Sunday, January 20, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 11

Final Ranking
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts SB.
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 9 45,00
2 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 8 39,00
3 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 7½ 33,75
4 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 7 34,00
5 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 6½ 33,00
6 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 6 27,25
7 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 4½ 21,25
8 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 4½ 21,25
9 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 4 14,75
10 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 3½ 16,25
11 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3½ 16,00
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI 2 11,00

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 11

IM Mas lost his last game with IM Nasib Ginting.Overall,I think IM Mas is improving and on the upward trend where he can beat GM and IM that are above his ELO.As GM Roger comment,'he need to reach back his previous form' and as time goes we will see more consistent performance from him.Let us pray for it!!!!


GM TOURNAMENT "A"
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 1 - 0 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 0 - 1 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 ½ - ½ GM SO Wesley 2526 4
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 0 - 1 IM TIRTO 2413 3
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 0 - 1 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 ½ - ½ GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1


[Round "11"]
[White "IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas"]
[Black "IM GINTING Nasib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.19"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.19"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. a5 b5 15.
axb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. f5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Ra3 Qd7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nf5
exf5 22. Bxf6 Bb7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nd5 Qh4 25. Rf4 Ng4 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. h3 h5
28. Kg1 Rf8 29. hxg4 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Bxd5 31. exd5 hxg4 32. Rg3 Re8 33. Qxg4 Qh6
34. Qd4 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Re5 {#} 36. c4 Qf6+ 37. Rf3 Re2+ 0-1

Friday, January 18, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 10

GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts SB.
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 8½ 37,75
2 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 7 31,75
3 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 6½ 29,00
4 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 6½ 27,75
5 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 6 25,75
6 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 5 23,00
7 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 4½ 19,75
8 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 4 13,25
9 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 3½ 15,50
10 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 3½ 14,75
11 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 11,00
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI 2 10,25

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 10

IM Mas drew his game in Round 10 with GM Wesley So.I think he get a fair result against GMs 1.5/4.Some might wish that he follows IM Tirto's strategy by playing for a draw with GMs .True to his style,he will try to play for a win rather than settle for draw.That's why he can upset GMs sometimes.

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 ½ - ½ GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 ½ - ½ FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 1 - 0 HAMED Nouri 2404 9
3 IM TIRTO 2413 1 - 0 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 ½ - ½ IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 0 - 1 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6

[Round "10"]
[White "GM SO Wesley"]
[Black "IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.18"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 h5 13. Be2 Kb8 14. Rhf1
Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Rh3 h4 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc5
21. Rxh4 f5 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qh5 {#} 25. Be2 Qxh2 26. Nxd6
Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxg2 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Qe5 f6 30. Qe3 Rc7 31. Bc4 Qh1+ 32. Ka2 Qh7
33. c3 Qe7 34. Qb6 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Bxa6 e5 37. fxe5 Qxe5 38. Bc4 f5 39.
b4 f4 40. b5 Bd7 41. Qd8+ Bc8 42. Bd5 Qc7 43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Bf3 Kb6 45. c4 Kc5
46. b3 Kd4 47. Ka3 Ke3 48. Bd5 f3 49. Kb4 f2 50. Bg2 Bg4 51. c5 Kd4 52. c6 bxc6
53. bxc6 Bf3 54. c7 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

Thursday, January 17, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 9

After round 9,IM Mas is still at 4 points in 7th place.

GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts SB.
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 8 33,25
2 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 6 25,25
3 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 6 23,75
4 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 5½ 21,75
5 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 5½ 21,25
6 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 4 17,50
7 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 4 14,75
8 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 4 12,25
9 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 3½ 13,75
10 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 3 10,50
11 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 9,25
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI 1½ 5,75

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 9



IM Mas had lost to IM Tirto in round 9.Although he looks beatable based on the ELO rating,IM Tirto is actually in good form as he played for draw with the GMs previously and tried to beat the others. He is in a hatrik quest to get his 2nd GM norm by beating his last 3 opponents which are IM Mas, IM Ivan Situru dan Hamed Nouri.He needs to get 8/11.[source Indochess]

GM TOURNAMENT "A"
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 ½ - ½ IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 ½ - ½ GM SO Wesley 2526 4
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 0 - 1 IM TIRTO 2413 3
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 0 - 1 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 0 - 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 0 - 1 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11

[Round "9"]
[White "IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas"]
[Black "IM TIRTO"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.01.17"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.17"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. c3 Ne7 13. Rd1 {#} 13... Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. f3 f5 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Nd2 Qf6 19. c4 Qh6 20. g3 Be3
21. Kg2 Rf6 22. Rfe1 f4 23. g4 Qh4 0-1

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 8

Rank after round 8
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts SB.
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 7 27,75
2 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 5½ 18,75
3 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 5 18,25
4 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 4½ 16,25
5 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 4½ 15,00
6 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 4 13,25
7 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 4 11,50
8 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 3½ 13,50
9 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 3 11,50
10 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 3 9,25
11 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 8,00
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI 1 4,00

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 8

Unfortunately IM Mas did not manage to continue his giant killing act.He lost to GM Susanto in round 8 with 47 moves.Hopefully he will be able to motivate himself and beat the rest of his opponents


GM TOURNAMENT "A"
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 0 - 1 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 1 - 0 HAMED Nouri 2404 9
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1 - 0 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 1 - 0 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
3 IM TIRTO 2413 1 - 0 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 1 - 0 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5


[Date "2008.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "GM MEGARANTO Susanto"]
[Black "IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.01.16"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.16"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 d5 12. Nbd2 g4 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. Qd2 e5 19. Nc2 Be6 20. Nb4 a5 21. Nd3
Rc8 22. Na1 Ng6 23. b4 h4 24. Nc5 hxg3 25. Rxh8+ Bxh8 26. fxg3 e4 27. Nab3 Qc7
28. Kf2 {#} 28... b6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Nd4 Be5 31. Bxg4 Bxg3+ 32. Kg1 Qxc3 33.
Qe2 Ke7 34. Bxe6 Rf8 35. Nf5+ Kxe6 36. Nxg3 Ne5 37. bxa5 Rg8 38. Qf2 bxa5 39.
Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ Ke6 43. Ne2 Nf3+ 44. Qxf3 exf3 45.
Nxc3 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1 Rc2 47. Rd3 Kf7 1-0

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 7

This is the latest standing with IM Mas at 4th place.He is 2 points off the leader.



GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts SB.
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 6 21,75
2 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 4½ 13,25
3 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 4 12,25
4 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 4 11,25
5 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 4 10,50
6 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 3½ 11,50
7 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 3½ 10,75
8 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 3½ 10,50
9 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 3 9,00
10 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 8,00
11 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 2 7,25
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI 1 4,00

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 7

ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSET IN THE TOURNAMENT!!! IM MAS has defeated GM Torre at round 7. There is hope for him to get the first norm if he maintains his current form.He has achieved 4 points so far.


Result Round 7 on 2008/01/15 at 15:00
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 1 - 0 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 ½ - ½ IM TIRTO 2413 3
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 1 - 0 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 1 - 0 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 0 - 1 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 1 - 0 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10



[Round "7"]
[White "IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas"]
[Black "GM TORRE Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.01.15"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.15"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qf3 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Rad1 g6 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qh6 Nxc4 15.
dxc4 Ba6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rd2 Bc8 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. a4 f6 20. Ra1 a5 21. Rad1 Ng5
22. Rd3 Be6 23. Nge2 Kh8 24. Rg3 Rd7 25. h4 Nf7 26. Qe3 Rb8 {#} 27. Nd5 Qd8 28.
f4 f5 29. h5 gxh5 30. Nd4 cxd5 31. Nxe6 d4 32. Nxd4 Qf6 33. Nxf5 exf4 34. Qxf4
Ne5 35. Qg5 Rf8 36. Qxh5 Ng6 37. Qh6 Re8 38. Rf1 Qe6 39. Nh4 1-0

Monday, January 14, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 6

IM Mas is currently at 7th place with 3 points.



GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Game
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 5 15,00
2 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 3½ 11,00
3 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 3½ 9,75
4 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 3½ 9,50
5 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 3½ 8,75
6 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 3 7,50
7 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 3 6,75
8 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 6,25
9 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 2½ 7,00
10 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 2½ 6,50
11 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 2 6,50
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI 1 3,00

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 6

Sadly Mas was beaten by GM Zhang Zhong in 55 moves.Still, it is a good experience.[source indochess]


Round "6"]
[White "GM ZHANG , Zhong"]
[Black "IM HAFIZULHELMI , Mas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 {#} 15... Qa6 16. O-O-O Rfc8 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Rd4 Ra5 19. Rhd1 Nd7
20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Bc4 Nc5 22. Kb1 Kf8 23. Bb5 Na6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bb6 Rd7 26.
Re1 f5 27. c3 Kf7 28. Kc2 Be5 29. Kd3 g5 30. Kc4 e6 31. dxe6+ Kxe6 32. Kb5 Rg7
33. f3 f4 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Kxa4 h5 36. Kb5 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Re2 Rh7 39.
Kc4 Rh2 40. Kd3 Kf5 41. a4 Rh1 42. b4 Rf1 43. Rf2 Rd1+ 44. Kc2 Ra1 45. Kb3 Kg5
46. Rc2 Rf1 47. Bf2 Rd1 48. a5 gxf3 49. gxf3 Rd3 50. b5 Rxf3 51. a6 bxa6 52.
bxa6 Rh3 53. a7 Rh8 54. Kc4 Ra8 55. Kd5 1-0

Sunday, January 13, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" POSTPONED MATCH RESULTS AND LATEST STANDING

Due to the late arrival of some players,their first round games were postponed.Below is the results.IM Mas position also has change due to this games.He has moved down to fifth place with 3 points.


Result Postponed Games Round 1 on 2008/01/13 at 09.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.

1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1 - 0 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 ½ - ½ GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 1 - 0 HAMED Nouri 2404 9
1 IM GONZALES Jayson 2455 ½ - ½ FM NOLTE Rolando 2412 12
4 GM PARAGUA Mark 2521 ½ - ½ BARBOSA Oliver 2410 9
4 WIM BEVERLY Mendoza 2099 1 - 0 BERNALES Christy L 1933 9


Rank after round 5
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts SB.

1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 4 10,75
2 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 3 6,75
3 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 5,75
4 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 3 5,50
5 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 3 5,25
6 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 2½ 7,00
7 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 2½ 5,25
8 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 2½ 5,00
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 2½ 5,00
10 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 2½ 4,75
11 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 1 3,00
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI ½ 1,50

Saturday, January 12, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 5

This is the current standing after round 5.IM Mas is in the third spot with 3 points.

Rank after round 5
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Game
1 11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 3½ 8,50
2 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 5,75
3 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 3 5,25
4 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 3 4,50
5 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 2½ 7,00
6 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 2½ 5,00
7 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 2½ 4,00
8 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 2 3,25
9 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 2 2,75
10 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 1½ 3,50
11 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 1 2,50
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI ½ 1,50

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 5

HOOOOORRRAAAAAAY!!! IM MAS HAS RECORDED HIS FIRST WIN!!!he had beaten FM Kosasih in sicilian defense.He had obtained 3 points so far.

GM TOURNAMENT "A"
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
3 IM TIRTO 2413 1 - 0 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 1 - 0 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 1 - 0 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 0 - 1 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 1 - 0 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 0 - 1 HAMED Nouri 2404 9

[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM HAFIZULHELMI, Mas"]
[Black "FM KOSASIH, Cecep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.12"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. f3 h6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bf2 Nf8 17. Qe3 N6d7 {#} 18. h4 Ne6 19. Bxa6 Nf4 20. Nb5 Qb8
21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxd6 Qc6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Nxf2
26. Qxf2 Qxa4 27. Ra1 Qc6 28. Ra7 1-0

Friday, January 11, 2008

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" STANDING AFTER ROUND 4

This is the latest standing after 4th round.Mas is in fourth place with 2 points.[SOURCE INDOCHESS].

Rank after round 4
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Game
1 8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 INA 3 4
2 6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 INA 2½ 4
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 SIN 2½ 3
4 7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 MAS 2 4
5 3 IM TIRTO 2413 INA 2 4
6 2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 INA 2 3
7 9 HAMED Nouri 2404 PHI 1½ 3
8 5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 INA 1½ 4
9 1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 PHI 1½ 3
10 10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 INA 1 4
11 4 GM SO Wesley 2526 PHI 1 3
12 12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 PHI ½ 3

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 4 RESULT

IM Mas drew his fourth round game with HAMED Nouri. He collected 2 points so far.It seems that IM MAS is a bit cautious in his play in order to avoid any unnecessary upset.However this result is encouraging as Hamed Nouri has better ELO rating than IM Mas.


Result Round 4 on 2008/01/11 at 15:00
GM TOURNAMENT "A"
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 0 - 1 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 ½ - ½ IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 0 - 1 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 1 - 0 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 ½ - ½ GM SO Wesley 2526 4
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 ½ - ½ IM TIRTO 2413 3


White "HAMED Naori"]
[Black "IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.01.11"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.11"]
1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nd5 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. e3 Ne7 10. Ne2 Nfxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfc1
Rb8 15. Rc2 Be6 16. d4 e4 17. b3 Rf6 18. Rac1 Bf7 19. f3 d5 20. f4 h6 21. Rc5
g5 22. Kf2 Kh7 23. Qa5 Qb7 24. Qa4 Bh5 25. Ra5 Ra8 26. Ra6 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 gxf4
28. gxf4 Kg7 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. Bh3 Rg6 31. Kc3 Qd7 32. Kb2 Rg7 33. Qa3 Kg8 34.
Qb4 Qc8 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Qe1 Rg1 37. Qf2 Qg8 38. Rc2 Qg7 39. Bg2 Rd1 40. Bf1 Ke8
41. Be2 Rg1 42. Bh5+ Kf8 43. Ka3 Rh1 44. Qd2 Qg1 45. Qb4 Rxh2 46. Rcxc6 {#} Qb1
47. Rf6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Nxg6 49. Rxg6+ Kh8 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kh8 52. Rh6+
Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kxh6 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qxf5+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57. Bg6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 3 RESULT

IM Mas drew with IM SITURU Nathanael .He had obtained 1.5 points so far from 3 consecutive draws.



Round 3 on 2008/01/10 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 1 - 0 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
3 IM TIRTO 2413 ½ - ½ GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 0 - 1 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 1 - 0 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 1 - 0 HAMED Nouri 2404 9
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 ½ - ½ IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8


34) IM. HAFIZULHELMI,M (2382) - IM. SITURU,N (2375) [B84]
ASEAN Masters Chess Circuit (3), 10.01.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 b5 8.Bf3 Ra7 9.Be3 Rc7 10.Ndxb5 axb5 11.Bb6 Ba6 12.Be2 b4 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.Bxb5+ Nbd7 15.a3 Be7 16.axb4 0–0 17.Bxc7 Qxc7 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.c3 Ng6 20.Rfe1 h5 21.g3 h4 22.Qe3 Rb8 23.Ra7 Qd8 24.Be2 d5 25.e5 Ne4 26.Bd3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Nxe5 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 Bf6 30.Ra5 Nd7 31.Rd1 Qc8 32.Rda1 g6 33.Ra8 Kg7 34.R1a7 Ne5 35.b5 Rxa8 36.Rxa8 Qc5 37.Qh1 # 37...Bh4 38.gxh4 Qc4 39.Qg2 Qe2 40.Kh2 Nf3+ 41.Kh3 Ne1 42.Qg3 Nd3 43.Qb8 Qf3+ 44.Kh2 Qxf2+ 45.Kh1 Qxh4+ 46.Kg2 Qf2+ 47.Kh1 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Qf2+ 49.Kh1 ½–½

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 2 RESULT

IM Mas drew again against IM NADERA Barlo. He had obtained 1 point so far.[source from indochess]

Round 2 on 2008/01/09 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 ½ - ½ IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 1 - 0 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 1 - 0 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 ½ - ½ GM SO Wesley 2526 4
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 ½ - ½ IM TIRTO 2413 3
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 ½ - ½ GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2

(13) IM NADERA Barlo (2417) - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas (2382) [E38]
ASEAN Masters Chess Circuit (2), 09.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.f3 a5 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Rd1 a4 11.Bf2 Ra6 12.e4 e5 13.Ne2 d6 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Nc3 Nfd7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Nb4 Qa5 18.Be2 Ke7 19.0–0 Raa8 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Qg5+ Kf8 22.Qd2 Ke7 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qd2 ½–½

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" ROUND 1 RESULT

IM MAS drew his first round game with FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra.[source indochess]



Round 1 on 2008/01/08 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
3 IM TIRTO 2413 ½ - ½ FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
4 GM SO Wesley 2526 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 ½ - ½ IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 ½ - ½ IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7


8) FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra (2383) - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas (2382) [E16]
ASEAN Masters Chess Circuit (1), 08.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 Bxd2 8.Qxd2 d6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rad8 12.d5 exd5 13.Nh4 Rfe8 14.Nf5 Qxe2 15.Qg5 g6 16.Nh6+ Kg7 17.Nf5+ Kg8 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qxf6 gxf5 20.Qg5+ Kh8 21.Qf6+ Kg8 22.Qg5+ Kh8 23.Qxf5 Qe6 24.Qf4 Qg6 25.cxd5 Re5 26.Rac1 Rde8 # 27.Rxc7 Re1+ 28.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Bf1 Ba6 30.Rc1 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Bxf1 32.Kxf1 Qd3+ 33.Kg1 Qxd5 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qc7 Qd1+ ½–½

IM MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia -GM "A" COMPLETE PAIRING

IM MAS is playing in the GM 'A' tournament pool.Below is the complete pairing [source from Indochess]


1st Leg ASEAN MASTERS CHESS CIRCUIT 2008 - GM "A" TOURNAMENT
TARAKAN - INDONESIA, 8th - 20th 2008

Round 1 on 2008/01/08 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
3 IM TIRTO 2413 - FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
4 IM SO Wesley 2526 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 - IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7

Round 2 on 2008/01/09 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 - FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 - IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 - IM SO Wesley 2526 4
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 - IM TIRTO 2413 3
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2

Round 3 on 2008/01/10 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
3 IM TIRTO 2413 - GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
4 IM SO Wesley 2526 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 - FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 - IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8

Round 4 on 2008/01/11 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 - IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 - FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 - IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - IM SO Wesley 2526 4
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - IM TIRTO 2413 3

Round 5 on 2008/01/12 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
3 IM TIRTO 2413 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
4 IM SO Wesley 2526 - GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 - GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 - FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9

Round 6 on 2008/01/14 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 - IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
3 IM TIRTO 2413 - IM SO Wesley 2526 4

Round 7 on 2007/01/15 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
4 IM SO Wesley 2526 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 - IM TIRTO 2413 3
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 - GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 - GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 - FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10

Round 8 on 2008/01/16 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 - FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
3 IM TIRTO 2413 - FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6
4 IM SO Wesley 2526 - IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5

Round 9 on 2008/01/17 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 - IM SO Wesley 2526 4
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 - IM TIRTO 2413 3
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 - GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 - GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11

Round 10 on 2008/01/18 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 IM NADERA Barlo 2417 - GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 11
1 GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 - FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 10
2 GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 - HAMED Nouri 2404 9
3 IM TIRTO 2413 - IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 8
4 IM SO Wesley 2526 - IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 7
5 IM GINTING Nasib 2393 - FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 6

Round 11 on 2008/01/19 at 09.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
6 FM PURNAMA Tirta Chandra 2383 - IM NADERA Barlo 2417 12
7 IM HAFIZULHELMI Mas 2382 - IM GINTING Nasib 2393 5
8 IM SITURU Nathanael 2375 - IM SO Wesley 2526 4
9 HAMED Nouri 2404 - IM TIRTO 2413 3
10 FM KOSASIH Cecep 2408 - GM MEGARANTO Susanto 2563 2
11 GM ZHANG Zhong 2617 - GM TORRE Eugenio 2519 1

MAS at 1st ASEAN Circuit Master held in Tarakan,Indonesia

IM Mas and FM Mok Tze Meng is currently playing at the first leg of ASEAN Circuit Master held at Tarakan,Indonesia (7th – 20th January 2007)

Sunday, January 6, 2008

MAS's ELO PERFORMANCE



MALAYSIA TOP 25 CHESS PLAYERS' ELO RATING


THIS IS THE GENERATED LIST AS PER TODAY

I have check the previous ELO rating list in stonemaster and I noticed that Mas was at third place.As I check the FIDE website today,his ranking has been updated to second and his ELO rating also has improved to 2382!!Thank to his performance in Asian Indoor Games Macau.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

happy new year

My wish for this year is to see IM Mas achieves his dream as the first Malaysian to get GM title.

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