Friday, December 31, 2010

Singapore International Youth and Open Championships 2010

 

Congrats to Champions Wong Yinn Long (U8 Open)

and WCM Nor Nabila Azman Hashim (U14 Girls) 

plus Runners up Mohd Nabil Azman Hashim (U17 Open),

Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahra Azhar (U11 Girls) 

and Teoh Ern Sheng (U11 Open)

 

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 17 Open

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1FMNguyen Van Hai2259VIE








8,538,026,515,5
2
Azman Hisham Mohd Nabil2029MAS








6,537,026,015,0
3
Lagula Dominique1952PHI








6,535,524,514,0
4
Jadhav Purval1726IND








6,036,526,015,0
5
Azhar Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer1921MAS








5,533,023,014,0
6
Kurniawan Erliy Candra0INA








5,039,528,016,5
7
Iskandar Bin Abdullah1868SIN








5,035,024,014,5
8
Wijaya Teduh Sukma0INA








5,033,023,514,5
9
Kulpruthanon Thanadon1956THA








5,032,023,514,5
10
Chin Matthew Peter1985SIN








5,027,520,513,5

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 14 Open

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1FMLe Tuan Minh2093VIE








8,541,529,517,5
2
Goenka Saumya Sanjay1769IND








7,037,527,516,5
3
Docena Jerad1919PHI








7,037,526,515,5
4
Medina Vince Angelo1955PHI








6,542,030,017,5
5
Evangelista Paul Robert1893PHI








6,042,530,518,0
6
Attakaatsur Roid0INA








6,038,527,516,5
7
Tan Jun Feng1854MAS








6,032,523,014,0
8
Azhar Muhd Irfan Haqqim1791MAS








5,539,528,017,0
9
Yap Wan Lin1661MAS








5,537,527,517,0
10
Soh Isaak Ethan Hong Han1683SIN








5,537,526,516,0

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 14 Girls

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1WCMNur Nabila Azman Hisham1845MAS








7,537,027,016,5
2WFMDao Thi Lan Anh1781VIE








6,537,526,516,0
3
Frayna Janelle Mae1850PHI








6,038,527,016,5
4
Yuan Wei Ting1717SIN








5,538,027,516,5
5WFMRaja Jawahar Monisha1613SIN








5,538,027,516,5
6
Chng Jiun Jing Pearle1720SIN








5,538,027,016,0
7
Camilia Bt Johari1743MAS








5,535,525,015,0
8
Misal Tansika1501IND








5,035,525,014,5
9
Tang Kar Khei0MAS








5,035,025,015,0
10
Foo Zhi Xin Andrea0SIN








5,034,024,514,5

 

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 11 Girls

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1
Sagar Tejaswini1661IND








8,039,529,017,5
2
Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahra0MAS








7,037,026,516,0
3
Hoang Minh Thu1697VIE








6,535,526,015,5
4WFMNur Najiha Hisham1791MAS








6,535,525,014,5
5
Chandra Vania Vindy0INA








6,039,028,017,0
6WFMAbdumalik Zhansaya1870KAZ








6,039,027,516,5
7
Teh De Zen0MAS








6,035,025,515,5
8
Azhar Puteri Rifqah Fahada0MAS








6,034,024,014,0
9
Tan Jia Yun0MAS








6,033,524,014,0
10
Nguyen Thi Minh Oanh0VIE








5,541,029,518,0

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 11 Open

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1FMTin Jingyao1821SIN








8,538,027,016,5
2
Teoh Ern Sheng0MAS








7,039,528,017,0
3
Teh De Juan0MAS








7,039,028,517,5
4
Yick Benjamin Oliver1573SIN








7,035,525,515,5
5
Tang Wei Kit0MAS








6,539,527,516,5
6CMAmier Hamzah B Mohd Zuhri1743MAS








6,538,526,515,5
7
Heng Si Kai0SIN








6,535,525,015,0
8
Ow Jun Wai Ryan1669SIN








6,534,524,515,0
9
Wong Yee Chit0HKG








6,042,530,519,0
10
Lau Matthew Ende0SIN








6,039,028,017,0
11
Mohd Noor Mohd Noor Azam0MAS








6,038,027,016,0

l Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 8 Open

Rk.
NameRtgFED










 TB2  TB3 
1
Wong Yinn Long1673MAS










28,017,0
2
Low Zhen Yu Cyrus0SIN










30,018,0
3
Wadhwani Aum0IND










27,516,0
4
Low Yi Quan0SIN










25,515,5
5
Choo Zhenghao Daniel0SIN










25,515,5
6
Park Joonha0KOR










25,015,0
7
Chua Alfred Xue Kai0SIN










30,518,5
8
Nguyen Huynh Minh Thien0VIE










30,518,5
9
Venkatesh Murugappan0SIN










26,515,5
10
Budiarto Dhatuyo0INA










26,516,0

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Youth Under 8 Girls

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1WFMLe Tran Phuong Uyen0VIE








7,040,028,517,0
2
Soh Krystal Valerie0SIN








7,038,527,516,5
3
Nguyen Vu Thu Hien0VIE








6,538,527,516,5
4
Lim Wan Yu Steffi0SIN








6,040,028,517,0
5
Altaibek Anel0KAZ








6,039,028,017,0
6
Mohd Noor Zainoor Ikmal0MAS








5,539,527,516,0
7
R Shahana0SIN








5,533,523,514,0
8
Ngo Thu Giang0VIE








5,533,023,513,5
9
San Ying Edith0SIN








5,036,526,016,0
10
Tin Ruiqi0SIN








5,036,525,515,5
11
Tan Jia Xuan0MAS








5,033,023,514,0

Final Ranking  after 9 Rounds Asean Women

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1TB2 TB3 
1WGMNguyen Thi Thanh An2300VIE








7,536,526,015,5
2WGMHoang Thi Bao Tram2271VIE








7,037,026,015,5
3WGMLe Thanh Tu2316VIE








6,536,525,515,5
4WGMSukandar Irine Kharisma2382INA








6,037,526,515,5
5WIMPham Le Thao Nguyen2337VIE








5,538,027,016,0
6WIMNguyen Thi Mai Hung2253VIE








5,538,027,016,0
7WIMDang Bich Ngoc2203VIE








4,536,525,515,5
8
Lestari Baiq Vina2140INA








4,530,522,513,0
9WCMLindiawati Evi2114INA








4,530,021,513,0
10
Docena Jedara2032PHI








4,525,519,012,0
11WFMBakri Alia Anin Azwa1953MAS








4,525,519,012,0

Final Ranking  after 9 Rounds Asean Open

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1GMAzmaiparashvili Zurab2637SIN








6,548,538,034,00
2IMBarbosa Oliver2451PHI








6,546,537,032,00
3GMMegaranto Susanto2528INA








6,047,037,530,00
4GMGomez John Paul2522PHI








5,548,538,528,00
5IMNguyen Van Huy2449VIE








5,548,537,528,75
6IMBitoon Richard2461PHI








5,548,537,528,00
7GMDao Thien Hai2512VIE








5,548,038,027,75
8GMCao Sang2547VIE








5,545,535,526,75
9FMNguyen Duc Hoa2431VIE








5,544,535,525,00
10FMChan Wei Xuan Timothy2357SIN








5,044,534,522,75

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Singapore Open

Rk.
NameRtgFED








Pts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1GMWen Yang2519CHN








8,541,529,518,0
2GMVillamayor Buenaventura2438PHI








7,039,028,517,5
3
Nebato Sheider2180PHI








6,540,029,518,0
4GMLaxman R R2479IND








6,539,028,017,0
5
Shen Siyuan2374CHN








6,538,527,516,5
6IMRomanov Alexei2414RUS








6,536,026,016,0
7IMGirinath P D S2362IND








6,038,027,016,0
8IMMyo Naing2316MYA








6,037,526,516,0
9
Suyud Hartoyo2150INA








6,037,526,515,5
10
Bersamina Paulo2068PHI








6,036,025,515,0

Thursday, December 30, 2010

A Genius from India

Submitted by GM Julio_Becerra  Chess.com

Sultan Khan, born in 1905 in Mittha in the Punjab, India, was the strongest chess player from Asia in his time and is unofficially recognized as the first Asian Grandmaster. 
According to the Oxford Companion to Chess ‘The greatest natural player of all times’ and to some sources ‘an unlettered, illiterate genius’; ‘[he] was completely illiterate and could therefore not benefit from books on the game’; ‘an illiterate peasant’; ‘completely illiterate’; ‘… his complete inability to read any European textbook on the game’ and so on!
After winning all chess competitions in 1928 in India, Sultan Khan came with Sir Umar Hayat Khan, his patron and master, to London. In four years he won the British Chess Championship three times (1929, 1932, 1933) missing the title only once, in 1931. He also played top board for Britain in the 1930, 1931 and 1933 Olympiads!
In match play he beat Dr Savielly Tartakower in a friendly match.
From 1930 through 1933, Sultan Khan was an active participant in the international tournament panorama, and he did not just participate; he was one of the best players in the world!
He returned to India with Sir Umar in December 1933 and he passed away in Sargodha, Pakistan in 1966.
Today I want to share with you some positions from Sultan Khan's play, but mainly a game that created a sensation in its time; I am talking about the game Sultan Khan-Capablanca played at Hasting 1930-31, where the Indian gave us a lesson about when two rooks are stronger than a Queen. Also remember that was a victory against none other than the great Jose Raul Capablanca! 
To conclude I have only to add that Capablanca considered Sultan Khan a genius, a qualification that Capa did not use easily!
Khadilkar, Rohini vs. Sultan Khan, Mir
India
1935
ECO: A03 | 0-1
Black to move


Soultanbeieff, Victor vs. Sultan Khan, Mir
Liege Gelgiun
1930
ECO: E16 | 0-1
Black to move


Ahues, Carl vs. Sultan Khan, Mir
Liege Belgium
1930
ECO: E43 | 0-1
Black to move


Sultan Khan, Mir vs. Yates, Frederick
BCF-ch / London
Round 8 | 1932
ECO: E01 | 1-0
White to move


Sultan Khan, Mir vs. Capablanca, Jose Raul
Hastings 3031 | Hastings | Round 3| 1930 | ECO: E12 | 1-0
» posted in Chess Players