Turning the table - 3 years ago

Game was played on 18 May 2008

We are both 3/3 and I was black. After the game I just couldn't believe what happened. We talk at the outside with my opponent and broke into laugh because we both blur.



Don't give up. Play your best :) don't give your opponent an easy win!

Kaamatan Open 2010 - R6

Blast From The Past

After 5 round, I found myself paired against Indonesian Akhmad Wadudi in the Round 6 of Kaamatan Open 2010. We are both 4.5/5 on table 2, while on table 1, its a battle against 2 monsters Al-Kamil (4.5) and Masrin Erowan (5) which ended in a draw.



I'm entering the 42nd move with less than 5 minutes, and after leading a piece, I blundered it later on. I'm on my way to win the but again, blundered a piece AGAIN for a TACTICAL DRAW shot. The last position was like this.



I am up 40 sec while my opponent was 13 sec left. My opponent offered a draw and I accepted. I'm not dissapointed because he blundered easily, but I didn't play smart. It's a fair result :)

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.