Another draw for Yeoh Li Tian

Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.
1	22	GM	Murshed Niaz	2413	BAN	3,0	w ½
2	30		Ansari Mohd Athar Dr	2370	IND	2,0	s 1
3	24	IM	Purnama Tirta Chandra	2410	INA	3,0	w ½
4	36		Ankit R. Rajpara	2334	IND	2,5	s ½
5	26	IM	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	2403	IND	2,5	w ½

Yeoh Li Tian got another draw in Round 5 vs IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal. The draw was agreed to after some repetition of moves.

[Event "KL Open 2010"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yeoh, li tian"]
[Black "Prathamesh, Sunil Mokal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Qh4 Qc5 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Rb5 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qc5 20. Rb5 Qa3

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Featured Game: Ram S, Krishnan – Nguyen Anh Dung (Round 2)

The focus  right now is on Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan who has a perfect 4/4 score. Many blogs and news websites carried the headlines that Hou Yifan is leading including Susan Polgar’s blog. Let’s not forget the other current joint leader, GM Nguyen Anh Dung who has also won all his game thus far.

Nguyen Anh Dung performance in recent years has been lack lustre as can be seen from his falling ELO rating. His highest rating was 6 years ago at 2567. His current rating is 2464 placing him as 11th seed in the KL Open. A good indication of his improving form is Anh Dung’s recent good performance the highly competitive Vietnamese championship which finished last week. He finished second after losing a 2 game playoff vs eventual champion Le Quang Liem (1½-½).

Here is a game of Anh Dung from the KL Open 2010 taken from Round 2:-

[Event "KL Open Chess Tournament 2010"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Ram S, Krishnan"]
[Black "Nguyen Anh, Dung"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.04.07"]
[SourceDate "2010.04.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nh4 Bc2 13. Bd2 h6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Rac1 Bb3 17. Nb1 Na4 18. Bc3 Ba2 19. Rc2 Rfd8 20. e3 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Be4 24. Rd2 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Nb6 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. Rdd1 Nxb4 28. Ra1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Ra4 31. b3 Raa8 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34. Kxd3 e5 35. Ke4 exd4 36. exd4 b4 37. Rac1 Ra2 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Rd2 Rda8 40. Rxa2 Rxa2 41. Rc4 b5 42. Rxb4 Kd5 43. h4 h5 44. f3 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. f4 h4

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Round 5 today will see GM Nguyen Anh Dung clashing with GM Hou Yifan on board 1. It will be an interesting encounter. Will the leaders play it safe and steer the game to a draw or will they fight it out ?

Stay tuned for live updates from this blog.

Featured Game: Zhou Ghoujie - Hou Yi Fan (Round 1)

[Event "KL Open Chess Tournament 2010"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhou Guijue"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.04.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceDate "2010.04.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d3 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. e5 Nf7 12. exd6 exd6 13. d4 b6 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. d5 Bd7 16. Rae1 b5 17. Nd1 b4 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Rb8 20. b3 Qb6 21. Rc1 Qb4 22. Nb1 a5 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nbd2 Ra8 25. Rc2 Bb5 26. Nc4 Rfe8 27. Bc1 Bc3 28. Nfd2 Re2 29. Rd1 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Ba6 31. Bb2 Bxc4

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You can find the top 10 games in the official website.

Yeoh Li Tian holds GM Niaz Murshed to a draw

Another surprise is talented Malaysian junior Yeoh Li Tian held Bangladesh first GM Niaz Murshed to a draw. GM Niaz Murshed playing Black, essayed the solid French Defence. However, Yeoh Li Tian showed exemplary play without making any mistakes and the Grandmaster could not make any headway and agreed to the draw.

[Event "KL Open 2010"]
[Site "Olympic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yeoh Li Tian"]
[Black "Niaz Murshed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.04.07"]
[SourceDate "2010.04.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qf6 15. f5 Bf7 16. Bh5 O-O-O 17. Bxf7 Qxf7 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Qg5 Rhf8 21. Rae1 Rf7 22. Qh5 h6 23. g4 Re7 24. Bd4 Rde8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Kg2 b6 27. f6 Re2+ 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 gxf6 30. h3 Qb5 31. b3 a5 32. Qxh6 Qd3 33. Qe3 Qc2+ 34. Qe2 Qh7 35. Qf3

draw agreed

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