 Bd5 35. f6  Bxh1 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Bc4 Rxg3 38. Bxf7 Rxg4 39. e6 Bd5 40. e7 Bxf7 41. Rxf7 Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. f7 1-0 In the above game, there are 2 parts that can be related to the topic sentence of 'reminiscent';- the first is reminiscent of  "Slaying The Dragon" technique particularly recently in my game against Abdullah Che Hassan. The second part is related to the theme "pawn is a pawn is a pawn..." or in MAKSWIP team camp known as "pawn Rizal". Next is my lucky win against our legendary IM, Jimmy Liew. He has pressured me and obtained a winning endgame when suddenly he let his Rook to be in en prise position, [Event "Merdeka Standard"] [Site "?"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Rizal A Kamal"] [Black "IM Jimmy Liew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nbc6 10. cxd4 h5 11. Qh4 b6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxc3+ 15. Kd1 Bd7 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Rxb6 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Re2 Rc4 20. Bb2 Rxh4 21. Bxc3 O-O 22. h3 Ra4 23. Bb2 Rc8 24. Rd2 Rac4 25. c3 Ba4+ 26. Ke1 g5 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. g3 Rc2 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Ke1 Kf5 34. Rf7+ Ke4 35. Rb7 Kf3 36. Rf7+ Kg2 37. Rb7 Rxf2 38. Bc3 Ra2 39. Bxa5 Rxa3 40. Rxg7 Kxg3 41. Bb4 Kf3??  42. Bxa3 1-0 Against Bad Bishop, I had to exchange all the Bishops and win the game using the heavy pieces. [Event "National Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.06.16"] [Round "3.29"] [White "Rizal A Kamal"] [Black "Norazlin Juarih"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2010.01.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rh4 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rhe8 20. Nc4 Qe7 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Rg4 f5 23. Rg6 Qf7 24. Nxd6+ Rxd6 25. Qa3 Rd7 26. Qxa7 Nc7 27. Bf4 Red8 28. Be5 Qf8 29. a3 f4 30. g4 Rd5 31. Bxg7 Qd6 32. Be5 Qf8 33. f3 c5 34. Bxc7 Kxc7 35. Rexe6 Rxd4 36. Rc6+ Kd7 37. Qxb7+ 1-0 (C) Copyright to Rizal Ahmad Kamal

IBSA WORLD GAMES 3RD ENTRY FORM FOR CHESS Participation Form for Chess Competitions Name&Surname ELO FIDE NO BIRTH DATE (Month–Day-Year ) Gender COUNTRY CHESS COMPETITIONS The chess competitions will be conducted in two categories. 1- Open Category 2- Youth Category (Born on 1 January 1991 or later)  CHESS COMPETITION RULES 1-      FIDE and IBCA rules will apply. ·        Pursuant to FIDE Chess Rules 6.6.a, the delay time is 30 (Thirty) minutes. ·        Pursuant to FIDE Chess Rules 9.1.a (in draw by agreement) the number of moves is 15. 2-      The Swiss matching system will be applied. 3-      The number of rounds: 7 4-      The time allowed for thinking is 90 minutes with an addition of 30 seconds per move.                                                                                               5-   Competitors will compete individually but athletes from the same country will not be  matched with each other. 6-  At the end of the competition there will be both individual and team ranking. 7-  The points of the best two athletes will be accumulated to determine country rankings. 8-  Countries can enter two or more athletes to the competitions. There is no restriction as to the maximum number of athletes to be entered. 9-  If there is no sufficient number of young competitors (at least 25), young competitors will compete in general category too. However, they will be ranked seperately. 10-In both categories women and men athletes will compete together however they will be ranked seperately. 11-Competitors are required to bring along their chess sets and chess clock with themselves. TIE BREAK ·        In order to decide the rank of athletes, Buchholz – 1 and 2 (from bottom), Sonneborn-Berger and the number of wins are taken into consideration respectively. ·        If two countries have the same points in team rankings, the country whose athlete has a higher rank will be given the lead. APPEAL Appels will be reviewed by the Appeals-Committee to be set up in accordance with FIDE rules. Appeals will be made in writing to the Head-referee within 15 minutes at latest after the the round of the competition subject to the appeal.        RANKS AND AWARDS General Category: The best three ranks (men & women) are awarded with medals and cups. (A total of 6 cups and 6 medals) Youth Category: The best three ranks (men & women) are awarded with medals and cups. (A total of 6 cups and 6 medals) Incentive Awards:  (Athletes in this group will be awarded with medals) Under 1600 ELO the Best Performance Award (for men) Under 1600 ELO the Best Performance Award (for women) The Best Performance Award for Non ELO-point holders (for men) The Best Performance Award for Non ELO-point holders (for women) The Best Performance Award for the male athlete under 16 years of age. The Best Performance Award for the female athlete under 16 years of age.  The Best Performance Award for the male athlete under 14 years of age. The Best Performance Award for the female athlete under 14 years of age. The Youngest Male-Athlete Award The Youngest Female-Athlete Award Insurance: All athletes are strongly advised to take out personal accident insurance for the duration of the Games. Proof of such will be requested at time of entry. Photographic & Film Records: Action from IBSA World Games 2011 will be captured on film and photographic images. If you do NOT wish your image to be used by IBSA for future publication, please tick this box

PESTA SUKAN KEWANGAN 2011

This year, the Royal Customs of Malaysia shall be the host of the FINANCE SPORTS. Chess will be among the games to be competed between the 8 agencies under the Ministry of finance. I am not yet informed about the exact date or venue, but the Customs chess players shall be following a special course which includes the centralized training in our AKADEMI KASTAM MALAYSIA (AKMAL) in Malacca for aboout 2 to 3 weeks. Our preparation shall be based on all the databases of chess gathered from the previous Chess competition, mainly the FINANCE SPORTS (Chess) itself. 

The buletin for the previous tournament (2010) is still available for sale at RM25.00 and the coaches shall have a clear guideline for "how to begin the training" or shall I rephrase "What is the guidelinebasis for our team's preparation"

Also available is the reprinted edition of SUKAN KEWANGAN 2002 (hosted by Customs) and 2003 (hosted by KWSP) at RM 10.00 each editions.

The preparation based on previous games database is the standard weapon in modern chess which is very essential and effective in order to upgrade the quality of a player's game while at the same time, increases the chances to net the valuable point.

Except.. you want to play the crude systems such as...

(picture above taken from the googling the net for illustrative purpose)

 ... THE ORANG UTAN OPENING!!

Well, in that case, you are on your own world... in your on jungle... of theories

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Vol 1 is for openings classified under the Encylopaedia Chess Openings (ECO) A00 until B99 and vol 2 is from C02 until E87. (Total : 124 opening traps / mistakes)

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SLAYING THE DRAGON

I spent last Saturday exclusively preparing for the final round against the Passion and Glory team. Their known players were Nik Ahmad Farouqi, Abdullah Che Hassan, Najib and Hanafi. Nobody from our side had expected that, they would import the additional super stars consist of Nicholas Chan, Ian Udani and the rising star from my former University during my degree's years, Fadzil Nayan of UIAM. I was given task to handle the white pieces. Against Nik Ahmad Farouqi, I had to prepare meeting his pet defence systems, Sicilian O'Kelly. I had also looked into his rare, Sicilian Paulsen but I had no time to investigate the modern defence which he had played in 2 games (according to my personal database collection). Against Abdullah Che Hassan, the prediction is much more straight forward as during pass few years, he had devoted himself as a Sicilian dragon player. However, the specific variation had been changing a few times. But I managed to pick the latest variation he played in the recent National closed (2009 or 2010). Against Najib, I had met him across the board once and he played the Sicilian dragon with the Soltis block formation. Therefore, the preparation against Abdullah Che Hassan is quite relevant against him. Against Hanafi I know nothing about his game.

Arriving at the hall, as our team discovered, we simply needed only 2 points to become the champion. When sitting down, I found out that, it is Abdullah Che Hassan who sits in front of me, and my preparation should be very useful, unless he deviates from his usual defence system. While others of my friends, Samsol Bahrin against Fadil Nayan, may be ubpredictable, Aziz Shukor and Nicholas Chan should favour Nicholas Chan, Kamalarifin and Ian Udani should be a closed fight.

At the end I managed to utilise fully my preparation and net down the only point for NUSA MAHKOTA. When I finished, I was told that Aziz and Samsol had succumbed to their respective opponents earlier and I had the chance to watch Kamalarifin vs Ian Udani in action during their mutual severe time trouble which ended in favour of the Filipino.

Kamalarifin tried to play only for a win as a draw or a lose may not change the result of teams' placing. This is because the point I had netted secured us the 2nd place (otherwise, the Pass Pawn team would had catch us after slaughtering the 17 chess club 3-1) For another perspective, please see Hairulov's blog here

As being requested by some players, I should publish the only point NUSA MAHKOTA got in the final round. Even the great Mok Tze Meng complimented , "Why not? Give the readers some entertainment reading and it contains some brilliant points!".

Well, here is the game with my own annotation:

[Event "Insofar team final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Black "Abdullah Che Hassan "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79" Sicilian dragon Yugoslav attack]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.01.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.17"]


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7

(9... Nd7 {A week before this game, Fairin opted for this specific sideline and managed to defeat me during the 17 chess club rapid tournament})

10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h4
(12. Bh6 {I had also considered this during the game, just like my latest encounter against Hanif Arkurni (see my blog under the label 'Hanif')})

12... Rfc8 13. Kb1!
{It is hard to see the point behind this high quality waiting move until you actually play it and feelit!} (13. h5 {is also a promising continuation, but according to my personal database, Abdullah Che Hassan has experienced this move before and I suppose, he must had studied it.})

13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3
{One of the local's dragon expert, Saprin Sabri, had once told me(during 2002 KUiTTHO tornament, that once white had planted a knight on b3, its very difficult to breach's white's king's sanctuary}

15...Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. h5 a5 18. a4
{These are all theories. However, the most important fact is that, this was played by Abdullah Che Hassan himself in National Closed 2010 (or 2009)}



18...Rb4 
(18... Qc6 {was played by Abdullah Che Hassan in the aforementioned encounter.})

19. hxg6 fxg6
(19... hxg6 {is normally played})

20. Rh4
(20. Bxf6! Bxf6 21. Nd5 {was suggested in one of Gufeld's Sicilian Dragon's books.} Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. f4 Kh5 26. Qh7+ Kg4 27. Qh3+ Kxf4 28. Rf1+ Kxe4 (28... Ke5 29. Rf5+ Ke6 30. Rc5+ Kf7 31. Rxc7) 29. Qf3+ Ke5 30. Re1+ Re4 31.Qxe4#)

20... Qc4 21. Rdh1
{As this is a rapid 25 minutes game, I had no ample time to calculate anything else except preparing for the possible mating attack}

21...h5 22. g4 Rxb3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. gxh5 Rc8 25. hxg6 Rxc3
{Diagram # An important moment. I had more time but now I spent more time calculating the double Rooks sacrifice. (26. Rh8+ Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ (27. Qh6?? Qa2#) 27... Kxh8 28. Qh6+ (28. Bxf6+ Kg8 29. Bxc3 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Bb3 31. Qh2 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qd1+ 33. Ke3 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kg3 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 b6 37. Bd4 Bxa4 38. Bxb6 Kg7 39. Bxa5 Kxg6 40. b4 {Probably only a draw}) 28... Kg8 29. Bxf6 Qa2#) Suddenly I noticed that, it was black who in fact, threatening mate in one. Therefore...}



26. Qxc3 !
{The correct capture [NM Kamalarifin] The most important point is that, white has not invest anything yet!}

26... Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Qxa4 28. Rh7 Qb5 29. Rxg7+
(29. Bxf6 exf6 30. R7h5 Qb6 31. Rxa5 is the computer way of winning)

29... Kxg7 30. Bxf6+! exf6 31. Qc7+ Bd7 32. Qxd7+!
(Black resigned as after 32. Qxd7+;  Qxd7 33. Rh7+ Kxg6 34. Rxd7 {White wins a whole Rook}) 1-0




Recommended books for reference on this opening system and variation (from white's perspective)

1. Sicilian Dragon - Edouard Gufeld
2. Dismantling the Sicilian
3. Beating The Sicilian 2 - John Nunn
(C) Copyright to Rizal Ahmad Kamal 2011

BULETIN CATUR SUKAN KEWANGAN 2010

  

The full result of every and each players in every and each teams according to the ranking

 The front cover of the buletin - Binding format: same as MAKSAK 2010 (gum binding) as neat and as good as a real book

 Full result of each and every encounters between the teams in every rounds

Of course, the complete 168 games (based on what was written in the scoresheets) diagrams on the crucial part of the games, with and without annotations.Among the notable chess stars are Aziz Jaafar, Abang Mohd Reduan, NWM Nurulhuda Wahiduddin, Wan Ismail Wan Yusoff, Lau Kah Heng, Tunku Azlan, Che Rahim, Nordin Md Yamin, Ahmad Hamzah and many others.


Considering:-
1. The cost of TNB bills, papers, incresing price of inkjet;
2. Efforts and efforts and efforts...
3. Request by many chess fans, chess teachers, chess games collectors, etc
4. The cost of printing, photocopying and gum binding...

I strongly think, my price RM 25.00 nett is fair and reasonable to me and chess enthusiasts.

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MAKSAK CHESS 2010's BULETIN

Front cover ( Left pic)    

Full result (Below)

The games in full and diagrams - some with annotation (Right)




Back cover (history statistic) (Below)












With the largest number of teams (total 15) participating since 1999, and 264 games, with efforts, electricity bills, the increasing price of the inkjet for the mastercopy and printing cost, I think RM25.00 nett is a fair and reasonable price for a copy of this historic event.

REMINISCENT

In chess annotations, the annotator sometimes uses the word reminiscent to describe the similar or same typical or same thematic situation that had previously happened in a game before the current game he is annotating.

This time I would like to present a few examples of my personal games which is very relevant with the word 'reminiscent'. I choose the games from my own games in my personal database so that I can avoid any kind of plagiarism act, or simply re-representing what had others had presented.

Before that, I shall offer my sincerest apology to the 'victims' involved in my topic of discussion. I hope this shall be regard as chess academic discussion, not the forum to defame or downgrade the others.

The first type of reminiscent had happened when meeting the same opponent despite, it comes from two completely different openings.

[Event "BPM Allegro Sunway"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Black "Nik Ahmad Farouqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 c5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.O-O-O Qa5 9. Kb1 b5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxc5 a5 14.Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Be7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h4 Be6 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. h5 Rec8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. g4 Rac8 



Here I produced a spectacular sacrificed which I believe, Nik Ahmad Farouqi himself would nowadays (He is currently a very strong player and with a higher rating than myself) find it with greatest of eased...
24. Bg7!! Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kf6 26. g5+ Kf5 27.Bd3+ Kf4 28. Qh4+ Kxf3 29. Rh3+ 1-0
and black resigned




Amusingly he had been suffered (the topic sentence: reminiscent) the similar type of Bishop sacrificed 2 years before.

[Event "Sabbaruddin Chik Trophy"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Black "Nik Ahmad Farouqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nf5 14. Qh3 Kg7 



15. Bg8!! Rxg8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qxf7# 1-0






There is another story related to the 'reminiscent' theme. This time involve another strong player. This time the reminiscent is connected to the famous theme of "pawn is a pawn is a pawn is a pawn...". This time I shall take a master game briefly (Sorry, I cannot avoid it) 

[Event "London m4 ;HCL 18"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "62"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "La Bourdonnais"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.Qe2 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 d4 14. c4 Qb6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. c5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ba4 Qh6 23. Bxe8 fxe4 24. c6 exf3 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Bd7 f2 28. Rf1 d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 e2 0-1
 
The final position is the most astounding moment.
 






Now, back to my own game, with the reminiscent of the ancient game above
[Event "National Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Marzuki Mat"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Nd3 15.Rf1 Nb4 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a4 Nh5 19. Kh1 f5 20. f3 Qc5 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Ba3 Bh6 23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Ne8 25. Bh3 Rf7 26. Qd2 Qd4 27. Qxd4 exd4
28. Ne2 Nd3 29. Rcd1 Ne5 30. Nxa5 d3 31. Nd4 Rc7 32. f4 fxe4 33. Ne6 Rc3 34. fxe5 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kg7 37. Nc4 h5 38. Re1 



With mutual time scamble I suddenly noticed that I could repat the same thing I did to my very same opponent, 4 years before
38...Rxc4!! 39. exd6 Nxd6 40. bxc4 d2 41. Rd1 e3 Here they come! (this time only 2 pawns but, these are enough to win)
42. c5 e2 



 43. Rg1 e1=Q 0-1






My opponent could only complaint: "Kena dengan cara yang sama" which means "beaten with the same style"









This was the game played 4 years before this tragedy:


[Event "MAKSAK, Kuala Lumpur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marzuki Mat PERLIS"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal KLUMPUR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nde2 Nc5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. f4 b5 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. a3 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 a5 18. Kb1 b4 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. a4 Qxe4+ 21.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Ka2 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Bf3 24. Rd2 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 d5 26. Rc2 Rac8 27.Rgc1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 d4 29. Na7 h6 30. Nc6 Rd5 31. Rd2 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Rf2 Kg7 34. Kb1 e5 35. Rg2 e4 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 



Here, I blundered horribly by 37...Bxg5?? 38. Ne7+ Kh5 39. Nxd5 d3 I was  considering to resign but suddenly I somehow overheard "pawns Rizal" and it was another reminiscent, involving a different opponent. (I shall tell the story after this)
40. Nxb4 f5 41. Nd5 f4 42. Nc3 e3 43. Rh2+ Kg6 44. b4 axb4 45. a5 bxc3 46. bxc3 e2 47. Rh1 d2 0-1












The said reminiscent game after the blunder tragedy above involve another very strong player, NM Kamalarifin. It is very rare indeed for me to defeat him. The game was actually should be winning by him, but, seeing the coming of connected passed pawn, adding with the fact of severe time trouble, he panicked and did not able to consider how a knight could easily stop the 2 passed pawns.
[Event "MAKSWIP, Putrajaya"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "NM Kamal Ariffin DBKL"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal KASTAM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Nf2 Bd7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 b5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Ncd1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 bxa4 20. Bxa6 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 22. Ke3 f5 23. Rhb1 f4+ 24. Kf3 Rb4 25. Bb7 g5 26. Nd1 Rb3+ 27.
Rxb3 axb3 28. Nb2 g4+ 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Ra5 g3+ 31. hxg3 fxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Bf1 33.Ra4 Rb8 34. Kf2 Bb5 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 c4 37. Bc6 c3 38. Bxb5 c2 39. Nd3 b2 0-1














Some time after this game, Kamal told me that he had been practising the 'knight jumps' to hold my pass pawns.


Another perspective of 'reminiscent' was when I learnt something by watching a blitz game between our no.1, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi against the strong Mohd Saprin Sabri


[Event "Blitz (unofficial)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saprin Sabri"]
[Black "Mas Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f3 Nc5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. g4 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Rg1 Rfe8 16. Qg2 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. h4 b4 19. Nce2 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Nb6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Nf5



Now beginning with 22...exf5! The journey of this pawn which was masterly displayed by Mas Hafizul, had really impressed me. When I return to my notebook, I quickly keyed in this particularly blitz game.
23. Bxb6 fxe4 24. Rc7 exf3 25. Rxd7 fxg2+ 26. Kh2 Rxd7 0-1



 
I did not have to wait for long before borrowing the devastating idea

[Event "Merdeka"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Muhd Akmal Sealine DBKL"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal UIA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Rizal,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f3 Qb6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. O-O b5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. Qc1 Rad8 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nbc4 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Ncb1 d5 21. b3 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 dxe4 23. Be1 exf3 24. gxf3 Nxf3 0-1







And I was lucky enough to repeat the 'reminiscent' in the very same tournament against another very strong local player



[Event "Merdeka Team"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aziz Jaafar  BSN"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal  UIAM 'A'"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. f4 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Nb3 b6 14. f5 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nde2 Bb7 18. b3 Na5 19. Bg5 Rbd8 20. Rc1 d5 21. Bxf6 dxe4 22. Bxe7 Rxd1 23. Rfxd1 exf3 24. Bd6 Qc6 0-1






(C) Copyright to Rizal Ahmad Kamal 2010



 

CATUR MAKSAK 2010 BULETIN

The latest news is, the buletin is in the process of printing at the shop and shall be available in the market from 19th December onwards. The buletin is in the form of gum-binding and the price is RM25.00. It includes all the 264 games (The biggest number of games since 2003) played in 12 rounds during the last Catur MAKSAK 2010 held in Puteri Park Kuala Lumpur


SUKAN KEWANGAN 2010 BULETIN

The complete record of this event shall be in available in the market after the Christmas. Anyway, I shall try to do my best to make it available before the Christmas, probably on the 24th, so that anyone who intends to purchase it, can have this during the coming Malay Open on the 26thb of December. The buletin is also in the format of gum-binding and the price is RM 20.00. 168 games were keyed in into this buletin.

THEY HAD GONE .... FOREVER (CONTINUED)

Last May in this year, I had wrote about a few chess players' names who had passed away. Recently, the columnist of one of my used to be the only up to date reference column - Lim Chong had passed away. Incidentally around that time, another Lim Chong was also made into the breaking news of the nation, i.e. Tun Lim Chong Eu had passed away.

I was searching through my personal database, and found a game against a chap named Lim Chong Seng back in 1991. I could not recall his face and I am not sure whether this is the Lim Chong in our chess scene or just another Lim Chong. Anyway, I just annotate the game and attribute it to Mr Lim Chong anyway (please ignore the players and the result as it was a history anyway that should not be altered nor distorted).

[Event "Allegro Plaza Yow Chuan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Black "Lim Chong Seng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 !?
{This is the sharp and risky Schliemann defence or jaenisch gambit}

4. Nc3 fxe4
(4... Nf6 was later played by the late Handoko against me in 2005! Malaysian open.)

5.Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5
(7... Qd5 was played later by Adrian Wong against me in 1994 Selangor (under 20) open)

8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6!?
(Considered new to me at that time I only knew 10...Qh4+ at that time. From now on, I had to think by myself)

11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Qxd4 13. Bf4
(13. Bf7+ {is possible})

13... Bg4 14. Nxg4 Nxg4 15.Rd1 Qxb2 16. Qxe4+
(16. Qxg4 ! {may be winning outright} Qc3+ 17. Rd2 Rd8 ?? (17... Qa1+?? 18. Kf2 +-) 18. Qe6+ Be7 19. Qf7#)

16... Be7 17. O-O Qb6+ 18. Rd4
(In order not to give up the exchange, but actually giving up the exchange is also winning for white 8. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 {forced} Qxf2 20. Qf5 Bf6 21.Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qf7#)

18... Nf6 {Diagram #}


(18... Rd8 19. Be3
(19. Bf7+ ! {is the new line I discover when annotating this game in 2010!} Kf8 20. Be3 Rxd421. Bg6+ Nf6 22. Rxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Qe6#)

19... Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qe6 Rf8 22. Bc5 Qd7 23. Qe5 b6 24. Ba3 c5 25. Re1 a6 26. Bxa6 Ng8 27. Bc4 Qa7 28. Bb2 Nf6 29. Qe6 Kd8 30. Rd1+ Qd7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Bb5 Nb8 33. Qxb6+ Kc8 34. Be5 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Rf1+ 36. Kxf1 Na6 37. Qxa6+ Kd8 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. Qb8# {
was my original analysis with the help of Fritz2})

19. Qxe7+ !?{Over the board, I only see this as a possible way to play on.} Kxe7

20. Re1+ (20. Bd6+ {is simpler} Kd7
(20... Ke8 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. Bc5+) (20... Kd8 21. Bc5+) 21. Bc5+ Kc7 22. Bxb6+ axb6)

20... Ne4 21. Rexe4+ Kf6 22. Re6+
(22. Re6+ Kf5 23. Re5+ Kg6 24. Re6+ Kf5 25. Re5+ Kf6 26. Re6+ Kf5)

22... Kf5 {Diagram #}





When annotating this game, I recall that, by incident, this theme of deflection just like Kasparov did on Timman in the following position:




Of course, I am not claiming that Kasparov had the idea (as his game was in 2000 while mine was in 1991) when he learnt it from my game. Chess is the game of truth. Anyone who spots the typical tactics may execute it.

For the record, here is the full game.



23.g4+ ! Kxg4 24. Be3+ {Now white has the winning endgame} Qxd4

25. Bxd4 Rhe8 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxa7 g5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3+ Kf4 30. Bc5 b5 31. Bd3 g4 32. Bd6+ Kg5 33. c4 gxh3+ 34. Kh2 $1 Ra8 35. a3 bxc4 36. Bxc4 Rd8 ?? 37. Be7+

1-0





For the readers who want to learn about this opening, there is one relevant book in my stock at the price RM 70.00. (The image below is taken from the net for illustrative purpose)

SUKAN PARALIMPIAD 2010

When the mate is legal

The Legal's mate has many versions with the typical of giving up a Queen and delivering the checkmate on opponent's King by using the combination of 2 knights and one Bishop. This trap is also known as the Blackburne trap and Legal's Pseudo Sacrifice. Both names were dedicated to the 2 ancient chess masters, Sire de Legal (French player -1702-1792) and Joseph Henry Blackburne (British master - 1841-1924).

Below is the original Legal's mate being executed


In the recent paralimpiad, Amir Samsudin of KL, unexpectedly caused his opponent Awalludin Taibon of Negeri Sembilan to succumbed into this trap (though by inserting a little 'act' which I did not recommend at all).

[Event "Paralimpiad, UiTM Lendu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amir Samsudin KL"]
[Black "Awalludin Taibon N9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Nxe5 ??
(6. h3 ! is safer Bh5 (6... Bxf3 7. gxf3) (6... Nxf3+ 7. gxf3 Bh5) 7. Nxe5 dxe5! 8.
Qxh5 Qe7 (8... Nxc2+ $4 9. Kd1 Qe7 10. Kxc2 {wins a piece}))

6... Bxd1 ??
(6...dxe5 7. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 8. Kd1 Nxa1 $19)

7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Nd5# {Another version of legal's mate} 1-0



This victory also reminds me about the victory of a Philipino against our player back in Manila 2005



One needs to know this typical of Legal's mate and their families and siblings as not only to execute them on others but also not to fall on them.

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