MCF GM Tournament - Day 4

IM Mashafizul (left) analyzing his game against Saidali Yuldachev ( right). They are join by GM Ian Rogers (standing left) and Masudur Rahman Mallick from Bangladesh ( standing right)

Day 4 Round 4 quick report


IM Mashafizulhelmi (2386) vs GM Saidali Yuldachev (2520) 0-1

GM Drazen Sermek (2509) vs GM Ziaur Rahman (2560) 1/2-1/2

WIM Zhang Xiaowen (2382) vs FM Myo Zaw Min ( 2486) 1-0

Standing after Round 4

1. GM Drazen Sermek - FIDE 2509 ( Croatia) 3 points

2. GM Saidali Yuldachev - FIDE 2520 (Uzbekistan) 3 points

3. GM Ziaur Rahman - FIDE 2560 ( Bangladesh) 2.5 points

4. IM Mashafizul Helmi - FIDE 2386 ( Malaysia) 1.5 points

5. WIM Zhang Xiaowen - FIDE 2382 (China) 1.5 points

6. FM Myo Zaw Min - FIDE 2486 (Myanmar) 0.5 points


Round 4 Games

[Event "MCF GM Tournament"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "IM Mashafizul Helmi"]
[Black "GM Saidali Yuldachev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2520"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nf3 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb5 17. a4 Re8 18.axb5 Bd6 19. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 20. Kd1 Qxb5 21. Ne1 Re8 22. d3 Qh5+ 23. f3 Qe5 24.Bd2 Qxb2 25. Rc1 Ba3 26. c3 Qb3+ 27. Rc2 Qb1+ 28. Bc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxe1+ 0-1




[Event "MCF GM Tournament"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "GM Drazen Sermek"]
[Black "GM Ziaur Rahman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2560"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Qa5+
12. c3 Qxf5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Re1 e6 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Qb1 Qxb1 17. Rexb1 a6 18.
Ra3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bb6 Bc7 22. Rb3 Bxb6 23. Rxb6 Rc7 24.
Rd1 Re8 25. Kf1 h5 26. h4 Kf8 27. g3 Kg7 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. Rdb4 Ree7 30. Rd4 Re8
31. Rdb4 Ree7 1/2-1/2




[Event "MCF GM Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "WIM Zhang Xiaowen"]
[Black "FM Myo Zaw Min"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2486"]

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. c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Qh3 Ke7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Rc1 Nc5 the game is more or less balance so far but the Zhang produced a stunning sacrifiece with ...
21. Rxc5 ! a brilliant play by this Chinese lady. Her style of play is the most interesting amongst players taking part in this tournament. She always look for an attack,initiative and active play. Eeven when she had to defend, she will choose the most active one! 21...dxc5 22. Nc4 Kf8 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. d6 Qa7 25.f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Bd4 27. e5 Kg8 28. Qf6 h5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Qe7 Qb8 31. Bd5 Rh7 32. d7 Qd8 33. Bxf7+ Kg7 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. e6 Bf6 36. Nd6 Bg5 37. Be8 Bf6 38.Bf7 Bg5 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. Rxf6 Rhh8 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 1-0





Mas vs Saidali post morterm