FIDE-rated 4th PENANG HERITAGE CITY 2012, Begins

OVERALL REPORT:

It was a learning experience for both hAnA and the cHEss pIRATE participating in their first ever FIDE-rated Classical tournament with an international field. hAnA played against 3 Singaporeans and 1 Indonesian boy registered for the U-8 category whilst the cHEss pIRATE dueled with 3 Singaporeans.

UPDATE 6 @ 15/12/2012 (0952hrs)

DAY 5:
Going into the final day, the players status prior to start of the final round, HERE
Round 9
B41: B. hAnA v. Ang Jing Xuan (MAS - 1373, ranked 52nd ). lost.
B53: B. Faiz v. Loh Xiong Yi (MAS - 1167, ranked 89th). lost in just under 35minutes. Time remaining 1hour 31minutes.

DAY 4:
Latest Tournament UPDATE, HERE

Round 8
B48: W. hAnA v. Lim Kai Xian (MAS - 1222, ranked 84th). WON, checkmate in 46moves.
Time Remaining 1hour 29mins. Based on NR, expected victory.
B50: W. Faiz v. Eunice Hng (MAS - 1236, ranked 80th). lost in under 30minutes. Time remaining 1hour 34minutes. Based on NR, expected lost.

Round 7
B43. B. hAnA v. Nurul Aina (MAS - 1548, ranked 37th). lost
B46. B. Faiz v. Lee Jun En Shaun (SIN - 1365, ranked 56th). lost


DAY 3:
Story of the day for me is cHEss pIRATE's defeat of his 6th round opponent who is Malaysian-rated 153points ahead of him I.e. 1310 as opposed to Faiz's 1157. Good 16th Wedding Anniversary present for me.

Another identical score day for both I.e. 2wins & 4losses.
Round 6(pm)
B38: W. hAnA v.Yeow Hui Elizabeth Maria (SIN - 1371, ranked 53rd). lost against the 20year old Singaporean in 31moves. Position deteriorated after hAnA's Queen was pinned by black's rook.
B51: W.cHEss pIRATE v. Eng Jia Qian (MAS - 1310, ranked 66th). WON, checkmate in 59moves against an opponent twice his age i.e. the 10year old, ranked 66th.

Round 5(am)
B49: B. Faiz v. Nicholas Tan (SIN - 1274). lost, Resigned on 43rd move after opponent's Queen promotion. Knight was 'self-trapped' after taking pawn. Also had an upset stomach.
B50: B. hAnA v. Lim Eng Hann (MAS - 1139). WON, opponent nearly defaulted game but turned up on the 52nd minute to play.


UPDATE 4 @ 12/12/2012 (1050 hrs):

DAY 2:
Story of the day is the 2nd defeat of GM Richard Bitoon.
There are 13players in the U-8 Boys Category and 8 players in the Girls U-10 Category.

Played 4: hAnA - WON 1 & lost 3. cHEss pIRATE - WON 1 & lost 3. Identical scores again.

Round 4 (pm)
B40: W. hAnA v. Yu Zhengwen (SIN - 1415). lost
B55: W. Faiz v. Ryan Teoh (MAS - 1075). WON


Round 3 (am)
B49: B. Faiz v. Royce Tan Jun Yi (SIN - 1293, ranked72nd). lost in 34moves in around 1hour. Time remaining was Faiz@1:33 & Royce@1:03.
B50: B. hAnA v. Tan Jia Jin (MAS - 1155). WON, checkmate in 52moves after opponent was given 2 warnings for illegal moves. She should have won earlier.

DAY 1:
The story of Day 1 MUST BE be the defeat of Filipino GM Bitoon Richard(2437) the 3rd ranked player to Malaysian Tan Khai Boon (2139),ranked 30th which was played on the 3rd board with the GM playing Black.

It was a good game to watch as both had to move 'fast' due to time constraints. At one time TKB had asked for a draw when he was faced with time limitations even though he was in a more superior positional and tactical position but GM turned it down. I guess he must have wished that he had accepted the draw.
Another report, HERE

Played 2, lost 2 - Identical Scores for both hAnA & the cHEss pIRATE.
Round 2 (pm)
B41: W. Faiz v. Miss Su Wen Xin (MAS, NR 1334). lost, c'mate in 23moves after forgoing strong tactical & positional advantage and 'strange' castling choice.
B54: W. hAnA v. Master Kemas Ade Krisna Suri(INA, UR). lost in 3x moves in a game completed in just under 30minutes.

Round 1(am)
B08: B. v. Jonathan Kow(Fide1716 - SIN, ranked 8th). lost in 35moves.
B16: B. v. Dinesh (Fide1640 - MAS, ranked 16th). lost

The 4th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2012 officially begins with the opening move by the KOMTAR Assemblyman...he must have been working very hard coz he wished everybody - "...a very good Monday" whereas its already Tuesday.

The pairings for the Challenger section are as follows:- Challenger PAIRINGS 2012

hAnA, playing in her second Fide rated event and fourth classical game competition is playing Black on Board 8 against Singaporean Jonathan Kow (1716).
Also starting his first ever FIDE-rated event with the black piece is the cHEss pIRATE who is playing against Fourth Former Dinesh from KL(1640).