Tuesday, July 29, 2008

IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 9



An excellent result so far as Mas's opponent win the third prize in swiss blitz tourney here .Due to this result,the GM norm is confirmed if he win in the next round.However,he could also go for safer path by drawing tomorrow and win later.GOGOGOOGOGOGOGO MAS!All fans out there...please pray for him!!!!!!!!!

Skoberne,Jure (5½) - Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5½) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skoberne, J."]
[Black "Mas , HA."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "150"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8.
Bg5 Na5 9. Bd5 Nf6 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bd5 Bd6 13. h4 h5 14. Qd2 Bd7
15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Kf8 17. g3 b5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. d5 Qf6 21.
Rhe1 Kg8 22. Ne6 Be5 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. f4 Bf6 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Re3 Rhd8 27. Ne5
Rc5 28. Qe2 Bb5 29. a4 Bd7 30. Nxc4 Qb8 31. Ne5 Qb7 32. Rd4 Rb8 33. Qd2 Bd8 34.
Qc2 Ba5 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 Bd8 37. Re2 Bf6 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Qd1 Qb4 40. Qc2
Rc8 41. Ka2 Bd8 42. Nd3 Qc4+ 43. Qb3 Qxb3+ 44. Kxb3 Kf8 45. Ne5 Be7 46. Rd2 Bd6
47. Nc4 Bc5 48. Kc2 f6 49. b3 Bf7 50. Nd1 Bb4 51. Rd3 Rd8 52. Nc3 Kg7 53. Ne3
Bc5 54. Kd2 Kf8 55. Nc2 Rb8 56. Na2 g5 57. Ke2 Re8+ 58. Ne3 gxf4 59. gxf4 Re4
60. Kf3 Bd6 61. Ng2 Ke7 62. Nc3 Rb4 63. Ne3 Rxf4+ 64. Kg2 Kd7 65. Rd1 Bc5 66.
Nf1 Rf2+ 67. Kh1 Rf3 68. Ne2 Rxb3 69. Nfg3 Bg6 70. Kg2 Bd6 71. Rf1 Rb2 72. Kh3
Rb3 73. Nf4 Bf7 74. Kh2 Rb4 75. Ng2 Rg4 0-1

Monday, July 28, 2008

IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 8





Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (5) - Benkovic Petar (5) 1/2-1/2


[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mas Hafizuhelmi, A."]
[Black "Benkovic, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. f3 Re8 14. Nb5 Nd7
15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Bf1 Qb6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Rb1 Ra8 21.
b4 axb3 22. axb3 Qc6 23. b4 Na4 24. Nd4 Qc8 25. Rdc1 Bd7 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. c5
Rec8 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 dxc5 30. bxc5 Ra5 31. Qb4 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Nc3 33. Qxb7
Nxb1 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxb1 Rc8 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Rb7 Be5 39. h4 Bc7
40. Ke2 h5 41. Bf2 Kd8 42. g4 Ra8 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Rb2 Kd7 45. Rd2+ Kc6 46.
Rd5 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. f4 Ba5 50. Kf3 Ra3+ 51. Be3 e6 52. Rd6+
Kc7 53. Rd1 Bb4 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

Saturday, July 26, 2008

IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 7

Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (4) - Karrer,Damian (4) 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mas Hafizuhelmi, A."]
[Black "Karrer, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. h4 Bh6 18. g4 Bf4 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Qh5
Bd7 22. Rg1 f5 23. Nce3 Be8 24. Qf3 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Bf7 26. exf5 Bxc4 27. Rxc4
Ne7 28. Rcg4 Rxb3 29. Rg7 Rb1+ 30. Nd1 Rxf5 31. Qg4 1-0

IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 6

Duschek,Volker (3) - Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (3) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duschek, V."]
[Black "Mas Hafizuhelmi, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3
b4 15. Na4 e5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Ng3 h5 20. Rhe1 h4 21.
Nf1 Rg8 22. g3 Bf8 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. gxh4 Rd8 25. Ng3 Bh6 26. Nh5 Ke7 27. Qe2 Rd7
28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Qe2 Bb5 30. Qf2 Bxa4 31. bxa4 b3 32. cxb3 Qxb3 33. Qg3 Qc2+ 34.
Ka2 Rc4 0-1

IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 5

Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus (3) - Bauer,Christian (3) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mas Hafizuhelmi, A."]
[Black "Bauer, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "98"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 f6 7. Ng5 Ndxe5 8.
dxe5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ Kd7 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bd3 Qe8 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Nf3
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qg6 16. Qe2 Rg8 17. O-O b6 18. Nh4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe4 20. Qxe4
dxe4 21. Bxf4 Ba6 22. Rfd1+ Ke7 23. g3 Raf8 24. Ng2 Be2 25. Rd2 Bf3 26. Re1 h5
27. h4 e3 28. Rde2 Rd8 29. Kh2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd2 31. Rxd2 exd2 32. Bxd2 Bd4 33.
Nf4 Bxe5 34. Nxh5 Kf7 35. Kh3 Bxb2 36. g4 Rd8 37. Bf4 e5 38. Bg5 Rd1 39. Ng3
Bc1 40. Bxc1 Rxc1 41. g5 Rxc2 42. h5 Rc4 43. Nf5 Rf4 44. Nh6+ Kg7 45. Kg3 c5
46. Ng4 Rf5 47. Kh4 c4 48. g6 c3 49. Ne3 Rf3 0-1

Thursday, July 24, 2008

IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 4






Ivanisevic,I(2.5) - Mas Hafizuhelmi, A. (3) 1 0

[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanisevic, I."]
[Black "Mas Hafizuhelmi, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. e4 Ne7
15. f4 Nh7 16. Qh5 Nxg5 17. fxg5 e5 18. Rf6 Ng8 19. Raf1 Qe7 20. Qh4 Qd8 21.
Qh5 Qe7 22. dxe5 Be6 23. g6 Nh6 24. gxf7 Rh8 25. f8=Q+ 1-0




IM Mas at Biel 41st International Chess Festival -Round 3

Excellent result as he beat a GM.
Mas Hafizuhelmi Agus(2)-
Ulibin,Mikhail(2)1-0


[Event "Biel MTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mas Hafizuhelmi, A."]
[Black "Ulibin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
Nd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. c4 Ngf6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 h5 14. Kh1 h4 15. Nd4
g6 16. b4 Nh5 17. Kg1 Bf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe6 Qd6 20. Nd5 fxe6 21. Bxg6+ Kd8
22. Nxf6 Nhxf6 23. fxe5 Qd4+ 24. Be3 Qg4 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26. exf6 Qxe2 27. Rxe2
Kc7 28. Bf4+ e5 29. Bxe5+ Kd7 30. Bf5+ Ke8 31. Bg6+ Kd7 32. Bf7 Raf8 33. Rd2+
1-0

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Friday, July 18, 2008

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Final Standing


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IM Mas finished the tourney with 7/13 . Overall,he start to show consistency and lost only to GM and higher rated player.He drew with 2 GM and 1 WGM.

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 13

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bf4 1/2-1/2

Thursday, July 17, 2008

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 12

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. a4 O-O
9. Nf3 Ne8 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O axb5 13. axb5 Nc7 14. Qb3 Qb8 15.
Ra3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qb7 17. Rfa1 Rfb8 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Ra5 Nab6 1/2-1/2

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 11







[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Duong, The Anh"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nh4 Bg6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nd2 e6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3
Ke7 15. Nxg6+ hxg6 16. h3 f5 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3 g5 19. Kd2 f4 20. Nd4 fxe3+ 21.
fxe3 Ne5 22. Rhf1 f5 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bb6 26. Nf3 Nf7 27. Bd3
Rxa1 28. Rxa1 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Ne1 Rh1 31. Ra4 Ne5 32. Be2 Kd6 33. Rb4 Kc7
34. Bxg4 Bc5 35. Rf4 Nc4+ 36. Ke2 Nxe3 37. Rf7+ Kd6 38. Bh3 d4 39. cxd4 Bxd4
40. Rxb7 Nd5 41. Nd3 Rg1 42. Rh7 Rb1 43. Rh6 Nc7 44. Kd2 Rf1 45. Bg4 Bf6 46.
Ke2 Bg7 47. Rxe6+ Nxe6 48. Kxf1 Nd4 49. Bf3 Bh6 50. Be4 Bd2 51. g4 Ke6 52. Kf2
Kf6 53. Bb7 Kg5 54. Bc8 Kf6 55. Kg3 Kg5 56. Bd7 Kf6 57. Kh4 Bg5+ 58. Kg3 Ke7
59. Bc8 Kd6 60. Bb7 Kc7 61. Bd5 Kd6 62. Bg8 Ke7 63. Nf4 Kd6 64. Nd3 Ke7 65. Ne5
Bc1 66. b3 Kf6 67. Nf3 Ne2+ 68. Kh4 Nc3 69. Bh7 Nb5 70. g5+ Ke6 71. Kh5 Bb2 72.
Bd3 Na7 73. Kh6 Nc6 74. Kh7 Ne7 75. Bc2 Kd5 76. g6 Kc5 1/2-1/2

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 10

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Nguyen, Huynh Hui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15.
a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Be7 17. Na5 O-O 18. Nc6 Rfe8 19. O-O 1/2-1/2

Monday, July 14, 2008

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 9


[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kislik, Erik Andre"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]






1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4
Qe7+ 15. Be2 Be5 16. Qa4 Qd6 17. O-O-O Rb8 18. c3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 hxg5 20. Bg3
Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ke7 23. Bf3 Qc5 24. Re1+ Kd6 25. Qc2 Be6 26. Ka1
Kd7 27. Qd2 Qb6 28. g4 a5 29. Rb1 Rg8 30. Rf1 Qb5 31. Be2 Qa4 32. Bd1 Qe4 33.
Qf2 Kd6 34. Bf3 Qc4 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Qg3+ Kd7 37. Qe5 Qc4 38. Qe3 Kd6 39. Qc1
Qf4 40. Qb1 Rh8 41. Rd4 Qe5 42. Qd1 Rb8 43. a3 Ke7 44. Rd2 Qf4 45. Rd4 Qe3 46.
Rd2 Qf4 47. Qe1 Kd6 48. Rd4 Qe5 49. Qd2 Ke7 50. Ra4 Rh8 51. Qc1 Rh4 52. Rd4 Kf6
53. Qd1 Kg7 54. Qa4 Rh1+ 55. Rd1 Rxd1+ 56. Qxd1 c5 57. Qd2 d4 58. Kb1 Bb3 59.
Kc1 Kf6 60. Bd1 Be6 61. g3 Bc4 62. b4 axb4 63. axb4 Qxg3 64. bxc5 d3 65. Kb2
Qg1 66. Bb3 Qxc5 67. Bxc4 Qxc4 68. Qf2+ Qf4 69. Qd4+ Ke6 70. Qxd3 Qxg4 71. Qa6+
Ke5 72. Qb5+ Kf6 73. Qe8 Qg2+ 74. Kb3 Qb7+ 75. Kc2 Qe7 76. Qh8+ Kg6 77. Qg8+
Kf5 78. Qh7+ Kg4 79. c4 Qe2+ 80. Kc3 Qe3+ 81. Kb4 Qb6+ 82. Kc3 f5 83. Qe7 Qa5+
84. Kd3 f4 85. c5 Qa3+ 86. Kd4 Qb2+ 87. Kd5 f3 88. c6 Qb3+ 89. Kd4 Qa4+ 90. Kd5
Qb5+ 91. Kd6 Qd3+ 92. Ke5 f2 93. Qd7+ Qxd7 94. cxd7 f1=Q 95. d8=Q Qf4+ 96. Ke6
Qf5+ 97. Ke7 Qe4+ 98. Kf6 Kg3 99. Qd1 g4 100. Kg5 Qe5+ 101. Kg6 Qe4+ 102. Kg5
Qf4+ 103. Kh5 Qf5+ 104. Kh6 Kg2 105. Qe2+ Kh3 106. Qe1 g3 107. Qh1+ Kg4 108.
Qd1+ Qf3 109. Qd7+ Kh4 110. Qd4+ Qg4 111. Qg1 Qe4 112. Kg7 Kh3 113. Kh6 g2 114.
Kh5 Kg3 115. Qc1 Qg4+ 0-1

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 8

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 b6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bd2 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Nf3 g6 17. Be1 Bf8 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. b4 Qb8 20. a3 Nh5 21. g4 Nhf6
22. h3 Qa8 23. Kg2 d5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Kh2 Nxd2 26. Nxd2 Qb8 27. g5 Nxe5 28. fxe5
Bxe5+ 29. Kg2 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 d4+ 31. Be4 dxc3 32. Qf3 Rc7 33. Qxc3 Rd7 34. Bxb7
Qxb7+ 35. Nf3 Qe4 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Rd5 38. Kg3 Rc8 0-1

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 7

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. O-O Bg5 13. a5 Rc8 14. Ra4 Ne7
1/2-1/2

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 6

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nd6 7. Ne5 Nd7 8.
Qf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Rde1 O-O 13. h4 Re8 14. h5 Nfe4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qg5+ 18. Qe3 Nxe4 19. f4 Qxg2 20. Reg1
Qd2+ 21. Qxd2 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Rad8 23. Kc3 f6 24. Nd3 Bf5 25. Rg3 Re4 26. Rhg1 g6
27. Nc5 Rxf4 28. Nxb7 Rdxd4 29. b3 Rd5 30. Re1 Rf2 31. Re7 Rxc2+ 32. Kb4 Rxa2
33. Kc4 a5 34. Rc3 Rad2 35. Rc1 Rh2 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Kc3 Rh3+ 38. Kb2 a4 39.
Nc5 axb3 40. Nxb3 Rb5 41. Rc3 Rxc3 42. Kxc3 Re5 43. Rc7 Be4 44. Kd4 Bd5 45. Nc5
Re1 46. Nd3 Re4+ 0-1

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 5

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4
Qe7+ 15. Be2 Be5 16. Qa4 hxg5 17. Qxc6+ Kf8 18. Bf2 Qb4+ 19. Kf1 Qxb2 20. Re1
Bb7 21. Qd7 Rc8 22. Bd3 Bf6 23. Qf5 Kg7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxh4 Rc6 26. Rh3 Bxh4
27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Qd7 Rf6+ 29. Rf3 Bxe1 30. Kxe1 Qb4+ 0-1

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 4

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Toth, Ervin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Re1 e4
15. Qh5 h6 16. h4 Qe5 17. Be3 Rg8 18. f4 Qg7 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 Rxg6 21. fxg5
hxg5 22. c4 dxc4 23. h5 Rh6 24. Na5 Be6 25. Nxb7 Bd5 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. cxd6
Rxh5 28. Rad1 g4 29. Kf2 g3+ 30. Kxg3 Kd7 31. Kg4 Rh6 32. Kf4 Rg6 33. g4 Kxd6
34. g5 Ke6 35. Re3 Rb8 36. Ra3 Rb7 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Bf6 1-0

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 3

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. f4 a5 10. O-O Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Qc7
15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nd1 Rb6 19. b3 Rb4 20. Nf2 f6 21. Bd2
Rb8 22. Nd3 Rf7 23. Bc3 Bf8 24. h3 c5 25. Qe1 c4 26. Bxa5 Qc6 27. Nb4 Bxb4 28.
Bxb4 Rfb7 29. c3 cxb3 30. Qd1 Qxe4 31. Qxb3+ Kh8 32. Rad1 Qc6 33. Qa2 Rd7 34.
a5 Nc7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qe2 Rd8 37. Ra1 h6 38. a6 Ra8 39. a7 Ne6 40. Qg4 Qc6
41. Rd1 Ng5 42. Qd7 Qb6 43. Ra1 Ne4 44. Qd5 Rxa7 45. Rxa7 Ng3+ 46. Kh2 Nf1+
1/2-1/2

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 2

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. f4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O b5 11. dxc6 bxc4 12. cxd7 Bb7 13. Qxc4 Qxd7 14. Qd3 Nh5
15. e5 Qc6 16. exd6 exd6 17. Rf2 Rfe8 18. f5 Nf6 19. Nd4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Bxa6 21.
Bg5 Ng4 22. Rf4 Ne3 23. f6 h6 24. Bh4 Bf8 25. Bf2 Bb7 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Kf2
Rae8 28. h4 h5 29. Nb3 R3e6 30. Nd4 Re3 31. Nb3 Bh6 32. Rb4 Ba8 33. Rf1 R3e5
34. Kg3 Kh7 35. Ra4 g5 36. Rxa7 gxh4+ 37. Kh2 Kg6 38. Nd4 Be3 39. Ra4 h3 40.
Kxh3 Kh6 41. Nf5+ Rxf5 42. Rxf5 Bc6 43. Rfa5 Bg1 44. Rh4 Bd7+ 45. Kg3 Rg8+ 46.
Kf4 Bg4 47. Ne4 Bd4 48. c3 Be5+ 49. Rxe5 dxe5+ 50. Kxe5 Be6 51. g3 Bxa2 52. g4
Rxg4 53. Rxg4 hxg4 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. b4 Bc4 56. Nd6 Bd5 57. c4 Be6 58. b5 Kh4 59.
b6 g3 60. b7 g2 61. b8=Q Bg4 62. Qh8+ Bh5 63. Nf5+ Kh3 64. Qxh5# 1-0

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008 -Round 1

[Event "First Saturday 2008 july GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berces, David"]
[Black "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.07.05"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Rfd1 f5 14. d5 e5 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ra7 17. f4 Re8 18. Bh5 Rea8 19. Bf3 e4 20. Be2 Nf6 21. h3
axb4 22. axb4 Bc8 23. Bd4 Bd7 24. Qb2 Kf7 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Ra1 Rxa1+ 27. Qxa1
Qd8 28. Qa7 Kg6 29. Bd1 h6 30. Bb3 Be8 31. Qb7 Bf7 32. Ba4 h5 33. Bc6 Bg8 34.
Kf1 Bf7 35. Ke2 h4 36. Kd2 Kh7 37. Kc2 Bh5 38. Kd2 Bf7 39. Bxb6 cxb6 40. Qxf7
Kh6 41. Kc2 g6 42. Kb3 Ng8 43. Be8 Ne7 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Bxg6+ 1-0

IM Mas at First Saturday Chess Tournament Series Budapest, Hungary July 2008

IM Mas will be competing at First Saturday Tourney in GM category.IM Mas has good reputation in First Saturday tournament as he used to get one of his IM norm here with unbeatable record.Let's pray that it will do him good this time around too......

WHAT'S NEXT IM MAS?

GM Ian Rogers has come to Malaysia.He stayed in Kelantan with IM Mas for training purposes. Hope that IM Mas can further developed his skills in order to be the first Malaysia's GM.

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -FINAL STANDING

IM Mas has performed superbly to finish at 10th place with 5.5 points.He shows great consistency and hopefully perform at higher level next time.

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 9

IM Julio Catalino Sadorra (PHI)-IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS) 0,5-0,5

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 8

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS)-IM Tirto 0,5-0,5

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 7

IM John Paul Gomez (PHI)-IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS) 0,5-0,5

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 6

IM Irwanto Sadikin-IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS) 0,5-0,5

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 5

IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS)-Jonathan Tan (PHI) 1-0

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 4

GM Susanto Megaranto- IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS) 1-0

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 3

Superb performance after losing for so many time to GM Rogelio
IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS)-GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI) 1-0

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 2

IM Nay Oo Kyaw Tun (MYA)-IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS) 0,5-0,5

IM Mas in 1st Subic Open International -Round 1

MI Mas Hafizulhelmi (MAS)-Kimberly Jane Cunanan (PHI) 1-0

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