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World Junior 2011 in India. Invitation and regulations

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The All India Chess Federation on behalf of the FIDE and the Tamilnadu State Chess Association is pleased to invite member Federations of FIDE to the World Junior Chess Championship - 2011 to be held in Chennai, India, 1-16 August 2011. Invitation Regulations Registration Form General information on Chennai city

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MARAcongs !!

This coming Saturday, 2 April 2011 will see a Reunion of graduates from JO Kampus (Jalan Othman) UiTM, Petaling Jaya.  Its totally for MARAcongs. Yes MARAcongs only.

Why MARAcongs ? What is MARAcongs ? Remember the late 70's of Vietcong spirit fighting the mighty USA in Vietnam.  Thats the spirit that wanted to be installed in undergrads of Maktab MARA or MARA Collage to fight for better future of the Bumiputras.  No we were not gorillas but mere spiritual feelings to be better. 

We identified ourselves as MARAcongs from MARA Collage for the batch of '65 to '69, where orientation of new students to overcome cultural shock and getting to know seniors, not ragging or bullying but mere teasing.

It all started in Facebook between friends namely Jit Pedro aka Azizan, Sifu, Basar , Syed Idrus, Kassim, Taufik as the main ad hoc AJK now expended to include UiTM JO members in seeing a lot of friends having AY in front of their names so the idea of a get together of JO undergraduates not an alumni.

So if  you  are a MARAcongs or your father, mother, grandparents from this era tell them about us or asked them about us, if they heard or know about us then get them to come this Saturday, 2 April 2011 at 3 pm at UiTM Jalan Othman Kampus, Petaling Jaya.

Sifu in difficulty too as Sifu's family will be having an Annual Family Gathering at Port Dickson, but Inshaallah will make the effort to be at JO Kampus.

Potkin Still Leads In Aix-les-Bains

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Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com

His pace has slackened, but Vladimir Potkin still leads the European Individual Chess Championships with a score of 6/7.

However, with just four rounds left the chasing pack is now fully 19 players strong and just half a point behind!

Judit Polgar is currently on 5/7 and if anyone was worried that motherhood might have tempered her aggressive style, just check out the games below, especially the last one!

Judit Polgar, widely regarded as the strongest ever women's chess player

Polgar, Judit (2686) vs. Philippe, Christophe (2409)

12th ch-EUR | Aix-les-Bains FRA | Round 2| 23 Mar 2011 | ECO: B46 | 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a66. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. g4h6 9. h4 Bd7 10. Rg1 d511. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5exd5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O-OBb4 15. c3 Be7 16. f4 b517. Kb1 Na5 18. Nf3 Bc619. Bd4 O-O 20. g5 h521. Ne5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc423. Qe2 Qe8 24. Nxc6 Rxc625. Qe5 f6 26. Qd5+ Kh827. g6 f5 28. Qf3

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Grandelius, Nils (2547) vs. Polgar, Judit (2686)

12th ch-EUR | Aix-les-Bains FRA | Round 3| 24 Mar 2011 | ECO: B90 | 0-1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be68. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h510. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h3 h412. f4 Rc8 13. Bd3 exf414. Bxf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Ng316. Rhe1 Bf6 17. Ne2Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Be519. Kb1 Qf6 20. Nd4 Nc521. Bf3 Qg6 22. Bf2 Kf823. Qb4 b5 24. Nf5 Nxe425. Nxh4 Rxh4 26. Bxh4Ng3 27. Rd2 Kg8 28. Bxg3Qxg3 29. Rf1 Rc4 30. Qa5Ra4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. a3Qf4 33. Rfd1 b4 34. Bc6Qc4 35. Rd4 Qxc636. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg639. Rg4+ Bxg4 40. hxg4Qxg2 41. Rd3 bxa3

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Polgar, Judit (2686) vs. Edouard, Romain (2600)

12th ch-EUR | Aix-les-Bains FRA | Round 4| 25 Mar 2011 | ECO: B33 | 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a68. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be710. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 Be614. O-O Ne7 15. a4 Bxd516. exd5 bxa4 17. Rxa4a5 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rb1Qb7 20. Na3 Qxd521. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4Rab8 23. Raa1 a4 24. Bf3Nb6 25. Nxb6 Rxb626. Rxa4 Rc8 27. Bd5 Bd228. c4 Rcb8 29. Ra7 g630. Rxf7 Kh8 31. h4 Rxb232. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. g4Rb8 34. g5 Rd8 35. Kg2h6 36. h5 Rg8 37. Rd7Rg7 38. Bf7

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Polgar, Judit (2686) vs. Ragger, Markus (2614)

12th ch-EUR | Aix-les-Bains FRA | Round 6| 27 Mar 2011 | ECO: B12 | 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. fxe4e5 6. dxe5 Be6 7. Nf3Nd7 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Qe2Ng6 10. Bd2 Ndxe511. Nd5 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3cxd5 13. exd5 Qxb214. O-O Nf4 15. Qe4Nxd5 16. Rab1 Qa317. Rxb7 Nf6 18. Qc6+Nd7 19. d4 Qd6 20. Qa4Qd5 21. Rfb1 Bd622. Qa6 Be7 23. R1b5Qe4 24. Rxd7 Bxd725. Re5 Qb1+ 26. Kf2Qb6 27. Qe2 O-O28. Rxe7 Be6 29. Qe5Rad8 30. a4 Qb2 31. Kg3Qb3 32. Rxa7 Rd533. Qf4 g5 34. Qc7 g435. Rb7 Qd3 36. Rb8 gxf337. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bh6+Ke8 39. Qc6+ Ke7

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Pantsulaia, Levan (2595) vs. Polgar, Judit (2686)

12th ch-EUR | Aix-les-Bains FRA | Round 7| 28 Mar 2011 | ECO: A13 | 0-1

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3d5 4. Qc2 c5 5. d4 cxd46. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc68. Bg2 Nb4 9. Qd1 dxc410. N3d2 Bf5 11. Na3 b512. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Nf3Nd3+ 14. exd3 Bxd315. Nxb5 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rg1 Ne4 18. Bd2Rd8 19. Rc1 Nxc320. bxc3 Ba3 21. Be3Bxc1 22. Bxc1 Rb823. Nd2 Qd5 24. Qa4 a525. Qd1 h6 26. Qf3 Rb127. Kd1 e4 28. Qf4 Ra129. Qb8+ Kh7 30. g4 Qd731. Qe5 e3 32. fxe3Qa4+ 33. Ke1 Rxc1+34. Kf2 Rxg1

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The top standings after seven rounds:

1	Potkin Vladimir	RUS	2653	6.0
2	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	2707	5.5
3	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2673	5.5
4	Volokitin Andrei	UKR	2677	5.5
5	Ragger Markus	AUT	2614	5.5
6	Khismatullin Denis	RUS	2662	5.5
7	Cheparinov Ivan	BUL	2664	5.5
8	Zhigalko Sergei	BLR	2680	5.5
9	Feller Sebastien	FRA	2657	5.5
10	Khairullin Ildar	RUS	2634	5.5
11	Iordachescu Viorel	MDA	2626	5.5
12	Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	2720	5.5
13	Lupulescu Constantin	ROU	2626	5.5
14	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	ROU	2598	5.5
15	Moiseenko Alexander	UKR	2673	5.5
16	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2711	5.5
17	Kobalia Mikhail	RUS	2672	5.5
18	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2667	5.5
19	Hammer Jon Ludvig	NOR	2606	5.5
20	Korobov Anton	UKR	2647	5.5
21	Polgar Judit	HUN	2686	5.0
22	Wirig Anthony	FRA	2480	5.0
23	Inarkiev Ernesto	RUS	2674	5.0
24	Guseinov Gadir	AZE	2584	5.0
25	Smeets Jan	NED	2660	5.0
26	Navara David	CZE	2722	5.0
27	Savchenko Boris	RUS	2616	5.0
28	Sutovsky Emil	ISR	2692	5.0
29	Naiditsch Arkadij	GER	2684	5.0
30	Romanov Evgeny	RUS	2624	5.0
31	Zvjaginsev Vadim	RUS	2663	5.0
32	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	2729	5.0
33	Dreev Aleksey	RUS	2697	5.0
34	Anisimov Pavel	RUS	2532	5.0
35	Svidler Peter	RUS	2730	5.0
36	Lenic Luka	SLO	2623	5.0
37	Fridman Daniel	GER	2661	5.0
38	Ivanisevic Ivan	SRB	2617	5.0
39	Gabrielian Artur	RUS	2532	5.0
40	Gharamian Tigran	FRA	2650	5.0
41	Safarli Eltaj	AZE	2628	5.0
42	L'ami Erwin	NED	2623	5.0
43	Jobava Baadur	GEO	2707	5.0
44	Mcshane Luke J	ENG	2683	5.0
45	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2718	5.0

Judit Polgar picture from the official website.