Brilliant Kids Chess Weekend (U10 Boys and Girls)

The Kids Chess Weekend continues at DATCC this Saturday, 15th October with the BRILLIANT KIDS Chess Weekend for boys and girls under the age of 10. Registration opens from 9:00am until 9:45am with Round 1 set to start at 10:00am. Entry fees isRM10 per child and the top kids finishing in the event to receive medals and/or certificates for their excellent effort. Games are played over 6 rounds with a time control of 25 minutes to finish.

To download the registration form and schedule for the event, please click HERE


For registration, information or inquiries, please contact Kaber Azzad at +60126178624 or write to him at info@chess-malaysia.com. Alternatively, you can also contact Jax Tham at +60133232280 to request for details.

UPSI Venue Change

13 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - The organizers of the upcoming UPSI Chess Rapid in Tanjung MALIM, Perak has a short announcement - 

From Izza Hasrina, the Project Director cum President of UPSI Chess Club," Disini juga saya ingin memaklumkan bahawa penyertaan untuk menyertai kejohanan catur terbuka UPSI 2011 dilanjutkan sehingga 14 oktober kerana venue baru Dewan SITC dapat menampung lebih banyak peserta. Saya ingin memaklumkan bahawa venue Kejohanan Catur Terbuka UPSI 2011 telah diubah ke Dewan SITC kerana penyertaan yang ramai dan kemudahan yang lebih baik" 

(translation in English - I wish to announce that the closing date for joining UPSI OPEN 2011 has been extended to 14th October 2011 as the new venue for the tournament has been changed to the SITC HALL to accommodate the increased number of players participating this year. The SITC HALLcan accommodate this dramatic increased in players and provides better playing conditions.)

Rifqah Wins Gold In Rapids

13 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Last night Puteri Rifqah Fahada Bt Azhar finally got it right by winning the precious gold medal for team Malaysia at the 5th APSSO chess rapid individual girls category. Rifqah scored 5.5 points from 7 rounds of rapid play held over two days. She managed to reduce her draws to just one and won all the others. 


Congratulations to Rifqah for perseveringly and gritty enough by winning and confirming her top seeding. 

Meanwhile Yeoh Li Tian suffered by winning the Silver medal for Malaysia. Li Tian lost to Novendra Priasmoro in the fourth round of play. Novendra eventually ended as the champion of the boys individual rapid event. 




To read more, please visit chess-results.com or at this link :- 
http://chess-results.com/tnr57838.aspx?art=4&lan=1

UPSI OPEN UPDATE!

13 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur - The organizers of the UPSI chess tournament to be held this weekend (15-16 October 2011) in Tanjung Malim, Perak has issued the following players registration list for the open, secondary school and primary school categories:-

SENARAI PEMAIN KATEGORI TERBUKA 

1. MUHD SYAZWAN BIN ZULKIFLI 
2. ABDUL HAQ MOHAMED 
3. AHMAD FAIZAL BIN AHMAD FAHMI 
4. AINUN ‘AFIFAH BINTI YUSOF 
5. AISAH BINTI REDUAN 
6. AL’NURUL AMIN BIN MUSTAPHA 
7. ALIFFAUZI BIN MOHD HUZIR 
8. AMIR QAYYIM BIN MOHD SAPRIN 
9. ARAVINTHA RAM A/L SUPPIAH 
10. BISYR ASFAR BIN AHMAD BAKHTIAR 
11. Chin Yoon Mei 
12. Chin Yoon Mei 
13. DENI SATRIA 
14. EFENDI BIN BAHURI 
15. FIKRI BIN SALEH 
16. FIQRI HAZIQ BIN MOHD SUHAIMI 
17. Fong Choong Ee 
18. Fong Choong Ee 
19. Fong Yit Ho 
20. Fong Yit Ho 
21. Fong Yit San 
22. Fong Yit San 
23. Ganesh Mahendranathan 
24. HALIM JOHARI 
25. HEMASHINI A/P ILANGOVAN 
26. HIDAYAT BIN SYAMSUL DARURATMAN 
27. Ian Udani 
28. JAZLAN HAFIZZUDIN BIN JAMIL 
29. KAMALUDIN YUSOF 
30. KHAIRUL AZAM 
31. KHAIRUL FAIZAL BIN MOHAMMAD 
32. KOVALAN A/L KRISHNANSAMY 
33. KWAN TSZEE YEUBG 
34. M.M HARITH 
35. M.PUTRA ADHA 
36. MAS HAFIZUL 
37. MOHAMAD AZRIL FADLY B RAZALY 
38. MOHAMAD FAISAL BIN MURAT 
39. MOHAMED SAHARUDDIN BIN SABRI 
40. MOHAMMAD AZIZUL BIN ABD AZIZ 
41. MOHAMMAD AZMIR BIN MOHAMMAD ZAMRI 
42. MOHD AZLAN BIN HASYIM 
43. MOHD EZMI BIN MAHMOOD 
44. MOHD HANIFF BIN SIDEK 
45. MOHD KHAIRUL NIZAM 
46. MOHD NUR ARIEF BIN RAZALI 
47. MOHD RAZIF BIN ABDUL RAHMAN 
48. MOHD RUQAIM ASYRAFI BIN SULAIMAN 
49. MOHD ZULLGHAFARI 
50. MUHAMAD AZHAR BIN ZAMLI 
51. MUHAMMAD ARIEZ BIN AZMAN 
52. MUHAMMAD ARIF BIN DALILA 
53. MUHAMMAD AZIM B JALIL 
54. MUHAMMAD AZWAN B MASARUDIN 
55. MUHAMMAD HAFIZ BIN ROSLAN 
56. MUHAMMAD HAIRUL BIN MASDOL 
57. MUHAMMAD RAMLI BIN MOHAMMAD 
58. MUHAMMAD SAFWAN SUFRI 
59. MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ BIN ABDUL RAHMAN 
60. Muhammad Zuhairi Bin Zainal 
61. NAJWA BINTI AZIZ 
62. NASAREE BIN MOHD ISMAIL 
63. NOORAHIM BIN ABDULLAH 
64. NOR AISYAH AKMAL BINTI MOHD YASIN 
65. NORATIRAHWANI BINTI MUHAMAD DAUD 
66. NUR SHAHIRAH BINTI MIOR HAMID 
67. ROSDI BIN RAMLI 
68. SALEH BIN ABD LATIF 
69. SHAHRUL ISKANDAR BIN MOHD ALI 
70. SOLOMON NYURANG JUK 
71. SYAMAIZAR BIN LUP 
72. SYAMSUL FAIZ BIN MOHD YUSOF 
73. TANG WEI CHIAT 
74. YASMIN BINTI ABDUL RAZAK 
75. YASMIN BINTI ABDUL RAZAK 
76. YASMIN KHAIRANI BINTI MUHAMMAD ISMADI 
77. Zahid Sarkawi​ 
78. TAULANI TUKIRAN 
79. NAJWA BINTI MOHAMMAD ASHIM 
80. NURUL AIN BINTI YAHAYA 
81. JARAH ANAK GURANG 
82. KIMBERLY JANE D.CUNANAN 
83. RISSA Y.LAGUISMA 
84. JAYSON BIN RAMOS 
85. William Lee Kah Howe 
86. Elgin Lee Kah Meng 
87. YUSRI BIN M.SAPUAN 
88. MOHD MAULANA MALANI BIN MOHD SAHID 
89. NOOR AHMAD FAZILAH BINMOHAMAD SAHID 
90. MUHD MUSTAKIN BIN JAMAL 
91. MUHAMMAD FIRDAUS BIN OTHMAN 
92. AHMAD FAIZ BIN ROSLAN 
93. MOHD HAYUMMI BIN AHMAD SHAIFUDIN 
94. MUHAMMAD AFIQ IZZUDIN BIN KAMARUDIN 
95. AHMAD RAFIQ BIN RAZIF 
96. MUHAMMAD ARIFF ASHRAF BIN ABDUL RAHIM 
97. MOHD FIRDAUS B RAMLEE 
98. AARON CH'NG DUAN XIAN 
99. EZZUL HAKIM B OTHMAN 
100. TAN LI TING 
101. TAN JUN FENG 
102. LOUIS MALISON GIMIR 
103. NOORZULIANA BINTI JAZULI 
104. AZMAN HISHAM BIN CHE DOI 
105. MUHAMMAD NABIL BIN AZMAN HISHAM 
106. NUR NABILA BINTI AZMAN HISHAM 
107. MOHD FADLI BIN ZAKARIA 
108. MOHD FAISAL BIN ZAKARIA 
109. CAMILIA BIN JOHARI 
110. MUHAMMAD ARIEZ AZMAN 
111. TANG WEI CHIAT 
112. MOHAMAD ZAKI BIN MOHAMAD YUSOFF 
113. MUHAMMAD NOR HIZAD BIN JAMALUDIN 
114. S M ZIKRI BIN S M MUBASIR 
115. ADDELLEY MANSING 
116. IRWAN BIN ASMIN 
117. HADI FARHAN BIN SOETIYONO 
118. EZZAIDAH BIN SAZALI 
119. MOHD HUZAIRI BIN HUSIN 
120. MUHAMAD ASYRAF BIN IBRAHIM 
121. MUHAMMAD ZULLFAHMI BIN DARESHAH 
122. SITI HAJAR BINTI SALIKAN 
123. NUR FARAHIN BINTI ABD HALIM 
124. KASWADI BIN KAMARUDDIN 
125. GUAN XIN TING 


SENARAI NAMA PESERTA SEKOLAH MENENGAH 

1. Fong Mi Lyn 
2. ANIS FARIHA BINTI SALEH 
3. IZHAR HAIREE BIN ZAWAWI 
4. KHOR BOON YAW 
5. MUHAMMAD IQBAL B AMRAN 
6. NUR AINA BT RAMLI 
7. MOHAMED HAFIZI B MOHAMED NAWI 
8. JAZMINA BINTI MOHD SOPIAN 
9. Mohd Faizal Roslan 
10. MUHAMMAD ADIB BIN ABDUL RAHMAN 
11. Lim Chuin Khai 
12. Fong Mi Lyn 
13. SHEIKH MUHAMMAD ZA`IM BIN SHEIKH ZAHIB 
14. MOHAMMAD RIDZWAN BIN SAMSURI 
15. Affan Amrish Mohd Jalani 
16. Mazhar Che In 
17. Muhd Zaen Azraei b Mohd Azni 
18. M.Aliff Ashraf b Zulkifli 
19. Wong Ji Xiong 
20. Kalaikumar Selvam 
21. Hamsanaa Devi a/p N.Tharumarajah 
22. Nuriman Syakirah Ahmad 
23. EQBAL HAKIMI BIN SABARUDDIN 
24. MOHD NAQIB BIN MOHD YASSIN 
25. MOHD AIMAN HAQIMI BIN MOHD RAZDI 
26. MOHD AZIZI BIN NASARUDDIN 
27. NURUL MAIZAN BINTI MAT HANAFIAH 
28. NURUL DAYANA BINTI AHMAD 
29. NUR FARISYA NABILA BINTIKHALID 
30. Muhammad Zulhilmi bin Mohd Shah 
31. Mohammad Dzul Haffiz bin Mohd Marzuki 
32. Mohammad Luqman bin Ahmad Helmi 
33. Muhammad Syahmin bin Md Amin 
34. Mohamad Rahmat bin Azni 
35. Nor Hasniza binti Mohamad Ikhsuan 
36. Ainul Husna binti Abdul Aziz 
37. DENIL ISKANDAR ARIF 
38. MOHD AZIZ FARHAN 
39. NUR NAJIHA BINTI AZMAN HISHAM 


SENARAI NAMA PESERTA KATEGORI SEKOLAH RENDAH 

1. IZZAH HALIM 
2. FARHANA HALIM 
3. AIMAN HALIM 
4. SAHSWIN RAJ A/L KATHIRASAN 
5. SARVEENAH A/P KATHIRASAN 
6. FAHIM AL-FAQEH BIN SALEH 
7. MUHAMMAD ASHRAAF BIN ABDULLAH 
8. ISKANDAR ZULQANAIN BIN EFENDI 
9. MIKAIL BIN ABDUL MANAF 
10. KONG DAK NAM 
11. MUHAMMAD FARIRIZUDDIN BIN MD SALLEHUDDIN 
12. KHAIRUL DANIEL HAIQAL 
13. Kelly Lim Pei Ying 
14. AMIR MUQQRI BIN MOHD SAPRIN 
15. AUNI `AQILAH AZAMMER 
16. SYED MUHAMAD AQIL BIN SYED KAMARUZAMAN 
17. MARYAM JAMEELA BINTI ZAINUDDIN 
18. AZAM SHAMIL BIN ZAINUDDIN 
19. MARYAM `AAQILAH BINTI ZAINUDDIN 
20. SITI NURSYAKIRAH BINTI ZAMANSHAH 
21. NUR SHAHIRAH BINTI ABDULLAH 
22. AMAR ISKANDAR BIN FUAD 
23. FAQIHAH NUWAIRAH BINTI MAHMARULIM 
24. TAN WEI TING 
25. ZAINOO IKMAL MAISARAH BINTI MOHAMAD NOOR 
26. ZAINOOR IKMAL MUNIRAH BINTI MOHAMAD NOOR 
27. MUHAMMAD NAJWAN BIN AZMAN HISHAM 

For further enquiries please contact Iza Hazrina at hp 012-7412326 the project director or the program advisor Mohd Huzairi, h/p 013-5959350. 

(source: Iza Hazrina, UPSI) 

Pertandingan Catur Tertutup Kedah 2011

Pertandingan Catur Tertutup Kedah 2011
Anjuran PERCAK/Jaffolea Chess Club
Tajaan PERCAK/Bayutiara Sdn Bhd
TARIKH:29-10-2011 (sabtu)
Waktu:8.00a.m-7.00p.m
Tempat:Sek Keb Gurun,Kedah

Hadiah-hadiah yang di tawarkan:
*seorang peserta hanya layak menerima 1 hadiah sahaja.

Terbuka:
1.RM200.00 + Piala Pusingan + Medal
2.RM150.00 + Medal
3.RM100.00 + Medal
4.RM80.00 + Medal
5.RM60.00 + Medal
6.RM40.00 + Medal
7.RM40.00 + Medal
8.RM40.00 + Medal
9.RM30.00 + Medal
10.RM30.00 + Medal

Bawah 18 Tahun:
1.Medal
2.Medal
3.Medal

Bawah 12 tahun :
1.Medal
2.Medal
3.Medal

Lain-lain Kategori:
1.Terbaik Veteran x Medal
2.Terbaik IPT x Medal
3.Terbaik Wanita x Medal
4.Terbaik Guru x Medal
5.Terbaik Perempuan bawah 12 x Medal

**pemenang juga akan dipilih untuk mewakili Negeri Kedah di kejohanan-kejohanan yang
akan diadakan di masa akan datang,cth:National Championship,National Woman Championship,Team event dan lain-lain(Jika ada peruntukan)
(Hadiah wang tunai di taja oleh PERCAK dan piala pusingan & Iringan sumbangan Bayu Tiara Engineering)
Pendaftaran dan pertanyaan boleh hubungi :

En Alias Bin Hanafi :012-5543609
En Syed Iskandar Shah :017-4731678

Pendaftaran boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi /sms Nama penuh, No K/P dan National Rating terbaru (sekiranya ada) kepada:

Tarikh tutup penyertaan adalah sebelum 28 Oktober 2011,10.00pm Pendaftaran lewat akan dikenakan denda RM 5.00 dan bergantung kepada kekosongan yang ada

Arbiter : Cikgu Marzuki Mat

Syarat-syarat peryertaan & Maklumat Lanjut:
http://percak.blogspot.com/

UPSI Open 2011

The genius and his bluebird

VASSILY IVANCHUK: THE GENIUS AND HIS «BLUEBIRD»

What do we actually know about the mysterious chess player from Lvov? The whole world calls him in a very simple and artistic way — a genius.

The reasons for that are very obvious: the entire world admires his pieces of art that he creates at the chess board. Plus the image of a man-mystery who lives in his own chess world.

Can we define his chess career as a mega-successful one? Both — yes and no. On one hand, Grandmaster famous all over the world, the European Champion 2004, the winner of elite tournaments (he won thrice in Linares), the 4-folded Olympic Champion (twice in the USSR team and twice in the national team of Ukraine), the World Champion in Blitz and the leader of the Ukrainian team since many years. Isn’t that enough? Yes, it is, if we speak about the personality of such a great chess talent.

Photo by Chess Base

The thing is that the main title of the strongest chess player of the planet remained and remains a «bluebird» slipping away from him. Ivanchuk was considered to be one of the main favorites of the Candidates Cycle in 1991—1992. However, having won Leonid Yudasin in the 1/8 of the finals, after the persistent fight in the additional games of quarterfinals Ivanchuk gave in to Arthur Yusupov.

He managed to fight for the world crown in the final match only once — it was at the World Championship Match of 2001—2002 in Moscow. At that time he was stopped on the way by the young Ruslan Ponomariov, who is by the twist of fate his opponent in the present match for the 3^rd place in the World Chess Cup 2011.

There is a theory that is very popular among journalists: the defeat of Ponomariov in semifinals influenced in a very negative way on the play of Ivanchuk in the parallel match against Alexander Grischuk. Subconsciously the wish to once again meet his former affronter in the match revenge has given its results. Certainly, the theory is rather unbelievable and Ivanchuk himself is insisting to have forgotten about those events. Of course, the lie detector was not on at the moment when he was making this declaration.

Ivanchuk will always remain in the memory of chess amateurs of Khanty-Mansiysk and of the whole world due to his emotional declaration dated November 2009 after his defeat to the little-known 16-year-old chess player from Philippines Wesley So in the second round of the World Cup. At the time he declared about the termination of his chess career: «I believe, — said Vassily, — that after this match I have nothing to do in serious chess. From now on chess is only a hobby for me ».

Certainly, all elite grandmasters have some kind of special connection with chess that has been formed for years and all of them take defeats as a small death. However, such a declaration in public is an extraordinary case. It must be said that no one took his declaration to leave chess seriously. As for the Grandmaster himself, he confirmed it later in his open letter where he stated that by no means he was going to leave chess.

Some time passed, negative emotions have faded away and Ivanchuk came back «to work» and started showing great results again. In the year 2010 he became the winner in the «round» tournament in Cuba again. Afterwards he brilliantly won at the first board at the 39^th World Olympiad having scored 8 out of 10.

At the Chess Olympiad — 2010. Photo by V. Barsky

They say that the one who travels faster — travels alone. Fortunately, it does not concern Ivanchuk. In 1991 Ivanchuk married one of the strongest chess players of the world Alisa Galliamova and they had a son Misha. Several years later the legendary chess couple (probably the strongest in the history) broke up. In 2007 Ivanchuk married for the second time.

Vassily and his wife. Photo by Chess Base

Now Ivanchuk is 42 years old (he was born on 18 March 1969 in the town Kopychintsy of Ternopolskaya Oblast of Ukraine). It has been more than 30 years since 6-year-old Vasya got acquainted with chess thanks to his father. However, Ivanchuk is still sincerely in love with this game and, according to his words, he is trying to play every game against any opponent in an equally serious manner. It does not matter who is sitting in front of you! This is probably the reason that Ivanchuk is always welcome at any chess tournament and the number of his fans is immense all over the world.

Maria Fominykh

Will Grischuk win with Black?

WILL GRISCHUK MANAGE TO WIN AS BLACK?

The third games of the last matches of the Chess World Cup were played on Sunday, September 18 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The game between Russian grandmasters competing for the main prize ended first, just like yesterday.

However, unlike yesterday, today the game was much more tense and lengthy. Grischuk, playing White, once again started with e2-e4, and Svidler decided to deviate from the first game, opting for the Ruy Lopez instead of the Sicilian. On the third move Svidler surprised the opponent with a rare move 3…Bc5. Grischuk clearly did not expect it, so he started to think, but finally decided to go for the main line, where White aggressively breaks in the center. Svidler offered to exchange queens, accepting a worse ending. However, in the endgame Grischuk's time trouble began to tell. He was unable to stabilize the position and gave up a pawn; however, White's pieces developed significant activity. Svidler also started to take his time, but did not find the way to play for a win, and accepted more exchanges, which made a draw inevitable.

Svidler said that Grischuk's time trouble did not tempt him to take additional risks in this game: «Grischuk often plays under strict time pressure. I realize that he is not going to lose on time or even make an inferior move, so I have to keep playing according to the positional demands».

«Of course, my position was more pleasant, — said Grischuk, — and the main question was whether I can develop my pieces and play c4. If I can do this, I will have a big advantage. If not, I'll have nothing. In the end my losing chances are higher than my winning chances, but a draw is still the most likely outcome».

Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov played the Gruenfeld defense is their match for the 3^rd place. The transition from the opening to the middlegame was unsuccessful for Ivanchuk, who lost a pawn. Ponomariov tried to convert his advantage, but the game had clear drawing tendencies — the players had the opposite-colored bishops, and all the remaining pawns were located on the kingside. In the end Ivanchuk constructed a fortress, and when Black tried to break it, White sacrificed a knight for the last two pawns, reaching a drawn ending with a bishop and a knight against a bishop, with no pawns left on the board.

With three games passed, Svidler leads 2−1 vs. Grischuk, and Ivanchuk leads 2−1 vs. Ponomariov. The concluding classical games of the matches are scheduled on Monday, September 19. Grischuk and Ponomariov must win to tie the score. Grischuk will have Black, and Ponomariov will play White. If any of the matches are tied, the winners will be decided on tie-breaks.

All games are relayed with live grandmaster commentary in English and Russian on the official site of the World Cup: http://chess.ugrasport.com

Use the following link for computer analysis of the strongest engine — Houdini:http://chess.ugrasport.com/houdini.html

Jorn Sloth wins Nordic Senior Championship

Nordic Senior Chess Championship Concluded

The 2011 Nordic Senior Championship was organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation from 10th to 18th September at the Headquarters of Reykjavik Chess Club at Faxafen 12. GM Heikki Westerinen defended the last year title in the field of 52 players.

After nine rounds of play Danish FM Jorn Sloth and Finnish GM Yrjo Rantanen shared the first place with 7 points each. The trophy goes to Sloth thanks to slightly better tie-break result. Full standings bellow.

Icelandic Chess Federation website

Final top 10 standings:

1. FM Sloth Jorn DEN 2328 – 7
2. GM Rantanen Yrjo A. FIN 2400 – 7
3. GM Olafsson Fridrik ISL 2434 – 6.5
4. FM Malmdin Nils Åke SWE 2307 – 6.5
5. GM Westerinen Heikki M.J. FIN 2340 – 6
6. Ofstad Per NOR 2182 – 6
7. Nilsson Weine SWE 1888 – 5.5
8. Halldórsson Bragi ISL 2198 – 5.5
9. Patola Eero FIN 1886 – 5.5
10. Solmundarson Magnus ISL 2219 – 5.5
11. Kristjánsson Ólafur ISL 2173 – 5.5
12. Thor Jon Th ISL 2188 – 5.5
13. Danielsson Robert SWE 2087 – 5.5

3 share first at the Zlatni Rat 2011 Open

Three Grandmasters share first at the Zlatni Rat 2011 Open

The 2nd International Open Chess Tournament – Zlatni Rat 2011 was held from 9th to 17th September in Bol on the Croatian island of Brač. The organizers are Zlatni rat d.d. Bol, Vestibultravel Split, Croatian Chess Federation and Chess club Bačvice Split.

The tournament was played over nine rounds of Swiss system with the FIDE time control. 45 players and among them 9 Grandmasters competed.

Local Grandmasters Ante Brkic and Robert Zelcic and top seeded Robert Markus (2635) of Serbia shared the first place with 7 points each. Brkic grabs the trophy on superior tiebreak.

Final top 10 standings:

1. GM Brkić Ante CRO 2606 – 7
2. GM Zelčić Robert CRO 2564 – 7
3. GM Markuš Robert SRB 2635 – 7
4. GM Tratar Marko SLO 2477 – 6
5. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2591 – 6
6. GM Šarić Ibro BIH 2560 – 6
7. GM Kurajica Bojan BIH 2524 – 6
8. IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2397 – 6
9. GM Šarić Ante CRO 2489 – 6
10. WIM Šaric Kristina CRO 2219 – 6
11. FM Orak Ljubomir CRO 2308 – 5.5
12. GM Jovanić Ognjen CRO 2491 – 5.5

7th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2011

7th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2011

On behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, the All India Chess Federation has the honour of inviting all Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 7th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2011 (under-5, under-7, under-9, under-11, under-13 and under-15) in New Delhi, India from 16th (arrival) to 23rd (departure) December 2011.

Participation

- Invited Players, Each National Federation can enter one (1) player in each of the under 5,7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 (open and girls) categories, totaling a maximum of twelve (12) invited players.

- Additional Players, Additional (extra) players can also be registered.

- In order to ensure proper tournament standards, all invited players and all additional (extra) players must submit their registration through their National Federations not later than the 25th November 2011 (registration deadline).

- The players should be below the respective age groups on or before 1st January 2011.

All Invited players, one player per country in each category and a manager are entitled to free Board and lodging for 7 days starting from 16th December 2011 at the Official Hotel. No replacement from other categories can be made in case there is no official player in one category. All additional players and all other accompanying persons should pay the cost for board and lodging.

Download full regulations

Contact of the Organising Committee
The Secretary, Delhi Chess Association, Hotel KC Plaza, 5588, Basant Lane, Paharganj, New Delhi-55

Mr. MS Gopakumar, IA (Registration), 9868624216/ 9986883449
Mr. Sandeep Singh, FA (Registration), 9953435457
Mr. AK Verma (Accommodation), 9891468906
Mr. Bharat Singh (Chairman, Organising Committee), 9810000007

Email: delhichess64@gmail.com
Web site: www.delhichess.com

Can you help Kasparov find the winning plan (part 2)?

White to move. How should white proceed?

This 2-game exhibition was just played. Kasparov defeated Vachier-Lagrave 1.5 - 0.5 in a rapid match. However, he missed a winning plan as white here. Can you find it?

Source: ChessToday.net

Hall of Famer Vera Menchik

(1906-1944)
World – Inducted 2011

The world’s first women’s chess champion, Vera Menchik was born in Russia in 1906, learned chess at age 9, and moved to England as a teenager in 1921. Over the course of her career, she competed for Russia, Czechoslovakia, and England. She became the first Women’s World Champion in 1927, and successfully defended her title six times over the next 17 years. She would lose only one game over the course of these seven championship tournaments.

Menchik defeated many men in tournament play, including Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky. They and other notable players she beat became members of what was known as the “Vera Menchik Club.” From 1929 onward, she was a fixture at Hastings Congress tournaments, as well as at other international competitions. One of her greatest successes was at Ramsgate 1929, when she tied for second with Akiba Rubenstein just a half-point behind Jose Raul Capablanca and ahead of her teacher Géza Maróczy. She won matches against Jacques Mieses in 1942 and Sonja Graf in 1934 and 1937.

Menchik’s career was cut tragically short when she, her two sisters, and their mother were killed in a V-1 rocket bombing raid at their South London home in June 1944. The Women’s Olympiad trophy is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in her honor.

Official World Chess Hall of Fame website: http://www.worldchesshof.org

Hou Yifan guarantees share of WGP title with 1 to play

With 1 round to go, Hou Yifan has already clinched at least a share of first. She will have black against Danielian in the final round. All she needs is just a draw to clinch clear first.

Muzychuk will have black against Ju Wenjun in the final round. She must win and hope that Hou Yifan would lose to have a chance to catch up.

Standings after 10 rounds

Rk		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Rp
1	GM	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	*	½	½	1	½	1	½		1	1	1	½	7½	2662
2	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2545	SLO	½	*		½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6½	2581
3	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	CHN	½		*	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	6	2543
4	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2429	CHN	0	½	½	*	½		½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2560
5	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	CHN	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	1	½		1	5½	2523
6	WGM	Ruan Lufei	2477	CHN	0	½	½		0	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2524
7	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	QAT	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	0		½	½	4½	2441
8	GM	Danielian Elina	2517	ARM		0	1	½	1	0	0	*	1	0	½	½	4½	2433
9	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2465	MGL	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	1	½		4½	2466
10	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	LTU	0	0	½	0	½	½		1	0	*	½	½	3½	2367
11	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	RUS	0	½	½	0		0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3½	2377
12	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2308	TUR	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½		½	½	*	2½	2309

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