DATCC Game and Puzzles Solution

Below is the solution for yesterday puzzles .

In diagram below, White looks like he didn't have any chance to win . Actually he can .

1

White to move and win !

1. Bh6+ Kg8 2. g7... white first two moves ( 1.Bh6+ and 2.g7 is force ) . Now black have three 0ptions :-

If black choose to to move his e-pawn with 2..e6 (option 1 ) or e5 (option 2) , white strategy is :-


i) switch the duty of protecting the g7 pawn from his bishop to his king ; then

ii) use his bishop to capture the e-pawn later; then

iii) force black h- pawn to move so that black king can't create a stalemate position because the black's king can escape via - h7

2...e6+ 3.Kd6 ( 3.Kxe6? is of course stalamate ) 3...Kf7 (3...e5 4.Ke6 e4 5.Kf6 The King has protec the g-pawn so the bishop is free 5...e3 6.Bxe3 h5 7.Bg5 h4 8.Bxh4 Kh7 9.Kf7 win ) 4.Ke5 Kg8 5.Kf6 The King has protect the g-pawn so the bishop is free 5...e5 6.Ke6 e4 7.Kf6 e3 8.Bxe3 h5 9.Bg5 h4 10.Bxh4 Kh7 11.Kf7 win ;





2...e5 3.Ke6 ( 3.Kxe5? is of course a mistake because white king can't protect the g pawn and the game will ended in a draw. Black only need to move Kg8 and Kf7 all the time ) 3...e4 4.Kf6 e3 5.Bxe3 h5 6.Bg5 h4 7.Bxh4 Kh7 8.Kf7] 3.g8Q+ Kxg8 4.Ke6 Kh8 5.Kf7 e5 6.Bg7# 1–0




iii) 2...Kf7 (option 3) 3. g8=Q+!! This is the most important idea. I failed to find this move because i was so obssed with the idea that a lone bishop can't mate a king. But i forgot that if the defending king has an extra pawn - it's a different strory because the extra pawn can act as a betrayer to his own king ! 3...Kxg8 4. Ke6 Black is now force to move to h8 4...Kh8 5. Kf7 e5 6. Bg7++# checkmate !





Below is tougher. According to Sirajuddin, IM Mashafizul also can't solve it.

2

White to move and win !

1.Nc6! Kxc6
if :-

1...Kc4 2.Bf6 Kd5 3.Bxd4;

1...a2 2.Nb4+ the a pawn will be captured ;

1...Ke6 2.Nxd4+ Kd5 3.Nb3

2.Bf6 Kd5 if 2...Kc5 3.Be7+ Kd5 4.Bxa3 3.d3! an important move. 3...a2 4.c4+ dxc3 4...Kc5 5.Kb7!! The mother of all idea !! White is not actually plan to capture the a pawn, but his is creating a mating nett ! 5...a1Q 6.Be7#checkmate 5.Bxc3 And black can't queen his a pawn safetly. 1–0

DATCC Game and Puzzles

While watching my team mate played against PCWM in round 11, host player Mohd Sirajuddin show me a few puzzles and ask me to solve it. I failed to solve any but come close to do it. So if you think you are smater then me...try solve it. (without using chess software of course !) .


In diagram below, White looks like he didn't have any chance to win . Actually he can . Try find the answer.

1

White to move and win !

Below is tougher. According to Sirajuddin, IM Mashafizul also can't solve it.

2

White to move and win !

My teamate - Shamsol Bahrin receive a give by NWM Tan Li Ting in their round 11 game last Wednesday. The talented junior - Tan Li Ting blunder in a position where she have a good chance to draw .

Shamsol Bahrin (Nusa Mahkota) - Tan Li Ting (PCWM) [D03]
DATCC League 2009 (Round 11), 01.07.2009

48... Rdd6?? Staying intact with 48...Kf7 is correct and white will faced serious difficulty to convert his extra pawn into a winning advantage . 49.Rb7! Now white is threatening checkmate with 50.g5++! 49...g5 50.Rf5+ Ke6 51.Rxg5 1–0 Two passed pawns on the kingside is too much to handle for black.

SK Seri Hartamas KL Age Group Chess Tournament (4th July 2009) !

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For details about the tournament, click here

DATCC Team League 2009 Report

Round 11 Report

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PCW) vs Goldis (1-3)

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (left) vs. GoldIs

GoldIs as expected win this match against "The Auditors". However they could have done better if not because a terrible blunder made by their second board player - Abdullah Che Hassan against Cheach Cheok Fung at early stage of the game .

The Spawn 2009 vs SMS Gold (1-3)

The favorite team SMS Gold win the match as expected. They only lost a points from board 3 where Yeoh Li Tian once again beat ex-World Police Champion - Ismail Ahmad.

Below is the position from the board 2 - Mok Tze Meng vs Yeoh Chin Seng. I write the game continuation manually from their scoresheet . I hope there's no mistake but i believe the above continuation is what happen during the game .

FM Mok Tze Meng - NM Yeoh Chin Seng
DATCC Team League (Round 11), 02.07.2009

Black to move

Black ( Yeoh Chin Seng) before playing ...Be5

1...Be5 Black should have grab the pawn with 1...Qxa2! and not afraid of 2.Bf6 because after 2...Ba7! Threatening mate on f2 with Qxf2++ ! 3.Qf4 Bc5 and black bishop can retreat to f8 if needed. Black extra and passed pawn on queenside should give him large advantage. 2.c4 Bg7 3.Be3 Qf5 4.Bg2 Qc2? Provoking the strong 5.Rd8! Qa4 6.Qe7 Qd1+? 6...Rxd8 7.Qxd8+ Bf8 8.Bc5 Be8 Is the best defense although white still maintain the driver seat 7.Rxd1 Rxe7 8.Bxc6 1–0 Black resign. However black could try 8...Rxe3 ( The problem after 8...bxc6 is 9.Rd8+ Bf8 10.Bh6 mating !) 9.Rd8+ Bf8 10.fxe3 bxc6 but the endgame is definetly lost because the a pawn will drop for e.g after 11.Kf2 Kg7 12.Ra8

DATCC vs MBS (2.5 - 0.5)

The meeting between the two tail ender ended in with an unusual results ( DATCC win with 2.5-0.5). The "missing point" is cause by the absentees of both board 3 player who didn't turn up. Both team were awarded zero point for that particular board.

This 4th board boy from MBS wear a mask probably to avoid the H1N1 virus. For stubborn people like me, i just took a spoon of Scott Emulsion a day to combat all the virus, bacteria, cholesterol, teh tarik, roti canai..etc.etc in my body

786 Chess Club vs Tan & Tan ( 3.5-0.5)

786 Chess Club (left) vs Tan & Tan

Tan & Tan fielded a new player on their line up - Dr. Wahid Karim. However the 786 Chess Club is not in "welcoming mood" and they only concead a half points against their opponent. 786 almost lost a point when their second board - Kamaluddin Yusoff turn up late and only left with about 5 minutes. With 30 second increment for each move , he was probably not so worry . Kamaluddin a frequent and strong blitz player won his game against Benard Ng.

Royal Selangor Club Chess Converner - Dr.Wahid Karim - playing for Tan & Tan

PCWW vs NMCC (1-3)

Although many expect us to win by the same margin ( 4-0) as what we have done in the early round against the Women ( girls !?) team , i 'm sure that PCWW will not made it easy for us especially when the Powerpuff Girl trio is playing. However if not because of an unfortunate blunder made by our board 3 player - Rusdi Sidi in a winning position, we might have won it with 4-0. Anyway i was sattisfied with the result considering that our opponent have 3 title player playing - ( WCM Nabila Azman, WFM Najiha Azman and NWM Yeoh Li Tian - correction - NWM Tan Li Ting - sorry for the mistake) .

WCM Nabila Azman (PCWM) vs Nor Ilhammuddin (NMCC)
DATCC , Round 11, 01.07.2009

12.Rxe4? A mistake which lost the exchange. Correct is 12.Qxe4 . The move 12.Rxe4 look natural however there are "hidden agenda" by black after 12...Nc5 13.Qc2 [13.dxc5 Bxh2+ 14.Kxh2 Qxd3] 13...Nxe4 14.Qxe4...... and Ilhamuddin material advantage won the game after several moves 0–1

WFM Najiha Azman (PCWM) - Rusdi Sidi (NMCC)
DATCC Team League, (Round 11), 01.07.2009

Black to move

Before playing his next move, Rusdi ask me who is the team captain for the team wheteher he should offer a draw because he was not so sure with his position. I said that i don't mind, shockingly Rusdi executed a brillianty move...

1...Rxg2+!! 1...Rag8? At first my teamate Aziz Shukor and I tought this move is better but Rusdi point out after the game that it is actually a serious mistake for e.g 2.Ba3+ Ke8 3.Kh1 (3.Qb8+ Nd8 4.Kf1 Rxg2? 5.Rxd8+ Qxd8 6.Qe5+ Kd7 7.Rd1+) 2.Kxg2 Rg8+ 3.Kf1 Qxh3+ 4.Ke1 However the next move ruin the winning position completely 4...Rg1+?? Rusdi should have left this rook for another duty for e.g 4... Qh1+ 5.Kd2 (5.Ke2 Qf3+ 6.Kd2 Qxf2#) 5...Rd8+ The key move 6.Qd4 (6.Kc2 Qxd1+ 7.Kb2) 6...Rxd4+ 7.cxd4 Qg2 and black passed h- pawn should won the game.

DATCC Team League Round 11 Result

Round 11 Results

Pricewaterhouse Coopers vs GoldIs 1-3

786 Chess Club vs. Tan & Tan 3.5 - 0.5

The Spawn 2009 vs. SMS Gold 1-3

MBS vs. DATCC 0.5 -2.5 ( board 3 of both team were awarded zero point because they didn't turn up)

PCWM vs Nusa Mahkota Chess Club 1-3

photo report will follow....

July FIDE Rating List !

July 2009 FIDE rating list is the most awaited list by the Malaysian chess players and fans. This is because the top 4 active Malaysian player from the list will be invited to play in the upcoming Malaysian Masters Chess Championship which is scheduled to be played on the first and second week of August this year.

Below is the rank of the top 14 Malaysian players in the July list.

Click here to view the list

The top 4 player is :-

1. FM Nicholas Chan (2403)
2. IM Mashafizul (2391)
3. FM Lim Yee Weng (2376)
4. FM Mok Tze Meng (2343)

DATCC Round 11 Preview !

Someone with nickname Zack Zaheer send me an email regarding his preview of Round 11 DATCC Team League 2009 this Wednesday ( 1st July 2009). I found it interesting, especially his preview about PCWM vs. NMCC !

Below is his preview for this week DATCC (Round 11).

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PCW) vs Goldis

Goldis unexpected loss of a point through walkover against NMCC has put them in a difficult situation in their pursuit to be champions. Nevertheless Goldis will put that debacle at the back of their mind to go for a emphatic victory against PCW with out without their board 1player - Mas. with all around strength its difficult to see how they can stutter against PCW who after losing to 786 Chess Club want to redeem themselves.
Likely score 4 nil

The Spawn 2009 vs SMS Gold

Spawn would not have chosen a better time to meet SMS gold. with their convincing victory over TAN and TAN and for the fact that they are the team with best records against sms gold , spawn will make sure they go a little better than the earlier encounter .spawn performance will rely totally on father and giant killing son team to get the points not counting the fact that JAX may quietly get something for the team
likely score 2 all

DATCC vs MBS

MBS will definitely welcome their new board 4 -Jonathan and MBS are now no more a pushovers. DATCC cannot be expected to win let alone win convincingly.
likely score 2 all. MBS boleh

786 Chess Club vs Tan & Tan

Another 4nil win for 786 seems likely. the seniors are likely to buckle under pressure and hope is not to prolong the agony. NM Choo and IM Giam are playing well but the long time control easily unsettle them.Bernards draw against NM Yeoh in last round may spice up board 3

PCWW vs NMCC

With too many walkovers PCWW may have to redeem their pride by putting their best against NMCC. NMCC got to get their full artillery's ready against a team with Nabila and Tan Li Tian in top form .still 4nil likely score if Hairul and co. stop thinking about blogging for a while and play to their strength.