2009 DATCC League : Round 3

6th May 2009 - Today is the round 3 of Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DATCC) League . The pairing is as below :-

Persatuan Catur Wanita Malaysia   vs    Gold Is

Methodist Boy School, KL                 vs    Nusa Mahkota Chess Club

SPAWN                                                vs    DATCC

786 Chess Club                                    vs    SMS Gold

Pricewaterhousecoopers                    vs    Tan&Tan

My team (Nusa Mahkota Chess Club)  meet Methodist Boy Schools (MBS)  , Kuala Lumpur . We win in all board. Before the game start, i jokingly provoke  my 3rd board player Rusdi Sidi who is ex MBS student ( long time ago !) to  prove that he "should" have play for the school team when he was MBS student 50kg ago by winning today's game . Below is how he response :-

MBS Student vs Rusdi Sidi

DATCC League, Round 3, 6.5.2009

Black is clearly winning. He's a piece up. White last move is 1.Nd5 and guess what is  Rusdi reply? 

1...hxg3!! Sacrificing a queen for mate ! 2.Nxf6+ the knight take the queen with check ! 2...Nxf6 and white can't stop from being checkmate. For e.g  3. Be3 gxh2 ++  0-1 

Playing For Tan & Tan  Team - Dato' Tan Chin Nam - Never Say I Assume !

The recent Champion of the 2009 Selangor Open  - FM Nicholas Chan play for SMS Gold

  

IM Giam Choo Kwee - Singaporean Otai!  ( oldtimer) play for Tan & Tan

 

Thanks to Mr. Abdul Hamid Majid - the organiser who is always sensitive with players needs. He change the previously "not enviro friendly bulb"  to this more "friendly bulb" !

 

I have told you guys...this   man is making a comeback..with a more aerodynamic feature (skin head)  !?

 

Nur Najiha Azman - this talented girls is likely to follow her sister step! 

In above photo Najiha is playing against Abdullah Che Hassan. The position is as diagram below. 

 Abdullah Che Hassan (Gold Is) vs Nur Najiha Azman (PCWM)

DATCC League, Round 3, 6.5.2009 

Board 3

Black to move

Black is up on material and according to Fritz, black can win by pushing her queenside pawns with 1...c3 and later b4 . I don't know what Najiha reply however she should avoid the  trap

 1... Bxe4?? 2. Bxe4 Rxe4 3. Rxe4 Rxe4 4. d7  black can't stop the pawn from queening with 4...Rd4 because simply 5.Nxd4