Round 9 update: Thakur Akash wins

Abdul Haq did not survive Thakur’s Kingside attack beginning with e6 pawn sacrifice followed shortly with a brilliant Bishop sacrifice on move 15.

Round 9: Ankit Rajpara wins

 

He needed a win for an IM norm and he got the win! Ankit Rajpara of India scores a win as white  vs IM Situru Nathaniel. It's the first game that concluded out of the 5 boards currently being played in the UKM KL Masters 2010.

 

Ankit outplayed Situru on the White side of the Sicilian c3, an opening which he is quite familiar with.

Round 1: Tirto vs Nirav

I get to publish this game from Round 1, finally. The scores were illegible and Nirav has kindly reconstructed the game.

And it’s quite a good game too.

 

[Event "UKM KL Masters 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tirto"]
[Black "Nirav Rajasuba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2010.04.15"]
[SourceDate "2010.04.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. exd4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bd1 Rc8 16. b3 Bc5 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Nd5 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Ne3 Rcd8 21. Kg2 Ne4 22. Nd5 a5 23. Re1 f5 24. g4 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Bh5 Rd2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Bh5 Re7 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Rd3 Ne6 34. Kh2 f5 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Kg3 e4 37. Rd2 Kf6 38. Rd6 Ke5 39. Rd5+ Kf6 40. f4
Rg7+ 41. Bg4 fxg4 42. hxg4 b6 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Re5 Kd6 45. Rxe4 h5 46. g5 Rf7 47. a3 Ng7 48. Kh4 Nf5+ 49. Kxh5 Ng3+ 50. Kg6 Rf8 51. Re3 Nf5 52. Rd3+ Ke6 53. Kh5 Rh8+ 54. Kg4 Rh4+ 55. Kf3 Rh3+ 56. Ke2 Rh2+ 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. a4 Rb2 59. Kd1 Rf2 60. Rd8 Rxf4 61. Rb8 Rd4+ 62. Kc2 Rd6 63. Kc3 Ng3 64. Re8+ Kf5 65. c5 Rc6 66. b4 Ne4+ 67. Kc4 axb4 68. Kxb4 bxc5+ 69. Kb5 Rg6 70. Rf8+ Ke5 71. a5 Kd5 72. a6 Nd6+ 73. Kb6 Nc4+ 74. Kb7 Na5+ 75. Ka7 Nc6+ 76. Kb7 Rxg5 77. Rc8 Rg7+ 78.
Kb6 Rg6 79. Kc7 c4 80. Rh8 Kc5 81. Rh5+ Kb4 82. Rh4 Kb5 83. Rh5+ Kxa6 84. Rc5 Na5 85. Rd5 c3 86. Rd1 Rc6+ 87. Kd7 c2 88. Rc1 Nb3
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Tirto vs Ankit (0-1)

Bishop of opposite colour usually ends in a draw but Ankit manages to squeeze a win in the end game.

Here is the game.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ankit Rajpara"]
[Black "Tirto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. c3 c5 8. Qe2 f6 9. Rd1 O-O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Rxd4 Qb6 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qa5 17. Bc3 Qa4 18. Nc2 Ne7 19. Nd4 Qc4 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. b3 Qc5 23. Qe3 Kc8 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Bb2 Qb6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Qh3+ Bd7 28. Qxh7 Qe6 29. f3 a5 30. Qh4 Bc6 31. Qf2 b6 32. Qc2 Kb7 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. h3 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc5+ 37. Bd4 Qd6 38. Qd2 Bb5 39. Bc3 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Bxd3 41. h4 c5 42. h5 Bb1 43. Bxf6 Bxa2 44. Bxg7 Bxb3 45. h6 Bg8 46. g4 Bh7 47. Ke3 b5 48. f4 c4 49. f5

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Abdul Haq’s win over IM Situru

 

[Event "UKM KL Masters 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Situru Nathanael"]
[Black "Abdul Haq Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.04.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.04.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nd2 b5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. cxb3 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 c5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxb3 20. Ra3 Qb7 21. Re1 Re8 22. Ra2 Qb3 23. Rea1 Qxd3 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Bf8 26. Qf4 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qxb2 28. Ra6 Qb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Rxf6 d3 32. Rf5 Rd8 33. Nd2 Rd4 34. Rf3 Bd6+ 35. g3 Bc7 36. Rf5 Ba5 37. Nf1 Bb4 38. Ne3 d2 39. Nd1 Re4 40. Rd5 Re1 41. Ne3 Rxe3

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Round 2 featured game: Blitz to death

The following game is between Niraj Rajasuba vs FM Nicholas Chan. Nicholas used so little time on the clock that Niraj fell into time pressure at around move 30 onwards. Nicholas had 46 minutes vs Niraj’s 1 minute plus in the following position.(at move 39).

Nicholas eventual King side pawn advanced was too much for Niraj to handle and White capitulated at move 45.

Here is the game in full:

Round 1 featured game:FM Nicholas Chan vs FM Yee Soon Wei

Not a good start to FM Nicholas Chan’s chances for an IM norm after an early defeat to Brunei FM Yee Soon Wei. Nicholas blundered with 33. Qxa4 failing to see black’s next move that won him two critical pawns. The game was lost soon after.

Round 1 featured game: IM Sithuru Nathaniel vs FM Daniel Fernandez

FM Daniel Fernandez fresh from his impressive performance at the Sidney International Open started confidently enough with a draw against IM Sithuru Nathaniel. Sithuru playing White, opened with a provocative 2. h4 in response to Daniel’s Modern defence. Daniel kept his cool and steered the game into calm waters.

Major exchanges led the game into a R+B+3P ending with the Bishop being opposite colours. Sithuru managed to exchange off the opposite colour Bishop and even won an extra pawn in the process. However the resulting Rook and pawn endgame was drawish. The game ended in a draw shortly.