Jasur Madjidov won the Sarawak Open 2011!

Jasur Madjidov (right) of Uzbekistan declared as the champion of the Sarawak Open 2011 on tie-breaker with 6.5 points out of possible 8 and cash home the RM2500 first prize, beating Foo Chee Kin and Morsin Ahmad of Malaysia who takes 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Kueh Yan Chew, Japeri Reduan, Shamsudin Mat Isa and Henry Manchin settled out 4th - 7th place with 6 points, while Mohd Nassir Hussain, CM Amier Hamzah and Lim Kian Hwa settled out the 8th to 10th place.

2nd seeded Abang Mohd Reduan who fights for the top ten placing in the first 6 rounds failed to make it to the top 10 after losing his last two games to Morsin Ahmad and Foo Chee Kin.

The tournament which concluded today attracts 54 local chess players with each player from Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Singapore and Uzbekistan completing the list.

sources from chess-results

picture courtesy from FireyRook's Blog

World Blitz Championship 2010 - after 14th round

Final standings - round 14 Place SNo. Title Name Fed. FIDE Total Wins S.B. 1 20 GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2802 10.0 9 66.50 2 14 GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2801 10.0 8 59.75 3 8 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2763 9.5 8 63.75 4 2 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2791 8.5 7 59.75 5 6 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2722 8.5 6 49.25 6 13 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2741 8.0 7 49.75 7 9 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2742 7.5 6 43.50 8 5 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2760 7.5 6 56.50 9 10 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2771 7.5 5 47.00 10 1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2741 7.5 7 56.75 11 7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2744 7.0 4 45.75 12 19 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2720 6.5 5 40.00 13 4 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2709 6.5 6 45.75 14 11 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2744 6.5 5 38.25 15 3 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2703 6.0 4 45.75 16 16 GM Grachev, Boris RUS 2654 5.5 2 39.00 17 12 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2721 5.0 4 25.00 18 17 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2683 5.0 3 37.00 19 18 GM Savchenko, Boris RUS 2632 4.5 4 31.00 20 15 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2660 3.0 3 15.00

GM Carlsen and GM Aronian is the joint leader after 14th round of the World Blitz Chess Championship. you can see the games here.

Ivanchuk wins Cap D'Agde 2010

the final game between Ivanchuk and Nakamura.

FIDE pre-calculation on ratings

i'm out of top 100 after I didn't managed to get even a draw after i got my first initial rating of 1944 last year

Kaamatan Chess Open 2010

Venue: Dewan Persidangan, Wisma SESB

Date: 30^th – 31^st May 2010

1. Tournament Regulations:

01. All players shall take part in a 7-round Swiss System individual event.
02. The games will be played according to the schedule below
04. Time Control is 45 minutes
05. The Sabah Chess Association reserves the right to reject entries.
06. Limited to 80 participants only.
07. Final score (Solkoff, Sonneborn Berger, Cummulative)
08. Notation is required.
09. Please bring your own Pen / Pencil
10.Any dispute or decision the Arbiter makes is final.

2. Registration FEE

Adults
Member – RM20
Non-Member – RM30
Member + Fee – RM40

Under 18
Member – RM 5
Non-Member – RM 10
Member + Entry Fee – RM 20

Foreigner
Open RM 50
Under 18 RM 40

3. Program
Day 1 (30th May 2010, Sunday)

08:30am-09:30am Registration
10:00am-11:30pm Round 1
11:40pm-01:10pm Round 2
01:10pm-02:10pm REST
02:10pm-03:40pm Round 3
03:50pm-05:20pm Round 4

Day 2 (31st May 2010, Monday)

09:00am-10:30am Round 5
10:40am-12:10pm Round 6
12:10am-01:10pm REST
01:10pm-02:40pm Round 7
03:00pm Prize Presentation
03:30pm-06:00pm Blitz Master

4. Prize

Open

(Challenge Trophy)

1^st. RM 500
2^nd. RM 300
3^rd. RM 200
4^th – 7^th. RM 50

Under 18 (Boys)

1^st. RM 30 + Trophy + Certificate
2^nd. RM 20 + Trophy + Certificate
3^rd. RM 10 + Trophy + Certificate

Under 18 (Girls)

1^st. RM 30 + Trophy + Certificate
2^nd. RM 20 + Trophy + Certificate
3^rd. RM 10 + Trophy + Certificate

For Pre-registration, please sms us your Full Name and NRIC or Date of birth.
1. Chi Yin Phin (016-813 3487)
2. Charles Lucas (016-836 2436)
3. Awang Yusuf (014-893 0712)

Brunei National Day Chess 2010

PLAYING SCHEDULE

1.RAPID
26th February 2010, Friday
Round 1 2.30 pm - 3.20 pm
Round 2 3.30 pm - 4.20 pm

ASAR BREAK

Round 3 4.35 pm - 5.25 pm
Round 4 5.35 pm - 6.25 pm

27th February 2010, Saturday
MAULUD Parade in BSB from 8am

Round 5 2.00 pm - 2.50 pm
Round 6 3.00 pm - 3.50 pm

ASAR BREAK

Round 7 4.00 pm - 4.50 pm
Round 8 5.00 pm - 5.50 pm
Round 9 6.00 pm - 6.50 pm

2. BLITZ

28th February 2010, Sunday

Round 1 0930 - 0940
Round 2 0950 - 1000
Round 3 1010 - 1020
Round 4 1030 - 1040
Round 5 1050 - 1100
Round 6 1110 - 1120
Round 7 1130 - 1140
Round 8 1150 - 1200
Round 9 1210 - 1220

PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY 1230

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MIA

due to busy, i'm off from the real life and i want to concentrate and finish all my work. i'll be back one day. to all my friends. sorry if i didn't reply all your calls / sms. sometimes it is difficult to type 'bz' on our mobile phones. i'll try to reach u all when i'm free. to chess friends, keep up your good work guys. beat those chumps! adios